Greater Worcester

Todd Snopkowski of Holden, founder and president of SnapChef Culinary Training and Staffing, has been named the 2015 Small Business Person of the Year for Massachusetts by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

The future of manufacturing in Worcester was on display for U.S. Rep. James McGovern at the Technocopia maker space in Worcester on Tuesday. The nonprofit opened in 2013 and its members have churned out everything from robots to custom prosthetics in a shared environment that provides access to expensive machines for the cost of a little more than a gym membership.

UMass Memorial Health Care will open several urgent care centers in Central Massachusetts this year, which will help ease pressure on the health care system's emergency rooms.

The Worcester City Council voted Tuesday night to approve the sale of the former Worcester County Courthouse building for $1.2 million to a New Hampshire developer.

As a Quincy-based urgent care center business prepares to enter Worcester, UMass Memorial Health Care has announced its own plans to open multiple urgent care centers in the city and the surrounding area, beginning this year.

Business leaders overwhelmingly support the city's agreement to sell the former Worcester County Courthouse to a New Hampshire developer for $1.2 million, according to early results from this week's WBJ Flash Poll.

The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Joseph Petty have announced their support of the deal to sell the former county just hours before the City Council meets tonight, when it will likely vote on the $1.2 million deal.

Worcester State University will allow Springfield Technical Community College to complete their bachelor's degree in four years for $30,000 or less, under an agreement between the two schools.

Massachusetts' population will grow 11.8 percent from 2010 to 2035, with nearly 772,000 people added over that 25-year period and above-average growth predicted in Greater Boston, MetroWest and Central Massachusetts, according to forecasts released Wednesday.

Chinese company Zenith Steel has signed a contract with Primetals Technologies to revamp a complete wire-rod outlet,...