North County

Atlantic Medicinal Partners opened its first recreational marijuana dispensary in Fitchburg on Friday. The dispensary is locally owned and vertically integrated.

Two Lancaster human service agencies are forming an affiliation and a plan to eventually merge.

Atlantic Medicinal Partners of Woburn officially opened its new Fitchburg marijuana dispensary at noon on Friday, the company announced, where it will serve both recreational and medicinal customers.

GFA Federal Credit Union of Gardner and Arizona-based tech company Hypur have partnered to provide digital contactless payments, curbside pickup and increased delivery options for cannabis companies who do business with the credit union.

Clinton Savings Bank has named former Unibank vice president Marina Taylor as its new senior vice president and commercial lending officer, the financial institution announced on Tuesday.

The Doctor Franklin Perkins School in Lancaster, an agency for children and adults with complex learning challenges, has been awarded a $12,000 grant to help students with readiness for college.

Central Massachusetts hospitals are bringing home a range of awards for the care they offer.

Unemployment rates in July improved in Greater Worcester and Northern Worcester County, but each remained among the nation's worst, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Wednesday.

Devens, a former North Central Mass. military base which has since been repurposed as an economic development zone and mixed use community, has contributed nearly $3.8 billion to the Massachusetts economy.

Worcester and Gardner nonprofit RCAP Solutions is launching a program designed to address drinking water issues in North Worcester County, the organization announced on Thursday.