Leicester

The owners of the Twisted Fork Bistro in Leicester closed that restaurant and now opened a new one, 185 Bistro on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester.

MassDevelopment has expanded its Property Assessed Clean Energy Massachusetts program, once available only to existing buildings, to include new construction projects.

Vintage Rebel Curiosity Shop in Leicester refers to itself as “We’re one of those ‘don't know you need it until you see it’ kind of stores.”

Shop owner Sheri Putnam, together with her husband Bob Putnam and Design Coordinator Susan Krysinski, maintain an ever-rotating stock of farmhouse-styled merchandise that all but bursts off the shelves.

California-based Realty Income Corp. has begun acquiring Cumberland Farms locations as part of a $1.5-billion sale-leaseback deal with United Kingdom-based EG Group.

The Leicester Garden Apartments at 1671 Main St. in Leicester sold on Wednesday for $4 million, according to the Worcester District Registry of Deeds.

Leicester nonprofit ARCHway will merge under the umbrella of the Worcester nonprofit Seven Hills Foundation on April 1.

Sandwich shop Ziggy Bombs, which opened its first permanent location in December on Franklin Street in Worcester, plans to open a second store in Leicester. 

By purchasing well-established marijuana stores, Sean "Diddy" Combs is buying into already profitable establishments with a proven track record. His investment creates the first minority-owned, vertically-integrated multi-state cannabis operator in America.

Sean “Diddy” Combs – the rapper, businessman, and producer – is buying three cannabis businesses in Worcester and Leicester, as part of a $185-million deal to buy 12 marijuana locations in Massachusetts, New York, and Illinois.