Framingham

Framingham retail parent company TJX Cos. has elected José Alvarez to the company’s board of directors. Alvarez rejoins the board after previously serving from 2007 to 2018.

Eppendorf, a life science company, has moved its Americas Market Region Commercial headquarters to Framingham from Hauppauge, N.Y.

The coronavirus pandemic has been not only a health challenge to hospitals in Central Massachusetts and beyond, but also a financial one. Fortunately for the larger Central Massachusetts hospitals, they came into 2020 with healthy financials.

The two largest Central Massachusetts cities, Worcester and Framingham, remain in the state's highest-risk category for the coronavirus pandemic, as cases across Massachusetts ticked up at the end of September.

Framingham State University has received a $40,000 grant to expand access to higher education opportunities for low-income, underrepresented and first generation students.

Framingham is the only place in Massachusetts to get a new, limited-edition test flavor from the Honey Baked Ham Co. - pumpkin spice glazed turkey breast.

The unemployment rate in the Worcester area improved to 10.3% in August, down from 14.9% a month earlier, according to new data Wednesday from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

An 840-kilowatt Framingham solar farm on 721 Waverly St. Has sold for $1.95 million, according to Southborough-based Metrowest Commercial Real Estate, which represents the property’s new owners.

People are on the move at Blackstone Valley Education Hub, bankHometown, College of the Holy Cross and more.

The two largest corporations Central Massachusetts corporations by market capitalization — Boston Scientific and TJX Cos. — did not do too well on a new review of how well companies match their actions with words to be more inclusive of society and less to shareholders.