Monica Benevides

Community Health Network of North Central Massachusetts, also known as CHNA 9, has received a $200,000 grant from UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton hospital in Leominster to establish a North Central Mass. Anchor Collaborative.

Clark University has named Kendall Isaac its first-ever general counsel, the Worcester school announced Thursday morning.

Dr. Robert Finberg, distinguished professor of medicine and chair emeritus of the Department of Medicine at UMass Medical School in Worcester, died unexpectedly on Monday at the age of 71, the school announced on Tuesday.

The team behind a would-be $25 million equine center off Route 84 in Sturbridge, which would facilitate horse racing and other community events, is working to push the proposed project forward.

On Aug. 16, WBJ announced its 40 Under Forty, Class of 2021. This year’s class included an array of professionals across many different sectors, including 11 in the region's manufacturing industry.

Christian McMahan, the former president of Wachusett Brewing Co. of Westminster, is teaming up with Tom Oliveri, co-founder of Wormtown Brewery in Worcester, to launch the sixth brewery headquartered in Worcester.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester and Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner announced on Wednesday a transfer agreement that will allow their students to transfer between the schools for four programs once their general education requirements are complete.

American Airlines will resume service in Worcester with a new daily, nonstop flight to Philadelphia International Airport in November, the Massachusetts Port Authority announced in conjunction with the airline on Saturday. 

Less than six months after opening its doors, adult-use Worcester dispensary and economic empowerment applicant New Día’s flagship location will reopen as an outpost of the California-based cannabis company Cookies on Saturday.

Jean McDonough, revered local philanthropist and one half of the duo that grew the Spencer-based adhesive coating manufacturer FLEXcon into the global name it is today, died in her home on Sunday morning at the age of 93, according to her obituary.