Greater Worcester

A letter of interest submitted by Synergy and included as part of the agenda packet for Tuesday’s City Council meeting says a plan to convert office space to housing of this magnitude has not been previously attempted in Massachusetts. 

With tax revenues running $769 million behind projections after December, the Healey administration last month slashed the year-end revenue estimate by $1 billion.

A six-unit apartment building on the shore of Indian Lake in Worcester has sold for $1.25 million, five years after it was sold for $720,000.

Major swaths of the state's health care system are now considered "high risk," with the crisis largely fueled by a major backlog of patients waiting to be discharged from hospitals, the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association said Monday.

Despite concerns among the manufacturing sector and the pessimistic viewpoint of Central Massachusetts businesses, the state’s economy continued to grow.

New professionals have joined Synergy and UMass Memorial Medical Group.

The situation in Central Massachusetts, where 15.6% of named executive officers are female, largely mirrors the Massachusetts rate of 16.1% determined in a statewide census.

For women workers especially, increased flexibility and remote work options have opened up new possibilities for balancing work and family responsibilities.

Halfway through her tenure as the university’s inaugural DEI fellow, Ilyasah Shabazz is helping Worcester State work to sustain an inclusive and welcoming environment

Venture X, a 15,000-square-foot co-working space in Worcester’s Mercantile Center, has officially opened its doors.