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Rockland Trust is moving further into Worcester County as the bank is opening a Worcester location next month in the Mercantile Center.

Hanover Insurance Group and UMass Memorial Health Care were among the more than a dozen that engaged in sponsorship discussions with the PawSox prior to the team leaving for Worcester.

Worcester Business Journal on Saturday was honored with the Alliance of Area Business Publisher's Silver Award for overall excellence, along with four other industry awards in specific categories, including best investigative reporting and best editorial.

After successful fall and winter programs operating a beer garden in Boston, Wachusett Brewing Co. will again find itself pouring beers to Bostonians at City Hall Plaza.

Four months after acquiring Worcester's Commerce Bank for $230 million, Pittsfield's Berkshire Hills Bancorp., Inc. has replaced the old Commerce leadership as it strives to maintain the brand's market presence.

Pittsfield-based Berkshire Hills Bancrop, Inc. has received regulatory approvals to acquire Commerce Bank for $209 million.

The long-time Assabet Valley bank is riding the industry wave of expansion and growth.

Even if there are fewer reasons than ever to walk into a bank, that hasn't meant branches are closing. Instead, banks are renovating their spaces, going smaller and more informal, and training branch employees to do more of everything a customer may need.

Commerce Bank branches in Worcester will keep their name and branding even after they are purchased by Berkshire Hills Bancorp, the parent company of Berkshire Bank.

New England's second biggest city may not be New England's biggest city, but for a company from Western Massachusetts attempting to assert itself a dominant regional player in the Northeast and recruit the right mix of talent for the next generation of innovations in banking, Worcester is where you want to be.