Greater Worcester

Research released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative has found 122 companies making up the state's robotics cluster employed more than 4,700 workers and generated more than $1.6 billion in revenue in 2015.

The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce has taken a stance against the regulation and taxation of recreational marijuana but chose to avoid coming down with an opinion on the expansion of charter schools in the state.

Worcester Polytechnic School has landed at 18th in the nation in a newly minted list of the 50 best online engineering degrees from College Choice.

The University of Massachusetts Medical School has joined a $5.5-million phase of a White House program centered around personalized medicine.

The city of Worcester has received a perfect score of 100 from the annual Municipal Equality Index (MEI).

The city of Worcester is holding its first-ever landlord summit aimed at informing owners and potential investors about the nuances of being a landlord.

A uniquely New England product -- an organic spritzer sweetened with maple syrup -- is now being produced in Worcester.

Burtons Grill & Bar, which is headquartered in Boston and has 14 locations on the East Coast, plans to add seven locations in the next two years, including to Shrewsbury.

The Rhode Island office design and furniture firm Sheehans will open a new 5,000-square-foot showroom in downtown Worcester by January.

With a year before the puck drops on its first game, the Worcester Railers HC is already among the top half of ECHL hockey teams in corporate sponsorship sales, the club's owner announced.