Monica Benevides

Mohamad Och, a Worcester psychiatrist, was arrested Monday and charged with illegally prescribing controlled substances to patients and submitting false reimbursement claims to Medicare programs.

Worcester’s City Council deferred to its Economic Development Committee on Tuesday a proposed tax increment exemption plan which would cut taxes by $10 million for a five-story apartment complex slated to be built on the former Our Lady of Mount Carmel church site.

MBI President and CEO Jon Weaver spoke with WBJ about the company’s history, its current growth, and new programming.

Ross Express, a freight company based in New Hampshire, has outgrown its Sutton outpost and is looking to open an Auburn warehouse and distribution center to accommodate its need.

Albany company Curia, a contract research, development and manufacturing company formerly known as AMRI, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire LakePharma Inc.

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has opened applications into the two grant programs designed last year to be responsive to the needs exposed by the coronavirus pandemic and the reckoning in racial justice, but this year with a focus on nonprofit support and effectiveness, the organization announced on Thursday.

The announcement comes roughly six weeks after four of the company’s five leaders stepped back from business operations in light of allegations of workplace sexual harassment and discrimination circulated on social media in May.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute announced on Tuesday it has established a way for full-time teaching faculty to pursue tenure and extended contracts.

Janet Foisie, ex-wife of the late Worcester Polytechnic Institute donor and alum Robert Foisie, has reached an agreement to voluntarily dismiss a lawsuit related to a $4.5-million donation her husband made to the school after the couple’s 2011 divorce, federal court documents show.

Massachusetts residents who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits may now use their EBT SNAP credits to purchase food online via Instacart from Stop & Shop and Hannaford.