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WBJ sat down with the director of the West-East Rail project to discuss what needs to happen in order to make frequent west-east service a reality.

Parsec Inc. and Weetabix have alerted the state they plan to lay off a total of 234 workers in Worcester and Clinton, respectively.

The Worcester city administration is working to relocate a Shrewsbury truck transfer station closer to the CSX rail yard to cut down on the number of trucks passing through residential city streets.

The Worcester city administration is working to relocate a Shrewsbury truck transfer station closer to the CSX rail yard to cut down on the number of trucks passing through residential city streets.

The Worcester City Council on Tuesday told municipal officials to find ways cut down on the tractor-trailer traffic going around the CSX freight rail yard, which completed a $100-million expansion.

Hudson-based Calare Properties has completed the sale of an industrial property in Leominster for $31.5 million, growing the property's value from $11.6M three years ago.

Worcester is showing many signs of being in the midst of an economic revival.

Two of Worcester's major thoroughfares -- including one of its main commercial corridors of Shrewsbury Street -- will get major improvements in 2016, the city announced Monday.

CSX Corp. is anticipating lower revenue for the rest of the year on the back of challenges to the coal industry.

Tons of freight roll daily into and out of Worcester on tracks used by CSX, Pan Am Railways and the Providence & Worcester railroads. As the economy continues to bounce back from the Great Recession, freight transportation is growing as well, bringing more goods of all kinds through the region on the rails — everything from cars and toilet paper to flammable liquids and hazardous materials.