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After eight-year wait, cannabis regulators see potential in social consumption licenses

The CCC planned to include social consumption sites in its initial 2018 launch of the legal industry before it bowed to pressure from Beacon Hill to focus on the retail rollout first.

Trio of Shrewsbury properties on Route 9 sold for $2.5M

The 1.34-acre property at 620 Turnpike Road contains a 15,540-square-foot warehouse; half is unoccupied, and the other half is occupied by Shrewsbury Marble & Granite.

After developer abandoned plans for 87-apartment project, UMass Memorial buys Shrewsbury Street parcel for $2.65M 

A Shrewsbury Street parking lot, which was the proposed site of a 87-unit apartment building, has been sold to UMass Memorial Health.

UMass Chan to start environmental justice program

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester is developing an environmental justice program designed to implement climate action efforts on campus and create a sustainable resource guide. 
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Redemption Rock Brewing will close permanently on Dec. 29

The closure will mark the end of a near-six-year run for the small craft brewery, which saw it navigate a global pandemic while becoming a prominent member of the city’s small business scene.

Hanover Theatre hires NY production executive to replace Troy Siebels as CEO

Alan Seiffert has been named president and CEO of the Worcester Center for Performing Arts, the nonprofit behind The Hanover Theatre & Conservatory for the Performing Arts in Worcester. 

Business owners decry RMV’s mass CDL revoke as life-and-death situation

Top Democrats suggested they're open to Gov. Maura Healey's legislative push to minimize upheaval for hundreds of commercial drivers, in the process lamenting a bipartisan failure that contributed to the need for action so late in the lawmaking term.

Central Mass. Housing Alliance to acquire Worcester properties, open homelessness resource center

Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance, a Worcester-based nonprofit addressing homelessness through initiatives aimed at promoting long-term housing stability, has teamed up with the City of Worcester to open a Day Resource Center for the community’s unhoused population. 
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Worcester nonprofits, law enforcement granted slice of $3.3M to combat sexual violence, human trafficking

Worcester County state, local, and nonprofit agencies have received a slice of nearly $3.8 million in federal funding to help mitigate intimate partner violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and stalking in the local community. 

Raising Cane’s planning first Worcester location

Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers has fired the latest salvo in the battle between a number of fast-casual chicken chains seeking a larger presence in Central Massachusetts.
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