Leominster

Steve Roach, the interim president of UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital, which has its main offices in Leominster, has been named to the position on a permanent basis.

People are on the move at UMass Medical School, North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce and more.

Gillette Stadium in Foxborough will be the state's first mass-vaccination center, joining smaller sites that dot Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker said in Worcester on Tuesday.

The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development has awarded $558,134 to four Central Mass. housing authorities to support the Family Self-Sufficiency Program. 

A pair of buyers has paid $5.3 million for two properties hosting long-term care facilities in Gardner and Leominster.

HealthAlliance's hospitals in Leominster and Clinton are outsourcing their cafeteria work but will keep all workers employed.

A Massachusetts state board has approved tax breaks for business expansions in Leominster, Marlborough and Webster, as well as a new vacant-storefront incentive program for Westborough.

Run by the same family that launched popular juice company Veryfine Products Inc. of Littleton, which in turn traces its roots back to 1865, New England Apple Products is very much embedded in the apple-and-juice industry in northern Massachusetts.

Two Central Mass. companies have received nearly $800,000 in grant funding from the Industrial Rail Access Program, which aims to enhance rail and freight access, the Gov. Charlie Baker administration announced on Nov 19.

Nearly $16.4 million in MassWorks funding will be spread across nine Central Massachusetts towns and cities to help cover infrastructure projects during economic recovery, state officials announced on Thursday.