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WBJ's 10 bold predictions for 2025
Updated: 16 hours agoEvery December for this Economic Forecast special edition, the journalists in the WBJ newsroom forecast 10 possible news events for the coming year, based on their expertise and the trends in the Central Massachusetts business community.
Updated: 16 hours ago
Results: How did WBJ do with 2024's bold predictions?
Updated: 16 hours agoIn December 2023, the WBJ Editorial staff made 10 bold predictions for news events to happen in Central Massachusetts throughout the year. Turns out, we missed the mark on all but two.
Updated: 16 hours ago
MBTA weighs commuter rail options as Keolis contract set to expire in mid-2027
December 20, 2024For about a decade, the T has entrusted Keolis with running trains on the commuter rail system, but that contract is set to expire in mid-2027 after the most recent extension.
December 20, 2024
In effort to ward off Circle K takeover, 7-Eleven buys Shrewsbury gas station for $3M
December 18, 2024A Sunoco gas station on Route 9 in Shrewsbury has been purchased by 7-Eleven, Inc. for $2.75 million.
December 18, 2024
Middlesex sheriff named to MBTA board
December 18, 2024Healey on Tuesday named Koutoujian to the T Board, which has been operating down one member since former Chair Tom Glynn resigned effective Nov. 1.
December 18, 2024-
UniBank to offer 99-cent gas at Kelley Square station for three hours Wednesday morning
December 17, 2024Following the opening of a new UniBank branch in Worcester’s Canal District, the Whitinsville-based bank is funding gasoline priced at 99 cents per gallon on Wednesday at a station in Kelley Square.
December 17, 2024
UPS wins approvals for 845K-sq.-ft. warehouse on Grafton/Shrewsbury border
December 16, 2024Six years after purchasing more than 200 acres of property bisected by the municipal border of Grafton and Shrewsbury, a developer has won approvals to construct a 845,000-square-foot distribution center for delivery company UPS.
December 16, 2024
Worcester, Leominster regional transit ridership boosted by free fares
December 11, 2024Ridership is up with both the Worcester Regional Transit Authority and the Montachusett RTA, which operates in communities around Leominster, Gardner, and Athol.
December 11, 2024
Ascend Elements to start production at $43M Georgia EV battery recycling facility in 2025
December 10, 2024Ascend plans on producing up to 3,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate per year at the facility.
December 10, 2024
Commercial driver bill on the move on Beacon Hill
December 6, 2024A bill to prevent commercial drivers from losing their licenses due to offenses that are more than two decades old is on the move on Beacon Hill,
December 6, 2024
Business owners decry RMV's mass CDL revoke as life-and-death situation
November 27, 2024Top Democrats suggested they're open to Gov. Maura Healey's legislative push to minimize upheaval for hundreds of commercial drivers, in the process lamenting a bipartisan failure that contributed to the need for action so late in the lawmaking term.
November 27, 2024
Champions of Health Care: Jack modernizes small town firefighting
Updated: November 25, 2024Eric Jack has built his career on service to others and looking at the bigger picture.
Updated: November 25, 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 
State lawmakers discuss cannabis agency overhaul as regulators pass long-awaited delivery rule reforms
October 31, 2024As regulators were discussing removing the two-driver rule in Worcester, cannabis delivery operators were explaining the impact of the CCC’s three-year-long delay in removing the rule to lawmakers on Beacon Hill.
October 31, 2024
The company you keep ... or don't: Once synonymous with their communities, these Central Mass. businesses have moved on in distinct ways
Updated: October 28, 2024As the economic climate has shifted over the decades, some Central Massachusetts companies have left the region.
Updated: October 28, 2024
Fast forward to 2034: At Worcester Regional Airport, momentum building toward more flights, airlines
Updated: October 28, 2024It’s been 35 years since Worcester Regional Airport saw its passenger traffic peak when 354,000 travelers passed through the airport’s terminal in 1989.
Updated: October 28, 2024
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