Fitchburg

A number of local companies have announced new hires and promotions, including bankHometown in Oxford, SALMON Health and Retirement in Milford, NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs in Worcester, and Rollstone Bank & Trust in Fitchburg

The saga over the proposed closure of the Leominster maternity center is part of a national struggle beset by doctor shortages, rising maternal morbidity, and money-losing operations.

The North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce has won the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives 2023 Chamber of the Year award, the first chamber in New England to win the honor.

Following the organization’s success in Worcester, the nonprofit Worcester Regional Food Hub is aiming to open a new facility, Fitchburg Public Market, in October.

MedStar Ambulance, along with its parent company Critical Systems, reached a $2.6-million settlement with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office over allegations of false MassHealth submissions.

The former Baldwinville Elementary School in Templeton will be the site of a 54-unit mixed-income apartment community, the first multifamily project permitted in the town in 25 years.

Fitchburg Comprehensive Treatment Center, an outpatient opioid addiction treatment provider, has expanded its programming and medication-assisted treatment plans.

Despite progress in the lower rungs of higher education’s leadership ladder, women are not equally represented in the industry’s top executive spot.

Montachusett Regional Transit Authority, or MART, will receive a $685,746 grant from the Federal Transit Administration to develop a regional app to make travel for North County residents easier and less expensive.

Littleton-based Workers Credit Union is launching a construction initiative, updating 11 of the credit union’s 18 locations over the next few years.