Greater Worcester

JetBlue Airways will offer flights from Worcester Regional Airport to Fort Lauderdale and Orlando, Fla., starting Nov. 7, it announced today at an event at the airport full of pomp and circumstance.

A former Worcester Polytechnic Institute student who dropped out because he couldn't afford the education has donated $7.8 million to the school for scholarships.

Citing slow growth and the limitations of not having drive-up capabilities, Webster Five Cents Savings Bank said it will close its Grafton Street location in Worcester.

Many of us know transportation is about access to jobs and housing, about economic competitiveness, convenience, quality...

As Worcester works to revitalize its neighborhoods, the city's Canal District is one area many point to as an up-and-coming place.

Worcester is now officially among the contenders in the still-unfolding battle for the state's lone slots parlor...

Taking the final step toward approving the decision to close the Higgins Armory Museum, incorporators of the museum voted to allow its closure at the end of the year.

A month after Worcester officials expressed concern over the potential for lost property tax revenue stemming from UMass Medical School's purchase of three commercial biotech buildings, the school has agreed to contribute $1.58 million to the city over the next five years.

The Worcester Business Journal held its annual Business Leader of the Year awards ceremony Tuesday at the Beechwood Hotel. The event was attended by approximately 180 people. The WBJ honored three executives from Central Massachusetts as well as a “corporate citizen” of the year.

Unemployment in the Worcester area fell by six tenths of one percent in February, with the addition of more than 2,000 jobs over the previous month, according to data released today by the Patrick administration.