The first steps when building a farm shop are site selection and site preparation. Here are the necessary considerations, a few of which are sometimes overlooked. Experience matters. “With big ...

The building at 15 Depot St. in Concord is boarded up as of July 15. Credit: David Brooks / Monitor staff Castro’s Back Room is gone but the cigar shop will eventually return next door and the Depot ...

Enthusiasm for their community inspired a Slater couple to create a coffee shop in a historic building on Main Street. Melodie and Russ Terhaar officially opened Public House 421 on Wednesday in the ...