Ten Central Massachusetts communities will receive federal community development block grants that total about $6.6 million for a variety of uses, notably housing and infrastructure upgrades.
Family relationships can be complicated. But in some cases, those blood relationships can be tested and even strained when there's a family business involved that needs caring and nurturing.
Southbridge Hotel & Conference Center has selected the Shaner Hotel Group as its new management company, according to a statement from Pennsylvania-based Shaner.
The former Worcester Regional Flight Academy (WRFA) has moved from the Worcester Regional Airport to the Southbridge Municipal Airport, and changed its name to AeroVenture Insitute (AVI), the organization announced this week.
Quinsigamond Community College (QCC) received a $2 million grant Monday from the state to help create a new advanced manufacturing center in Southbridge.
Harrington HealthCare System in Southbridge has been awarded a $491,600 grant from the commonwealth to bolster its behavioral health services and help connect providers to the state's electronic health information exchange.
The owners of Indian Ranch in Webster have donated more than $200,000 toward the building of a new emergency department at Harrington HealthCare's Webster facility, the health care system announced.
Harrington Hospital in Southbridge was named a 2013 “Top Hospital” by The Leapfrog Group, making it one of seven in Massachusetts, and the only one in Central Massachusetts, to win that designation.