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Monday, May 15, 2017

WBJ announces Family Business Awards finalists

More than just a handful of executives and employees bound by blood and marriage running a company or a nonprofit, true family businesses infuse their operations with the collective values and personalities of their families.

The Usual to close on Shrewsbury Street

The Usual on Shrewsbury Street announced it will close May 28, two months after its owner was indicted on drug charges.

High usage and poor access to treatment for addiction in Massachusetts put the Bay State near the top of a WalletHub list for states with the biggest drug problems in the U.S.

Movers & Shakers

The Worcester Railers Hockey Club, Reliant Medical Group, Clinton Financial Services, and others all either hired or promoted employees.

Food Hub gets $500K, new truck

The Worcester Regional Food Hub has a new refrigerated box truck to help it distribute locally grown food to the Worcester Public Schools.

The Department of Energy Resources and the state's electric utilities have filed a draft Request for Proposals to implement the offshore wind power provisions of last year's clean energy bill, pushing the move to renewable energy into the nuts-and-bolts phase.

Though Massachusetts is incarcerating fewer people than it was in fiscal year 2011, state spending on correctional facilities has climbed by about 18 percent, a new report from MassINC found.