North County

A 2.3-percent tax doesn't sound like much, but taking it directly off the top of medical device companies' sales could have widespread impacts on businesses large and small, industry experts say.

A class-action lawsuit against Unitil Corp. over its handling of a crippling ice storm in 2008 has been allowed to proceed by a Worcester Superior Court judge.

Nurses at HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster have ratified a new, two-year labor contract that improves staffing ratios and adds new positions, according to their union, the Massachusetts Nurses Association.

The YMCA of Central Massachusetts will install improvements at its five branches, using money from the state's finance and development agency.

Providence & Worcester Railroad has been awarded $455,691 from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) for improvements...

Worcester-based Spectrum Health Systems has expanded into Northern Worcester County with an outpatient treatment clinic in downtown Leominster, and more locations in that region are possible, according to Chief Operating Officer Kurt Isaacson.

A new company, Allied Resin Technologies (Artech), has teamed up with Leominster's First Plastics Corp. to bring rotational manufacturing of large plastic goods and up to 50 new jobs to the city.

Richard S. Lapidus became the 11th president of Fitchburg State University Wednesday.

Some Tyco Fire Protection Products operations currently performed in Westminster will be relocated by September to other Tyco facilities in Brownsville, Texas, and Matamores, Mexico, the company said Monday.

Leominster-based HealthAlliance Hospital and the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) said they have reached a tentative three-year contract agreement that limits patient assignments and increases nurse staffing while boosting pay, according to the MNA.