Sterling

Gannett, the nation's largest newspaper chain and owner of Worcester’s Telegram & Gazette, Framingham’s MetroWest Daily News as well as several other local papers, has laid off personnel across its publishing empire.

The Power 50 may not necessarily hold the most power in the region, but they are the people who most effectively wielded their power to have an outsized influence on the economy and the community within the last year.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has penalized Sterling contractor Christopher McNamara a total of $69,860 for violating asbestos removal regulations at the Sterling Municipal Light Department maintenance garage.

NorthBridge Partners, LLC, a real estate investment company based in Wakefield, has purchased $16.2 million in properties in Shrewsbury, Sterling, and Boylston over the last few weeks.

Sterling electric company DMH Electric, Inc. Has been acquired by Qmerit, a California company which helps households and small businesses transfer to using electric energy sources, according to a press release.

Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration has awarded the amount of $5.3 million for the Share Winter Streets & Spaces program, according to an announcement by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

As Washington, D.C. tussles over yet another stimulus check proposal, Leominster Credit Union is taking matters into its own hands.

The Sterling Academy of Gymnastics has received a $50,000 microloan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. for working capital for pandemic-related relief and recovery, as well as to help start a remote education program, NCMDC announced on Tuesday.

The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration announced this fall 13 Central Massachusetts communities would split $1.25 million in Shared Streets and Spaces emergency grants, in order to make roads more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly, part of $10 million handed out statewide.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced Central Massachusetts business to take on new roles in preventing further spread of the disease, including enforcing mask-wearing in public and – at times – turning away would-be revenue-generating customers who don’t abide by the mandate.