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WORCESTER — The Worcester Redevelopment Authority Friday authorized its chairman to execute a lease agreement with the Worcester Red Sox.  The 3-0 vote will allow one of the last pieces of the deal between the team and the city to bring the top minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox to Polar Park, the city-owned ballpark under construction in the Canal District, to fall into place.  Earlier this week, the City Council voted to advertise a loan order to partially cover $17 million in overruns on the ballpark project. The city is handling the financing on the overruns for the team, b...

In Person A Marketing Home Run in Worcester By Diane McLaughlin | Banker & Tradesman Staff | Jan 10, 2021 | Reprints | Print Paul Scully Age: 64   When Country Bank President and CEO Paul Scully looks out his living room window in downtown Worcester, he can see the Worcester Red Sox’s new home of Polar Park. The ballpark includes a blue “Worcester Wall” in right field, reminiscent of Fenway Park’s Green Monster, and above the stands is a 56-foot sign for Country Bank. Scully first learned that the Red Sox might bring minor league base...

Image “The way we really look at it is that UMass Memorial is really part of the fabric of the community, and we rely on the community as much as the community relies on us,” said Catheryn McEvoy, vice president of communications at UMMHC Health Care, and a prior co-chair of the event. A black-tie event, the fundraiser is at once an opportunity to support the hospital network financially as it is a chance for the region's movers and shakers to gather in one space. In 2020, of course, normal plans for a 450-person gala event were upended, and the event planners switched to a 90-minute virt...

Every winter, a who’s who of the Central Mass. business community puts on their finest and gathers – typically, at Mechanics Hall in Worcester – to celebrate and support UMass Memorial Health Care.

Edward Tivnan: The return of a Worcester native (to check out Polar Park) Edward Tivnan It was 1950, and I was a 5-year old playing catch with my father in Vernon Hill Park, a short walk from our apartment in a Windham Street three-decker. A young guy greeted my dad who advised me to “shake the hand of a minor league ballplayer.” I don’t remember his name or team, but I’ve never forgotten that he promised to bring me a team cap – and never delivered. I’m here to report that I finally received my minor league cap – from the Worcester Red Sox. This is a miracle, not just because ...