Gardner

After a spike during the summer, the percent of the labor force that is unemployed in the Worcester metropolitan area dipped to 5.4% in September, one of the lowest rates since the beginning of the pandemic.

The City of Gardner received a $4.1-million grant from the state’s MassWorks program to revitalize its Main Street, according to a Monday press release from Mayor Michael Nicholson.

People are on the move at Greater Worcester Community Foundation, North Brookfield Savings Bank, Reliant Medical Group, and more.

Precision Optics Corp., Inc., a Gardner-based optical instrument manufacturer, announced its acquisition of Lighthouse Imaging, an optical imaging company located in Maine, in a Tuesday press release.

After 14 years with GFA Federal Credit Union in Gardner, David Bojarczuk announced Wednesday his retirement as executive vice president and chief financial officer.

People are on the move at Adcare Hospital, ERA Key Spencer, Savers Bank, and more.

Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner and Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester will require students, faculty, and staff to have been vaccinated against COVID-19, starting in January.

The homogeneity among news editorship in Central Massachusetts is not unique to the region, but it does bring with it inherent questions about who decides what stories are newsworthy, and who decides how they are told.

Community Health Network of North Central Massachusetts, also known as CHNA 9, has received a $200,000 grant from UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton hospital in Leominster to establish a North Central Mass. Anchor Collaborative.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester and Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner announced on Wednesday a transfer agreement that will allow their students to transfer between the schools for four programs once their general education requirements are complete.