Westborough

After slowly taking over more responsibilities from founder Laura DiBenedetto for 2.5 years, Julia Becker Collins in December assumed control at Vision Advertising, two months after it moved from Worcester to Westborough.

A long-planned redevelopment of the former Westborough State Hospital is closer to reality after a closing of a $7 million sale of the site.

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The Westborough-based New England Recovery Center said Monday it now accepts all major insurance plans for substance abuse disorder.

David “Duddie” Massad, the owner of Worcester car dealerships and later Commerce Bank, died Dec. 28 at age 90.

Westborough marketing agency Vision Advertising has appointed Julia Becker Collins, formerly the vice president of marketing and operations, to chief operating officer.

MetroWest office vacancy rates were a mixed bag in the fourth quarter, according to Perry Brokerage Associates of Boston.

Worcester has joined a growing list of Massachusetts cities and towns banning the sale of flavored tobacco.

The Worcester office vacancy rate rose in the fourth quarter to 11.4 percent from 10.1 percent, according to the Boston offices of real estate firm Colliers International.

Drugmaker Sanofi will keep its presence in Framingham while it consolidates its Massachusetts operations at a new 900,000 square-foot lease in Cambridge.