Worcester

With the October sales increase, Massachusetts is now on track to slightly eclipse the total sales seen in 2023.

"Think about the allocation of transportation money within our state," Lynch said Monday. "We have spent tremendous amounts of money in the eastern -- speaking to the choir I guess -- in the greater Boston area. With the Big Dig, all the money we spent, the $18 billion there. We have spent nothing on the rest of the state."

The deal signifies a potential end to the feud between the university and local political and business figures.

Ballpark district is short $792,000. Meanwhile, the tax deal for Left Field Building, once slated for a bioscience development, has been terminated by the developer.

The Hospital for Behavioral Medicine in Worcester is under investigation by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, marking the Department’s fourth investigation into a Central Massachusetts hospital in fewer than three months. 

Assumption University in Worcester has appointed E. Jane Clapp as its new vice president for finance and administration and chief financial officer.

The Central Massachusetts region’s tourism agency is now fighting for the attention of Times Square tourists with a new ad campaign.

An empty retail space at Worcester’s Mercantile Center has been transformed into an immersive experience featuring the art of Vincent van Gogh.

Worcester-based Spectrum Health Systems, one of the largest human services nonprofits in Central Massachusetts, will open a new outpatient treatment facility in the city come Monday.

Business confidence in Massachusetts hit a two-year high in October, but in Central Massachusetts, confidence fell deeper into pessimistic territory.