Ayer

According to marijuana industry advocates and lawmakers, cities and towns ask for what they call exorbitant cash payments and services, which advocates say don't comply with the law.

City councilors on Wednesday approved the borrowing of nearly $101 million to pay for a ballpark in the Canal District and other ordinances for the project.

UMass Medical School had nearly 4,000 applications for 161 seats this fall, and its enrollment has spiked in the past decade.

Michelle Moran is not a likely master of the skincare and beauty industry, but the Maynard resident got a hang of it about as quickly as anyone could have.

The president of Nashoba Valley Medical Center, Sal Perla, has resigned, the Ayer hospital announced Tuesday.

Ayer energy company AMSC saw revenues rise 41 percent in the first quarter, hitting $12.6 million, the company reported Tuesday.

Movers and shakers in Central Massachusetts from July 9 to July 23.

Fresh off of a series of legal victories in a longstanding dispute with a Chinese company, AMSC is getting back to business with $11 million worth of orders for its energy management systems.

The Devens Enterprise Commission said Tuesday it is fighting against a lawsuit that alleges Devens has allowed polluted rainwater to enter the Nashua River.

A Chinese wind turbine manufacturer has been fined $1.5 million by a U.S. federal court for stealing trade secrets from Ayer-based AMSC.