Greater Worcester

Habitat for Humanity of MetroWest and Greater Worcester has received 20,000 square feet of donated storage space at Mercantile Center in downtown Worcester.

A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has secured a $1 million contract that will fund their work on a process to reduce the cost of batteries for hybrid and electric cars.

The international company that runs commuter rail trains in and out of Boston racked up $29.3 million in losses over the first year of its long-term contract, requiring its French parent company to subsidize its Massachusetts operations.

U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern will ride from Worcester to Boston on Friday to highlight a permanent increase in the commuter tax benefit for mass transit riders.

Demolition has begun at the site of the approximately 120-room extended stay hotel being constructed by First Bristol Corporation in Washington Square.

A pilot program designed to put cities in touch with economic experts to tackle their most pressing issues has been launched with an initial $1.2 million in funding.

The Worcester firm of Glickman Kovago & Jacobs has brokered the $7.3 million sale of a Connecticut property that is the site of a Walgreens Pharmacy.

New board members with strong Worcester connections have been added to the Saint Vincent Hospital Board of Trustees.

Spectrum Health Systems President and CEO Charles “Chuck” Faris has announced he will retire in July after 16 years leading the Worcester nonprofit.

KRISTIN ZIRKEL was promoted to assistant vice president, senior marketing officer at Clinton Savings Bank in Clinton....