Government & Politics

The proposal calls for the construction of 282 loading docks, 757 exterior trailer parking stalls, and 830 car parking stalls.

House Democrats will seek a vote this week on a major housing bill that combines $6.2 billion in borrowing and tax credits with policy reforms designed to spur much-needed production, such as easier development of small, supplementary housing units on single-family lots.

Barry Desruisseaux is a minority owner of Green N' Go, but the current investor group is attempting to remove him from ownership.

The annual food festival for Worcester’s restaurant row is set to return in June

"I have questions and concerns about certain activities that may have occurred in the last 48 hours or so that not only myself as a commissioner, CCC staff and the public at large need answers to," Roy, a Gov. Charlie Baker appointee, said.

Quinsigamond Community College has been awarded a $51,968 grant from the Gov. Maura Healey Administration to develop a diversity, equity, and inclusion certificate program for local higher education faculty and staff.

In central and western Massachusetts, 53 municipalities had no transactions above the $1 million threshold in 2022. Under Healey's bill, only a handful of areas would raise major sums -- in the tens of millions of dollars -- for new affordable housing.

The project, announced in a Monday press release from Ameresco, will see the company modernize infrastructure to reduce emissions at two NARA sites.

After two summers of being operated by Boston-based Harpoon Brewery, the beer garden at Worcester’s Mercantile Center is set to be taken over by a by Salem-based brewery.

Now known as Thrive Support & Advocacy, the nonprofit has substantially grown under the leadership of former Worcester city councilor Sean Rose.