Fitchburg

(UPDATED) A state panel has upheld a series of tax incentives for the Great Wolf Lodge water park and hotel in Fitchburg after a carpenters' union alleged the company failed to use local contractors to build the facility and that subcontractors did not comply with some labor laws.

The Fitchburg State University Board of Trustees have selected Richard S. Lapidus to be the university's 11th president beginning in July, the school announced Thursday afternoon.

More governments and nonprofit groups across Central Massachusetts are focusing on culture and the arts as money-making cornerstones capable of anchoring entire neighborhoods while making cities more livable.

Three educators from outside Massachusetts have emerged as finalists to succeed the retiring Robert Antonucci as president of Fitchburg State University, the school announced.

Several banks and a credit union with operations in to Central Massachusetts have been honored by the state's office of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for lending to businesses during the 2014 federal fiscal year, the federal agency announced.

The head of the chamber of commerce in the New Bedford area will move north and take on the same role at the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce, its board of directors announced Monday morning.

Worcester city councilors next week are expected to hold their annual tax classification hearing, and the business community is again lobbying to shrink the gap between the residential and commercial/industrial rates. The council has done that in two of the last three years, and should do so again.

Fitchburg State University graduates who plan to pursue studies in osteopathic medicine will be able to take advantage of a program with a Pennsylvania school after the two institutions signed an agreement.

Medical device manufacturer Arrhythmia Research Technology of Fitchburg (NYSE:HRT) turned in its third straight profitable quarter as revenue jumped nearly 28 percent over the third quarter of 2013, the company announced Wednesday.

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