North County

Five Central Massachusetts organizations were among the list of 51 community development corporations and community service organizations slated to receive $9.5 million in tax credits from the state’s Community Investment Tax Credit program, according to a Thursday press release.

The City of Gardner was awarded a $200,000 MassTrails grant by the State of Massachusetts on Tuesday,...

An entity registered to the owners of Boston cannabis firm Sugar Grove purchased a facility in Templeton for $1.3 million.

New England Sheets, a Devens manufacturer of corrugated cardboard sheets, purchased a lot in the Westminster Business Park for $7.4 million on Thursday, according to the Worcester Northern District Registry of Deeds.

Pennsylvania real estate investor EQT Exeter fueled its expansion into New England with the acquisition of a 64,000-square-foot warehouse in Northborough for $18 million.

Companies with new hires and promotions include Workplace Resource, MassHire Central Regional Workforce Board, Leominster Credit Union, and Bay State Savings Bank.

Central Mass. has been known for its historic mill buildings, classic three-decker houses, and local architectural icons like Union Station. But today, there’s room for new, contemporary designs in the region, as well as homages to what’s already there.

The Worcester County Bar Association picked attorney Leonardo Angiulo as its new president-elect at its annual meeting on June 14. 

Less than a month after a Worcester Starbucks location voted unanimously to unionize, a location in Gardner has done the same, voting 14-0 in favor of unionization, according to a tweet from the Twitter account Boston Starbucks Workers United.

Ken Bates, the CEO of Worcester nonprofit Open Sky Community Services, has been named the new chair of the Association for Behavioral Healthcare, a statewide nonprofit organization representing 81 community-based behavioral healthcare providers.