Bio boom in another one of our burbs
Wellesley is poised to join our west suburban bio-boom. Beacon Capital Partners has applied to convert part of its office complex at 93 Worcester St. (intersection of Route 9 and I-95) into life sciences space, according to Greg Ryan at the BBJ. About 40,000 of the 273,00 square-foot complex (the former HQ for Harvard Pilgrim Health Care) would become labs.
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Consider this a failing grade
The latest Census data illustrates just how bad the housing crisis has become and how our suburban communities have failed to address the problem. The bottom line: Housing production has not kept pace with population growth. Massachusetts' housing stock grew 4.5 percent between 2010 and 2020 while population grew 7 percent, the Globe reports.
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The $50 mil question: Will HireNow do what it's supposed to do?
Gov. Charlie Baker’s hiring incentive program is two days old and it's already drawing criticism. Called HireNow it sets aside $50 million to help business offer training, or hiring bonuses, or both, to employers who hire job candidates who may need some extra training or skills.
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Baker wants to give you $4,000 to help fill that open job
Still struggling to fill open positions? Gov. Charlie Baker wants to give you $4,000 to offer that job to a candidate who doesn't quite have the skills, degree or experience you're looking for. Then he hopes you'll spend that money training your new hire to get them up to speed.
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Ready for lunchflation?
Returning to the office requires all kinds of adjustments. Including expectations about the cost of lunch. Lunchflation is causing sticker shock for workers and the another challenge for restaurants.
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We've lost our local newspapers. Now what?
“There’s a big misperception out there that there’s a big hole in local journalism, and I think that narrative’s been created by people who aren’t sitting in local markets. That’s what Mike Reed, CEO at Gannett, told the New York Times last month.
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Local newspapers aren't dying. They're dead.
Local newspapers aren’t dying. They’re dead. The Newton Tab, Needham Times and Watertown Tab & Press will stop publishing in May, their parent company Gannett quietly announced yesterday.
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A familiar player brings amenity back to Wells Ave
Could the days of applicants scheduling job interviews just to qualify for unemployment benefits be behind us? In order to qualify for UI in Massachusetts, applicants are required to schedule interviews with prospective employers and report their interviews weekly to the state.
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No place for this
The vast majority of American business run by Russians and other Eastern European immigrants have been loudly declaring they stand with Ukraine and denouncing Putin’s invasion. That hasn’t stopped harassment at some of those business -- including in Newton, as Annie Probert at the Globe reported earlier this week -- and across the nation.
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The day I asked you to not shake hands
Two years ago today, Gov. Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency due to the outbreak of COVID-19. On that day, March 10, 2020, the number of cases statewide had spiked to 92, up from the 41 cases announced 24 hours earlier.
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