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🔒DEI’s not dead: While losing jobs and managing client fears, DEI practitioners are navigating what it means to be inclusive in the Trump era

Equity work has never been easy, and its often uphill battle has been compounded by the President Donald Trump Administration’s crusade to uproot DEI.

Median single-family home price in Worcester County nears $500K

While the median price of a single-family home in Central Massachusetts dropped in August after the traditional peak of the homesale season in mid-summer, the month saw higher prices and fewer sales than August 2024. 

Lawmakers renew calls for overdose prevention centers

Controversial bills to legalize overdose prevention centers returned to the spotlight Monday, as a committee leader touted...

State auctions off four Central Mass. properties to housing developers for $2M

Hoping to boost housing production in the state, the Gov. Maura Healey Administration has auctioned off four Central Massachusetts state-owned properties to private developers to convert the sites into housing.
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Luxury real estate transfer fee pitched as tool to address housing crisis

The battle for a local option real estate transfer fee has risen from the dead as communities...

Devens hydrogen unicorn acquires NY firm, secures $400M for project financing

Devens-based Electric Hydrogen has acquired a New York firm also working to grow the concept of green hydrogen.

Longtime Fidelity Bank leader announces retirement

Ed Manzi has announced his retirement as Chairman & CEO of Fidelity Bank, after having led the Leominster-based financial institution for over 28 years.

RFK Community Alliance names Ernst as new chief operating officer

Ernst replaces interim chief operating officer Kathy Mills, who filled the role in January following the retirement of longtime RFK executive Cindy Wing.
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Movers & Shakers for Sept. 8, 2025

New board members have been appointed to the Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts and Worcester County Horticultural Society.

🔒Revolutionary collapse: The rise and fall of the once-largest cannabis employer in Central Mass.

Just four years ago, Fitchburg-based company Rev Clinics was one of the biggest players in the Massachusetts marijuana industry, with its products available in about 75% of the then-200 dispensaries across the state.
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