North County

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.

New York-based Northeast Grocery, Inc., parent company of Price Chopper and Market 32 supermarkets, has named John Persons as the company’s new chief operating officer and Mike Miller as chief administrative officer, both newly-created positions at the company.

After opening a new facility in Boylston, a Sutton manufacturing company that is a joint venture of the Kraft Group has purchased a lot in an under-development industrial park in Westminster for $7.4 million.

Leominster-based public relations firm empHowered PR is opening its second location at the Worcester Idea Lab on Franklin Street, its first move beyond its North Central Massachusetts headquarters.

The Fitchburg Public Library will receive $1.5 million from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners to help offset rising construction costs on the $40-million construction and renovation project.

Less than a month after removing its CEO, Heywood Hospital in Gardner is pausing construction on its surgical pavilion.

Maugel DeStefano Architects announced completion of a 4,200 square-foot medical office suite for Orthopedic Affiliates Joint & Sports Medicine Center and Achieve Physical Therapy.