North County

A firm registered to owners in Chelmsford and Burlington have paid $2.6 million for a pair of adjacent buildings on the eastern edge of downtown Fitchburg.

The North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce is strongly encouraging business owners to fill out its open business impact survey as it determines how to best support the local economy as it begins recovering from the coronavirus pandemic.

Worcester, Framingham, Fitchburg, Hudson and Hopkinton are among 31 youth substance abuse prevention programs across the state sharing in $3.8 million in new state grants.

The Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts announced on Monday it has dispersed another $290,575 in grant money to five area nonprofits helping to provide community relief in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Tighe Logistics, a Woburn logistics company, has signed a 84,000-square-foot lease at a building in Clinton, the latest sign of a growing need for warehouse and shipping space locally.

The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration has awarded $1.1 million to Central Massachusetts municipalities and nonprofits as part of a new Regional Pilot Project Grant Program aimed at helping bolster economic recovery by supporting uniquely regional challenges, according to a Thursday announcement. 

Arranta Bio, a microbiome contract development and manufacturing organization, is planning a $150-million facility in Boxborough to drastically increase its capacity beyond its sites in Watertown and Florida.

The North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce is launching a third COVID-19 business impact survey aimed at tracking how the pandemic is affecting the local business economy, the organization announced this month.

Heywood Healthcare was profitable in its 2020 budget year, while most other Central Massachusetts hospital networks ran deficits despite federal coronavirus pandemic relief funding.

Massachusetts cities most affected by the coronavirus pandemic have gotten additional state aid, including nearly $834,000 for four Central Massachusetts cities for mobile vaccination and other efforts.