Oakham

Dismas House of Massachusetts, Inc. is a nonprofit organization in Greater Worcester helping former prisoners in the area find housing, work, and other reentry needs as they try to piece their lives back together.

Fueled by communities near I-495 and the Massachusetts Turnpike, the Central Massachusetts region grew 8.1% in population from 2010 to 2020, outpacing both the state (6.0%) and nation (6.5%), according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Decennial Census of Population and Housing.

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MassHousing has granted $700,000 in COVID-19 relief funding to 31 nonprofit providers of affordable sober housing, the agency announced on Thursday, including six recipients in Worcester and one in both Shrewsbury and Oakham.

Movers and shakers in Central Massachusetts from July 9 to July 23.

Central Massachusetts leaders said at a renewable energy summit in Oakham Thursday the state should move to a 100-percent renewable energy solution.

U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), whose district includes Central Massachusetts, began a two-day tour of 13 Massachusetts farms on Tuesday.

The Charitable Foundation of Bay State Savings Bank has awarded $16,000 in grants to nine local nonprofit organizations.