Banking & Finance

Seattle online retailer Amazon is closing its Milford facility at 8 Industrial Road, along with four other Massachusetts facilities in Dedham, Everett, Randolph, and Mansfield, according to a statement by Amazon spokesperson Caitlin McLaughlin, received by WBJ on Friday.

Rockland Trust Co. has chosen Dawn Mugford as its chief risk officer, replacing Edward Seksay who will remain as general counsel of Rockland Trust and parent company Independent Bank Corp. and as president and board chair of Rockland Trust’s affiliated charitable foundations.

Michael Lussier has led Webster First Federal Credit Union as CEO since 1990, having first started there in 1987 as chief financial officer. 

Among the companies with recent hires and promotions are MAPFRE USA, Central One Federal Credit Union, Country Bank, and Rollstone Bank & Trust.

Since 2016, POW! WOW! Worcester has put up murals around the city for the public to interact with. After five August festivals, including a 2021 return after a 2020 break with the coronavirus pandemic, the community organization is looking to its longevity.

Amidst economic uncertainty, Massachusetts will soon become the eighth state to operate the Restaurant Meals Program, a pilot program allowing select restaurants and food trucks to accept SNAP benefits.

The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce on Thursday announced the 28 Central Massachusetts professionals who will make up the Leadership Worcester class of 2023.

Gannett, the nation's largest newspaper chain and owner of Worcester’s Telegram & Gazette, Framingham’s MetroWest Daily News as well as several other local papers, has laid off personnel across its publishing empire.

The number of homes sold in the city of Worcester in July dropped 21.5% compared with July 2021. This compares with an 11% drop in the number of sales in Worcester County for July year over year and a 17% drop statewide.

Marlborough medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific Corp. has acquired Obsidio, Inc., a South Carolina-based medical materials developer.