Grafton

Companies with new hires and promotions include Oriol Health Care, Eagle Clearning Corp., Bay State Savings Bank, and Gorman Richardson Lewis Architects.

A quarter of the proposed units would have reduced rates for Grafton residents and employees making 80% of the median income, which would be about $63,000 annually for a household of two.

Spectrum Internet, a communications technology provider affiliated with Charter Communications, Inc., has doubled the starting download speed of its internet service from 100 to 200 Mbps throughout its Central Mass. locations, according to a Tuesday press release.

A local developer proposed 300 units of 40B apartment- and townhouse-style housing in Grafton at a selectboard meeting Tuesday night.

A nearly 10-acre plot of developable land in Grafton’s technology park CenTech Park, sold for $3.5 million, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

An eight-unit condominium complex in Grafton sold for $1.4 million to Michael Ermani, a Worcester-based developer who made several multi-million purchases in the region last year.

The Grafton Flea Market sold for $1.1 million on Friday to the owners of a small convenience store in Worcester, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

Christmas tree farms were taken by storm last year, as shoppers jumped at the chance to partake in a relatively safe, outdoor holiday activity. Local farms sold out their stock in a fraction of the time they’d expect in a normal year.

MJ’s Market, an adult-use cannabis shop in Grafton, officially opened its doors to the public on Oct. 19, and celebrated a grand opening on Friday.

A mixed-use, 317-unit apartment complex and retail space was approved in July for redevelopment of Grafton’s former state hospital, according to the Town of Grafton’s website.