Greater Worcester

Planned amenities include a smoothie bar, massage therapy, a cold plunge, and a sauna.

Worcester’s publicly owned arena and convention center will continue to bear the name of a Central Massachusetts company, as Marlborough-based Digital Credit Union has extended its naming rights deal through the end of June 2027. 

The proposals request the commissioner consider three changes to the program.

Eileen McAnneny, known for her work at major business trade groups, will lead the Employer Coalition on Health, which lists an an assortment of business groups and employers among its founding members as well as the state Group Insurance Commission.

Dubbed the Mass Leads Act, Healey's roughly $3.5 billion proposal invests heavily in workforce development, including a $10 million-per-year pilot program to launch a statewide internship tax credit that would benefit companies recruiting from Massachusetts-based colleges.

The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination has named Michael Memmolo as the agency’s first ever executive director.

Hope might spring eternal, but the spring of 2024 hasn’t brought much hope to Central Massachusetts businesses. 

Despite being competitors in Central Massachusetts’ highly saturated cannabis industry, two local social equity cannabis companies are teaming up to launch a new line of pre-rolled joints. 

A longtime Worcester manufacturer, which played a key role in the Apollo space program and the Moon landing, is seeking to move its headquarters.

Steward Health Care, the operator of the third largest hospital system in Massachusetts, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas, seeking the legal protection to restructure its debt while leaving its hospitals open.