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Friday, January 19, 2018

UMass Medical researchers conducting global research

Their work may not yield patents worth billions, but UMass Medical School researchers are conducting ambitious work trying to solve problems on the other side of the planet.

Raising the Massachusetts' minimum wage to $15 per hour would hurt business and result in 40 percent of Worcester's workforce getting a pay raise, according to a report released Thursday from the Worcester Regional Research Bureau.

Every employee at the restaurant – and soon two others across the street owned and operated by the same group – is taught the economics of running a restaurant, and to a greater extent, their own life, thanks to an open-book management style.

Two projects would add 171 units to downtown Framingham

Two proposals from a prominent Framingham developer would add 171 units of housing to downtown on sites only about a block apart, according to documents filed with the city.

Worcester County becoming home-owning destination

The median price of a single-family home in Worcester County was $257,700 in November, an increase of just over 11 percent from last November, a signal the county is becoming a desirable place in which to live.

An Auburn office building has been sold to a Shrewsbury property management company for $1.6 million, according to land records and real estate brokers.

Waters Corp., a Milford scientific instrument manufacturer, has signed an agreement to conduct research with a Dutch company with a local office in Westborough.

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Regional Roundup

Brewery, coffeehouse coming to Marlborough (MetroWest Daily News)

MetroWest could still benefit from Boston Amazon HQ2 (MetroWest Daily News)

Second marijuana vote in Milford (Milford Daily News)

Somerville, Revere join Boston in Amazon HQ2 bid (Mass Live)

Week in review

Worcester left off Amazon's HQ2 short list

Amazon on Thursday announced 20 metropolitan areas it is considering for its second headquarters, and Worcester's offer of $500 million in tax breaks wasn't enough to entice the e-commerce giant.

Behavioral health organization to close Worcester site

Behavioral and mental health services organization Pathways by Molina, a subsidiary of California-based Molina Healthcare and former Hanover Insurance CEO Joseph Zubretsky's new employer, is closing its Worcester and Springfield locations.

R.I. Senate approves $83M PawSox stadium

As the team remains mum on any potential deal in Worcester, the Rhode Island Senate on Tuesday approved an $83-million stadium deal for the Pawtucket Red Sox, which would have the city and state putting up a respective $15 million and $23 million.