North County

The Worcester metropolitan area added 7,760 jobs over the course of a year, while the area's unemployment rate increased by 0.4 percentage points, according to the latest estimates Tuesday from the state.

Doctors are finding cancers earlier and developing more effective ways to treat them.

Brendan Aylward, 24, is making fitness accessible for everyone at his Lancaster gym.

Pexco, a Georgia specialty plastics maker with a plant in Athol, has been acquired by a New York company.

UMass Memorial Health Care will convert roughly half of its psychiatric beds for medical/surgical use after it received approval from the state public health council on Wednesday for a $30-million renovation plan.

Headwall Photonics added a facility in Bolton earlier this year, allowing for easier access to Boston. The Fitchburg company makes imaging spectrometers that can detect things beyond the surface level.

The former owner of a Pepperell construction company was sentenced to 18 months in prison Wednesday for concealing assets during bankruptcy proceedings.

The first phase of Heywood Healthcare's new dual diagnosis unit in Petersham is now up and running, and outpatient services are now available for adults with both mental health and substance abuse disorders, the system announced Monday.

Petitions to foreclose fell nearly 33 percent in Worcester County in April, as petitions statewide continued to trend downwards.

Seaman Paper Company of Massachusetts, Inc.'s paper products can be found everywhere from restaurants to gift wrap stores. The Gardner company, which has 350 employees, makes its products at three different locations in Central Massachusetts, and others around the world.