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The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration announced this fall 13 Central Massachusetts communities would split $1.25 million in Shared Streets and Spaces emergency grants, in order to make roads more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly, part of $10 million handed out statewide.

If diversity and inclusion commitments are to ever go beyond nice statements and small symbolic gestures, the efforts are going to have to get uncomfortable.

In July 2019, Jim Way and his wife, Marilyn, opened one of the few poké restaurants in Central Massachusetts, offering the unique food bowls typically made up of raw fish and fresh vegetables.

At the end of September, the historic Worcester performance venue Mechanics Hall decided it will add the first portraits of Black Americans to its Great Hall gallery, a move falling about 20 years after the first portraits of women were placed on the walls of the 163-year-old facility.

My aspirations were to become a commercial real estate lender, and while some may have said I could never measure up, I knew it was up to me to tell my own story. 

Being Zoomed out is a state most can relate to these days, with COVID-19 still having many of us working remotely. Video calls can get draining and nonproductive if we aren’t careful. Here are some changes you can implement today.

If you have been out to eat since Massachusetts started to allow restaurants to reopen, you might have noticed many of your favorite places in Worcester are different.

When you think of the most established brands in the world, McDonald’s likely comes to mind. And...

Almost 60 million Latinos live in the United States, making up 18% of the population. It’s estimated according to the U.S. Department of Labor one in every three new employees by 2025 will be Latino or of Hispanic heritage.