Worcester

Across Central Massachusetts, demand has risen for legal representation in asylum and removal proceedings, putting strain on the region’s limited resource pool of attorneys who are themselves facing burnout as they attempt to keep pace with Trump’s rotating door of policy changes.

More businesses are being started and bought by military veterans, particularly as the wave of post-9/11 service members hit the civilian workforce. Still, veterans in Central Massachusetts are calling for more help.

In Worcester County, those aged 65 or older remain the smallest unhoused age group, but it’s fastest growing, rising 29% since 2018, according to the Worcester nonprofit Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance.

The UWCM used $500,000 in seed investments from its United Response Fund, knowing that 80,000 individuals in its service area are affected by food insecurity.

UMass Memorial Health patients are breathing a sigh of relief as the Worcester-based system has secured a...

The Massachusetts state auditor is calling into question UMass Memorial Health’s use of $6.2 million it received in COVID relief grants.

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester has launched a $10,000 micro-grant pilot program aimed at strengthening the college’s participation in the Worcester community.

Six months after she assumed the role of interim CEO of the Hospital for Behavioral Medicine, Rachel Corus has dropped her interim tag, making her the Worcester hospital’s fourth permanent CEO in six years.

A popular YouTube account which explores abandoned buildings featured the Worcester Memorial Auditorium in a new video, giving viewers a behind-the-scenes, unauthorized look at the state of the once-thriving venue.

The new program, supported by a $1-million grant from the National Science Foundation, will lead to the creation of a one-year course to prepare workers for careers in roles needed by the hydrogen sector.