Milford

Dairy Queen will open by early next year on Grafton Street in Worcester, making it the chain's first location in the city.

A new indoor cycling franchise is expected to open Nov. 1 in the Milford Crossing plaza on Route 109 in Milford.

Thirteen professionals were on the move recently in Central Massachusetts.

Labor-versus-management fights usually take place in a meeting room, or maybe on the picket lines. This one will take place at the polls.

If a statewide ballot question passes in November mandating certain nurse-to-patient ratios, annual costs would rise by up to $949 million a year, a state board reported Wednesday.

The owner of several Mexican-style restaurants in Central Massachsuetts has purchased the British Beer Co. restaurant in Worcester for $500,000.

Balancing costs and payroll in the restaurant industry already with a low-profit margin is now going to be more difficult with wages for restaurant employees increasing over the next five years.

Marijuana regulators have completed at least one final inspection of a retail marijuana shop and more are scheduled.

Cannabis tester ProVerde Laboratories has finally negotiated a host community agreement with Milford after months of what its founder called delays that halted the company's business prospects.

Even though marijuana has been legal in Massachusetts for six years, old stigmas die hard.