Sterling

Real Estate

Cannabis firm buys Sterling cultivation facility for $5M

A real estate investment firm with ties to The Botanist has bought for $5 million a Sterling building where the cannabis operator has grown its product.

Health Care

Struggling to pay for drugs

Every couple of months, Laura Ricci purchases three different medications at her local pharmacy, preventing her from...

Health Care

Saint Vincent opens Sterling location

Saint Vincent Medical Group in Worcester has opened a new family practice location in Sterling.

Energy

Five Central Mass. projects split $784K in brownfield funding

The Baker Administration has given $784,000 to five sites in four Central Massachusetts communities to help clean contaminated properties.

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.

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.

Government & Politics

Worcester airport has $97M economic impact

Worcester Regional Airport has an economic impact of $97 million, according to a study released last month by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

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