Southbridge

SpencerBANK and Southbridge Savings Bank have taken the merger of their holding companies one step further. Last month, the banks announced they would merge as one institution and rebrand as Cornerstone Bank.

Seven of the 11 hospitals in Central Massachusetts had four-year readmissions rates lower than the state average, according to new data released Wednesday from the state Center for Health Information and Analysis.

MetroWest Medical Center matched the most recent state average for how often patients are readmitted, according to new data from the Center for Health Information and Analysis.

SpencerBANK and Southbridge Savings Bank, which merged their holding companies in May, will now merge as one institution and rebrand as Cornerstone Bank.

As part of Kate Alexander's desire to create a more sustainable, community-centric Southbridge Credit Union – increasing its $175 million in assets currently under management – she is ramping up efforts to provide more services to the credit union's members.

Southbridge Savings Bank donated $2,500 to the Nativity School of Worcester, to update its art program.

Stigmas surrounding medications like methadone and suboxone are prevalent, but providers see them as useful tools in treating addiction.

Central Massachusetts had nearly no customers without power by mid-morning Wednesday following a storm in which 60,000 were reported without power at one point.

Southbridge Credit Union announced Wednesday it has made Kate Alexander its permanent CEO after appointing her to the role on an interim basis in December.

The Wound Care Center at Harrington has received an award for excellence from Healogics Inc.