West Boylston

With high-potential inventory in Worcester drying up, investors in smaller multi-family properties are casting a wider net to find parcels with promise.

As leaders, they ably represented two of Central Massachusetts’ longest-running institutions: each intricately tied to Isaiah Thomas. One turned his bequeathed library into the world’s preeminent repository of pre-20th-century print materials in what is now the United States. The other invoked the patriot printer’s name for its annual award to citizens who serve Worcester with distinction.

As a 1979 Holy Cross graduate, I returned to Worcester in September of 1980 to start my publishing career in advertising sales.

Twenty-three Central Massachusetts businesses made the 2024 Inc. 5000, an annual list of the nation’s 5000 fastest-growing companies compiled by Inc. magazine.

Employees at the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, Shepherd & Goldstein of Worcester, and Nichols College in Dudley are on the up and up.

After more than 20 years in business, the independently owned and operated West Boylston Cinema will close its doors as of May 30.

RT. 12 Pickle, an indoor pickleball facility located in West Boylston, will open its door for the first time on Jan. 25.

A West Boylston landscaping business has purchased a property located at 110 Worcester Road in Sterling for $675,000.

A West Boylston man who says he has been employed with Table Talk Pies as a sanitation manager since 2009 has filed a lawsuit against the company.

Governor Maura Healey’s Administration issued $19 million this year in funding from the state’s Workforce Training Funding Program through October, a number including more than $3.9 million in support of training for 2,500+ jobs in Central Massachusetts.