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Old Sturbridge Village will reduce its hours and close its lodging facilities, as well as temporarily stop taking reservations for weddings and other events, museum president and CEO Jim Donahue announced in a Sept. 2 statement.

Nichols College President Susan West Engelkemeyer will retire at the end of this school year following a decade leading the Dudley school, Nichols announced Wednesday.

Rapscallion Brewery, which has rented an old barn building on a farm in Sturbridge since 2013, has completed its long search for a permanent space where it can begin canning and distributing its beer. Rapscallion is due to move to Spencer by the end of the year.

Valentin Gapontsev, the founder and head of Oxford laser manufacturer IPG Photonics, has for the first time made the Forbes 400 list of the country's wealthiest people released Tuesday.

Webster contractor WPI Construction, Inc. will pay the state $150,000 to settle allegations employees of the company mishandled asbestos while working on a project at the Kennedy Circle public housing complex in Haverhill.

Southbridge Municipal Airport is receiving a $217,000 federal grant to improve its runway and conduct studies, including...

Quinsigamond Community College, based in Worcester, will set up a location inside Southbridge Middle High School, the college announced in conjunction with the Town of Southbridge on Tuesday.

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.

Joining the WBJ Podcast are two of this year's winners: Kate Marquis from her company Lilac & Oak in North Brookfield, and Abed Hamid from Charlton manufacturer KARL STORZ Endovision.

Dr. PETER ANTKOWIAK has been named the medical director of the emergency department at Harrington HealthCare System,...