North County

Lancaster inclusive gym owner Brendan Aylward has launched an online business designed to help other gyms better serve athletes with disabilities.

The Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation awarded nearly $70,000 to three Central Massachusetts nonprofits to provide healthy food to the community.

Fitchburg has received $100,000 and Worcester $95,000 to help spur economic vitality in city neighborhoods.

Papa Gino's properties in Worcester, Leominster and Sudbury have sold for a combined roughly $5 million.

Gardner optical equipment manufacturer Precision Optics reported a second-quarter revenue increase of 89%, but losses topped $500,000 amid stock-based compensation.

Worcester Business Journal publishes a podcast every Monday called The Weekly Business Report, a forward-looking news segment designed to make Central Massachusetts business professional informed about what is going to happen in the local economy.

Check out the latest Central Massachusetts professionals getting hired and promoted.

These stories from seven Central Mass. women professionals detail how sexual harassment has long-lasting and wide-ranging impact on people and company productivity.

One bill filed last year by Sen. Jason Lewis (D-Winchester), would require any public company headquartered in Mass. to have at least one female board member by the end of 2021.

A 2019 WBJ investigation into the gender breakdown of the leadership at 75 Central Massachusetts prominent business organizations found 35% were women, an increase from 33% in 2018. This year, the percentage went backward.