Greater Worcester

The funding will benefit eight rental and four first-time homeowner opportunities.

The Cannabis Control Commission is weighing a vote Wednesday to shore up nearly all of the votes it took during the two years that Chairwoman Shannon O'Brien was deposed.

Some advocates at the State House on Tuesday booed and yelled "shame" as speakers decried President Donald Trump's decision to not use contingency funds to cover SNAP benefits.

A month after seven Worcester representatives signed a letter urging UMass Chan Medical School to increase physician wages, the Worcester university has reached a tentative contract agreement with the physician union representing 700 UMass providers.

A new Planet Fitness is coming to Worcester County as the franchise fitness center is opening its first Auburn location come November.

Central Massachusetts’ largest hospital, UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, has named its new chief of cardiac surgery, selecting a physician from England to fill the role.

Five Central Massachusetts life sciences companies are splitting $5 million in tax incentives to create 245 jobs in the region.

Quinsigamond Community College has hired Rocky Knight as director of its newly launched Auxilium Center for Entrepreneurship. 

The funding was facilitated by Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing, part of a wider $4.6-million effort across the state.

The letter said the shortfall was caused by the postponement of construction in the district, which Batista said was the result of an unpredictable market, high construction costs, and high interest rates.