Real Estate

Larry Lucchino, the former president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox and the person most instrumental in moving the Pawtucket Red Sox to Worcester, has died at age 78, according to reporting by the Boston Globe. 

Grafton State Hospital operated as a mental health facility from 1901 to 1973, when it was shuttered as part of the state’s deinstitutionalization efforts.

The Massachusetts Cultural Council has awarded 53 grants, totalling in $246,844, to help fund Worcester-based arts and cultural programs through the City’s Worcester Arts Council. 

Developers and business owners expect that growth to continue, saying new businesses and even more residents will soon make the area home, creating the next chapter in the long history of the Canal District.

The new center will be larger than the organization’s current facility at the zoo and allow for an expansion of its educational and outreach programs.

The Central Massachusetts housing market will see little immediate impact on prices or number of sales in the wake of a national $418-million settlement.

Stores on Worcester’s Pleasant Street stores may soon offer an elevated shopping experience as the Pleasant Street Transformative Development Initiative Partnership has been awarded $125,000 to sponsor storefront beautification efforts in the neighborhood’s commercial district.

stART on the Street Co-Founder Tina Zlody will step down from her position as director of the Worcester art festival after 19 years and be replaced by the co-founders of the nonprofit Creative Hub Worcester.

The parcel is part of a proposed overlay under consideration by the Town to comply with the state’s MBTA Communities Law.

This fine has already become the target of proposed reform by elected officials, as District 3 Councilor George Russell, who is a real estate broker, has submitted a request to Batista to provide the City Council with an amendment to reduce the fine to $10 per day.