Devens

The de-facto town manager for Devens, Thatcher Kezer, is headed to Framingham to be the city's top appointed executive.

Newburyport pharmaceutical manufacturer PCI Synthesis announced last week that it has achieved double-digit growth for the fourth consecutive year, along with hitting new milestones and entering into new markets in the start of 2018, which marks the company's 20th anniversary.

Devens energy product manufacturer AMSC reported Monday another quarter of losses, this time $4.2 million in the third quarter, and $26.7 million for the company's fiscal year so far.

The Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise will close its longtime offices this month, leaving its shrinking staff to work remotely just three months after its editor was laid off.

Devens-based maker of equipment for the alternative energy industry AMSC will sell its Jackson Road headquarters for $23 million, the company announced Thursday.

A federal court has found a Chinese wind turbine manufacturer guilty of stealing trade secrets from Devens-based AMSC, which caused the loss of 70 percent of AMSC's workforce.

Energy grid and planning company AMSC of Devens has begun work on an electrical control system for a wind turbine manufacturer helping to build an offshore wind project in South Korea.

These properties – which could host retail, housing, industrial or office complexes, or some mix – are practically hiding in plain sight, simply waiting for the right buyer or builder.

Homes are being sold in Massachusetts again after months of slow sales, including in Worcester County, where 762 single-family homes were sold in November.

The trends are going in the right direction for homeowners: an increase in prices and a sharp drop this year in foreclosures, both in Central Massachusetts and across the state. A tight supply market means finding a home is more difficult.