Blackstone Valley

Kevin Meehan, the owner of the Imperial automotive chain and a Mendon businessman, has bought the site of the former Bernat Mill in Uxbridge that burned down in 2007.

Aquarion Water Company, based in Bridgeport, Conn., has issued water restrictions for customers located in Millbury, following statewide drought designations by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental affairs, the company announced on Tuesday.

Three Massachusetts construction companies were cited for nearly $640,000 for prevailing wage violations related to work done on a Sutton Police Station project, Attorney General Maura Healey’s office announced on Wednesday.

Blackstone Valley Education Hub in Northbridge is a two-year old nonprofit aimed at helping students and adults enter the advanced manufacturing workforce.

After an eight-month search for a replacement to retired President Charles Monahan, MCPHS announced on Wednesday it has promoted Richard Lessard to the position permanently, after he has served as interim president since Monahan left in January.

Former WBJ Editorial Intern Devina Bhalla and News Editor Grant Welker discuss Bhalla's two-month deep-dive into slavery's history and legacy into the Central Massachusetts economy in this episode of the WBJ Podcast.

A Hopedale property developer has bought Millbury's Clearview Country Club, two years after the town turned down an opportunity to buy the nine-hole golf course.

People are on the move at Blackstone Valley Education Hub, bankHometown, College of the Holy Cross and more.

While the economy was growing into the longest economic expansion in the nation’s history, most Worcester County neighborhoods missed out – not only failing to capture rising income and attracting new residents but even going backward in many cases.

The modern Massachusetts economy has been growing for 400 years, since settlers first landed in Plymouth in 1620. And for 245 of those 400 years – more than 60% – the Massachusetts economy was tied to the legal institution of slavery.