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GoBankingRates.com – What Will Boston Mortgage Rates Look Like This Year? –...
By Nell Casey The period of historically low mortgage rates in Boston is coming to an end — at least for now — with mortgage rates set to rise in 2014. Combined with higher home prices, the Boston...
View ArticleGloucester Times – Cape Ann workforce in Chamber spotlight – 2/26/14
By Ray Lamont, Editor A presentation from a regionally and nationally known economic analyst Friday will not only focus on the nation’s economic outlook, Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce CEO Ken Riehl said...
View ArticleWicked Local – Smaller housing would attract younger population to Eastons –...
By Susan Parkou Weinstein, sweinstein@wiuckedlocal.com The town will age and both its population and households will shrink over the next two decades if current trends continue. That’s not destiny but...
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The Daily Item – Crabtree: Saugus to work on fixing weaknesses in wake of...
By Kait Taylor / The Daily Item SAUGUS — It was no surprise to Saugus community members that the town’s slow permitting process and traffic congestion were determined to be its top two weaknesses....
View ArticleWorcester Business Journal – Economist: Worcester doing everything right –...
By MICHAEL NOVINSON Worcester is well-positioned in the fields that correlate most with economic growth, a public policy expert said Friday. “You’re making the transition faster than anywhere else in...
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The Boston Globe – Hailing 12 who jump at chance to help – 3/26/14
Cheekily calling them “Diversity Game Changers: WhiteMen Who Can Jump,” the business networking organization Get Konnected, founded by Colette Phillips, honored a dozen local VIPs at a Tuesday night...
View ArticleWicked Local – Report: Saugus lagging in permit process, traffic – 3/28/14
By Martha Shanahan | mshanahan@wickedlocal.com A slow, unwieldy permitting process, congested traffic and an unattractive business environment are all holding Saugus back from growth, according to a...
View ArticleSiemens offers $660 million to help narrow skills gap – 4/16/14
By Shirley Leung It’s not your father’s factory anymore, and that’s the problem facing manufacturers in the US. Enter Siemens, the global industrial giant, which is donating nearly $660 million in...
View ArticleDaily Times Chronicle: Town to hold community meeting on economic development...
READING - The town is planning a public session next month to discuss economic development trends in town. Town officials have recently identified a need to develop an Economic Development Plan. The...
View ArticleSouthCoast TODAY – New Bedford area’s unemployment drops in March
By SIMÓN RIOS | srios@s-t.com NEW BEDFORD — Adding nearly 1,000 jobs between February and March, the New Bedford Area’s unemployment level fell to just below that of the Fall River Area, which took...
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