Auburn

Just weeks after announcing plans to close 182 stores, including four in Central Massachusetts, Toys R Us is now planning to end its U.S. operations.

BJ's Wholesale Club joins a growing list of now eight Central Massachusetts retailers to partner with online grocery delivery service Instacart.

A Millbury sewage disposal company is being sued by Attorney General Maura Healey's office for allegedly dumping septage and waste into the town's sewer system and skirting local sewage fees.

The Westminster-based Wachusett Brewing Co. has unleashed a new beer called the Fergal Project, a collaboration between the brewery and former Guinness brewer Fergal Murray, now a brewery consultant.

A three-story 45,900-square-foot medical office building has been approved for a Grove Street site in Worcester long used for metal fabrication.

Many women in business are often one of few women – if not the only one – in the room, where they feel they aren't treated the same as their male counterparts.

New York information technology firm Usherwood Office Technology will open an office on Sword Street in Auburn.

Kate Sharry, the owner of Auburn business consulting firm Group Benefits Strategies, is the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce's new chairwoman.

A summary of notable hires and promotions at Central Mass. companies, including Girls Inc., Central One Federal Credit Union and YOU, Inc.

These properties – which could host retail, housing, industrial or office complexes, or some mix – are practically hiding in plain sight, simply waiting for the right buyer or builder.