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Editorial
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.
Updated: June 30, 2025- Editorial
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
Updated: June 30, 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 
From the EditorFrom the Editor: What changed in 2025?
Updated: June 16, 2025What a difference a year makes.
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.
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From the Editor: DEI can be good for everybody
Updated: March 24, 2025Even if sometimes flawed in practice, the principle of DEI is good and would create a stronger Central Mass. economy, as it is meant to overcome barriers to provide opportunities for everyone to best use their natural talents and skills.
Updated: March 24, 2025 - Editorial
Editorial: DEI policies can help businesses succeed
Updated: March 24, 2025DEI policies are about maximizing companies’ opportunities for revenue and profits, better serving their customer bases, and building stronger workforces.
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From the Editor: Speaking the language of business
Updated: March 10, 2025Banking tends not to be the most exciting industry in the world, but its influence is everywhere. From small startups to trillion-dollar public companies, access to capital and the banking system can literally make or break hopes and dreams.
Updated: March 10, 2025 - Editorial
Editorial: Who will be our next EMC?
Updated: March 10, 2025Even though Dell EMC still has a substantial presence in the region, particularly in Hopkinton, the company is a far cry from when EMC was being run by its founders and was a more engaged partner in the community.
Updated: March 10, 2025
