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Beyond ‘If You Build It, They Will Come’ By Meg Sanders   The local cannabis industry is overflowing with weed. The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission’s open data platform reports 95 […]

Michael Kusek

After the Green Rush The numbers are impressive, to be sure. Adult-use cannabis shops in Massachusetts posted close to $1.5 billion in sales in 2022, up from $1.33 billion in […]

Drew McConaha

One Step at a Time [email protected]   Drew McConaha knows all about New Year’s resolutions. And he knows why so many of them fail. In many cases, it’s a desire […]

Riding Out a ‘Tripledemic’ [email protected]   Two years ago, flu took a vacation. Dr. Mark Kenton remembers those days — but they were no vacation for emergency doctors, who had […]

Cristina Rivera and Dr. Katie Krauskopf

Crisis State   Christine Palmieri has read the numbers regarding a spike in overdose deaths in Massachusetts over the past couple years. But to her, they’re not just numbers. “My […]

Aaron Vega

Cannabis in Flux   According to the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC), legal marijuana is now an annual $3 billion business in Massachusetts. The communities that have embraced it from the […]

WEST SPRINGFIELD — The Big E announced Thursday that its food lineup for 2022 includes a number of new offering, including flame-grilled vegan options, sweet apple fries, bubble tea, noodle […]

SPRINGFIELD — For the second consecutive year, The Enterprise Holdings Foundation has awarded funding to support Square One’s Campaign for Healthy Kids. This year’s gift totaled more than $14,000. The contribution is made […]

NORTH ADAMS — Last month, BFAIR staged its First Annual Summer Kick-Off Festival, which that raised more than $31,000. With support from 34 sponsors and 28 in-kind donations from local businesses, the […]

Michael Kusek

The State of the Industry “Our first bout of growing pains.” That’s the phrase Michael Kusek summoned after being asked to describe the state of the cannabis industry in the […]

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A Tradition of Caring Lives On Sarah Yee recalls that, during her husband’s final stay at Mercy Medical Center before he succumbed to cancer — a week in the intensive […]

SPRINGFIELD — In the spring of 2017, Healthcare News and its sister publication, BusinessWest, created a new and exciting recognition program called Healthcare Heroes. It was launched with the theory […]

SPRINGFIELD — After a three-year hiatus due to COVID-19, The Zoo in Forest Park is bringing back its popular Brew at The Zoo, presented by PDC Inc., on Aug. 6 […]

SPRINGFIELD — The historic grounds of Springfield Armory National Historic Site is once again the stage this summer for live music. On July 16 at 6 p.m., the Bad News Jazz and […]

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Delivering on Business Promise Volkan Polatol didn’t actually speak the words, but he strongly implied them: ‘If this was easy, then everyone would do it. Or at least try.’ The […]