The 82-year-old Higgins Armory Museum, citing financial challenges, will close at the end of this year and transfer its unique collection of arms and armor – much of it from the Medieval era – across town to the Worcester Art Museum.
The Daily Voice, a Connecticut-based network of news websites, is shutting down its 11 Central Massachusetts locations, according to several published reports.
Think of it as Groupon for property taxes.
Worcester, a city that has dabbled rather extensively with daily-deal-style promotions at local businesses through its Woo Card program, is considering taking that model to another level.
Five days after it purchased three biotech office buildings adjacent to its campus for more than $40 million, UMass Medical School (UMMS) issued a lengthy response Tuesday evening to Worcester officials concerned the purchase could result in a $1.5-million tax hit to the city.
In a bit of a surprise move, the University of Massachusetts Medical School has purchased the remainder of the five biotech buildings in the Massachusetts Biotechnology Research Park on Plantation Street for $40.3 million.
As part of a five-year capital improvement plan by the Massachusetts Port Authority's (MassPort), the Worcester Regional Airport could see $36 million in improvements.