APRIL A. PERRY was promoted to assistant vice president/consumer loan underwriting manager for Workers' Credit Union in Fitchburg. A 33-year veteran of the union, Perry most recently served as its consumer loan underwriting manager. Over the years, she helped lead the launch of loan software systems and also serves on the operations/technology steering committee. She lives in Leominster and has volunteered at Our Father's Table and at St. Joseph's Church, both in Fitchburg.
The Laurel Hill Apartment Complex in Auburn has been sold for just under $4 million to Micozzi Management of Worcester amid a flurry of interest, Kelleher & Sadowsky Associates announced Tuesday.
In a move that the Baker-Polito administration says will result in more jobs, $8.9 million has been distributed to 87 companies and training organizations around the state to help train more than 7,500 workers, with Worcester organizations receiving roughly $650,000 in training funds.
As Worcester strives to grow its business base with new hotels, an expanding medical industry and courting startups, the city continues to rely upon long-time businesses, many of which started here and continue to make the region their home.
Imperial Distributors of Worcester will build a new distribution facility off of Route 146 at the former site of U.S. Steel, consolidating its operations in a built-to-suit building.
An 82,000-square-foot parcel in Auburn has sold for $725,000 and will be used by BJ's Wholesale Club to build a gas station near its Route 20 store, according to NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs of Worcester.
When Chris Lloyd started working at Auburn beverage distribution company Atlas Distributing Inc., he was a young, single guy who didn't much care about the company's benefits. More than a decade later, he said, they're a big reason he wouldn't think of working anywhere else.
Innovation, as a word, is massively overused. At this point, companies and job applicants that don't use the words “innovative” or “innovation” in their descriptions are the ones who are really breaking the mold.