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Worcester security firm American Alarm and Communications buys Eaglestar Security Inc. in Sutton.

A building on Latti Farm Road in Millbury that's slated for a cannabis cultivation facility has been bought by the applicant for $9.7 million.

A Worcester firm has paid $19.1 million for the Stop & Shop-anchored Country Plaza Shopping Center in Grafton.

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When Spectrum Health Systems got its start half a century ago, the agency was located in Methuen, was named the Challenge House, and the addiction treatment industry thought little of the complex ways people could be helped.

When they looked in their email a few weeks ago and found subpoenas from U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling's office looking into their relationships with marijuana businesses, leaders in communities across Central Massachusetts, and the rest of the state, were surprised.

Gov. Charlie Baker announced Tuesday the state has provided $3 million in small business technical assistance grants to four dozen nonprofits, including six in Central Massachusetts.

Visitors to the 36 communities it serves increased their spending by 20.3%, beating the Massachusetts average of 17.8%.

UniBank of Whitinsville has added a new chief commercial lending officer to its senior executive team.