Single-family home prices and the total number of sales in Central Massachusetts continued to climb in February, a persistent trend expected to continue into March.
Local leaders, first responders and medical providers offered long-awaited recommendations Wednesday for restoring some health care services and alleviating ongoing transportation and emergency response concerns in the Nashoba Valley, where a Steward Health Care hospital closed last summer.
Human services provider Making Opportunity Count will lay off 20 employees by April 30 as the Fitchburg-based nonprofit will shutter two of its shelter locations.
The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts in Worcester has committed nearly half a million dollars to addressing chronic illness and food insecurity in the region, partnering with Community Servings, a Jamaica Plain-based nonprofit, to create a novel grocery-delivery program.
As Mount Wachusett Community College is experiencing record-high enrollment numbers, the Gardner school has received nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Education to address basic needs within its student population.