North County

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.

Fitchburg State University will no longer charge an application fee for its undergraduate programs, the school announced on Monday.

The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration announced this fall 13 Central Massachusetts communities would split $1.25 million in Shared Streets and Spaces emergency grants, in order to make roads more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly, part of $10 million handed out statewide.

Proposed housing developments in Auburn, Fitchburg, Southbridge and Worcester have received a share of $106 million in state funding announced Wednesday to help support the creation of new affordable housing.

Charles Park Plaza, a shopping center at Airport and Bemis roads in Fitchburg, has sold for just under $1.7 million.

Elev8 Cannabis opened the first of its three Massachusetts dispensary locations in Athol on Oct. 8. Its owner and founder, Seun Adedeji, also operates a dispensary in Oregon, with another forthcoming in Illinois.

Enrollment at public colleges in Central Massachusetts has dropped substantially, including by more than 10% at Framingham State University and Mount Wachusett Community College, a trend echoed statewide as higher education has been upended by the coronavirus pandemic.