Shrewsbury

In December 2019, no one could have predicted what was to come in 2020. Still, the major trends and news items for the year largely stayed on track. Of the 10 predictions made by the WBJ Editorial Staff for the year, seven came true.

Dani Babineau from Redemption Rock and David McLaren from McLaren & Associates sat down (virtually) to chat about the benefits of being a B Corp.

People are on the move at Clinton Savings Bank, Colantonio, Inc. and Central One Federal Credit Union.

The Botanist, the retail arm of the cannabis firm Acreage Holdings, which maintains U.S. headquarters in New York City, has opened an adult-use marijuana dispensary in Shrewsbury, and added adult-use sales to its Worcester location, the company announced on Wednesday.

Shrewsbury’s Industrial Polymers and Chemicals won Mass Tech Collaborative’s Phase Three Intrapreneur Challenge, which focused on health and safety and included a $25,000 award, the agency announced on Tuesday.

Shrewsbury’s Advantage Truck Group has acquired the Freightliner Trucks franchise of Frightliner of New Hampshire, including its full-service dealerships in Lebanon and Londonderry, the company announced on Wednesday.

Central One Federal Credit Union in Shrewsbury has named Joseph Rollo as its new chief financial officer, the financial institution announced on Thursday.

The unemployment rate in the Worcester area improved to 10.3% in August, down from 14.9% a month earlier, according to new data Wednesday from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

While the economy was growing into the longest economic expansion in the nation’s history, most Worcester County neighborhoods missed out – not only failing to capture rising income and attracting new residents but even going backward in many cases.

MLS Property Information Network, Inc., has launched a complete rebrand of its website and marketing tools, the Shrewsbury real estate information company announced on Thursday.