Webster

Who's on the move in Central Massachusetts?

David “Duddie” Massad, the owner of Worcester car dealerships and later Commerce Bank, died Dec. 28 at age 90.

Worcester has joined a growing list of Massachusetts cities and towns banning the sale of flavored tobacco.

The Worcester City Council on Tuesday again opted to decrease the tax bill for homeowners at the expense of commercial and industrial property owners.

Ten Central Massachusetts health offices were awarded in the first patient experience awards from the nonprofit Massachusetts Health Quality Partners.

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.

The Sears store in the Natick Mall is the only of the troubled retail giant's stores to close in Massachusetts after it filed for bankruptcy Monday.

Sears Holdings, the troubled department stores with 11 Sears and Kmart locations in Central Massachusetts, filed for bankruptcy Monday.