Good morning, Worcester.

WBDC and Webster Five join Hank Stolz to explain how SBA 504 loans provide financing alternatives for central Massachusetts businesses, featuring a 25 year fixed rate and lower down payments.

The program supports startups and family businesses by helping them fund property + equipment and expansion.

Local metalcore fans will see Motionless In White headline a concert at DCU Center (50 Foster St.) on Oct.

30 at 6:30 p.m. with supporting acts Dayseeker, The Devil Wears Prada, and Dark Divine; tickets start at $50.

Celeste Ng, Annabel Monaghan and Jennifer Givhan will headline the Library Foundation’s Celebrate Our Library! fundraiser at the Main Library (3 Salem Square) on Thursday, Nov.

5, 5:45-9 p.m. The evening features cocktails, food, a panel, an auction, and hands the 2026 Founders Award to Lisa Kirby Gibbs.

Gov. Maura Healey announced on Oct.

20 that Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester and Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner shared $204,537 in state training grants (over 500 jobseekers are expected to benefit). QCC received $113,313 for medical assistant training while Mount Wachusett received $91,224 for paraeducator courses.

A new LendingTree study found that Massachusetts residents spent an average of $904 per person on lottery tickets in 2024—43.5 percent more than Virginia—while lottery profits topped $1 billion in fiscal 2026 to support local aid.

Worcester will skip collecting curbside recycling bins that have unaccepted items citywide the week of Nov.

9 as part of its Recycles Right campaign. City crews will check bins with bilingual warning tags — then return to apply stickers if the bins still don't have the right items.

The historic Worcester Boys Club building has been remodeled into 80 affordable senior rental units called The Residences on Lincoln Square.

Gov. Maura Healey and local officials marked its renovation on Oct. 21 at a community event (celebrating a new chapter for this landmark).

Chad Epperson (former interim third-base coach with Boston) will be the new manager of the Worcester Red Sox in 2027 after leading the Portland Sea Dogs earlier this season.

He was announced early Wednesday.