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Eleven cannabis firms in Central Mass. receive $530K from first Social Equity Trust Fund grants
April 16, 2024Just as cannabis businesses are gearing up for the holiday known as 4/20, an unofficial celebration of marijuana where dispensaries see some of their largest crowds of the year, eleven companies in Central Massachusetts received $430,000 from the
April 16, 2024
Dispensary employees in Oxford the latest cannabis workers to unionize after 15-3 vote
April 10, 2024Employees at the Curaleaf dispensary in Oxford have joined a number of Massachusetts cannabis industry workers who have become members of labor unions since the state legalized adult-use cannabis in 2016.
April 10, 2024
Bob’s Furniture to take over Bed Bath & Beyond space in Leominster
April 9, 2024This Bob’s location will be the company’s fourth in Central Massachusetts, with other locations in Franklin, Natick, and Worcester.
April 9, 2024
Last call: To-go drinks, outdoor dining laws expire as lawmakers consider next steps
April 2, 2024After nearly four years with a streamlined system in place to permit outdoor dining and permission to sell takeout alcoholic drinks, both practices lapsed Monday as the calendar flipped to April.
April 2, 2024
Canal District Transformation, part 2: Creating the next chapter
Updated: April 1, 2024Developers and business owners expect that growth to continue, saying new businesses and even more residents will soon make the area home, creating the next chapter in the long history of the Canal District.
Updated: April 1, 2024
Manufacturing awards: Mrs. Moriconi's provides a sweet boost to local dairy industry
Updated: April 1, 2024An early trial run of vending ice cream at the Shrewsbury Farmers Market resulted in her selling 100 pints in 90 minutes.
Updated: April 1, 2024
Former Christmas Tree Shops plaza in Shrewsbury sold for $13.6M as Town considers site for MBTA zoning
March 27, 2024The parcel is part of a proposed overlay under consideration by the Town to comply with the state’s MBTA Communities Law.
March 27, 2024
Longtime CEO of Imperial Distributors to step down, be succeeded by president
March 26, 2024Michael Sleeper, who has led Worcester-based Imperial Distributors for six decades, on Monday will transition to the role of executive chairman of the board on Monday.
March 26, 2024
Operation of D'Errico's Market in Worcester taken over by Everett-based meat supplier
March 26, 2024D'Errico's Market has been operating in Worcester since 1947.
March 26, 2024
Brilla Coffee set to open in downtown Gardner this year
March 19, 2024A new coffee shop will open in downtown Gardner later this year, as husband and wife duo, Alexis and Osiris Vallejos, are planning their third Brilla Coffee location at 25 Main St., better known as the Bullnose Building with its two lion statues.
March 19, 2024
Highland Street bakery reopens following renovations
March 18, 2024Bean Counter Bakery Café, a business with locations in Worcester and Shrewsbury, has reopened its original Highland Street location following renovations.
March 18, 2024
Canal District Transformation, part 1: The rising value of the neighborhood
Updated: March 18, 2024Since the publicly owned Polar Park stadium opened in 2021, the value of the Canal District has risen at more than double the rate of the city, according to a WBJ analysis of more than 200 properties within the district.
Updated: March 18, 2024
Worcester property investor sells Shrewsbury Street parcel for $1.4M
March 11, 2024A Worcester investor has sold a Shrewsbury Street retail property for $1.4 million, less than a year after purchasing it for $975,000.
March 11, 2024
Cannabis regulators consider allowing dispensaries to sell lottery tickets, other non-cannabis products
March 5, 2024State law and the CCC's regulations neither explicitly allow nor prohibit licensed marijuana stores from selling Lottery tickets. But the CCC has, by policy, limited the non-marijuana items its retailers can sell to marijuana accessories like pipes
March 5, 2024
Business Leaders of the Year: Youngblood uses his marijuana business to drive social change
Updated: March 4, 2024In his own words, Ulysses Youngblood is relentless and obsessed. And those qualities have paid off for the entrepreneur. Just off Kelley Square, on a quiet street in Worcester's Green Island neighborhood, sits the fruits of years of his labor: Major
Updated: March 4, 2024
Crafting a future: Wachusett Brewing’s acquisition is the latest signal of change in the craft beer industry, but a collaborative spirit remains
Updated: February 19, 2024The simple narrative proclaiming the craft beer industry is dying may fit nicely into a headline or television news chyron, but it doesn’t begin to explain the complexities of the local craft beer space.
Updated: February 19, 2024
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