Transportation

Union Station is in a transitional period as it works to lure new state offices and works through a turnover in retail tenants, the chairman of the Worcester Redevelopment Authority said Friday.

Economists have long argued that a labor crunch in Massachusetts, punctuated by an aging workforce and slow natural growth in the labor force and population, is serving as a brake on economic growth. They're changing their tune now.

Thirteen professionals were on the move recently in Central Massachusetts.

Engineers are starting to plan what could be a drastic overhaul of Kelley Square in order to make way for baseball fans and other visitors for a proposed ballpark in the Canal District.

Four entities - largely food and beverage-based establishments - are expressing interest in Worcester's Union Station.

The former Deluxe Depot Diner at the Framingham MBTA station is now available for lease.

Some commuter rail trains on the Fitchburg line will stop at the Littleton/495 station starting Oct. 15 to allow crews to replace 30,000 railroad ties along the track.

In addition to Union Station, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission is considering several downtown locations for its Worcester-based headquarters.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation on Wednesday is holding a public workshop on a planned reconstruction of Kelley Square in Worcester.

Five city-owned parking garages are being adorned with new advertisements in an initiative to soon spread to 14 outdoor lots, bringing a wave of new ads to city neighborhoods.