Framingham

Local unemployment rates throughout Central Massachusetts climbed to begin 2024, although the January figures are still lower than the rate seen at that time last year. 

Clark University, the Leominster East Side Community Center, and the MetroWest YMCA Regional Early Learning Center are among the 20 Central Massachusetts entities slated to benefit from $23.08 million in federal funding pending final approval by the U.S. Senate and President Joe Biden.

As state regulators investigate nurses’ claims of unsafe conditions at Saint Vincent Hospital, a national accrediting agency has found the Worcester healthcare provider is not compliant with industry standards.

Nolfo-Clements has authored a number of scholarly papers about local wildlife, including papers about the squirrel population in the Boston Public Garden and the mammal population on Bumpkin Island in Boston Harbor.

Professionals are being hired and promoted at Central Massachusetts businesses like Geisel Software, Shepherd & Goldstein, Cornerstone Bank, and Consigli Construction.

Worcester saw 55 single-family home sales in January, 11 fewer than the city saw in January 2023.

Central Massachusetts professionals are getting hired and promoted at Saint Vincent Hospital, AAFCPAs, the Milford Physician Group, and the Telegram & Gazette.

Marlborough ceased to have passenger rail service in 1937.

The situation in Central Massachusetts, where 15.6% of named executive officers are female, largely mirrors the Massachusetts rate of 16.1% determined in a statewide census.

Massachusetts was third in the New England region in union membership in 2023.