North County

Littleton-based Workers Credit Union is launching a construction initiative, updating 11 of the credit union’s 18 locations over the next few years.

GFA Federal Credit Union in Gardner named veteran executive John Knierim as its new executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Devens-based Little Leaf Farms named William Hogan as its new executive vice president and CFO.

Grafton food insecurity nonprofit Community Harvest Project has secured an Agricultural Preservation Restriction for its 75-acre apple and peach orchard in Harvard.

The second-largest credit union in Central Massachusetts, Littleton’s Workers Credit Union, will have a new leader, as longtime President and CEO Doug Petersen retired on Friday.

Keystone Educational Collaborative has purchased Apple Hill Farm and Country Club in Leominster for a new educational facility.

MassDevelopment has expanded its Property Assessed Clean Energy Massachusetts program, once available only to existing buildings, to include new construction projects.

The redevelopment of Downtown Fitchburg continues with the completion of a 44-unit mixed-income development at 10 Main St. The project also has 8,400 square-feet of commercial space on the first floor.

As hospitals shutter services in the wake of staffing shortages, community members and health care workers will argue Thursday that the state should become responsible for hospitals that are "essential" but threatening to close.

Following a May announcement that UMass Memorial Health will shutter its maternity ward at the HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital, Leominster Campus, community advocates continue to push for services to remain in place.