Framingham

The Winter Street Bridge in Framingham will close at 7 a.m. Tuesday, as part of a bridge replacement project, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced this week.

Framingham energy services firm Ameresco has been selected to design, engineer, operate and maintain a natural gas-fired peaking plant at Philadelphia's Navy Yard that will serve as the centerpiece of one of America's largest private microgrids.

The American Cancer Society announced Thursday it will fund six grants totaling $1.6 million to researchers in Massachusetts.

The downtown area of Framingham has had over $56 million in funding and funding announcements over the last two years.

The MBTA's fleet of commuter rail locomotives, including 40 new cars, poses "challenges" for the vendor tasked with operating the 388-mile system that has an annual ridership of 35 million and ongoing reliability problems.

Framingham's Ameresco has begun construction of a 2.4 megawatt solar array being installed for the town of Sturbridge.

Five companies in Central Massachusetts have received perfect scores on the 2017 Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

After its failed $6.3B merger with Office Depot, Staples pushes forward with cuts, focus on small businesses.

Armed with $1.25 billion and plans to acquire hospitals, Steward Health Care of Boston is making inroads into Central Massachusetts.

The long-vacant former EMC Corp. headquarters in Hopkinton's Elmwood Industrial Park has sold for $3.45 million.