As economic competition heightens among MetroWest communities vying for businesses fleeing Boston's skyrocketing prices or coming into the area for the first time, cities and towns are putting an increasing emphasis on economic development to reel in businesses.
Legislation that would raise the state's legal tobacco purchasing age to 21, ban tobacco sales in pharmacies and regulate e-cigarettes will be debated in the Massachusetts Senate next week.
Franklin nonprofit HMEA, Inc. earlier this month announced a $56,700 grant from the Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts to expand an autism program at Assumption College.
Hopkinton data storage firm EMC on Monday announced it has been selected by NBC Olympics to support media covering the Rio de Janeiro Olympics this August, becoming the event's official data storage provider.
The Charlton couple behind females-only ride sharing service Chariot for Women hired a screening-and-security firm to provide background checks for potential drivers.
Marlborough's Verax Biomedical has renewed its commercialization agreement with Fresenius Kabi USA, allowing for the marketing and distribution of a Verax in-vitro diagnostic test that detects bacterial contaminants in donated platelets.