Good morning, Worcester.

Fitchburg-based NewVue Communities named Gonzalo Puigbo as its new executive director on Sep.

8; Puigbo, formerly CEO of Somerville Community Corp, will lead community development efforts across 22 local municipalities.

Worcester firm Eascra Biotech has moved into a new lab at Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives that is more than three times larger than its old space — the move follows an $8M NASA award and supports its nanomedicine work.

Gloria Steinem, who died Wednesday, Sept.

2, visited local venues — Mount Wachusett Community College in 2012, Mechanics Hall in 2007, Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2006, and Clark University in 1989 — where she delivered talks urging support and change in the community.

An anonymous donor has offered to match donations up to $10,000 to help Belmont Street Community School (600 students) restock its library, which needs $20,000 in new books.

The Worcester Elementary School Library Coalition is leading the fundraiser to boost literacy resources.

WPI professors Fatemeh Ganji and Fanglin Che have received NSF CAREER Awards to lead five-year projects in cybersecurity and AI-guided electrochemical research — supporting work to protect AI devices and improve carbon capture processes.

Gov. Maura Healey awarded $21 million to the Worcester Housing Authority to expand Lakeside Apartments from 202 to 350 units in Webster Square on Sept.

3. The third-phase project will add community spaces, accessible apartments & fitness centers for tenants with varied incomes.

City officials placed a lien on the 8,000 sqft Greek Revival home at 251 Salisbury St after a Delaware LLC that paid $3M in 2025 left it vacant and overgrown; neighbors worry the historic mansion’s neglect will hurt the neighborhood.