Small Business

The Vaccaro family has always shared a lifelong passion for baseball, which includes decades of coaching experience for the Shrewsbury American Legion Post 397 baseball team.

A candlepin bowling alley that has operated in Spencer for 58 years has been sold to another longtime Central Massachusetts candlepin alley operator.

A Worcester investor has sold a Shrewsbury Street retail property for $1.4 million, less than a year after purchasing it for $975,000.

A Worcester-based not-for-profit seeks to turn the city into a globally competitive startup hub.

Even with a slowing of the Massachusetts economy in the fourth quarter, business leaders in both Greater Worcester and the state-at-large are feeling increasingly confident in the current economic climate.

In January, Dixon was named a 2024 presidential scholar, among 60 nationwide to participate in the ninth class of the leadership program collectively put on by the presidential centers for Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Lyndon Johnson.

Brian Geisel went the Steve Jobs route and dropped out of college after a year to write software. His philosophy is to hire talented people who can write innovative code in the artificial-intelligence and machine-learning realms.

While generally supportive of the new rule, the lending industry is concerned about the onus the new requirements put on banks.

Cheney was one of several small business owners who told WBJ in December the combined forces of lower consumer spending and higher costs were threatening the future of small businesses in Central Massachusetts. 

Timothy Geary co-founded Prime Power Rentals with Brian Kerins as they saw demand increase from utility companies in helping to stabilize the electric grid.