MetroWest

Holliston biotechnology company Biostage, Inc. has selected Jerry He as its new leader, naming him as CEO and chairman of its board to replace company founder David Green.

Unemployment rates continue an upwards tick across Central Massachusetts communities, with February unemployment a couple tenths of a percent higher than in January in all three of the region’s metropolitan areas tracked by the state.

Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner has collaborated with local banks and credit unions to launch a new banking certificate program.

One of the state's largest railway hubs is in line for track, switch and signal upgrades after the MBTA Board approved a new contract on Thursday.

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has selected 19 artists for its second Business of Art cohort, which is funded by GWCF’s Creative Worcester Initiative in partnership with the Boston-based Barr Foundation and the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art's Assets for Artists program. 

DTiQ in Framingham has selected John Donnelly to the newly created role of chief revenue officer. 

Ameresco, Inc. of Framingham has partnered with Alaska Pacific University to design and upgrade infrastructure at the Nordic Ski Center for Winter Olympic athletes and world championship cross country skiing athletes.

Block MEMS, LLC received a $2.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop and supply advanced spectrometers for the Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division. 

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals has selected Hopkinton-based Gorman Richardson Lewis Architects to design its 40,000-square-foot facility.

The MBTA's commuter rail network only goes as far as Worcester. Amtrak offers passenger rail service to points further west, but on its current schedule, just one train per day -- the Lake Shore Limited bound for Chicago -- travels nonstop from Boston to Springfield.