Greater Worcester

Eleven of the state's 14 counties have been deemed "primary natural disaster areas" by the United States Department of Agriculture due to substantial crop losses that began with a February deep freeze and continued though a summer marked by severe drought.

Clark University in Worcester has received nearly $800,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to assist in a nationwide study the economic value of water quality.

Rectrix Aviation -- Massachusett's largest private jet service -- will relocate its fleet to the Worcester Regional Airport after selecting the location as its maintenance base-of-operations.

For the first time since 2007, the Niche Hospitality restaurant group will not have a presence on Shrewsbury Street, having sold the location to a new restauranteur.

The makers of an artificial pancreas, a tiny, precise glucose monitoring system and an electronic, glucose-monitoring band-aid will all be participating in a new diabetes medical innovation challenge.

Worcester Art Museum has brought Heather Davis on to run the day-to-day operations of the organization.

The family-owned ScrubaDub car wash company with 18 sites throughout New England is celebrating 50 years and over 40 million cars washed.

Quinsigamond Community College has been named to a list of 25 community colleges across the country that advance opportunities for low-income students by the U.S Department of Education.

The commonwealth of Massachusetts and MassDevelopment are co-hosting an advanced manufacturing summit next week at Worcester's DCU Center.

The U.S. Small Business Administration has awarded $50,000 to Worcester's to Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives as part of $3.4 million in national funding.