WBJ Staff

Restaurants and lodging businesses face a slew of new mandatory safety standards when they reopen or expand operations beyond current pandemic-forced levels, but the specific transition date will not become clear until next week at the earliest, Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito said Friday.

The City of Worcester has filled two major administrative roles with a promotion to chief development director and a return of a former top official to be the new chief financial officer.

The number of Worcester County single-family home sales in April dropped 8% compared to the same month in 2019, according to a report from Peabody real estate data firm The Warren Group.

Nursing homes have played an unwelcome central role in the coronavirus pandemic, with more than half of the outbreak's deaths in Massachusetts taking place at a long-term care facility.

Restrictions on the sale of flavored tobacco products, including mint and menthol cigarettes, are set to take effect next week and Gov. Charlie Baker said he sees no reason the ongoing coronavirus pandemic should delay that.

Leicester’s Cultivate was the first recreational pot shop to open in Worcester County, and among those to reopen their doors to adult-use customers on Monday.

Marlborough pharmaceutical firm Sunovion said Thursday it has received federal approval for the first drug for Parkinson's disease which dissolves under the tongue.

Here’s the list of all 181 professionals who have been named to a Power list & the years they were listed.