SHELBURNE FALLS — Citing financial difficulties, Baker Pharmacy, a fixture on Bridge Street since the mid-1800s, is set to close on Jan. 31. “I left the conversation feeling really hopeful,” van der Velden said. “It’s a community disaster.”Samoriski, born in 1946, said her parents, grandparents and great-grandparents all had their prescriptions filled at Baker Pharmacy. Beth Vight makes a coffee frappe with ice cream and milk at the Baker Pharmacy ice cream counter in Shelburne Falls in 2024. The Baker Pharmacy on Bridge Street in Shelburne Falls is closing.