Monica Benevides

Brew City Grill & Brew House on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester will reopen one week from Friday, on March 19, following a temporary closure which began in January, spurred by difficulties in running the restaurant under heightened coronavirus restrictions.

Valley Florist and Greenhouse in East Templeton has received a $10,000 small business loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp., the Fitchburg organization announced Friday.

Oxford Immunotec has filed for emergency use authorization for its T-SPOT.COVID test, which detects T cell immune responses to COVID-19, the Marlborough and United Kingdom-based company announced on Thursday.

A $5-million unrestricted bequest to Old Sturbridge Village is officially the largest single gift in the museum’s history, the Sturbridge organization announced Wednesday.

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. of Worcester raised $1.5 million for the United Way and other nonprofits as part of its annual employee giving campaign, the company announced on Tuesday.

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. has awarded Kimatra Maxwell, owner of Leominster mental health counseling provider Connecting to Greatness, a $20,000 loan, the Fitchburg organization announced on Wednesday.

Peterson Oil Service Inc. of Worcester will pay $450,000 and be required to improve its record-keeping process to resolve allegations the company knowingly violated two statewide contracts for providing heating oil to state entities, Attorney General Maura Healey’s office announced on Wednesday.

Fidelity Bank, headquartered in Leominster, as well as its former president, John Merrill, have agreed to a $22.5-million settlement as part of a larger class action lawsuit related to the TelexFREE Ponzi scheme, although a significant portion of those costs will be covered by the bank's insurance.

A bustling, storefront with many eager staff members on-hand to assist customers, The Vault General Manager John Bogdan sat down with WBJ to discuss its customer service business model, the decision-making behind its lengthy menu, and how it plans to distinguish itself from other adult-use dispensaries in the region.

Renewable energy company Ameresco, headquartered in Framingham, reported $56.9 million in profits in 2020, according to its earnings report on Monday.