WBJ Staff

Restaurants help attract other businesses, and they are vital in keeping workers at those companies out and about past working hours.

With coronavirus cases rising in Worcester and across the state, two restaurants in downtown Worcester's Grid District announced Friday they'll close for the winter.

A.B.E. Electrical Installations has leased 6,690 square feet of industrial space in Hudson.

The ability for working parents to find child care is likely to fall far short of demand, posing a challenge to a recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a publication co-authored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

Charles Park Plaza, a shopping center at Airport and Bemis roads in Fitchburg, has sold for just under $1.7 million.

Skylite Roller Skating Center in Worcester said Monday it will close after four decades in business.

A coalition of groups plans on Tuesday to publicly challenge the way public vocational-technical high schools rank prospective students, saying the method results in fewer admissions of African-American, Latinx, and English learner students as well as fewer students from low-income and working-class backgrounds.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester will continue with remote learning during the spring semester, the college announced Friday in an acknowledgement the coronavirus pandemic will continue to upend higher education.

Voting is now open for WBJ’s 2021 Best of Business awards, which aim to highlight the Central Massachusetts business communities favorite businesses and professionals in nearly 50 categories.