Telegram & Gazette

A new performance venue and collaborative arts space is coming to the former Telegram & Gazette building on the Worcester Common.

Ralph Crowley Jr. is not only the president and CEO of Worcester's most visible company, the $450-million Polar Beverages, but he is also a true believer in the city.

With the Telegram & Gazette now in the hands of its fourth owner in less than two years, another group of employees was let go this week, according to published reports.

The year we're about to leave - for some, maybe forget - saw several noteworthy business-related events in Central Massachusetts, but here's our consensus selections for the top five stories of 2014. As a staff, we unanimously agreed on the top story. There was little debate over the remaining four.

The Telegram & Gazette will soon have its third owner in a little more than a year after its parent firm, Halifax Media Group, announced it's being acquired by the parent of GateHouse Media, which owns the MetroWest Daily News and other notable media properties in Massachusetts.

The Better Business Bureau of Central New England named Domitek, Checkerboard LTD and the Telegram & Gazette as the winners of this year's Central Massachusetts “Torch Awards for Marketplace Ethics,” the organization announced last week.

EVENT: Thirteen years after the Telegram & Gazette, the largest daily newspaper in Central Massachusetts, was sold...

The Telegram & Gazette, the largest daily newspaper in Central Massachusetts, is now part of Florida-based Halifax...

The Telgram & Gazette of Worcester laid off at least 20 news staffers Monday as a new owner took the helm.

The leading daily newspaper in Central Massachusetts will soon have its third owner in less than a year. The Telegram & Gazette of Worcester is being sold to Halifax Media Group of Daytona Beach Fla., the company announced Wednesday. The closing date for the newspaper, as well as its website, has not been announced, Halifax said in a statement. However, the T&G reported that the deal is expected to close by June 1 after the T&G reduces its 180-person staff by an undisclosed number.