Friendly's is closing its Holden and Framingham restaurants among 23 corporate-owned locations across the Northeast, leaving seven stores in Central Massachusetts.
Five Central Massachusetts businesses, including two in Worcester and one in Shrewsbury, are among the U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Week honorees for Massachusetts.
Worcester Regional Airport has an economic impact of $97 million, according to a study released last month by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
Charlton craft beer maker Tree House Brewing Co. was one of the country's fastest-growing breweries last year, according to a new report from a national beer group.
Marlborough medical device manufacturer Oxford Immunotec has grabbed the chief financial officer from GE Healthcare in U.S. and Canada to replace its retiring financial chief.