Auburn

The effort by Worcester officials to convince the Red Sox' Triple-A affiliate to move from Rhode Island to Worcester was joined by 98 key Central Massachusetts business leaders.

The former Pelletier's Building Supply on Water Street in Fitchburg is finding new use in retail.

Two years after it was formed, Central Massachusetts' tourism marketing agency is struggling for financial support from 34 of its 35 towns.

A 77-room Holiday Inn Express opened last month on Route 20, and as soon as September, work will begin on a new building with 28 hotel rooms at the Publick House.

The Pleasant Valley Crossing shopping center in Sutton has expanded by nearly four acres with the purchase of adjacent soccer fields.

Golden Pizza, a chain with locations in Worcester, Shrewsbury and Auburn, has agreed to pay $584,000 in back wages and damages for 73 employees for failing to comply with overtime regulations.

Saint Vincent Medical Group announced the move of its primary care office in Auburn and expansions in Worcester and Northborough Wednesday.

Eight destinations in Central Massachusetts, including Old Sturbridge Village and Worcester's EcoTarium, were among those receiving funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

As retailers across the country are expected to close thousands of locations this year, the Greendale Mall may need an unlikely rebound to avoid becoming another mall that couldn't make it through the online shopping trend.

Reliant Medical Group plans to move into the former Macy's home goods store at the Auburn Mall by next summer, taking up a large vacancy at the mall after plans for a movie theater fell through.