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Milford Regional Medical Center, Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick and Heywood Hospital in Gardner have been rated the safest hospitals in Central Massachusetts.

So far, 19 companies have signed on to be founding partners of the Worcester Red Sox minor league baseball team, including Polar Beverages, MGM Springfield and Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

The MetroWest property market had a stronger third quarter for occupied office space but weaker results for industrial space.

The Sears store in the Natick Mall is the only of the troubled retail giant's stores to close in Massachusetts after it filed for bankruptcy Monday.

Sears Holdings, the troubled department stores with 11 Sears and Kmart locations in Central Massachusetts, filed for bankruptcy Monday.

On Nov. 6, Massachusetts voters will be tasked with deciding three ballot questions, but the one with the most reverberating impact on the Central Massachusetts economy is – by far – Question 1.

MetroWest Medical Center has a new CEO in Andrew Harding, who began his first day on the job Monday.

It isn't beer, but hard cider and spirits – rum, vodka and the like – Americans are drinking more of.

Vacancy rates have risen and occupancy has shrunk for office space in MetroWest, according to a third-quarter report by Perry Brokerage Associates of Boston.

Central Massachusetts providers say there appears to be a growing problem of substance misuse among older adults.