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State care agencies under microscope at Worcester hearing as potential third state-run veterans' home is floated
March 26, 2025At a Joint Ways and Means Committee hearing in Worcester, the secretary described the next budget cycle as being about the "organizational maturation" of the Executive Office of Veterans Services.
March 26, 2025
Clark joins United Nations initiative dedicated to human rights, sustainability
March 26, 2025Clark University and its business school have joined 1,700 institutions worldwide working to realize the goals of the United Nations as the Worcester university has joined the UN Academic Impact initiative.
March 26, 2025
Worcester talent agency has local client cast in Hollywood version of Stephen King novel
March 26, 2025A local actor represented by a Worcester-based talent agency will soon appear on the silver screen alongside big Hollywood stars like Josh Brolin and William H. Macy.
March 26, 2025
ICE operation apprehends 370 in Mass., including four in Central Mass.
March 25, 2025Of those apprehended, one individual was from Worcester, one from Milford, and two from Marlborough.
March 25, 2025
Long-awaited South Coast rail begins service Monday
March 24, 2025The region has lacked rail service for the past 65 years, and the new line joins a string of others into Boston.
March 24, 2025
Remembering Robert Hawkins: A Stow golf club and a nonprofit are seeking to revive the legacy of the founder of New England's first Black-owned golf course
Updated: March 24, 2025Rediscover Mapledale is working to engage the community to celebrate Hawkins’ patrimony.
Updated: March 24, 2025
Cashing in on cannabis: Worcester County communities collected $6.4M in cannabis taxes last year, with border communities realizing new windfalls
Updated: March 24, 2025For communities that have welcomed recreational sales, this newly created industry and the sales associated with it have been a boon for their municipal budgets.
Updated: March 24, 2025
Q&A: Bringing history to life at the American Antiquarian Society
Updated: March 24, 2025The world’s largest collection of pre-20th century, American ephemera sits prominently on Salisbury Street in Worcester.
Updated: March 24, 2025
United force: Central Mass. business leaders are standing by their DEI initiatives amid federal funding threats
Updated: March 24, 2025In Central Massachusetts, a group of top business executives are taking a public stance, sticking with DEI while at the risk of losing federal revenue.
Updated: March 24, 2025
Massport approves driving fee increase for Logan Airport
March 21, 2025The costs of getting to or from Logan International Airport by car, including via Uber and Lyft, will get more expensive this summer under a package of fee increases approved by the Massachusetts Port Authority that are intended to raise $1.1
March 21, 2025
Analyst predicts possible paths for Medicaid cuts and how they would impact Mass.
March 21, 2025Boozang said Manatt's estimate is that states would have to increase their own spending by 20% to maintain the current program level spending if deep federal cuts are enacted.
March 21, 2025
Trump Administration backtracks Central Mass. lease terminations for IRS offices
March 19, 2025The five other Central Massachusetts properties included on DOGE’s list of terminations remain on the website as of Wednesday.
March 19, 2025
Central Mass. home prices, total sales continue to climb
March 19, 2025Single-family home prices and the total number of sales in Central Massachusetts continued to climb in February, a persistent trend expected to continue into March.
March 19, 2025
Legislature bring rules negotiations into public view with open meeting
March 19, 2025In recent years, negotiators offered opening remarks about their work's importance, then voted to move their deliberations behind closed doors.
March 19, 2025
State nearing final list of buildings required to report energy usage to regulators
March 19, 2025State officials are eyeing a key date this month that will solidify the inventory of properties across Massachusetts subject to a new large building energy reporting policy taking effect later this year.
March 19, 2025
State chooses Marlborough over Worcester for site of crime lab
March 17, 2025An office park in Marlborough has been chosen as the future site of a state police crime lab, dealing a blow to Worcester’s attempt to find a use for parcels near the Polar Park baseball stadium.
March 17, 2025
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