Greater Worcester

The Laurel Hill Apartment Complex in Auburn has been sold for just under $4 million to Micozzi Management of Worcester amid a flurry of interest, Kelleher & Sadowsky Associates announced Tuesday.

Two of Worcester's major thoroughfares -- including one of its main commercial corridors of Shrewsbury Street -- will get major improvements in 2016, the city announced Monday.

A pilot program launched by Treasurer Deb Goldberg on Monday will make college savings accounts available to Worcester kindergartners and start them off with an initial $50, an effort planned to eventually expand statewide.

The developer of the 237-unit apartment complex in Worcester' City Square has secured a $41.5-million construction loan from Citizens Bank.

Worcester insurer Fallon Health has named Mark Mosby as the organization's chief legal counsel, the company announced Thursday.

Gov. Charlie Baker will deliver the 43rd commencement address at UMass Medical School this June in Worcester, the school announced Friday.

Following a disappointing vote that halted five years of moving towards a single tax rate, Tim Murray said the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce will continue to encourage businesses to locate in the city, but the job will be tougher.

The health care staffing and recruiting firm Barton Associates will hire 63 employees to staff a new Worcester location, set to open in January.

A former Worcester business owner pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Worcester on Tuesday in connection with a $3.6 million food stamp fraud scheme that she operated out of her convenience store.

In a move that the Baker-Polito administration says will result in more jobs, $8.9 million has been distributed to 87 companies and training organizations around the state to help train more than 7,500 workers, with Worcester organizations receiving roughly $650,000 in training funds.