Greater Worcester

Two parcels located at the intersection of Route 20 and Millbury St. in Auburn sold in two unrelated transactions for $2.3 million and $1.7 million.

Polar Views LLC completed another in a series of acquisitions along Worcester’s Chandler Street, with the purchase of a 22,000-square-foot commercial building and accompanying parking lot at 221 Chandler St. in Worcester.

Travelers from Worcester Regional Airport will soon be able to fly direct with JetBlue to two new Florida destinations.

An index tracking confidence of Central Massachusetts business leaders dropped 1.9 points in March after a 1.5-point jump in February, while statewide the number also fell in March.

Gov. Maura Healey has begun looking for a housing secretary to fulfill a long-promised campaign pledge as the Legislature gears up to take action on her plan to officially create the role.

Massachusetts had one of the lowest rates of wealthy residents decamping for other states in the 2010s, according to a new report from a left-leaning think tank that argued it would be misguided to pursue tax cuts for wealthier households to stem a non-existent exodus.

A new Indian restaurant will open at 64 Water St. in Worcester’s Canal District, filling the space left by Maddi’s Cookery and TapHouse’s closure.

The Grenon School of Business at Assumption University in Worcester added a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership to its fall 2023 offerings.

Keeping in place a pandemic-era policy that gave physician assistants greater workplace and supervisory flexibility would help Massachusetts navigate a spiraling health care workforce crisis, its legislative sponsor said Thursday.

Gov. Maura Healey said this week that she is looking forward to working with the Legislature on ways to fund free community college for Massachusetts residents over 25, after a representative questioned if the $20 million she earmarked for the program would be enough.