Worcester

Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s efforts to study ways to fight back against malicious attacks against computer chips and other hardware has received a $594,081 boost from the National Science Foundation.

Notre Dame Health Care has named Philip Hickey as the Worcester-based nonprofit’s new president and CEO. 

"I have questions and concerns about certain activities that may have occurred in the last 48 hours or so that not only myself as a commissioner, CCC staff and the public at large need answers to," Roy, a Gov. Charlie Baker appointee, said.

Quinsigamond Community College has been awarded a $51,968 grant from the Gov. Maura Healey Administration to develop a diversity, equity, and inclusion certificate program for local higher education faculty and staff.

The first course is centered on financial training for breweries, distilleries and cideries, led by Kary Shumway, a certified public accountant, and CFO of Wormtown Brewery in Worcester.

After being closed for nearly five months, the MB Lounge reopened Wednesday, offering again what owner Marco Guinette refers to as a safe haven for the area’s gay community.    

After two summers of being operated by Boston-based Harpoon Brewery, the beer garden at Worcester’s Mercantile Center is set to be taken over by a by Salem-based brewery.

Now known as Thrive Support & Advocacy, the nonprofit has substantially grown under the leadership of former Worcester city councilor Sean Rose.

Employees at Bowditch & Dewey, Leominster Credit Union, and JNP Coffee are making upward moves.

For Worcester business owners, operating a second-hand shop in the era of fast fashion means strategic buying, knowing the consumer base, and educating the customers is all in a day’s work.