Southbridge

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.

Harrington HealthCare Systems in Southbridge has been granted $440,000 from the state Department of Health and Human Services to help better manage chronic disease.

Harrington Healthcare will anchor a new 43,000-square-foot office building on Route 20 in Sturbridge.

The main entrance of the company's new digs in Southbridge is highlighted by displays of kits used by some of the company's most famous clients, including drummers from Slipknot, Green Day and Imagine Dragons.

The 60,000-square-foot facility custom drum manufacturer SJC Drums just moved into is booming with potential.

As mental health providers in Central Massachusetts have expanded services to meet a growing need, they bump up against a capacity strained by funding and staffing limits.

Health care is expensive in Massachusetts, but when it comes to health and rehabilitation centers, staffing levels here are generally above national averages, statistics show.

A decade after its opening, The Hanover Theatre is cruising. It hit 231 performances and 214,000 patrons last year, both all-time highs.

LLB Architects, a Rhode Island architectural firm that designs commercial, residential and other developments, will open a Worcester office next month, it announced Wednesday.

UMass Medical Center and Memorial Hospital merged two decades ago, wanting to keep local control and changing health care in the region.