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Community organizations baffled by delay in state funding

While the Legislature voted in October to restore millions of dollars that Gov. Maura Healey vetoed, leaders of four organizations say the funds have yet to start flowing or be committed through contracts with the state.

Central Mass. gas prices drop further despite holiday travel, Middle East tensions

The average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline on Thursday in Worcester sits at $3.19, lower than the statewide average of $3.23 and lower than this time last year, where the price in Worcester stood at $3.37.

🔒WBJ’s 10 bold predictions for 2024

Every December for this Economic Forecast special edition, the journalists in the WBJ newsroom forecast 10 possible news events for the coming year, based on their expertise and the trends in the Central Massachusetts business community.

Unionized Hudson school bus workers secure pay boost with supplemental contract

Just over a month after they voted to unionize in November, Hudson school bus drivers and monitors have secured a pay boost and other benefits.
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Advocates concerned state will miss emissions reduction requirement

Massachusetts will fail to hit a major emissions reduction requirement in 2030 unless Beacon Hill passes significant legislation to accelerate progress, leaders of a top advocacy group warned Wednesday.

Amazon opens same-day delivery site in Westborough, second in Mass.

As consumers scramble to complete their holiday shopping, Amazon has opened a same-day delivery facility in Westborough.

State receives $372M grant to fund replacement of Cape Cod bridge

Massachusetts has netted a significant federal grant to put towards the daunting cost of replacing the narrow and sometimes dangerous Sagamore Bridge.

Old Dominion Rail Line sells Oxford property for $19M

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., a Virginia-based trucking company, has sold its Oxford shipping terminal for $19 million to an Ohio-based corporation.
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Governor says she will block funding to communities that ignore MBTA zoning law

The governor said her administration "more than doubled" the list of programs whose funding can be withheld from non-compliant cities and towns.

Following fatal 2019 crash, Collings Foundation permanently grounds aircraft collection

The Collings Foundation, a nonprofit educational foundation based in Stow, has decided to ground all of its aircraft and put them on static display at its American Heritage Museum.
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