North County

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. 

Fitchburg, Framingham, Worcester State and their counterparts statewide will require students to receive COVID-19 vaccines this fall, they said in a joint announcement Friday.

The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration announced on Friday it was allocating $433,381 to three Central Massachusetts towns newly designated as Green Communities under the state’s program.

People are on the move at Community Harvest Project, Nichols College, Country Bank and more.

The 15 community college presidents comprising the Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges issued a statement on Thursday urging their students and staff to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

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.