Foreclosure filings continued two years of consecutive increases in February, jumping 45.6 percent year-over-year through Massachusetts and 66 percent in Worcester County.
Manufacturing employs a larger portion of the workforce than in any other area of the state and some of Central Massachusetts' manufacturers are being honored in the Worcester Business Journal inaugural Manufacturing Excellence Awards.
The College of the Holy Cross' NCAA March Madness appearance and subsequent win stirred up a great deal of excitement in the city, but also put the Worcester school squarely in the national spotlight for two weeks while generating $3.2 million in revenue for the school and the associated Patriot League.
The improbable postseason run by the College of The Holy Cross men's basketball team into the first round of the NCAA March Madness tournament ignited a spark in Worcester that has not been felt for some time.