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🔒Overcoming barriers: Workers with disabilities battle preconceived notions, as their labor force participation rises and company programs expand

A handful of Central Massachusetts companies are utilizing workforce programs to recognize and support their true capabilities.

Herb Chambers offloads 10 Central Mass. facilities as part of larger $1.5B sale to Atlanta firm

The Herb Chambers Cos., the Somerville-based automotive retail and service firm with ten locations in Central Massachusetts, has finalized its sale to Atlanta-based Asbury Automotive Group for $1.45 billion.

Nichols to explore age-gap issues at Intergenerational Workforce Summit

The summit will bring together representatives from Traditionalists, Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z for an event to address how to best manage and motivate a multigenerational workforce. 

Five residential Northbridge properties bought by Uxbridge firm for $3M

Five multifamily residences constructed over a century ago in Northbridge have been purchased for a combined $3 million.
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Historic Central Mass. inn back on market for $1.6M

Built in 1805, the property houses a 100-seat restaurant located on the first floor.

🔒WBJ publishes inaugural The Dog Edition

The Dog Edition captures the serious business issues associated with the rising rates of pet ownership and costs of petcare, while still injecting plenty of the fun & love associated with our furry friends.

🔒Pets of WBJ

WBJ's staff submitted photos of their own furry friends to be featured in the publication's first-ever Dog Edition. See more four-legged friends and reach about the ever-evolving dog industry here.

McGovern to Trump: ‘Keep your goddamn hands off of Job Corps’

McGovern, appearing alongside Congresswoman Lori Trahan and graduates of the Devens center, spoke outside the facility one day after a federal judge extended a temporary restraining order blocking the closures for another week. 
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New Hampshire firm looking to purchase public water supply company for Millbury, Oxford as part of wider $100M deal

Aquarion’s operations in Massachusetts distribute water to about 12,000 customers.

🔒A turn for the worse: In the annual midyear survey, WBJ readers say their outlook for the 2025 economy has soured since the start...

More than half (51%) of WBJ readers believe the U.S. economy will decline in the second half of this year.
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