Fitchburg

Students, faculty and staff wanting to participate in upcoming semesters must now be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at Worcester schools the College of the Holy Cross, Clark University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

The unemployment rate in Massachusetts ticked down 0.2 percentage points to 6.5% in April, continuing the steady decline from the high rates since the state of the coronavirus pandemic.

Fitchburg contract manufacturer Micron Solutions has sold its main manufacturing facility, with a leaseback, for $3.8 million amid a first quarter that saw increases in revenue and profits in comparison to the first quarter of 2020.

The unemployment rate in the city of Worcester dropped a full percentage point from February to March, hitting its lowest level since the coronavirus pandemic began.

An entity registered in Sharon has paid more than $1.7 million to buy Fitchburg's Country Plaza, a two-building shopping center at the southern end of Ashby State Road.

Fitchburg, Framingham, Worcester State and their counterparts statewide will require students to receive COVID-19 vaccines this fall, they said in a joint announcement Friday.

A firm registered to owners in Chelmsford and Burlington have paid $2.6 million for a pair of adjacent buildings on the eastern edge of downtown Fitchburg.

The North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce is strongly encouraging business owners to fill out its open business impact survey as it determines how to best support the local economy as it begins recovering from the coronavirus pandemic.

Worcester, Framingham, Fitchburg, Hudson and Hopkinton are among 31 youth substance abuse prevention programs across the state sharing in $3.8 million in new state grants.

The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration has awarded $1.1 million to Central Massachusetts municipalities and nonprofits as part of a new Regional Pilot Project Grant Program aimed at helping bolster economic recovery by supporting uniquely regional challenges, according to a Thursday announcement.