Southbridge

Eleven Central Massachusetts communities are receiving a portion of the 2.1-million at-home COVID tests set to be distributed by the Gov. Charlie Baker administration, per a Monday announcement.

UMass Memorial-Harrington will not allow visitors in the emergency departments of its Webster and Southbridge campuses, the hospital announced Friday afternoon, citing an increase in COVID-19 cases.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has sent $6.9 million in grants and loans to Ashby, Southbridge, and Sturbridge as part of a larger $222-million pot of funding set aside from improving what it calls critical community facilities, the department announced on Monday. 

People are on the move at Harrington Physician Services, Charles River Bancorp., Fidelity Bank, and more...

On the last Thursday in October, the behavioral health department at UMass Memorial Health - Harrington, in Webster, officially marked the opening of a new and expanded adult psychiatric unit at its campus on Thompson Road.

The number of Worcester residents who died of opioid-related overdoses rose from 81 in 2019 to 103 in 2020, according to new data released Wednesday by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health

People are on the move at Charles River Bank, Training Resources of America, Inc., Bowditch & Dewey, and more.

Construction of a $23-million, 48-unit affordable housing project in Southbridge commenced Thursday, according to a press release from Boston developer WinnCompanies.

Second Chance Animal Services, a nonprofit veterinary hospital based in East Brookfield, will officially open a new location in Southbridge on Thursday, according to a Monday press release from the organization.

UMass Memorial Health -- Harrington Behavioral Health Department announced Friday it has opened a new Adult Psychiatric Unit at its Webster campus on Thompson Road.