Central Mass. South

On the back of dropping foot traffic and increased reliance on smartphones, the Chamber of Central Mass South has announced the decision to close the Sturbridge Tourist Information Center in November.

As he approached retirement age, Ken Mandile started to think more about the future of his company, Swissturn/USA, and who would take over once he leaves. After exploring a variety of options, he decided employee ownership would be the best route.

A Sturbridge manufacturer of remote vision products has been awarded a $860,000 contract to supply its newest product to the U.S. Navy, Fleet Logistics Center in San Diego.

A year after creating a new tourism agency, industry leaders are finding success promoting the region for rowing & swimming, brewery tours, international artists and waterslides.

A Charlton company specializing in micro-injecting molding for the medical device industry is the first company of its kind in the world to achieve a medical device supply chain quality certification, after it successfully completed a pilot audit.

Maynard construction management firm JM Coull broke ground on the $26-million renovation of the Lowell Community Health Center.

Table 3 Restaurant Group is set to officially open its newest location in Sturbridge at the end of the month.

Twelve out of 74 Central Massachusetts nursing homes received top care quality rankings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

The seemingly endless rise in foreclosure starts finally leveled out throughout the state and dropped in Worcester County in August, although Middlesex County saw continued foreclosure growth.

MassDevelopment has issued a $7,740,000 tax-exempt bond that will help build and equip a 53,000-square-foot 60 beer barrel brew house in Charlton -- the future second site for Monson-based Tree House Brewing Company.