This weeks news, features, events and economic trends in MetroWest and along the heart of the I-495 corridor

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Muffin House to add fourth location in Hopkinton

A Medway bakery and coffee shop will open its fourth location in Hopkinton.

Contaminated land in Framingham listed for sale

The owners of a now closed hazardous waste storage facility in Framingham are seeking buyers for about 2.6 acres of contaminated land in Framingham.

Boston Scientific hit with class action suit for robocall marketing

A Texas man on the National Do Not Call Registry is alleging Marlborough medical device giant Boston Scientific made unsolicited robocalls to him to market a spinal cord stimulation device.

CCC approves two cannabis testing labs; rollout getting closer

One of the largest roadblocks to launching the retail market for legal marijuana in Massachusetts was eliminated Thursday as the Cannabis Control Commission approved provisional licenses for two...

Milford nursing home nurse sentenced for stealing oxycodone

A nurse working at a Milford nursing home will serve four years of probation and six months of home confinement for stealing prescription painkillers.

Biotech, pharma bring in the dollars in Mass.

More than one-third of all venture capital money invested in biopharmaceutical companies last year went to Massachusetts companies, with the bulk of those dollars headed to companies in Cambridge and...

Calendar

Tuesday, Sep. 04

Shrewsbury Toastmasters

Presented by: Shrewsbury Federal Credit Union

5:45 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

Shrewsbuy Federal Credit Union, Shrewsbury

Monday, Sep. 10

First Monday Meeting

Presented by: Network of Enterprising Women

8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

RSVP for location, Hopkinton

Friday, Sep. 14

Coffee Connections

Presented by: Assabet Valley Chamber of Commerce

7:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m.

Cambridge Focus, Maynard

People on the move

Milford Federal Bank has appointed a new CFO and promoted a new senior vice president and vice president. Milford Federal made KIM ANDERSON its new CFO and senior vice president. She joins from UniBank, where she was vice president and director of finance. She is a graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking, which is a partner of the University of Pennsylvania, and holds an MBA from Nichols College and a bachelor's degree from Worcester State University. DONNA DESJARDIN, who joined the bank in 1986 as a data entry clerk, was made senior vice president for residential and consumer lending. She was most recently the vice president for loans. MELISSA MESTRE, who joined the bank in 1994 as a part-time teller, was promoted to vice president for finance. She has a bachelor's degree in accounting from Worcester State University and was most recently the assistant vice president for finance.