Gardner

Two mixed-use parcels on Central Street in Gardner sold for $2.3 million on Thursday to a Shirley limited liability corporation, according to the Worcester District Registry of Deeds.

All-Purpose Storage of Keene, New Hampshire, purchased the location of Rt. 140 Self Storage in Gardner for $7.25 million, according to the Worcester District Registry of Deeds.

The Petersham location of Gardner-based Heywood Healthcare’s addiction treatment facility The Quabbin Retreat has sold to development company, Waterstone Properties Group, Inc. of Needham for $3.3 million, according to the Worcester District Registry of Deeds.

The Worcester Metropolitan Statistical Area seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate remained at 3.7% in July.

Central Massachusetts is brimming with young talent, as scores of people have achieved much in a relatively short period of time, while scores more have the potential to do great things.

Gardner-based Care Central VNA & Hospice, Inc. has named Kristin Mattson to the new position of chief clinical and development officer.

The number of homes sold in the city of Worcester in July dropped 21.5% compared with July 2021. This compares with an 11% drop in the number of sales in Worcester County for July year over year and a 17% drop statewide.

An entity registered to Millennium Holding Group, LLC of Lowell purchased two multifamily properties in Gardner on Friday for a combined $1 million.

The Worcester Metropolitan Statistical Area unemployment rate rose to 3.7% in June, up from 3.5% in May, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development on July 26.

Workers at the unionized Starbucks location in Worcester went on strike Monday, in protest over a suite of benefits the corporation is rolling out to non-unionized workers.