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.
The Daily Voice, a Connecticut-based network of news websites, is shutting down its 11 Central Massachusetts locations, according to several published reports.
As it prepares for a year of "major transformation and regrowth," Northborough-based Nemonix Engineering Inc. has promoted CFO Duane P. Harris to CEO, the company announced.
St. Mary's Credit Union of Marlborough has appointed James “Jim” C. Garvey, a former executive with Worcester-based Flagship Bank and Trust, as its new president and CEO, the credit union announced Tuesday.
Twenty-three Central Massachusetts companies are among those benefiting from $6.8 million in workforce training fund grants awarded by the Patrick administration.
The Northborough Crossing shopping mall, which opened in 2011 and is home to such notable anchor stores as Wegmans, Kohl's and BJ's Wholesale Club, has been sold to a New York City-based developer and manager of shopping centers for $128 million.