The education and social services agency Worcester Community Action Council has received a $1 million state loan to launch an early education program in Webster.
The death rate from drug overdoses in Massachusetts far exceeds the national average, in large part to the state's opioid crisis, according to a new federal report.
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health has taken over the former Durham School in Fitchburg to serve as a day school for students with autism and other disabilities.