Transportation

Ralph Crowley Jr. is not only the president and CEO of Worcester's most visible company, the $450-million Polar Beverages, but he is also a true believer in the city.

Leading research and public health outreach efforts both locally and globally, the University of Massachusetts Medical School does much more than educate medical students.

To call Chip Norton a fresh face to Central Massachusetts is a little bit of a misnomer, since he has owned and/or developed several multi-million real estate projects in the region for years, but he was largely working behind the scenes until late October when his firm purchased two Front Street office towers in Worcester for $33 million.

Power comes in many forms, but from power derives influence; and how people use that influence is ultimately reflective of the power they hold.

Last month, the City of Worcester was getting ready to solicit bids for a new wave of...

Michael P. Angelini holds sway over Central Massachusetts in countless ways. He is chairman of one of its largest law firms, Bowditch & Dewey. He is chairman of the Massachusetts Port Authority and director at both Commerce Bank and the UMass Medical Center Foundation.

Zero-emission vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles will likely make up more than 15 percent of vehicle sales by 2025, under proposed state regulations that would require Massachusetts to accelerate its embrace of electric vehicles.

Pressed to say whether the MBTA will pursue near-term fare hikes, the authority's chief administrator said Sunday that "everything here is on the table" while also calling for better collection of existing fares.

Calling for an improved public transportation system that would enable Massachusetts residents cut back on driving, a report out Monday says a 1 percent decrease in the growth rate of driving miles would improve overall quality of life and result in an aggregate $20.1 billion in savings by 2030.

You are used to getting a federal charitable deduction, how about adding a 50-percent tax refund on top of that?