Household income in Worcester County rose by 5 percent, or $3,542, last year, far surpassing growth in the city of Worcester but lagging behind Middlesex County.
The Center for Educational Leadership and Technology in Marlborough has been hired to study the information-technology organization at the nation's second largest school district.
An Ashland man and co-owner of former Marlborough company TelexFree must pay $3.6 million to victims of a pyramid scheme that targeted Latino immigrants.