Sterling

Leanne Boudreau was among countless scrappy small business owners who pivoted during the COVID pandemic to survive. Yet Notown Goods, a Sterling retail shop selling handmade goods from artisans across the U.S., didn’t just make it through; it boomed.

Toro Loco Taqueria has opened its doors at the DCU Center in Worcester at the location left vacant when specialty donut shop Glazy Susan closed in January.

People are on the move at Saint Vincent Hospital, Rockland Trust, and ERA Key Realty Services.

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.

Worcester nonprofit Spectrum Health Systems, a mental health and addiction treatment provider, has issued $137,000 in grants to organizations supporting those in recovery, seven of which are located in Worcester.

Following the completion of the first phase, the construction of the second section of the Northgate Meadows Apartments complex in Sterling has begun, with the third and final phase starting construction immediately following the completion of phase two.

Deputy commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources Ashley Randle is blazing trails in the department by being named to succeed John Lebeaux as commissioner, the first woman named to the position.

Innofiber, a supplier and manufacturer of fiber-optic cables and related equipment has appointed Dustin Gorman as its CEO.

Sterling fiber optics manufacturer Fiberoptic Components LLC has changed its name to Innofiber.

The manager for an elite competitive dance team and an instructor with a background in professional dance is taking over the MEM Dance Theatre in Sterling from retiring founder Paula Meola.