News/Business
Planet Fitness now open
By DOMENIC POLI
GREENFIELD — Letting those New Year’s resolutions fall by the wayside just got a bit more difficult, as a Planet Fitness franchise has opened in the Big Y plaza.Tom Sullivan, who has owned a Planet Fitness in Gardner for five years, said the new...
ASHFIELDNelson L. Howes of Greenfield, Roger E. Howes, David D. Newell and Virginia R. Newell to Sharon D. Wells. 12 Lilliput Road. $1Juliette J. Meeus Investment Trust, Juliette J. Meeus, Individually and Trustee and Catherine V. Stevens Investment...
Gallery closes after 25 years
SHELBURNE FALLS — After 25 years, the Young & Constantin Gallery at 4 Deerfield Ave. has closed and is making way for a new boutique store that will specialize in fashion and home accessories.Owner and artist Kathleen Young has sold the gallery...
Welcoming Good Vibes
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — Anthony Cutaia has one foot in the door of the recreational marijuana industry.The Orange resident opened the Good Vibes smoke shop at 9 East Main St. in mid-September to sell tobacco and smoking accessories. He hopes the store will...
land transfers franklin county
BERNARDSTONMary M. Gleason to Sean M. Mason of Northfield. 24 Harwood Drive. $1BUCKLANDBrian J. Pierce of Turners Falls to Ruth S. Pierce. 11 East Buckland Road. No ConsiderationConway Road Partners, John S. Carpenter of Greenfield and William J....
A new vocation: Jay Healy talks about life at the Sawmill
By ANDY CASTILLO
CHARLEMONT — Former state legislator and Agriculture Secretary Jay Healy stands in cascading sunlight, pouring through a small window in a storage barn at The Sawmill at Hall Tavern Farm, just off Route 2.“We have some of the best pine trees in the...
Lifelong passion behind new Turners Falls gun store
By LISA SPEAR
Lifelong passion behind new Turners Falls gun store- TURNERS FALLS — “Clink, clank” goes the sound of a shotgun barrel as Norm Emond Jr. demonstrates how to load and unload a gun. He is standing in front of a row of semi-automatic weapons in the Gun Rack, a shop that opened just a few days ago at 157...
Gill vet Patrick Cotter enjoys the peace, quiet and animals
By LISA SPEAR
Gill vet Patrick Cotter enjoys the peace, quiet and animals- GILL — A new veterinarian practice in town is dedicated to keeping four-legged friends healthy while keeping their owners’ wallets in tact. After living and working in New York City for about 40 years, Patrick Cotter opened a new small animal practice...
