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Monday, May 21, 2018

Construction begins on $21M Kelley Square building

Construction has started on a $21-million mixed-use building taking over the dirt parking lot in Worcester's Kelley Square.

Nearly a year after a Harrington Hospital nurse was stabbed, Harrington and UMass are among the few hospitals in the state to have shored up security, particularly in screening people who enter emergency rooms.

The Seven Hills Foundation has bought the former Honey Farms headquarters in Worcester for a family services and education center.

Nichols College began offering courses in Marlborough for the first time during the just-completed school year, but later this month it will ceremonially mark the opening of its expansion into MetroWest.

A multi-pronged initiative Neighborhood Health Plan announced Friday aims to reduce the number of opioid overdose deaths by increasing access to treatment.

The Massachusetts economy is continuing to strengthen. Since the state budget covers two years, now is the time to take a reasonable portion of that prosperity and feed it back into the local economy via sales tax relief.

UMass President Martin Meehan said Monday's meeting to announce a new chancellor for UMass Boston was postponed "due to the volume of feedback."