Central Mass. South

About two years after announcing his business’s closure, Albert Maykel sold the plaza which formerly housed the Living Earth Market on Chandler Street in Worcester for $1.5 million, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

Swissturn/USA, an Oxford-based Swiss screw machine manufacturer, announced on Monday its full transition to being fully employee owned after the final stage of the process was completed on Dec. 23.

The dispensary already served adult-use customers. 

Central Massachusetts communities have received roughly $44.3 million in loans and $5.6 million in loan forgiveness grants from the state treasurer to go towards improvements to drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, according to a Thursday release from the office of State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, who is also chair of the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust.

Whiskey Rocks Bar & Rodeo, a western-style restaurant in Dudley, opened Dec. 29 after six months of renovations and preparations, according to a Facebook post.

To help you navigate the ins and outs of the region's business community, WBJ has compiled a list for its Economic Forecast edition of 22 people who will have an outsized role in shaping those trends.

Every year, WBJ's editorial staff makes 10 predictions for news events in the coming year. Turns out, 2021 was almost impossible to predict, as we got three right.

Spencer laminated film manufacturer FLEXcon Co., Inc. is promoting CFO Aimee Peacock to the role of president of FLEXcon North America, effective Jan. 30.

Eleven Central Massachusetts communities are receiving a portion of the 2.1-million at-home COVID tests set to be distributed by the Gov. Charlie Baker administration, per a Monday announcement.

Nichols College in Dudley announced it will launch a new center to train students in robotic process automation, according to a Dec. 1 press release.