Leominster

Median home sale prices are on the rise in Middlesex and Worcester counties, as the number of sales in June fell compared to last year.

The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts has awarded $890,455 through its Activation Fund grants program to eight local organizations addressing health issues throughout the community. 

A strip mall in Leominster has been sold for $5.46 million to a Brookline real estate firm.

Founded in 1998, the firm purchased the former Greenleaf Auto Recyclers operation from Oregon-based Schnitzer Steel Industries in 2009.

It’s unclear if the new restaurant will be operated by Worcester-based Niche Hospitality Group, which also owns Bocado Tapas Wine Bar and Mezcal Tequila Kitchen.

MassHousing and the Massachusetts Housing Investment Corp have teamed up to launch what they say is the largest publicly led financing program of its kind in the country.

GAAMHA, a Gardner-based mental health services nonprofit, has promoted long-time employee and previous patient, Shawn Hayden, to president and CEO.

For the second straight month, both Worcester and Middlesex counties saw an increase in total home sales compared to May of last year.

While Massachusetts continues to struggle with the effects of the opioid epidemic, newly released data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health shows Worcester County experienced a 16% decrease in opioid-related overdose deaths between 2022 and 2023.

Revolutionary Clinics, a cannabis company with a cultivation and production facility in Fitchburg, has closed one of its Cambridge dispensaries.