Treadle Yard Goods, a fabric shop with a nearly half-century-long history on Grand Avenue, has closed as its owner undergoes cancer treatment.

Michele Hoaglund, who bought the store about a decade ago from its founding owners, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer around Christmas, she wrote on the store’s social media page. The shop’s final day was June 1.

“My focus must be on my health and getting well,” she wrote in the store’s farewell message on its website. “I have enjoyed getting to know so many of you over the years and loved seeing and hearing about your sewing projects.”

Hoaglund could not be reached for comment this week.

Hoaglund, a longtime employee who had initiated the store’s class program, took over the store in 2015 from Mary Daley, who had founded it in 1976 with her lat

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