Greater Worcester

UMass Memorial Medical Center's University Campus received only a “C” score in an industry watchdog's annual ranking of hospital safety.

A local entrepreneur has posthumously left $29 million to five Worcester-area organizations, according to a statement from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, one of the recipients.

Worcester led the way in a surge of home sales across the state that saw the city surpass all other cities with 34.5 percent year-over-year growth, according to a report from The Warren Group.

For city leaders who have championed downtown redevelopment efforts, UMass Memorial Health Care's upcoming lease of 75,000 square feet in the Front Street office towers marks major progress toward revitalization.

Lisa Piehler has announced she will step down as executive director of the American Red Cross of...

Worcester-based Spectrum Health Systems has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to operate a reentry program for offenders leaving prison considered at high-risk for resuming criminal activity.

The city of Worcester received a $3 million MassWorks infrastructure grant award that will help the flow of traffic from Route 146 into downtown.

Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health Care will bring 500 information-technology employees downtown following the $36 million redevelopment of 100 and 120 Front St. in downtown Worcester.

RDW Group has absorbed TWS Group of Portland, Maine, into its Boston-based iFactory division, the company announced recently.

Dick Fiske Sr. and his Heart to Heart Foundation of North Brookfield was honored by the Children's Smile Coalition at Hanover Theatre in Worcester last month.