Winchendon

The former owner of Winchendon transportation company Rite Way has been sentenced to one year in prison and fined $4.2 million after pleading guilty to charges related to millions in Medicaid fraud, according to the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office.

The former owner of Winchendon transportation company Rite Way has pleaded guilty to charges related to an alleged $19 million in Medicaid fraud.

A 7.1-megawatt Winchendon solar farm developed and owned by three energy firms has been completed.

Worcester has joined a growing list of Massachusetts cities and towns banning the sale of flavored tobacco.

A cooling stock market may signal an economic slowdown ahead, which would affect home prices.

Fidelity Bank has set up microloan funds to help small businesses in Gardner and Winchendon, where Colonial Co-Operative Bank, with which Fidelity has merged, had branches.

Framingham has joined a growing list of Central Massachusetts town to file lawsuits against pharmaceutical manufacturers for their role in the opioid crisis that has gripped the area for years.

In the 1990s, there was retribution for the public health damage done by tobacco companies. Now, the pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution industry could be on track to settle another landmark public health lawsuit.

Greater Gardner Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jim Bellina will leave his job in the next several months due to a family illness, the chamber announced Tuesday.

Leominster-based Fidelity Bank and Gardner-based Colonial Co-operative Bank will merge to create a financial institution with assets of $870 million.