Blackstone Valley

The College of the Holy Cross on Tuesday announced its president, Rev. Philip Boroughs, would step down from his role at the end of the academic year, ending his nine-year run leading the Jesuit liberal arts college in Worcester.

Vaillancourt Folk Art in Sutton has named Luke Vaillancourt its new president, the chalkware and decorative ornament maker announced on Wednesday.

The design-build construction of Primetals’ Technologies’ new 183,000-square-foot, $30-million manufacturing and office facility in Sutton has been completed, Maynard contractor JM Coull announced on Tuesday.

A site off Route 20 in Millbury that's planned for a cannabis cultivation facility has sold for the second time since late last year, this time for $9.9 million.

As an essential business dedicated to cleaning oil spills and disposing of hazardous waste, New England Disposal Technologies, Inc. of Sutton was primed to add coronavirus disinfecting to its offered services. 

If debates about the Affordable Care Act and proposed universal health care haven’t already made it clear, the idealized version of access isn’t the norm for many Americans, especially not for those who belong to vulnerable population groups who struggle with mental health challenges.

An unusually large share of coronavirus deaths in Worcester County — nearly four out of five — have taken place in long-term care facilities such as nursing homes, according to state data.

Pints of cherry tomatoes grown in Beverly, hundreds of pounds of salmon and haddock from a Boston pier, jars of curries and chutneys prepared by a Newton retailer, and communications support for local farms and fisheries are among the kaleidoscope of options up for sale on a new state-run online marketplace.

Milford developer D&F Afonso Builders has been given the go-ahead to pursue plans to develop a 15-acre parcel along Westboro Road and Institute Road in North Grafton, according to a Thursday press release. 

Plans are still in place to revitalize Hopedale's roughly 1-million-square-foot Draper mill. But first, about a quarter of it needs to be demolished, according to the owner.