North County

A Wednesday morning panel of Central Massachusetts business experts and a senior economist from the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston predicted the moderate growth the local and national economies have experienced since the end of the Great Recession will continue into 2020.

Smokestack Roasters, a coffee shop and roaster in Lunenburg, has been approved for a $48,000 loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp.

Steven Duvarney, 52, of Lancaster has been re-elected as chairman and Brian Galonek of Sturbridge as vice chairman to bankHometown's board of directors.

Congress enacted the Opportunity Zone program three years ago to provide tax incentives for investment in low-income communities. But will investors seize the opportunity?

For years, Princeton and other smaller towns in Central and Western Massachusetts missed out on high-speed internet. Now, finally, Princeton has its broadband.

A Pennsylvania real estate firm has paid $4 million to buy the land on which the Wachusett Animal Hospital and Pet Retreat sits and an adjacent lot in Westminster.

In 2017, Revolutionary Clinics Co-founder Ryan Ansin launched his cultivation facility in Fitchburg at the family’s 135-year-old factory. The 32-year-old entrepreneur talked with WBJ about the challenges and opportunities facing the budding industry.

Three long-term employees of the IC Federal Credit Union have been promoted to its executive team, according to Anthony Emerson, president and CEO of the Fitchburg-based lender.

Wachusett Brewing Co. will launch a new hard seltzer line this spring, joining another it launched in 2016.

A Duxbury-based convenience store and gas station operator, has opened two locations in Central Massachusetts. A 5,000-square-foot station has opened in Athol and a Citgo station in Bellingham has been replaced with a Shell station.