Northbridge

James Knott, Sr., the founder of Northbridge wire mesh manufacturer Riverdale Mills, has died at the age of 88, the company announced.

The family behind Koopman Hardware & Lumber has sold part of its Grafton property and a Whitinsville site for a combined $6.6 million to a national storage facility firm.

Movers and shakers in Central Massachusetts from July 9 to July 23.

Framingham has joined a growing list of Central Massachusetts town to file lawsuits against pharmaceutical manufacturers for their role in the opioid crisis that has gripped the area for years.

At least one Central Massachusetts company is anticipating scaling back its operations after President Donald Trump imposed a 25-percent tariff on steel imports last week.

In the 1990s, there was retribution for the public health damage done by tobacco companies. Now, the pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution industry could be on track to settle another landmark public health lawsuit.

A Milford-based health and human services agency has secured a $16.4 million bond to purchase land for a new group home in Shrewsbury and a 9,600-square-foot athletic center.

Northbridge wire mesh product manufacturer Riverdale Mills has had a busy few years, expanding its business to new markets and throwing its hat into the ring to be part of President Donald Trump's wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Business cards once had to serve as Rolodex-filling necessities if someone wanted to remember how to reach an important or distant contact. In the digital age, that's not as necessary.

A community partnership of five nonprofit organizations aimed at serving MassHealth patients with better care coordination has named Allison Bernier vice president.