Greater Worcester

The game design programs at Clark University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute have been named among the nation’s best on The Princeton Review’s lists ranking the top 50 game design college programs and top 25 graduate programs for 2025.

The Worcester Business Development Corp. has branded the 51 acres of the former Saint-Gobain Abrasives southern campus in Worcester.

The five other Central Massachusetts properties included on DOGE’s list of terminations remain on the website as of Wednesday.

Single-family home prices and the total number of sales in Central Massachusetts continued to climb in February, a persistent trend expected to continue into March.

In recent years, negotiators offered opening remarks about their work's importance, then voted to move their deliberations behind closed doors.

State officials are eyeing a key date this month that will solidify the inventory of properties across Massachusetts subject to a new large building energy reporting policy taking effect later this year.

One of Central Massachusetts’ largest law firms has named its new president, as Fletcher Tilton in Worcester has appointed Todd Brodeur to the leadership role.

After a 16-year tenure with Worcester-based Cornerstone Bank, Randal Webber has announced his plans to retire as president in early 2026.

MassLive had occupied 3,825 square feet of space at 10 Mechanic St., a building which also serves as the Central Massachusetts location for the state’s Office of the Attorney General.

An office park in Marlborough has been chosen as the future site of a state police crime lab, dealing a blow to Worcester’s attempt to find a use for parcels near the Polar Park baseball stadium.