Framingham

Massachusetts cities most affected by the coronavirus pandemic have gotten additional state aid, including nearly $834,000 for four Central Massachusetts cities for mobile vaccination and other efforts.

Colleges in Central Massachusetts are due to receive an estimated $100 million among them under the latest federal pandemic aid program.

Central Massachusetts hospitals are losing a slight share of patients statewide and in absolute numbers, including at the area's two biggest hospital systems, Tenet Healthcare and UMass Memorial Health Care.

The healthcare and consumer products giant Philips has moved much of its Boston-area operations to a massive new building in Cambridge near Kendall Square, but it has renewed a lease in downtown Framingham for its Lifeline medical alert product.

TJX Cos. stores worldwide were closed for about one-quarter of the year in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the Framingham retailer says it expects pandemic-related costs and operational limits to continue, depending in part on consumer activity.

The site of the former Aegean Restaurant is going to be auctioned off with bidding taking place on April 13.

Life sciences analytics technology firm SCIEX has announced the appointment of Joe Fox as the Framingham-based company's new president.

Increased Amtrak service through Worcester is part of an ambitious expansion proposal of the rail network as part of President Biden's infrastructure plan.

Framingham State University is the latest Central Massachusetts college to plan a generally typical fall semester after the coronavirus pandemic upended this school year.

Javier Cevallos, the president of Framingham State University since 2014, will retire after the upcoming 2021-'22 school year, he told the campus community in an email Thursday.