Central Mass. South

Employees of Seven Hills Foundation, Central Massachusetts’ largest human services nonprofit organization, will be able to pursue a variety of degrees online through Nichols College in Dudley at a discounted rate.

Marlborough-based IPG Photonics named former Varian Medical Systems executive Kolleen Kennedy to its board of directors, expanding the board to 11 members.

Lebanon Hill Housing, a 116-unit housing development for the elderly in Southbridge was sold to a Holden corporation for $7.1 million.

People are on the move at Saint Vincent Hospital, Rockland Trust, and ERA Key Realty Services.

Despite progress in the lower rungs of higher education’s leadership ladder, women are not equally represented in the industry’s top executive spot.

MassDevelopment has expanded its Property Assessed Clean Energy Massachusetts program, once available only to existing buildings, to include new construction projects.

Tree House Brewing Co., which opened a fermentory on a 100-acre Woodstock farm in 2019, has begun offering retail sales at its Connecticut facility.

New York-based Northeast Grocery, Inc., parent company of Price Chopper and Market 32 supermarkets, has named John Persons as the company’s new chief operating officer and Mike Miller as chief administrative officer, both newly-created positions at the company.

Nichols College in Dudley has received a $100,000 commitment from an alum, 1972 graduate Ed Donahue. Donahue’s donation will support students from areas local to Dudley.

Vintage Rebel Curiosity Shop in Leicester refers to itself as “We’re one of those ‘don't know you need it until you see it’ kind of stores.”