North County

The unemployment rate in Central Massachusetts fell in June year-over-year, although the numbers were an increase from last month's figures.

Innovative Designs, a Fitchburg manufacturer of injection molded products including trays, cups, and utensils for the catering industry, will be acquired by Fineline Settings of Middletown, N.Y.

UMass Memorial HealthAlliance Hospital has opened a new surgery clinic that will allow for treatment of common forms of skin cancer right in Leominster.

Mount Wachusett Community College has received $573,600 in state funds to help educate students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Lowell-based Enterprise Bancorp Inc., the parent of Enterprise Bank that has branches in Acton, Fitchburg and Leominster, announced a 36 percent year-over-year increase in net income for the second quarter of 2016.

State lawmakers and other state officials met Tuesday morning with representatives from the federal government and various branches of the military to discuss the status of the state's military installations.

A television pilot based on a book by a Chelmsford doctor is being filmed at Heywood Hospital in Gardner this week, according to the hospital.

A consortium of community colleges has received a $4 million U.S. Department of Labor grant that will provide training for 400 people in advanced manufacturing Worcester, Middlesex and Essex counties.

CEO of the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton talks about the recent return of 16 icons and fundraising for the museum.

Urgent care centers are rapidly popping up across Central Massachusetts, as the region starts to feel the ripples of a national trend.