Enrollment has hit a 10-year low at all five of the state universities and community colleges in Central Massachusetts, with a considerable drop between fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2023.
Fitchburg State University will launch a new, fully online construction management graduate program seeking to address disparities between the demand in project management professionals and the lack of available talent.
The total amount of single-family homes sold in Worcester declined in October, as the median sale price for homes in Massachusetts continues to climb, a continuation of trends seen in September and August.
Unionized janitors and an association of the region’s largest cleaning contractors union agreed to a tentative agreement early Wednesday, avoiding a strike that could have seen 12,500 area cleaners walk off the job.
The owner and operator of Jeffrey’s House, a group of sober living houses in Fitchburg, has filed a lawsuit against the City’s Zoning Board of Appeals.
Air Methods, a Colorado-based air ambulance company, and the City of Fitchburg have broken ground on construction of an aircraft hangar and living quarters for the flight crew of its air medical service.
Economic development officials, cultural sector advocates and others pitched lawmakers Monday on the idea of peeling off a portion of the state's sales tax revenue from online shopping to use as grant funding for organizations that work to make downtowns across Massachusetts more walkable, livable and engaging.