North County

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.

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?