Greater Worcester

Fallon Health of Worcester said it earned $1.9 million in the third quarter of this year on revenue of $323 million.

A Worcester developer of business property has bought an office complex in Hudson for nearly $3 million, the company announced.

Filling a second major Cabinet post, Governor-elect Charlie Baker has tapped Shrewsbury Republican Rep. Matthew Beaton as his energy and environmental affairs secretary.

City Manager Edward Augustus has appointed Acting Chief Development Officer Michael Traynor to the role on a permanent basis as the city looks to maintain its development momentum.

Marlborough-based RXi Pharmaceuticals, which is working on a drug to reduce dermal scarring after surgery, reported financial results for the quarter ended Sept. 30.

A mixed-use Chapter 40B affordable housing proposal in Shrewsbury won the approval of selectmen Wednesday.

The Human Rights Commission (HRC), the nation's leading civil rights organization representing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, has given Worcester a perfect score of 100 in a rating system that measures LGBT inclusion in municipal law and policy.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the University of Massachusetts Medical School announced plans to build a new treatment facility in a partnership designed to expand health care access to veterans.

World Energy Solutions of Worcester, which last week announced it has agreed to be sold to a Boston firm, reported a 13-percent jump in revenue in the third quarter while cutting its net losses to near break-even.

A professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School is one of six biomedical researchers to be awarded with a Breakthrough Prize in life sciences for his co-discovery in genetics, the Worcester school announced Monday.