Worcester

As part of the Boston-based state agency Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s ongoing efforts to combat climate change, four Worcester County climatetech organizations have received a cut of $4.2 million in grants.

A four-story, 931-unit self-storage facility set to open near the Higgins Armory site in Worcester has received $13.3 million in financing.

House leadership took one issue off the table ahead of the term's final day of formal sessions, announcing plans for autumn hearings on the structure of the Cannabis Control Commission rather than attempting a late-session push to reshape the controversy-plagued agency.

A four-story warehouse on Suffolk Street in Worcester has been sold for $600,000 to the owner of a Winchester kitchen design studio and workshop. 

A three-building apartment community on Mill Street was sold in a deal finalized on Monday.

The Worcester Talking Book Library will now provide audio materials to a national audience, as the Worcester Public Library subset has achieved certification to contribute to the Braille and Audio Reading Download, a free digital service providing hundreds of thousands of audio and electronic braille versions of reading and music material. 

A researcher at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has been awarded $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop a therapeutic treatment to address radiation resistance in triple-negative breast cancer.

Worcester-based software company Valis Insights received a $20,000 grant from a Michigan-based foundation seeking to assist female-owned businesses in making a social impact. 

Two Eastern Massachusetts real estate firms have snatched up seven Worcester properties.

Two lawsuits by former employees of the dispensary accuse the company of a number of wrongdoings.