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Thursday, December 28, 2017
 
Worcester apartment building sells for $9.7M
 
A 96-unit, 10-story apartment building just south of Becker College has sold for $9.7 million.
 
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Central Mass. colleges will face funding, recruiting challenges in 2018
 
Smaller campuses may struggle with declining interest from international students, and colleges will have to work to find the right balance between speech rights and harmful actions.
 
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Worcester in ceremonial mood on $1.3M courthouse sale
 
Worcester has found a buyer for the former Worcester County Courthouse — and sees enough significance in the step the city is holding a ceremonial deed signing event.
 
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Can freezing eggs freeze time?
 
There are more options for women when it comes to issues of timing, such as the retrieval, freezing and preservation of ovarian eggs for later fertilization — with much of the process, but not all — done in Central Massachusetts.
 
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Column: Facing hikes, many exchange shoppers should look elsewhere
 
Up to 70,000 people in Massachusetts who buy health plans through the state exchange will see premium increases of 25 percent or more.
 
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Bill raising minimum wage stuck in Legislature
 
Despite support from a majority of its members, legislation raising the Massachusetts minimum wage from $11 to $15 is ending 2017 the same way it began the year - pending before the Democrat-controlled Labor and Workforce Development Committee.
 
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Insurance coverage discounts at risk
 
Massachusetts drivers and homeowners risk losing out on millions of dollars' worth of insurance coverage discounts if lawmakers end their two-decade tradition of regularly suspending a unique statutory requirement, according to an insurance trade group.
 
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Regional Roundup
 
 
Question of the Week
 
Tuesday we asked: A survey last year by SHRM Research found 15 percent of organizations will close their offices during Christmas week this year and 90 percent or more of workplaces give their employees Christmas and New Year's Day off.
How much work are you getting done this week?
  • I'm unemployed.
  • Actually, I am getting tons accomplished. Closing the door for a week is the only way to catch up!
  • Except for the day off Monday and the half-day I will take on Friday, I'm just as productive as I would be given the same work hours any other time of the year.
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YOU, Inc. names two VPs as company shifts
 
 
UMass, Tufts in therapy dog study
 
 
Virtual reality gaming comes to Marlborough's Apex Center
 
 
Chick-fil-A opening in Worcester Oct. 26
 
 
Rotman named CEO of Atlanta latex manufacturer; to relocate HQ to Worcester
 
 
Worcester video game founder wins national award
 
 
Clean energy sector adds more jobs
 
 
Framingham, Eversource agree to $500K contaminated site settlement
 
 
Biomanufacturing, recreational cannabis and beer will highlight a big year for manufacturing
 
 
 
 

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