Mount Wachusett Community College

Gov. Deval Patrick on Thursday announced nearly $1 million in funding for life sciences-related capital projects at two area colleges.

Quinsigamond Community College (QCC) will receive a $500,000 grant for their engineering, science and technology center, the school announced.

Gov. Deval Patrick on Wednesday presented his eighth and final budget proposal before he leaves office, filing a $36.4-billion spending plan for the next fiscal year that includes a $205 million increase for public education and investments in the life sciences, dental care for the poor, and caregivers who assist the state's neediest residents.

Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner and Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester will both benefit from a...

DR. GENNADY GELMAN was hired by Harrington Physician Services in Webster. He specializes in family medicine and...

North Central Massachusetts is an area that keeps its manufacturing past in full view. Many towns retain nicknames that bring to mind old, dirty factories turning out the kinds of things that are now mostly imported from China. For instance, Winchendon is “Toy Town,” Gardner “Chair City,” and Athol “Tool Town.”

Despite declining vacancy levels and rising rent, Central Massachusetts real estate investors still aren't looking to build or renovate commercial and industrial properties without a tenant, local brokers say.

No wind turbine goes up in Massachusetts without a fight. That's a key reason the Bay State ranks just 35th in wind power capacity, several industry experts argued.

Mount Wachusett Community College will receive $6.45 million from a federal grant to provide accelerated training and credentials to students pursuing careers in advanced manufacturing.

In March, the former Colleges of Worcester Consortium announced a restructuring plan that the organization's leaders said...