Business Briefs: April 4, 2025

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Cooperative Bank has announced a food and hygiene drive to benefit Stone Soup Café. The drive aims to replenish the shelves with groceries and personal care items.

Real Estate Transactions: April 4, 2025

Kenneth W. Topolski Estate and Karen R. Cormier sold to J Directed LLC, 742 Daniel Shays Highway, Lot 1F. $130,000.

Incandescent Brewing now open in Bernardston

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BERNARDSTON — Beers are back in town.

Health Center Pharmacy opens in Orange

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The town has a new pharmacy after two months without one.

Business Briefs: March 28, 2025

GREENFIELD — PV Squared, a solar energy business at 311 Wells St., is included in The Boston Globe’s inaugural list of New England’s Fastest-Growing Companies, announced March 20.

Creating a ‘mecca of local art’: JJ White opening Art Deviation Gallery & Store in Greenfield

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The soon-to-open storefront at 365 Main St. will not be the first Art Deviation Gallery & Store that Greenfield resident JJ White has owned, but it will differ from the one that operated briefly in South Deerfield in 2020.

Real Estate Transactions: March 28, 2025

Jody A. Newton sold to Craig Lussier, 511 Bearsden Road. $545,000.

Out with fast fashion, in with sustainability: The Sparkle Cave clothing store opens in Greenfield

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — Rejecting fast fashion and focusing on sustainability is the ethos of a new handmade and upcycled clothing and accessories store that opened its doors to shoppers on Wednesday.

Business Briefs: March 21, 2025

The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office has made promotions and other staffing changes following the departure of three prosecutors for legal positions in other state and federal agencies.

Real Estate Transactions: March 21, 2025

John W. Hoyt and Judith W. Hoyt sold to Thomas E. Johnson and Elizabeth B. Johnson, 325 Buckland Road. $125,000.

Connecticut man closes on McGovern dealerships in Greenfield

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Connecticut businessman has purchased two local dealerships from McGovern Automotive Group, though he decided to close one of them due to a perceived lack of feasibility behind a manufacturers’ request to relocate the business.

Real Estate Transactions: March 14, 2025

Town of Athol sold to Newvue Affordable Housing Co., 129 Allen St. and 184 Riverbend St. $25,000.

Business Briefs: March 14, 2025

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Cooperative Bank is hosting a free information session designed to equip first-time homebuyers with the knowledge and confidence to navigate the home-buying journey. Led by Missy Tetreault, vice president of mortgage originations, and Kim Gates, mortgage originator, the info session will provide insights from industry experts on various aspects of purchasing a home.

With $402K grant, South Deerfield company with focus on supercapacitors poised to expand

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Over the last year, an energy storage solutions research and development company focusing on supercapacitors has been settling into its new facility off of Routes 5 and 10.

Greenfield Starbucks provides update for opening day

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Latte lovers will have to wait until later this week for their favorite Starbucks beverage as, contrary to the corporation’s previous announcement that its 200 Mohawk Trail location would open Monday, March 10, it is now expected to open in a few days.

A ‘grande’ opening ahead: Greenfield Starbucks to open its doors Monday

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — A new Starbucks location is expected to open Monday, March 10, at the site of the former Friendly’s at 200 Mohawk Trail, which closed in September after roughly 42 years in business.

Ashfield’s historic Elmer’s Store seeing new life with opening of Wicked Good Café

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ASHFIELD — Wicked Good Café is bringing new life to the historic Elmer’s Store, with help from both new and familiar faces.

Business Briefs: March 7, 2025

GREENFIELD — The Garden Cinemas opened its doors on March 11, 1929. Given that the theater’s 96th anniversary falls on the theater’s weekly $5 Tuesday, the Garden Cinemas will celebrate the milestone by giving free popcorn to the first 96 people who buy $5 tickets that day.

Real Estate Transactions: March 7, 2025

Thomas V. Nartowicz Jr. and Sandra Weaver sold to Mark J. Kulas, 4 Pine St. $265,000.

‘It’s not a good recipe’: Local businesses bracing for steel, aluminum tariffs

By DOMENIC POLI

Experts predict the steel and aluminum tariffs set to go into effect March 12 will have a negative trickle-down effect, and local businesses are bracing for the impact the Trump administration’s move could have on their bottom line.