North County

Employees at Vision Advertising, Thrive Support & Advocacy, and Main Street Bank are advancing in their careers.

Human services provider Making Opportunity Count will lay off 20 employees by April 30 as the Fitchburg-based nonprofit will shutter two of its shelter locations.

Seaman Paper Co. has acquired a fellow family-owned paper firm based in Germany.

The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts in Worcester has committed nearly half a million dollars to addressing chronic illness and food insecurity in the region, partnering with Community Servings, a Jamaica Plain-based nonprofit, to create a novel grocery-delivery program.

A Clinton fitness center has received a $32,000 loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. to cover some of its startup expenses.

As Mount Wachusett Community College is experiencing record-high enrollment numbers, the Gardner school has received nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Education to address basic needs within its student population.

The Athol company will be led by someone outside the Starrett family for the first time in its 145-year-old history.

Professionals at Fletcher Tilton, ERA Key Realty Services, and Clinton Savings Bank are taking on new opportunities in their careers.

The new year has yet to bring any relief to prospective Central Massachusetts homeowners.

A veteran employee of the former Brooks-MacMannis Florist and Greenhouse in Athol has purchased her long-time employer.