Greater Worcester

It's our annual look at three business executives in Central Massachusetts - and one organization - that have made big differences. This year's honorees come from four distinct industries. Here are their stories.

Away from the bone-chilling cold outside and the snowy, frigid weather forecast for the weekend, an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston delivered something warm Friday at the Worcester Business Journal's annual Economic Forecast breakfast: continued economic growth.

Commerce Bank and Habitat for Humanity MetroWest/Greater Worcester have been awarded a $25,000 grant by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, to help fund the rehabilitation of a single-family home in Worcester for a wounded veteran and his or her family.

UMass Medical School in Worcester will collaborate with Lysogene, a French biotechnology company, and Auburn University in Alabama, to develop pre-clinical studies of a rare disorder that causes neurological impairment, Lysogene announced.

The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce has partnered with the Regional Environmental Council to study the feasibility of creating a food hub in Worcester.

Paying for extras on plane trips out of Worcester is going to get a bit easier for those with an iPhone as Jet Blue announced Tuesday that it will be the first major domestic carrier in the U.S. to accept Apple Pay during flights.

If you thought you were paying more at the pumps within the last several days, you weren't imagining it. Average retail gasoline prices rose 8.4 cents per gallon in the past week, according to GasBuddy.com's latest survey.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is expanding its reach in Panama and offering more learning experiences for its students in the Central American republic, the school announced Monday.

Amid a growing need for more space and facilities, Worcester's colleges have undertaken multi-million-dollar projects that are...

The Worcester Regional Transit Authority has secured a $1 million federal grant to boost the reliability of its electric buses while reducing its carbon footprint, U.S. Rep. James McGovern's office announced Thursday.