Five things: iRobot acquisition, office-to-housing conversions and Hocus Pocus is a bad movie


Good morning and happy Friday! This is Managing Editor Don Seiffert bringing you my last "five things" column for the week, and a timely rant about one of the most famous Salem movies.

More than a year after Amazon bid $1.7 billion to buy the Bedford home robot company, shareholders yesterday approved a lowered bid as federal scrutiny continues to delay the closing of the acquisition.

Julieann M. Thurlow, president and CEO of Reading Cooperative Bank, has been named the new chair of the American…

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