Westborough

Columbia Gas of Massachusetts is expected to plead guilty to federal charges of violating the Pipeline Safety Act that will be brought against the Westborough company today.

Worcester Business Journal publishes a podcast every Monday called The Weekly Business Report, a forward-looking news segment designed to make Central Massachusetts business professional informed about what is going to happen in the local economy.

Check out the latest Central Massachusetts professionals getting hired and promoted.

These stories from seven Central Mass. women professionals detail how sexual harassment has long-lasting and wide-ranging impact on people and company productivity.

One bill filed last year by Sen. Jason Lewis (D-Winchester), would require any public company headquartered in Mass. to have at least one female board member by the end of 2021.

A 2019 WBJ investigation into the gender breakdown of the leadership at 75 Central Massachusetts prominent business organizations found 35% were women, an increase from 33% in 2018. This year, the percentage went backward.

The new 10,255-square-foot Burger King project on Route 9 in Westborough will not only be home for the Whopper with a drive through. It will also include a Starbucks with a drive-through, and ConvenientMD Urgent Care & Walk-In Clinic, according to the Westborough Assessor’s Office.

NEC Energy Solutions Inc., a Westborough manufacturer of storage solutions for the electric grid, said they have completed work on an energy storage system in the Czech Republic for IBG Cesko, a supplier of energy solutions. 

The EPA has recognized the Westborough Wastewater Treatment Plant for its outstanding record of safe, reliable operations. 

A handful of Central Massachusetts companies were among the nearly 700 nationwide that have adopted policies to meet the needs of their lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) workers, according to the 2020 Corporate Equality Index released Tuesday.