Greater Worcester

Bridge Energy Group, a Marlborough firm focused on utility business consulting and system integration, announced it has been chosen by National Grid as the project leader for the utility's smart grid pilot in Worcester.

After expanding its operations in Rhode Island via merger, Connecticut accounting firm BlumShapiro plans to strengthen its foothold throughout New England, focusing next on more offices in Massachusetts, including Worcester.

With the application deadline on Tuesday, the state gaming commission is waiting for 11th-hour applications for up to four gambling sites throughout Massachusetts that were permitted under the 2011 gaming expansion law.

Gov. Deval Patrick's transportation financing plan would pump $13 billion in capital investments over the next 10 years into the state's infrastructure, highway and public transit systems, relying on a smorgasbord of reforms and controversial revenue options to make it happen.

JetBlue, which has been in talks with Worcester and state officials over the past year, likely wouldn't be offering commercial flights out of Worcester Regional Airport until 2014, the Massachusetts Port Authority's (MassPort) new CEO said today at the DCU Center.

MCPHS University, formerly the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, based in Boston, is expanding its footprint in Worcester.

Building on an existing undergraduate animal studies program, Becker College in Worcester has formed a school of animal studies, it announced today.

The owner of Auburn-based Casey Storage Solutions has expanded his company to a ninth location, purchasing StorageMAX Self Storage on McKeon Road in Worcester for $1.7 million.

Harrington HealthCare System, which operates Harrington Hospital in Southbridge and Harrington HealthCare at Hubbard in Webster, is expanding its territory into Spencer, it announced.

Massachusetts environmental engineer Tighe & Bond, which has an office in Worcester, won a five-year federal procurement contractor certification to deliver its services to federal agencies.