Harrington Hospital will close its inpatient pediatric unit at the end of March due to a low patient volume and instead transfer patients to UMass Memorial.
Since 1984, the city council has shifted a portion of the residential tax burden over to the business property tax payers. By doing so, it puts Worcester at a competitive disadvantage to its surrounding communities.
The education and social services agency Worcester Community Action Council has received a $1 million state loan to launch an early education program in Webster.
Marijuana regulators on Thursday approved two testing laboratories to inspect recreational marijuana sold in Massachusetts and approved a host of licenses for other Central Mass. cannabis businesses.