Blackstone Valley

The board of directors for the Community Harvest Project of North Grafton has hired Cordelia Lyon as the organization's new executive director.

With the new federal overtime pay rule set to take effect Dec. 1, Central Massachusetts businesses are educating themselves, planning changes – and offering opinions.

Who made the cut? See which young professionals are making a difference now and into the future for the Central Massachusetts business community.

Developers of an Uxbridge solar facility have been fined $18,000 by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) for reportedly violating wetlands protection regulations.

Laurie Benson has been hired to lead Fidelity Bank's consumer banking as senior vice president and head of retail banking.

The city of Worcester has cleared the way for final two medical marijuana dispensaries to come into the city after City Manager Edward Augustus issued letters of non-opposition to Mission Massachusetts, Inc. and Medicinal Alternatives, Inc.

Northborough-based Greater Boston Commercial Properties announced that president Bret O'Brien completed the sale of two buildings for a total of $1.6 million.

Northbridge's Riverdale Mills is a wire mesh manufacturer supplying products for 80 percent of North American lobster traps.

Mothers and policy makers are steering away from cesarean delivery.

Officials are eying the e-cigarette threat as youth smoking fades and the smoking age rises.