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There's a new CEO at CardioFocus Inc., a medical device company in Marlborough. Burke Barrett, who has served as the company’s president and chief operating officer, starts the new job Wednesday. The company previously didn't have a CEO and is led by Executive Chairman Paul LaViolette.

Natick's Leonard Morse Hospital is planning to shift to a behavioral health care campus, no longer offering acute care services such as surgical and emergency departments.

Of all the people with associations to marijuana, only one person may come close to Cheech & Chong: Snoop Dogg. The rapper-turned-cannabis entrepreneur will stop by Caroline's Cannabis, a pot shop in Uxbridge, from 4 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday for a meet-and-greet.

A new report on North Central Massachusetts commissioned by the region's chamber of commerce shows workforce job growth across nearly every sector.

As much as hype can build up momentum, you can’t take it to the bank. Eventually, the sizzle needs the steak.

A better measure for judging project success than the tax revenues from properties near the new stadium would be the overall municipal tax revenues rising at a healthy pace.

Collaborative workspaces in Worcester and Fitchburg took in $200,000 in funding announced Thursday by the Gov. Charlie Baker Administration.

It is easy to scoff at the $2.3 million in total compensation made by Eric Dickson, president and CEO of UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, and say he is overpaid.

For this year, WBJ readers weighed in more than 17,000 times in a record 54 categories to give you recommendations on topics such as the Best Web Design Firm (Worcester Interactive) and the Best Venue for a Corporate Event (Apex Center of New England).

Home sellers in Framingham and Hudson were the big winners this year, according to new data from The Warren Group, the Peabody-based real estate market tracker. Sales volume and prices in both communities have risen for the first 11 months of this year compared to 2018.