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Tyer inscribed the book to Hadley.  PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A local girl who is wise beyond her years turned her compassion for the community into action. Following a $1,900 donation last week to the Christian Center, 8-year-old entrepreneur Hadley Light received a gift from Mayor Linda Tyer to commemorate her clothing business that benefits the homeless. "So when I called your dad, I said, 'Do you think it would be OK if I could meet Hadley?' Because you are really special," Tyer said on Monday. "You are really special. So thank you for doing what you did. Raising all that money for the Ch...

At 8, Hadley Light already has made her mark. “She’s always had this entrepreneurial mindset,” said Lenny Light, Hadley’s father. Her latest venture might be successful, Light said, but more impressive is her desire to give back to the community. On Tuesday, the third grader at Williams Elementary School donated the $1,900 she has earned so far from her apparel company, Waves, to the Christian Center on Robbins Avenue to help the nonprofit fight homelessness. Light, who turns 9 on April 4, wants to ensure that the homeless “can have homes like me, and food, and that t...