Monica Benevides

Closings on single-family properties in Worcester were down 38.8% in June of this year, compared to June 2019, according to a report from Massachusetts Association of Realtors.

Insurance company Unum, headquartered in Chattanooga, Tenn., will close its Worcester office at CitySquare and direct its 400 employees to permanently work from home, the company announced on Thursday.

A Black Lives Matter street mural planned near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Major Taylor Boulevard in downtown Worcester was completed on Wednesday.

Medical device manufacturer Tegra Medical has purchased a 120,000-square-foot new building across the street from its Franklin headquarters, the company announced in a Wednesday press release.

Udit Batra, the head of the Boston life sciences division of a German company, will replace outgoing Waters Corp. CEO and president Christopher O’Connell in September, the Milford health software company announced on Wednesday. 

Lever of North Adams announced 13 finalists, including three from Central Massachusetts, for the first round of its COVID-19 Intrapreneur Challenge on Tuesday.

AIS, a Leominster furniture maker, has joined the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council’s Edge program as a preferred partner, the council announced on Friday.

Managing partner David Fields spoke with WBJ about what spurred the brewery's expansion to Vermont, as well as how the company has adapted during the coronavirus pandemic.

Universal Health Services, a hospital management company based in Pennsylvania, will pay out more than $15 million to Massachusetts to resolve two different sets of accusations of improperly billing the Massachusetts Medicaid program, known commonly as MassHealth, Attorney General Maura Healey’s office announced on Monday. 

Plans are coming together for a Black Lives Matter mural set to be painted near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Major Taylor Boulevard in downtown Worcester as soon as Wednesday, mimicking similar initiatives in other cities around the country.