Grafton

Hoping to avert two costly health care-related ballot campaigns in the fall, the House on Wednesday unanimously signed off on a bill that sets nurse staffing ratios in intensive care units within hospitals.

The minimum wage in Massachusetts would increase from $8 an hour to $11 an hour by 2017 under a deal announced Wednesday night by top House and Senate Democrats.

Grafton Suburban Credit Union has received a $150,000 federal grant that will allow it to assist first-time home buyers.

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) ruled last week that Grafton officials cannot interfere with the Grafton & Upton Railroad's proposed construction of an additional rail yard and storage tracks.

A $2.5-million donation from a Connecticut couple has brought the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine halfway to its fund-raising goal to renovate and expand one of its teaching hospitals in Grafton.

Grafton will be home to Central Massachusetts's largest residential solar electric system, thanks to a project completed Monday, according to the company that designed and installed it.

The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in Grafton has announced plans to renovate and expand its teaching hospitals through a $68 million project.

A Grafton man has been ordered to pay more than $150,000 in restitution, penalties and fees after he contracted to perform home improvement projects without proper registration, failed to complete the work and misappropriated thousands of dollars from consumers, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced.

The Foster Hospital for Small Animals at Tufts University in Grafton has been designated as one of nine provisional veterinary trauma centers approved nationwide by The American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC).

The MBTA will add two express trains on the Worcester-to-Boston commuter rail line – one in each direction – weekdays starting April 29, according to Massachusetts Bay Commuter Rail (MBCR), which operates the commuter rail lines for the “T.”