Fitchburg

Fitchburg State University (FSU) formally opened a Veterans Center in Thompson Hall on Tuesday to support to veterans seeking higher education.

Signet Enterprises of Akron, Ohio, has acquired Publishers Storage & Shipping that owns a warehouse in Fitchburg.

DRS Power Technology, Inc., which operates a machinery manufacturing facility at 166 Boulder Dr. in Fitchburg, will provide over $6,000 worth of energy-efficient lighting to the YMCA of Central Massachusetts as part of a violation settlement with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) for allegedly violating air pollution control regulations, MassDEP announced Tuesday.

Fidelity Bank is set to become the second-largest mutual community bank in Worcester County by agreeing to take over Barre Savings Bank as the two institutions announced a merger accord Wednesday.

Even before he showed up on campus to start his new job in mid-July, Fitchburg State University's new president, Richard Lapidus, had met with major local players such as Mayor Lisa Wong and Roy Nascimento, president and CEO of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce.

More than 14,000 Massachusetts residents have received checks for $205.52 each from Fidelity Bank of Fitchburg as part of a relief fund settlement reached last year with the state, Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin announced Friday.

A class-action lawsuit against Unitil Corp. over its handling of a crippling ice storm in 2008 has been allowed to proceed by a Worcester Superior Court judge.

Nurses at HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster have ratified a new, two-year labor contract that improves staffing ratios and adds new positions, according to their union, the Massachusetts Nurses Association.

The YMCA of Central Massachusetts will install improvements at its five branches, using money from the state's finance and development agency.

Richard S. Lapidus became the 11th president of Fitchburg State University Wednesday.