Greater Worcester

Thrive Adult Primary Care's 835 W Central St. location in Franklin is slated for a grand opening and ribbon cutting on Nov. 30, according to the MetroWest Chamber of Commerce.

Two Central Massachusetts affordable sober housing units have received a combined $97,500 for renovations and building new units.

Because of its four years of financial improvement and launch of the Epic electronic medical records system, UMass Memorial Health Care's revenue bond rating from Moody's has been upgraded from Baa3 to Baa2, according to the healthcare organization.

As it has done for the last seven years, the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce is calling for the City Council to adopt a tax rate to help reduce the gap between commercial and residential tax payments.

A 48-unit housing development with commercial and retail space has been proposed for a site next to The Lofts at Loomworks and Royal Worcester Apartments.

French building materials manufacturer Saint-Gobain, with a location in Worcester, scored a 90 percent on the Human Rights Campaign's 2018 Corporate Equality Index, which measures companies on their efforts to make the workplace friendly for the LGBTQ community.

When President Mike Pagano retires at the end of the year from Worcester architecture firm Lamoureux Pagano, executive vice president Katie Crockett will take over as its new leader.

Joe Cox, president of the Worcester children's museum Ecotarium, will resign from his position on Jan. 26, the museum announced Monday.

Worcester physician group Reliant Medical on Monday consolidated its offices in Milford to a much larger 54,700-square-foot building on Cedar Street in Milford.

Worcester bars and nightclubs will be subject to new regulations intended to crack down on underage drinking and fights at the city's licensed alcohol establishments.