North County

In December 2019, no one could have predicted what was to come in 2020. Still, the major trends and news items for the year largely stayed on track. Of the 10 predictions made by the WBJ Editorial Staff for the year, seven came true.

UMass Memorial Health Care, the largest employer in Central Massachusetts, plans to have all of its health providers vaccinated against coronavirus by mid-February, a period of roughly two months.

The MBTA announced Thursday it would cut back on commuter rail services beginning in January in response to a huge decline in ridership as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

HealthAlliance's hospitals in Leominster and Clinton are outsourcing their cafeteria work but will keep all workers employed.

A Massachusetts state board has approved tax breaks for business expansions in Leominster, Marlborough and Webster, as well as a new vacant-storefront incentive program for Westborough.

Clinton's tax rate puts a heavier burden on commercial and industrial property owners, but the gap is being narrowed.

The cereal and snack maker Weetabix has sold another part of its former Clinton manufacturing site, this...

Management at Wachusett Mountain Ski Area in Princeton spent months preparing for this year’s ski season, meeting regularly since September to prepare for what was slated to be a winter unlike any other in over a century.

Fitchburg State University will make $100,000 worth of upgrades to its nursing simulation lab thanks to a grant from the Worcester-based George I. Alden Trust.

Run by the same family that launched popular juice company Veryfine Products Inc. of Littleton, which in turn traces its roots back to 1865, New England Apple Products is very much embedded in the apple-and-juice industry in northern Massachusetts.