North County

Fitchburg has a new cannabis dispensary. On Wednesday, Green Meadows Farm LLC opened its second cannabis dispensary in Massachusetts at 50 Walton St. in Fitchburg. 

Fitchburg State University will receive $2 million in federal money for a new downtown black box theater.

Central Massachusetts nonprofits will receive millions of dollars in federal funding in fiscal 2023 as part of the $1.7-trillion omnibus spending bill signed into law by President Joe Biden on Friday.

Residential development will continue its upward trajectory in 2023, as prices will remain high.

The energy industry is moving quickly toward development of environmentally friendly technologies

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester and Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner were among organizations across Massachusetts receiving $48.2 million in state grants to support workforce development and adult education.

The number of Worcester County home sales saw a 35% decline year-over-year in November while there was a 30% decline in the number of sales statewide, as Massachusetts prices hit their lowest level of increase in two years.

The Worcester County unemployment rate in November dropped two tenths of a percentage point from October to 3%, the lowest rate since April 2019, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner received $178,535 from the Massachusetts Campus Hunger-Free grant program to support the school’s effort to minimize food insecurity among its students.

Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. of Gardner announced on Wednesday that it received a $2.6 million order from...