Greater Worcester

Atlas Event Group is moving from its two current Shrewsbury locations to a larger combined space at 910 Boston Turnpike in Shrewsbury.

Unemployment rates across Central Massachusetts increased at the start of this year, with January unemployment higher in all three of the region’s metropolitan areas tracked by the state.

Washington D.C.-based developer The Menkiti Group, which has invested heavily in downtown Worcester, has named David Roodberg as president of the firm.

A program to cover community college certificates and degrees for residents over 25 with state dollars was one of Gov. Maura Healey's early promises, but lawmakers on Monday questioned whether the $20 million allocated in her budget proposal is enough to fulfill her commitment.

Per capita healthcare expenditures in Massachusetts rose 9 percent in 2021, following a 2.3 percent drop in 2020.

Overall Massachusetts gained 19,600 jobs in January and 117,200 jobs year-over-year, according to a Friday press release from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Management.

Leominster-based Fidelity Bank donated more than $400,000 to more than 275 organizations, events, and causes in 2022 through its LifeDesign Community Dividend program.

Hundreds of thousands people are expected to be booted off the state-run health insurance program over the next year as federal continuous coverage requirements for Medicaid in place since March 2020 expire and the state goes through the required redetermination process for the first time since the pandemic began.

A half dozen craft breweries in Framingham, Marlborough, Worcester, and throughout Central Massachusetts are creating and selling female-driven beers in March in support of Women’s History Month and the nonprofit The Pink Boots Society.

Central Massachusetts Agency on Aging, Inc. will tackle the project of creating a new resource center in Worcester for its populations. The Grandparents Raising Grandkids Resource Center will seek to connect grandparent-led households to essential services, including housing, transportation, and translation.