Greater Worcester

Unemployment in Central Massachusetts dropped sharply in March and is down from March of last year, the Patrick administration said today.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has picked an alumnus and business executive as its first entrepreneur-in-residence, a role the...

Mary Lou Retelle, the executive vice president at Anna Maria College, will become interim president of the...

Academic, business and political leaders brainstormed ways Wednesday to attract more young people into manufacturing, from improving education to tapping the awe-inducing capabilities of information technology.

UMass Memorial Health Care announced Wednesday the elimination of 103 full-time equivalent positions at its Worcester locations in the system's latest round of layoffs, which began in March.

Siemens AG, the German conglomerate that makes steel mills in Worcester, announced $660 million in software grants Wednesday to support manufacturing programs at Massachusetts vocational schools and colleges.

Weather-related disruptions put a dent in earnings for CSX Corp. in the first quarter, bringing net income down to $398 million, compared to $462 million in 2013, the freight carrier announced.

Three Central Massachusetts nonprofit charities are among 70 throughout the eastern United States that have been awarded more than $400,000 by the charitable arm of BJ's Wholesale Clubs.

The UMass ALS Champion Fund has been renamed in honor of former governor Paul Cellucci, U Mass Medical School Chancellor Michael F. Collins announced Thursday.

Quinsigamond Community College broke ground today on a $23 million, 30,000-square-foot engineering and technology building.