MetroWest Medical Center will no longer close its neonatal intensive care unit at its Framingham Union Hospital, opting to instead keep a step-down NICU open.

The merger is expected to close in the first quarter with Athol Savings operating as a division of Cornerstone Bank.

Housing Preservation is a Memphis-based organization that acquires and preserves affordable housing communities originally developed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.