Greater Worcester

A mixed-use building in Worcester’s Canal District has been sold for $625,000 to a Millbury-based corporation.

Worcester-based Union Home Health Care Services, an adult foster care company, and its owners have been arrested and arraigned related to an alleged $1.6-million scheme to defraud MassHealth, the state’s Medicaid program. 

The Worcester Division of Public Health has identified six priority areas to focus on to improve regional health and increase health equity across Greater Worcester.

A 3.6-acre parcel of land on Route 9 in Northborough that formerly held a miniature golf course has been sold to Belmont Crossing LLC, a Northborough-based corporation.

After holding steady in September, unemployment numbers in Massachusetts ticked slightly upward in October.

After joining the Worcester mental health and addiction treatment center in May, AdCare Hospital CEO Brian Stoesz has left the role. 

State public health officials on Thursday detailed steps the cannabis industry should be taking to prevent work-related asthma.

The Massachusetts Legislature ended formal sessions for the year early Thursday morning with no agreement on a spending bill to steer money toward the emergency shelter crisis.

There are significant gaps in the expectations parents have for their children's futures after high school, divided sharply by race and income demographics, according to poll results released Thursday.

Ava Callender Concepcion, acting chair of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, started Thursday’s agency meeting by announcing that Shawn Collins, the executive director of the commission and the person most responsible for its day-to-day operations, will resign.