Framingham

After more than 100 years of calling Framingham home, Avery Dennison Retail Branding and Information Solutions has moved its headquarters next door to Westborough, the company announced.

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The state's transportation department announced that is has completed the acquisition of the Worcester/Framingham Commuter Rail lines from CSX Corp., giving passenger travel priority over freight and the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Rail (MBCR) control of dispatching.

Holli Andrews —executive director of the Framingham Downtown Renaissance — sees downtown's multicultural appeal as a seed for economic growth. With community planning and open-space preservation experience in Vermont and Maine, Andrews is tasked with revitalizing this somewhat-forgotten area with new energy, improved walkability and emphasis on its historic assets. She shares some of her vision here.

Tufts Medical Center and Vanguard Health Systems New England, the parent of Saint Vincent Hospital and MetroWest Medical Center, have signed an affiliation agreement to enhance and expand cardiovascular services to patients in Central and Eastern Massachusetts, according to a statement from Tufts.

Framingham native and resident Vaios Theodorakos, who bought the much-neglected Arcade Block two years ago, is looking to add 24 apartments to the property's Amsden Building, at 95-115 Concord St. The apartments will be above Limey's Pub, he said, offering a residential component to the planned mixed-use development.

Framingham's prominent Bullard Building has been purchased for $1.3 million.

Amar G. Bose, the founder and chairman of Framingham-based audio technology company Bose Corp., died July 12. He was 83.

As casino developers court residents in Milford, canvassing neighborhoods on foot, a similar effort is underway in Framingham for a proposed development with a starkly different purpose.

Robert A. Martin has been appointed interim president of Framingham State University by its Board of Trustees ahead of FSU's transition to a new president.