Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner, along with three Central Massachusetts vocational schools and the nonprofit Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership in Auburn, received $1.57 million in funding for workforce development programs which partner with local businesses.
The former headquarters of BJ’s Wholesale Club at 25 Research Drive in Westborough was sold on Friday for $32 million, a few months after a redevelopment plan was approved for the site.
An entity affiliated with Boston real estate firm Foxfield, LLC, purchased a 3.8-acre Marlborough industrial property at 410 Forest St. for $5 million.
Beer has become big business. In Massachusetts, the industry supports more than 14,000 employees and, according to the Brewers Association, had an economic impact of more than $1.6 billion in 2021.
Months after Heywood Healthcare, one of the few Central Massachusetts independent community healthcare systems, entered formal non-binding discussions to affiliate with UMass Memorial Health of Worcester, the merger has been called off.