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The woman-owned Alicia’s Spice Co. in Worcester is racing down a path of growth, evident with its Biz-M-Power partnership in June or its developing goal of putting products in schools. 

The business closed its two retail stores in March 2020, operating solely from its online shop. The Kelley Square location re-opened in May 2021, and the DCU Center location started welcoming back customers in May 2022. 

After 10 years running her local bakery, The Queen’s Cups, Renee Diaz is ready to embrace consistency and has locked in at least another half decade in the Canal District.

Katherine Scalora and Lora Markova have brought a somewhat unique concept in exercise to Hudson: aerial yoga, where patrons dangle from silks.

What New England state is Joseph Hill a native of?

The husband and wife who have owned O’Connor’s Restaurant & Bar since 1989, turning the eatery into a cornerstone of Worcester's Irish-American community, will sell the restaurant in August and retire.

The Saint-Gobain North America Foundation, the corporate foundation of Worcester manufacturer Saint-Gobain, said on Thursday it awarded $170,000 in funding to 21 Greater Worcester nonprofits. 

Alicia’s Spice Co. of Worcester has been accepted into a statewide crowdfunding matching grant program to allow it to purchase new machinery and equipment. 

In the first month since the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce partnered with Discover Clinton to establish the Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce, the new organization has added seven members, with more inquiries.

As the chairman and CEO of Southbridge’s first cannabis dispensary, Bob Patton has had a uniquely powerful impact on the town, but it was not easily earned.