North County

The unemployment rate in the city of Worcester dropped a full percentage point from February to March, hitting its lowest level since the coronavirus pandemic began.

UMass Memorial Health of Worcester announced on Tuesday it helped create a new TeamBirth partnership with Wellesley insurer Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Boston health center Ariadne Labs to launch a new initiative at the UMass hospitals in Leominster and Worcester, aimed at improving maternal health and birth outcomes.

The results of a new spring survey of North Central Massachusetts businesses shows improvements for local businesses still dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, as well as lingering impacts.

In Worcester Business Journal's annual list of the most influential people in the Central Massachusetts economy, the Power 50, one-third of those listed have ties to the manufacturing industry.

Looking back over the past year, Erica Grinkis, owner of Leominster eateries The Gazbar and Central Cup, reflects on how operations changed but management remained the same when the coronavirus pandemic struck.

Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration has awarded the amount of $5.3 million for the Share Winter Streets & Spaces program, according to an announcement by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

Power dynamics in the Central Massachusetts business community made two major shifts in 2021, due to the two major events upending the entire global community.

An entity registered in Sharon has paid more than $1.7 million to buy Fitchburg's Country Plaza, a two-building shopping center at the southern end of Ashby State Road.

The Lunenburg site of the manufacturer Aurora Plastics has sold for $4.4 million to an entity registered to a principal of a Littleton manufacturer.

Since 2006, Welberson Nunes, along with his family, has been building his Universal Insurance Agency and now is poised for faster growth as he cultivates clients throughout Worcester and Middlesex counties to understand the fundamentals of insurance.