101-Year-Old Woman’s Candy Shop Is A Neighborhood Sweet Spot For Kids

“Nothing can compare to her and that candy shop,” a young customer told the news outlet.

Weiss purchased the shop with her husband, Irving, just after the Great Depression. In the 76 years she’s sold treats, the world and the economy around Weiss have changed, but her loyal and loving customers have remained the same.

Keeping the schoolchildren in mind, Weiss refuses to sell expensive toys and items like candy cigarettes, because she thinks they send the wrong message. Rather, when kids come in after school to buy candy, Weiss uses the transaction as a way to help them with math skills, and has them read from a list of tips called “Thoughts for a Happier Life,” she told the Boston Globe.

“I make all the kids read it, because I want them to do the right thing,” Weiss told the news outlet in a 2013 interview.