Monica Benevides

Jule Gomes Noack officially took over as president and CEO of Franklin human services agency Horace Mann Educational Associates on Friday, making her the third person to head the 58-year-old agency, according to a press release. 

The Worcester Bravehearts will make Doyle Field in Leominster their home for the 2020 Futures League season, the baseball team announced on Monday, with all tickets offered for free. 

For the average Central Massachusetts consumer, it may not be immediately obvious the artisanally decorated cannabis retailer in their quiet mill town is owned by a multi-million dollar, multi-state company whose CEO lives on the other side of the country.

Phase Three of the Massachusetts reopening plan will officially begin Monday, Gov. Charlie Baker announced during a press conference midday Thursday, making way for gyms and museums to open their doors to patrons once again, so long as they strictly adhere to social distancing and sanitization guidelines.

Discover Central Massachusetts on Wednesday announced it will run a summer-long photo contest aimed at bolstering the Worcester small business community. The contest, dubbed #WeLoveWorcester, will include weekly prizes and a grande finale showdown the first week of September.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute will reopen its campus to students in August, according to a Wednesday announcement from college president Laurie Leshin.

The Innovation Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative and Lever announced the second round of its COVID-19 Intrapreneur Challenge.

The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission gave Blackstone Valley Naturals of Uxbridge, doing business as Yamna, the final greenlight to commence operations as soon as Friday, the commission announced on Monday.

Transportation equipment shipments totaled more than $1 trillion in the U.S. in 2018, according to the 2018 Annual Survey of Manufacturers, whose results were released last week.

Coworking spaces looking to purchase new equipment or undergo building improvements intended to implement social distancing and coronavirus-related safety standards may apply for grants of up to $100,000 through the MassDevelopment’s Collaborative Workspace Program, the agency announced on Monday.