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The University of Massachusetts Medical School has been awarded a $1-million grant that will support a DNA-focused research project aimed at treating patients with Down syndrome.

The state's Department of Public Health (DPH) will hold the first of three listening sessions on medical marijuana regulation today at the Worcester Public Library.

Worcester-based Davis Advertising said Honey Dew Associates Inc. has hired the firm to manage all of its advertising and marketing.

Charter TV will add a Spanish-language network affiliate channel later this month, it announced.

Patients, doctors, substance abuse counselors, politicians, lawyers, veterans and entrepreneurs hoping to cash in on the legalization of medical marijuana weighed in on potential regulations Wednesday afternoon in Worcester.

A 1956 graduate of Worcester's College of the Holy Cross has made a $25-million donation to the school, designating the gift to build a new performance arts facility on campus.

Having hired a director of global field service operations, Coghlin Cos. of Worcester will expand its national field service and support group globally, the contract manufacturing and engineering firm announced today.

As Worcester continues to dig out from Friday's fierce winter storm, a parking ban remains in effect.

Michelle Fay comes to Marlborough-based Bridge Energy Group at a crucial time for the 9-year-old utility consulting...