Monica Benevides

Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus has named Julie Lynch as the city’s chief of public facilities, according to a Tuesday announcement.

Cogmedix, Inc., a medical contract manufacturer based in West Boylston, plans to build a new 101,400-square-foot manufacturing facility, making use of a five-year tax financing agreement with the town totaling approximately $328,930.

The Polar Park baseball stadium in Worcester hosted the first Massachusetts Mash-Upon Tuesday, where nearly 600 people from the state’s manufacturing community were expected to gather at the event.

Westborough medical technology firm Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. of Westborough announced on Monday it has named Christopher Joyce as vice president and chief financial officer.

Caroline’s Cannabis in Uxbridge, the first woman-owned small business cannabis shop to open in Massachusetts, received final licensure from the state Cannabis Control Commission on Sept. 17 to move forward with plans to open a second adult-use location in Hopedale.

Assumption University in Worcester is naming its new 1,000-square-foot health sciences center, completed in November 2020, after alum Dr. Richard Catrambone and his wife Sophia, following a multi-million dollar donation to the school.

Marlborough medical device manufacturer ReWalk Robotics Ltd. announced a $32.5-million direct offering on Monday, slated to close on Wednesday.

Lost Towns Brewing in Gilbertville, a village of Hardwick, is getting into the groove of things after first opening in 2018 and facing pandemic challenges shortly thereafter.

As people around the U.S. turned inward over the last year and a half, consumers appear to have found a respite from the onslaught of technology dependence: reading.

A Worcester dental office manager has pleaded guilty to participating in a Medicaid fraud scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s office of Massachusetts announced on Tuesday.