Leominster

The Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts has awarded $458,500 in grants to various local organizations, the public charity announced Thursday. 

People are on the move at Central One Federal Credit Union, Country Bank, and more.

Sometimes banks opt to consolidate in order to offer their clients access to bigger loans and better resources, while other times they unite as a competitive strategy against banks with more assets.

Planet Fitness, the exercise center franchise headquartered in New Hampshire, has opened its location in Worcester’s Lincoln Plaza at 535 Lincoln St.

Leominster restoration company SERVPRO will pay $67,000 in fines to settle claims of illegal asbestos work at a Fitchburg elementary school, according to a Monday press release from the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office.

The property with a Buick GMC and Cadillac dealership at 495 Main St. in Leominster was sold for $4.3 million to Richard Durand, who owns another dealership in Hudson, according to the Worcester North District Registry of Deeds.

The North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce will team up with the Leominster nonprofit Spanish American Center and Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner as part of a national grant program aimed at breaking down barriers for and increasing the number of students of color earning short-term industry-related credentials and degrees.

The City of Leominster purchased an eight-acre parcel of undeveloped land for more than half a million dollars on Tuesday, after a vote Jan. 10 to dip into the local government's stabilization Fund to buy the land.

UMass Memorial Health of Worcester is launching a multi-disciplinary clinic at UMass Memorial Health – HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital, the healthcare provider’s Leominster hospital.

AIS, a Leominster-based commercial office furniture manufacturer, has signed the AARP Pledge and is implementing an age-inclusive workforce, the company said in a press release last Thursday.