Central Mass. South

Owners of Teddy G’s restaurant in Sturbridge, Jenna and Ted Gidopoulos, have completed the purchase of a former Friendly’s at 367 Main St. in the same town for $1.5 million, and announced on Monday plans to turn the building into a brick oven pizza spot.

Goya Foods in Webster is nearing Webster Planning Board approval for a proposed 129,600-square-foot expansion to its existing facility off of Cudworth Road.

UMass Memorial Health on Thursday celebrated the official merger with Harrington HealthCare, which has operations in Southbridge and Webster, as well as other outposts.

Tree House Brewing Co. in Charlton produced more barrels of beer in 2020 than any other brewer in Central Massachusetts, according to new data from the WBJ Research Department.

Nichols College’s Institute for Women’s Leadership will be named for outgoing president Susan West Engelkemeyer, who retired in June after 10 years at the Dudley school, the college’s board of trustees announced on Wednesday.

Harrington HealthCare System has announced it has achieved two major milestones in the battle against the coronavirus: 50,000 vaccines and 60,000 tests administered.

A Connecticut contractor has been fined $67,250 for asbestos violations that occurred during the demolition of the infamous former Rox’s Nightclub in Oxford, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection announced Thursday morning.

The Vault currently has a provisional license for the location, according to public data with the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, with several approvals yet to go before it can open.

Peoplare on the move at Mutual One Bank, North Brookfield Savings Bank, GFA Federal Credit Union and more.

North Brookfield Savings Bank has named Mark Drew, most recently of Stoneham Bank, as its new senior vice president and chief commercial lending officer, within the bank’s commercial lending department, the company announced Thursday.