Greater Worcester

The Central Massachusetts and Montachusett regional planning commissions are spearheading a “Buy Local” initiative to boost the sale of the area's agricultural and food products, the Central Massachusetts commission announced Monday.

An affiliate of a Quincy-based property management firm has received $4.2 million in acquisition financing to buy Worcester's Park Plaza Apartments, according to CBRE New England, which helped secure the deal.

Reliant Medical Group of Worcester and Southboro Medical Group are looking to merge, potentially creating an organization of more than 300 physicians that would serve about 300,000 patients throughout Central Massachusetts, the organizations announced Tuesday.

Driven by solid gains in the labor market, the Worcester area economy continued to grow at a strong pace during the second quarter of 2014, according to the latest Worcester Economic Index (WEI).

Worcester-based energy management services firm World Energy Solutions reported increased revenue and earnings for the second quarter, the company said today.

A follow-up study of patients with prostate cancer found improved survival rates for people using a drug from Generex, which has operations in Worcester.

Quinsigamond Community College (QCC) is coming to downtown Worcester, but not as quickly as officials once expected.

Commerce Bank announced Monday that it's offering additional home mortgage products to new and existing customers.

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