Baba Sushi News Today

A look at Central Mass. business news over the past week.

A look at Central Mass. business news over the past week.

Wei Dong Wang, the owner of Baba Sushi on Park Avenue, plans to redevelop a property at 393-397 Shrewsbury St. with a 24-unit apartment building.

A look at Central Mass. business news over the past week.

A local developer will appear in front of the Planning Board this week with a blueprint for a five-floor apartment building on Shrewsbury Street.

The voters in Hardwick on Saturday decided they don’t want a racetrack. According to the town’s unofficial tally from Saturday’s special election, 830 people voted against the special permit for the race track, outnumbering the 312 yes votes in favor of the track.

What to do with Great Meadowbrook Farm? That’s the question facing Hardwick residents as they head to the polls at Hardwick Elementary School on Saturday for a referendum vote on whether the former farm should be redeveloped into a horse breeding, retirement facility, and a racetrack, or if the land part of the state’s Agricultural Preservation Restriction (APR) Program will go back to the owners who are trying to sell it.  Polls will open at noon and close at 7 p.m. on Saturday. 

Howard Stempler, former partner with Worcester law firm Seder & Chandler has embarked on a new venture, Central Mass. Mediation and Arbitration Services, and plans on opening an office in the Mercantile Center at 120 Front St. in Worcester at the beginning of 2023.

Selectmen halted on whether to allow a thoroughbred horse racing track in town after public hearing that wrapped up Tuesday evening.

There were questions about parking, how many attendees would be at the site on race days and whether there would be alcohol served.