Entries by Ryan Murphy

Fitchburg Housing Authority Helping Secure Good Housing

Fitchburg Housing Authority Director of Customer and Application Services Yajaira Aldrich was presented with a certificate of appreciation at the FHA board meeting on last Wednesday morning at Daniel Heights, a thank you for her continued efforts in helping to provide housing for city residents. “She has helped people in their worst conditions … and […]

Baker-Polito Administration Launches “HireNow” Hiring and Training Employer Grant Program

$4,000/Employee Program Aims to Boost Hiring with Labor Force Participation Rates Still Lower than Pre-Pandemic The Baker-Polito Administration launched a new hiring and training employer grant program, “HireNow,” which will help employers quickly hire and train new workers and get more people back to work. The new program provides eligible employers with a $4,000 per […]

Have you seen the latest Manufacturing Directory?

Expansive Guide highlights the region’s vast manufacturing firms and industrial space The Chamber and its development arm, the North Central Massachusetts Development Corporation (NCMDC), announce the publication of the 2022 edition of the Manufacturers Directory and Industrial Parks Guide for North Central Massachusetts. The publication is designed to promote and connect manufacturers with suppliers as […]

Chamber Spring 2022 Updates

WORKFORCE STUDY: In partnership with Fitchburg State University, the Chamber has commissioned the UMass Donahue Institute to conduct a study to assess and recommend ways to enhance the labor pool in the region.  Specifically, we will be looking for strategies to recruit populations in the region that may not be currently participating fully in the […]

Fidelity Bank Donated More Than $400,000 in 2021 through its LifeDesign Community Dividend

Fidelity Bank today announced it donated more than $400,000 to more than 220 worthy organizations, events, and causes in several Central and Eastern Massachusetts communities in 2021 through its LifeDesign Community Dividend, which is money the bank sets aside for this purpose each year. As communities began to slowly recover from the pandemic over the past […]

Housing Trends: Rising Prices, Falling Sales, Inventory Woes

Sales of both single-family homes and condos in Massachusetts declined in February as housing prices rose even further. Single-family home sales tumbled 14.7 percent last month as the median home sale price increased 5.4 percent on a year-over-year basis to $470,000, up from $446,000 in February 2021, according to The Warren Group. Tim Warren, CEO […]

The Aubuchon Company embraces new mindset for recent rebrand

Since 1908, the Aubuchon Hardware name has been a staple for hardware stores around the New England area. The business itself – W.E. Aubuchon Co., Inc.– has always been a good, old fashioned family company, with fourth generation family member Will Aubuchon currently as President and CEO. The first and initial generation – founder William […]

Mount Wachusett Community College Names Stephanie Williams Inaugural Chief Diversity Executive

We are pleased to announce that Stephanie Williams is joining Mount Wachusett Community College in the newly established role of Chief Diversity Executive. Williams joins MWCC after severing as the Chief Diversity Executive for the City of Worcester where she was responsible for leading the City Manager’s diversity agenda. Prior to joining the City of […]

Exchange Authority announces relocation to Worcester

Financial services leader moving from Leominster in response to growing market needs Exchange Authority, a leading consultant and facilitator for Section 1031 exchanges and a wholly owned subsidiary of Fidelity Bank, today announced the relocation of its offices from Leominster to Worcester.  All Exchange Authority staff relocated to the Fidelity Bank banking center located at 465 Shrewsbury […]

Clinton Savings Bank Offers Assistance to Homebuyers Through FHL Bank Boston Program

Clinton Savings Bank (clintonsavings.com) has been selected to participate in the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston’s Equity Builder Program, which assists local homebuyers with down payment and closing costs as well as homebuyer counseling and rehabilitation assistance. The program provides grants to financial institutions to assist households at or below 80 percent of the […]