Leominster

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.

CDM Fitness Holdings, a Boston-based SBJ Capital portfolio company, announced on Tuesday that it had acquired three new Planet Fitness locations through a deal with Shane Poirier, CEO of Tristan Enterprises, LLC.

Central Massachusetts communities have received roughly $44.3 million in loans and $5.6 million in loan forgiveness grants from the state treasurer to go towards improvements to drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, according to a Thursday release from the office of State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, who is also chair of the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust.

Unemployment in the Greater Worcester metropolitan area saw a decrease of 0.4 percentage points in November, dropping to 4.8%, according to Thursday’s report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.