Greater Worcester

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester is building a community hydroponic farm that will create three tons of produce each year.

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, a medical technology manufacturer based in California, signed a new lease expanding from 140,000 square feet of space to 225,629 square feet at its 28 Millbury St. facility in Auburn.

The life sciences industry in Massachusetts experienced growth in 2022 in employment, total jobs, and continues to bring in venture capital dollars.

Massachusetts is aiming to achieve net-zero emission by 2050 largely by electrifying things currently powered by fossil fuels. While the region's electrical grid is not ready to serve that heightened demand, the Bay State's utility companies late last week rolled out their plans to upgrade the grid so it doesn't impede the state's clean energy transition.

It's now eight months into Gov. Maura Healey's administration and the wait continues for major proposals from the Corner Office to address perhaps the governor's signature issue: housing affordability and production.

The Worcester Art Museum has transferred ownership of a bust it purchased that was likely stolen, beginning the repatriation process for the 1966 acquisition.

Several Worcester businesses have been unable to operate at One Exchange Place in Downtown Worcester, after heavy rains in mid-August flooded the transformer vault in the building.

With more than $1 million in annual sales, The Blessing Barn Home Store and Sharing Center and its sister locations in Mendon and Boston support the nonprofit Compassion New England.

People are on the move at Milford Regional Medical Center, Mirick O'Connell, and MutualOne Bank.

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities are often unnecessarily left out of the workforce because of barriers they face, including those imposed by the federal government.