WBJ Staff

The heads of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Westborough healthcare information technology firm eClinicalWorks have been tapped for a Massachusetts advisory board to help shape a reopening of the economy from the coronavirus pandemic.

Worcester city officials ordered the Walmart Supercenter store at 25 Tobias Boland Way to be temporarily closed after 23 employees tested positive for coronavirus.

More than 50 nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester have taken what the hospital says are voluntary furloughs.

A Home2 Suites, part of the Hilton hotel company, is coming to Franklin with 100 rooms just off I-495.

Framingham retailer TJX Cos. has been a standout in the industry, especially in the brick-and-mortar world, and until the coronavirus pandemic, the company was continuing to expand and see revenue rise.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute will begin offering a new master's degree program in business analytics beginning in August to better prepare students for careers handling large volumes of data.

The top editor for the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester has been promoted to oversee the newspaper's sister outlets in Framingham, Milford and Gardner.

Monica Busch, who has written for publications in Fitchburg, Martha's Vinyard and New York City, has joined the Editorial Department of Worcester Business Journal to be its primary digital reporter.

Worcester County set a new high mark Sunday with 23 newly announced coronavirus deaths, surpassing the 200-death mark in about one month.

Now we find ourselves in hunker down mode, facing a much higher unemployment rate on the other side of this crisis. But does that mean we should shut off that engine of growth for the region? We don’t think so.