Leominster

Government & Politics

Canal District, Pullman St. pot retailers get planning approval

The Worcester Planning Board has now signed off on three recreational cannabis retail stores in the city, after approving two more earlier this week.

Real Estate

Worcester County home prices outpace state as prices hit March record

Median single-family home prices hit $268,250 in Worcester County in March, outpacing state price increases from last year, which across Massachusetts marked a record high.

Government & Politics

Northbridge OKs agreement for The Botanist’s 100K-sq.-ft. cannabis production facility

The Botanist is one step closer to building what could be more than a 100,000-square-foot facility cannabis cultivation and manufacturing facility in Northbridge.

Government & Politics

Canadian firm to buy Botanist parent upon U.S. pot legalization

If the production and sale of cannabis becomes legal federally, Central Mass. marijuana retailer The Botanist will become the brand of a large Canadian firm.

News

Leominster attorney purchases TD Bank building for $2.1M

A Leominster lawyer has purchased the TD Bank Building in the city's downtown for $2.1 million.

Government & Politics

Fallon preparing to move Worcester elder care center

Fallon Health is looking to move its elder care program to a new medical building on Grove Street in Worcester, pending regulatory approvals.

Hospitality

Friendly’s to close Holden, Framingham locations

Friendly's is closing its Holden and Framingham restaurants among 23 corporate-owned locations across the Northeast, leaving seven stores in Central Massachusetts.

Economy

Greater Worcester unemployment down to 3.6%

According to Massachusetts labor and workforce officials, Greater Worcester added 1,600 jobs in February, and the area's unemployment rate fell from 3.9 percent in January to 3.6 percent.

Arts & Entertainment

Cannabis is now legal to buy, but we still don’t know what to expect

The first shops are now open, but the medical community is as unsettled as ever on marijuana's benefits and harms, and few know what to expect for health effects in Massachusetts.

Arts & Entertainment