SOMERS — KK’s This n’ That Shop in Somers is, in many ways, an idea born out of convenience. Owners Karen Campbell and her husband, Delbert, purchase real estate for investment purposes and five years ago bought the building on 138 Main St., which now serves as the home to KK’s This n’ That Shop.
ENFIELD — The Kelley Family Homestead, a small family homestead on a third of an acre, sells a mixture of native plants, annual vegetable and herb seedlings, and perennial fruit and vegetable plants like berry bushes.
SOUTH HADLEY — The Police Department may soon be getting a furry new member after the Select Board approved fundraising efforts for a comfort dog program.
HOLYOKE — Nonprofit arts education organization Enchanted Circle has announced plans for a strategic pause, effective July 1, as part of a border initiative to strengthen the organization’s operational strategies to better serve the community in the long term, amidst financial insecurity.
HOLYOKE — The City Council has passed a budget of just over $172 million for the fiscal year 2025 operating budget, about a $9 million increase from FY24.
CHICOPEE — The Eos Foundation recently released its 2023-2024 study on the state of breakfast at Massachusetts’ high-poverty schools, Ending Hunger in Our Classrooms: Expanding After the Bell Breakfast to fuel student learning.