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The town of Westborough will receive 22 additional liquor licenses in the next three years in an effort by town officials to bring more restaurants into the community with a special focus on the downtown area.

Marijuana may soon be legal in Massachusetts, but industry officials warn of regulatory & local fights before the Green Rush hits the Bay State.

With 28 days until it becomes legal to grow marijuana in Massachusetts, some in the medical marijuana industry are growing concerned about the slow launch of a new industry without a regulatory scheme in place.

As Staples works to implement a new program taking it away from retail to a more service-oriented and middle-market direct to business format, the company's income and sales continued to slide in the third quarter of the year.

In an ongoing expansion of its service offerings, Framingham-based Staples announced Thursday that it has partnered with Managed by Q to connect small businesses to more than 100 on-demand office services.

Franklin Realty Advisors has been busy this month securing leases for Worcester's Mercantile Center, nabbing an extension, an expansion and a new tenant in the form of commercial real estate firm Kelleher and Sadowsky.

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh opposed marijuana legalization but now Walsh administration officials are getting ready to implement the law.

Sales and profits took a different direction in the latest earnings report from Framingham's TJX, with sales growing by 7 percent and net income declining by 6.3 percent year-over-year for the third quarter of the 2017 fiscal year.

After Massachusetts voters said yes to legalizing marijuana Tuesday, Gov. Charlie Baker, an outspoken opponent of the referendum, said he wants a more efficient process of permitting retail pot shops than the extensive procedures the state engaged in to implement medical marijuana.

Voters on Tuesday approved a ballot question to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana for adult use, making Massachusetts the first state on the East Coast to legalize marijuana.