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IC Federal Credit Union will expand into Worcester before the end of the year, the Fitchburg-based financial institution announced.

There's no question that the health care landscape is shifting — for patients, doctors and medical centers, as well as insurers. As one way to adapt, Harrington HealthCare System in Southbridge and Heywood Hospital in Gardner have formed a partnership that is the first of its kind in the state, and, according to experts and those involved, could serve as a local and national model for community healthcare systems.

Increased demand helped put tool manufacturer L.S. Starrett of Athol in the black for its 2014 fiscal year, which ended on June 30.

(UPDATED) Nurses at HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster will deliver a petition to CEO Deborah Weymouth today, asking her to rescind plans to reduce staffing and reorganize patient care services, according to the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA), the union representing the nurses.

Small businesses in Worcester County, especially those engaged in agriculture, have until Oct. 6 to file for economic disaster loans with the federal government for damages caused by excessive moisture and heat over a five-month span last year, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced.

A Lexington-based developer will build up to 124 units of housing in Devens’ Grant Road neighborhood, the...

An international court has ordered energy technology manufacturer AMSC, of Devens, to pay $11 million to an Indian firm over an alleged breach of a licensing agreement, AMSC said Thursday.

Bent Productions, a manufacturer of custom-made sets for professional theater groups in the Northeast, has purchased an 18,000-square-foot manufacturing building in Clinton to house its new location, according to the broker, Greater Boston Commercial Properties Inc. of Marlborough.

As part of an additional $3.275 million in supplemental funding for communities in New England to carry out cleanup and redevelopment projects at contaminated brownfields properties, Gardner has received one of the two grants awarded to Massachusetts, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said.

The supermarket saga that dominated summer headlines ended Thursday morning as ousted CEO Arthur T. Demoulas took back the reins of Market Basket and employees returned to work after feuding factions of the Demoulas family reached a deal to sell the company.