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Downtown Worcester to expand yearly farmers market with $100K state grant
November 22, 2024The Out to Lunch Festival & Farmers' Market series in Worcester will offer extended dates and an expanded vendor lineup in 2025, as program administrator Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District has received a $100,000 grant through the
November 22, 2024
Bollus Lynch merges with other long-time Worcester accounting firm
November 22, 2024“While we are excited to offer our clients many new benefits, we’re also pleased to have the continuity of our entire team being part of this merger,” Maryann Copeland, co-managing partner of Singer & Lusardi, said.
November 22, 2024
Worcester Redevelopment Authority criticizes Polar Park developer over delays, as firm’s president declines to participate in hearing
November 21, 2024Madison Properties President Denis Dowdle was in attendance but declined to speak during the Thursday hearing
November 21, 2024
Gov. Healey signs long-awaited $4B life sciences, climatech bill into law
November 21, 2024Gov. Maura Healey spent months clamoring for lawmakers to finish work on a sweeping jobs package she filed in March, and she wound up needing only about 60 percent of the time allotted for her review before making it law.
November 21, 2024
Worcester City Council blast Polar Park development partner amid calls for eminent domain to seize stadium-adjacent property
Updated: November 20, 2024Councilor Candy Mero-Carlson said the City’s redevelopment authority should consider taking the Left Field parcel by eminent domain.
Updated: November 20, 2024
Interest-rate relief leads to rise in Central Mass. home sales, as median price tops $400K in Fitchburg
November 19, 2024With the October sales increase, Massachusetts is now on track to slightly eclipse the total sales seen in 2023.
November 19, 2024
Lynch supports prioritizing West-East Rail over plan to link Boston train stations
November 19, 2024"Think about the allocation of transportation money within our state," Lynch said Monday. "We have spent tremendous amounts of money in the eastern -- speaking to the choir I guess -- in the greater Boston area. With the Big Dig, all the money we
November 19, 2024
Mass. congressman worried about potential impact of RFK Jr. appointment on federal research funds
November 18, 2024Congressman Stephen Lynch said Monday morning that President-elect Donald Trump's appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his secretary of health and human services gives him "great concern."
November 18, 2024
Worcester, WPI reach deal over controversial hotel purchases
November 18, 2024The deal signifies a potential end to the feud between the university and local political and business figures.
November 18, 2024
For first time, Worcester needs general fund to make Polar Park payments, as key development deal is terminated
November 18, 2024Ballpark district is short $792,000. Meanwhile, the tax deal for Left Field Building, once slated for a bioscience development, has been terminated by the developer.
November 18, 2024
DPH launches investigation into the Hospital for Behavioral Medicine
November 15, 2024The Hospital for Behavioral Medicine in Worcester is under investigation by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, marking the Department’s fourth investigation into a Central Massachusetts hospital in fewer than three months.
November 15, 2024
Mariano takes dim view on chances of health care bill compromise
November 15, 2024Mariano had pulled the sprawling health care packages from negotiations during the frenzied end of formal lawmaking of July 31 into Aug. 1, while the Steward Health Care bankruptcy rocked the state's health care landscape.
November 15, 2024
Group of Mass. legislators head to Cuba for discussions around health care, humanitarian aid
November 15, 2024The trip comes as three major health care bills addressing hospital oversight, prescription drug pricing and access, and substance use disorder remain on the rocks with less than two months remaining in the two-year session.
November 15, 2024
Wormtown in the Big Apple: Discover Central Mass launches Times Square ad campaign seeking to attract tourists to Worcester region
November 14, 2024The Central Massachusetts region’s tourism agency is now fighting for the attention of Times Square tourists with a new ad campaign.
November 14, 2024
Experts explore CCC overhaul options
November 14, 2024As they explore ways to either shore up or restructure the Cannabis Control Commission, lawmakers heard Wednesday from outsiders who suggested that the Legislature first be clear about its goals for the agency and then allow the best governing
November 14, 2024
Immersive exhibition featuring works of Van Gogh opens at Worcester’s Mercantile Center
November 14, 2024An empty retail space at Worcester’s Mercantile Center has been transformed into an immersive experience featuring the art of Vincent van Gogh.
November 14, 2024
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