Leominster

Rollstone Bank and Trust of Fitchburg has appointed Tony Rakic as executive vice president and chief lending officer, replacing Michael Olson, who is retiring after 17 years with the bank.

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. in Fitchburg loaned $100,000 loan to MK Dance Center in Leominster. The owners will use the funds to renovate and build out their new space at Gateway Business Center at 435 Lancaster St.

An industrial building at 154 Pioneer Drive in Leominster was sold on Friday to an entity affiliated with US Chemical Solutions LLC of Wyoming for $4.5 million.

WBJ’s Best of Business awards are centered around one idea: referrals.

Months after Heywood Healthcare, one of the few Central Massachusetts independent community healthcare systems, entered formal non-binding discussions to affiliate with UMass Memorial Health of Worcester, the merger has been called off.

The settlement resolves claims that Aspen Dental used a series of bait-and-switch tactics on thousands of Massachusetts consumers, according to a Thursday release from the attorney general. 

Lowell-based grocery store chain Market Basket will open its new Shrewsbury location on Friday, Jan. 13.

Central Massachusetts nonprofits will receive millions of dollars in federal funding in fiscal 2023 as part of the $1.7-trillion omnibus spending bill signed into law by President Joe Biden on Friday.

The number of Worcester County home sales saw a 35% decline year-over-year in November while there was a 30% decline in the number of sales statewide, as Massachusetts prices hit their lowest level of increase in two years.

The Worcester County unemployment rate in November dropped two tenths of a percentage point from October to 3%, the lowest rate since April 2019, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.