Monica Benevides

Creative Cakes, originally a smaller vendor inside Worcester Public Market, has pivoted to a full-service cafe with a private entrance on Harding Street, owners Colleen and Dan Nadeau said on Friday.

The Sturbridge JCPenney, located at 194 Main St., will close in spring 2021, the retailer announced in a recent, undated announcement.

The garden will be maintained by the Regional Environmental Council of Worcester. Children from Worcester nonprofit Youth Grow will tend to the gardens.

Hartford business advisory firm blumshapiro, which has an office in downtown Worcester, will join CiftonLarsonAllen LLP, known as CLA, effective Jan. 1, the company announced on Thursday.

All Worcester Public Library branches closed effective 7 p.m. on Wednesday, following exposure to COVID-19 disease, the City of Worcester announced Wednesday.

Robert Coughlin, who announced his impending resignation as CEO of Cambridge life sciences trade association MassBio on Monday, is leaving his post to become managing director of real estate company JLL’s life sciences sector.

The Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership, known as MassMEP, has named Kimberly Ingalls, who currently serves on the advisory council for the Massachusetts Emergency Response Team, as its new center director.