Northborough

Aspen Aerogels, the Northborough company providing sustainable technical solutions, announced it has hired Virginia Johnson as chief legal officer, general counsel, and corporate secretary.

Milford Federal Bank, UniBank, UMass Memorial Health, and GFA Federal Credit Union are among those with recent hires and promotions.

Several MetroWest towns saw significant year-over-year home price increases in April, thanks largely to low inventory and fierce buyer competition. 

For almost four years, Glenn Paradise has been building from scratch a clothing company specializing in sleepwear. His company’s masked hoodie is designed to help those who struggle with getting a good night’s rest, including professional athletes.

Solmetex, LLC, a Northborough-based provider of amalgam separators and other waste compliance products for dentists’ offices, acquired Sterisil, a dental product supplier in Colorado specializing in dental unit water line infection control products.

MassDevelopment, the state’s development agency, issued a $16.5-million tax-exempt bond to Attleboro autism services nonprofit Amego Inc., to buy 16 facilities, including seven in Central Massachusetts.

Spectrum Internet, a communications technology provider affiliated with Charter Communications, Inc., has doubled the starting download speed of its internet service from 100 to 200 Mbps throughout its Central Mass. locations, according to a Tuesday press release.

In 2021, consumers had the most complaints against Central Massachusetts utilities and auto dealers.

Motif FoodWorks, a Boston-based food technology company, is constructing a research-and-market development center in Northborough.

The operators of New World Van Lines sold its Massachusetts corporate office in Auburn for $2.8 million in a deal closed Thursday, said Andrew Murray of A. Murray Real Estate, LLC, who was the sole broker in the transaction.