Dudley

Foreign companies now employ nine percent of Greater Worcester's workforce, the third highest among the top 100 US metropolitan areas, according to a study.

The Worcester Business Development Corp. said two companies establishing operations in Central Massachusetts have taken out nearly $1.8 million in loans from the agency.

Nichols College in Dudley will build a 27,500-square-foot academic building and finance other improvements, thanks to $20 million in tax-exempt bonds issued by MassDevelopment, the state's finance and development agency.

Nichols College has received a $1 million donation commitment from its chairman of the board of trustees.

A Nichols College alumnus has established a scholarship fund bearing his name and dedicated specifically for Nichols students with dyslexia, the largest outright scholarship in the Dudley school's history, the college announced.

The Patriot, a weekly newspaper serving Webster, Dudley and Oxford, will cease publication with its May 8 issue, according to announcement on its website. Its general manager and editor cited economic reasons in the decision.

An anonymous alumnus and Worcester native has given Nichols College a $5 million unrestricted gift, the Dudley-based school announced.

EcoTarium of Worcester has hired Joseph P. Cox as its new president. He replaces Stephen M. Pitcher,...

Worcester-based law firm Bowditch & Dewey hired registered patent attorneys KATHRYN V. CHELINI and KRISTA K. STONE,...

State and local officials were on hand today for the groundbreaking of the Oxford-Dudley-Webster Sewer Extension Project,...