Good morning, Worcester.

Community members gathered at Pleasant and Winslow Park to remember longtime activist Lynn Norris who died in May.

Norris worked on voting rights, housing, public transit, and community services and helped start The Village (Stone Soup).

Hudson-based Lifeward announced the departure of its CEO and CFO after saying its cash resources are insufficient for planned operations over the next year.

Assumption University’s WISE program offers older adults lifelong learning through 30 fall courses meeting weekly and available on campus (online); registration opens Sept.

14 and director Rebecca Perry said members shape class choices with no quizzes or grades.

The Farmers’ Almanac forecast for winter 2026/2027 says inland areas may see heavy, wet snow while coastal locations could get rain or mixed precipitation—its Aug.

21 update relies on natural cycles and historical trends to predict a complicated winter.

Attorney General Campbell fined Adult and Teen Challenge, Northeast, Inc. $1.15 million after her office found that men's program participants in Worcester and Brockton worked unpaid for external for-profit companies (their earned wages totaled over $850,000).

The agency said the treatment centers must pay restitution and state penalties.

State officials ordered addiction treatment provider Adult and Teen Challenge Northeast Inc. to pay over $850,000 in unpaid wages after finding its Worcester center (the Massachusetts Men’s Center of Greater Boston on Chatham Street) required men to perform work unrelated to treatment, violating state minimum wage law.

UMass Memorial Medical Group opened a new urgent care facility in Northborough Crossing on Monday, Aug.

31, marking the system’s ninth urgent care office and sixth managed by Milford Regional Physician Group; the facility offers lab and x-ray services for non-life-threatening injuries and illnesses.

A Worcester apartment sale signals a shift in local real estate investment, as a broker said the deal shows buyers are becoming more disciplined when purchasing smaller multifamily properties.