Greater Worcester

Voting is now open for WBJ’s 11th annual Best of Business Awards.

Neither Table Talk nor NorthBridge immediately responded to requests for comment on the sale, but it’s unlikely these transactions from one real estate firm to another will have an impact on the company’s operations at the sites.

Stop & Shop locations in Worcester and Shrewsbury are set to close at the end of October, as the company faces questions over allegations of price gouging.

Massachusetts cannabis regulators took a guided tour of a outdoor cannabis farm on Thursday, in an attempt to learn more about issues facing the relatively-small number of businesses in the state who have attempted to take marijuana production back to its outdoor roots.

Bay State Savings Bank’s chief community engagement officer Diane Giampa plans to retire following a 27-year tenure with the Worcester-based bank come Dec. 31.   

Twenty-five local nonprofits have split $440,000 in funding from the Southbridge-based United Way of South Central Massachusetts aimed at supporting services addressing needs throughout the region, including food insecurity, homelessness, and mental health. 

As part of its efforts to promote environmental sustainability, Greater Worcester Community Foundation has launched the Worcester County Green Fund, a grant program aimed at bolstering local initiatives addressing the effects of climate change.  

Mere weeks after being named executive chef of SONOMA Restaurant in September, Michael Chandler has confirmed he is no longer with the restaurant located in Worcester's Beechwood Hotel. 

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DPH has launched an investigation into three Central Massachusetts hospitals owned by Tenet Healthcare.