Gary Higgins A stretch of Dudley Street in Dorchester’s Uphams Corner is among the areas that will see new opportunities for restaurants to serve alcohol. Dorchester is set to receive seven of the 21 new liquor licenses recently approved by the Boston Licensing Board as part of the city’s effort to expand alcohol service in […]
By Grant Welker Everett Sees Rapid Residential Growth Everett’s residential market continues to expand with the opening of two new apartment complexes: Jade (325 units) in the Commercial Triangle and Artemas (396 units) just north of Santilli Circle near local breweries and businesses. The city of roughly 52,000 has experienced rapid growth due to its proximity […]
Altitude Adjustment By Isabel Hart Logan Airport’s Push to Become a Top U.S. Hub Massport CEO Rich Davey, nearly a year into his role, wants Logan International Airport ranked among the top 3–5 U.S. “mega airports.” Logan has improved in J.D. Power satisfaction rankings, rising from 16th in 2023 to 10th in 2024. The strategy focuses […]
Some of the most popular packaged breakfast foods can harbor surprisingly large amounts of sugar. By: Anahad O’Connor and Aaron Steckelberg Breakfast could be the most important meal of the day — especially when it comes to sugar intake. Many common breakfast items like cereals, flavored yogurts, and coffee drinks are packed with added sugars, […]
By Eli Chavez – Inno Reporter, Boston Business Journal The Healey-Driscoll administration announced key steps to grow Massachusetts’ AI sector, including appointing Sabrina Mansur as the first director of the Massachusetts AI Hub, launching a $31 million investment in high-performance computing through a new AI infrastructure (AICR) in partnership with MGHPCC, and planning a startup incubator with […]
By Grant Welker – Projects Reporter, Boston Business Journal Developer and Sal’s Pizza founder Sal Lupoli is launching a major mixed-use project in Littleton, transforming a former IBM office campus into King Street Common — a 50-acre development with more than 1,000 housing units, 115,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, and a 150-room hotel. The […]
Is Massachusetts ready to make the leap to quantum computing hub? By Eli Chavez – Inno Reporter, Boston Business Journal Massachusetts is rapidly emerging as a potential hub for quantum computing, with state investments, academic talent, and startup innovation converging to build a competitive ecosystem. The Boston-based startup QuEra, which uses lasers to manipulate atoms for quantum […]
By Isabel Hart – Reporter, Boston Business Journal Bertucci’s, a once-popular casual dining chain known for its brick oven pizza and signature bread rolls, is testing a new fast-casual concept called Bertucci’s Pronto in Downtown Boston. After filing for bankruptcy twice—in 2018 and 2022—the brand is pivoting under the direction of owner Robert Earl (Earl Enterprises) to […]
Silklab is developing underwater adhesives for shark tagging and small drones for identifying Covid-19 in the environment Eli Chavez A lab in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Tufts University is innovating with the help of one of the oldest and most domesticated animals on the planet: silkworms. The Silklab at Tufts sounds more straightforward than it […]
By Hannah Green Two Massachusetts researchers are among the recipients of an award known as the “Oscars of Science” for their contributions to the life sciences. David Liu and Alberto Ascherio were recognized on Saturday with the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. Ascherio is a professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of […]
