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WBJ readers voted for the top 55 companies in categories like Best Bank, Best Nonprofit Fundraiser Event, Best After-Work Bar, and Best Forensic Accountant.

Since 2018, professional men’s or women’s soccer teams have been announced or launched in Boston, Hartford, Pawtucket, and Portland, while New England’s second-largest city has been sitting on the proverbial sidelines.

The Department of Energy Resources gave seven communities the final green light to begin a groundbreaking experiment: they will require new construction and major renovation to embrace fossil fuel-free infrastructure for uses like heating and cooling.

Cognex has announced Paul Todgham, its senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer, will depart the company in March.

Oligo Factory, a Holliston biomanufacturer, has become compliant with Good Manufacturing Practices, nine months after the company added 13,000 square feet to increase its manufacturing capacity.

Virtusa has signed a multi-year collaboration agreement with Seattle-based Amazon Web Services to allow Virtusa to open four artificial intelligence and data labs. 

After hinting at a corporate restructuring in November, Psychemedics, an Acton-based manufacturer of hair drug testing kits, has announced it is moving their corporate headquarters to Dallas, Texas.

Natick weight-loss firm Allurion Technologies has hired Brian Conyer to lead commercialization of its digital assets, including its newly launched commercial agreement with a German weight-loss group. 

Marlborough medical technology firm Boston Scientific has initiated a new clinical trial to study a treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation, an irregular rapid heart rhythm.

Bluejay Diagnostics in Acton is launching a clinical trial to study the efficacy of its Symphony System in patients with sepsis, a life-threatening complication from infection.