Greater Worcester

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The MBTA's commuter rail network only goes as far as Worcester. Amtrak offers passenger rail service to points further west, but on its current schedule, just one train per day -- the Lake Shore Limited bound for Chicago -- travels nonstop from Boston to Springfield.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities has approved a rate reduction for National Grid plc electric customers. The decision, announced Tuesday, will result in residential customers seeing roughly a 40% decrease in monthly bills starting after May 1. 

Worcester County home sales dropped almost 22% in February year-over-year and nearly 29% year-to-date.

The Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District named Electric Haze owner Victoria Mariano as its new program director.

The Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center’s new 605 Lincoln Street facility is slated to open to patients the first week of April, aiming to expand health equity in Worcester.

The Kiln, a 111-unit apartment complex by developer GoVenture Capital Group in Worcester’s Greendale neighborhood, has completed construction.

More than one hundred organizations endorsed a call Monday for lawmakers to extend a pandemic-era eviction prevention policy, warning that the looming March 31 expiration will displace Bay Staters and stymie other efforts to keep people in their homes.

Gov. Maura Healey has now proposed over $56.5 billion in state spending since taking office, adding a $734 million supplemental budget request to her agenda on Friday.

The banking sector was roiled Sunday by another emergency rescue.