Shrewsbury

Area restaurateurs and longtime friends Son Vo and Tam Le have officially opened Chashu Ramen + Izakaya at 38 Franklin St. in Worcester.

Cytiva, the rebranded GE Healthcare Life Sciences, is planning a new site in Shrewsbury as part of a worldwide expansion that includes roughly 200 additional jobs in Massachusetts.

An unusually large share of coronavirus deaths in Worcester County — nearly four out of five — have taken place in long-term care facilities such as nursing homes, according to state data.

Christopher Lemley, the president of Sentry Auto Group in Shrewsbury, has bought the Shrewsbury property on which his Lincoln and Mazda dealerships on Route 9 sit, for just under $4.8 million.

An 80,000-square-foot building on Route 9 in Shrewsbury that formerly housed the medical technology company Valeritas has sold for about $6.3 million.

Illinois cannabis company PharmaCann Inc. opened an adult-use marijuana dispensary at 939 Boston Turnpike in Shrewsbury on Tuesday, according to a press release. It is the first marijuana dispensary in the town.

Lever of North Adams announced 13 finalists, including three from Central Massachusetts, for the first round of its COVID-19 Intrapreneur Challenge on Tuesday.

The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission agreed to levy $800,000 in fines against three cannabis companies at their regular meeting on Thursday.

It’s been a worrying few months financially since the coronavirus pandemic hit in March – and that’s for those who’ve kept their job or their business in operation.

New housing starts reached their post-recession peak in 2019, and the Central Mass. need for more may shield the industry from the next recession