Leominster

Twenty-one Central Mass. workers and their organizations reported to the WBJ that they have landed new jobs this month.

A research group advocating against mandated nurse staffing ratios said hospital unit closures like the pediatric unit at UMass Memorial Health Alliance-Clinton Hospital in Leominster will continue if a ballot question is passed.

The president of Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Boston has been named to lead UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester where he will begin duties on Sept. 1, UMass announced Thursday.

A Clinton real estate investment duo on Friday purchased three parcels on the Shrewsbury Street corridor in Worcester -- including the Eastern Boarder shop -- for $780,000.

UMass Memorial Health Care plans to close an inpatient pediatrics unit and a cardiac rehabilitation unit in Leominster and an urgent care center in Fitchburg.

YMCA of Central Massachusetts and Tri-Community YMCA of Southbridge are merging, the two agencies have announced.

UMass Memorial Health Care has received a $110-million bond to improve its two Worcester hospital campuses and its Leominster hospital.

Fitchburg-based IC Federal Credit Union has promoted its former vice president of finance to senior vice president and CFO.

Leominster Credit Union, Reliant Medical Group and law firm Fletcher Tilton are among the firms announcing new hires and promotions.

Neighborhoods in 11 Central Massachusetts communities are in line to be designated as areas encouraging new investment.