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Tuesday, March 13, 2018
 
Business Leaders: The Queen of the Canal District expands east
 
By 2009, Amy Lynn Chase had grown tired of tents. She loved displaying at markets like SoWa in Boston and festivals like stART on the Street in Worcester, but it was growing difficult to transport her vintage wares.
 
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Marlborough biz owner, CFO plead guilty to $6M bank fraud
 
The former owner and his CFO of a Marlborough-based frozen seafood distribution company have pleaded guilty to scheming to commit bank fraud.
 
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BJ's joins Central Mass. Instacart grocery delivery
 
BJ’s Wholesale Club joins a growing list of now eight Central Massachusetts retailers to partner with online grocery delivery service Instacart.
 
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Biostage claims success in animal esophagus regeneration study
 
Holliston biotech Biostage is eyeing formal clinical trials after results of a large animal study show the company's artificial throat implants can regenerate a functioning esophagus.
 
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Worcester tobacco wholesaler sentenced for tax fraud
 
A Worcester man will serve at least one year in prison after being convicted in federal court of skirting tax laws related to his tobacco business.
 
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Chandler: other taxes, fees may be necessary to boost economy
 
Senate President Harriette Chandler on Monday told business leaders from central Massachusetts that other taxes and fees may be needed to make the kind of investments in transportation and infrastructure that will boost the economy.
 
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NH board pauses action on Northern Pass
 
A New Hampshire regulatory board opted Monday to pause all action on the 192-mile Northern Pass electricity transmission project, a delay that could mean Massachusetts will have to get clean energy via a different project.
 
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Regional Roundup
 
 
Question of the Week
 
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Two nor'easters in as many weeks took out power to thousands and closed hundreds of schools and businesses. Usually bustling downtown areas were ghost towns last Thursday after more than a foot of snow was dumped on the region, and another storm threatens to do the same this week.
What is your company’s policy on coming to work during or in the aftermath of a snowstorm?
Just drive to work. It’s New England.
Grab the bread and milk and cozy up on the couch. Nobody’s coming in.
Our customers expect us to be open and we have a contingency plan to operate with a skeleton crew.

 
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