Transportation

Six years after purchasing more than 200 acres of property bisected by the municipal border of Grafton and Shrewsbury, a developer has won approvals to construct a 845,000-square-foot distribution center for delivery company UPS.

Ridership is up with both the Worcester Regional Transit Authority and the Montachusett RTA, which operates in communities around Leominster, Gardner, and Athol.

Ascend plans on producing up to 3,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate per year at the facility.

A bill to prevent commercial drivers from losing their licenses due to offenses that are more than two decades old is on the move on Beacon Hill,

Top Democrats suggested they're open to Gov. Maura Healey's legislative push to minimize upheaval for hundreds of commercial drivers, in the process lamenting a bipartisan failure that contributed to the need for action so late in the lawmaking term.

"Think about the allocation of transportation money within our state," Lynch said Monday. "We have spent tremendous amounts of money in the eastern -- speaking to the choir I guess -- in the greater Boston area. With the Big Dig, all the money we spent, the $18 billion there. We have spent nothing on the rest of the state."

As regulators were discussing removing the two-driver rule in Worcester, cannabis delivery operators were explaining the impact of the CCC’s three-year-long delay in removing the rule to lawmakers on Beacon Hill. 

It’s been 35 years since Worcester Regional Airport saw its passenger traffic peak when 354,000 travelers passed through the airport’s terminal in 1989.

As the economic climate has shifted over the decades, some Central Massachusetts companies have left the region.

How do you whittle 35 years of headlining business news down to a couple thousand words and a few pages? You don't. But here, we take our best shot to highlight the companies, individuals, and moments that left a lasting impression.