Greater Worcester

The Worcester-based medical device company Interscope has received European Union approval to market its endoscopic device, and the U.S. Patent Office awarded the company five patents.

The dining and drinking landscape of Worcester County is on the rise with a well-regarded brewery coming to the region and two new restaurants set to open in the next few days.

A new resolution has been passed in support of legislation that could push 841 Worcester gas leaks that cost consumers about $3 million a year to be fixed.

Big data means big money for projects and companies in Massachusetts, with over $2.4 billion invested in companies in the last two years as well as $115 million from the federal government.

The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education on Tuesday froze tuition at state universities and community colleges.

The law office of Mediation Advantage has opened a second office in Northborough in an effort to expand the reach of the firm, which handles divorce mediation.

Worcester recently joined a national study seeking to measure the economic impact of nonprofit arts and culture organizations.

The city of Worcester has received a grant worth up to $20,000 toward “greening projects” of planting trees throughout the community.

The city of Worcester will be holding a free workshop at the end of the month that will walk perspective business owners through the process of starting their own business in the city.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been named to a list of the Top 50 Best Value Big Data Graduate Programs of 2016, highlighting the value that the school's programs represent as one of four in Massachusetts to make the list.