The idea for Zach's Toy Chest came to Holly Schwab at a particularly difficult time. Her infant son Zach had been diagnosed with cancer and she realized there weren't any toys for kids to play with at ...

A hand-painted border of paper dolls and the words to “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” adorn the walls of Kendall Company Christmas and Toys. The inside of the 600-square-foot shop is jammed with ...

Every time Colleen Kisel’s son walked through the hospital doors, he knew it was going to be painful. Just 7 years old, Martin Kisel had acute lymphocytic leukemia, which required multiple painful ...

METHUEN — Seven hundred children across the Merrimack Valley will have a very merry Christmas thanks to elves at Debbie’s Treasure Chest who distributed more than 3,000 toys Saturday at Methuen High ...

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, there were only a few stores in Pittsfield that would have a large assortment of toys, and these were mostly available just before the December holidays. England ...

Last August, a rent bump forced two local toy vendors to vacate their previous location, Unlimited Treasures 2, along the Benner Pike. Now, just over four months later, the pair has found a new home ...