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MassBay Community College has added a new center at its Ashland campus this fall for workforce development in coordination with a state career center office.

Millbury Savings Bank is building its third branch, a second Worcester location due to open in early 2020.

Fitchburg Municipal Airport will receive a rebuilt and expanded runway and improved taxiway thanks to $13.8 million in federal funding announced Wednesday.

A plan to add a so-called adversity score to SAT testing for college admissions has been dropped in favor of a broader look at students' backgrounds.

Richard Aronovitz, the CEO of Lincoln Liquors, has sold his retail plaza along Fitchburg's Water Street for a second time, for $1.3 million, after reacquiring it in 2013 after the original buyer defaulted on its payments. 

Marlborough in September will begin a free shuttle to and from the Southborough MBTA commuter rail station to help commuters and others better use the area's train network.

Business organizations that have resisted new or higher taxes to funnel more money into public transportation are hitting back at the advocacy group Raise Up Massachusetts.

Worcester County has nearly 13,000 so-called super commuters — going 90 minutes or more each day to and from work — and their ranks are growing.

A proposed 112,000-square-foot facility for growing cannabis has been approved by the Framingham Planning Board.

The president and CEO of UMass Memorial - Marlborough Hospital has been named the interim leader for HealthAlliance - Clinton Hospital.