Fitchburg

Eleven Central Massachusetts communities are receiving a portion of the 2.1-million at-home COVID tests set to be distributed by the Gov. Charlie Baker administration, per a Monday announcement.

Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg and Leominster, a youth development nonprofit, has hired a veteran of Coca-Cola to be its new CEO.

Fitchburg State University was awarded $475,000 from MassDevelopment for its Main Street Theater Block rehabilitation project, according to a Friday press release from the school.

The number of Worcester residents who died of opioid-related overdoses rose from 81 in 2019 to 103 in 2020, according to new data released Wednesday by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health

QCC leads the 5 Central Mass. state universities and community colleges in recovering from the enrollment ravages of the pandemic.

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp., the economic development branch of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce in Fitchburg, announced on Tuesday it was providing a microloan to Homestead Market in Winchendon.

Massachusetts-based, vertically integrated cannabis company Local Roots opened an adult-use dispensary in Marlborough last week, with plans for a ribbon cutting and grand opening this Friday and Saturday, the company announced on Wednesday.

Sean Smith, owner of 873 Cafe Tavern in Ashby, has received a $75,000 loan through the North Central Massachusetts Development Corporation.

A 44-unit affordable-and-workforce housing development in Fitchburg received $5.3 million in financing from the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, according to a press release from MassHousing.

Resource Management, Inc., a family-owned human resources outsourcing company in Fitchburg, announced founder and current CEO Rey Lopez will step into a new role as director of sales while his daughter and current company president, Rachel Lopez, takes on the CEO.