Nonprofits

Nearly $137,000 in grants aimed at improving the health of residents have been awarded to nonprofit agencies...

The 82-year-old Higgins Armory Museum, citing financial challenges, will close at the end of this year and transfer its unique collection of arms and armor – much of it from the Medieval era – across town to the Worcester Art Museum.

Nine Central Massachusetts nonprofits are among 265 that will be awarded with donations from BJ's Charitable Foundation.

In a bit of a surprise move, the University of Massachusetts Medical School has purchased the remainder of the five biotech buildings in the Massachusetts Biotechnology Research Park on Plantation Street for $40.3 million.

The presence of MCPHS University — formerly the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences — is...

Alternatives Unlimited in Whitinsville is many things: a mill renovated into cheery, sunlit apartments, workshop space and...

Patients, doctors, substance abuse counselors, politicians, lawyers, veterans and entrepreneurs hoping to cash in on the legalization of medical marijuana weighed in on potential regulations Wednesday afternoon in Worcester.

The Worcester Art Museum is creating three new positions but will lay off six employees in a restructuring, as the 115-year-old nonprofit aims to broaden its audience and boost attendance.

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Bay State Savings Bank donated $2,500 to The American Red Cross of Central Massachusetts. Pictured,...

The Worcester Art Museum is one of two in the world to receive a grant from The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) Museum Restoration Fund of the Netherlands this year.