Greater Worcester

Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty has filed a resolution calling for City Manager Edward Augustus to do all that is reasonably in his power to attract the Pawtucket Red Sox to the city.

A developer with plans for an office and residential complex on Harvard Street in Worcester has purchased the Family Services Organization of Central Massachusetts building.

The Hanover Insurance Group announced Monday it was selected to be the exclusive underwriter of a national accountants insurance program.

Clinton Savings Bank, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Venture Community Services were among the eight organization announcing new hires and promotions.

The California biologics company expected to be the first tenant is no longer lined up for redevelopment of the former Worcester State Hospital, and the land sale from the state to the Worcester Business Develolpment Corp. is behind schedule.

A former lumber store on Route 9 in East Brookfield has been sold for a new brewery to be called Timber Yard Brewing Company.

Veterans Inc., a Worcester nonprofit that serves as many as 1,000 veteran families each year, will embark on a fundraising and planning effort to overhaul a facility that's long overdue for a renovation.

The state agency MassDevelopment has bought a former pawn shop building at 526 Main St. and plans to make facade improvements before seeking redevelopment.

If you want to look for a healthy community, look to its arts scene.

The chief executive of Worcester incubator Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives is on the verge of realizing his longtime vision for the city.