Environment

Even as we celebrate all that our business community contributes to the region, we can see a cloud on the horizon. Energy costs are rising quickly in an already expensive state.

The group suing the owners of the Notre Dame des Canadiens church are now proposing a compromise: a public garden.

The Devens Enterprise Commission said Tuesday it is fighting against a lawsuit that alleges Devens has allowed polluted rainwater to enter the Nashua River.

In April, Vig decided to move Allegro's 286 employees making computer semiconductors from the firm's 53-year-old Worcester home to Marlborough, continuing Marlborough's regional pull.

The courts have dealt another blow to a group's hopes to save the Notre Dame church in Worcester from the wrecking ball.

The Save Notre Dame Alliance has officially filed an appeal of a Worcester Superior Court judge's ruling to deny a temporary injunction in an effort to halt the destruction of the Notre Dame des Canadiens church.

A group of citizens trying to prevent the demolition of the Notre Dame church in Worcester will appeal a judge's decision to deny the group's injunction against the property owner.

The owner of a Fitchburg private wastewater treatment company and an engineering company has been sentenced to three years of probation and other penalties for falsifying wastewater supplies and test results.

A judge will issue a ruling on an injunction to delay demolition of the Notre Dame des Canadiens church.

Utilities would need to ramp up renewable energy purchases, the state could expand its support of offshore wind, and commercial solar endeavors would be freed from restrictions, under legislation the Senate plans to take up.