North County

Residents of North Central Massachusetts can weigh in Monday on the proposed slots parlor in Leominster.

A study announced Monday will examine the barriers to growth facing small and medium-sized manufacturers in the Montachusett region of north central Massachusetts.

Now that Leominster voters have endorsed the proposal by Cordish Cos. for a slots parlor in the...

Four Central Massachusetts firms have been named winners of economic impact awards, given annually by MassEcon, a nonprofit that helps promote business growth in the commonwealth.

Five Central Massachusetts companies will receive $520,000 in grants from the commonwealth and are expected to create...

With the pot containing the state's lone slots parlor license, three competitors pitched their geographic desirability, ability to fund and quickly construct a facility and their past performance before the state's gaming commission Monday.

The slots parlor proposals for Leominster and two other communities in Massachusetts will go to a public hearing today before the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, which will decide which of the three will get the state's sole slots license.

Precision Optics of Gardner increased fourth-quarter revenue 4 percent and finished its fiscal year in June with a 17-percent jump in revenue, while cutting its quarterly loss, the maker of optical systems announced this week.

The 495 North submarket, which has struggled with office vacancy and offered lease rates well below those found in neighboring regions, showed signs of improvement in the third quarter of 2013, according to Boston commercial real estate advisory firm Richards Barry Joyce & Partners (RBJ).

Residents of western Worcester County want rural Massachusetts to stay that way, according to a planning meeting Wednesday.