After months of discussions, UMass Memorial Health in Worcester and Milford Regional Medical Center have signed a definitive agreement for corporate affiliation, allowing the struggling MetroWest ...

It’s not just colleges who are scared. Trump’s plans to upend the global economy through tariffs has led to economic uncertainty. Critical Central Massachusetts business news updated daily. Immediate ...

The liberal arts are often afterthoughts in the conversation about workforce development, but employers want to hire liberally educated people. That appears most clearly in the skills employers say ...

IRE-Polus' facility is in Fryazino, Russia, a town about 16 miles northeast of Moscow. IMAGE COURTESY OF GOOGLE MAPS Marlborough-based IPG Photonics Corp., a global laser manufacturing company founded ...

Workers look at a drill which will help bore 90 holes in Framingham's surface as part of a clean energy project. PHOTO COURTESY OF EVERSOURCE Unemployment rates rose slightly in July, but remained low ...

In November 2016, the majority of residents in 48 of the 60 municipalities in Worcester County cast votes in favor of legalizing cannabis for recreational use at the state level, as a successful ...

A view of Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children in Canton, which the Healey administration plans to close. PHOTO I COURTESY OF PRHC/STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Dismayed by the looming closure of a ...

At the northern edge of the Canal District neighborhood in Worcester sits iLAH Jewelry. After operating a design studio in Sudbury for 15 years, Owner Ilah Cibis opened her immersive and quirky store ...

Larry revolutionized how baseball parks are built, and recruiting him to move the Pawtucket Red Sox to Worcester and build Polar Park was an opportunity to redevelop 21 acres of property contaminated ...

Restaurants owners and workers openly acknowledged wage theft and harassment problems in their industry Wednesday, but they argued a ballot measure seeking to eliminate the tipped-wage structure would ...

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The City of Worcester has issued just under $3 million in grants designed to boost Worcester’s art and culture scene, with the EcoTarium, The Hanover Theatre & Conservatory for the Performing Arts, ...