Greater Worcester

Reliant Medical Group has unveiled its newest ReadyMED urgent care location on Shrewsbury Street. The site will also house the healthcare system's adult and pediatric urgent care services, which are currently located on Plantation Street.

A Worcester contract researching company has been bought by a California company in a move officials say expands the presence and offerings of both companies.

Dr. David Shepro came to the Saint Vincent Hospital Cancer and Wellness Center two years ago after the system owned by Texas-based Tenet Healthcare opened the $23-million facility in 2013. He works directly with cancer patients and oversees the medical care at the center.

Knowing medical costs will grow right along with the number of elders, healthcare organizations are rallying by keeping more nursing-home-eligible seniors in their own homes with more integrated supports and streamlined resources, which – happily – coincides with seniors' wishes to stay in their homes.

Numerous area organizations are pooling resources and joining forces to combat youth obesity, which affects more than a third of local children and teenagers.

Construction at the Lakeway Commons site that will host a Whole Foods, offices and housing in Shrewsbury at the former site of Spag's retail sore is set to take place in May, as the developer continues to secure leases for the property.

Worcester's homegrown brewery is celebrating a massive growth in production in its first year at its Shrewsbury Street location, even as it prepares for a 50,000-square-foot expansion.

100 House lawmakers have written a letter to their own negotiators urging them to raise net metering caps and resist cuts in metering credit values that they say could cause irreparable harm to an industry the state is trying to grow.

The College of the Holy Cross has inked a deal that will extend its partnership with adidas through 2021 as the team prepares for its first NCAA March Madness playoff game.

A medical marijuana dispensary will open in the canal district, following a non-opposition letter from the city manager to Good Chemistry of Massachusetts.