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Transportation

  • Eng brings MBTA reinforcements in from New York

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service July 28, 2023

    Facing a long list of needed safety, service and reliability improvements, the MBTA mined additional leadership from the same place it found its current top official: New York.

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service July 28, 2023
  • Long-delayed transportation bill to come up for vote

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service July 26, 2023

    House Democrats plan to accept a compromise road and bridge maintenance funding bill Thursday after months at an impasse with their Senate counterparts, though the actual accord itself still hasn't emerged.

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service July 26, 2023
  • Montachusett Regional Transit Authority receives $686K for transit app

    Timothy Doyle July 21, 2023

    Montachusett Regional Transit Authority, or MART, will receive a $685,746 grant from the Federal Transit Administration to develop a regional app to make travel for North County residents easier and less expensive.

    Timothy Doyle July 21, 2023
  • Healey lays out vision for $14B in capital spending

    Michael P. Norton and Sam Drysdale | State House News Service June 26, 2023

    The Healey administration on Thursday rolled out its five-year capital spending plan, which calls for $14 billion in spending with a focus on investments in roads, housing, climate projects and economic development.

    Michael P. Norton and Sam Drysdale | State House News Service June 26, 2023
  • Rough start: Midyear survey reveals WBJ readers are increasingly pessimistic about 2023

    Brad Kane Updated: June 26, 2023

    At the end of 2022, WBJ readers were more pessimistic about the future of the Central Massachusetts economy than they had been at any point in the previous 10 years. The first five months of this year only made them more pessimistic.

    Brad Kane Updated: June 26, 2023
  • Real Estate Insider: As the State seeks to increase housing construction, some towns pump the brakes

    Timothy Doyle Updated: June 12, 2023

    Multifamily residential developers have been proposing thousands of apartments throughout Central Massachusetts, but communities are resisting the push for more housing to protect their resources and what residents and officials see as their town’s

    Timothy Doyle Updated: June 12, 2023
  • Gas prices respond to the unofficial start of summer

    Timothy Doyle May 30, 2023

    After being nearly flat over the past two weeks, Worcester metro gas prices came out of Memorial Day weekend up nearly 9 cents per gallon over the previous week.

    Timothy Doyle May 30, 2023
  • Fare-free MBTA bus pilot sputters out in Senate

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service May 30, 2023

    A group of senators were unable to convince their colleagues to recommend money for the MBTA to run fare-free bus pilot programs.

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service May 30, 2023
  • MBTA towns fear service levels will not rebound

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service May 19, 2023

    Cities and towns that help fund the MBTA are concerned it will be "impossible" to restore pre-pandemic service levels and that the agency might need to hike fares given the growing shadow of a budget shortfall that officials so far have failed to

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service May 19, 2023
  • NCMDC loans $35K to hydraulic repair startup

    Timothy Doyle May 10, 2023

    The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. has loaned $35,000 loan to startup Soto Hydraulic Repair in Winchendon for new equipment.

    Timothy Doyle May 10, 2023
  • MBTA buys railroad track from Milford to Franklin for $13M

    Timothy Doyle May 10, 2023

    The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has purchased railroad track in Milford, Hopedale, and Bellingham beyond where its Franklin/Foxboro Line ends at the Forge Park/495 station.

    Timothy Doyle May 10, 2023
  • Worcester metro gas prices down 4 cents this week

    Moesha Nugent May 9, 2023

    Greater Worcester gasoline prices decreased 4 cents per gallon over the past week. Though at $3.43, it is 4 cents higher than last month's average of $3.39 per gallon.

    Moesha Nugent May 9, 2023
  • Greater Worcester gas prices fall 3 cents

    Moesha Nugent May 5, 2023

    The price of a gallon of gasoline has been relatively steady over the past week in the Worcester metro area, falling 3 cents lower than last week’s $3.48 per gallon. 

    Moesha Nugent May 5, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Mike O’Kronley

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Under Mike O’Kronley’s leadership, Ascend closed $300 million in a funding round in 2022, and the company received more than $480 million grants from the U.S. Department of Energy, where O’Kronley participated in a press conference with President

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • 2023 Power 50: Jennie Lee Colosi

    Updated: May 1, 2023

    Colosi is president of the 77-year-old E.T. & L. Corp., in Stow, which employs 133 people. She is a trained engineer and one of the only women presidents of a Central Massachusetts construction company.

    Updated: May 1, 2023
  • Healey sends Volkswagen settlement funds to electrify transit systems

    Kevin Koczwara April 25, 2023

    The Gov. Maura Healey Administration has allocated $34.3 million from the 2017 Volkswagen settlement to fund electric buses for regional transit authorities and electric vehicle projects. 

    Kevin Koczwara April 25, 2023

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Today's Poll

Do you think the WooSox should be sold to a NYC holding company?
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Three seasons after moving the Boston Red Sox's top minor league franchise to Worcester, the ownership group of the Worcester Red Sox have reached an agreement to sell the team to Diamond Baseball Holdings, according to a Boston Globe report. Diamond is a New York City-based holding company with more than 20 other minor league baseball franchises, including the Portland Sea Dogs in Maine. The sale to the corporate owner contradicts WooSox Chairman Larry Lucchino's previous comments that he wanted to sell to a local owner.