WBJ Staff

Housing authorities in Central Massachusetts brought in more than $9 million in federal funding announced Tuesday for public housing improvements.

The Worcester retail store Percy's TV & Appliance has paid more than $2.2 million to buy its Auburn warehouse.

People's United Bank, a Connecticut-based chain with offices in Worcester, has been acquired by M&T Bank as part of a $7.6-billion deal announced Monday.

The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce has asked City Manager Edward Augustus to consider reopening bar dining in a Feb. 17 letter from Alex Guardiola, chamber director of government affairs and public policy.

The nominating window for WBJ's sixth annual Manufacturing Excellence Awards has been extended to March 12.

New business startups thrive in times of stress and change, making this – hopefully, the back end of the coronavirus pandemic – the time the Central Massachusetts business community can bring its resources to bear to support our newest entrepreneurs.

People are on the move at Clark University, Country Banke, AAFCPAs and more.

Nichols College will have three new degree programs for the fall semester in entrepreneurship, nonprofit management, criminal psychology.

Open Sky Community Services, a Worcester human services nonprofit, is participating in a study sponsored by UMass Medical School in Worcester on how art therapy can help those with serious mental illness.

A group of 20 Assumption University biology students is spending the spring semester training to become contact tracers to help track the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.