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LACONIA—The Greater Lakes Region Children’s Auction is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year as an annual fundraising event that provides grant funds to dozens of nonprofit organizations [...]

FLORENCE—FSB Financial Group, the investment division of Florence Bank, announced that Nicole Domnarski, after working two years as an assistant financial advisor, has transitioned to financial [...]

I write blogs and craft press releases for Thornes Marketplace in Northampton to help raise awareness about events and individual shop owners. This month, I got to help the popular shopping [...]

Grants to organizations in 2021 at $40,000, with total pandemic donations at $140,000 thus far FLORENCE—Since the start of the new year, Florence Bank has donated $40,000 to organizations in the [...]

Event one of first to be held in region since the start of the pandemic FLORENCE—Food insecurity skyrocketed in the past year in the Valley as the pandemic caused layoffs, slowdowns, and business [...]

Marketplace in general is poised to continue following state guidelines on mask-wearing and social distancing NORTHAMPTON—Thornes Marketplace returned to an early morning opening of 8:30 a.m. as [...]

FLORENCE—Florence Bank has announced that Kiara Sonoda of Hatfield, Jessica Camp and Samantha Sanger of Easthampton, and Lynn Formel of South Hadley have been selected as recipients of the 2020 [...]

Note: I was featured recently in book blogger Laura Smith’s blog as a guest poster. Laura reviews books and blogs about them. What appears below is an excerpt from the post I wrote for her site.

Staff, board members, corporators, community leaders, and Mayor John Vieau attended socially distanced event CHICOPEE—Florence Bank celebrated its third Hampden County branch yesterday morning [...]

Recognition for community philanthropy comes from the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) and American Express  GILFORD—Patrick’s Pub & Eatery has been named a Good [...]