Greater Worcester

The Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing in Worcester to discuss the state of the state's rail system this Tuesday.

Worcester Business Journal was honored as the second best small business-to-business publication in the country on Saturday at the annual conference of the Alliance of Area Business Publications, while a WBJ editorial was named the best of the year at the same ceremony.

A new company has been launched in Marlborough with the goal of allowing homeowners and small businesses to manage their space wirelessly.

The Worcester City Council will be discussing the proposed Downtown Urban Revitalization Plan that targets 24 properties for redevelopment and possible taking by the city.

The Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts announced the distribution of 23 grants last week totaling $433,640 from its general endowment funds and field of interest funds.

A 30,000 square-foot maker space with approximately 25 studios and offices is under construction at the former Ionic Avenue Boys and Girls Club.

The greater Worcester concentration of bioscience employment earned the area a spot on lists of places in the U.S. with the highest concentrations of workers in certain bioscience fields.

Hudson-based Avidia Bank announced Monday that it has dropped its solar loan rate down to 1.89 percent for Massachusetts residents seeking to finance their residential solar systems.

Assumption College announced Monday that it has secured a $1 million grant from the George I. Alden Trust of Worcester towards the college's new academic building that will house the business studies department.

As credit unions' market share expands in Massachusetts, the state bankers association says that growth is unfair to banks and against the public interest.