Gardner

Hospitals across Massachusetts showed significant financial losses in the first quarter of the year, capturing a time mostly before the coronavirus pandemic hit in full force, according to new state data released Thursday.

Throughout Massachusetts, there were 16 newly recorded fatalities adding to the death toll of 7,890. Worcester County recorded two new deaths with 905 overall. 

Worcester County reported 80 new coronavirus cases between Friday and Sunday as its death toll reached 900, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. 

Heywood Hospital in Gardner has received a state grant of nearly $650,000 to help improve community health in the adjacent small town of Winchendon.

GFA Federal Credit Union in Gardner has named Jeffrey Scott as the company's new chief technology officer, the credit union announced on Tuesday.

Seaman Paper Co. has named Ken Winterhalter as the company's new CEO, the Gardner manufacturer announced on Monday.

College leaders in Central Massachusetts are grappling with an upturned admissions period and wondering what fall enrollment will look like if students decide they don’t want to travel far for school, or even whether a fall semester would be able to take place on campus anyway.

Central Massachusetts is projected to have among the biggest shortfalls in the number of available beds in the country, virtually no matter how hard the coronavirus pandemic hits.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester and Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner moved all classes online and ceased all face-to-face instruction for the rest of the semester.

Out of an abundance of caution, Worcester Business Journal has decided to reschedule the Business Leader of the Year event and WBJ Hall of Fame induction ceremony, due to concerns over the coronavirus.