North County

Eight women from around Central Massachusetts have earned the honor this year.

People are on the move at Greater Worcester Community Foundation, North Brookfield Savings Bank, Reliant Medical Group, and more.

Central Massachusetts is home to a wide range of manufacturing companies, including healthcare, industrial, and technology. Here are the five largest manufacturers in the region when ranked by number of local employees, according to surveys completed by the WBJ Research Department.

A 44-unit affordable-and-workforce housing development in Fitchburg received $5.3 million in financing from the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, according to a press release from MassHousing.

Precision Optics Corp., Inc., a Gardner-based optical instrument manufacturer, announced its acquisition of Lighthouse Imaging, an optical imaging company located in Maine, in a Tuesday press release.

After 14 years with GFA Federal Credit Union in Gardner, David Bojarczuk announced Wednesday his retirement as executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Beacon Manufacturing Group of Lancaster announced Monday it has acquired Acromatic Plastics of Leominster, a precision molded products company.

A Leominster-based construction company purchased a 13,500-square-foot warehouse at 305 Leominster Shirley Road in Lunenburg for $1.1 million, according to the Worcester North District Registry of Deeds.

People are on the move at Adcare Hospital, ERA Key Spencer, Savers Bank, and more.

Located adjacent to the Polar Park baseball stadium in Worcester, the planned Left Field Building is a $16-million symbol of the ambitious plans in the city for the life sciences as a catalyst for its ever-evolving development efforts.