Central Mass. South

The tax break for IPG Photonics' planned $70 million expansion of its Oxford headquarters has been approved by the state.

The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce has hired two new staff members. ALEX GUARDIOLA has been hired...

A Sturbridge retail plaza anchored by a Shaw's, JCPenney and Ocean State Job Lot has sold for $7 million.

Even though marijuana has been legal in Massachusetts for six years, old stigmas die hard.

With the help of mentors, The Queen's Cups emerged from the dark age of my own making.

The former owner of a Sturbridge pizzeria and bar will face 200 hours of community service and a two-year suspended jail sentence for avoiding more than $114,000 in state and local meals tax payments.

Five entities based in or connected to Central Massachusetts have received a share of nearly $2.9 million in state workforce training funds.

Spencer Furniture has thrived in an era when mom-and-pop stores have to increasingly fight against not just brick-and-mortar giants but also online competitors.

Ragged Hill Cider Co. has completed its first year and has already begun expanding capacity and adding more room to the cidery and retail space at the West Brookfield location of Ragged Hill Orchard.

Bay State Savings Bank has promoted three people at its Worcester headquarters: THOMAS BELTON to senior vice...