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Unemployment rates dropped throughout the four Central Massachusetts metro areas in September as the region and state have been experiencing a rebound following a year-long high in July.
Westborough-based Ascend Elements has filed a lawsuit seeking $5 million in damages against the owner of a Devens building the company intended to turn into a manufacturing facility.
Two multistate cannabis companies with operations in Central Massachusetts, have been fined a combined $165,000 by the state’s Cannabis Control Commission for regulatory violations.
NEADS World Class Service Dogs has named Aubrey Henderson as the organization's incoming CEO as Gerry DeRoche plans to retire come Dec. 31 after 14-year tenure with the organization.
Banking and finance leaders at Central Massachusetts institutions see education as a key way to help combat financial illiteracy.
The Gov. Maura Healey Administration has 32 officials to a working group assembled to address the healthcare needs of a region now left without a hospital.
A new urgent care option has arrived in Central Massachusetts as New Hampshire-based ConvenientMD has opened its second Worcester clinic located at 18 Belmont Ave.
Massachusetts cannabis regulators took a guided tour of a outdoor cannabis farm on Thursday, in an attempt to learn more about issues facing the relatively-small number of businesses in the state who have attempted to take marijuana production back…
Leominster Credit Union will be changing its name come Monday in an effort to better reflect its mission, vision, and diverse community of service.
Twenty-five local nonprofits have split $440,000 in funding from the Southbridge-based United Way of South Central Massachusetts aimed at supporting services addressing needs throughout the region, including food insecurity, homelessness, and mental…
In November, Massachusetts residents will vote on Question 4 regarding whether or not to legalize restricted use and possession of psychedelic drugs for those 21 and older. The use of psychedelics to treat mental health conditions is slowly becoming more popular within the U.S. On Oct. 10, veterans lobbied on the Boston Common to decriminalize the use of certain types and small quantities of psychedelic substances, claiming its usage has the potential to save lives.
While the proposed law would not impact employers’ rights to enforce workplace policies restricting employee psychedelic substance use, the possibility of legalization does bring up the question of whether or not companies will choose independently to adjust their drug testing policies. The ballot question comes six years after legalized sale of recreational marijuana began in Massachusetts.
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