Transportation

A 41,300-square-foot industrial truck terminal next to a Goya Foods distribution center in Webster sold for $18.4 million, according to a Wednesday announcement.

The Worcester Redevelopment Authority on Friday morning approved two new lease agreements for restaurants to move into Union Station.

On Thursday morning, the Worcester Regional Transit Authority board voted unanimously to continue its free fare program through the entirety of 2022, and began laying out a plan for a longer term solution.

American Airlines will stop providing direct service from Worcester Regional Airport to Philadelphia in the new year, the Massachusetts Port Authority confirmed Wednesday afternoon.

As more of the world becomes dependent upon lithium ion batteries to power electric vehicles and battery storage systems for the electric grid, Worcester energy technology company Battery Resourcers has developed ways to recycle spent batteries and avoid the costs and environmental impact of mining for lithium and other battery materials.

The Town of Bolton was granted $938,000 by Massachusetts to design and construction of a roundabout at the intersection of Main Street, Forbush Mill Road, and Green Road by Nashoba Regional High School, according to a Wednesday press release from the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development.

Movement toward a low-income fare program at the MBTA will remain stalled for at least another month while the agency's new governing body gets up to speed, officials said Thursday.

After a spike last week, Massachusetts gasoline prices rose to an average of $3.27 per gallon of regular unleaded on Monday, marking the state’s highest price in seven years, according to a report from AAA Northeast.

Shrewsbury-based Advantage Truck Group opened a new dealership facility in Raynham on Friday, which is its eighth location in New England and its third in Massachusetts, according to a Monday press release.

More than three months after the MBTA's previous board expired, Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday brought its successor fully into existence by announcing appointees to the transportation authority's board of directors.