Southbridge

Harrington Hospital will close its inpatient pediatric unit at the end of March due to a low patient volume and instead transfer patients to UMass Memorial.

The industry, which in its infancy relies on companies with ready access to cash, is not very diverse.

Sudbury has the highest median household income of any community in Central Massachusetts and the fourth highest in the state at $170,945, according to new Census data.

The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission has rolled out what it calls is the country's first social equity program for the marijuana industry.

The owner of a craft beer restaurant franchise has purchased the Riviera Show Club on Southbridge Street, but no changes are planned just yet.

A renovation of the former Whitinsville Medical Center and an expansion of a Southbridge manufacturer were approved by the state for tax breaks Thursday.

A new manufacturer is joining the Southbridge Innovation Center as the property owner refinances.

The education and social services agency Worcester Community Action Council has received a $1 million state loan to launch an early education program in Webster.

It was all hands on deck in Leicester as marijuana dispensary Cultivate opened at 8 a.m. Nov. 20 to thousands of consumers who had been anticipating the rollout of the state's legal marijuana industry for more than two years.

Milford Regional Medical Center, Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick and Heywood Hospital in Gardner have been rated the safest hospitals in Central Massachusetts.