Grafton

A 375,000-square-foot industrial warehouse is awaiting approval to be built on the front lawn of aerospace product supplier Wyman-Gordon’s office in Grafton, according to an application to the Town of Grafton Planning Board.

The nonprofit Community Harvest Project, based in Grafton, has named Vittoria Buerschaper as the organization's new executive director, making permanent a role Buerschaper held on an interim basis, according to a Friday announcement.

On Thursday, Boston nonprofit American Student Assistance awarded a $450,000 grant to the Blackstone Valley Superintendents' Consortium to increase workforce training opportunities for high school students, particularly those from underserved populations. 

A seven-acre lot on Upton Street in Grafton, which formerly housed the town’s department of public works, is set to become a mixed-use 136-unit luxury apartment complex, according to Grafton’s town website.

The unemployment rate in the city of Worcester dropped a full percentage point from February to March, hitting its lowest level since the coronavirus pandemic began.

Discern’d Cannabis Purveyors, a planned pot shop in Grafton, has received a provisional state license and has plans to open this fall.

Joshua Brier, GFA Federal Credit Union’s executive vice president and chief operating officer has been named the company’s next president and CEO, the Gardner credit union announced on Tuesday.

A lawyer representing cannabis company Resinate, which operates dispensaries in Worcester and Northampton, has threatened to take legal action against the Town of Grafton if the town does not allow its forthcoming dispensary to open.

Central Massachusetts communities have received a combined $1.3 million in grant funding through the state’s Shared Winter Streets and Spaces program, MassDOT announced on Tuesday.

After an eight-month search for a replacement to retired President Charles Monahan, MCPHS announced on Wednesday it has promoted Richard Lessard to the position permanently, after he has served as interim president since Monahan left in January.