Banking & Finance

The Worcester Memorial Auditorium, colloquially known as the Aud, has sat vacant for the past 25 years.

With high-potential inventory in Worcester drying up, investors in smaller multi-family properties are casting a wider net to find parcels with promise.

Worcester’s two tallest office buildings have had quite the wild ride over the past 10 years.

Four years after the United Way of Central Massachusetts had $5 million dropped into its bank account courtesy of billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the Worcester-based human services nonprofit has donated the final segment of its Nov. 2020 surprise gift.

Following the opening of a new UniBank branch in Worcester’s Canal District, the Whitinsville-based bank is funding gasoline priced at 99 cents per gallon on Wednesday at a station in Kelley Square. 

Five Worcester County universities have received a slice of $12.4 million in funding to financially support students entering the mental health or substance use disorders treatment fields.

Employer-sponsored insurance is more accessible in Massachusetts employees than in the nation overall, but it comes at a price. 

In two summers, thousands of cyclists will line up at the College of the Holy Cross to begin their multi-mile journeys across Massachusetts as the Worcester college will serve as the starting line for the Pan-Mass Challenge come August 2026.

District 3 Councilor George Russell bemoaned the impact of rising tax rates on residential property owners driven by increasing property values.

Medical device manufacturer Hologic has expanded its board, electing Martin Madaus as the Marlborough-based firm’s newest member of its board of directors, effective last Friday.