Greater Worcester

Less than eight months after purchasing a former Becker College property for $230,000, a North Grafton entity has sold the parcel for $312,000.

CJG, owner of over 80 rental units in the state, purchased the duplexes with the intention of renovating the units.

The pair purchased the Grafton Flea Market for $1 million in January 2022 and own a number of other properties in Worcester.

The Massachusetts unemployment rate continued to increase in June for the second month in a row following three months of unchanged rates. 

Local reaction poured in Sunday afternoon to President Biden's decision to end his reelection campaign, a choice that leaves the Democrats with 107 day to rally around a new candidate before Election Day.

Employees at the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, Shepherd & Goldstein of Worcester, and Nichols College in Dudley are on the up and up.

Central Massachusetts universities are implementing AI technology into courses and trying to address concerns for faculty and students.

The SDO plans to amend its citizen requirement to allow immigrants with a legal status to qualify.

UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester has partnered with the ​​Framingham nonprofit South Middlesex Opportunity Council to open in February a seven-bed pilot respite program.

While candlepin’s glory days are yet to return, there's hope the Worcester-born pastime will live on for future generations.