Brookfield

The Second Chance Animal Shelter is opening a new location in Worcester on Wednesday.

A former lumber store on Route 9 in East Brookfield has been sold for a new brewery to be called Timber Yard Brewing Company.

For too long, our manufacturing community has suffered – like Rodney Dangerfield – from not enough respect.

Southbridge Savings Bank donated $2,500 to the Nativity School of Worcester, to update its art program.

Central Massachusetts had nearly no customers without power by mid-morning Wednesday following a storm in which 60,000 were reported without power at one point.

Ten professionals got hired or promoted at places including Fallon Health, JM Coull and Fidelity Bank.

Eleven people in Central Massachusetts have found new positions, including at Fidelity Bank, TechSandBox, the Idea Agency and the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce.

Ware-based Country Bank has named three new branch managers who will oversee operations at the bank's locations in Worcester, Paxton, and Charlton.

Harrington his working to expand access to care and patient follow-up among other areas as it battles substance abuse disorder.

The evolution of financing for renewable energy installations is shifting, as bank loans are becoming a more mainstream way to maximize savings on a solar array, offering more benefits than third-party leases.