Greater Worcester

A state audit has revealed more than $300,000 in inappropriate payments to a Worcester adult foster care provider, including money used for golf outings, gifts and a trip to Puerto Rico.

A newly minted agreement will have Wormtown Brewery's capacity more than double to 50,000 barrels of beer a year through a 14,000 square foot expansion at its 72 Shrewsbury St. location in Worcester.

Gail E. Carberry, who has led Quinsigamond Community College as its president for 10 years, announced Tuesday she will retire from her position at the end of the 2016-2017 academic year.

The Worcester City Council on Tuesday night is scheduled to vote on a property exchange deal with Saint Vincent Hospital, so the healthcare provider can increase its campus footprint in Washington Square, according to the council agenda.

The University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester will receive $250,000 for pediatric cancer research from the nonprofit arm of Hyundai Motor America.

Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives in Worcester will receive a $50,000 grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration as a result of an accelerator fund competition.

The city of Worcester has renegotiated the price for two parcels in the South Worcester Industrial Park, after an investigation by the company purchasing the sites discovered they were in worse shape than expected.

The Worcester Polytechnic Institute broke ground on its Foisie Innovation Studio and announced that alumni had raised $9 million in three months to help bring the project to fruition.

As the state continues to examine a grid modernization proposal, National Grid has filed to extend its Smart Energy Solutions (SES) pilot program in Worcester for an additional two years.

Foreclosure starts in Central Massachusetts have dropped off, bringing an end to months of increases and improving more than the state as a whole.