Monica Benevides

A Northborough real estate broker has purchased an industrial and multi-family property at 83 Mill St. Central in Marlborough for $1.7 million in a sale closed on Wednesday.

Polar Park hit its stated capacity of 9,508 for the first time since the baseball stadium opened for baseball on June 1, the Worcester Red Sox announced on Saturday.

The School of Management at Clark University is launching a bachelor’s in marketing program in response to student interest and market demand, the Worcester school announced on Thursday.

Living in Freedom Together Inc., a Worcester nonprofit, opened on Wednesday a new HARBOR location which will function as a 24/7 drop-in center and shelter for prostituted women seeking to exit the sex trade.

Worcester contractor Coghlin Electrical Corp. experienced a ransomware attack on Monday, although compromised files have been recovered, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported Friday. 

UMass Memorial Health's Community Healthlink division announced on Thursday it has received a cumulative $700,000 in grants from two organizations, with the funding set aside for capital renovations at the organization’s 12 Queen St. facility in Worcester.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare announced on Friday it has formalized a three-year contract with the Service Employees International Union at Framingham Union Hospital, as a nurses strike continues at the company’s Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, over staffing ratios. 

Andrew Clark, assistant professor of electrical & computer engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, has received a $500,000 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to develop a second line of cyber defense for systems that have been hacked, the school announced on Wednesday.

The website RehabAid.com, a site focusing on helping people suffering with substance abuse issues, launched this year an interactive map tracking overdoses around the United States.

The Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center announced on Wednesday it has purchased a nearly 30,000-square-foot building at 605 Lincoln St. in Worcester, where it plans to significantly expand its services.