North County

Companies like Worcester Fitness, Centage Corp., Anna Maria College and Clinton Savings Bank all have had recent hires and promotions.

Essential manufacturing includes a wide spectrum of workers, ranging from those who produce medical supplies to those who support the agricultural market, and everything in between.

The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration has leaned on the state’s manufacturers, creating the Manufacturing Emergency Response Team under the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative to coordinate manufacturers’ move toward pandemic-related materials.

College leaders in Central Massachusetts are grappling with an upturned admissions period and wondering what fall enrollment will look like if students decide they don’t want to travel far for school, or even whether a fall semester would be able to take place on campus anyway.

Dr. Eric Dickson, CEO and president of UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, joins the podcast to talk about all the efforts the hospital system is making to deal with the anticipated spike in coronavirus cases in the coming weeks.

Worcester is slated to receive over $4.1 million in additional community development block grants to assist with coronavirus relief efforts, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern's office announced in a Thursday press release.

A 76-unit apartment complex on Littleton Road in Ayer has sold for just over $12 million to a Boston property management firm.

Fitchburg State University's Landry Arena is being set up as a mortuary for coronavirus in case it's needed to give extra capacity to hospitals and funeral homes.

New hires and promotions at companies like AAFCPAs in Westborough, Bryley Sytems in Clinton, Concierge Physical Therapy in Sutton, Reliant Medical Group and Framingham State University.

Central Massachusetts is projected to have among the biggest shortfalls in the number of available beds in the country, virtually no matter how hard the coronavirus pandemic hits.