Blackstone Valley

Two Central Massachusetts life sciences companies are expanding their presence in the state, committing to a total of 130 new jobs as part of a state tax incentive program designed to bolster the life sciences industry.

As the latest chapter of the ongoing issues surrounding Grafton-based food waste conversion company Feedback Earth, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court, alleging the company has been releasing noxious odors for months and is negatively affecting residents in neighboring communities.  

Tom and Nick Bedrosian always knew they wanted to go into business together. Growing up, the brothers did not know what their business would look like, but after creating an all-purpose seasoning in their family kitchen, an idea for a spice company was born.

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Four Central Massachusetts businesses have received a combined $449,354 from a program designed to assist small and midsize manufacturers.

A total of six residential properties in Northbridge, Uxbridge, and Douglas have been sold for a combined $3.95 million to a trio of entities.

Millbury-based cannabis dispensary Wonderland Cannabis Co. is now open.

UN1F1ED2 Global Packaging Group has sold its 124,400-square foot facility for $11.2 million.

Social equity cannabis companies say more support needed.

Marlborough-based IPG Photonics Corp., a global laser manufacturing company founded in a Moscow basement laboratory in 1990, has sold its remaining assets in Russia, citing the impact of ongoing sanctions related to the country’s invasion of Ukraine.