Greater Worcester

Having met its corporate sponsorship and season ticket goals, the Worcester Railers Hockey Club has officially been approved as an ECHL team, clearing the way for the season to begin in October.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute announced Thursday it was appointing its second-ever director of its Metal Processing Institute, as the organization expands globally for the first time with a new location in China.

Millbury bakery the Queen's Cups will move into the former Bucky's building in Worcester's Canal District later this year, the bakery's owner said.

The average weekly wage in Worcester County grew 3.4 percent to $992 between 2015 and 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Architectural Heritage Foundation in Boston has reached an agreement with the City of Worcester to conduct a $250,000 feasibility study on whether the Worcester Auditorium can be converted into a cultural and commercial center.

A 9,700-square-foot strip mall in Shrewsbury containing a Domino's Pizza has been sold for $1.53 million, according to the broker representing the sale.

A history professor at the College of the Holy Cross will become the president of Regis College in Toronto, the Worcester college announced on Wednesday.

The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts has named two new members to its Board of Directors.

Worcester State University will honor an alumnus who donated $1 million to fund STEM research and education.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute was named as a partner organization within the Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Institute, a $250 million national robotics initiative.