Greater Worcester

Worcester City Council in its Tuesday meeting voted to pass a resolution urging the nonprofit behavioral health organization Community Healthlink to reopen its three programs which have been paused since late April.

Lawmakers eyeing prompt compromise on House and Senate tax relief bills that differ in several major ways will be buffeted by competing crosswinds that seem to disagree on what, exactly, is the best way to make Massachusetts more competitive.

Two teachers-turned-lawmakers called for cracking down on certain college admissions practices Tuesday that they said equate to "affirmative action for the rich."

The College of the Holy Cross and Worcester Polytechnic Institute have agreed to a partnership to allow Holy Cross students to complete their bachelor’s degrees at the Worcester liberal arts college and earn a masters degree at WPI.

Central One Federal Credit Union has promoted Kerry Crutchley to the newly created position of chief people and culture officer.

The separate owners of Miranda Bread and Pampas Brazilian Steak House recently purchased their respective restaurant locations from the family that owns D’Errico’s Market on Shrewsbury St.

Stonegate Group, a Natick-based developer and property management company, recently purchased a 40,000 square-foot industrial property at 763 Waverly St. in Framingham for $2.5 million.

Researchers at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester are leading a $3.75 million clinical trial into factors that may predispose individuals to vitiligo, a disease that causes the loss of skin pigment in patches.

Worcester Business Journal on Monday night won two awards from the international journalism trade organization Alliance of Area Business Publishers, including the top prize for overall design.

A 7,700 square-foot flex property was sold to a trust belonging to Patrick Lundgren for $1.7 million on Thursday.