Framingham

An industrial flex building in Holliston has been sold for $3.15 million to Quilling Card, a Framingham-based producer of greeting cards.

Ameresco has entered into a $140-million contract to build a biogas cogeneration facility for the Sacramento Area Sewer District located at the EchoWater Resource Recovery Facility near Elk Grove, California. 

The Massachusetts unemployment rate in February fell for the second month in a row, after a slight uptick to end 2023.

The price of single-family homes in Central Massachusetts continues to climb, as median sales prices increased again in Worcester and Middlesex Counties during February. This is largely a continuation of trends seen in January and during the whole of 2023. 

Local unemployment rates throughout Central Massachusetts climbed to begin 2024, although the January figures are still lower than the rate seen at that time last year. 

Clark University, the Leominster East Side Community Center, and the MetroWest YMCA Regional Early Learning Center are among the 20 Central Massachusetts entities slated to benefit from $23.08 million in federal funding pending final approval by the U.S. Senate and President Joe Biden.

As state regulators investigate nurses’ claims of unsafe conditions at Saint Vincent Hospital, a national accrediting agency has found the Worcester healthcare provider is not compliant with industry standards.

Nolfo-Clements has authored a number of scholarly papers about local wildlife, including papers about the squirrel population in the Boston Public Garden and the mammal population on Bumpkin Island in Boston Harbor.

Professionals are being hired and promoted at Central Massachusetts businesses like Geisel Software, Shepherd & Goldstein, Cornerstone Bank, and Consigli Construction.

Worcester saw 55 single-family home sales in January, 11 fewer than the city saw in January 2023.