North County

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.

The merger of Marlborough Savings Bank and North Middlesex Savings Bank was made official on April 1. The two longtime banks first said last July they planned to merge, and earlier this year they unveiled the new name and logo for Main Street Bank.

Foreclosure petitions across Worcester County fell by 46 percent in February, according to a report Monday by The Warren Group.

Central Massachusetts professionals joined and were promoted at firms like Becker College, Abby's House, UniBank, Commerce Bank and Webster Five Cents Savings Bank.

These firms incorporated with the Mass. Secretary of State from Feb. 1-15.