Spencer

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.

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

A former car dealership at 16 Main St. in Spencer has sold for $150,000, according to Worcester real estate firm Kelleher & Sadowsky.

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.

Worcester-based Reliant Medical Group has hired Dr. Eric Lupoli to its Department of Internal Medicine in Spencer.

Volunteers from Leominster Credit Union participated in one of the largest meal-packing events for United Way of North Central Mass. More than 100,000 meals were packaged by 400 volunteers for 20 local food pantries at the Double Tree by Hilton in Leominster. Benefitting pantries are in Athol, Leominster, Fitchburg, Gardner, Devens, Pepperell, Templeton, Winchendon and Westminster. Pictured (from left, front row) are Nancy Daigle, Ann Younie, Meghan Thomas and Susan Landry; (middle row) Cindy Holder and Stephanie and Lucas Hyles; and (back row) Stan Hyles.

Raw milk is back on the legislative menu this session, with a majority of the House signing onto a farm bill that Westport Rep. Paul Schmid said would benefit legislative districts from the urban cores to the rolling pastures and forests far from Boston.

Spencer adhesives manufacturer FLEXcon will partner with a Needham company to create new technology for life-support systems, the firm said Tuesday.

Manufacturing executive Lavon Winkler has been named president of Spencer adhesive manufacturer FLEXcon.

Gov. Charlie Baker on Friday morning vetoed legislative Democrats' controversial package of pay raises worth $18 million for lawmakers, judges and constitutional officers, in a move that may carry more political weight for the Republican governor than practical implications.