Blackstone Valley

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.

Medway-based Charles River Bank purchased the land at its Mendon office on 1 Hastings St. for $1.9 million, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

Sometimes banks opt to consolidate in order to offer their clients access to bigger loans and better resources, while other times they unite as a competitive strategy against banks with more assets.

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.

A local developer proposed 300 units of 40B apartment- and townhouse-style housing in Grafton at a selectboard meeting Tuesday night.

A nearly 10-acre plot of developable land in Grafton’s technology park CenTech Park, sold for $3.5 million, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

Rocco’s Doughnut Co. will open a Worcester location on Wednesday, owner Joseph Astrella confirmed Thursday afternoon, marking the shop’s third location.

Two nursing home properties in Northbridge sold for $3.7 million, becoming SALMON Health’s second facility property to sell in the last six months.