North County

Energy technology company AMSC of Ayer reported increased revenues of $21.2 million for the company’s first quarter of fiscal 2020, according to an earnings report released Wednesday, even as its net loss remained steady at $3.4 million.

MassDevelopment, the state’s finance and development agency, announced Wednesday it has provided a $4.5-million loan for the continued redevelopment of Pepperell Place.

A 58-unit affordable living facility has opened in Devens to seniors 62 and up.

MassDevelopment and the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources announced last week financing is now available for funding energy improvements on commercial, industrial and multi-family buildings, as well as buildings owned by nonprofits. 

The coronavirus pandemic has forced Central Massachusetts business to take on new roles in preventing further spread of the disease, including enforcing mask-wearing in public and – at times – turning away would-be revenue-generating customers who don’t abide by the mandate.

In a normal season, the Worcester Bravehearts gear the team toward baseball fans, who’ve made the Bravehearts a perennial top draw nationally among collegiate summer teams.

Boston preservation group The Trustees has acquired the 296-acre Jewell Hill Farm, which spans Ashby, Ashburnham and Fitchburg to protect the drinking water supply, the organization announced on Wednesday.

Fitchburg has four cannabis operations up and running today, but far more are on the way, making the North Central Massachusetts city into something of a hub for the still-developing industry.

A sprawling industrial site on Brook Street in Clinton proposed as a cannabis cultivation and manufacturing facility has sold for $10 million.

Worcester and Gardner are sharing in $3.6 million in MassDevelopment state funding aimed at helping communities develop challenging locations, including money benefiting a new Table Talk Pies facility in Worcester.