Greater Worcester

Manual toll collection on Massachusetts highways will officially end Oct. 28 at 9:45 p.m., and drivers have been asked to plan accordingly.

The acquisition of the Providence and Worcester Railroad Company by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. got the green light on Wednesday after it was approved by P&W shareholders.

Hopkinton commercial solar installer Solect Energy plans to open a Holliston warehouse by mid-2017.

Worcester Academy officials announced Monday that they have raised $52.2 million in a multi-year capital campaign that included $15 million from one anonymous donor.

Home sales in Massachusetts stepped up 2.8 percent in September, and the 5,588 single-family homes sold last month represented the most active September in more than a decade, according to data released Tuesday.

A new report on the Massachusetts robotics industry found while robotics engineers in the Worcester area earned comparatively less overall than people in the same profession who work in other parts of the state, wages still generally exceeded national averages.

A year after creating a new tourism agency, industry leaders are finding success promoting the region for rowing & swimming, brewery tours, international artists and waterslides.

Next year, Worcester Regional Airport will have multiple passenger airlines offering regular service out of Central Massachusetts for the first time since 2002.

You can spend tens of thousands of dollars marketing your business, but if once you acquire that customer you don't deliver exceptional service, that customer will find somewhere else to go.

Six women have been selected as the Outstanding Women in Business Award winners, being selected on their career achievements as well as their contributions to the Central Massachusetts community.