Since medical marijuana became the law of the land in Massachusetts last fall, many cities and towns that perceive legal or public safety problems arising have scrambled to exert local control over where the 35 treatment centers authorized by voters will open.
Four Central Massachusetts communities, including Worcester, will receive nearly $375,000 in state money for water conservation, demand management and other projects that will help ease the ecological impacts of water withdrawals.
Medway-based fitness equipment maker Cybex International will be going private after shareholders approved a purchase of outstanding shares of common stock Wednesday to the company's largest shareholder.