Manufacturing

Legal sales of marijuana in Massachusetts hit a new record in 2022, the fourth full year of adult-use cannabis sales in the state.

The Worcester Red Sox plan on temporarily taking over the space set aside for the delayed Left Field Building, which is part of a five-building planned development slated to help pay for the $160-million public baseball stadium.

Exhibit ‘A’ Brewing Co. will release a new beer and host a fundraiser for the Framingham after-school and summer program Hoops & Homework on Saturday.

Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner, along with three Central Massachusetts vocational schools and the nonprofit Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership in Auburn, received $1.57 million in funding for workforce development programs which partner with local businesses.

An affiliate of Calare Properties of Framingham purchased a Northborough location of healthcare manufacturer Steris Corp. for $6.7 million. There is no indication that Steris is moving.

Following the retirement of its founder and CEO and the resignation of one of its executive vice presidents, Westborough display manufacturer Kopin Corp. is restructuring, resulting in about 30 layoffs.

Despite falling prices and increasing competition, marijuana business officials across the state, and particularly in Central Massachusetts, still see the cannabis market as primed for opportunity, with operators having to be smarter about the way they operate their marijuana businesses.

Innofiber, a supplier and manufacturer of fiber-optic cables and related equipment has appointed Dustin Gorman as its CEO.

Rhode Island developers Churchill & Banks purchased a property at 244 Worcester St. in Grafton, from Millbury aerospace company Wyman Gordon for $9.2 million, after receiving approval for a 375,000 square-foot warehouse facility on the property in April.

Ricky Williams, winner of the 1998 Heisman Trophy and cannabis advocate, will be at Worcester’s Major Bloom dispensary on Sunday to sign autographs and meet fans.