Blackstone Valley

The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, a nonprofit formed three decades ago to support the state's life sciences industry, is aiming to make it easier for communities to make themselves ready through the right zoning and permitting programs.

In the 1990s, there was retribution for the public health damage done by tobacco companies. Now, the pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution industry could be on track to settle another landmark public health lawsuit.

The more Worcester's commercial base relocates outside the city, the more pressure put on existing commercial & industrial property owners. This cycle will perpetuate itself until the city council follows Sutton's lead and heads toward a unified tax rate.

The quickly changing retail landscape took a new hit with the closure of a Sam's Club in Worcester in January and the impending closure of Toys “R” Us in Auburn, Leominster, Northborough, Millbury and Framingham.

A Milford-based health and human services agency has secured a $16.4 million bond to purchase land for a new group home in Shrewsbury and a 9,600-square-foot athletic center.

More than a month after Sutton voters approved a 15-year tax increment financing agreement for a new facility, Worcester metal manufacturer Primetals made their move to the town official.

Northbridge wire mesh product manufacturer Riverdale Mills has had a busy few years, expanding its business to new markets and throwing its hat into the ring to be part of President Donald Trump's wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

HEATHER BELAIR has been promoted to vice president and virtual branch manager for Bay State Savings Bank's...

Chances are now very high daily community news coming out of Central Massachusetts will be from a publication owned by a large media corporation, with a strong commitment to the bottom line.

Business cards once had to serve as Rolodex-filling necessities if someone wanted to remember how to reach an important or distant contact. In the digital age, that's not as necessary.