Worcester and the business community has seized on its economic momentum with several new homegrown restaurants and entertainment options debuting seemingly every month.
State regulators are ordering National Grid to have gas work plans reviewed and approved by a certified professional engineer and have imposed a new oversight requirement on the company.
Worcester is expecting to save $2 million over the course of a new three-year contract with Constellation NewEnergy to supply city facilities with 2.6 million therms of natural gas each year.
England-based metal mill manufacturer Primetals and Sutton are receiving $2.25 million in assistance from the state to help fund natural gas lines for the company's planned $28-million manufacturing facility in the town.
As oil prices tumble, Massachusetts drivers could get an early present in the form of cheaper prices for gas before they fill up the tank for holiday travel.
Thanks to the first settlement payment from a Chinese company accused of stealing the company's intellectual property, AMSC reported a 400-percent increase in second-quarter revenue.