Monica Benevides

United Way of Central Massachusetts will take $500,000 from its reserve funds to help cover a projected $1-million deficit across Worcester summer youth programs, board chair Aivi Nguyen said on Wednesday. 

The Council of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester has selected University of Maryland Dean Scott Casper to be its next president, after longtime president Ellen Dunlap retires in the fall.

Among the company's accomplishments were raising nearly $2 million from investors and making products for a number of name brands, including "The Ellen Degeneres Show," Framingham manufacturer Bose and Yale University, just to name a few.

The U.S. Small Business Administration has reopened applications for its Economic Injury Disaster Loans for entities impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, the administration announced on Monday.

Citing significant losses incurred from the coronavirus pandemic, Armsby Abbey Owners Alec Lopez and Sherri Sadowski announced they will close the downtown Worcester restaurant for the summer, beginning at 4 p.m. on Sunday, with a goal of reopening on Sept. 1.

Reliva, a CBD company based out of Natick, was acquired in May by Aurora Cannabis, an international conglomerate out of Canada, according to a press release announcing the merger.

The Worcester Art Museum has received a $200,000 capital grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund for the museum’s Lancaster Plaza Project, the museum announced Monday.

Accra Girls Co-owner Emmanuel Larbi, a medical researcher turned restaurateur, announced on Monday he will open a new eatery inside Worcester Public Market on Thursday.

Wormtown Brewery in Worcester will begin selling its Be Hoppy IPA in Vermont, the company announced on social media on Saturday.

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has launched Action for Racial Equity Grants, a funding program intended to help support nonprofits and other groups who engage in anti-racism work to facilitate their programming.