Framingham

Five entities in Worcester including UMass Medical School and the Family Health Center of Worcester have received a share of nearly $9 million in state funding announced Thursday to help people access coronavirus vaccines in hard-hit communities.

A plan before the Framingham Planning Board would replace a TGI Friday's at Shoppers World with three new retailers, along with a fourth in a new building next door.

In the last five years, Framingham has seen $253 million in new construction projects, according to a report released Wednesday by the city.

Jack's Abby Craft Lagers in Framingham has been waiting for warmer weather to open for sit-down service. That time is finally about here.

The Town of Ashland announced on Monday it has received $564,955 across three grants for various improvement projects ranging from local business development to firefighter safety.

Fitchburg, Framingham, Worcester State and their counterparts statewide will require students to receive COVID-19 vaccines this fall, they said in a joint announcement Friday.

Home prices continued to spike throughout Massachusetts in March, according to Peabody real estate data firm The Warren Group, with the median single-family sale price spiking 14.4% to $460,000, up from $402,000 in March 2020.

Worcester, Framingham, Fitchburg, Hudson and Hopkinton are among 31 youth substance abuse prevention programs across the state sharing in $3.8 million in new state grants.

Framingham life science consulting firm Alira Health announced Tuesday it has closed $35 million in equity financing.

A 25,000-square-foot office building in Framingham that formerly housed the drugmaker Genzyme has sold for $3.2 million.