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New hires and promotions at companies like AAFCPAs in Westborough, Bryley Sytems in Clinton, Concierge Physical Therapy in Sutton, Reliant Medical Group and Framingham State University.

AMSC announced $11 million in orders last week. The orders, from D-Var Statcom system which serves the renewable energy sector in the U.S. and Australia, are expected to provide voltage regulation by responding to varying load conditions while connecting wind power plants to the electric grid, the company said.

State Rep. Jennifer Benson (D-Lunenburg) will resign to become president of the Alliance for Business Leadership.

The registered nurses at Steward Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, who are represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, have ratified a new three-year contract.

Ayer energy systems manufacturer AMSC lost $8.4 million in the last quarter of its fiscal year on $14.6 million in revenues. 

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has issued a demand for Ayer food production company Nasoya Foods to pay $5,000 for air pollution violations.

Two Central Massachusetts hospitals gave sharply diverging news on labor relations Thursday.

Check out which professionals are on the move in Central Mass.

A timeline to open the Red Sox ballpark by 2021 leaves the city little wiggle room to buy and relocate businesses in just a few months.

Devens has rebounded with thousands of jobs since the military base closed, but a central component of the military era remains vacant. A new plan hopes to add residences there.