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Framingham clean tech firm Ameresco, Inc. announced on Thursday it has started commercial operations at a Houston landfill gas plant.

The end of the Massachusetts state of emergency on June 15 was a welcomed relief throughout the commonwealth, and represented a milestone in our continued recovery from the coronavirus.

Heart transplants may be prevented with lifestyle changes, such as diet, physical activity, stopping smoking and moderate weight loss.

The Foundation for MetroWest, the Natick-based community foundation serving the MetroWest region, has distributed $5 million in emergency grants to community organizations since the coronavirus pandemic began.

The steep economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic hit hard and fast. The recovery is proving to be a lot more herky jerky, but signs of progress abound.

In less than a year, employers went from holding hands with their employees saying, “We’re all in this together,” even as companies were laying off their workers begging them to understand, to now employers saying, “People are just lazy and entitled.”

As Worcester moves forward with its revitalization, Bank of America in April convened a community roundtable on how to move more people into affordable homeownership.

The aftermath of the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, on May 25, 2020, brought pledges from Central Massachusetts business leaders to work to address institutional racism in society, as well as examine their own cultures relative to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

All the attention this spring around the arrival of WooSox has been a win for Worcester. That victory, though, was set up by a long line of brave innovators who took a chance and reinvented the Canal District into one of the hottest development zones around.

Package delivery service UPS has announced on Tuesday it will hire 150 new employees between its Chelmsford and Shrewsbury locations.