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Brenda Ebode is director of Rehabilitation Services at Southbridge-based Harrington HealthCare System, which provides a range of rehabilitation services to patients.

North Brookfield Savings Bank has received approval from a federal agency to underwrite and service government-backed loans to family farms in Worcester and Hampshire counties.

It's been a long winter, which has delayed the start of spring – and golf – in...

Eleven nursing homes in Central Massachusetts received the top rating in U.S. News & World Report's annual list of best nursing homes.

Webster First Federal Credit Union (WFFCU), which is based in Worcester, is merging with Boston-based Industrial Credit Union (ICU), the two institutions announced.

Edward Moore, president and CEO of the Harrington HealthCare System, has been keeping a close eye on developments with Partners HealthCare, the enormous and fast-growing eastern Massachusetts health care system. Although Partners recently scaled back its latest expansion effort, Moore is not letting down his guard.

As it had forecast earlier this month, IPG Photonics of Oxford turned in a better-than-expected financial performance in the fourth quarter of 2014, reporting revenue of $207.4 million and net income of $56.4 million, both up substantially over the fourth quarter of 2013.

The Mohegan Tribe of Uncasville, Conn., plans to open 10 sandwich shops in southern Worcester County and Rhode Island as the owners of the Mohegan Sun resort casino continue their to diversify their business holdings.

When her predecessor retired last year, Karen Chapman had already been well established at the Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce, having been its vice president for 12 years. At the time of her promotion, the chamber's chairman said Chapman has “a keen understanding of Corridor Nine's past, as well as proven experience in bringing innovative and visionary ideas for the future.”

MAPFRE North America recorded premiums of $2.77 billion in 2014, up 4.5 percent from the previous year, the company reported Wednesday.