North County

Leominster will soon be the site of a new veterans housing facility run by a Devens-based nonprofit.

A third-generation roofer based in Fitchburg, Cochran earned his MBA from Fitchburg State University and turned the family trade into a business with locations in Massachusetts, Florida, and Connecticut. He now hopes to pass the tradition on to his son, continuing the legacy into a fourth generation.

Employees at Bowditch & Dewey, the Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District, and Quinsigamond Community College are moving forward as professionals.

Every 36 minutes a Massachusetts hospital worker faces either an act of violence or threat.

“These are people's lives they're playing with, and it's horrible,” Hebert said of the Trump Administration’s decision to unilaterally shutter all contract-run Job Centers across the country.

The family scuffle is reminiscent of a situation in 2014.

The regulatory updates touch different types of businesses, including grocery stores, ski areas, barber shops, retail stores, banks and credit unions, telecommunications and electric companies, and others.

Nine Central Massachusetts nonprofits have received a total of nearly $1 million in grant funding for their efforts to provide small businesses with technical assistance training and access to financing.

Supporters of the centers say closing them will undermine workforce readiness and leave nearly 500 residential students at the sites without a clear future. 

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