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By EMILY THURLOW

NORTHAMPTON — With candy apple red wood siding, canary yellow exterior window casings and turquoise-colored trim, the cape at 321 Easthampton Road certainly catches the eye of passersby.The formerly white single-family home has been transformed into...

AMHERSTChabad At Five Colleges to 194 Amity Street RT and Mark Goodman, 194 Amity St., $865,000594 East Pleasant St RT and Donald J. Stanton to Univ Of MA Bldg Authority, 594 E. Pleasant St., $440,000 Norman D. Brown to Eastern Realty...

By BERA DUNAU

MIDDLEFIELD — For more than 30 years, AzureGreen has been part of the fabric of this small town at the far western reaches of Hampshire County. The town’s largest private employer, the New Age supplier of products that range from candles to jewelry to...

AMHERST Ya Tang and Liangliang Cao to Lisa C. Stoffer, 16 Autumn Lane, Lot 16, $402,300 J P Regish&T Delaney LT and John P. Regish Tr to Annie E. Nelson and Nathaniel Smith Hu, 463 Bay Road, $475,000 Maple Leaf Cap Reserve to Toby J....

Northwestern DA announces Child Abuse Unit staffing changesNORTHAMPTON — A steady stream of new cases involving the most vulnerable people within the Northwestern District has prompted Northwestern district attorney’s office to add a prosecutor’s...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

AMHERST — A.J. Hastings, a third-generation retail store that has been a cornerstone of Amherst’s downtown since it opened in 1914, will close its doors next month.A large closing announcement hung from the front window on Friday. Inside, shop owners...

AMHERSTCarey E. Matthews to Rebecca R Curzon 2022 RET and Rebecca E. Curzon Tr, 34 Berkshire Terrace, $413,450 Erica R. Gees to Jeffrey Humphrey, 33 Cosby Ave., $500,033 Kimberly M. Edwards to Julie E. Blue and Brant M. Helf Hu,...

By SAM DORAN

BOSTON — The Legislature on Monday set the dates of this year’s sales tax holiday weekend, settling on Aug. 13 and 14, when Massachusetts shoppers will get a break from state sales tax on most retail items less than $2,500.The annual sales-tax-free...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — After the death of James Pasiecnik in January, his three daughters banded together to ensure the family business, 5J Creamee and Pasiecnik Farmstand, is operating in full force this summer.Justine Pasiecnik, the oldest of the three sisters,...

AMHERSTJonatan Steenbrink and Elizabeth Sullivan to Elizabeth A. Sullivan, 91 Hulst Road, $40,000 Charles T. Russett and Joan Bodden-Russett to Bernadette Harrigan, 12 Kingman Road, $550,000 John W. Olver and Martha Olver to...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The world’s largest coffee chain plans to add another shop in western Massachusetts this summer.The city’s Planning Board has unanimously approved a special permit to construct and operate a drive-thru Starbucks. The shop would be built...

By BRIAN STEELE

NORTHAMPTON — Hannah Yilmaz and her dog Leo, a 4-year-old Jack Russell terrier mix, went to The Green Groomer for the first time on Monday. Yilmaz said Leo has had traumatic experiences with corporate groomers, including the unnecessary removal of a...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — With a growing list of vendors wanting to work with the store, Whitney Hill Antiques is opening an additional location at the former Gables Restaurant at 250 Greenfield Road in Deerfield.With the new store slated for a soft opening May 1,...

AMHERSTCharles L. Burke to 20 Allen Street Inv LLC, 20 Allen St., $799,500 Ann P. Hudson and Amy L. Gaubinger to Heema Wallace and Owen C. Wallace, 27 Autumn Lane, Lot 27, $291,000 Robert Saul to Jordan Hayslip, 301 East...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A prominent businessman who owns two city hotels has reached a tentative deal to buy the Daily Hampshire Gazette’s headquarters at 115 Conz St., though there are no imminent plans for redeveloping the site.Mansour Ghalibaf, who operates...

By Monte Belmonte

NORTHAMPTON — Chef Michaelangelo Wescott has opened a new restaurant on Main Street in Northampton, in the old Belly of the Beast spot. And he’s calling it Wine Witch, a new French-inspired bistro right in the heart of downtown.Wescott’s “familiar” in...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — As the Select Board mulls the transfer of Club Castaway’s liquor and adult entertainment licenses, the focus of its latest discussion revolved around the new owners’ inexperience in managing a strip club.At its Wednesday meeting, the board...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A vodka company founded and based in Hadley, which has made its line of drinks in a 136-year-old distillery in Poland, is looking to begin some production in the community.Paul Kozub, V-One Vodka’s owner and founder, told the Planning Board...

AmherstJohn R. Beatty and Rosanne F. Beatty to Sherry Allan, 27 Green Leaves Dr., Lot 728, $271,000BelchertownPatience A. Hartley to Wicked Deals LLC, 228 Amherst Road, $47,000 G&H Development LLC to Quincy L. Ortiz and Jessica J. Dawicki, 99...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

NORTHAMPTON — After 64 years on Masonic Street, one of downtown’s longest-running stores has closed.Open since 1958, The Old Book Store turned its final page last month. In a phone interview Tuesday, owner Henry Walz confirmed that he is looking to...