Greater Worcester

Friendly House, Inc. of Worcester, a human services nonprofit, leases 14 of the apartments in the building and will continue to do so under the new ownership, according to a press release from NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs.

Springtide Child Development, an autism center with locations in Shrewsbury and across Massachusetts and Connecticut, has been acquired.

Tufts University, which operates the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in Grafton, has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as having the 18th best veterinary science graduate program in the country.

Worcester-based tax and business advisory firm Cunningham & Associates purchased the former Worcester Five Cents Bank Building in Worcester to expand its business.

Former lieutenant governor nominee Steve Kerrigan, CEO of the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center in Worcester, cruised to the top post at the Massachusetts Democratic Party with no opposition Monday night.

After months of growing unemployment across Central Massachusetts communities, rates decreased in all three of the region’s metropolitan areas tracked by the state between February and March.

The Gov. Maura Healey Administration has allocated $34.3 million from the 2017 Volkswagen settlement to fund electric buses for regional transit authorities and electric vehicle projects. 

Members of the state's Congressional delegation relaunched a push Monday to roll out $25 billion in federal dollars to implement fare-free public transit options across the country. 

Gasoline prices in the Worcester metro region rose another 9 cents over last week as consumers wait to benefit from lower oil prices.

With national retailer Bed Bath & Beyond declaring bankruptcy on Sunday, the owners of shopping plazas may have a challenge in filling the large spaces left empty.