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Local stakeholders are in the process of re-pitching a $34-million downtown Framingham satellite campus of Massachusetts Bay Community College to the Baker Administration after a host of community college capital projects across the state have been put on hold.

The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce works to recruit, retain and incubate businesses in the region. We must understand the region's assets and market for business looking to move or expand.

HEIDI M. LANDERS and REBECCA LYNCH were hired by Worcester social service agency The Bridge of Central Massachusetts. Landers is director of nursing. A resident of Barre, she is a graduate of Worcester State University, with a bachelor's degree in nursing and earned a master's degree in healthcare administration from Salem State University. Lynch was named director of development and marketing. Before joining The Bridge, she worked for Natick Visiting Nurse Association and The Price Center in Newton. Lynch has a bachelor's degree from Occidental College in Los Angeles, Calif., and a master's degree from Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, Calif., both in English.

Massachusetts home sales were up by 6.2 percent in October when compared to a year earlier, helping lead New England to a net gain of nearly 4 percent in home sales over the previous year's Halloween month.

Massachusetts employers added 11,000 jobs in October and job losses in September, originally reported at 7,100, were revised downward to 2,200, state officials reported Thursday morning.

Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and other officials celebrated the second anniversary of JetBlue at the Worcester Regional Airport while highlighting the continued economic benefit of the airport to the region.

Harrington HealthCare System has received a $10,000 donation from Southbridge-based Savers Bank that officials say will help the organization fund expansion of behavioral health services at its Hubbard Hospital campus in Webster.

Scott Cook has been promoted to vice president of Quality and Compliance at Worcester-based Cogmedix, a wholly owned subsidiary of Coghlin Companies, the company announced Tuesday.

Gov. Charlie Baker has rolled out major energy, opioid and charter school proposals and now the administration has a draft economic development plan on the table that aims to attract and retain highly-skilled workers, strengthen the state's competitive business clusters, and produce middle-market housing, especially near public transit.

Construction has kicked off on the first part of a key residential component to the City Square revival of downtown Worcester.