NORTHAMPTON – Jake’s, the popular “no-frills dining” restaurant in the heart of downtown, and the building that houses it at 17 King St., were sold July 15 by longtime owner Daniel Workman to a Westhampton couple, Gary J. and Carol A. Perman. Records from the Hampshire County Registry of Deeds show that the Permans paid [...]

The former restaurant and apartments where two Florence therapists wanted to move their pediatric practice. NORTHAMPTON – A Florence physical therapist and her husband have scrapped their plan to buy and convert a former restaurant at 285 Prospect St. into a pediatric therapy center. Diane M. Droescher and her husband Robert R. Myers, whose Advanced [...]

A snowy February evening a little after 5 p.m., around the time many families are engaged in supper preparations, and the mayor of Northampton and four members of the City Council are gathered in the Council chamber. On their plate for almost two hours will be an examination of the city’s income and expense figures [...]