Monica Benevides

Leadership behind cannabis testing company MCR Labs, of Framingham, has launched a spinoff consulting and process development firm aimed at helping cannabis companies navigate administrative and business development projects.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded the Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Continuum of Care $7.2 million to continue funding programs aimed at fighting homelessness in Worcester County.

Cannabis company Curaleaf, headquartered in Wakefield, has opened its 100th dispensary, located in Jacksonville, Fla., the company announced on Wednesday.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass & MetroWest has partnered with the Hartsprings Foundation of West Springfield to be BBBSCM's premier partner for donation pick-up services, the nonprofit announced on Tuesday.

BlueHive Exhibits, a Wocester events firm, has launched a new, turnkey rental exhibit program aimed at helping companies plan for reintroducing in-person events after the coronavirus pandemic.

The testing and vaccine center will be run by the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center.

Oxford Immunotec, a diagnostics company based in both Marlborough and the United Kingdom, has entered a memorandum of understanding to bring its research-use-only T-SPOT Discovery SARS-CoV-2 to South Korea.

The average per gallon price of regular unleaded gasoline in Massachusetts is up 5 cents in the last week, coming in at $2.44 per gallon, the travel association AAA Northeast announced on Monday.

Anna Maria College in Paxton is partnering with public access station WCCA TV to run a television production course in downtown Worcester, the pair announced on Friday.

Country Bank, headquartered in Ware, is pairing up with the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce to provide scholarship opportunities for small businesses to receive a one-year paid membership to the chamber, the two groups announced on Monday.