Jackson residents get behind bagel shop to keep it from closing

JACKSON - Following a community outcry over the shop's impending closure, Pearl Street Bagels owner Heather Gould agreed Tuesday to extend her lease with the property owner, Jeff Neishabouri.

The two spoke by phone and discussed a lease extension. In an email to the News&Guide, Neishabouri said he was open to extending the lease until the property at 145 W. Pearl Ave. is redeveloped.

"I feel like this town really rallied for Pearl Street Bagels," Gould said Tuesday afternoon, a few hours after Neishabouri called to ask about renewing the lease. "In light of how upset people were, I think that...