Westborough

Middlesex Savings Bank of Natick plans to open a new branch in Westborough in January after securing a location along Route 30.

Massachusetts Tech Collaborative, a Westborough-based state agency focused on technology and innovation, has named Christine Nolan as the director of its new Center for Advanced Manufacturing.

Westborough-based SALMON Health and Retirement has partnered with CVS Health to help vaccinate the company’s 700 residents and 1,500 staff members during a Dec. 28 clinic, the company announced on Friday.

In December 2019, no one could have predicted what was to come in 2020. Still, the major trends and news items for the year largely stayed on track. Of the 10 predictions made by the WBJ Editorial Staff for the year, seven came true.

A Massachusetts state board has approved tax breaks for business expansions in Leominster, Marlborough and Webster, as well as a new vacant-storefront incentive program for Westborough.

The Town of Westborough has closed on a $2.3-million purchase of 66 acres of conservation and recreation land off Eli Whitney Street.

Earlier this year, before the coronavirus pandemic upended every corner of society and the economy, the COO of marketing agency Vision Advertising in Westborough had a regular checkup scheduled for March – one she nearly skipped.

Nearly $16.4 million in MassWorks funding will be spread across nine Central Massachusetts towns and cities to help cover infrastructure projects during economic recovery, state officials announced on Thursday.

EG Group, whose American operations are based in Westborough, has entered into an agreement to acquire Colorado-based Schrader Oil.

Restaurants are bringing in far less money for food and drink during the coronavirus pandemic – and it’s showing both the hit the industry has taken this year as well as the financial toll declining tax revenue will have on cities and towns.