Fitchburg

MassEcon, the Family Health Center of Worcester, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, Reliant Medical Group, the Mass. Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and Central One Federal Credit Union all saw personnel moves.

A group made up largely of alumni has come together to ensure the school will stay open, even as it will no longer receive financial support from its longtime formal tie with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester.

Town & Country Apartments, a 248-unit complex on the Fitchburg-Leominster line, has sold for $23 million.

After just two full terms in the House, Rep. Stephan Hay does not plan to seek re-election in 2020, an apparent change of plans that makes him the tenth incumbent and ninth House Democrat to announce they'll retire at the end of the year.

Fitchburg has received $100,000 and Worcester $95,000 to help spur economic vitality in city neighborhoods.

Worcester Business Journal publishes a podcast every Monday called The Weekly Business Report, a forward-looking news segment designed to make Central Massachusetts business professional informed about what is going to happen in the local economy.

A 2019 WBJ investigation into the gender breakdown of the leadership at 75 Central Massachusetts prominent business organizations found 35% were women, an increase from 33% in 2018. This year, the percentage went backward.

Steven Duvarney, 52, of Lancaster has been re-elected as chairman and Brian Galonek of Sturbridge as vice chairman to bankHometown's board of directors.

Congress enacted the Opportunity Zone program three years ago to provide tax incentives for investment in low-income communities. But will investors seize the opportunity?

In 2017, Revolutionary Clinics Co-founder Ryan Ansin launched his cultivation facility in Fitchburg at the family’s 135-year-old factory. The 32-year-old entrepreneur talked with WBJ about the challenges and opportunities facing the budding industry.