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Following January approval, Auburn steakhouse sold to Town for new firehouse

The Town intends on constructing a three-story firehouse at the location, with room for a future three-story police station at the location as well, according to a presentation made by Auburn Fire Chief Stephen Coleman before the January Town Meeting vote.

Worcester truck garage’s retiring owner sells to AAA Northeast for $1.8M

Following the owner’s retirement, the former Costello's Truck Service & Repair location on Southwest Cutoff in Worcester has been sold to AAA Northeast. 

Saint Vincent Hospital hires third CFO since 2019

Jeffrey Thomas has been named as the new chief financial officer of the Massachusetts market of Tenet Healthcare. 

Movers & Shakers for April 15, 2024

People are moving up at Cornerstone Bank, the Marlborough Economic Development Council, and bankHometown.
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🔒Gov. Healey’s proposed $1B life sciences reauthorization has Central Mass. leaders thinking big

For the burgeoning life sciences hub that is Central Massachusetts, Governor Maura Healey’s $3.5-billion Mass Leads Act economic development proposal looks to add fuel to fires.

🔒Preventing type 1 diabetes: UMass Chan researcher developing skin treatment, with potential broader applications to prevent diabetes

Now professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology at UMass Chan, Harris has founded a vitiligo pharmaceutical company and is about to launch a 1,000-person vitiligo study.

🔒HollyWoo production, halted: The industry built around Central Mass. moviemaking reached new heights in the early 2020s, before 2023 pressed pause

Once a production desert, Central Massachusetts has seen a large increase in Hollywood-related activity in the past 15 years. Then, the strikes came.

Clark changes on-campus dining vendor, as 154 employees offered opportunity to work for new company

This move will see the end of Clark’s relationship with Sodexo, a French company that had provided hospitality services for the school since 2007. 
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Worcester retirement home receives $8M from HUD for green renovations

Colony Retirement Homes III in Worcester has been granted $8 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under the department’s Green and Resilient Retrofit Program, which issues direct loans and grants to support a variety of green initiatives for eligible HUD-assisted multifamily properties.

UMass Chan to open AI assurance lab to validate use of the technology in health care

On Wednesday, UMass Chan announced the creation of the university’s Health AI Assurance Laboratory: a lab designed to evaluate processes and impacts of health AI technology to advance efforts for more accountable, unbiased, and efficacious patient care.
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