Central Mass. South

After nine years in at United Way of South Central Massachusetts in Southbridge, Mary O’Coin has announced she will retire at the end of the year. 

A total of six residential properties in Northbridge, Uxbridge, and Douglas have been sold for a combined $3.95 million to a trio of entities.

UN1F1ED2 Global Packaging Group has sold its 124,400-square foot facility for $11.2 million.

Tree House Brewing has made it a little easier for Greater Boston residents to get their hands on its brews.

Ohio-based Big Lots has filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The chief technology officer of Marlborough-based IPG Photonics Corp. is heading to retirement, as the company’s new CEO looks to overcome falling stock prices and global demand issues.

Three Worcester County nonprofits have been awarded a combined $1.49 million in capital funding to refurbish their early education and out-of-school time program facilities predominantly serving low-income families. 

Marlborough-based IPG Photonics Corp., a global laser manufacturing company founded in a Moscow basement laboratory in 1990, has sold its remaining assets in Russia, citing the impact of ongoing sanctions related to the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has fined three individuals and businesses with ties to Central Massachusetts, with the fines totaling $168,413. 

Grafton-based Homefield Credit Union has named returning employee Sarah Miller as the financial institution’s new senior vice president and chief lending officer.