North County

Devens energy company AMSC is participating in an energy efficiency pilot program with a Wisconsin firm to improve the optimization of the Iowa distribution grid.

Shirley waste removal contractor Mitrano Removal Services has been fined $38,480 for failing to promptly notify state officials about a 30-gallon oil spill and a delay in cleaning up the site.

Fitchburg-based IC Federal Credit Union has promoted its former vice president of finance to senior vice president and CFO.

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester is opening a new behavioral health wing of its emergency department on Monday as it seeks to meet a growing need.

Gardner medical device manufacturer Precision Optics is reporting a somewhat off fiscal year with a fiscal 2018 loss of $368,000 through nine months.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is set to begin construction along seven miles of I-190 from the West Boylston-Stering town line to the Sterling-Lancaster town line.

Fitchburg contract manufacturer Micron Solutions decreased its net loss by 16 percent in the first quarter compared to last year despite reporting a slight dip in sales.

New York-based Advance Local is growing its presence in Central Massachusetts. The company is set to open an office for its MassLive Media division near the Worcester Common this month.

That lack of advance planning makes a difference to the bottom line.

Family businesses likely don't see themselves as dictatorships, but to be multi-generational businesses, they've survived by adapting and looking ahead instead of how things have been done in previous generations.