Worcester Business Journal

April 27, 2020

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6 Worcester Business Journal | April 27, 2020 | wbjournal.com You are safe with us. Get in touch with us today: (508) 890-9087 _ businessloans@baystatesaÓings.com Visit our Lending Center: baystatesaÓingsban .com/business/lending/ For information on financial assistance: baystatesaÓingsban .com/coronaÓirus-health-and-safety/ Our staff is here to he£¹ your business navigate through the i©¹act of coronavirus *COVID-19). At Bay State, your deposits are protected and insured by the FDIC and DIF. Fu££ coverage guaranteed, at no cost! B R I E FS T H E T I C K E R 1,191 Home listings in Greater Worcester in March, an increase of 3.2% over March 2019, bucking the national and Boston area trend as the coronavirus pandemic was spreading. Source: Redfin Portion of the carbon footprint of Marlborough medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific shifted onto a 42 megawatt solar deal with a San Francisco firm, announced on Earth Day 45% 1 million Source: eClinicalWorks Telehealth minutes logged every day by clients of Westborough medical IT firm eClinicalWorks during the first 10 days of April Purchase price of the Spencer commercial building formerly home to Taggies Baby Blanket Co., bought by the president of landscape company A Arsenault & Sons, Inc. $665K Source: NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs Source: Boston Scientific delayed, and fall enrollment planning upended. That's left colleges with a financial hole, either from refunding room, board and other costs or planning for potential enrollment drops in the fall. Among Central Massachusetts colleges, Quinsigamond Community College was the biggest recipient at more than $4.8 million. Worcester State University got more than $4.2 million. Colleges nationally have received $12.5 billion from the federal CARES Act's Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund. Weetabix sells Clinton manufacturing site for $2.5M Weetabix has sold its now-defunct Clinton manufacturing facility more than two years aer the cereal and snack maker announced plans to close. The site off Green Street has been sold for $2.5 million to a limited liability corporation registered to Dmitriy Chebotarev of Fitchburg. The deal closed March 30. Continued from Page 5 Post Holdings, which acquired Weetabix in 2017, first announced plans to close the Clinton facility in February 2018. That announcement said the closure was due to take place in August 2019. Last March, the company filed notice with the state it would lay off 181 jobs effective in June or July. JetBlue can't suspend Worcester airport service The U.S. Department of Transportation denied JetBlue's request to suspend service at Worcester Regional Airport. JetBlue was flying regular nonstop flights from Worcester to Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and John F. Kennedy International Airport. The former Weetabix site in Clinton

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