Monica Benevides

The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission opened applications for the third round of its Social Equity Program on Monday, during which it will provide four different track options for those who are accepted into the technical assistance and training initiative.

Fidelity Bank has surpassed $1 billion in assets since 2019, the Leominster financial institution announced in its 2020 annual report on Thursday.

Marlborough human services nonprofit Thrive Support & Advocacy has named Stacey Forrest as the organization’s first chief operating officer, the nonprofit announced late in May.

The Massachusetts unemployment rate was down 0.3 percentage points in May, coming in at 6.1%, according to a Friday release from the state’s Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

A brother and sister based out of Templeton have sold a set of 13 condos at 350 Riverbend St. in Athol sold for $1.425 million to a pair of New England businessmen, according to the Worcester County Registry of Deeds.

Marlborough medical device manufacturer Hologic has completed an $808-million acquisition of Finnish-French company Mobidiag Oy, the MetroWest company announced on Thursday.

Framingham office supply retailer Staples, Inc. announced on Wednesday its CEO, Alexander “Sandy” Douglas would be stepping down as the company’s CEO, with an interim CEO taking the helm effective Friday.

Commonwealth Medicine, the consulting and operations division of UMass Medical School in Worcester, will shift 500 employees to a work-from-home hybrid model, taking them out of the school’s 333 South St. location in Shrewsbury.

North Brookfield Savings Bank has named Mark Drew, most recently of Stoneham Bank, as its new senior vice president and chief commercial lending officer, within the bank’s commercial lending department, the company announced Thursday.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has awarded five Worcester organizations $494,000 to help lead coronavirus vaccination education efforts among Latinos, Black, Indigenous and other people of color in Worcester’s inner city.