North County

Fidelity Bank's 2016 merger with Barre Savings Bank helped grow deposits at the bank by 27 percent in 2016 and improved other performance metrics.

Mount Wachusett Community College's new president, James Vander Hooven, said he will look to continue the college's extensive partnerships with area businesses.

As part of a broader reorganization, Fitchburg State University has hired its first ever vice president of student affairs and appointed new deans to several different divisions.

The heads of two Central Massachusetts schools, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical District have been named to the state's board overseeing STEM education.

Gardner-based GVNA Healthcare Inc. reported 9-percent growth in home health and hospice patient volume in 2016.

Boost Fitness, a Hudson fitness center chain with eight locations, has bought Team Fitness Franklin, it announced April 7.

Mount Wachusett Community College has become one of only five colleges in New England to have its testing services center certified by the National College Testing Association.

Behavioral Concepts Inc., a company of behavioral clinicians specializing in the care of children with autism, announced Thursday it hired Jill McGrale Maher as the new director of its Fitchburg facility.

Fitchburg State University signed an agreement this week with a police training committee to allow criminal justice students to earn their bachelor's and master's degrees and a police certification in five years.

A Harvard Medical School professor and founding physician of a health care program for the homeless in Boston will be the commencement speaker next month for College of the Holy Cross.