Leominster

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.

Randolph and Baldwin, an Ayer-based engineering and design firm, has purchased a warehouse on Jytek Road in Leominster for $1.6 million, according to real estate database CoStar.

To help you navigate the ins and outs of the region's business community, WBJ has compiled a list for its Economic Forecast edition of 22 people who will have an outsized role in shaping those trends.

A 90,000-square-foot office building in Westborough with financial and healthcare tenants sold for $10 million on Monday, according to real estate database CoStar.

Bisousweet Confections, a Shirley-based wholesale bakery supplying baked goods to retailers nationwide, is expanding into a new facility in Leominster.

Eleven Central Massachusetts communities are receiving a portion of the 2.1-million at-home COVID tests set to be distributed by the Gov. Charlie Baker administration, per a Monday announcement.

UMass Memorial-Harrington will not allow visitors in the emergency departments of its Webster and Southbridge campuses, the hospital announced Friday afternoon, citing an increase in COVID-19 cases.

People are on the move at UMass Memorial Medical Group, Bryley Systems, Shrewsbury Federal Credit Union and more.

Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg and Leominster, a youth development nonprofit, has hired a veteran of Coca-Cola to be its new CEO.