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| Thursday, February 22, 2018 | | | Telegram parent buys Worcester Magazine, five others | | New York-based GateHouse Media, the parent company of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, is acquiring a small Central Massachusetts media company, which owns Worcester Magazine. | | Read more >> | | Atlantic Union College in Lancaster to close | | Atlantic Union College, a small Christian school in Lancaster struggling with finances and a lack of accreditation, will effectively close after the spring semester. | | Read more >> | | Worcester Sun halts publication | | The Worcester Sun, an online local news website which just two months ago began a weekly print edition, has temporarily ceased publication. | | Read more >> |
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| Ameresco inks $7.5M energy deal for Virginia school district | | Framingham-based Ameresco announced Thursday a contract with a Virginia school district for a $7.5-million energy savings project to upgrade infrastructure in 22 schools. | | Read more >> | | WPI granted $1.6M to develop wound-care app | | A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have received a $1.6-million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop an app for tracking chronic wounds. | | Read more >> | | Saint-Gobain strives for a happy workplace | | Building materials manufacturer Saint-Gobain has been recognized as a top employer in North America by the Top Employers Institute for the third consecutive year for its workplace and employee benefits. | | Read more >> | |
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| Question of the Week | | Tuesday we asked: In the United States, 16.6 percent of corporate board members in the United States are female, putting the U.S. behind Western counterparts, including Norway and France, which double the American rate. New laws in those two countries require public companies to have women in 40 percent or more of their board positions, while other countries including Belgium, Germany and Italy, require a 30-percent threshold. | | Should Massachusetts or the U.S. have a law requiring public companies to have a certain percentage of women on their boards? | | | If corporations are not forced to increase number of seats held by females they will continue to have the majority of board members comprises of males. PASSING "LAWS" Why are we insisting on making women into men? If you want to destroy American one way is to destroy the family unit. If mother's are working all the time who is raising the children, a computer or TV? | | See All Comments >> | |
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