WBJ Staff

Seven communities in Central Massachusetts are among two dozen across the state to win $8.1 million in state transportation funding announced Tuesday.

An applicant seeking approval for cultivation and manufacturing licenses in Franklin has bought an eight-acre site in town for $1.6 million.

The Student Opportunity Act signed by Gov. Charlie Baker in November increased its annual project cap by $200 million, allowing the MSBA to approve up to $800 million in construction annually.

Chairman and CEO Steve MacMillan of the Marlborough medical device manufacturer Hologic is pushing sustainability and a women’s health agenda, according to a shareholder message.

Worcester human services nonprofits Seven Hills Foundation and Youth Opportunities Upheld Inc. announced an affiliation on Tuesday to make YOU, Inc. the 14th affiliate of the Worcester nonprofit.

The Papyrus greeting cards and stationery store in the Natick Mall will close, along with the rest of the chain's 254 stores.

Three long-term employees of the IC Federal Credit Union have been promoted to its executive team, according to Anthony Emerson, president and CEO of the Fitchburg-based lender.

The Bay State's unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point in December at 2.8%, according to the state’s Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development on Friday.

Framingham State University will open a new student services center in February to be the campus's first...

A four-story office building in Marlborough that went to auction has fall has been bought for $3.3 million.