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Hospitality

Central Mass. restaurants receive cut of $900K to address food insecurity

Thirty-one independent restaurants throughout Massachusetts have secured a cumulative $900,000 in state grant funding to address food insecurity, MassDevelopment announced Tuesday.
Banking & Finance

🔒Auditor: Worcester among hardest-hit communities in unequal Mass Save benefits distribution

A state auditor report has found the Mass Save program provides a skewed distribution of its resources...
Nonprofits

North Central chamber launches transportation program to connect workers and employers

North Central Massachusetts is tackling a problem familiar to suburban and rural communities: Getting workers from transit stops to their jobs.
Diversity & Inclusion

🔒Longtime leader of The Arc of Opportunity to retire

Sixteen years after joining The Arc of Opportunity in North Central Massachusetts as its president and CEO,...
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Banking & Finance

Six of 10 Central Mass. hospitals were profitable in fiscal 2024

Athol Hospital has risen to the top as the most profitable in Central Massachusetts, according to data released Thursday.
Banking & Finance

Commonwealth Fusion’s headquarters in Devens sold for $74M

The Devens headquarters of Commonwealth Fusion Systems has been sold for $74 million by a Boston-based real estate investment firm to two investment groups. 
Energy

New fiber internet provider launches service in Holden

Previously, Spectrum was the only wired internet provider available to residential customers in Holden. 
Health Care

UMass Memorial breaks ground of satellite Nashoba Valley ER, expects to open in 2026

Worcester-based healthcare system has begun construction on the Groton facility.
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Economy

Greater Worcester unemployment held steady in August

Unemployment held steady or decreased in August throughout Central Massachusetts as the region experiences vacillating employment trajectories that change direction on a monthly basis.
Health Care

Gardner optics manufacturer to move HQ to Littleton, receives $1.3M tax credit

Medical and defense optics manufacturer Precision Optics is relocating its corporate headquarters from Gardner to a larger site at the King Street Common mixed-use development in Littleton.
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