MetroWest

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester and Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner were among organizations across Massachusetts receiving $48.2 million in state grants to support workforce development and adult education.

The number of Worcester County home sales saw a 35% decline year-over-year in November while there was a 30% decline in the number of sales statewide, as Massachusetts prices hit their lowest level of increase in two years.

Westborough-based youth soccer club BEST FC Soccer Club has been acquired by national youth sports club and event operator 3STEP Sports LLC, which has its main office in Andover.

The Worcester County unemployment rate in November dropped two tenths of a percentage point from October to 3%, the lowest rate since April 2019, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Millis vertical farming company, Crop One Holdings, Inc. and New York-based Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have received a $1.5 million cost-matching grant from the nonprofit Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research in Washington D.C. to fund research of plant-based protein.

An 87,564-square-foot office building and associated parking lots in Worcester were sold for $18.3 million on Friday, according to the Worcester District Registry of Deeds.

Web Industries Inc. in Marlborough has named John Madej its new chief executive officer. He succeeds Mark Pihl, who is retiring and joining the company’s board as its chairman.

Jaco, Inc. in Franklin has been acquired by a California medical device and IT mounting solutions company.

Women’s health and medical technology company Hologic, Inc., announced on December 9 that Stacey Stewart, the president and CEO of the nonprofit the March of Dimes Inc., will join the Marlborough-based company’s board.

A corporation registered to Framingham’s SVN | Parsons Commercial Group purchased a 26,000 square foot office building in Natick for $4.15 million.