Hospitality

The Fruitlands Museum in Harvard is set to reopen May 19 in a controlled fashion with only its outdoor grounds open to the public.

More than 20% of the Massachusetts workforce has applied for unemployment since the coronavirus crisis began in mid-March, particularly those employees in the hospitality, retail and healthcare sectors.

Quickly picking up on technology has become a necessary skill these days for museums more accustomed to bringing in crowds to see artwork, watch and hear animals in their habitats, or experience first-hand the wonders of science.

Savvy Central Mass. social media managers all seem to report the same phenomenon, which is a business owner’s dream: post a product online and see it fly off the shelves.

Central Massachusetts was already facing deep-rooted challenges with poverty. Add a pandemic forcing more than 800,000 Massachusetts residents to file for unemployment, and Central Massachusetts human services have been sent into overdrive.

Moynihan's Pub on Main Street will soon change ownership, according to a petition before Worcester's License Commission.

Exhibit 'A' Brewing Co. in Framingham is expanding into Maine, the fourth state the brewer is now distributing outside Massachusetts.

The owner of the Berlin restaurant where Chris Evans shot a movie scene faces charges for filing fraudulent coronavirus relief loan applications through the U.S. Small Business Administration.

A Home2 Suites, part of the Hilton hotel company, is coming to Franklin with 100 rooms just off I-495.

Worcester restaurant BirchTree Bread Co. reopened for curbside pickup on Wednesday, owners Avra Hoffman and Robert Fecteau announced in a post on the company's Facebook page.