Greater Worcester

Commuter rail service along the Framingham-Worcester line will be shut down before reaching Boston this weekend starting Friday night as part of a major reconstruction of a bridge in Boston passing over the route.

Worcester-based AdCare Educational Institute and Maine's New England Institute of Addiction Studies have linked up in order to expand their reach.

The Worcester city administration is working to relocate a Shrewsbury truck transfer station closer to the CSX rail yard to cut down on the number of trucks passing through residential city streets.

The Worcester metropolitan area, which includes parts of Central Massachusetts and Connecticut, added 1,000 jobs in the month of June, according to the latest state data released Tuesday.

Patrick Hughes, former president and CEO of Worcester insurer Fallon Health, is now chairman of the Curry College Board of Trustees.

The Queen's Cups bakery has officially closed its Millbury store and plans to welcome customers to its new Canal District location next month.

Matt Mahoney and Rachel Coit's Kummerspeck Restaurant & Delicatessen, a restaurant and bar combined with a full-service deli, is opening on Water Street soon.

Half a century after Worcester razed much of downtown to make way for the Galleria, the city is encouraging development concepts similar to what once was torn down.

In the last five years, 75% of Worcester tax breaks were successful, but the city kept the benefits even for almost all missing their goals.

A complaint against Delta Dental may result in more regulation against the for-profit divisions of nonprofits, like hospitals and insurers.