Monica Benevides

Mark King, CEO of Franklin medical device manufacturer Tegra Medical, will retire on Aug. 1, the company announced on Wednesday.

Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston will reopen its outdoor gardens on June 8, CEO Grace Elton announced on Friday.

The Town of Hopkinton has received a $3-million MassWorks Infrastructure Program Grant for its Main Street Corridor Project, the town announced on Friday, marking the final step in funding the initiative. 

Leadership Worcester is recruiting 25 new members for its 2021 class, according to the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Worcester Community Foundation, who co-sponsor the program.

UMass President Marty Meehan will recommend the university network's board of trustees vote to freeze tuition for the university's 50,000 in-state undergraduate students in the upcoming academic year, citing concerns about how the coronavirus has financially impacted students and their families, the school announced on Wednesday. 

The Worcester Together Fund, a joint effort between the Greater Worcester Community Foundation and the United Way of Central Massachusetts, in conjunction with the City of Worcester, has raised more than $6.5 million, the City of Worcester announced on Tuesday.

ReWalk Robotics, the Marlborough medical device manufacturer, has revised its sponsored research agreement with Harvard University to focus increasingly now researching how the company’s wearable exosuits are comparable with telehealth services, the company announced on Tuesday.

Recreational cannabis sales may resume on the Memorial Day holiday, under Gov. Charlie Baker’s phased economic reopening plan, ending a two-month shutdown of the adult-use side of the industry. 

Bean Counter Bakery Café will open a new flagship location at 270 Grove Street in Worcester, owner Alice Lombardi announced on Monday. An official ribbon-cutting will mark the event on May 20.

Oxford Immunotec, based out of Marlborough and Oxford, United Kingdom, announced on Tuesday the release of its T-SPOT Discovery SARS-CoV-2 test kit, which the company said could help researchers further understand how immunity to the coronavirus works.