Framingham

All four metropolitan areas of Central Massachusetts saw significant jumps in their unemployment rates in December.

Central Massachusetts professionals are getting hired and promoted at companies like Mechanics Hall, Mirick O'Connell, MutualOne Bank, and Bowditch & Dewey.

The founder of Framingham-based healthcare commercial intelligence firm Definitive Healthcare is back at the helm of the company on an interim basis, following the resignation of CEO and board member Robert Musslewhite.

The report calls for a number of improvements to Framingham/Worcester Line service.

Schwartz, who has experience leading companies through the public listing process, has been brought in to guide the company’s legal and financial functions as it seeks to further expand its customer base.

Framingham Union Hospital now has more unionized employees, as the healthcare facility’s nurses voted to join the Massachusetts Nurses Association union.

People are on the move at UMass Memorial Medical Group, MutualOne Bank, and Boston BioProducts.

Since 2018, professional men’s or women’s soccer teams have been announced or launched in Boston, Hartford, Pawtucket, and Portland, while New England’s second-largest city has been sitting on the proverbial sidelines.

The total number of unemployed workers in the Greater Worcester metropolitan area rose slightly in November.

In December 2022, the WBJ Editorial staff made 10 bold predictions for news events to happen in Central Massachusetts throughout the year. Turns out, we missed the mark on all but two.