Framingham

Jeffrey Welch is departing Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, MetroWest Medical and other affiliates little more than one year after becoming CEO for Tenet Healthcare's area hospitals.

Median home sale prices in Worcester County hit $307,000 in June, a 10.9-percent increase from the previous year, according to a report by the Boston real estate firm Warren Group Wednesday.

A vacant former Bob's Stores at Shoppers World in Framingham would be divided in two under a proposal to the city.

The state's affordable housing laws create a nightmare scenario for Central Massachusetts cities and towns who can see added density and out-of-place developments come into their community with little restriction.

Living where you shop is now part of a trend toward developments not differentiating between a commercial area and a residential one.

Across Central Massachusetts, the rate of new subsidized housing units has sped up as the housing market has remained tight, outpacing the state average.

As mental health providers in Central Massachusetts have expanded services to meet a growing need, they bump up against a capacity strained by funding and staffing limits.

Movers and shakers in Central Massachusetts from July 9 to July 23.

A Woburn-based biotech developing new cancer treatments is planning to spend $20 million to renovate 63,000-square-feet of space in a vacant Framingham building.

The president of Framingham State University has signed on to a pledge from CEOs and presidents across the country to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace.