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Fidelity Bank has named its first new president in nearly 10 years, promoting executive employee Joseph Silva to the Leominster-based institution’s leadership role. 

The state auditor found a key industry watchdog was not properly holding the hospitals to account, which are claims the watchdog agency disputes.

Central Massachusetts’ unemployment rates continued their upward trajectory in November for the second consecutive month after the region had begun to rebound from its year-long high in July.  

Adult hospital readmission rates in Central Massachusetts came in just below the state’s average in 2023.

This directory is a list of business and industrial park throughout Central Mass. including in Devens, Framingham, and Grafton.

The Waterford Community Center was developed at the site of the former Waterford Street School, which was left vacant in 2022 after the City constructed the Gardner Elementary School.

Worcester County state, local, and nonprofit agencies have received a slice of nearly $3.8 million in federal funding to help mitigate intimate partner violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and stalking in the local community. 

Employees at Assumption University, Fidelity Bank, and Mirick O'Connell are advancing in their careers.

Unemployment throughout Central Massachusetts in October either rose or held consistent with September’s rates while all four of the region’s metro areas experienced higher rates than in October 2023. 

Unemployment rates dropped throughout the four Central Massachusetts metro areas in September as the region and state have been experiencing a rebound following a year-long high in July.