Greater Worcester

The Massachusetts Pirates of the Indoor Football League are leaving Worcester, likely for Lowell, after playing at the DCU Center in Worcester since 2018.

A-GAME Beverages, a beverage company whose board members include former Red Sox Johnny Damon and former MLB/NFL All-Star Bo Jackson, announced on Monday that Worcester drink manufacturer Polar Beverages will be the company’s Northeast distribution partner.

The unemployment rate across Central Massachusetts remained low through September, continuing a downward trend carried over from the summer months.

Quinsigamond Community College President Luis Pedraja will remain with the Worcester institution after his candidacy to be president at the College of Marin in California ended without him getting the job.

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester is relaunching its volunteer program, which has been closed since shortly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two of the state's top elected officials are encouraging colleges and universities in Massachusetts to find new approaches to advance diversity, break down barriers, and increase access for historically underrepresented groups in light of the Supreme Court's June ruling that restricted the use of race by college administrators in admissions decisions.

Worcester commercial real estate brokerage Kelleher & Sadowsky Associates hired as a new executive vice president Dan Cordeau.

About 76,000 people have been removed from the MassHealth rolls since March, and officials continue to forecast the biggest impacts are around the corner as a massive reevaluation of eligibility ramps up this fall.

Former Worcester City Councilor and recent city council candidate Phil Palmieri, along with a trust belonging to Robert Lawlis Jr., sold a Shrewsbury Street office building for $2.3 million to Worcester investors.

Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. is seeking to build a new 35,000 square-foot warehouse, building on its existing campus at 12 New Bond St. in Worcester.