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While the cost to build the Woo Sox's new home at Polar Park in the Canal District has increased to $132 million, the Worcester Red Sox president promised opening day for the Triple A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox remains unchanged.

The $132-million public commitment for the Worcester Red Sox ballpark was to be a catalyst for a $125-million mixed-use development planned to rise next to the stadium. But existing tax breaks and public financing for the development may now be joined by further tax relief requested by Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus.

The planned baseball stadium the City of Worcester is building for the Pawtucket Red Sox now will cost an extra $30 million, with the city and the team paying for the added expense with increased ticket and parking fees, along with adding more properties into the special taxing district.

A one-time clarinetist for the Singapore Symphony Orchestra has been named CFO of the Worcester Art Museum.

Robert Cox wants the chamber and the community to capitalize on the planned downtown development projects.

More retail stores are on the horizon, and their success will depend on being able to find enough shops to carve out a niche in an industry always increasingly dominated by Amazon and other giants.

Worcester’s highest-profile development will need to hit some major milestones in 2020 in order to stay its course.

We ended up getting half right and half wrong.

Cannabis, Polar Park, The Reactory, Worcester Regional Airport - Here is what we think will happen in 2020.

Cirque Du Soleil is back at the DCU Center in Worcester, but this time they're on ice.