Blackstone Valley

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) ruled last week that Grafton officials cannot interfere with the Grafton & Upton Railroad's proposed construction of an additional rail yard and storage tracks.

A report released by the Sierra Club on Monday said a proposal to replace the commonwealth's existing bottle redemption law with a one-cent fee would saddle municipalities with extra costs and result in thousands of lost jobs.

A $2.5-million donation from a Connecticut couple has brought the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine halfway to its fund-raising goal to renovate and expand one of its teaching hospitals in Grafton.

A Springfield-based real estate investment firm has purchased the Uxbridge Center shopping plaza for $15.28 million.

Eight public high schools in Central Massachusetts received a combined $685,000 to purchase life sciences training equipment and supplies, the Patrick administration and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) announced today.

A retail store selling a slew of used household items like furniture, appliances, tools and antiques has leased a 2,000 square-foot space on Millbury's Elm Street – the site of the former Paul's Center Bakery.

Sutton-based Mayfield Plastics has been sold to a Holyoke company, Universal Plastics.

Tractor Supply Co., a retailer catering to hobby farmers and individual consumers alike, announced the opening of a Millbury store, the third Central Massachusetts location for the national chain.

Three Central Massachusetts organizations have won grant money that will help boost the formation and development of small businesses.

Grafton will be home to Central Massachusetts's largest residential solar electric system, thanks to a project completed Monday, according to the company that designed and installed it.