Hudson-based Avidia Bank announced Monday that it has dropped its solar loan rate down to 1.89 percent for Massachusetts residents seeking to finance their residential solar systems.
Assumption College announced Monday that it has secured a $1 million grant from the George I. Alden Trust of Worcester towards the college's new academic building that will house the business studies department.
As credit unions' market share expands in Massachusetts, the state bankers association says that growth is unfair to banks and against the public interest.
Steven Rothschild is building the Armory Business Center in the South Worcester Industrial Park where he hopes to attract small manufacturers and other industrial users.
While cities like Worcester and Boston have a higher number of millionaires, laid-back communities in MetroWest have some of the highest concentrations in the state.