Greater Worcester

An extended leave enables people to find their identities and focus on personal health, something they can not do in shorter chunks of time off, according to a lecturer at Harvard Business School.

For this rural Massachusetts area, the hospital’s closure will mean extended ER wait times at neighboring hospitals already pushing capacity, quadrupled ambulance turnaround times, and ultimately, the potential collapse of a healthcare system already spread thin.

Three Worcester County nonprofits have been awarded a combined $1.49 million in capital funding to refurbish their early education and out-of-school time program facilities predominantly serving low-income families. 

The former site of both Helfand's Deli and the Sahara Restaurant in Worcester has been sold for $1.2 million. 

Marlborough-based IPG Photonics Corp., a global laser manufacturing company founded in a Moscow basement laboratory in 1990, has sold its remaining assets in Russia, citing the impact of ongoing sanctions related to the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

Steward Health Care has signed "definitive agreements" to sell four of the six Massachusetts hospitals it has been working to offload since filing for bankruptcy in May.

Worcester County gained 249 biomanufacturing jobs between 2022 and 2023.

Worcester-based Safe Exit Initiative, a survivor-led nonprofit working to end the sex trade by  providing support and safe exit options, has re-opened Harbor, its community resource center and day shelter.

Three attractions in Central Massachusetts have received a combined $93,000 from the state’s Office of Travel and Tourism.

The golf club was officially established in 1894, but golf has been played at the site since 1864.