Leominster

Central Massachusetts manufacturers and business organizations are ramping up for National Manufacturing Day that will take place on October 2.

The YMCA of Central Massachusetts will celebrate the opening of its fifth community branch this Thursday, at 108 Adams St. in Leominster.

Christopher W. McCarthy of Holden has been named president and COO of Fidelity Bank, succeeding current COO John Merrill.

Fidelity Bank is set to become the second-largest mutual community bank in Worcester County by agreeing to take over Barre Savings Bank as the two institutions announced a merger accord Wednesday.

All Points Limousine of Leominster has acquired All Seasons Limousine of Boxborough. The deal nearly doubles the size of All Points, and the company said it expects to add a half-dozen or so new employees to its 25-member workforce over the next year.

To hear Spectrum Health Systems CEO Chuck Faris tell it, Massachusetts is a relatively good place to be in the addiction treatment services industry, and to receive treatment if you need it.

Nurses at HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster have ratified a new, two-year labor contract that improves staffing ratios and adds new positions, according to their union, the Massachusetts Nurses Association.

Worcester-based Spectrum Health Systems has expanded into Northern Worcester County with an outpatient treatment clinic in downtown Leominster, and more locations in that region are possible, according to Chief Operating Officer Kurt Isaacson.

A new company, Allied Resin Technologies (Artech), has teamed up with Leominster's First Plastics Corp. to bring rotational manufacturing of large plastic goods and up to 50 new jobs to the city.

Leominster-based HealthAlliance Hospital and the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) said they have reached a tentative three-year contract agreement that limits patient assignments and increases nurse staffing while boosting pay, according to the MNA.