Greater Worcester

Pressured to leave what was their homeland in Stockbridge as settlers moved west and divvied up land in the late 1700s, the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans was awarded more than $2 million from the state Wednesday to reclaim 351 acres of their native land and implement indigenous conservation and restoration methods to improve climate change resilience, the Healey administration announced.

Another offshore wind developer took a major step Tuesday toward scrapping its initial plans for an installation in waters off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.

The Healey administration and state utility companies released their formal request for proposals for more offshore wind power Wednesday, kicking off a bidding process that will unfold over the course of 2024.

The Business School at Worcester Polytechnic Institute is now offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees in financial technology.

AdCare Hospital in Worcester has named Andrea Dayotas its new chief operating officer.

American Family Care, an urgent care and accessible primary care provider, opened its second Worcester location in August at 926 West Boylston St., a long-vacant retail location once home to a Blockbuster Video store.

The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with nonprofit Venture Forum and incubator and coworking space WorcLab have named the twelve small businesses which will participate in its StartUp Worcester pre-accelerator program.

Researchers from UMass Chan Medical School, the NIH, and Emory University School of Medicine, have developed a database for information related to ALS.

Cornerstone Bank of Worcester plans to expand its footprint in the city with the $2.1-million purchase of a former Santander Bank branch in Worcester’s Tatnuck Square.

Some of the powerful players in Massachusetts' business community are getting impatient for long-promised, and long-delayed, tax relief as August stretches on without action.