Greater Worcester

A property that is set to play a role in helping the City of Worcester pay off debt associated with the construction of Polar Park is facing delays. 

Updated documents submitted to the Worcester Zoning Board of Appeals did not offer any details explaining why the original plan of making all of the units affordable was abandoned.

The first five turbines of the 62 planned for the project are "operating at full capacity," the Healey administration said, creating 68 megawatts of power.

Legal complaints contesting a measure's eligibility to appear on the ballot are fairly common.

Another Central Massachusetts cannabis company is in hot water over debt, as Grafton-based dispensary Discern'd Cannabis Purveyors has been sued for allegedly failing to make payments on a $100,000 loan. 

Since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down day programs and other services for adults living with disabilities, there has been a backlog of people unable to get back into those programs that advocates say are necessary for their mental and physical wellbeing. A large part of the problem is workforce shortages that have particularly affected home and health care settings.

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.