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

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Worcester leaders oppose new commuter rail stops

Worcester's mayor and city manager wrote to the state's transportation secretary Thursday, opposing the proposed addition of new stops on the Framingham/Worcester commuter rail line.

Psychemedics ends 2016 with 45% revenue growth

Revenues at Psychemedics, a hair-based drug testing company, grew by 45 percent for the full year 2016, and by 75 percent in the fourth quarter compared to the same time period in 2015.

New Acton manufacturing plant could include hundreds of hires

A Chelmsford medical device company will start production at its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Acton starting in 2019 and expects to hire hundreds of jobs there over the next five years.

SeaChange cuts 200+ jobs in turnaround effort

Video technology company SeaChange International has eliminated more than 200 workers as it navigates challenges brought by a fast-changing industry.

Report: BJ's could be sold, or go public

The private equity firms that own Westborough retailer BJ's Wholesale Club are considering a sale or taking the company public, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

Whole Foods to close 9 locations

Whole Foods, which will soon move its North Atlantic headquarters to Marlborough, is closing nine of its 400-plus stores, all in the Midwest, South and West.