Leicester to buy Becker College campus

Voters in Leicester have overwhelmingly approved the town’s purchase of the campus of now-closed Becker College.

The town will move forward with an assessment of the property to determine how the buildings will be used, whether any should be sold and what is needed for maintenance, The Telegram & Gazette reported.

The college, which had campuses in Leicester and Worcester, announced in March that it would close due to financial strains made worse by the coronavirus pandemic.

The select board’s negotiated price for all of Becker’s holdings, as well as repairs and other possible expenses, was nearly $20 million.