Higher education has had a bit of a rough time this decade. Largely the result of a demographic dip in the number of high school graduates – but also because of concerns over costs and politics – ...

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Those quick walks around the parking lot, down to a nearby smoothie shop or even a few minutes with one’s head down on the desk are beneficial. Chad Brooks of BusinessNewsDaily reports on a 2014 ...

Kevin Sprague is vice president for engineering at Lunenburg-based utility Unitil, which provides gas and electric service in north Worcester County, along with Maine and New Hampshire. The plan ...

Tracking Central Massachusetts tourist locations’ decisions and challenges – and how they handled them over the last three decades – is an exercise in business strategy. How do you get people to keep ...

At the northern edge of the Canal District neighborhood in Worcester sits iLAH Jewelry. After operating a design studio in Sudbury for 15 years, Owner Ilah Cibis opened her immersive and quirky store ...

In November 2016, the majority of residents in 48 of the 60 municipalities in Worcester County cast votes in favor of legalizing cannabis for recreational use at the state level, as a successful ...

ALISHA COLLINS has been named the first director of community impact & engagement in New England for National Grid, headquartered in Waltham. In this new role, Collins will expand National Grid’s ...

Massachusetts has launched the Cannabis Social Equity Grant Program, an effort through the state’s Cannabis Social Equity Trust Fund to make up to $25 million in grants available to cannabis business ...

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The solitude of the year 2020 brought about a number of newfound hobbies for those in the U.S. Some people became home bakers making their own sourdough starters while others became novice brewers ...