Framingham

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.

Boston coworking space company Workbar, LLC  will open its Framingham location on Aug. 1. It was previously announced it would open on July 1.

Definitive Healthcare, a Framingham-based commercial intelligence firm, has launched a new artificial intelligence program to use machine learning to target growth opportunities for its clients.

Milford life sciences equipment manufacturer Waters Corp. is among the top 10 companies in the state for gender diversity in executive leadership.

A Framingham geothermal heating pilot program is inching closer to reality as New England utility company Eversource Energy expects to begin construction of its closed-loop project by the end of May.

The only news outlet dedicated to solely covering Framingham, the 14th largest community in Massachusetts, will stop reporting news amid financial struggles as its sole journalist will become a spokesperson for the city’s government.

Framingham State University named T. Stores as its new dean of the College of Arts & Humanities, replacing Marc Cote, the founding dean of that college.