Monica Benevides

VNA Care of Worcester has acquired Westborough’s Health Care Staffing, Inc., the nonprofit nursing agency announced midday Monday, along with plans to add long-term caregiver services to its list of provided services, as a result of the merger.

The Massachusetts Nurses Association said on Monday the proposal made Sunday by Saint Vincent Hospital to resolve the strike from nurses, who have been off the job and picketing for more than 100 days, was inadequate.

Ken Bates, president and CEO of Open Sky Community Services in Worcester, has been named to the Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers board of directors, a statewide association, Open Sky announced on Thursday.

The Massachusetts Container Corp. of Marlborough is expanding its operations to 150 Hayes Memorial Drive in Northborough.

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced on Thursday its Department of Economic Development Administration is awarding a $1.3-million grant to the City of Worcester for infrastructure improvements needed to support The Reactory biomanufacturing park.

Every one of the top 23 highest-paid state employees in Massachusetts works for the state’s UMass network. And of the top 10, half work at UMass Medical School in Worcester, according to new data from the WBJ Research Department.

A Shrewsbury man who owned auto repair shops in Everett and Worcester has been sentenced to two and a half years in jail over a fraud scheme during which prosecutors say he damaged customers’ cars with a sledgehammer in order to inflate appraisal repair quotes.

A Connecticut contractor has been fined $67,250 for asbestos violations that occurred during the demolition of the infamous former Rox’s Nightclub in Oxford, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection announced Thursday morning.

The Vault currently has a provisional license for the location, according to public data with the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, with several approvals yet to go before it can open.

Imperial Distributors, a distributor and merchandiser of non-food supermarket items, announced on Wednesday a spate of leadership changes, including the promotion of Joe Kirby to president.