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After lawmakers urged the executive branch to intervene to help low-income workers who fell short of accessing additional aid, the Baker administration said that it cannot implement the changes sought without federal and state legislative action.

Boys and Girls Clubs in the state expect to lose $20 million in revenue by the end of 2020 due to the pandemic and are grappling with the sustainability of operations, according to the director of the organization representing the clubs.

Cavaioli and Fields discussed the issues impacting the community, as well as the GWCF’s establishment of the Worcester Together Fund to help organizations survive the coronavirus.

People are on the move at Blackstone Valley Education Hub, bankHometown, College of the Holy Cross and more.

Worcester County Mechanics Association, which owns and operates the historic venue Mechanics Hall, announced on Tuesday it would add portraits of Frederick Douglass and William Brown to its Great Hall gallery, marking the first time that Black Americans would be included in the installation.

MassDevelopment on Wednesday announced $86,415 in Commonwealth Places grants, aimed at boosting local economic recovery in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Worcester Public Library Foundation has received a $400,000 bequest from the Denise E. Nangle Irrevocable Trust, to be earmarked for purchasing technology equipment for programming, and for training and support of circulating electronic resources for the library.

The Worcester Art Museum on Wednesday said it will reopen to visitors on Oct. 7, following a lengthy closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Two Lancaster human service agencies are forming an affiliation and a plan to eventually merge.

The COVID-19 pandemic hit, and Abby’s House in Worcester was as essential as ever.