Greater Worcester

there's an advantage to having the inside track on a job. Mary Lou Retelle owned the position of Anna Maria College interim president for nearly a year before the trustees at the small Catholic school turned to her to take the job permanently — even though more than 70 people applied for the job.

To hear Spectrum Health Systems CEO Chuck Faris tell it, Massachusetts is a relatively good place to be in the addiction treatment services industry, and to receive treatment if you need it.

Price Chopper Supermarkets has issued a recall on rotisserie chickens sold at its 50 Cambridge St. store in Worcester between 10:30 a.m. and noon on Thursday.

Worcester-based Hanover Insurance Group announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of 41 cents per share on the issued and outstanding common stock of the company.

When Spectrum Health Services shuts the doors to its only outpatient methadone clinic in Maine, it will be a first for the 46-year-old Worcester-based substance abuse treatment services provider.

Business growth in MetroWest is continuing the same measured pace in 2015 that the annual Business Climate Survey found last year, with companies expecting moderate growth in jobs and revenue throughout this year.

The Worcester Regional Transit Authority is adding bus route that will run between three of the city's colleges throughout the academic year, in an agreement with the Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts (HECCMA).

(UPDATED at 1:52 p.m.) USRowing's Masters National Championships is returning to Lake Quinsigamond next year, Destination Worcester said today. The competition will be held Aug. 18-21 and will be hosted by Destination Worcester and the Quinsigamond Rowing Association.

Gov. Charlie Baker called the death of a two-year girl and the hospitalization of a 22-month-old girl living in the same Auburn foster home over the weekend "tragic and frustrating," as he promised full criminal and internal investigations to determine how the incidents occurred and how they could have been prevented.

Wyman-Gordon has a rich history in Worcester, dating back to 1883 when it was founded as a...