Leicester

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.

People are on the move at Country Bank, Spectrum Health Systems, Inc., RCAP Solutions, and more.

Becker College, which announced its closure in March, has sold the majority of its Worcester campus to local developer Russ Haims, returning more than $15 million in assessed property value to Worcester's tax rolls.

After the Town of Leicester officially purchases the portion of the former Becker College campus that exists within its borders, Becker will use the proceeds from that sale to pay debts.

The 8,448-square-foot Castle Restaurant in Leicester sold for $1 million on Tuesday, according to the Worcester County Registry of Deeds.

Leicester voters overwhelmingly approved two warrant articles to pay for the purchase of and cover operational costs of the bulk of the former Becker College campus at a special town meeting on Tuesday night.

Cresco Labs, a publicly traded Chicago-based cannabis company operating in multiple states with $476 million in annual revenue, announced on Friday it had completed an acquisition of Cultivate.

The Town of Leicester has entered into an agreement with former Becker College and has the option for full acquisition of its Leicester campus for $17.8 million, said Assistant Town Administrator Kristen Forsberg.

Becker College’s Worcester campus so blends into its neighborhood west of downtown someone could pass through and, if it weren’t for the blue Becker banners on a few dozen buildings, barely notice it’s a campus at all.

Becker College will permanently close at the end of the spring semester, the Worcester school announced Monday morning, bringing a growing crisis in higher education to the city.