Framingham

Unemployment rates across Central Massachusetts increased at the start of this year, with January unemployment higher in all three of the region’s metropolitan areas tracked by the state.

Natick software developer MathWorks donated $2.5 million to build a new regional YMCA in Ashland.

The City of Framingham bought a four-story office building next to Framingham City Hall for $2 million on Thursday.

A half dozen craft breweries in Framingham, Marlborough, Worcester, and throughout Central Massachusetts are creating and selling female-driven beers in March in support of Women’s History Month and the nonprofit The Pink Boots Society.

People are on the move at the Family Health Center of Worcester, AdCare Hospital in Worcester, the Worcester law firm Bowditch & Dewey, the Estate Preservation Law Offices, MutualOne Bank in Framingham, Framingham State University, and UMass Memorial Health in Worcester.

A Framingham shopping plaza along Route 9 was sold for $15.7 million as part of a four-property, $70-million portfolio sale by The Necessity Retail REIT.

Boston coworking space company Workbar, LLC will open its first MetroWest location in Framingham in July. This...

Nonprofit community leadership development organization Leadership MetroWest on Wednesday said Executive Director Helen Lemoine will step down from her role on June 30. The nonprofit has begun its search for her replacement. 

Needham developer Washington Square Ventures plans to tear down one building in Framingham and convert another as part of a 340-apartment development next to its Bancroft Lofts complex.

French pharmaceutical company Sanofi S.A. is laying off 15 workers and discontinuing its COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing at its Framingham facility.