Fitchburg

Mount Wachusett Community College and Fitchburg State University have created an agreement to ease the transfer process between the schools for students pursuing degrees in middle school or secondary education.

A new report shows Greater Worcester is significantly behind the stagnated state in having women as leaders.

Five Central Massachusetts organizations were among the list of 51 community development corporations and community service organizations slated to receive $9.5 million in tax credits from the state’s Community Investment Tax Credit program, according to a Thursday press release.

The Worcester County Bar Association picked attorney Leonardo Angiulo as its new president-elect at its annual meeting on June 14. 

Ken Bates, the CEO of Worcester nonprofit Open Sky Community Services, has been named the new chair of the Association for Behavioral Healthcare, a statewide nonprofit organization representing 81 community-based behavioral healthcare providers. 

Six years after cannabis legalization, the fledgling industry remains unequal. But two new bills aim to make good on that promise of bringing equity.

The goal of this effort is to better the health of community members in 11 communities: Ashby, Ayer, Bolton, Groton, Harvard, Lancaster, Littleton, Lunenburg, Pepperell, Shirley, and Townsend.

A Fitchburg company producing high-precision molding for medical and consumer packaging has been acquired by a Michigan-based industrial technology company.

Overall, more than 20,000 PPP loans for a total of $1.8 billion were given out to businesses across Worcester County, with more than 4,800 and $450 million of those loans going to businesses within the city of Worcester, according to data from the SBA.

MassDevelopment, the state’s economic development financing agency, awarded $315,175 to a developer planning to redevelop a vacant three-story building in downtown Fitchburg.