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In recognition of both its financial investment and doctorate production, Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been named a Research 1 institution by the national American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Fabric and crafts retailer Joann will shutter four of its Central Massachusetts locations in the latest development of the strained Ohio-based company’s ongoing bankruptcy proceedings.
With over forty years of experience in financial services, you'd think that as a Commercial Banker, I'd be able to say that I have seen it all.
The agreement will allow Type One Energy to access demonstrated technologies while expanding the market for CFS’ magnet business.
Picco, a restaurant based in Boston’s South End serving pizza and ice cream, is set to open a second location in the historic Peoples Savings Bank building in Downtown Marlborough.
Massachusetts Head Start programs employed 4,212 people in the 2023-2024 program year.
Central Massachusetts ended 2024 with increased unemployment in December and rates higher than the same time in 2023.
UMass Memorial Health’s first choice to open a standalone emergency room to partially replace the shuttered Nashoba Valley Medical Center was to purchase the closed facility.
Speaking at a WBJ event on Tuesday, Melnik said proposed cuts could have a significant negative impact on the state.
An office building on Lake Avenue in Worcester has been sold to the owner of a mental health private practice for $925,000.
Auxilium, a new Worcester-based innovation studio and accelerator opened in January, is partnering with fellow startup center RIHub.
Former state Sen. Dean Tran was sentenced Friday to a year and a half in prison followed by two years of supervised release, having been convicted of 23 felony counts including COVID and tax fraud, federal prosecutors said.
Central Massachusetts began 2025 with a dip in business confidence, yet stayed in optimistic territory for January.
Worcester Business Journal’s will host its 2025 Central MA Economic Forecast Forum this Tuesday to explore the region’s economic and real estate landscapes by tapping into the minds of key industry leaders.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has closed its investigations into Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick and Framingham Union Hospital, probing sparked by undisclosed hospital-related incidents and complaints filed by the Massachusetts Nurses Association labor union.
Heads or tails? The Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Thursday voted 3-2 to allow sports betting companies to offer wagers on one of the very first actions to take place at this Sunday's Super Bowl, the opening coin toss.
Kathleen Gagne, executive director of Mechanics Hall in Worcester, will be packing up her desk come June as the event hall’s leader has plans to retire.
EMC has further shrunk its footprint in Central Massachusetts, this time selling a 166,213-square-foot office building for $6.9 million.
Eight parcels once comprising the Sunnyside Ford dealership in Holden are up for sale.
A logistics center in Uxbridge has sold for $120 million to Boston private equity real estate firm Rockpoint, making it the largest property transaction in the past five years in Central Massachusetts.
The administration has long pointed to a goal of increasing the statewide supply of year-round housing by 222,000 units over the next decade.
IMA celebrated its 100th year of operation last year, having been founded by Harold Fielding in Worcester in 1924. The firm has 45 employees.
Worcester science museum EcoTarium has enhanced its collection of mammal artifacts and sculptures, along with an unspecified monetary donation, from benefactors Peter and Joan Dirlam of Southbridge.
The former president and CEO of California-based GlobalLogic, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Hitachi, Banga replaces former Virtusa leader Santosh Thomas.