The South Middlesex Opportunity Council (SMOC), which has operations in Worcester, is one of seven organizations to receive money from the Patrick administration to help train and find jobs for some of the city's homeless.
Overnight delivery by air may be quick, but the majority of U.S. goods will likely be shipped by ground — by rail and road — for the foreseeable future, industry experts say.
Business and educational leaders in and around Worcester hope the city's new manager and economic development chief will continue the work begun by their predecessors, both of whom will be leaving City Hall within the next two months.
A lawsuit has accused Abbott Laboratories and its spinoff AbbVie of failing to provide legally required discounts for HIV drugs, resulting in the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) being overcharged by more than $2 million between 2005 and 2013.
Customers are filling Worcester's JetBlue flights and leaving happy despite higher fares and diverted planes, the CEO of the Massachusetts Port Authority said Wednesday morning.