North County

In one of the largest private grants it has ever received, Fitchburg State University has received $240,000 to fund student-faculty collaboration on research focused on issues of personal fitness and the health of the Nashua River over the next three years.

Modern offices are gearing more toward an open collaborative environment, but everything starts with the culture a company creates.

Construction firms are cashing in on the booming life science sector's need for up-to-code, specifically designed facilities.

A new site in Devens will become the largest parcel of land available for commercial use in the area; and it is highly likely to attract businesses from the life science and technology sectors.

The former owner and three managers of Westminster-based Rite Way LLC have all plead not guilty in Worcester court on charges relating to an alleged $19-million MassHealth scheme.

Holliston life sciences manufacturer Harvard Bioscience announced Friday it sold its Germany liquid handling product maker for $1.7 million.

For the first time in more than two months, part of Massachusetts is wet enough to no longer be considered in a drought or be "abnormally dry," federal drought observers said Thursday.

A zoning change approved by voters in three communities will create a 40-acre site available for commercial use in Devens, a space that could serve as a future home for a pharmaceutical company.

Marlborough medical device manufacturer CardioFocus, Inc. announced Thursday it added a new chief commercial officer and a vice president of U.S. sales.

On Monday, voters approved the rezoning of a 32.7-acre portion of Devens land from residential for innovation and technology uses, opening up the land to commercial development.