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Tufts Medical Center announced it has opened a new primary care office in Framingham in partnership with MetroWest Medical Center. The practice, called Tufts Medical Center Primary Care, will refer patients in need of follow-up care to specialists at both Tufts Medical Center in Boston and MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham and Natick, according to a statement from Tufts. Tufts Medical Center Primary Care offers same-day appointments and on-site laboratory services at its location on Route 9, at 85 Worcester Road, next to Shopper's World.

The owner of Framingham's Eastleigh Farm on the north side of town has temporarily averted a foreclosure auction of his raw dairy farm and store, as well as his home. But the town is already considering how it would protect the land if an auction does take place. Town Manager Robert Halpin said the land, owned by longtime Framingham resident Doug Stephan, is a crucial piece of the town's open space plan. The town has the right of first refusal on the 112-acre parcel because it has granted Eastleigh a tax break since it's a working farm. Halpin indicated that it may exercise that right in order to keep the land from being redeveloped into housing.

Three of the least safe Bay State hospitals are located in Central Massachusetts, according to a report compiled Wednesday by a nonprofit.

Framingham-based Staples Inc. announced the launch of its new e-commerce site today, after acquiring California-based software company Runa earlier this month with plans to create a more personalized shopping experience at Staples.com.

Earlier this month, Framingham State University (FSU) announced it will launch its Entrepreneur Innovation Center, creating workspace for area entrepreneurs in the earliest stages of business. According to Robert Krim, an economics professor hired by FSU to oversee the center, it's essentially an incubator, making it the second to open in MetroWest this year.

The TJX Cos. of Framingham boosted its earnings forecast for the year Monday due to expectations of higher sales at its T.J. Maxx and Marshalls stores.

Two Central Massachusetts nonprofits are among 108 nationwide that were awarded more than $750,000 in donations by the charitable arm of BJ's Wholesale Club, which is based in Northborough.

Once upon a time, Framingham was a big factory town, with plants pumping out packaging, cars and...

In an era of competition from national and international institutions, pricey technology and uncertainty about coming regulations, what's a small local bank to do? The obvious answer, chosen by large numbers of banks across the country over the past couple of decades, is to merge with, buy, or be bought by, a rival. In Massachusetts, though, the situation is a bit different. Bruce Spitzer, spokesman for the Massachusetts Bankers Association, said 75 percent of the organization's members are mutually chartered banks. That means they can't be acquired by stock banks — which include big players like Bank of America — without going through a complex and lengthy conversion process.

Biotech giant Genzyme will expand its Framingham campus with an $80-million processing facility that it says will “significantly” expand its purification capacity to support growth over the next few years, the Cambridge-based company announced today.