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A breakdown of the Massachusetts and Greater Worcester real GDP by industry.

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Economic Development awarded $164 million through 338 grants for economic development projects around the state, including 55 in Central Mass.

Ski Ward, a small skiing, snowboarding and tubing facility in Shrewsbury, has surprised the skiing world by becoming the first slope in North America to open for the 2023-24 season.

Boston Scientific, a Marlborough-based biomedical life sciences firm, is using electronic health records from 80 million U.S. patients to inform a new study into pulmonary embolism.

A six-story building featuring commercial space and 40 apartments was approved by the Framingham Planning Board at its Sept. 21 meeting.

The unemployment rate across Central Massachusetts remained low through September, continuing a downward trend carried over from the summer months.

Framingham State University was awarded a $503,000 grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center to purchase equipment for its life sciences program.

The Block, a 7,590-square-foot retail building in Littleton was sold on Oct. 13 for $730,000.

Southborough-based clinical research organization Veristat has acquired a New Jersey CRO, Instat Clinical Research, adding new abilities to transform data to its portfolio.

Marlborough-based Concentric Energy Advisors named Executive Vice President Danielle Powers as its next CEO, and Executive Vice President Daniel Dane will take on the role of president and vice-chair, effective January 1.