Blackstone Valley

On Thursday, Boston nonprofit American Student Assistance awarded a $450,000 grant to the Blackstone Valley Superintendents' Consortium to increase workforce training opportunities for high school students, particularly those from underserved populations. 

A seven-acre lot on Upton Street in Grafton, which formerly housed the town’s department of public works, is set to become a mixed-use 136-unit luxury apartment complex, according to Grafton’s town website.

Solar Wolf Energy of Auburn is facing three lawsuits seeking a collective $863,605.53 in damages and restitution, according to documents filed in Worcester Superior Court and the U.S. District Court of Worcester. 

Millbury Federal Credit Union announced on Thursday it has hired Keiran Holahan as its new chief financial officer. 

A series of rental properties in Douglas, Northbridge and Uxbridge have sold for $2.8 million to the executive of a tech company growing its office space in Marlborough, according to the Worcester Registry of Deeds.

UniBank of Whitinsville announced on Tuesday it had named Shawn Rogan as the new president of its subsidiary, Sterling Associates.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection on Friday announced it assessed a $40,280 penalty against Dynamic Cleaning, Inc. of Plainville for asbestos regulation violations.

Illinois medical supply manufacturer and distributor Medline Industries, Inc. plans to build what it says will be the largest solar project in Massachusetts, on top of its Uxbridge distribution facility, the company announced on Tuesday.

If there’s a healthcare equivalent of the tech startup cliche of starting a business out of someone’s garage, that’s about exactly what Dr. Sean Lordan did.

With business restrictions surrounding the coronavirus now lifted, three business leaders from Fitchburg, Upton and Millbury discuss the special challenges they faced in overcoming the extra hurdle of starting a new business during the pandemic