Kevin Meehan, owner of a sprawling car dealership in bucolic Mendon, two years ago made a $5-million donation in his family's name to help fund a $54-million expansion at Milford Regional Medical Center, where he served several years as a board member.
A handful of MetroWest towns are either home to medical marijuana establishments, or could become home to them following the second round of licensing that kicked off at the end of June. As these new businesses get down to the work of producing and dispensing medicinal marijuana products, the general consensus is that they blend in just fine with their corporate neighbors.
After nearly 10 years on the job, the president and CEO of the Milford Area Chamber of Commerce (MACC) will leave the post at the end of this year.
A statement from the chamber said its board recently accepted the resignation of Barry Feingold, who is returning to Peru to take a job as a vice president of Bevintel, an international hospitality profit management firm.
When it comes to demand for rental housing, as Boston goes, so goes MetroWest, and developers are planning new apartment complexes throughout the region to take advantage of a rental boom.