Central Mass. South

The Saint-Gobain North America Foundation, the corporate foundation of Worcester manufacturer Saint-Gobain, said on Thursday it awarded $170,000 in funding to 21 Greater Worcester nonprofits. 

COVID-19 continues to shape the healthcare landscape across Central Massachusetts, as hospitals grapple with soaring costs and staffing shortages.

In the first month since the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce partnered with Discover Clinton to establish the Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce, the new organization has added seven members, with more inquiries.

Almost three years ago, Tamara Lundi took over leadership of Community Healthlink, the UMass Memorial Health division dedicated to improving the health of people suffering from mental illness, addiction, or homelessness.

Central Massachusetts business organizations with recent hires and promotions include Oriol Health Care, GFA Federal Credit Union, and Bay State Savings Bank.

Six years after cannabis legalization, the fledgling industry remains unequal. But two new bills aim to make good on that promise of bringing equity.

As the chairman and CEO of Southbridge’s first cannabis dispensary, Bob Patton has had a uniquely powerful impact on the town, but it was not easily earned.

Worcester manufacturer New England Industrial Coatings purchased a 17,484-square-foot industrial building at 11 Old Worcester Road in Webster, in order to move its headquarters there.

IPG Photonics, the Oxford-based manufacturer of fiber lasers, is being removed from S&P Global Ratings’ most high-profile index for large companies.

Webster Plaza, a two-building, 70,600-square-foot retail strip in Webster, sold for $5.3 million, according to a Thursday press release from NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs, the Worcester real estate agency which brokered the sale.