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Cost of living in the nine-town stretch of MetroWest between Hopkinton and Natick ranks above that of Boston, according to a report released last week by Framingham State University. The school's MetroWest Economic Research Center (MERC) issued its cost of living index – which it gathers and shares with a national organization called C2ER that tracks national prices – last week at its 21st annual conference at the Verve Crowne Plaza in Natick.

Machine sensor maker Cognex of Natick said it set first-quarter records for revenue and net income in the period that ended March 31.

Cultural attractions are nice to have in every community, said Susan Nicholl, executive director of the MetroWest Tourism & Visitors Bureau in Framingham.

The office vacancy rate in Natick and Framingham dipped below 10 percent in the first quarter of 2013, according Boston-based Richards Barry Joyce & Partners, a favorable development for landlords in the two MetroWest towns.

Since medical marijuana became the law of the land in Massachusetts last fall, many cities and towns that perceive legal or public safety problems arising have scrambled to exert local control over where the 35 treatment centers authorized by voters will open.

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Natick-based Cognex Corp. is suing a Washington-based company for patent infringement, it announced.

Attorneys, consultants, investors and other members of the Bay State's burgeoning medical marijuana industry got their first...

The state's Economic Assistance Coordinating Council this week approved $5.7 million in state investment tax credits for three Central Massachusetts companies.