Blackstone Valley

Although the growth slowed last year, 2022 still showed Central Massachusetts has become a destination for new businesses. Another 2,772 new businesses incorporated in the region in 2022, a 1.5% increase over the eye-popping 2021 figures.

The nonprofit Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, Inc. has elected Dennis Rice as the chair of its board of directors.

While single-family home prices in Worcester County remained relatively steady in January, the number of home sales dropped significantly.

Maynard-based JM Coull, Inc., one of the larger commercial contractors in Central Massachusetts, will close, according to an announcement posted on its website.

A Sutton mechanical company will move its headquarters to Millbury, after the firm's owners bought the former location of Ray’s True Value Hardware in Millbury for $1.35 million.

Package Steel Systems, Inc. in Sutton has been fined $7,360 by The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection...

Hannaford Supermarkets has begun installing defibrillators at all 185 of its stores to save the lives of customers and employees in case of a sudden cardiac event, the Scarborough, Maine-based food retailer said.

Watertown-based EyePoint Pharmaceuticals will design and construct a new manufacturing facility in Northbridge focused on development and commercialization of therapeutics for severe eye disorders.

Family-owned Koopman Lumber of Whitinsville is building its first Cape Cod location and 12th overall at the former Antiques Center of Cape Cod in Dennis.

PG Collaborative will allow entrepreneurs of color to come together, build relationships organically, and problem-solve issues unique to them.