Greater Worcester

MassDevelopment has awarded the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MassMEP) $400,000 toward outreach and training programs for defense manufacturers.

Hospital administrators — and the public — now have a more complete picture on Massachusetts hospital readmissions, after the state Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) last week released the first report showing readmissions rates for all insurance payers.

Bowditch & Dewey has a launched a blog —which it believes to be the first from a major U.S. law firm —focused on legal issues concerning the LGBTQ community.

The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) board of directors has extended and expanded an incentive program designed to pull in another carrier for the Worcester Regional Airport.

Alternative medicine, such as yoga and acupuncture, is catching on, with many consumers using some form of those types of therapies with traditional treatments.

Find a need and fill it. Find a product and improve it. Add value and make money doing it. That's Richard Domaleski's strategy for the company he founded in 2012, Worcester-based Mansfield Holdings Group LLC.

When it comes to the kind of big, splashy headlines that Worcester's leaders like to cut out and frame, the last few months have been a bit of a bust for Worcester. But those who are authoring the city's next chapter believe Worcester is on the right track and moving out of Boston's shadow.

Earlier this year, the Worcester Sharks announced they would leave the DCU Center for California. With the...

(From the June 22 print edition) Worcester is pushing a comprehensive approach in its transportation infrastructure - especially downtown - one that embraces a combination of walking, biking and driving. And city officials see that as a potential boost for downtown businesses.

It’s About Time, a mobile dry cleaning company from Dudley, is opening a storefront at 40 Hamilton...