North County

A list of every Central Massachusetts communities' residential and commercial & industrial real estate tax rates

The workforce became decentralized, and fewer people went out for a quick lunch.

Delicious Dips, a bakery offering custom orders of cakes as well as a walk-in retail service featuring items like smoothies, has received a $30,000 small business loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. in Fitchburg.

NewVue Communities, a community development corp. serving Fitchburg, received a $726,000 grant from the Massachusetts Underutilized Properties Program for new roofs on three historic buildings that are a part of the organization’s plan to create artist space in downtown Fitchburg.

The September unemployment rates in the Central Massachusetts metropolitan areas surrounding Worcester, Framingham, and Leominster-Gardner all dropped.

In January, Brent Maugel will step down as president of Maugel DeStefano Architects in Harvard. Jonathan Cocker, Mike Kunz, and Mark Pelletier will lead the firm as a team.

The Massachusetts Growth Capital Corp., a Boston-based quasi-public corporation, awarded $759,687 to Central Massachusetts chambers of commerce, development corporations, and micro-lenders.

Ayer Moving and Storage, a family-owned company since 1951, has sold its business to Platt Builders Inc. of Groton.

Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner has added two master technician professors to its automotive technology program.

The Massachusetts Nurses Association union has ratified new contracts for 2,770 of its nurses at Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health's facilities in the past four months.