Greater Worcester

The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts has taken a step toward expanding Worcester's theater district with the purchase of a three-story building adjacent to its downtown location.

Reliant Medical Group of Worcester and Southboro Medical Group will become one at the start of next year as the two healthcare provider organizations complete their withdrawal from Atrius Health. Reliant announced Wednesday that the two organizations have reached an agreement to merge effective Jan. 1. Together, the two medical groups will employ more than 2,500, including 300 physicians and hundreds of other healthcare professionals, serving about 300,000 patients throughout Central Massachusetts and MetroWest.

JetBlue Airways at Worcester Regional Airport (ORH) reached its 100,000 passenger since starting service in November 2013 with daily flights to Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) announced this week.

The owner of Polar Beverages' warehouse properties in Worcester and Auburn has sold them to Gramercy Property Trust Inc. (NYSE:GPT), a real estate investment trust, for $21.5 million, according to Massachusetts land records.

Central Mass. companies were among more than 1,600 manufacturers that opened their doors across the country for the third-annual Manufacturing Day , according to the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), which is spearheading the day of events along with several other national organizations.

Worcester-based Reliant Medical Group and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS University) have teamed up to offer a new residency program for family nurse practitioners and physician assistants, the company's announced jointly at an event on Thursday.

Shrewsbury voters have approved rezoning land along Route 9 from residential to commercial use for a development project on former Spag's property near the westbound-side junction of Route 9 and Oak Street.

(UPDATED) Nurses employed at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester are picketing today in what they say is a call for a fair contract and safe staffing at the hospital, according to the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA), the union representing the nurses.

A cross section of health care leaders made predictions for the next 25 years of the industry at Worcester Business Journal's Worcester2025 Health Care forum Tuesday morning, and not all bodes well for area providers.

Energy procurement company World Energy Solutions has connected the city of Haverhill with power for the next two years through its online energy auction.