Robert E. Johnson has taken his presidency at Becker College as an opportunity to both turn around a school that lacked a coherent direction and in the process become one of the most engaged and dynamic college figures on the Greater Worcester community.
Laurie Leshin landed on the Worcester business and higher education scene in 2014 when she became the first female president in the 150-year history of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
If you are looking for the true economic and political power in Central Massachusetts, you should start by walking into the Worcester city manager's office at 8:30 a.m. every Friday.
There's something funky in the air, and it isn't the smell of medical marijuana in Massachusetts.While medical marijuana has been part of the Massachusetts landscape since a ballot vote passed in 2012, thanks to slow implementation, there are still fewer than 14,000 active patients and only three dispensaries authorized to distribute in the Commonwealth.
Dr. Charles and Janet Birbara never intended to run the Beechwood Hotel, but when their business partner went bankrupt, the responsibility fell to them. They have taken that misfortune and turned it into an opportunity.