Leominster

The Worcester metropolitan area, which includes Worcester County and Windham County, Conn., saw a drop to a 5.2% unemployment rate in October, down 0.2 percentage points from the previous month, according to Thursday’s report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Environmental Testing and Research Laboratories, Inc., a water testing laboratory in Leominster, has had its license revoked by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, according to a Monday announcement from MassDEP.

People are on the move at Harrington Physician Services, Charles River Bancorp., Fidelity Bank, and more...

The number of Worcester residents who died of opioid-related overdoses rose from 81 in 2019 to 103 in 2020, according to new data released Wednesday by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health

When President Joe Biden’s administration dropped a planned $600 reporting requirement on bank account transactions, financial institutions across Central Massachusetts and the nation breathed a collective sigh of relief.

After a spike during the summer, the percent of the labor force that is unemployed in the Worcester metropolitan area dipped to 5.4% in September, one of the lowest rates since the beginning of the pandemic.

The changing face of retail is having a profound impact on Massachusetts’ real estate and development landscape.

Solvus Global, a technology solutions company founded by two PhD graduates from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, has received a $1.6 million grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to develop a new manufacturing center, according to a Friday announcement. 

A 168,000-square-foot property on Hudson’s Main Street sold for $11 million, according to a press release from Greater Boston Commercial Properties Inc., who brokered the sale.

A Framingham real estate company purchased a 102,000-square-foot, fully leased industrial warehouse in Leominster for $5.9 million, according to the Worcester North District Registry of Deeds.