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By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — Business owners say 2024 was a challenging year, with the Bridge of Flowers closed and other village infrastructure projects, though foot traffic data from the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce shows the total number of visits throughout the year actually rose.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Planning Board discussed potentially drafting guidelines regulating street-facing, ground-floor cannabis dispensaries on Thursday, with some members asserting that the state’s mandate that cannabis businesses have opaque or obscured windows makes their presence a form of “blight” on downtown Greenfield.

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — With love in the air on Valentine’s Day, it was only fitting for speakers at the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce’s breakfast to share their adoration for their jobs.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Syd St. John, a Highland Avenue resident with a knack for agriculture, plans to grow and sell roughly an acre of flowers on their land this spring and summer — a plan that St. John said will not require a special permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals as long as they can earn more than $1,000 per acre of farmed land.

Thomas M. Byrnes Estate and Lawrence Byrnes sold to Double Edge Theatre Productions, 225 Main St. $200,000.

SPRINGFIELD — Throughout 2024, Freedom Credit Union contributed to dozens of local charities throughout the four counties of western Massachusetts, donating more than $194,000. Additionally, Freedom Credit Union employees recorded more than 600 hours of volunteer time in 2024.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As the city’s Main Street redevelopment project is expected to bring sweeping changes to the Central Commercial District, the Greenfield Business Association is creating a Property Owners and Landlords Cohort to garner feedback on how downtown development impacts local property owners.

By DOMENIC POLI

Don’t talk to the American people until they’ve had their coffee.

Edward Lee and Linda Lee to J.T. & Karen Evans-Timm Land Trust and Jeffrey T. Timm. 64 Meadow St. $375,000.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Roughly two years since a change in state Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) seed regulations prompted Daniel Rosen to close his 51 Davis St. cannabis seed bank, the entrepreneur is back in business in the same location as a licensed massage therapist.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — Feeling under the weather? A natural healer believes she can find the root of your health issues by tapping into your body’s energy field.

By DOMENIC POLI

AMHERST — The vintage and artisan collective that Skye Wellington opened on Black Friday six years ago has reopened in Hampshire County.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — SunnyDayz Cannabis is making steady progress on its three-building site at 105 Greenfield Road (Routes 5 and 10) and is aiming to open its doors to the public this summer.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Five Eyed Fox kitchen was roaring for a few fleeting hours on Monday, albeit under a different roof.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The LGBTQ performing arts venue formerly known as 10 Forward has transferred its liquor and entertainment licenses to the owners of Last Ditch, a lesbian bar expected to open at the 10 Fiske Ave. location in the spring.

Michael Epstein to 527 Main LLC, 527 Main St. $365,000.

HOLYOKE — Tickets are now on sale for the 17th annual Difference Makers awards gala hosted by BusinessWest, the business journal of western Massachusetts.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE — After hearing an outpouring of support for the Middle Eastern Flavors food truck on Bridge Street, the Planning Board will have to do more research into how to develop a bylaw that regulates food trucks while allowing existing businesses to continue operating.

Karen A. Sullivan and Domenic C. Cimino to Frederick C. Feiker and Cynthia Feiker, 30 Smith Road. $570,000.

By ANITA WILSON

A Hampshire County college student received a bill for a cellphone plan he never signed up for with a telephone number he didn’t recognize.