Greater Worcester

Stigmas surrounding medications like methadone and suboxone are prevalent, but providers see them as useful tools in treating addiction.

Commuter rail trains headed into Boston from Worcester will be stopped at the Wellesley Farms station starting Friday night and running through the weekend.

Savers Bank employee Brian Keith shared his struggle with addiction with more than 150 people at the Worcester Business Journal's inaugural Massachusetts Opioid Crisis Forum on Wednesday.

Anna Maria College in Paxton announced Wednesday it's now offering a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Community Service.

The former Notre Dame des Canadiens Church may have a new owner that could save it from a wrecking ball.

Quinsigamond Community College has recommended a new president, Luis Pedraja, to replace longtime head Gail Carberry, who is leaving at the end of the school year.

The Worcester area added 1,600 jobs in February, bumping total employment to 280,300.

Jillian's, a billiards, bar and arcade center on Grove Street in Worcester, will close at the end of the month, it said on its website.

The Worcester City Council is expected to approve a 20-year tax break for a new facility in the South Worcester Industrial Park for research-and-development, high-tech industrial and other uses.

The deadline for nominations for Worcester Business Journal's 40 Under Forty awards is May 5.