Monica Benevides

National Grid will consider Juneteenth a company holiday for all U.S. employees beginning this year, the electric company announced Tuesday morning. 

Commercial officer furniture manufacturer AIS, of Leominster, has promoted Nick Haritos to president of the company, current president and CEO Bruce Platzman announced on Monday.

Cliff Rucker, owner of the Worcester Railers HC hockey team, announced on Monday plans to open a new music venue and restaurant at a property he owns at 90 Commercial St. in Worcester, adjacent to The Worcester Palladium.

Milford Regional Medical Center has been awarded a 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a federal agency part of the Department of Health and Human Services, the hospital announced on Thursday.

The Boston-based Clover Food Lab, a fast food company emphasizing from-scratch, fresh food, is expanding its meal box delivery service to Worcester, the company announced at the end of May.

According to an April report from the National Association of Homebuilders, which indicated lumber prices have tripled during the pandemic, that increase over the last year has added nearly $36,000 to the cost of a new single-family home.

Amid the long-term labor battle with the striking members of the Massachusetts Nurses Union, Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester has named Tim Clark as its new chief nursing officer, the hospital announced on Friday.

New England Country Mart is expanding delivery service to Central Massachusetts, the Chelsea-based company announced on Wednesday.

A Worcester State University-hosted vaccine clinic run by Saint Vincent Hospital is closing June 10, after administering over 83,000 coronavirus vaccines, Saint Vincent announced on Thursday.

Taste of Shrewsbury Street will return to Wrocester in August this year, as yet another indication that life in and around Worcester is reverting to relatively normalcy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.