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Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Colleges' battle for students' hearts & minds extends to their stomachs
If attracting students is an arms race for colleges, not every campus can build the most elaborate recreation center, but even much smaller schools can give their students food that alumni would hardly recognize.
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Seven Saws plans Holden brewpub
There is yet another brewery coming to Central Massachusetts in the coming months, this one in Holden.
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Worcester's LakePharma plans Mass. expansion
LakePharma, a biologics company with a laboratory in Worcester, has raised $30 million to open additional locations in Massachusetts and its home state of California.
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WPI app aims to stop overeating
An app being developed by researchers at WPI and the University of Connecticut tracks eating patterns and provides reminders aimed at helping to stop overeating.
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Boston Scientific receives FDA approval for Parkinson's implant
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has approved a new brain-stimulation Parkinson's disease implant from Marlborough medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific, the company announced Monday.
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Central Mass. receives $40,000 grant for paid STEM internships
The Central Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board and the city of Worcester are one of five recipients of $200,000 in state grants to help increase internship opportunities in STEM fields for high school students.
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Cannabis regulators explore how to help communities harmed by pot ban
As it works to build a new industry from the ground up, state marijuana regulators on Tuesday wrestled with how Massachusetts' newly legal marijuana industry could be more accessible to racially and economically diverse communities.
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Regional Roundup
The List: Top property taxpayers in Worcester
Ranked by valuation for fiscal year 2017
VHS Acquisition Subsidiary (Tenet Healthcare), 123 Summer St. $124,970,700
V3B SA LLC, 541 Lincoln St. $64,281,000
Worcester TC LLC, 100 Research Drive (AbbVie) $59,838,500
440 Lincoln Street Holding $58,707,800
CSX Transportation, 271 Franklin St. $25,457,300
Source: City of Worcester, property owners
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Astellas Institute to relocate to Westborough
Foreclosures down sharply in Central Mass.
UMass Medical Winter Ball raises $1.4 million
Worcester increases tax burden on businesses

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