Sutton

James Kenneth Couture, of Sutton, pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges related to $2.8 million in stolen funds from his six clients over 11 years.

The owner of 39 Lamartine St., the former site of Worcester Electrical Associates Inc., is seeking to have the property included in a commercial corridor overlay, which would allow for certain advantages in development.

A 5,200 square foot industrial building at 7 Saint Mark Street in Auburn, sold to Turnpike Developments LLC of Sutton by Johnson Pleasant Realty LLC of Auburn for $690,000.

The former Old Holbrook Place Campground in Sutton sold on Thursday for $1.5 million, to be used for future residential development.

UN1F1ED² Global Packaging Group, a packaging supplier headquartered in Sutton, purchased a 99,000-square-foot industrial warehouse in Webster for $7.5 million, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

The Power 50 may not necessarily hold the most power in the region, but they are the people who most effectively wielded their power to have an outsized influence on the economy and the community within the last year.

The commercial property is vacant and located off Route 146 at 48 Worcester Providence Turnpike. It is zoned B2, allowing for development projects including a hotel, office park, church, or educational use, according to online real estate listing service LoopNet.

Spectrum Internet, a communications technology provider affiliated with Charter Communications, Inc., has doubled the starting download speed of its internet service from 100 to 200 Mbps throughout its Central Mass. locations, according to a Tuesday press release.

Nichols College in Dudley has elected a new chair and vice chair of its 29-member board of trustees.

Five multi-families in downtown Webster were sold by Worcester-based 7 Hills Property Management for $2.4 million, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.