Leominster

An entity registered to Steven Goodman of Boston developer GFI Partners has purchased an industrial property at 31 Jytek Road in Leominster for $3.5 million. 

Four Gannett-owned local newspapers, which were closed or announced to be closing, will be acquired by New Jersey firm, CherryRoad Media Inc. and will return to, or continue operation.

The Worcester Housing Authority, along with its non-profit affiliate Building Futures Inc., broke ground on a 24-unit residential building, called A Place to Live, aimed at housing members of Worcester’s homeless population.

A corporation registered to the co-founders of Concord’s Arris Partners, LLC has purchased two properties, comprising 16 acres, along Pioneer Drive on the Leominster, Lunenburg border from the president of F & M Tool & Plastics, Inc. in Leominster for $25 million.

Central Massachusetts is brimming with young talent, as scores of people have achieved much in a relatively short period of time, while scores more have the potential to do great things.

Gannett, the nation's largest newspaper chain and owner of Worcester’s Telegram & Gazette, Framingham’s MetroWest Daily News as well as several other local papers, has laid off personnel across its publishing empire.

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. has granted $25,000 to the City of Leominster to support the city’s facade improvement program, which helps business owners upgrade their facilities’ exteriors.

The number of homes sold in the city of Worcester in July dropped 21.5% compared with July 2021. This compares with an 11% drop in the number of sales in Worcester County for July year over year and a 17% drop statewide.

An entity registered to the owners of Piece by Piece Movers of Boston has acquired a 4-acre property including a 67,000 square-foot warehouse at 241 Willard St. in Leominster for $7.2 million.

The Worcester Metropolitan Statistical Area unemployment rate rose to 3.7% in June, up from 3.5% in May, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development on July 26.