North County

Founded in 2013, Freight Farms now has more than 600 farming units in 41 countries around the world, according to the company’s website.

Once a production desert, Central Massachusetts has seen a large increase in Hollywood-related activity in the past 15 years. Then, the strikes came.

The U.S. Department of Energy credits, combined with the other federal and private funds, will assist the company to begin production at the facility faster, said Jason Mortimer, Electric Hydrogen’s senior vice president of global sales.

The joint venture will own and operate two planned EV battery recycling plants, with one in Poland and the other in Germany.

This Bob’s location will be the company’s fourth in Central Massachusetts, with other locations in Franklin, Natick, and Worcester.

As the Massachusetts cannabis industry battles declining cannabis prices, lawsuits, and a number of other growing pains, a new business association has emerged.

Dressed in white lab coats, nearly 200 physician assistant students and providers on Thursday pitched their potential to help solve a health care workforce shortage that could worsen given the challenges facing Massachusetts hospitals owned by Steward Health Care.

Fitchburg State has planned public forums for each candidate, giving students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other stakeholders an opportunity to hear from each potential president.

A number of lawsuits involving Central Massachusetts cannabis companies have been filed since 2022.

In January, more businesses were incorporated in Central Massachusetts than in any other month since at least January 2017, outpacing the state as a whole, which also set a record for new business starts.