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Harrington Physician Services in Southbridge will shift to a full-time gynecology office by the end of the month, with obstetrics shifting to other offices in a new partnership.

Nichols College began offering courses in Marlborough for the first time during the just-completed school year, but later this month it will ceremonially mark its expansion into MetroWest.

Oxford fiber laser equipment manufacturer IPG Photonics is planning at least $215 million in expansions and new buildings at two different sites in town.

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester is opening a new behavioral health wing of its emergency department on Monday as it seeks to meet a growing need.

Nearly a year after a Harrington Hospital nurse was stabbed, Harrington and UMass Memorial Medical Center are among the few hospitals in the state to have shored up security.

Craft beer maker Tree House Brewing Co. is planning a 16,000-square-foot expansion of its 52,000-square-foot headquarters in Charlton.

On July 1, Massachusetts will open the doors to its newest industry: Retail weed.

Family businesses likely don't see themselves as dictatorships, but to be multi-generational businesses, they've survived by adapting and looking ahead instead of how things have been done in previous generations.

Habitat for Humanity MetroWest/Greater Worcester, Harrington Physician Services and AdCare Hospital are some of several Central Massachusetts companies to recently announce new hires.

More Massachusetts nurses are saying they have to care for too many patients at once, now up to 61 percent of those surveyed by the Massachusetts Nurses Association.