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🔒Movers & Shakers for Nov. 22, 2021

People are on the move at Harrington Physician Services, Charles River Bancorp., Fidelity Bank, and more...

Worcester’s opioid overdose deaths rose 27% in 2020

The number of Worcester residents who died of opioid-related overdoses rose from 81 in 2019 to 103 in 2020, according to new data released Wednesday by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health

🔒Banking industry relieved the federal government scrapped an effort to monitor more financial transactions

When President Joe Biden’s administration dropped a planned $600 reporting requirement on bank account transactions, financial institutions across Central Massachusetts and the nation breathed a collective sigh of relief.

Greater Worcester’s unemployment rate decreases to 5.4%, but labor force dwindles

After a spike during the summer, the percent of the labor force that is unemployed in the Worcester metropolitan area dipped to 5.4% in September, one of the lowest rates since the beginning of the pandemic.
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🔒Retail shifts have changed the way planners & developers are approaching real estate

The changing face of retail is having a profound impact on Massachusetts’ real estate and development landscape.

Solvus Global receives $1.6M grant, opens new 32k sq.-ft. Leominster facility

Solvus Global, a technology solutions company founded by two PhD graduates from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, has received a $1.6 million grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to develop a new manufacturing center, according to a Friday announcement. 

For $11M, Framingham real estate firm snaps up another retail complex

A 168,000-square-foot property on Hudson’s Main Street sold for $11 million, according to a press release from Greater Boston Commercial Properties Inc., who brokered the sale.

Leominster warehouse sells for $6M

A Framingham real estate company purchased a 102,000-square-foot, fully leased industrial warehouse in Leominster for $5.9 million, according to the Worcester North District Registry of Deeds.
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Beacon Manufacturing of Lancaster acquires Acromatic Plastics of Leominster

Beacon Manufacturing Group of Lancaster announced Monday it has acquired Acromatic Plastics of Leominster, a precision molded products company.

Jam out to the WBJ 40 Under Forty playlist

Songs include "Vogue" by Madonna, "Sweet Jane" by The Velvet Underground, "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison, "Whatta Man" by Salt-N-Pepa, and "All I Do Is Win" by DJ Khaled.
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