Greater Worcester

With the costs of college climbing, Worcester Polytechnic Institute students may be making a worthwhile investment before they graduate, according to a ranking by PayScale.com.

A Worcester group focused on innovation will co-host a forum Thursday night that will address how the intersection of arts and the STEM disciplines – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – can enhance creative innovation.

Two Central Massachusetts community health organizations are among five statewide that will share in $178,000 from the charitable arm of the CVS pharmacy chain aimed at supporting community health and expanding access to quality health care nationwide.

Worcester-based ThermoEnergy Corp., which makes wastewater-treatment and power-generation systems, saw its revenue plummet in 2013.

A Worcester business was indicted for allegedly failing to pay more than $805,000 into the commonwealth's unemployment trust fund, the Attorney General's office announced Monday.

A former executive at Google who is also an expert on cybersecurity, privacy and public policy will join the Worcester Polytechnic Institute faculty as a professor of cybersecurity policy, the school announced.

Worcester-based energy management services firm, World Energy Solutions reported lower revenue for the fourth quarter of last year, although full-year revenue increased, the company said today.

The second life for the Higgins Armory Museum collection begins Friday.

Unemployment in Central Massachusetts fell markedly in February and is down from February of last year, the Patrick administration said today.

Jack Calareso, the president of Anna Maria College in Paxton, will be leaving to take on a similar role at a Catholic college on Long Island.