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While Asante was climbing the corporate ladder abroad, she decided to return home to her family in Worcester. Her goal has always been to use her legal acumen to benefit local business owners, especially immigrant entrepreneurs who defied the odds to build successful legacies.

Employees at Assumption University, Fidelity Bank, and Mirick O'Connell are advancing in their careers.

David Crowley, a prominent member of the family which runs both Polar Beverages and Wachusett Mountain Ski Area, has passed away.

The Central Massachusetts region’s tourism agency is now fighting for the attention of Times Square tourists with a new ad campaign.

"This case presents important and undecided questions concerning the removal of a commissioner from an independent agency of the Commonwealth. It presents a number of issues of first impression, as the enabling statute of the Commission has never been construed by this Court," lawyers for O'Brien wrote in their new filing.

A months-long WBJ investigation shows how a dysfunctional agency hollowed out by turnover, bogged down by infighting, and plagued by a fuzzy leadership structure is impeding businesses in a struggling industry.

They say you can't judge a book by its cover. But newspapers — what choice do you have? Here are some of the best, most interesting, most important, most impactful — and hopefully most enjoyable — Worcester Business Journal covers over the last 35 years, starting with the first one.

WBJ sources over the past 35 years have contributed memorable sentiments.

In 2016, 53.6% of Massachusetts voters cast a ballot in favor of legalizing marijuana like alcohol, kicking off the creation of an industry that has so far led to more than $6 billion in sales.

As leaders, they ably represented two of Central Massachusetts’ longest-running institutions: each intricately tied to Isaiah Thomas. One turned his bequeathed library into the world’s preeminent repository of pre-20th-century print materials in what is now the United States. The other invoked the patriot printer’s name for its annual award to citizens who serve Worcester with distinction.