Greater Worcester

Steward Health Care's landlord said Wednesday that Steward hospitals have drawn significant interest from other potential operators, the latest hint that facilities might soon be transferred away from the financially floundering for-profit system.

Worcester saw 55 single-family home sales in January, 11 fewer than the city saw in January 2023.

The Worcester County Mechanics Association, which owns Mechanics Hall, decided in September 2020 following the police murder of George Floyd and the ensuing racial reckoning to put prominent Black Americans in the Great Hall, which previously only featured white men and women.

After its voters rejected a zoning plan that would put the town in compliance with the MBTA Communities Act and clear the way for more multifamily housing, Milton is now officially losing out on state funding, the Healey administration announced Wednesday morning. 

Healey penned a three-page letter to Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre, which her office publicized, alleging that his team has "not been forthcoming, truthful or responsive" about the apparent financial distress the hospitals are facing.

While the Mass. Gaming Commission is in the midst of a search for a new executive director, Gov. Maura Healey's office announced Tuesday morning that Chairwoman Cathy Judd-Stein will retire from her position next month when her five-year term concludes.

Roughly 98 percent of all sports betting activity in Massachusetts last month was conducted online.

Jordan told WBJ in October that Clark was one of the few organizations able to pull him out of his recent retirement from Seven Hills Foundation & Affiliates.

Brian Geisel went the Steve Jobs route and dropped out of college after a year to write software. His philosophy is to hire talented people who can write innovative code in the artificial-intelligence and machine-learning realms.

Central Massachusetts professionals are getting hired and promoted at Saint Vincent Hospital, AAFCPAs, the Milford Physician Group, and the Telegram & Gazette.