Central Mass. South

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Millbury Savings Bank and Oxford-based bankHometown are planning to merge and create a financial institution with $1 billion in assets and 15 branch locations in Central Massachusetts and Connecticut.

An early-education program in Webster run by the Worcester Community Action Council will hold a grand opening celebration Friday following a $2.8-million renovation.

A 65,000 square-foot warehouse on Route 20 in Sturbridge has sold for $4 million.

Worcester's first recreational marijuana store is one step closer to opening after Good Chemistry won state approval Thursday for a shop in the Canal District.

The U.S. Treasury said it will file a motion to dismiss the complaint by IPG Photonics and its CEO to be removed from a list of Russian oligarchs.

Discount shoe chain Payless ShoeSource's bankruptcy filing on Monday will bring the closure of eight Central Massachusetts locations.

A group of Central Massachusetts realtors are launching an area chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals.

Women continue to be vastly outnumbered by men at Central Mass. public companies, though improvement has been found in some areas.