North County

Exchange Authority, Worcester-based subsidiary of Fidelity Bank of Leominster announced Albino Caporale would be the company’s new president & CEO.

Applebury Behavior Associates purchased the former Learning Express Toys and Gifts headquarters in Devens and plans to open a new clinic at the location.

Worcester nonprofit Spectrum Health Systems, a mental health and addiction treatment provider, has issued $137,000 in grants to organizations supporting those in recovery, seven of which are located in Worcester.

Clinton Savings Bank opened a new branch at Edgemere Crossing in Shrewsbury on March 20, joining supermarket Market Basket, which opened its new store at the plaza in January.

The Garbose Building at 2-10 Parker St. in downtown Gardner has been acquired for redevelopment by Candor Realty of Lowell, the latest in a series of investments in Gardner’s downtown.

Unemployment rates continue an upwards tick across Central Massachusetts communities, with February unemployment a couple tenths of a percent higher than in January in all three of the region’s metropolitan areas tracked by the state.

Following the completion of the first phase, the construction of the second section of the Northgate Meadows Apartments complex in Sterling has begun, with the third and final phase starting construction immediately following the completion of phase two.

Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner has collaborated with local banks and credit unions to launch a new banking certificate program.

The Azzur Group, LLC will break ground on its new Cleanroom on Demand laboratory facility in Devens on April 27.

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has selected 19 artists for its second Business of Art cohort, which is funded by GWCF’s Creative Worcester Initiative in partnership with the Boston-based Barr Foundation and the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art's Assets for Artists program.