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Editorial
From the EditorFrom the Editor: Picking the cover for the 40 Under Forty
Updated: August 25, 2025Every year for the 40 Under Forty awards, I issue the same challenge to the winners: Take the best photo.
Updated: August 25, 2025- Editorial
Editorial: Cooperation is key to ballpark district's success
Updated: August 25, 2025After the fire and brimstone vitriol coming out of the Worcester City Council and Worcester Redevelopment Authority late last year, it’s encouraging to hear the City of Worcester is engaging in more constructive conversation with developer Madison
Updated: August 25, 2025 - Editorial
Editorial: Challenges for the next chancellor
Updated: July 28, 2025The most pressing issue at UMass Chan heading into the next academic year is the federal government’s slashing of research funding, particularly from the National Institutes of Health.
Updated: July 28, 2025 
From the EditorFrom the Editor: Trying something new: chicken sandwiches
Updated: July 28, 2025While restaurant news has always been part of WBJ’s coverage of the broader Central Massachusetts economy, this edition marks our first attempt at this more sophisticated, analytical approach to restaurant storytelling.
Updated: July 28, 2025
The Dog EditionFrom the Editor: Let me tell you about Bella
Updated: June 30, 2025We each find the dogs perfect for us. Sometimes, it’s the first dog we adopt and grow up with. Othertimes, it’s everybody’s second-favorite dog, who always becomes exactly what we need just when we need it.
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Editorial: Manufacturing & construction need Job Corps
Updated: June 30, 2025With a growing need to manufacture more products domestically and construct new housing, the manufacturing and construction industries need workers more than ever. Therefore, it’s disheartening to see the Trump Administration’s efforts to summarily
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From the Editor
From the Editor: What changed in 2025?
Updated: June 16, 2025What a difference a year makes.
Updated: June 16, 2025 - Editorial
Editorial: The pessimistic economy
Updated: June 16, 2025Central Massachusetts business headlines in the last four months have not been kind to employers or employees. The news hasn’t all been bad, but it’s easy to see why WBJ readers were particularly pessimistic in the 2025 Midyear Economic Forecast
Updated: June 16, 2025 - Editorial
Editorial: The clean energy sector deserves our support
Updated: June 2, 2025Heat pumps have become all the rage in building technology, especially this past year. It’s probably because federal incentives may be going away soon, and the price of the units is likely heading north.
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From the Editor: Don't demonize healthcare patients
Updated: June 2, 2025As a father to five special needs children, I’m all too aware of how quickly a behavioral or mental health crisis can escalate into a physical situation.
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From the Editor: Covering tariffs' impact on Central Mass.
Updated: May 5, 2025This year, the giant paradigm-shifting global event is President Donald Trump’s trade war with practically every country in the world. This, of course, is having very tangible impacts in Central Massachusetts.
Updated: May 5, 2025 - Editorial
Editorial: Keep the Central Mass. clean energy momentum moving forward
Updated: May 5, 2025While large solar installations have become more common, the need for clean energy projects like these feels more important than ever, along with homegrown companies and technology to support them.
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From the Editor: People are scared
Updated: April 21, 2025It’s not just colleges who are scared. Trump’s plans to upend the global economy through tariffs has led to economic uncertainty.
Updated: April 21, 2025 - Editorial
Editorial: International students are the cash customers
Updated: April 21, 2025Nearly every industry relies on a core customer base to help subsidize all the other customers. For higher education, international students are those core customers.
Updated: April 21, 2025 - Editorial
Editorial: Supporting our innovators
Updated: April 7, 2025Last year, 2,904 new businesses incorporated in Central Massachusetts, according to the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Updated: April 7, 2025 
From the EditorFrom the Editor: Doesn’t curling sound like fun?
Updated: April 7, 2025Even though I grew up near a curling facility and Central Massachusetts is home to a handful of curling clubs, I never actually tried the sport.
Updated: April 7, 2025
