Longmeadow
Longmeadow, MA · Business
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Recognizing Beman Hardware as Granby’s oldest small business
In November 2025, the Granby Board of Selectman recognized Beman Hardware for its 90 years of service in the Granby Community. George Beman started the business in 1935 to support his electrical contractor business. In 1941, Louise Newton Beman, his wife, added hardware and paint products to their growing business inventory. Beman Hardware flourished as a family business for three generations until it was purchased by long-time employee Vinnie Pagano in October 2022. The current store was built in 1973 at the site of the original warehouse.
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Berkshire region real estate sales – October 30, 2026
550 County Road: Michael K. Bruneau of Becket to Michael K. Bruneau and Cynthia Smith, $1 on 10/15/2026. 16 Elm Street: Michael E. Darroch and Michele E. Darroch of Dalton to Michele E. Darroch, $1 on 10/14/2026. 987 South Street: Bankruptcy Estates Of Ests Of and Angela Welch of Dalton...
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Friends of Holcomb Farm — November 2026
The season has changed, but the Farm Store stays open. Fall has arrived and Holcomb Farm’s fields and farm store are showing it. The new farm store is stocked with an ever-changing selection of seasonal favorites grown at Holcomb Farm, alongside thoughtfully curated, sustainably produced goods from other local producers. If you haven’t visited yet, there’s no better time. The store’s shelves and displays are filled with pumpkins, squash, root vegetables, brassicas, leafy greens and all your fall favorites.
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Looking to get rid of old unworn jewelry? This pawn shop has locations in Granby and Northampton!
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Raising fish and Fish Kids
Last month, middle school students enrolled in the Fish Kids program gathered in the Salmon Brook Ecology Center to welcome 150 brown trout. The trout arrived in the back of a CT DEEP truck equipped with a cold-water holding tank with temperatures hovering around 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Students handled the fingerlings with nets, carefully extracting the young trout from the truck and carrying them to one of three holding tanks.
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Lee reports uptick in total property valuation and construction growth, year over year
Lee — The Select Board held its classification hearing October 20 and, although the hearing’s focus was to determine whether the town would continue with its single tax rate for all classes of property—residential, open space, commercial, industrial and personal—increases in the upcoming fiscal year valuations were noted.
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Units Available at Lee’s New Eagle Mill Housing Development
LEE, Mass. — Hearthway wants community members to know there are three-bedroom units available at The Lofts at Eagle Mill with little to no waitlist. The apartments at 73 West Center St. recently came online in the historic building on the banks of the Housatonic River after more than a decade of work. The first tenants began moving in last week.
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Shutesbury Crowd Tells State Solar Rules Threaten 29,000 Trees, Local Control
Central Massachusetts City Hall Plaza — Civic Plaza Weather Backdrop. More than 60 people from across the region and beyond attended a Shutesbury Public Library forum this week to confront state energy officials over solar siting rules that residents say strip towns of control over their own land. At the center of the debate: five proposed solar projects that could have cleared roughly 29,000 trees across 190 acres in this small Franklin County town.
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Salute to new Granby businesses
This month, we are offering a salute to new Granby businesses. Starting a business requires long hours, copious planning and nerves of steel. Historical data from the U.S. Small Business Administration indicates approximately 32 percent of new employer-based businesses do not survive beyond their first two years. To celebrate their...
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The O’Connell Companies Announces Employee Stock Ownership Plan
HOLYOKE — The O’Connell Companies — the Holyoke-based family of construction, real estate development, and property management businesses — announced it has sold a majority stake in the company to a newly formed employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). The transaction gives O’Connell employees a direct ownership stake in the company they’ve spent their careers building.
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Berkshire Innovation Center Expansion Aims to Bring Jobs, Innovation to Pittsfield
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Innovation Center broke ground on its roughly 12,000-square-foot expansion on Thursday, surrounded by state and local officials, business leaders, and industry partners who helped bring the project to fruition. The approximately $8 million expansion will bring advanced manufacturing capabilities, new jobs, and additional opportunities...
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Units Available at Lee's New Eagle Mill Housing Development
LEE, Mass. — Hearthway wants community members to know there are three-bedroom units available at The Lofts at Eagle Mill with little to no waitlist. The apartments at 73 West Center St. recently came online in the historic building on the banks of the Housatonic River after more than a decade of work. The first tenants began moving in last week.
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Forget The Mall This Massive Connecticut Antique Store Fills An Old Factory With Unexpected Finds
This antique store sits inside a former axe factory. The company that once worked there made the first ready-to-use axes in America. Now the old building holds jewelry, porcelain, typewriters, toys, and furniture instead of blades. More than 50 vendors fill two floors with their finds. The mix keeps changing...