Athol

MassDevelopment has provided $28.2 million in financing to help pay for the construction of a three-story medical building to expand access to care on the Athol Hospital campus.

A former bank supervisor at Athol Savings Bank is facing federal embezzlement charges after allegedly withdrawing more than $100,000 from customer accounts, including from 84 and 88-year-old customers.

Athol precision measuring and cutting tools manufacturer L.S. Starrett Co.is suspending its quarterly dividend program indefinitely.

Fast-growing Westford restaurant chain 110 Grill is opening its 13th location Feb. 27 in Athol.

A three-month WBJ investigation into 75 prominent Central Massachusetts business organizations found women comprise a disproportionately low percentage of senior executives and board seats.

Grocery shopping can be a mundane experience, a get-in-and-get-out exercise not exactly stirring up passion. Then there's Whole Foods Market and Market Basket.

Recreational and medical marijuana could be a $1.1-billion industry in Massachusetts by 2020, and Athol wants in.

The Wellesley College philosophy professor who bought the Main Street building in Worcester wants to start the Emengini Institute for Comparative Studies.

Heywood Medical Group's Tully Family Medicine practice has relocated to a new, expanded office in the North Quabbin Commons Plaza in Athol.

Gardner-based Heywood Healthcare has signed a provider agreement with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to provide healthcare services to veterans.