Natick

The median price of a single-family home in Worcester County was $257,700 in November, an increase of just over 11 percent from last November, a signal the county is becoming a desirable place in which to live.

The Discovery Museum in Acton and Natick's MathWorks have renewed their long-running program bringing STEM education to classrooms across the region.

Natick biotech Allurion Technologies announced Tuesday it has promoted the company's co-founder to CEO.

Single-family home prices rose in November, most drastically in Westborough, Natick and Southborough, which all surpassed $600,000 in median home price.

A local electrical contractor has reached substantial completion of a lighting project at toll plazas along a large stretch of the Mass Pike through Central Massachusetts.

A charging station for electric vehicles has opened at the Framingham service plaza off the Massachusetts Turnpike westbound.

Cognex, a Natick image product manufacturer of image-based products, reported Monday a 91 percent increase in net income from last year's Q3.

The American Antiquarian Society, the Boys & Girls Club, Quality Beverage and Bethany Hill Place were among those making appointments and promotions.

STEM fields have very few women, but colleges are working to change that. At WPI, this fall's freshman class was 44-percent female, up from 34 percent a year ago – WPI's previous high mark.

Natick computer software developer MathWorks will gift $10 million to the Boston Museum of Science, the museum announced Thursday.