Bosca, a high-end leather manufacturer, is experimenting with a plan to shift a small amount of production back to Springfield, a trend local and state experts said is slowly becoming more common ...

A new business, owned by a Springfield man and his wife, are ready to offer customers a "really cool experience" when the business opens April 6.

Henry Bretney arrived in Springfield in the 1820s from Hagerstown, Maryland and opened a general store. He then went on to open a tannery and embarked into the leather goods business in 1830.