Fitchburg

Behavioral Concepts Inc., a company of behavioral clinicians specializing in the care of children with autism, announced Thursday it hired Jill McGrale Maher as the new director of its Fitchburg facility.

Fitchburg State University signed an agreement this week with a police training committee to allow criminal justice students to earn their bachelor's and master's degrees and a police certification in five years.

Foreclosure petitions across Worcester County fell by 46 percent in February, according to a report Monday by The Warren Group.

Central Massachusetts professionals joined and were promoted at firms like Becker College, Abby's House, UniBank, Commerce Bank and Webster Five Cents Savings Bank.

These firms incorporated with the Mass. Secretary of State from Feb. 1-15.

In March, Worcester State University announced it will no longer require undergraduate applicants to submit standardized test scores as a requirement for admission.

At its annual meeting in Leominster on Thursday, the Fitchburg-based Workers Credit Union reported its assets grew 14.29 percent to $1.51 billion, the highest growth in credit unions across the state, it said.

Worcester County is fourth-worst among Massachusetts counties in quality of life, according to a new report that gauges areas' healthiness.

Headwall Photonics, a Fitchburg manufacturer of spectral imaging products, has added a second location in Bolton.

Simonds Saw separated from Simonds International in 2014 after its then-parent company decided to divide its metal business and its wood business into two separate companies.