Clinton

The coronavirus lockdowns began in March 2020 lasted longer for indoor performance venues than nearly every other type of business, cutting off the main revenue streams for these Central Massachusetts hubs for arts and culture until May 2021.

A property containing a Rite Aid in Clinton sold on Tuesday, along with several surrounding vacant lots, for just over $3.1 million, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

The Strand in Clinton announced Thursday the historic theater will close permanently at the end of December.

A nearly 346,000-square-foot Clinton warehouse sold for $55.8 million as part of a four-building, $173-million investment sale, according to the real estate database CoStar.

People are on the move at UMass Memorial Medical Group, Bryley Systems, Shrewsbury Federal Credit Union and more.

The site of a renovation project set to become a cannabis cultivation facility in Clinton sold for $16.6 million on Nov. 18, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

People are on the move at Greater Worcester Community Foundation, North Brookfield Savings Bank, Reliant Medical Group, and more.

Central Massachusetts is home to a wide range of manufacturing companies, including healthcare, industrial, and technology. Here are the five largest manufacturers in the region when ranked by number of local employees, according to surveys completed by the WBJ Research Department.

UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester has seen an increase in COVID-positive patients from 35 to 54 cases in less than one week, forcing the hospital to go on an elevated alert status, according to a Tuesday press release.

The coronavirus pandemic created 15 long months of no business at The Strand historic cinema draft house in Clinton, which shows a variety of movies a few months, years, and even decades after they first debuted in theaters.