North County

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corporation has released small-business loans totaling $109,500 to three local businesses, the organization announced last week.

Municipal elections took place in 53 cities and towns around the state Tuesday, with Worcester and Leominster's leadership remaining mostly unchanged while Fitchburg saw power handed over to a new mayor.

Power grid and wind energy equipment manufacturer AMSC of Devens said Tuesday that revenue was up in its second quarter on the back of additional wind contracts and a $3.7 million government contract modification.

The City of Gardner has received $3.2 million in grants from MassWorks that will open up 10 acres of commercial property that is “ripe for development” and improve the city's downtown.

The top executive for sales at Holliston life science researcher Harvard Bioscience has resigned during an overhaul of the company's sales team to focus on areas with higher growth potential, according to regulatory filings.

A home heating oil spill has proved costly for Wells Fargo Bank.

UMass Memorial Medical Center's University Campus received only a “C” score in an industry watchdog's annual ranking of hospital safety.

Fitchburg-based Micron Products, Inc. has expanded its sales organizations with two high-level appointments designed to grow its contract manufacturing, the company announced Wednesday.

A 12-acre site near the base of Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in Hancock now sports 7,500 solar panels, the largest such array in the region.

When Worcester-based Reliant Medical Group announced the layoff of 78 employees early last month, the healthcare provider cited a projected budget shortfall.