Leominster

AIS, a Leominster furniture maker, has joined the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council’s Edge program as a preferred partner, the council announced on Friday.

The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission agreed to levy $800,000 in fines against three cannabis companies at their regular meeting on Thursday.

Hospitals across Massachusetts showed significant financial losses in the first quarter of the year, capturing a time mostly before the coronavirus pandemic hit in full force, according to new state data released Thursday.

The Worcester Bravehearts will make Doyle Field in Leominster their home for the 2020 Futures League season, the baseball team announced on Monday, with all tickets offered for free. 

Leominster Credit Union elected officers for its board of directors at the board’s April meeting, the credit union announced on Monday.

Worcester County had 88 new coronavirus cases and four fatalities between Friday and Sunday, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

Nationally, there have been more than 2.4 million cases and roughly 124,415 fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. Globally, there have been more than 9.6 million coronavirus cases and 489,922 deaths. 

In the wake of the economic slowdown surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, Massachusetts had the fewest single-family home sales in the month of May since 2011, including a 30.6% drop in sales in Worcester city, according to a new report.

Worcester County recorded 15 new coronavirus cases and nine fatalities Wednesday, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. 

Throughout Massachusetts, there were 16 newly recorded fatalities adding to the death toll of 7,890. Worcester County recorded two new deaths with 905 overall.