Greater Worcester

A new study examining the cost of living versus an area's median income has found Worcester County residents have the greatest purchasing power in all of Massachusetts.

Worcester's restaurant scene continues to expand, with Lock 50 Restaurant and Café opening in the city's Canal District over the weekend.

Hudson-based Avidia Bank has launched a commercial-lending web portal to offer a quick and convenient way to access loans online.

Unemployment in the Worcester metropolitan area dipped by nearly an entire percentage point in April, bringing it to 4.2 percent and representing one of the largest gains in employment in the state.

The auction of the Greendale Mall has been postponed by a month, according to the website of the auctioneer for the property.

The Worcester Zoning Board of Appeals on Monday night unanimously approved a request for a special permit for the operation of a dialysis clinic.

Worcester real estate firm NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs announced Tuesday commercial and industrial broker Matthew Mayrand has joined the firm.

The sales of single family homes shot up by the greatest amount in the last four years for the month of April, according to the Tuesday report from The Warren Group, with Worcester exceeding state figures.

The HeartToHub line that will cut 30 minutes off the morning commute took off from Union Station Monday morning.

Massachusetts regulators have reprimanded and fined a doctor at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester in connection with his medical marijuana prescribing practices in Maine.