Framingham

Worcester Business Journal has been honored by the New England Newspaper & Press Association for coverage of diversity, equity, and inclusion issues, along with Polar Park, opinion commentary, editorial cartoons, and special sections on Worcester’s 300th anniversary and the 40 Under Forty awards.

Dignity Hospice Care in Framingham has been acquired by Art Kalenjian, the CEO of Advanced Home Care, a Massachusetts-based senior care provider.

Metro regions across Central Massachusetts experienced lower unemployment again in April after a drop in March.

A Tennessee company has proposed a 90,000-square-foot storage facility at 579 Old Connecticut Path in Framingham. 

New Creek II, LLC, an affiliate of New York-based Kimco Realty, is proposing an $82-million mixed use development at the site of its plaza at 208 Waverly St. in Framingham.

Human resources software firm Workhuman named KeyAnna Schmiedl, a former executive at Wayfair and Mozilla, as its new chief human experience officer.

The Leapfrog Group, a Washington D.C. based healthcare watchdog nonprofit, has released its biannual Hospital Safety Grade scores, giving one Central Massachusetts hospital an A rating while another received the second-lowest D rating.

Middleborough-based Christmas Tree Shops may be preparing to declare chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal.

On April 27, Braintree-based Generations Retirement Group announced it opened its second location at 14000 Computer Drive, expanding the local company’s footprint to two locations and expanding the business into MetroWest. 

Centage, a Framingham-based financial planning and analysis software company, was acquired by Scaleworks, a San-Antonio venture equity firm. Tech veteran Peter Messana will replace John Murdock as president & CEO.