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Two friends working at Shrewsbury hair salon Scizzors will open a new salon called Page Boy Hair Studio by March 1 in the Canal District.

Wachusett Mountain Ski Area in Princeton has 70 percent of its terrain open thanks to recent low temperatures. By Monday, it plans to be at 100 percent.

Price Chopper in Hopkinton and Market 32 in Sutton are one of several of the chain's stores to begin a partnership with grocery delivery service Instacart on Wednesday.

Paresky Flitt & Co., a Wayland tax and accounting practice, will open a Shrewsbury location next month.

The attendance at Worcester children's museum EcoTarium grew more than 30 percent under departing president Joe Cox and is on track for an all-time year in 2017.

GateHouse Media, the owner of the Telegram & Gazette, the MetroWest Daily News and dozens of papers across Massachusetts, has reached an agreement to buy the Boston Herald.

The higher gas prices that took hold after hurricanes slammed Gulf of Mexico refineries have only fallen slightly and are hanging at an average price that is 37 cents a gallon higher than at this time last year.

Building materials manufacturer Saint-Gobain, with major operations in Worcester, announced Friday its acquisition of a Pennsylvania manufacturer of 3D-printed ceramic components.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation granted $800,000 for the College of the Holy Cross to conduct humanities-based research to enrich its understanding of Worcester and create partnerships between the community and the Jesuit liberal arts school.

The City of Worcester spent nearly $11,000 to be among the 238 bids to lure online retail giant Amazon's second headquarters, according to public records specialist MuckRock.