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Friday, August 31, 2018
 
BirchTree owners have perfected the couples dynamic
 
Avra Hoffman and her husband Robert Fecteau started BirchTree Bread Co. in Worcester's Canal District after initially selling homemade bread out of their car at farmers markets.
 
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MetroWest Medical Center CEO resigned on Aug. 10
 
The CEO of MetroWest Medical Center abruptly resigned with no announcement from the hospital or Dallas parent company Tenet HealthCare.
 
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Harrington gets $440K grant for chronic disease management
 
Harrington HealthCare Systems in Southbridge has been granted $440,000 from the state Department of Health and Human Services to help better manage chronic disease.
 
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Contaminated land in Framingham listed for sale
 
The owners of a now closed hazardous waste storage facility in Framingham are seeking buyers for about 2.6 acres of contaminated land in Framingham.
 
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40 Under Forty: Staying outside the Worcester Art Museum
 
Despite the emergence of more youthful and interactive art spaces in the region, the 120-year-old Worcester Art Museum remains the iconic symbol of Central Massachusetts' cultural identity.
 
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Muffin House to add fourth location in Hopkinton
 
A Medway bakery and coffee shop will open its fourth location in Hopkinton.
 
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Students flocking to UMass, other medical schools
 
UMass Medical School had nearly 4,000 applications for 161 seats this fall, and its enrollment has spiked in the past decade.
 
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Mass. Airbnb rentals could bring in $2.3M in taxes
 
With the fate of an Airbnb taxation bill still in limbo, new data from the online home and apartment rental website reveals that Massachusetts may have left at least $2.28 million in tax revenue on the table this summer season from rentals just on the Cape and Islands.
 
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Week in review
 
Delta to fly Worcester nonstop to Detroit next summer
 
Delta Airlines, flying to Detroit, will be the third year-round commercial airline to fly out of Worcester beginning next August, officials announced Tuesday at Worcester Regional Airport Tuesday.
 
Cornerstone, U.S. agree to $415K Shrewsbury Street drug restaurant settlement
 
The federal government will pay Worcester-based Cornerstone Bank $415,000 after it sells the former Usual and Chameleon restaurant building on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester, which was closed after law enforcement uncovered a drug money laundering operation.
 
Worcester has 24 prospective pot shops for its 15 available licenses
 
Worcester is working to determine which of the proposed 24 retail cannabis stores will land the city's 15 licenses. The city issued a request for interest in July, and the interest has been strong and steady, as 25 different companies have replied to the RFI and indicated plans to open 31 different cannabis-focused locations.
 
 
 
 
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Central Mass. could be nuclear training leader
 
 
Sturbridge launches trial tourism shuttle
 
 
Sports economists: $101M WooSox stadium deal unlikely to beat the odds
 
 
Fitchburg leads Worcester County in recreational marijuana applications
 
 
Milford nursing home nurse sentenced for stealing oxycodone
 
 
WBJ announces the 40 Under Forty for 2018
 
 
DPH deems UMass Leominster pediatric unit essential, amid closure plans
 
 
Holy Cross artist-in-residence resigns amid sexual misconduct allegations
 
 
Delta to fly Worcester nonstop to Detroit next summer
 
 
 
 

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