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Two first-time festivals, one for beer and another for wine, will come to Worcester starting later this...

House Speaker Robert DeLeo asked House lawmakers negotiating a recreational marijuana bill to suspend their talks with the Senate Wednesday night until a budget compromise can be struck.

Eight destinations in Central Massachusetts, including Old Sturbridge Village and Worcester's EcoTarium, were among those receiving funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

The House and Senate on Friday afternoon banged out of Beacon Hill for the holiday weekend, signaling that deals on a marijuana bill and a fiscal 2018 state budget are still out of reach.

Brendan Aylward, 24, is making fitness accessible for everyone at his Lancaster gym.

The vacant dirt lot in Kelley Square, which has largely served as a parking lot for Crompton Place in the Canal District, will become a four-story building with 48 apartments, a diner and a public market in late 2018, according to the property owner.

Reliant Medical Group plans to move into the former Macy's home goods store at the Auburn Mall by next summer, taking up a large vacancy at the mall after plans for a movie theater fell through.

Worcester Railers Hockey Club Owner Cliff Rucker added another property to his downtown portfolio with the purchase of an ownership stake in the Worcester Palladium.

Tower Hill's attendance outpaces the national trend, as attendance at the 600 members of the American Public Gardens Association rose more than 5 percent to 121 million, the group reported this spring. That includes nearly 1.5 million children on field trips.

Amanda Carr is now in charge of the first radio station ever to interview her as a jazz musician.