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The Worcester Planning Board has now signed off on three recreational cannabis retail stores in the city, after approving two more earlier this week.

The Botanist is one step closer to building what could be more than a 100,000-square-foot facility cannabis cultivation and manufacturing facility in Northbridge.

If the production and sale of cannabis becomes legal federally, Central Mass. marijuana retailer The Botanist will become the brand of a large Canadian firm.

Left with an expired labor deal, Stop & Shop workers in New England walked off the job Thursday afternoon as negotiations again fell apart this week.

Two Central Massachusetts lawmakers are proposing legislation aimed to curb illegal and unregulated cannabis sales that have reportedly thrived due to the high prices of licensed and legal cannabis operators.

A middle ground needs to be found on regulations and commercialization on the state's new recreational marijuana, a prominent addiction doctor said at Anna Maria College Wednesday.

Five Central Massachusetts businesses, including two in Worcester and one in Shrewsbury, are among the U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Week honorees for Massachusetts.

Who's on the move in Central Massachusetts?

Reliant Medical Group will open its latest new Central Massachusetts office on Monday in a former Price Chopper space in Shrewsbury.