Natick

Leominster Credit Union, Reliant Medical Group and law firm Fletcher Tilton are among the firms announcing new hires and promotions.

Wegmans didn't quite know what to expect opening its Natick Mall location Sunday. The chain has never opened a store quite like the one replacing a former JCPenney there.

Natick-based online proctoring and identity verification company Examity has acquired an Atlanta firm specializing in online proctoring for academic institutions, professional associations and worldwide government agencies.

The longtime head of the Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce is retiring at the end of August, the chamber announced this month.

Having too few players dictating the level of care in the region and seeing more investment in high margin areas of specialty does appear concerning.

Tenet Healthcare has sold nine hospitals since August and will sell four more, but the company has made no suggestion it will offload Saint Vincent Hospital or MetroWest Medical Center.

The MetroWest office market shrank slightly in total occupied square footage in the first quarter of the year, particularly in towns along I-495.

Single-family home sales rose in many MetroWest communities in February, including Marlborough, Natick and Milford, as inventory in many cities and towns remained low.

The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, a nonprofit formed three decades ago to support the state's life sciences industry, is aiming to make it easier for communities to make themselves ready through the right zoning and permitting programs.

The quickly changing retail landscape took a new hit with the closure of a Sam's Club in Worcester in January and the impending closure of Toys “R” Us in Auburn, Leominster, Northborough, Millbury and Framingham.