Worcester

With the state's emergency assistance shelter system expected to "imminently" hit the 7,500-family cap that Gov. Maura Healey has said it is subject to, housing vouchers are being extended to 1,200 families and Emergency Assistance Director Lt. General Scott Rice detailed other steps the state is taking and the changes it is making to prepare.

Clark University in Worcester expanded the area in Worcester in which it offers free tuition through its University Park Partnership Scholarship.

Members of the Massachusetts Community College Council, a Worcester-based union representing faculty and staff at the state’s 15 community colleges, are rallying Wednesday and Thursday in Worcester.

An anonymous donor granted the nonprofit Worcester Chamber Music Society $1 million over five years to expand its youth education program, Neighborhood Strings.

Fallon Health, a Worcester-based insurer and healthcare provider, has selected 15 nonprofits focused on food security and care of older adults as recipients of $200,000 in Community Impact Grants.

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has awarded $2.1 million to local nonprofits as part of its community grants program. A total of 148 nonprofits serving the Greater Worcester community will share the funding, a majority of which is non restricted dollars.

The City of Worcester has issued a request for proposals for a property in Worcester's Main South neighborhood it would like to see developed into a light manufacturing facility.

Jackson Street Apartments LLC of Webster has bought two properties located on Jackson Street in Worcester.

Economic development officials, cultural sector advocates and others pitched lawmakers Monday on the idea of peeling off a portion of the state's sales tax revenue from online shopping to use as grant funding for organizations that work to make downtowns across Massachusetts more walkable, livable and engaging.

Prime Power Rentals of Millbury led the Central Massachusetts contingency of the Inc. 5000, Inc. magazine’s annual list of the fastest-growing companies in the nation.