Retail

A former Worcester business owner pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Worcester on Tuesday in connection with a $3.6 million food stamp fraud scheme that she operated out of her convenience store.

Massachusetts is one of two states that requires retail workers to be paid time-and-a-half on Sundays, a practice that could end under a bill that's advancing in the House.

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Framingham and Worcester have made the list of 99 cities linked to 99 beers, with Jack's Abby Brewery in Framingham and Worcester's Wormtown Brewery being listed as reasons why these communities are a great place to call home.

Kevin Meehan, owner of a sprawling car dealership in bucolic Mendon, two years ago made a $5-million donation in his family's name to help fund a $54-million expansion at Milford Regional Medical Center, where he served several years as a board member.

To call Chip Norton a fresh face to Central Massachusetts is a little bit of a misnomer, since he has owned and/or developed several multi-million real estate projects in the region for years, but he was largely working behind the scenes until late October when his firm purchased two Front Street office towers in Worcester for $33 million.

Power comes in many forms, but from power derives influence; and how people use that influence is ultimately reflective of the power they hold.

A $2 million renovation project that will bring 15 additional full-time jobs to the city has been completed at the 100 Mayfield St. Big Y in Worcester, the company announced Tuesday.

Staples' bid to buy its chief rival, Office Depot, has been knocked by the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), which told Federal Trade Commission investigators that the merger proposed by the Framingham company would create a monolithic entity akin to “Godzilla” that would dominate rivals in the office-supply market.

Attorney General Maura Healey said Tuesday she believes an Amazon facility in Stoughton that plans to open on Thanksgiving qualifies as a "distribution warehouse," rather than a retail store that would be barred from opening on the holiday under state law.