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Advocates, a Framingham-based human services nonprofit, will open an autism training center for businesses and a social space for children and families impacted by autism.

Four permits have been issued for the site in 2024, according to City of Worcester records.

BJ’s Wholesale, headquartered in Marlborough, has named Dave Burwick to the bulk retailer’s board of directors.

The historic building in the heart of the town’s downtown area has held many events over its 152-year history.

Compared to WBJ’s year-end Economic Forecast survey published in December, Central Massachusetts business leaders aren’t quite as optimistic as they were six months ago.

Revolutionary Clinics, a cannabis company with a cultivation and production facility in Fitchburg, has closed one of its Cambridge dispensaries.

It’s become a regular fixture on the calendar, but the dates of the 2024 sales tax holiday weekend remain up in the air and this is the week for lawmakers to put something on the books - if they're going to.

Axo operates more than 200 stores in Mexico and has retail operations in Chile, Peru, and Uruguay. 

This warning does not apply to products manufactured under the jurisdiction of the Cannabis Control Commission.

For Worcester business owners, operating a second-hand shop in the era of fast fashion means strategic buying, knowing the consumer base, and educating the customers is all in a day’s work.