4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (212+ words) Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order Tuesday subjecting proposed data center projects to local approval before developers can move onto state permitting, representing her administration’s latest crackdown on the facilities after halting tax breaks earlier this summer. Pending data…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (326+ words) Brad Kane is the Editor for Worcester Business Journal. Kane came to Worcester from its sister publication Hartford Business Journal, where he most recently served as managing editor. Kane talked his way onto HBJ’s staff in May 2010, previously working as…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (562+ words) Founded in 1852, C.C. Lowell Art Supply has been providing fine art supplies to generations of artists and creators. Number one, we're a fine art supply store. There are a lot of arts and crafts stores, but we cater to fine artists…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (830+ words) Lawmakers responsible for reconciling bills intended to curb violence against healthcare workers met for the first time Thursday, after leaving protections at hospitals and doctor’s offices unaddressed for over a month since the end of scheduled formal sessions. Some of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (452+ words) Second Chance Animal Services has purchased a former lumber store on Park Avenue in Worcester, with plans to convert the space into a new veterinary care center and thrift shop as part of larger efforts to make pet ownership more…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (313+ words) Tufts University’s Grafton-based veterinary medicine school has named an interim dean, replacing Alastair Cribb as he prepares for retirement. Melissa Mazan was named dean ad interim of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, the school announced Tuesday. Mazan has spent…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (228+ words) A Brockton nonprofit that runs treatment programs for substance use disorder is facing $1.15 million in fines, after Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s office found that participants performed unpaid labor that was not related to their recovery. “People seeking treatment for substance…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (757+ words) Flanked by a sea of more than 20,000 purple flags representing lives lost to the opioid epidemic, Gov. Maura Healey invited dozens of people gathered around the display Monday to call out the names of loved ones who succumbed to fatal…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (331+ words) The Menkiti Group has received more public financial support for its conversion of a Downtown Worcester building into apartments. The Washington D.C.-based development firm received $2.33 million in tax credits from the state’s Commercial Conversion Tax Credit Initiative. The tax credit…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (225+ words) Colleges: UMass Lowell; Clark University Jon Zlotnik entered elected office at 21 and has spent his career using state policy and funding to drive economic development in North Central Massachusetts. First elected to the Massachusetts House in 2012, Zlotnik has secured millions…...