Shrewsbury

Government & Politics

Athol hopes for new life with marijuana facility

Recreational and medical marijuana could be a $1.1-billion industry in Massachusetts by 2020, and Athol wants in.

Health Care

Movers & Shakers

Wilson Language Training, Wachusett Community College, Boston Scientific and Provo Wealth Management were among the 10 firms announcing new hires and promotions.

Real Estate

Worcester arena football team to debut in April

The Massachusetts Pirates, an arena football team, will start play next April at the DCU Center as the newest team in the fledgling National Arena League.

Government & Politics

GM executive creating diversity in manufacturing

Worcester native Ken Barrett, the global chief diversity officer for General Motors, is delivering the keynote speech at the Abdella Center for Ethics lecture on Wednesday.

Movers & Shakers

Reliant Medical Group, Country Bank and E4TheFuture were among the organizations announcing recent hires and promotions.

Transportation

Big Y, Instacart join for Worcester grocery delivery

San Francisco-based delivery service Instacart and Springfield grocery chain Big Y have expanded their partnership to the Worcester and Boston areas.

Energy

Hopkinton firm leads region’s top 10 woman businesses

Central Massachusetts has several other woman-owned businesses with more than 100 employees, as compiled by the Worcester Business Journal research department.

Government & Politics