Millbury

Communities in Worcester County and neighboring MetroWest communities received $3.4 million in grants from the Massachusetts Shared Streets and Spaces Grant Program for improvements benefitting pedestrians, cyclists, and riders of public transportation.

Construction is complete on Boston-based GreenCare Collective’s new 100,000-square-foot cannabis facility at 12 Latti Farm Road in Millbury.

The two businesses Sonny Phengsomphone has started in Central Massachusetts are just part of his immigrant journey.

The Millbury Board of Selectmen last week heard a proposal for a 192-unit, 40B housing complex on Rice Road, which has been the site of controversial housing proposals in the past.

Finding stable housing has always been a challenge for low-income earners, but the problem has ballooned in places like Worcester where the average rent is growing about 10 percentage points faster than the average income.

Hometown Financial Group, Inc., the holding company for bankHometown in Oxford, plans to acquire Randolph Bancorp, Inc. the Quincy-based holding company of Envision Bank, for $146.5 million.

Spectrum Internet, a communications technology provider affiliated with Charter Communications, Inc., has doubled the starting download speed of its internet service from 100 to 200 Mbps throughout its Central Mass. locations, according to a Tuesday press release.

In 2021, consumers had the most complaints against Central Massachusetts utilities and auto dealers.

Amazon 4-star stores located in the Natick Mall and The Shoppes at Blackstone Valley plaza in Millbury will close, along with almost all of Amazon’s physical stores, according to a report from Reuters Wednesday evening.

The Great Resignation is plaguing employers large and small, and one hotly debated question has hiring managers asking where, exactly, all the quitting employees are moving to.