Greater Worcester

The City of Worcester is launching a pilot program to test a new crisis response model for emergencies involving mental health and substance abuse components.

Arris Partners, a Concord-based real estate investment firm, purchased a 3.3-acre industrial property at 104 Gold St. in Worcester for $7 million.

An affiliate of Boston developer Boghos Properties purchased parcels of land totaling $3.6 million to build an approved 176-unit mixed-use development in Framingham.

As hospitals shutter services in the wake of staffing shortages, community members and health care workers will argue Thursday that the state should become responsible for hospitals that are "essential" but threatening to close.

Of the 20 highest-paid state employees in Massachusetts, nine are employed by UMass Chan Medical School, according to data from the state’s Office of the Comptroller compiled by the WBJ Research Department.

Worcester-based Mass Megawatts Wind Power will change its name to Mass Megawatts, Inc. as solar power has become the company's primary focus.

UMass Chan Medical School is launching a new clinical care and research center in collaboration with UMass Memorial Health. The new Lupus Center at UMass Chan will centralize resources at the medical school into research and treatment for the autoimmune disease.

New York-based Northeast Grocery, Inc., parent company of Price Chopper and Market 32 supermarkets, has named John Persons as the company’s new chief operating officer and Mike Miller as chief administrative officer, both newly-created positions at the company.

Middleborough-based home-good retailer, Christmas Tree Shops will liquidate all of its stores unless a buyer for the company surfaces within a week.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday gutted the Biden administration's effort to forgive about $430 billion in student loan debt, deeming unconstitutional a plan that the White House estimated would bring relief to one in nine Massachusetts residents.