Greater Worcester

Completion of parking renovations at Worcester's Mercantile Center are roughly a year away as the effort moves into Phase 6.

The former owner and three managers of Westminster-based Rite Way LLC have all plead not guilty in Worcester court on charges relating to an alleged $19-million MassHealth scheme.

The mayors of nine Massachusetts cities are among the more than 200 civic and health leaders who urged lawmakers on Thursday to reauthorize a state trust fund aimed at preventing chronic health conditions like diabetes and asthma.

A difficult week in Massachusetts transportation, marked by a chaotic evacuation of a smoke-filled Orange Line train, is ending with a burst of concern over the state's long-planned conversion to an all electronic tolling system.

For the first time in more than two months, part of Massachusetts is wet enough to no longer be considered in a drought or be "abnormally dry," federal drought observers said Thursday.

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.