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The MBTA board approved a $30 million contract Monday to expand double tracking on stretches of the Franklin Line, an improvement that officials say will allow for more reliable travel on a line with stops in Dedham, Norwood and Foxborough.

The legal cannabis field — which a year ago this month opened its first retail stores in Massachusetts — remains challenging for operators, with legal hurdles, high taxes, banking restrictions, zoning limitations and a long permitting process, industry panelists said Wednesday in Worcester.

A Worcester startup aiming to help diabetics and a Cambridge firm creating devices for those with impaired mobility have joined Worcester Polytechnic Institute's PracticePoint incubator.

The buildout of a 63,000-square-foot Framingham facility by Woburn biotech Replimune is on schedule, with the company having received an occupancy permit and begun transferring technology to the site.

A panel discussion of the business and social implications of cannabis will be held Wednesday at Clark University in Worcester.

A failed safety inspection has prompted the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to permanently close and tear down Boden Lane Bridge in Natick.

A third person has died of a vaping-associated lung injury, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced Wednesday.

Framingham energy firm Ameresco reported a decline in income during its third quarter, missing expectations.

Worcester supplier American Equipment Group has been acquired by Resolute Industrial Holdings of Indianapolis for an undisclosed amount.

Worcester Business Journal on Monday published its annual special edition Fact Book: Doing Business in Central Mass.