Greater Worcester

The Baker-Polito administration this week announced that John Lebeaux will serve as Commissioner of Agricultural Resources, and Monica Bharel, MD, MPH, will serve as Commissioner of Public Health.

A NASA grant to study the effects of melting Arctic Ocean ice has been awarded to a research group that includes a Clark University professor who will oversee $614,000 in funding for the project.

The planned $76 million acquisition of Worcester-based World Energy Solutions by EnerNOC of Boston has passed its final milestone and is set to close next week.

The year we're about to leave - for some, maybe forget - saw several noteworthy business-related events in Central Massachusetts, but here's our consensus selections for the top five stories of 2014. As a staff, we unanimously agreed on the top story. There was little debate over the remaining four.

UMass Memorial Health Care (UMMHC) has posted a $29 million operating surplus for fiscal 2014, according to a report the Worcester-based health care system released this week.

The construction of Quinsigamond Community College's QuEST (Quinsigamond Engineering, Science and Technology) Center is one step closer to completion, as the school celebrated the last phase of the building's steel construction with a “topping out” ceremony.

While residential real estate in the Bay State continues to recover, 2014 saw commercial organizations grabbing office...

There was more optimism among Central Massachusetts business leaders heading into 2014. There's even more heading into 2015. Here are the results of this year's Economic Forecast survey, along with out predictions for the year ahead and our report card on how our predictions for 2014 turned out.

Community Healthlink and UMass Memorial Health Care are among 10 organizations sharing $1.3 million in grants under a new program administered by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation.

Hanover Insurance Group of Worcester has been assessed a $6,004 penalty for alleged environmental violations stemming from a 2012 inspection.