North County

Gardner manufacturer Precision Optics Corp. anticipates the process of listing its shares on the Nasdaq stock exchange to be completed in the coming weeks.

Seaman Paper Co. in Gardner has partnered with Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in Sarasota, Florida, and Italian organization, One Ocean Foundation to fund research and conservation efforts.

Eastham’s Hometown Financial Group, Inc., parent company of Oxford’s bankHometown, and Randolph Bancorp, Inc. of Quincy have received regulatory approval for their proposed merger and announced Tuesday a target date of Oct. 7 for closing.

MassHire Central Region Workforce Board has signed a 10-year lease on a new 6,500-square-foot space in the Southbridge Innovation Center, according to a Monday press release by Southbridge Associates, which owns and operates the 1.2-million-square-foot business park.

Fitchburg State University announced on Monday it is launching a new bachelor’s degree program in digital media innovation.

Family-owned Worcester butcher and grocer D'Errico's Market has closed its Cambridge Street location after almost two years, according to the company's Facebook page.

Rockland Trust has provided $29 million in financing to Waterstone Properties Group of Needham, for the construction of a surgical pavilion expansion at Heywood Hospital in Gardner.

Fitchburg and Leominster single family home sales rose 18% year-over-year in August, following a 21% climb in July year-over-year.

The Worcester Metropolitan Statistical Area seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate climbed to 3.8% in August, from 3.7% in July.

A 458,681-square-foot warehouse building at 111 Adams St. in Clinton sold for $49.3 million on Friday, as part of a larger deal to Florida real estate investment firm Westbrook Partners.