Small Business

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection is demanding a Leominster asbestos removal contractor pay a previously suspended $14,312.50 penalty after it found the company violated state asbestos regulations twice in one year.

Small business and medical device industry officials say a pair of provisions in the just-struck Congressional deals on tax credits and spending bode well for job production in Massachusetts.

Following a disappointing vote that halted five years of moving towards a single tax rate, Tim Murray said the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce will continue to encourage businesses to locate in the city, but the job will be tougher.

Framingham brewery Jack’s Abby is among a handful of craft brewers that have partnered with Berkshire Mountain...

Jean-Pierre Garnier has been appointed chairman of the board of Alzheon Inc., a Framingham-based private biopharmaceutical startup...

Worcester-based biopharmaceutical startup Nemucore Medical Innovations said it has closed its Series A financing round to fund...

Wyman-Gordan has been cited for three repeat and 10 serious violations of workplace safety standards at the aerospace parts manufacturer's North Grafton plant, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

MARIE ANGELINI, LISA M. CARROLL, LINDA S. LARRIVEE, CAROLYN J. STEMPER and THOMAS J. SULLIVAN will serve...

Framingham and Worcester have made the list of 99 cities linked to 99 beers, with Jack's Abby Brewery in Framingham and Worcester's Wormtown Brewery being listed as reasons why these communities are a great place to call home.

In November, Dean J. Mazzarella was elected to his 12th two-year term as Leominster mayor, extending his lead as longest serving mayor in the city's 375-year history. This January, when Medford Mayor Michael J. McGlynn retires, Mazzarella officially will be the longest currently serving mayor in Massachusetts.