Lancaster

Atlantic Union College will have to make utility improvements to its Lancaster campus as part of a sale agreement for the 135-acre site, an executive for the affiliated local church office said Friday.

Atlantic Union College in Lancaster has found a buyer for its 135-acre campus three years after the school officially closed permanently.

Lancaster beer company Bull Spit Brewing, based at Kalon Farm, has shut down its taproom as part of an ongoing dispute with the town over zoning approvals, owner Keith Kopley said on Wednesday.

Construction is expected to start early next spring on a development in Lancaster slated to include 23 homes and an office building right off Route 2.

The Doctor Franklin Perkins School in Lancaster has named 10 new trustees through its new affiliation agreement with Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps, also of Lancaster, the school announced on Tuesday.

Finance and development agency MassDevelopment has issued a $17-million tax-exempt bond on behalf of the Doctor Franklin Perkins School in Lancaster, for constructing a new middle school building and dormitory, according to a joint press release issued Monday.

Two Lancaster human service agencies are forming an affiliation and a plan to eventually merge.

The Doctor Franklin Perkins School in Lancaster, an agency for children and adults with complex learning challenges, has been awarded a $12,000 grant to help students with readiness for college.

Companies with new hires and promotions include ERA Key Realty Services, bankHometown, Clinton Savings Bank, The Junior League of Worcester, AdCare Hospital in Worcester and more.

Monica Busch, who has written for publications in Fitchburg, Martha's Vinyard and New York City, has joined the Editorial Department of Worcester Business Journal to be its primary digital reporter.