Tuesday, March 9, 2010
NORTHAMPTON - Thornes Marketplace is now bankrolling one of its struggling shops as it continues to search for a new owner.
Management at the downtown shopping center closed Cedar Chest Feb. 26, about a month after filing a lawsuit claiming the store was more than $200,000 behind on rent.
Monday, March 8, 2010
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Supermarket workers at Stop & Shop in southern New England ratified a contract Sunday, ending weeks of difficult negotiations over wages and benefits.
Monday, March 8, 2010
AMHERST - Rao's, the long-running coffee shop on Boltwood Walk, will be reopening under new ownership later this month.
Bob Lowry, who owns the Bueno y Sano restaurant at the other end of Boltwood Walk, has purchased the enterprise with Ken Majka, owner of the Lady Killegrew at the Montague Bookmill.
Monday, March 8, 2010
For the week ending Feb. 26, 2010:
Amherst
Alexander F. Will, Jr., Executor, Barbara E. Will, Jr., Executor, Elizabeth L. Will Est, Elizabeth Lyding Will Est to Deborah K. Robes, Jennifer Kenworthy, 84 High Point Drive, Amherst, $427,000
Jonathan Hirsh, Karin E. Kayser to Karin E. Kayser, 215 Glendale Road, Amherst, $0
Saturday, March 6, 2010
NORTHAMPTON - In a move designed in part to entice Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co. to select its city bottling plant for a $25 million expansion that includes 40 new full-time jobs, the City Council this week agreed to grant the company a small tax break on its project.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
NORTHAMPTON - The License Commission this week gave the Teapot Restaurant, a Main Street eatery, a second chance before a two-day liquor license suspension will take effect.
Friday, March 5, 2010
EASTHAMPTON - A representative of the Springfield Republican said the paper is working to address residents concerns about the a newspaper supplement called the Extra in its distinctive purple plastic bag on streets in Northampton and Easthampton.
"We want to fix it," said Republican home delivery manager Edward Gaiser. "They will stop upon request."
