North County

While Massachusetts continues to struggle with the effects of the opioid epidemic, newly released data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health shows Worcester County experienced a 16% decrease in opioid-related overdose deaths between 2022 and 2023.

Revolutionary Clinics, a cannabis company with a cultivation and production facility in Fitchburg, has closed one of its Cambridge dispensaries.

State officials unveiled a new public awareness campaign Monday to crack down on crisis pregnancy centers that officials say purport to offer legitimate reproductive health care but ultimately provide misleading information that can deter patients from going through with abortions.

The Town of Clinton has received $500,000 to facilitate the cleanup of a 8.4-acre site formerly housing the Rockbestos-Surprenant Cable Corp. facility.

A former Town of Grafton official is facing federal charges related to his cannabis company.

A nursing home operator with facilities in Worcester, Fitchburg, and Westborough has agreed to pay a $4-million settlement over claims of substandard patient care and understaffing, according to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office.

Employees at the Community Economic Development Assistance Corp., Fidelity Bank, and NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs moving up in their careers.

Bringing older live performance spaces back to life could bolster the Central Massachusetts entertainment scene.

The company was one of eight fusion-related companies selected by the DOE to receive a total of $46 million, as part of the department’s Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program

Fitchburg State University will offer two new bachelor’s degree programs aimed at preparing students for the growing demands of the arts and healthcare industries, becoming the first public institution in Massachusetts to offer either of these degree paths.