Greater Worcester

With the region already grappling with workforce shortages, a quarter of young professionals living in Greater Boston intend to move elsewhere over the next five years as they navigate their career prospects and housing affordability, a new survey released Monday found.

A candlepin bowling alley that has operated in Spencer for 58 years has been sold to another longtime Central Massachusetts candlepin alley operator.

After appointing her to the top job in 2022, Goldberg suspended O'Brien, a former state treasurer and the Democratic Party's 2002 nominee for governor, with pay in September.  O'Brien's annual rate of pay is $181,722.

A Worcester investor has sold a Shrewsbury Street retail property for $1.4 million, less than a year after purchasing it for $975,000.

The unemployment rate in Massachusetts fell in January, with large job gains in the professional, scientific and business services sector.

Clark University, the Leominster East Side Community Center, and the MetroWest YMCA Regional Early Learning Center are among the 20 Central Massachusetts entities slated to benefit from $23.08 million in federal funding pending final approval by the U.S. Senate and President Joe Biden.

Despite injections of aid, school budgets haven't been able to keep up with inflation, the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents and Massachusetts Association of School Committees told lawmakers at a recent budget hearing.

Assioun is the owner and CEO of Passion Dental, a company operating dental practices in Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, and Connecticut.

As state regulators investigate nurses’ claims of unsafe conditions at Saint Vincent Hospital, a national accrediting agency has found the Worcester healthcare provider is not compliant with industry standards.

The money from the fund can be used for one-time initiatives, projects, and consulting services to aid in the economic development or workforce needs of Central Massachusetts.