Fitchburg State University students looking to get a jump on their legal career may have hope thanks to an agreement announced Thursday between the school and University of Massachusetts School of Law.
Southbridge-based Harrington HealthCare and Heywood Healthcare in Gardner have formed a new company that will allow the systems to pool and manage their patients' care, giving them an advantage in negotiating risk-based contracts with insurers.
Central Massachusetts saw healthy job gains last month among the commonwealth's overall gain of nearly 14,000 jobs in July, data from the Patrick administration revealed Tuesday.
As the battle continues between the factions of the family that own Market Basket, a published report said the supermarket chain has lost tens of millions of dollars following a walkout by employees loyal to fired CEO Arthur T. Demoulas.
Three area companies were among seven in New England that paid penalties ranging from $3,000 to $9,500 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last month to settle claims that they violated federal laws meant to prevent oil spills, the agency said.
Pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb, which has operations in Devens, has agreed to a joint venture with a Boston firm that will foster research and pre-clinical development of biopharmaceutical innovations from leading university research institutions across the United States, the companies announced.