MetroWest

Four Central Massachusetts businesses have received a combined $449,354 from a program designed to assist small and midsize manufacturers.

A 95,600-square-foot former mill in Franklin has been sold for $1.5 million, following an August vote which saw the Franklin Town Council vote to rezone the site.

Heywood Healthcare, the parent company Heywood Hospital in Gardner and Athol Hospital, will have a confirmation hearing on its plan to exit bankruptcy on Monday.

MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham is in one of the most tenuous financial standings of all Central Massachusetts hospitals, according to a new report from the Center for Health Information & Analysis analyzing the financial stability of hospitals in the state. 

Marlborough-based pharmaceutical company Sumitomo Pharma America has selected executive Kenton Stewart as the firm’s inaugural chief commercial officer, effective Oct. 1.

Ascend Elements, a Westborough-based company that recycles former electric vehicle battery components into materials used to construct new batteries, has opened a jointly operated plant in Poland. 

Consigli Building Group has finalized its purchase of the New Jersey and New York operations of Lendlease.

The MetroWest Chamber of Commerce has named Reyad Shah as its new president and CEO.

Other than prices creeping upwards, the Central Massachusetts single-family market saw little change since August last year.

Boston Scientific, a Marlborough medical device manufacturer, has officially closed its acquisition of California medical device maker Silk Road Medical, almost exactly three months to the day since Boston Scientific signed its purchase agreement.