Northbridge

Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at Northbridge last week announced it received a “perfect” survey by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

Volunteers from Leominster Credit Union participated in one of the largest meal-packing events for United Way of North Central Mass. More than 100,000 meals were packaged by 400 volunteers for 20 local food pantries at the Double Tree by Hilton in Leominster. Benefitting pantries are in Athol, Leominster, Fitchburg, Gardner, Devens, Pepperell, Templeton, Winchendon and Westminster. Pictured (from left, front row) are Nancy Daigle, Ann Younie, Meghan Thomas and Susan Landry; (middle row) Cindy Holder and Stephanie and Lucas Hyles; and (back row) Stan Hyles.

Framingham State University and Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner have received a share of $39 million in life science funding from the state announced Thursday.

Twelve out of 74 Central Massachusetts nursing homes received top care quality rankings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

If you enjoyed a nice juicy lobster at any point this past summer, you might have Riverdale Mills to thank. The Northbridge company is one of the largest manufacturers of welded wire mesh in the world.

Northbridge's Riverdale Mills is a wire mesh manufacturer supplying products for 80 percent of North American lobster traps.

Central Massachusetts' golf course owners have responded to changing tastes, focusing on the whole experience rather than just golf.

The Maynard firm of JM Coull (JMC) has secured a $12.6 million contract to design and build a new 33,000-square-foot fine arts center and gymnasium at the Whitinsville Christian School (WCS).

Apple Pay mobile is now available for UniBank Visa debit card users.

The transition from military to civilian life is a notoriously tough one, but many veterans have a set of skills that's well suited to running a business. And there are a number of public- and private-sector resources devoted to helping ex-military people move into the business world.