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Thursday, March 1, 2018
 
Worcester Wares growing into business adolescence
 
In less than three years, Jessica Walsh has gone from selling “I Love Worcester” pins at area stores and festivals to running a retail store out of the DCU Center, feeding off the passion residents and visitors have for the city.
 
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Worcester to file suit against opioid makers
 
The City of Worcester said it will file a lawsuit against companies making and distributing opioids, seeking damages for the cost of opioid treatment and prevention.
 
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Micron Solutions wins $3M annual mystery contract
 
Fitchburg contract manufacturer Micron Solutions on Wednesday announced a multi-year agreement worth at least $3 million annually with it's largest customer.
 
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Tufts expands to Connecticut with Medicare joint venture
 
Tufts Health Plan of Watertown, which has an office in Worcester, is extending its reach in New England in a joint venture with a Hartford healthcare system.
 
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Viewpoint: Nonprofits and for-profits should collaborate
 
Profits vs. prophets. That is a simplistic way to view the difference between for-profit businesses and nonprofit organizations. The purpose of a business is to make money for investors, while the purpose of a nonprofit is altruistic, if not spiritual: to help people in need.
 
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Spectrum names two new board members
 
Cheryl Gallant, of Coghlin Companies Inc. in Worcester, is one of two new board members at Spectrum Health Systems.
 
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Drug trafficking conviction would bar employment in legal pot industry
 
People with a prior conviction for trafficking in drugs other than marijuana will be barred from working in jobs that include access to the plant in the newly-legal marijuana industry, a decision made after about an hour of tense between state pot regulators.
 
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Regional Roundup
 
 
Question of the Week
 
Tuesday we asked: New York media company GateHouse Media, the parent company of the Worcester Telegram and Gazette and the MetroWest Daily News, will purchase Millbury-based Holden Landmark Corp., which includes Worcester Magazine, the Landmark in Holden, baystateparent magazine, Grafton News, Millbury-Sutton Chronicle and Leominster Champion. GateHouse's move follows Denver-based Digital First Media, the parent company of the Fitchburg Sentinel and Enterprise, buying the Boston Herald.
Has media consolidation by a handful of large corporations impacted local journalism?
  • The newspapers as we knew them are a thing of the past. The internet, podcasts and cable TV have changed how news is delivered. The biggest losers are local news stories.
  • Small town community weeklies are filling the void that large company subscription based papers no longer fill.
  • News has been replaced by biased journalism. There is no more true news.
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Now available at Apex Center: Axe-throwing!
 
 
Dave & Buster's slated for Natick Mall
 
 
Telegram parent buys Worcester Magazine, five others
 
 
Armsby Abbey owners to open Conico restaurant in Hudson
 
 
Leasing begins for $90M Front Street apartments
 
 
Hologic partners with Minnesota firm on athlete body composition system
 
 
Wachusett Brewing partners with former Guinness brewer
 
 
 
 

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