Jane Week, a series of events focused on improving the city’s vibrancy and making it more livable, is coming back for a second year.

WORCESTER – More than 25 years since the last one was adopted, city schools are finally on the brink of having a new long-term strategic plan. Two local organizations that have been developing the document released it Wednesday.

Worcester may kill two birds with one stone as it is angling to offer up space in the underutilized Union Station to the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission.

WORCESTER - Five public employees have been named as recipients of the annual Thomas S. Green Public Service Awards.

Emilee Cocuzzo is the president of the Worcester Student Government Association, a student-led organization dedicated to crossing campus lines among the city’s 10 colleges and universities. Last November and December, Cocuzzo spearheaded the association’s partnership with the Worcester Regional Research Bureau in administering a 23-question survey to more than 500 local college students.

WORCESTER – The group putting together the city schools’ next long-term strategic plan say the document should finally be ready for public view in a few weeks.

It would give nearly 1 million Massachusetts workers a raise, including 41 percent of workers in Worcester. But while raising the minimum wage to $15 may sound like an easy thing to support, experts Tuesday morning cautioned that the issue has more complex repercussions.

Boston is home to both a range of state departments and some of the country's most expensive office space.

The Worcester Regional Research Bureau is seeking nominations for the Thomas S. Green Public Service Awards.

As a kid growing up in the Tatnuck Square area of Worcester, Fire Chief Michael Lavoie never entertained the idea of becoming a firefighter. When it was time to put food on the table, he started a painting business and figured it would be his lifelong career.