North County

As some communities evaluate tax rate changes for businesses, their is mixed evidence of the impact on businesses.

The Massachusetts Nurses Association has been on the move in Central Massachusetts in recent months. In July, registered nurses at Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer voted to join the union. Two months later, RNs at Athol Hospital did the same.

Lowell-based Enterprise Bancorp Inc., the parent of Enterprise Bank that has branches in Acton, Fitchburg and Leominster, reported an increase in net income fueled by net interest income for the third quarter.

Several Central Mass. organizations were among the 28 community hospitals to receive awards totaling $60 million from the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC), it announced on Wednesday.

Geronimo Properties of Leominster said it purchased the SouthFitch Shopping Center, a 30,000- square-foot retail property at the corner of John Fitch Highway and Summer Street.

The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts has announces five grants to support a range of projects throughout the region — all of which are expected to improve the health of the area population.

Precision Optics of Gardner closed its fiscal year by reaching a sales record while reducing losses, the company said Tuesday.

It may not have profits, but AMSC, of Devens, does have prospects. Analysts say the troubled clean energy technology company is not in dire straits, but needs to execute on current orders and sign new deals to recover from several years of legal woes with overseas companies.

Gardner received a $200,000 MassWorks grant Monday that will assist a $1.5 million expansion of New England Peptide (NEP) in the city's Summit Industrial Park.

Despite beating analyst expectations on the strength of iPhone sales for which it makes casings, manufacturing services firm Jabil Circuit Inc., the parent company of Clinton-based Nypro Inc., reported rough times for both its fourth quarter and fiscal year on Wednesday.