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🔒Movers & Shakers for Feb. 10, 2025

Employees at Dean College, Bowditch & Dewey, and Milford Regional Physician Group are advancing in their professional careers.

🔒Stepping up to the plate: Brooke Cooper’s climb through the WooSox depth chart has made her the first woman GM in franchise history

When her first application for an internship with the PawSox resulted in rejection, Cooper was undeterred. Nine years later, she's the WooSox's general manager.

🔒Blooming business: The founders behind Worcester plant and decor shop Seed to Stem see their second location as the beginning of a bigger dream

Worcester shoppers know, if you’re in the market for a succulent, incense holder, or even an eel skull, there is a one-stop shop you can’t miss: Seed to Stem.

Register for WBJ’s upcoming Central MA Economic Forecast Forum

Worcester Business Journal’s will host its 2025 Central MA Economic Forecast Forum this Tuesday to explore the region’s economic and real estate landscapes by tapping into the minds of key industry leaders.  
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DPH closes investigations into two Central Mass. hospitals

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has closed its investigations into Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick and Framingham Union Hospital, probing sparked by undisclosed hospital-related incidents and complaints filed by the Massachusetts Nurses Association labor union.

State’s gambling regulators vote 3-2 to allow bets on Super Bowl coin toss

Heads or tails? The Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Thursday voted 3-2 to allow sports betting companies to offer wagers on one of the very first actions to take place at this Sunday's Super Bowl, the opening coin toss.

Mechanics Hall executive director announces June retirement

Kathleen Gagne, executive director of Mechanics Hall in Worcester, will be packing up her desk come June as the event hall’s leader has plans to retire.

Former site of 102-year-old Sunnyside Ford dealership in Holden up for sale

Eight parcels once comprising the Sunnyside Ford dealership in Holden are up for sale.
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State plan says Central Mass. needs 7.5-10% growth in housing over next decade to meet demand

The administration has long pointed to a goal of increasing the statewide supply of year-round housing by 222,000 units over the next decade.

Two longtime Worcester insurance agencies merge

IMA celebrated its 100th year of operation last year, having been founded by Harold Fielding in Worcester in 1924. The firm has 45 employees.
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