Business

Cedar Chest back in business, for now

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.

Workers ratify Stop & Shop contract

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.

Photo: Bueno, Lady Killegrew owners buy Rao's Coffee

Bueno, Lady Killegrew owners buy Rao's Coffee

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.

Area Property Deed Transfers

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

Northampton gives Coke tax break, hoping for expansion

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.

Teapot's liquor license suspension deferred

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.

Newspaper rep pledges action on unwanted papers

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."

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