Framingham

Five area hospitals garnered top safety scores in The Leapfrog Group's Spring 2017 Hospital Safety Score rankings.

Disruptor Beam in Framingham has developed three social games based on some of today's hottest entertainment licenses: Game of Thrones Ascent, Star Trek Timelines and The Walking Dead: March to War.

Boston Marathon spectators will be able to hop on and off the Framingham/Worcester commuter rail line for a flat $20 daily fee instead of the usual charge per ride.

Bob's Stores locations in Framingham and Franklin, and an Eastern Mountain Sports location in Northborough are slated to close as part of their parent company's bankruptcy filing.

Worcester law firm Fletcher Tilton PC has added two elder-law attorneys in Medfield, it announced last week.

After its $67-billion purchase of Hopkinton-based EMC Corp., Texas computer firm Dell Technologies now leads the list of Central Massachusetts' largest manufacturers.

The office market along Interstate 495 in MetroWest added a net positive of 38,000 square feet of leased office space in the first quarter of the year, according to a report by Boston-based Transwestern Consulting Group.

Foreclosure petitions across Middlesex County fell by 40 percent in February, according to a report Monday by Boston real estate statistics firm The Warren Group.

Framingham office-supply retailer Staples is exploring a potential sale, according to a Wall Street Journal report Tuesday, in what would be the latest in its years-long turnaround attempt.

Foreclosure petitions across Worcester County fell by 46 percent in February, according to a report Monday by The Warren Group.