Monica Benevides

On the last Thursday in October, the behavioral health department at UMass Memorial Health - Harrington, in Webster, officially marked the opening of a new and expanded adult psychiatric unit at its campus on Thompson Road.

As the second consecutive coronavirus-impacted holiday shopping season gets underway, both retailers and consumers are tussling with concerns over supply chain shortages and subsequent shipping delays, including in Central Massachusetts.

The owners of The Rose Room Cafe & Tonic Bar in Webster are set to open their second restaurant venture in the south central Worcester County town this weekend.

The TJX Cos. Inc., headquartered in Framingham, reported $1 billion in profits in the company's third quarter, according to an earnings report released Wednesday.

American Airlines will stop providing direct service from Worcester Regional Airport to Philadelphia in the new year, the Massachusetts Port Authority confirmed Wednesday afternoon.

United Kingdom manufacturer Watson-Marlow has broken ground on a new 150,000-square-foot facility in Devens, the company announced on Wednesday.

The number of women sitting on Massachusetts biopharmaceutical company boards has increased 164% since 2017, according to a new report from a voluntary survey conducted by industry group MassBio released Wednesday.

An historic mansion in Northbridge sold for $1.35 million in a sale closed Nov. 1, according to the Worcester District Registry of Deeds.

Atlantic Poké, a young fast casual poké restaurant with branches in Shrewsbury and Marlborough, is officially looking to expand through franchising, owner Michael Tomaiolo said on Friday.

A new wine shop run by wife business partners has opened on the Green Street side of Worcester Public Market.