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By JACQUELYN VOGHEL

EASTHAMPTON — River Valley Co-op opens its doors to the public on July 1, bringing with it 83 new jobs and establishing itself as the city’s second grocery store. The co-op, situated at 228 Northampton St., is the second location of the collectively...

AMHERSTAlan E. Harchik and Amy J. Harchik to Anthony J. Willmer and Anjuli J. Willmer, 239 Aubinwood Rd, $485,000 Kelly J. Light to Michael R. Chunyk, 34 Baker St., $450,000 Ting FT and Agnes C. Ting Tr to John W. Kinchla and Amanda...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The Lone Wolf, a 17-year restaurant in downtown Amherst, will not be reopening as the COVID-19 pandemic eases.Owner and chef Rob Watson announced in a letter to customers on the restaurant’s Facebook page that he has decided not to resume...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A banquet hall and convention center on Route 9 near the Coolidge Bridge, closed during most of the COVID-19 pandemic due to restrictions on gatherings, will not be reopening.The Pioneer Valley Hotel Group recently announced the permanent...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

SOUTH HADLEY — Andrew Yee, the prominent local restaurateur and businessman, whose contributions to the Valley’s hospitality scene were far-reaching, has died at 59.In an announcement on social media, Yee’s business, Bean Restaurant Group, said Yee...

By MARY BYRNE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Charlton-based Tree House Brewing has been given the go-ahead it needs to begin its first phase of opening at the former Channing Bete Co. building on Routes 5 and 10.The three special permits that the Deerfield Zoning Board of...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

NORTHAMPTON — The phones were buzzing on a recent weekday morning at Highway Auto Salvage, where employees answered questions about car parts in English and Spanish.An expansive sign hanging on the back wall of the small sales office listed the wares...

By GRETA JOCHEM

NORTHAMPTON — Over the summer, Will Swyers and Ximena Salmerón, both actors, were looking for a new project. Something bold, they said. But it wasn’t an acting endeavor they turned to.They ended up taking over downtown cafe Iconica Social Club, “which...

By GRETA JOCHEM

NORTHAMPTON — Longtime downtown business owner Bill Muller thought he had a plan — consolidate his Northampton businesses, Guild Art Supply and Pierce’s Frameshop, and his Easthampton printing business, Big Wheel Press, into one space in the old...

By BERA DUNAU

CUMMINGTON — At the start of the pandemic Gus Perkins, the second-generation owner of Cummington Supply, wasn’t sure how it would affect his business. Then, a whole lot of people started building.“Everyone was sent home and started doing projects,”...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — When Legacy Craft Smokehouse opened earlier this month at 127 Elm St., it brought owner Zach Langlois back to the same building where his family ran the Smithsonian Grill and Bar for more than a decade.Frequently passing by what had become...

By BERA DUNAU

WORTHINGTON — When he was growing up, Jared Sena used to roller skate in one of the rooms of his family’s ski lodge, a barn that over three generations has held auctions, weddings and even potatoes. Now, the Worthington native is all grown up and...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

HOLYOKE — Bed Bath & Beyond at the Holyoke Mall Crossing will be shutting down.The closure, first reported by The Republican, is announced on the store’s website. The store is one of approximately 200 that Bed Bath & Beyond announced at the end of...

By Julia Cornick

Suzanne Forman sometimes pinches herself these days — not literally, of course — when she thinks about the sliver of the premium dark chocolate she makes and sells out of her Northampton home.“Am I really making chocolate for a living?” she asks...

AMHERST Lindsley G. Boiney to Richard J. Giglio and Sally G. Giglio, 171 Heatherstone Road, $479,000 Ellen M. Fagan to Marcus S. Opalenik and Shao Y. Tseng, 48 Jenks St., $350,000 Kravetz Bettie R Est and Steven J. Kravetz to Yong X. Liu and Billy...

By CHRIS GOUDREAU

NORTHAMPTON — After close to three decades of bringing live summer theater productions to the Pioneer Valley, New Century Theatre announced Monday that it’s curtain call for good because of the persistent COVID-19 pandemic. In a written notice posted...

By MARY BYRNE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Charlton-based Tree House Brewing announced Friday that it plans to open a new location next year at the site of the former Channing Bete Co. on Routes 5 and 10.“Tree House will open an expansive, beautifully located facility in...

By MARY BYRNE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — A brewery with roots in Connecticut has found its way to South Deerfield.Powder Hollow Brewery, which opened its flagship location in Enfield, Connecticut in 2014, opened its doors to customers last week at its new location at Yankee...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

WILLIAMSBURG — Attorney General Maura Healey filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a Pennsylvania developer alleging “irreparable harm” caused by polluting of the West Branch Mill River and damage to more than two acres of protected wetlands.The lawsuit...

By BERA DUNAU

EASTHAMPTON — As the number of cars for sale continues to dwindle at its soon-to-close dealership off busy Northampton Street, Cernak Buick’s longtime owner wistfully remembers a time years ago when there were six new car dealers in the city.Now, more...