Monica Benevides

Financial planning company Bartholomew & Company, which maintains offices in Worcester, Chatham and Bedford, is opening an office in Framingham, the company announced on Tuesday.

The City of Worcester has named Stephanie Williams as its new chief diversity officer, the city announced on Tuesday.

Precision sheet metal manufacturer Howard Products Inc. in Worcester is a family-owned company, which has been in business for over 70 years. The company, which has 15 employees, works with clients in a multitude of sectors, including the automotive, transportation and wastewater treatment industries.

Framingham biotech company Arch Therapeutics has raised $1.1 million from long-term shareholders, the company announced on Tuesday.

The City of Worcester announced Monday it has hired Jay Fink as the next commissioner of Public Works and Parks.

The U.S. Small Business Administration has awarded $14.3 billion in Paycheck Protection Loans to businesses in Massachusetts since the program was established, the agency announced in a Monday press release detailing the agency’s loan activity for fiscal year 2020.

Finance and development agency MassDevelopment has issued a $17-million tax-exempt bond on behalf of the Doctor Franklin Perkins School in Lancaster, for constructing a new middle school building and dormitory, according to a joint press release issued Monday.

Fidelity Bank of Leominster will dedicate $45,000 over three years to the Massachusetts nonprofit Entrepreneurship for All, known as EforAll, which launched a Worcester branch on Oct. 1, the bank announced on Friday.

When it comes to main streets in Central Massachusetts, town officials uniformly agree: A healthy main street is where foot traffic is king.

Shrewsbury’s Industrial Polymers and Chemicals won Mass Tech Collaborative’s Phase Three Intrapreneur Challenge, which focused on health and safety and included a $25,000 award, the agency announced on Tuesday.