North County

Colleges in New England were already on the lookout for an expected drop in high school-age graduates locally, and struggling in some cases to balance high costs with keeping education affordable for students.

Restaurants are bringing in far less money for food and drink during the coronavirus pandemic – and it’s showing both the hit the industry has taken this year as well as the financial toll declining tax revenue will have on cities and towns.

From the high-end Natick Mall to Solomon Pond Mall to the Mall at Whitney Field and elsewhere, retail plazas already struggling with closing chains are now facing an even more uncertain future because of the pandemic.

When it comes to main streets in Central Massachusetts, town officials uniformly agree: A healthy main street is where foot traffic is king.

Management behind Fitchburg’s 50/50 Diner received a $50,000 loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp., the economic development arm of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce, the agency announced on Wednesday.

Tina Sbrega, the president and CEO of GFA Federal Credit Union, has been inducted into the Cooperative Credit Union Association after more than a decade leading the Gardner institution.

Rollstone Bank & Trust of Fitchburg reported $769.9 million in assets for its fiscal year ending June 30, a 12.1% increase from the previous year, according to a press release Wednesday detailing the bank’s annual meeting.

Pennsylvania marijuana company Ethos Cannabis opened its first recreational dispensary in Fitchburg on Halloween, colocated with a...

Pennsylvania marijuana company Ethos Cannabis will open its first recreational dispensary in Fitchburg on Halloween, the company announced on Friday.

A firm registered in the North Shore town of North Reading has paid $2.2 million to expand its holdings of multi-family homes in Fitchburg and Leominster.