North County

The total number of unemployed workers in the Greater Worcester metropolitan area rose slightly in November.

Process Cooling Systems Inc., a Leominster-based provider of manufacturing-related water systems, is the latest Massachusetts company to give their employees a stake in the business that they work for. 

The state’s buzziest industry slowed down this year, although some sectors will do better than others next year.

In December 2022, the WBJ Editorial staff made 10 bold predictions for news events to happen in Central Massachusetts throughout the year. Turns out, we missed the mark on all but two.

Every December for this Economic Forecast special edition, the journalists in the WBJ newsroom forecast 10 possible news events for the coming year, based on their expertise and the trends in the Central Massachusetts business community.

Beacon MedTech Solutions in Leominster has named Jim Colony as president of the company. He was previously interim president, a position he took on in March.

A prominent Worcester restaurant is on the move again, as Niche Hospitality Group’s Mezcal Tequila Cantina will be moving to the former home of a Ninety Nine Restaurant & Pub location.

A West Boylston landscaping business has purchased a property located at 110 Worcester Road in Sterling for $675,000.

A Worcester-based attorney with experience representing children and parents in Juvenile Court proceedings could soon join that court as a judge.

A 95,000-square-foot manufacturing and warehouse facility in Leominster has been sold to a corporation managed by a baseball equipment manufacturer for $5 million.