Hospitality

With a strict timeline to adhere to, the Worcester City Council is being asked Tuesday to approve a district improvement financing plan for the mostly vacant land at the site of the future Polar Park.

The Hangover Pub, a popular gastropub, will resume serving alcohol on Friday more than six months after being forced to close after a former owner was charged by federal prosecutors.

City Manager Edward Augustus will ask the Worcester City Council on Tuesday for authorization to spend $32.5 million to build a new Canal District parking garage.

Worcester's Bancroft Tower, opened to the general public since 2014, has welcomed its 10,000th visitor after about 700 visited the tower on Sunday.

Ideas for a Blackstone River Valley visitor center were first pitched around three decades ago. On Saturday, the center will finally become reality.

Following the team's announcement of plans to relocate in advance of the 2021 season, WBJ made a public records request for the email exchanges between city and team officials.

In April, Stephanie Ramey was promoted from corporate and events sales manager to executive director of Discover Central Massachusetts.

Four entities - largely food and beverage-based establishments - are expressing interest in Worcester's Union Station.

Construction management firm Skanska USA has been chosen as the owner's project manager for the $90 million ballpark in Worcester for the new home of the Pawtucket Red Sox.

Worcester's 3cross Fermentation Cooperative said Thursday it will begin shifting from glass bottles to cans, a production method helping craft brewers better distribute their beer.