Central Mass. South

First Wind, a Boston-based renewable energy company, announced Monday that it's begun solar projects in Millbury and Warren that will generate power for the University of Massachusetts Lowell and UMass Medical School in Worcester.

Residents of western Worcester County want rural Massachusetts to stay that way, according to a planning meeting Wednesday.

When Matthew Sosik recently left Hometown Bank to take over as president of Easthamption Savings Bank, Hometown...

It may be an understatement to say that Oxford-based fiber laser manufacturer IPG Photonics' decision to move...

IPG Photonics of Oxford continued its financial roll as it posted a 22-percent increase in second-quarter revenue, fueled by continued strong demand for its high-power, fiber lasers for materials processing applications, the company said.

Harrington HealthCare System is moving rehabilitation services at two locations to its new building in Charlton, the hospital announced.

Two Central Massachusetts manufacturers have entered into a licensing agreement that will combine some of their products for use in medicine and national security, according to one of the firms, Incom Inc. of Charlton.

A late benefactor with a family history of support for The Barton Center for Diabetes Education in Oxford has left $300,000 to the center's campership endowment fund, the largest personal donation ever made to the fund.

Patrick Muldoon, president and CEO of Leominster-based HealthAlliance Hospitals Inc., was named chairman of the Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) Board of Trustees at MHA's annual meeting June 13.

A Charlton man who operated a videography business has been ordered to pay more than $500,000 in restitution, penalties and fees after he allegedly failed to provide prepaid wedding videos to more than 150 newlyweds, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced.