When Shiraz restaurant on Park Avenue in Worcester closes at the end of May, a connection to traditional Armenian food that has been enjoyed for 22 years will be gone.
Worcester County fared better than the state as a whole for new foreclosure filings in March, with the region dropping 7 percent compared to a 6-percent increase for the entire state.
An expansion by Worcester fuel distributor Nouria Energy Corp. that doubled its presence in Maine was funded by $32 million in credit from Citizens Bank.