WBJ Staff

Marlborough medical device company Hologic has added 3D imaging to its SuperSonic MACH 40 ultrasound system. 

The Town of Medway has launched a new program aimed at cutting down on youth substance abuse, with a student survey showing substance use roughly constant for the past decade.

Vaillancourt Folk Art in Sutton, founded by Gary and Judi Vaillancourt, produces chalkware and decorative ornaments featured in higher-end retailers like Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus.

UMass Memorial Health Care and the Harrington HealthCare System have filed paperwork for regulatory approval for their plans for Harrington to become part of the UMass Memorial system.

The Gov. Charlie Baker administration is issuing $333,989 in grants to Central Mass. collaborative workspaces, to help them expand and safely reopen, according to a Tuesday press release from MassDevelopment, which is administering the funds.

A nonprofit educational group has paid $2.6 million for the former Marian High School on Union Avenue in Framingham.

The Northboro Medical Center, a 17,000-square-foot medical office building on Route 20 in Northborough, has sold to new buyers in town for nearly $2.6 million.

On Monday, in conjunction with its Dec. 21 Economic Forecast issue, WBJ announced its list of 21 people to meet in 2021.

In December 2019, no one could have predicted what was to come in 2020. Still, the major trends and news items for the year largely stayed on track. Of the 10 predictions made by the WBJ Editorial Staff for the year, seven came true.

Every December, the WBJ Editorial Staff makes 10 predictions of news events and trends coming in the next year for the Central Massachusetts economy. Here's what they expect to happen in 2021.