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Westborough apartments sell for $100M to Boston firm
November 29, 2021Ellington Metro West, a luxury apartment complex in Westborough, sold for $100 million in a deal closing Nov. 22, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.
November 29, 2021
USDA funnels $7M to Sturbridge, Southbridge, Ashby
November 23, 2021The U.S. Department of Agriculture has sent $6.9 million in grants and loans to Ashby, Southbridge, and Sturbridge as part of a larger $222-million pot of funding set aside from improving what it calls critical community facilities, the department
November 23, 2021
National Endowment for the Arts awards $250K to Worcester Arts Council
November 23, 2021The Worcester Arts Council will receive a $250,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, funded through the American Rescue Plant Act, the City of Worcester announced on Tuesday.
November 23, 2021
Addressing the behavioral health crisis with beds, staffing, and legislation
Updated: November 22, 2021On the last Thursday in October, the behavioral health department at UMass Memorial Health - Harrington, in Webster, officially marked the opening of a new and expanded adult psychiatric unit at its campus on Thompson Road.
Updated: November 22, 2021
Single-family home sales dive 28% in Worcester
November 19, 2021The city of Worcester saw a nearly 28% plunge in single-family home sales in October, following a statewide downward trend, according to Friday’s report from the Peabody-based research firm the Warren Group (CQ).
November 19, 2021
Subsidized 200-unit senior housing project proposed in Shrewsbury
November 18, 2021A 196-unit, partially affordable senior housing development has been proposed in Shrewsbury along Route 20 and South Street.
November 18, 2021
Worcester awarded $2M for Table Talk site, WHA projects
November 17, 2021Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration on Tuesday announced $2.3 million in grants to the City of Worcester, which will go toward the redevelopment of the former Table Talk Pies site near the Polar Park baseball stadium and a Worcester Housing
November 17, 2021
Proposed bill would restrict protesting near elected officials' homes
November 17, 2021Protesters have chained themselves to boats in front of Gov. Charlie Baker's home to demonstrate support for climate change action. An anti-addiction activist dumped hypodermic needles outside the governor's Swampscott residence. And far-right
November 17, 2021
Human services employees laboring under 130% pay gap
November 16, 2021The disparity between what human service workers employed by community-based providers get paid and what state employees who hold similar job titles and perform similar work earn is getting worse and poses "an insurmountable challenge" to the in-
November 16, 2021
Torrey Factory Lofts to open, joining string of Chandler Street developments
November 15, 2021A 47-unit market-rate apartment complex known as the Torrey Factory Lofts will officially open on Wednesday, marking the completion of a three-year project rehabilitating the historic mill at 128 Chandler St. in Worcester, according to a Friday
November 15, 2021
Historic Chandler St. building faces demolition
November 12, 2021The historic Hovey Laundry building on Chandler Street in Worcester, which abuts the recently sold $3-million Vendome and Saint Ives apartments, may be demolished depending on approval from the Worcester Historical Commission.
November 12, 2021
Marlborough R&D biotech facility approved for 2022 construction
November 11, 2021Construction of a 120,600-square-foot biotech facility has been approved by the City of Marlborough, according to Lincoln Property Co., a real estate developer based in Texas with offices in Boston.
November 11, 2021
QCC freshman enrollment spikes 9%, reflecting community colleges’ pandemic resilience
November 10, 2021QCC leads the 5 Central Mass. state universities and community colleges in recovering from the enrollment ravages of the pandemic.
November 10, 2021
Banking industry relieved the federal government scrapped an effort to monitor more financial transactions
Updated: November 8, 2021When President Joe Biden’s administration dropped a planned $600 reporting requirement on bank account transactions, financial institutions across Central Massachusetts and the nation breathed a collective sigh of relief.
Updated: November 8, 2021
Typically, more housing=more affordability. For Central Mass. in 2021, that isn't the case.
Updated: November 8, 2021In theory, increasing the supply of market-rate housing to meet a growing demand eventually gets more residents housed and drives down the median rent.
Updated: November 8, 2021
Southbridge $23M affordable housing complex begins construction at former American Optical HQ
November 4, 2021Construction of a $23-million, 48-unit affordable housing project in Southbridge commenced Thursday, according to a press release from Boston developer WinnCompanies.
November 4, 2021
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