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Former Leominster event venue sold to education nonprofit serving those with disabilities

Keystone Educational Collaborative has purchased Apple Hill Farm and Country Club in Leominster for a new educational facility.

Nurses union to pitch health care receivership plan

As hospitals shutter services in the wake of staffing shortages, community members and health care workers will argue Thursday that the state should become responsible for hospitals that are "essential" but threatening to close.

Advocates continue to push for Leominster maternity ward to remain open

Following a May announcement that UMass Memorial Health will shutter its maternity ward at the HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital, Leominster Campus, community advocates continue to push for services to remain in place.

Leominster PR firm brings second office to Worcester

Leominster-based public relations firm empHowered PR is opening its second location at the Worcester Idea Lab on Franklin Street, its first move beyond its North Central Massachusetts headquarters.
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🔒Late spring: The bottom has dropped out of the single-family housing market, but real estate agents see things warming up

The first half of 2023 was a difficult one for home buyers and for real estate agents as single-family home sales cratered and home prices plateaued high above pre-COVID levels.

🔒Waiting game: After early 2023 rocked the financial system, Central Mass. bankers are staying the course toward an uncertain future

After the first half of 2023 rocked the banking world and as uncertainty clouds the economic future, Central Mass. bankers are staying the course.

Lawmakers finding common ground on healthcare closures

Lawmakers appear increasingly likely to make hospital expansions and closures an area of scrutiny this session, fueled in part by the planned shutdown of a Leominster maternity ward that has drawn vociferous criticism.

Local unemployment drops in Leominster, Athol, holds steady in Worcester, Framingham

The local unemployment rate in Central Massachusetts communities remained low in May, including falling further from April figures in the North Worcester County region.
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Lawmakers knock plans to close Leominster maternity ward

About half a dozen legislators from the greater Leominster area did not mince words during a committee hearing Tuesday, alleging that UMass Memorial Health is putting undue strain on Bay Staters with the closure plans its leaders announced last month.

National Grid grants $100K to North Central chamber to support small businesses

Waltham-based utility National Grid will donate $800,000 to eight chambers of commerce in Massachusetts, including $100,000 to the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce in Fitchburg.
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