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People who work in the human services industry usually aren't in it for the big salaries. But feeling valued by your employer makes up for some of that shortfall, or so goes the philosophy at Venture Community Services, based in Sturbridge.

Innovation, as a word, is massively overused. At this point, companies and job applicants that don't use the words “innovative” or “innovation” in their descriptions are the ones who are really breaking the mold.

Southbridge-based Harrington HealthCare has the lowest primary cesarean-section rate of all hospitals in Massachusetts, according to The...

UMass Memorial Medical Center's University Campus received only a “C” score in an industry watchdog's annual ranking of hospital safety.

IPG Photonics Corp. of Oxford posted strong third quarter revenue but foreign currency exchange losses reduced growth, the company announced Tuesday.

SpencerBANK and Southbridge Savings Bank will merge their mutual holding companies, bringing together their assets while continuing to remain independent, the banks announced Wednesday.

Dick Fiske Sr. and his Heart to Heart Foundation of North Brookfield was honored by the Children's Smile Coalition at Hanover Theatre in Worcester last month.

TODD DONOHOE was hired as a commercial lender at Hometown Bank in Oxford. He was most recently...

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from July 16-31, 2015. Listed are the name, address, ZIP and president.

For local nonprofits, it can be a never-ending marathon to gather the dribs and drabs of money that keep the lights and the paychecks signed, which explains the enthusiasm in the voice of Joseph Cox when he talks of the $2 million his EcoTarium received from the Worcester-based C Jean and Myles McDonough Charitable Foundation.