Greater Worcester

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.

A drop in inventory pushed down sales of single-family homes in Massachusetts last month, halting more than a year of monthly gains, according to two reports released today.

Should Massachusetts follow some other states in allowing private firms to design, build, operate and maintain bridges, roads and other transportation assets? We're still far off from the Chicago Skyway, which was leased to a private operator in 2006 for $1.8 billion for 99 years, or New York City, which has done similar deals with some of its bridges. But with a deeply indebted transportation system, Massachusetts is looking at different ways to meet its infrastructure needs. And a policy expert from MetroWest will be playing a role.

City Councilors will be meeting behind closed doors tomorrow with developers interested in building a $200 million slots parlor and hotel near Worcester's Kelley Square.

Supports of the Higgins Armory, the 82-year-old armor museum in Worcester slated to close at the end of the year, have launched an interactive website aimed at keeping the museum open.

Less than two weeks after announcing that it would seek the states' single slots parlor license for a Worcester location, Mass Gaming & Entertainment LLC confirmed that its development would be on vacant Wyman-Gordon property near Kelley Square.