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POW! WOW! Worcester teams up with Redemption Rock for 2021 festival, dog-lovers event
POW! WOW! Worcester has named Redemption Rock Brewing Co. of Worcester its official craft brewery for the nonprofit’s 2021 art festival, the two organizations announced recently. Through the partnership, Redemption Rock will brew the official beer of the festival, to...
WPI researcher develops self-healing concrete
Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute announced recently that they have developed a form of concrete that will fix its own cracks. Using an enzyme found in red blood cells, they posit the new product is four times more durable than traditional concrete, and...
Framingham company’s at-home COVID-19 test approved for children
Framingham-based Clinical Enterprise, Inc., doing business as empowerDX, announced recently that its at-home COVID-19 testing kit received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for children three years and older. The...
Sturbridge dispensary opens, plans second Cape location for fall
Cannabis company Heal, Inc. opened its first dispensary on Friday, officially setting up shop at 660 Main St. in Sturbridge. The adult-use dispensary, which received its commence operations approval from the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission on May 13, will be...
Bose launches direct-to-consumer hearing aids
Audio equipment manufacturer Bose, headquartered in Framingham, has announced new direct-to-consumer hearing aids that use an app to allow users to skip a doctor visit, hearing test or prescription. The new SoundControl Hearing Aids are the first U.S. Food & Drug...
Jack’s Abby opening pop-up beer garden in Boston
Framingham brewer Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers announced it will open a new, pop-up beer garden in Boston just in time for Memorial Day weekend. The beer garden is set to open at Pazza on Porter at 107 Porter St. and operate all summer. It will offer a collection of...
United Stretch Design filled a critical pandemic need
Around this time last year, America’s manufacturing industry was thrust into the fight against the deadliest pandemic in a century, including a little-known Hudson maker of elastic products. United Stretch Design Corp., located in an unassuming warehouse in an...
Q&A: Harpoon teams with Brewers Guild to help diversify Mass. beer industry
Mass. Bay Brewing Co. in Boston -- the maker of Harpoon beers -- and the Massachusetts Brewers Guild announced in April they were teaming up to launch a new website aimed at providing resources for furthering diversity, equity and inclusion work at Massachusetts...
DetraPel is swimming beyond ‘Shark Tank’
At 23, David Zamarin is a serial entrepreneur with a plan to transform an industry. Zamarin, founder and CEO of Framingham-based DetraPel Inc., has been an entrepreneur for most of his life. Zamarin started selling popsicles in his neighborhood at about 5 years old...
Redemption Rock repurposes the tipping model
In more ways than one, Redemption Rock Brewing Co., located on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester, is not like other craft breweries. For one, while minimalism remains in vogue among the aesthetically minded, Redemption Rock is colorful, known for its bright,...
