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By BELLA LEVAVI

MONTAGUE — The Zoning Board of Appeals has granted a special permit for the construction of a veterinary building and parking area at 2 Fosters Road, allowing Windy Hollow Veterinary Clinic to expand its services.Windy Hollow Veterinary Clinic, which...

By JACOB NELSON

This year, the Leverett Village Co-op turns 50. Over half a century, it has grown beyond a grocery store to become a cultural institution and hidden gem on North Leverett Road. For many it is an indispensable source of food to eat and food for the...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Garden Cinemas plans to experiment for two months by showing movies with open captions to determine the popularity of doing so.The Main Street theater already provides assistive listening devices and closed-captioning viewer screens...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — As the Franklin County Community Development Corporation takes the lead on two existing entrepreneurial programs, it is bolstering those programs with a new UPstart initiative.UPstart is the expansion of the already-existing Take the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SPRINGFIELD — Tree House Brewing Co.’s majority owners have filed a formal response to a lawsuit brought by the brewery’s only minority shareholder, denying allegations of a breach of fiduciary duty.In documents filed in Hampden County Superior Court...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Tree House Brewing Co. has been given the go-ahead to more than triple its occupancy for the upcoming season, pending public safety officials’ approval of an emergency action plan.The Deerfield Selectboard gave its conditional...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE FALLS — Sunday will be the last day Molly Cantor’s pottery gallery at 20 Bridge St. will be open, but she assures residents she isn’t going anywhere.“It’s kind of micro-retiring,” Cantor said. “I’m giving up one part of my work so I can...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Under a new pilot program, certain restaurants and food trucks in Massachusetts, including one in Greenfield, can accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, which are typically reserved for grocery items.As of this...

By BELLA LEVAVI

With winter just beginning, bars and eateries across Franklin County are inviting people in for specialty drinks inspired by the cold season. Each venue, with changing menus, has a different take on what winter cocktails mean. But all are showing up...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Are you making a New Year’s resolution to read more? If so, you’re in luck.The Book Forge at 3 South Main St. has a grand opening scheduled for Jan. 1, and owner Tyler Hauth is putting the finishing touches on the roughly 2,000-square-foot...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — While some may have spent Black Friday in a food coma or shopping for the hottest bargains, 16 businesses and organizations made sure downtown Orange was again decked out with holiday spirit.The Orange Merchants Group’s sixth annual...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — With a once-in-a-decade practice having been carried out, it was a noteworthy year at Jay Healy’s Hall Tavern Farm.The roughly 350 acres owned by Healy’s family is the site of the oldest operational certified tree farm in the state....

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Fran and Mike Bates like to say their new bakery sits “over the top” of their indoor flea market, Bates Down Under. They like to say it so much, in fact, that the business carries that distinction in its name.Over The Top Bakery opened at 90...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Billy Goat Boats might remain at Orange Riverfront Park after the former town administrator took responsibility for a leasing issue that forced the recent eviction of the family-run watercraft rental business.The company, which is owned and...

By BELLA LEVAVI

ASHFIELD — The property at 634 Bellus Road, home to a small glassblowing studio since 1996, is expected to stay the course under new ownership. In a joint meeting between the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals on Nov. 29, Michael Schunke and...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Rachel Levey admits January 2020 was not the best time to become a business owner, but she doesn’t regret her decision one bit.After two years of working in customer service at PV Squared, she decided to take the cooperative up on its...

By DOMENIC POLI

BERNARDSTON — Members of an extremist animal rights group have claimed responsibility for the destruction of fencing and release of approximately 500 birds at Fullflight Game Farm shortly after Thanksgiving.People affiliated with the Animal Liberation...

By MAX BOWEN

A handful of Franklin County and North Quabbin organizations were among the recipients in the latest round of workforce development planning grants from the state, including an Athol-based organization aiming to develop a program to train those who...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — The workforce shortage that has left employers across sectors scrambling to keep operations running in recent years isn’t likely to let up “any time in the rest of anybody’s lifetime,” one of the nation’s leading economists said last...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Town officials are looking to include short-term rentals in the local zoning bylaws though without burdening people who rely on income from stays at their properties. Walker Powell, the community development director, explained to Selectboard...