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Jeffrey Welch is departing Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, MetroWest Medical and other affiliates little more than one year after becoming CEO for Tenet Healthcare's area hospitals.

There are now 22 adult-use cannabis business applications in Worcester County, and the Cannabis Control Commission is slowly but surely approving new Central Massachusetts companies' entrances into the industry.

The Cannabis Control Commission on Thursday is expected to take up license applications from a Franklin-based grower, but no licenses for a testing facility will be heard.

Health care is expensive in Massachusetts, but when it comes to health and rehabilitation centers, staffing levels here are generally above national averages, statistics show.

As SVP, CIO and president of Hanover subsidiary Opus, Tripp is responsible for the investment strategy of more than $10 billion in client assets.

Franklin joint replacement device firm Arthrosurface has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market a new knee device.

Worcester is soliciting applications from prospective recreational marijuana shop operators for what it says would be a uniform approach for reviewing applications.

The Headyco LLC has applied to the Cannabis Control Commission to cultivate marijuana in Worcester, becoming the city's first recreational pot applicant to submit all required information.

Twenty-one Central Mass. workers and their organizations reported to the WBJ that they have landed new jobs this month.

BJ's Wholesale Club is adding a simple one-swipe move to its app allowing customers to add an item to their shopping wish list, a feature common with some dating sites.