Blackstone Valley

This week is marking a major milestone in a return toward normalcy for the Massachusetts economy as major shopping malls reopen.

A Grafton apartment complex has been sold for $4.9 million to a Franklin businessman in an expansion of his apartment holdings in the region.

Before COVID-19, 2020 seemed to be a year like any other. Sneakerama owners Steve and Lisa Genatossio stocked up on inventory, preparing their Lake Avenue shop for the busy months ahead.

Milford Regional Medical Center has announced shifts to the patients its urgent care locations will serve, with the Hopkinton location focusing on respiratory patients and those with COVID-19 symptoms.

In an interview for the WBJ Podcast, bankHometown President and CEO Robert Morton said the Oxford-based bank already had 250 loans totaling about $15 million lined up for when the second round of Paycheck Protection Program.

Four multigenerational Central Mass. businesses owners underscore the importance of mixing up both their goods and their services, as well as an overwhelming willingness to adapt to customer requests and market demands.

Idexx Laboratories, a Maine-based veterinary diagnostics and water testing provider, has paid more than $7 million to buy its 30,000-square-foot Grafton site.

Primetals Technologies, which has offices in Worcester and is building a research and office center in Sutton, signed a contract with HBIS Shijiazhuang Iron & Steel Co. for a new steel rod mill in China, the company announced in a press release.

With events canceled across the state and most hospitality businesses considered non-essential, the Central Massachusetts tourism industry is anticipating major losses due to the efforts to stem the coronavirus pandemic.

As COVID-19 continues to spread, Milford Regional Medical Center has strictly designated its Northbridge and Franklin Urgent Care offices as care locations for those experiencing coronavirus-like symptoms, the healthcare provider announced on Tuesday.