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Urgent care centers are rapidly popping up across Central Massachusetts, as the region starts to feel the ripples of a national trend.

Mount Wachusett Community College has been selected to participate in a pilot program to educate 72 inmates at area correctional institutions.

Anna Maria College is in the preliminary phases of putting together its strategic plan, as President Mary Lou Retelle wraps up her first official year on the job.

Precision Optics Corporation has named board member Donald Major as the new chief financial officer to replace retiring Jack Dreimiller.

UMass Memorial Health Care has announced that Lisa Colombo will be the president of Clinton Hospital and Nicole Gagne will become president of Community Healthlink.

Unemployment in the Worcester metropolitan area dipped by nearly an entire percentage point in April, bringing it to 4.2 percent and representing one of the largest gains in employment in the state.

As the Massachusetts legislature debates the proposed millionaires tax, information on the number of millionaires in Central Massachusetts has been released and they might not be located where you expected.

The demand for voke/tech schools grows as students focus on on-the-job training and the region attempts to close the skills gap.

SALLIE ALLEN is now creative director at CommCreative, a marketing agency in Framingham. She will be responsible...

As the region continues to push contaminated sites towards reuse, cities and the state are often left on the hook for cleanup.