Oxford

The median price in June of a single-family home in Massachusetts reached $610,000, while that figure for homes in Worcester County rose 9.4% year over year to $432,050.

Central Massachusetts has a new highest-paid public company leader: Ernie Herrman, president and CEO of the TJX Cos. Inc. in Framingham.

In the first month since the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce partnered with Discover Clinton to establish the Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce, the new organization has added seven members, with more inquiries.

IPG Photonics, the Oxford-based manufacturer of fiber lasers, is being removed from S&P Global Ratings’ most high-profile index for large companies.

The severing of economic ties between the U.S. and Russia is likely to prove a challenge for IPG Photonics, which was founded in Russia and has long-standing ties to the country.

Hometown Financial Group, Inc., the holding company for bankHometown in Oxford, plans to acquire Randolph Bancorp, Inc. the Quincy-based holding company of Envision Bank, for $146.5 million.

The owners of Angers Trucking Inc. have sold the property hosting their facility in Oxford for $1.35 million, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection penalized A Line Corp. of North Attleborough with a $9,325 fine after an oil leak at the company's Oxford location.

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.

Proline Services, Inc., an Auburn-based countertop producer, bought a 17,100-square-foot warehouse in Oxford for $1.2 million.