A global investment firm based in Bahrain has purchased five industrial sites in Westborough and Franklin for a combined $42.7 million.
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@wbjournal.bsky.social@wbjournal.bsky.socialThe Sterling Airport has been sold for $3.14 million to a Cambridge-based buyer who plans to keep the airport operating while he determines his long-term plans for the property.
@wbjournal.bsky.socialThe students are long gone, but the wide hallways, large windows, classroom doors and even some of the blackboards remain.
Inside the former Baldwinville Elementary School in Templeton, classrooms are becoming apartments.
@wbjournal.bsky.social2026 Outstanding Women in Business: Via Bennett De León is senior vice president of retail banking at Workers Credit Union.
@wbjournal.bsky.socialA state office has launched a new stipend program meant to assist business owners who are considering transitioning to an employee-owned model.
@wbjournal.bsky.socialMarlborough medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific has appointed Joseph Fitzgerald as executive vice president and chief operating officer as part of a reorganization of its business segments.
@wbjournal.bsky.socialHealthcare spending growth at the state’s largest commercial insurer surged by nearly 12% in fiscal 2025, according to a new study that offers a jarring account of healthcare affordability woes partly driven by pricey drugs.
@wbjournal.bsky.social2026 Outstanding Women in Business: Debra Rivera is the founder and owner/bookseller of Little Bee Bookshop, a bookstore focused primarily on literature for children ages infant through young adult.
@wbjournal.bsky.socialDavid Aitken was named president of the Worcester Railers in April and has set ambitious goals for the hockey team.
@wbjournal.bsky.socialOpportunity zones offer federal tax benefits to investors who reinvest capital gains through qualified opportunity funds in designated low-income census tracts.
@wbjournal.bsky.socialThe drywall firm Optiline Enterprises filed suit Friday against the City of Worcester, Benjamin on Franklin apartment project owner Benjamin Associates LLC, and Seekonk-based general contractor D.F. Pray Inc.
@wbjournal.bsky.socialGov. Maura Healey declared a “state of energy emergency” Monday as she announced increased home heating assistance for tens of thousands of Bay Staters in the midst of rising oil costs this winter.
@wbjournal.bsky.socialMassachusetts business confidence rose modestly in September after a sharp decline in August, though employers remained pessimistic overall amid higher interest rates, inflation and rising operating costs.
@wbjournal.bsky.social2026 Outstanding Women in Business: Claire M. O’Neill has spent more than a decade at MassDevelopment leading complex redevelopment initiatives.
@wbjournal.bsky.socialCentral Massachusetts municipalities and firms have been awarded a total of $58 million to boost economic development through the state’s Community One Stop for Growth, a portal streamlining the application process for 12 state grant programs.
@wbjournal.bsky.socialGood Feels founder and CEO Jason Reposa discusses expansion plans, the fight against the ballot initiative to repeal recreational cannabis, and his growing role as a public voice for the industry.
@wbjournal.bsky.socialHere's a roundup of real estate news from across Central Massachusetts.
@wbjournal.bsky.socialThe 77 Central Massachusetts awards issued to 52 municipalities and organizations included $3 million for the demolition of the Denholm Building in Downtown Worcester, and $2.5 million for infrastructure improvements in relation to the 240-unit Eleanor’s Lofts apartments.
@wbjournal.bsky.socialCentral Mass. professionals are on the move at Green Leaf Construction, Rockland Trust, and more.
@wbjournal.bsky.socialHere is a selection of some of the 209 new Central Massachusetts companies.