North County

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.

Nypro, of Clinton, opened a new 200,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Devens on Thursday as the plastics manufacturer turns up the production of products for its health care-industry customers.

Fidelity Bank of Fitchburg has agreed to pay $3.5 million toward a relief fund for Massachusetts investors who were defrauded by an alleged pyramid scheme involving TelexFREE of Marlborough, the secretary of state's office announced Monday.

A hazardous waste cleanup professional from Clinton has lost his state license for eight months after he allegedly concluded that there was no imminent hazard at a former dry cleaner in Ayer when, in fact, there was, according to a statement from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

Devens-based AMSC said it has broken through another roadblock in the Chinese court system in the company's trade infringement battle with a former customer.

Fitchburg-based digital marketing company 190 Group has agreed to purchase an ecommerce Web design and development firm, adding 1,300 customers to its client base, the company announced.

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.