Auburn

Auburn-based solar company Solar Wolf Energy announced abruptly in a Wednesday Facebook post it will close its operations, leaving more than 50 Yarmouth residents without fully installed solar panel systems, despite having paid.

A 55-unit, mixed-income senior housing complex at the former Mary D. Stone Elementary School in Auburn officially opened on Thursday.

Hometown Financial Group, Inc., the holding company for bankHometown in Oxford, plans to acquire Randolph Bancorp, Inc. the Quincy-based holding company of Envision Bank, for $146.5 million.

Kaz Borawski of Wilbraham has been hired by North Brookfield Savings Bank as its new senior vice president, CFO, and treasurer.

Spectrum Internet, a communications technology provider affiliated with Charter Communications, Inc., has doubled the starting download speed of its internet service from 100 to 200 Mbps throughout its Central Mass. locations, according to a Tuesday press release.

Proline Services, Inc., an Auburn-based countertop producer, bought a 17,100-square-foot warehouse in Oxford for $1.2 million.

In 2021, consumers had the most complaints against Central Massachusetts utilities and auto dealers.

The operators of New World Van Lines sold its Massachusetts corporate office in Auburn for $2.8 million in a deal closed Thursday, said Andrew Murray of A. Murray Real Estate, LLC, who was the sole broker in the transaction.

Yong Shing Restaurant in Auburn has been sold to Asian cuisine restaurateur Min Xia Li, who bought the eatery for $1.4 million, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

A property along Worcester’s Main Street including two commercial buildings sold for $5 million to an entity registered to Barry Lundgren, the owner of an Auburn-based Honda car dealership.