Ashburnham

Law enforcement and some municipal voices have called for strict regulations for consumption sites. But advocates warn overregulating these businesses will make them stiff and sterile, killing their viability and leaving social equity participants out in the cold

Fitchburg State University, Creative Hub Worcester, and Southborough Historical Society were among the largest recipients of $7.6 million in Cultural Facilities Fund grants statewide from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

The former location of a West Broadway restaurant sold on Wednesday for $1 million.

Led by Worcester manufacturing tech firm Solvus Global, 19 Central Massachusetts firms made the 2022 Inc. 5000, a national list of the fastest growing companies from the New York City magazine.

People are on the move at Fidelity Bank, St. Mary's Credit Union, bankHometown and more.

A cannabis cultivation company paid $1.5 million for a 42,000-square-foot facility at 14 South Pleasant St. in Ashburnham, according to the North Worcester County Registry of Deeds.

More than 200 acres of wooded land at the southern slope of Mount Watatic at the Ashburnham and Ashby line have been bought for conservation by the Leominster-based North County Land Trust.

A pair of cannabis business entrepreneurs are proposing a cannabis cultivation and manufacturing facility at 0 Winchendon Road in Ashburnham.

Boston preservation group The Trustees has acquired the 296-acre Jewell Hill Farm, which spans Ashby, Ashburnham and Fitchburg to protect the drinking water supply, the organization announced on Wednesday.

Six small Massachusetts communities are suddenly on the lookout for accountant services after the president of a Maynard-based company decided to close shop.