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The average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline on Thursday in Worcester sits at $3.19, lower than the statewide average of $3.23 and lower than this time last year, where the price in Worcester stood at $3.37.

The total number of unemployed workers in the Greater Worcester metropolitan area rose slightly in November.

The state’s buzziest industry slowed down this year, although some sectors will do better than others next year.

In December 2022, the WBJ Editorial staff made 10 bold predictions for news events to happen in Central Massachusetts throughout the year. Turns out, we missed the mark on all but two.

Just over a month after they voted to unionize in November, Hudson school bus drivers and monitors have secured a pay boost and other benefits.

A prominent Worcester restaurant is on the move again, as Niche Hospitality Group’s Mezcal Tequila Cantina will be moving to the former home of a Ninety Nine Restaurant & Pub location.

A 28-acre plot of land in Grafton containing a solar farm has been sold to a corporation linked to a company describing itself as the largest owner and operator of on-site commercial solar operations in the country.

Hopkinton’s Isto Biologics completed a merger with a California biologics company known for innovation in October.

Milford Regional Medical Center’s November gala raised $1.2 million, a record figure for the hospital’s main fundraising event, which included a high level of sponsorship from its potential new partner: UMass Memorial Health.

As consumers scramble to complete their holiday shopping, Amazon has opened a same-day delivery facility in Westborough.