North County

The U.S. Senate agreed Wednesday to ask federal prosecutors to consider criminal contempt charges against Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre.

Heywood Healthcare, the parent company Heywood Hospital in Gardner and Athol Hospital, will have a confirmation hearing on its plan to exit bankruptcy on Monday.

MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham is in one of the most tenuous financial standings of all Central Massachusetts hospitals, according to a new report from the Center for Health Information & Analysis analyzing the financial stability of hospitals in the state. 

Ascend Elements, a Westborough-based company that recycles former electric vehicle battery components into materials used to construct new batteries, has opened a jointly operated plant in Poland. 

Catania Oils has been fined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a result of a peanut oil spill that allegedly violated the Clean Water Act.

Other than prices creeping upwards, the Central Massachusetts single-family market saw little change since August last year.

Higher-ups at Fidelity Bank, American Banker’s Association, and Leominster Credit Union are advancing in their careers.

Social equity cannabis companies say more support needed.

The City of Worcester’s chief diversity officer position has been vacant for nearly two and a half years, a timeframe longer than any individual has held the role since its creation in 2016.

The retailer formerly known as Lumber Liquidators has found a buyer for its assets, a move that should allow one of its three Central Massachusetts locations to remain open.