Greater Worcester

Saint-Gobain has been named a top employer in North America by the Alexandria, Va.-based Top Employers Institute for the second year in a row.

Worcester lands a little better than most cities when it comes to the health of its residents, according to a new study.

Niche Hospitality Group will open two restaurants and a cafe in 2017, and they're all hockey related.

Now that the first major snowstorm of the season has passed, Worcester businesses and residents have a limited time to clear snow off their sidewalks before facing fines.

Whole Foods, which will soon move its North Atlantic headquarters to Marlborough, is closing nine of its 400-plus stores, all in the Midwest, South and West.

The merger of UMass Memorial - HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster and UMass Memorial - Clinton and a proposed emergency department expansion were both approved yesterday by the Massachusetts Public Health Council, the healthcare system announced Thursday.

Two post-doctorate hires at the UMass Medical School who were expected to start work within the next month are among those caught in the limbo of the federal immigration ban.

Hopkinton solar installer Solect Energy had a record-breaking 2016, completing 115 sites and installing more than 26 megawatts of total solar output, the company said Wednesday.

Walden Behavioral Care, an eating disorder treatment provider with operations in Central Massachusetts, has acquired an Atlanta company specializing in the same area of medicine.

The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission will not conduct a formal review of a proposed joint venture between UMass Memorial Health Care and ATI Physical Therapy Services.