Milford

Central Massachusetts hospitals are bringing home a range of awards for the care they offer.

Milford Regional Medical Center has secured state approval for a maternal continuing care nursery, allowing it to offer higher-level care for babies.

A trust based in Portland, Maine, has paid $14.3 million for four office buildings in Milford's Bear Hill Business Area.

An unusually large share of coronavirus deaths in Worcester County — nearly four out of five — have taken place in long-term care facilities such as nursing homes, according to state data.

After a small spike in confirmed Worcester County coronavirus cases at the end of July and the start of August, the number of positive tests is again on the decline, falling for the last two weeks.

Housing authorities in Central Massachusetts, which are charged with overseeing affordable housing, have taken in nearly $2 million in federal funds to help lower-income residents stay in their homes despite the economic upheaval related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Four Central Massachusetts hospitals have been included in an annual rating of the best places to receive specialty care services.

Just over a month before the first switches out its CEO, Milford life sciences company Waters Corp. on Tuesday announced its profits dropped 15% in the second quarter, as its revenues fell 13%.

A sports complex with two indoor soccer fields and retail space in Milford has been sold for $2.1 million.

Udit Batra, the head of the Boston life sciences division of a German company, will replace outgoing Waters Corp. CEO and president Christopher O’Connell in September, the Milford health software company announced on Wednesday.