Blackstone Valley

A nearly 15-acre property in Grafton’s CenTech Park sold for $3.3 million, about two months after the sale of another large plot in the technology and business park.

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

Now, in its seventh year, the Manufacturing Excellence Awards seeks to accentuate the top performers in a highly complex and varied industry.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion leaders have some of the highest turnover rates among executives. The cause is manifold, but it often has to do with the organization a CDO is serving.

A nearly seven-acre industrial site in Uxbridge, which is the home of Nature’s Medicines cannabis dispensary, sold for $3.45 million to an Arizona-based firm, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

Hometown Financial Group, Inc., the holding company for bankHometown in Oxford, plans to acquire Randolph Bancorp, Inc. the Quincy-based holding company of Envision Bank, for $146.5 million.

The Kraft Group, which owns the New England Patriots and the New England Revolution, purchased a 26-acre industrial property in Whitinsville for $19.7 million.

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.

In 2021, consumers had the most complaints against Central Massachusetts utilities and auto dealers.