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These Central Massachusetts businesses filed their incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office between October...

If you are looking for the true economic and political power in Central Massachusetts, you should start by walking into the Worcester city manager's office at 8:30 a.m. every Friday.

When Chip Norton set out to purchase two office towers in downtown Worcester, he knew modernizing the buildings and the adjoining property that includes a portion of a former mall would be key to the equation.

Tim Garvin, CEO of the United Way of Central Massachusetts, won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, at its annual conference. He was honored for his "thoughtful approach to philanthropy" in forging partnerships between nonprofits, government and communities, according to the organization's website.

It would be the largest acquisition in the history of the technology sector, but for locals, the bigger story is what's ahead for EMC's Hopkinton operations when Dell acquires the data-storage giant for $67 billion.

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from July 1-15, 2015. Listed below are the corporate name, address, ZIP and president.

A handful of MetroWest towns are either home to medical marijuana establishments, or could become home to them following the second round of licensing that kicked off at the end of June. As these new businesses get down to the work of producing and dispensing medicinal marijuana products, the general consensus is that they blend in just fine with their corporate neighbors.

If you're a typical MetroWest resident or business owner, you may not have heard of Security Engineered Machinery Co. in Westborough. But what they make has a major market: the defense industry.

Twenty-seven Central Massachusetts companies are among nearly 200 companies in the Bay State that have been awarded state-funded workforce training grants.

Two months after hinting that it would collaborate with Carewell Urgent Care in the Worcester area, UMass Memorial Health Care has formally announced its affiliation with the Quincy-based urgent care operator.