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A Boston-based real estate investment and management firm has purchased an Uxbridge self-storage facility for $4.5 million.

Family relationships can be complicated. But in some cases, those blood relationships can be tested and even strained when there's a family business involved that needs caring and nurturing.

With Massachusetts seemingly ready to roll the dice, Plainville and the Interstate 495 south area are suddenly poised to become the state's de facto capital for Las Vegas-style gambling. When Penn National's Plainridge Park opens next spring, it will enjoy a gambling monopoly in Massachusetts that could last — at least in the eastern half of the state — for two or three years, local officials and gambling industry experts say.

Boston-based renewable energy company First Wind said Wednesday that a solar project in Millbury, which will provide power to University of Massachusetts campuses in Worcester and Lowell, is complete and commercial operations have begun.

Following approval from the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Sitting Board this month, National Grid announced Thursday that it would begin construction on a 15.4-mile electric transmission line in Millbury, Sutton, Northbridge, Uxbridge and Millville.

Venmill Industries purchased a 28,160-square-foot industrial building in Oxford on April 11 for $1.25 million, according to deed records.

EVENT: The $33-million interchange at the Massachusetts Turnpike and Route 146 opens.RECAP: This was the first phase...

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection said it has fined Town and Country Builders of Whitinsville and...

Millbury Savings Bank has named its first new president in more than two decades.

The DCU Center has entered into an exclusive, multiyear coffee partnership with Plainville-Based Honey Dew Donuts.