Monica Benevides

Fidelity Bank in Leominster announced on Friday it has named Joseph Silva as senior vice president, chief commercial banking officer, effective immediately.

Milford cannabis company Sira Naturals has been fined $17,819 for violations related to air emissions, as well as the storage of hazardous waste and industrial wastewater at its cultivation facility at 13 Commercial Way, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection announced on Thursday.

This year’s Black Heritage Juneteenth Festival is set to take place in Worcester on Saturday, marking the first year that Juneteenth is a recognized state holiday in Massachusetts.

Bolton winding machine manufacturer Broomfield announced on Thursday it had acquired and plans to revive the Thermoplastics Engineering Corp., a wire and cable extruder manufacturer, in Leominster, which closed operations in 2019.

The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce named Good Chemistry Nurseries in Worcester as its 2021 Retailer of the Year, the cannabis company announced on Wednesday.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester announced on Wednesday it will use funding from the Federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund to relieve college-held debt for students enrolled in credit degree or certificate programming between March 13, 2020 and through the end for the spring 2021 semester. 

POW! WOW! Worcester has named Redemption Rock Brewing Co. of Worcester its official craft brewery for the nonprofit’s 2021 art festival, the two organizations announced on Wednesday. 

The unemployment rate in the Worcester metropolitan area dropped to 6.0% in April, down from 6.7% in March, as the region continues its recovery from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, according to new data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute announced on Tuesday they have developed a form of concrete that will fix its own cracks.

Cannabis company Garden Remedies, which runs a dispensary in Marlborough and a cultivation and manufacturing facility in Fitchburg, announced last month it has completed a $1.5-million capital expansion, resulting in a new extraction lab to ultimately increase the company’s ability to produce refined cannabinoid oil.