Monica Benevides

Marlborough human services nonprofit Thrive Support & Advocacy has named Stacey Forrest as the organization’s first chief operating officer, the nonprofit announced late in May.

The Massachusetts unemployment rate was down 0.3 percentage points in May, coming in at 6.1%, according to a Friday release from the state’s Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

A brother and sister based out of Templeton have sold a set of 13 condos at 350 Riverbend St. in Athol sold for $1.425 million to a pair of New England businessmen, according to the Worcester County Registry of Deeds.

Marlborough medical device manufacturer Hologic has completed an $808-million acquisition of Finnish-French company Mobidiag Oy, the MetroWest company announced on Thursday.

Framingham office supply retailer Staples, Inc. announced on Wednesday its CEO, Alexander “Sandy” Douglas would be stepping down as the company’s CEO, with an interim CEO taking the helm effective Friday.

Commonwealth Medicine, the consulting and operations division of UMass Medical School in Worcester, will shift 500 employees to a work-from-home hybrid model, taking them out of the school’s 333 South St. location in Shrewsbury.

North Brookfield Savings Bank has named Mark Drew, most recently of Stoneham Bank, as its new senior vice president and chief commercial lending officer, within the bank’s commercial lending department, the company announced Thursday.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has awarded five Worcester organizations $494,000 to help lead coronavirus vaccination education efforts among Latinos, Black, Indigenous and other people of color in Worcester’s inner city.

Single-family home sales continued to increase in both sale price and number of sales in the City of Worcester and Worcester County in May, according to a monthly report from Peabody real estate data firm The Warren Group.

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester has named John Whitlock as its newest chief financial officer, replacing Brendan Strong, who held the role for one year, according to his LinkedIn.