Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | July 24, 2023 | Worcester Business Journal 5 Telegram & Gazette to remove name from Worcester skyline e Telegram and Gazette, Worces- ter's paper of record, will remain at 100 Front St. in a smaller office on the third floor in the high-rise building it has oc- cupied since 2012. Its name, emblazoned atop the building, will be removed. Telegram & Gazette Editor Michael McDermott wrote an announcement published in the T&G on July 16 saying aer looking at other options, the com- pany signed a three-year lease for office space at the Mercantile Center. Its previ- ous lease in the building was 11 years. McDermott wrote the Telegram & Gazette sign would be removed from the 20-story building, so the company can focus its financial resources on news operations, rather than branding. T&G had been headquartered on the fih floor but downsizing by parent company Gannett and the rise of hybrid work le much of the office unused. Mercantile Center owner, Franklin Realty Advisors of Wellesley, announced in May law firm Fletcher Tilton would lease the fih floor of the building aer the Telegram's lease ended. UMass Chan to send medical students to Southeastern Mass., Rhode Island for training UMass Chan Medical School has part- nered with Southcoast Health to enable students from the Worcester school to complete clinical rotations at the three-hospital system in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Southcoast Health is expected to have 15 to 20 UMass Chan students partic- ipating in clinical rotations at a time. Ro- tations will be in ambulatory medicine settings, including primary care, as well as inpatient medicine clerkships. Southcoast Health joins the medical school's other major teaching affiliates, which include UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Baystate Health in Springfield, and its March addition of Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington. Southcoast's hospitals are all acute-care facilities, with locations in Fall River, New Bedford, Wareham, and Rhode Island. e first round of students began rota- tions at the Southcoast system in June, according to a July 12 press release. B R I E F S PEN Thanks to the sponsors and golfers who helped to make the RFK Community Alliance Open held on May 16 another ace of a year! This year's tournament was successful in raising key funding for the over 2,000 children, teens, adults, and families we serve annually and helping them to become capable, connected, and healthy. Watch for information on next year's event when we'll celebrate a special 20th annual anniversary of the Open. T H E T I C K E R 9 Employees at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester who are among the top 20 highest-paid state employees in Massachusetts, led by Chancellor Dr. Michael Collins, who earned $1.3 million in 2022 Source: Commonwealth of Massachusetts 100 Acres on the Connecticut farm where Charlton-based Tree House Brewing opened a brewery in July Source: Tree House Brewing Two Awards won by WBJ in the annual Alliance of Area Business Publishers journalism competition, including first place for design and second place for coverage of breaking news Source: Alliance of Area Business Publishers 46.3 June's score on the Central Massachusetts Business Confidence Index, gauging companies' outlook on the economy. Judged on a 100-point scale, any score below 50 indicates pessimism. Sources: Associated Industries of Massachusetts and Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce W

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