North County

Developers and brokers are using multiple strategies to bring life sciences companies out past Route 128 in Massachusetts.

Fourteen projects across Central Massachusetts have received more than $152 million in federal and state low-interest-rate loans...

Fitchburg nonprofit The Arc of Opportunity has become an affiliate of Chelmsford-based Incompass Human Services, which serves nearly 500 individuals with brain injuries and intellectual disabilities in the Greater Lawrence and Greater Lowell areas.

F&M Tool & Die Inc. of Leominster will move into a new 23,390-square-foot manufacturing facility in Lancaster after agreeing to a lease for a building at 851 Sterling Road.

The owners of New England Wire Products in Leominster have purchased two neighboring industrial buildings at 101 and 107 Scott Drive from Spectro Coating Corp., a flock manufacturer that stopped production in February.

Two parcels located at the intersection of Route 20 and Millbury St. in Auburn sold in two unrelated transactions for $2.3 million and $1.7 million.

Gov. Maura Healey said this week that she is looking forward to working with the Legislature on ways to fund free community college for Massachusetts residents over 25, after a representative questioned if the $20 million she earmarked for the program would be enough.

Five organizations in Boxborough and Stow received a combined $232,209 as part of nearly $600,000 awarded in Central Massachusetts and $1 million statewide from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection grants to small public water suppliers.

The directory is a list of organizations with a location in Central Massachusetts that support the life sciences industry, including contract research organizations, contract development and manufacturing organizations, and companies providing custom products, technologies, or other services.

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