Auburn

Central Massachusetts professionals are being hired and promoted at organizations including bankHometown, Vision Advertising, and Webster Five.

Four Central Massachusetts businesses have received a combined $449,354 from a program designed to assist small and midsize manufacturers.

Ohio-based Big Lots has filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Employees at the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, Shepherd & Goldstein of Worcester, and Nichols College in Dudley are on the up and up.

The Massachusetts Manufacturing Pulse Survey, designed to capture trends, challenges and perspectives within the manufacturing sector, is open and accepting entries through the end of August. 

“It has been a great honor to spend the second half of my career at Webster Five,” Doyle said in the press release. “This is not a job that can be done alone, and I am lucky to have worked alongside some of the most dedicated, innovative, and passionate professionals in the industry."

Herr arrives at R.H. White following a nine-year stint as the CFO and treasurer of Hatzel & Buehler, a Delaware-based firm

The Town intends on constructing a three-story firehouse at the location, with room for a future three-story police station at the location as well, according to a presentation made by Auburn Fire Chief Stephen Coleman before the January Town Meeting vote.

While generally supportive of the new rule, the lending industry is concerned about the onus the new requirements put on banks.

The holding company of Oxford-based bankHometown, has reached an agreement to merge with North Shore Bancorp.