Greater Worcester

Last month, Building 19 announced it was closing its Shrewsbury location on Route 9, effectively ending the...

Perhaps feeling as if they had always been taking a back seat to the Boston area, officials...

Like many entrepreneurs might be inclined to do watching their children start a business, Albert Maykel Jr....

After months of emotions that ran high over the possibility of a slots parlor coming to Worcester, efforts to negotiate a deal for the development of a 14-acre site near Kelley Square have been abandoned, taking Central Massachusetts out of the running for the state's only slots license.

Former Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray had a much shorter commute to work this morning as he started his new job as president and CEO of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce.

The home insurer of last resort is seeking to raise rates by as much as 9.9 percent in Worcester, Springfield and some coastal communities, though any rate change will need approval from Insurance Commissioner Joe Murphy.

Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray, who is resigning from the state's second-highest office next week to lead the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, was awarded a medal this morning by Becker College President Robert E. Johnson, the college said.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is the lead institution in a new program funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) planning grant it received with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Statistically and anecdotally, all signs seem to point to a growing rental housing market both across the...

Worcester possesses many of the ingredients that could help it emerge as a nationally-known research and entrepreneurship hub, including research universities and access to Boston's venture capital market, said Mark Rice, dean of Worcester Polytechnic's business school.