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To understand the Albanian community in Worcester, you need to understand some basic facts about Albania.

In Framingham, the influx of Brazilians has been particularly crucial to the revival of a former mill town going through hard times.

When Central Massachusetts companies look to fill software, programming or research jobs, they’re increasingly looking to foreign labor under an immigrant work program called H-1B.

From January through October, the number of two- and three-family homes sold in Worcester increased by 7% compared to the same period a year ago.

More than five decades ago, the first U.S. surgeon general’s report warned against the health hazards of smoking. But it wasn’t until much more recently screening for lung cancer became a reliable tool. The Harrington HealthCare System is on the forefront.

A convergence of trends is producing a real crisis in health care: a growing shortage of front-line, low-paid workers providing our early, basic, and long-term patient care.

With the population in Massachusetts, and across the country, aging, the demand is growing for all sorts of health services, and as is the need to find people for these jobs.

After two decades, the Healing Garden has evolved into a place where anyone fighting cancer can participate in a meditation, yoga, knitting or writing class, or take part in group mindfulness session or another on living a life of meaning.

This year has been turbulent for the vaping industry nationwide: more than 2,000 have been sickened with a lung illness traced to vaping, and 42 have died.

Barbara Fields took over at the Greater Worcester Community Foundation on Aug. 15, succeeding long-time CEO Ann Lisi.