North County

A Gardner manufacturer, Garlock Printing & Converting, has sold its two sites in town for more than $7 million to a New York firm.

CEO Dave Reilly, who just marked his one-year anniversary at the company’s helm, spoke to WBJ about that growth, cultivating company culture and focusing on manufacturing specialties.

Maugel Architects of Harvard has completed a 27,000-square-foot single-story addition to Bio-Techne’s life science facility in Devens, Maugel announced on Monday.

Housing authorities in Central Massachusetts brought in more than $9 million in federal funding announced Tuesday for public housing improvements.

Little Leaf Farms in Devens, a hydroponic lettuce company, announced on Monday it has raised $90 million in debt and equity financing to fund its East Coast expansion.

More than 200 acres of wooded land at the southern slope of Mount Watatic at the Ashburnham and Ashby line have been bought for conservation by the Leominster-based North County Land Trust.

Home prices are soaring, and there’s virtually no inventory on the market. It’s a phenomenon not at all unique to Central Massachusetts.

A recession coinciding with the start of the coronavirus pandemic last spring sent the American economy into its largest contraction in modern history. Now bankers are wondering, will pent-up demand lead to explosive economic growth? Or are people saving more than ever out of worry or survival? 

Cannabis company Garden Remedies, which maintains a dispensary in Marlborough and cultivation facility in Fitchburg, has named Jeff Herold and Brian Moran as the company’s new co-CEOs.

A corporation registered to Worcester lawyer Michael Angelini and his late brother sold a 29-unit apartment complex in Leominster for $2.5 million to two Franklin buyers.