North County

Heywood Medical Group in Gardner has promoted pediatrician Sari Miettinen to be its new medical director.

The latest movers and shakers from the region's businesses.

In December, after operating for 10 years, Rick Walton -- the man at the helm of the brewing company behind the Gardner Ale House -- starting distributing its Moon Hill beers at other bars, starting with the Columbia Tavern in Leominster.

While we're a high-cost state, not every region of Massachusetts has the same cost of living.

The Entrepreneurial Spirit – That (not so) little itch that compels you in your career to do more, do it differently or do it by yourself.

Town officials see pending residential projects as key to new era.

Leominster-based Fidelity Bank has announced new management hires at branches in Worcester, Princeton and Fitchburg.

David Miles has been named president of Simonds Saw in Fitchburg.

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. on Wednesday announced the launch of a small business loan program where businesses who haven't been able to get money from a lending institution can go to get loans worth up to $150,000.

If incentives come through, Townsend plastics housewares maker Sterilite Corp. will construct a 2.5-million-square-foot manufacturing and distribution center in Davenport, Iowa, and expects to create 500 jobs at the plant within five years of opening.