MetroWest

Kristin Carvalho has joined MutualOne Bank as president, chief operating officer, and treasurer, the Framingham bank announced on Wednesday.

The Town of Hopkinton said it has maintained its AAA bond rating from S&P Global Ratings. 

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

J. Lee Associates, Inc., a Marlborough company providing construction services for the wireless communications industry, has been acquired.

MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham has appointed a new chief nursing officer, Daniel Wright, who officially began his new role on Tuesday.

Eight nonprofit organizations across MetroWest have received grants totaling more than $1 million as part of the Cummings Foundation annual $25-million grant programs, which donated 140 grants to nonprofits across the eastern part of Massachusetts.

Dean College in Franklin announced Wednesday that Kenneth Elmore will serve as its 14th president and former Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus will be the school’s first-ever chancellor. Elmore is the college's first Black president.

The Millbury Board of Selectmen last week heard a proposal for a 192-unit, 40B housing complex on Rice Road, which has been the site of controversial housing proposals in the past.

Framingham-based TJX Cos. announced in its first quarterly report for the fiscal year the full cost of its divestment from Familia, a Luxembourg-based retailer with considerable operations in Russia.

On April 1, Sheree Gaus began her first term on the board of Women in Manufacturing Association, a nonprofit trade group founded in Ohio with aspirations of making a global impact.