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Month: October 2007

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The following Business Certificates and Trade Names were issued or renewed during the month of September 2007.

AGAWAM

Mr. T’s Cleaning Service
50 Wilson St.
William Tessicini

The Cutting Edge
28 Southwick St.
Linda Gill

The Grout Doctor
38 Dolores Lane
Sean  Devall

The Piano Loft
375 Walnut St.
Linda Gill

AMHERST

Amherst Hairstyles
40 Main St.
Terry L. Knott

K. Chulu Bags
85 Mt. Holyoke Dr.
Kaye E. Dougan

Mustard Seed Press
263 Northampton Road
Melanie Krumrey

CHICOPEE

As Promised Professional Cleaning Service
41 Sullivan St.
Flavio Nunes da Cunha

Sweet St. Confections
252 Columbia St.
Janet Allen

TNT Restaurant
82 Main St.
Timothy Ruel

EASTHAMPTON

Autumn Management
181 Northampton St.
Richard R. Boyle

Mary Lemoine Designs
56 Loudville Road
Mary M. Lemoine

EAST LONGMEADOW

East Meadows Farm
135 Parker St.
Kimberly & Gary Turnberg

Flowers and More
126 Shaker Road
Cheryl A. Shaw

GREENFIELD

Extreme Styles
395 Federal St.
Jeffrey Ennis

Franklin First Federal Credit Union
57 Newton St.
Martha Richardson

Magic Fuels
486 Bernardston Road
Geo T. George

HADLEY

Kothar Imports
206 Middle St.
Bastian H. Aue

Millennium Hair Salon
195 Russell St.
Dinita Ann Dominick

HOLYOKE

Amedeo’s Restaurant & Pizzeria
8 North Bridge St.
Tony Dibenedetto

Apple Inc.
50 Holyoke St.
Terry Ryan

Good Fella’s Barber Shop
671 High St.
John Alicea

Highland Farms
636 Main St.
Deborah A. Shah

Los Master Social Club
65 Commercial St.
Beatriz Rodriguez

Pretty Nails & Tan
2257 Northampton St.
Ngocgiao Dinh

Professional Machine
518 Maple St.
Vladislav M. Yefimiadi

Sonido Musical
327 High St.
Jorge Alban

LONGMEADOW

Enterprises
79 Longview St.
Carolyn Loewenthal

Carlson GMAC Realty
688 Bliss Road
David Bricker

Corey Benjamin James
38 Fairview St.
Corey B. James

ELL Educational Consultants Associates
PO Box 60202
Janine Ann Preston

The New England Relocation Group
688 Bliss Road
David Bricker

NORTHAMPTON

Beyond Landscape Contracting
20 Union St.
Lawrence A. Brotherton

Calvin Coolidge Nursing and Rehabilitation
548 Elm St.
Alberto Lugo

Divine Energetics
13 Old South Road
Patricia E. Sommeling

J. Rick Construction
51 Conz St.
Jose Mayancela

Pam’s Kickin Kuts
92 King St.
Pamela Bushey

PALMER

Body Piercing by Colleen
3033 Main St.
Colleen M. Maloney

Captain Fitness
21 Wilbraham St.
Michael Houle

Carlson GMAC Real Estate
1581 Main St.
David M. Bricker

Deans Vintage Performance
251 Breckenridge St.
Dean Rymer

Luke’s Beer & Wine
1478 Main St.
Joppu Lukose

Kszepka Insurance
2376 Main St.
Paul Kszepka

SOUTH HADLEY

People’s Bank
494 Newton Ave.
Jeannine M. Pelchat

Pro/Team
20 The Knolls
W. Bryan Bruce

  

Veryl’s Auto Service Inc.
644 Newton St.
Denis Poirier

SOUTHWICK

Gigi’s Pizza II Inc.
108 Congamond Road
Matthew J. Roberts

Simply Made Gift Baskets
1 Blackberry Crescent
Nicole Markel

Lakeside M.I.T.
33 Miller Road
Jill L. Dalton

SPRINGFIELD

Miguel Coamo Auto Detailing
197 Plainfield St.
Miguel A. Velazquez

Millennium Nails Salon
1655 Boston Road
Nhac Truong

Mr. Tux #5188
1267 Boston Road
Mitchell’s Formal

Neivar Enterprises Inc.
1487 Bay St.
Thomas D. Lesperance

North End Funeral Home
130 Carew St.
Jorge Colon

Nu Visions Manufacturing
225 Carando Dr.
Lori Ann Jarrett

Perfect Cleaning Solutions
723 Belmont Ave.
Nathan Meckling

Persona Bleu
102 Balboa Dr.
Jason Corbin

Pine Hill Towing
95 Newfield Road
Kenneth E. White

Quax Caricatures
12 Mattoon St.
Quincy Brown

Ralph’s Home Improvement
149 South Tallyho Dr.
Ralph A. Smith

Refrexcentro
1129 State St.
Tomas Carrasquillo

Rosewood Consulting
34 Sumner Ave.
Lisa Marie Andoscia

Saint James Management
350 St. James Ave.
Michael J. Begley

Side Bar Café
91 State St.
Katherine Walz

St. James Custom Auto Body
503 St. James Ave.
Cory A. Taylor

Supreme Auto Sales
1608 State St.
Jose Concepcion

Sweeney Roofing
107 Cliftwood St.
William Marchetti

Tele-Talk Communication
430 Belmont Ave.
Jean Carol Mattson

Touch of Wellness
112 Island Pond Road
Michelle Rijos

Trendsetters Clothing
897 Carew St.
Jaycie Olivero

Tristan & Company
830 Carew St.
Michael James

Unity World
106 Edendale St.
Dion Byrd

Wheeler’s Convenience
142 Dickinson St.
Rizvan Merza

Young Mom’s Laundramat
169 Hancock St.
Suk Hui Forrester

WESTFIELD

A-1 Nolan Realty
350 Elm St.
Steve Rovithis

Chinto’s Pizza & Restaurant
868 Southampton Road
Jacinto Blanco-Munoz

Creative Photography
52 Murray Ave.
Andrea J. York

Creative Publications
52 Murray Ave.
Andrea J. York

Hair Masters
8 Main St.
Julie L. Duris

JJ International
73 Colony Dr.
John H. Jaszek

J&M Stables
598 Southwick Road
Mary E. Hayden

Precision Panels
66 South Broad St.
Michael Lemelin

Real China
116 Elm St.
Xiang Tony Ni

SM Courier
440 East Mountain Road
Sandra Morris

SRC Consulting
31 Cara Lane
Shawn Czepiel

WEST SPRINGFIELD

A.G. Golf Repairs & Refinishing
83 Spring St.
Joseph C. Agostino

Academy of Tae Kwon Do
632 Kings Highway
Angela M. Park

Day’s Inn
437 Riverdale St.
Patel Brothers Corporation

Kozar’s Delicatessen
246 Elm Ave.
Steven Kozar

Manchester Home Improvement
209 Rogers Ave.
Barry Manchester

Medequip Inc.
134 Bliss St.
William Russell

Suburban Painting
34 Eldridge Ave.
Ralph Figueroa

West Side Auction
414 Park St.
Lynn E. Ugolini

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The following business incorporations were recently recorded in Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties and are the latest available. They are listed by community.

AGAWAM

Ganpati Inc., 36 Yarmouth Dr., Agawam 01001. Dinesh P. Patel, same. Convenience store.

AMHERST

Samadisy Inc., 345 Lincoln Ave., #921, Amherst 01002. Amr Elssamadisy, same. To own, develop and market software ideas and companies.

BELCHERTOWN

Mass Information Technology Solutions Inc., 32A Everett Ave., Belchertown 01007. Shahid Habib, same. Information technology solutions.

CHICOPEE

Couture Realty Inc., 67 Ross Ave., Chicopee 01020. Raymond G. Couture, same. Real estate acquisition.

EASTHAMPTON

We Love Bicycles Inc., 4 Applewood Circle, Easthampton 01027. Daniel Richard Coady, same. Retail sales of bicycle related items.

Worldwide Covering Inc., 150 Pleasant St., Easthampton 01027. Glenn T. Labay, same. (Foreign corp; NV) Protection covers for aircraft engines.

EAST LONGMEADOW

Grimaldi Painting Inc., 102 Lee St., East Longmeadow 01028. John A. Grimaldi, same. Painting and paint contractor.

Radcliffe is the Reason and Arthur Too! Fight Autism Inc., 63 Heathertone Dr., East Longmeadow 01028. Radcliffe F. Kenison, same. (Nonprofit) To help raise public awareness of how Autism effects the individual, families, and communities, etc.

HOLYOKE

Baskets and Broken Bread Inc., 372 Maple St., 4R, Holyoke 01040. Kathleen Wilkinson, same. (Nonprofit) For the enrichment and empowerment of inner city residents to enable them to have a more meaningful life, etc.

LONGMEADOW

Massachusetts Citizens for Africa Inc., 92 Riverview Ave., Longmeadow 01106. Gabriel I. Mokwuah, same. (Nonprofit) To establish a humanitarian society to promote charitale works aimed at enhancing the well-being of the society in Africa, etc.

NORTHAMPTON

Hampshire County Bar Association Foundation Inc., 15 Gothic St., Northampton 01060. Alfred P. Chamberland, 5 Arthur St., Easthampton 01027. (Nonprofit) To research any branch of the law, making results freely available to the public, improve the administration of justice, etc.

  

SOUTH DEERFIELD

Jewish Historical Society of Western Massachusetts Inc., Old Firehouse, Sugarloaf St., South Deerfield 01373. Kenneth N. Schoen, same. (Nonprofit) To provide a resource facility for research on Jewish llfe and activities in Western Massachusetts.

SOUTH HADLEY

Ahsan International Inc., 18 Main St., Suite 2B, South Hadley 01075. Ahsan Latif, same. Trading merchandise.

SOUTHWICK

VMDJ Inc., 8 Buckingham Dr., Southwick 01077. Paul D. Musselwhite, same. To operate a convenience store, etc.

SPRINGFIELD

Advanced Incident Management Corp., 45 Carlisle St., Springfield 01109. Garry A. Porter, same. Management services.

El Bohio Corp., 1655 Main St., Suite 201, Springfield 01103. Miguel Martinez, 13 Donbray Road, Springfield 01129. Real estate acquisition and development.

Joseph Freedman Export Mgmt. Co. Inc., 115 Stevens St., Springfield 01104. John Freedman, same. Sales representative.

St. James Cleaners Inc., 1003 Saint James Ave., Springfield 01104. Myung Sik Kim, same. Dry cleaner.

WESTHAMPTON

Robert H. Dunn, Jr. Construction Services Inc., 43 Burt Road, Westhampton 01027. Lynn M. Dunn, same. Construction services.

WILBRAHAM

SK3 Realty Inc., 840 Ridge Road, Wilbraham 01095. Stanley Kowalski, III, same. To hold real estate.

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Grand Central Vac Inc., 745 Memorial Dr., West Springfield 01089. Daniel J. Desnoyers, 16 Ryan Dr., West Springfield 01089. Central vacuum systems.

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Weight Staff


Mark Archer, right, vice president of Del Padre Visual Productions (DVP) in East Longmeadow, recently experienced the rare thrill of weightlessness aboard G-Force One, a specially outfitted 727 operated by the Zero Gravity Corp. DVP was contributing HD video footage of the event for a documentary for Northrop Grumman’s “Weightless Flights of Discovery” program, in which teachers from around the country get to bring the experience back to their classrooms and promote excitement in science education.


Matthew Reyes, director of Technical Operations for Zero-G, giving Archer a hand in keeping stable while weightless.

Cigars Under the Stars

More than 50 cigar aficionados turned out Sept. 18 for a special night at Max’s Tavern called ‘Cigars Under the Stars,’ a name that pretty much tells the story of this event. At top, from left, are Mark Lauria of Rexel CLS, Dirk Kidwell of Kidwell Electric, and Vito Costantiello and Joe Lapuma, both of Rexel CLS. Bottom, from left, are Max Bichler of The Cigar Agency, Michael Lynch of Florence Savings Bank, Jeff Anderson of the Crystal Company, Karin Tranghese, owner of The Cigar Room, Bob Borawski and Dave Malek, both of Borawski Insurance, and Ken Salem, of Salem Board & Beam.

Marketing Vehicle

On Sept. 12, Innovative Business Systems Inc. of Easthampton hosted a Technology Showcase featuring many local and national vendors, highlighted by the Microsoft Across America Mobile Event Experience vehicle. Pictured are Joseph Parente, left, and Dan Grenier, both of Grynn & Barrett Studios.

Meeting of the Minds

Modeling Change in Urban Communities was the first in a four-part planning series that will be hosted by Holyoke Community College’s Kittredge Center for Business and Workforce Development. At the Sept. 18 installment, urban policy experts James Stergios and Barry Bluestone put a magnifying glass to the struggles and triumphs that frame the experience of older industrial cities like Springfield, Holyoke, and Pittsfield. The two-and-a-half-hour meeting sparked some interesting discussion. From left are Bluestone, Holyoke Mayor Michael Sullivan, Stergios, state Sen. Senator Michael Knapik, and Allan Blair, president/CEO of the Economic Development Council of Western Mass.

Happy 20th

Ronald Marino, left, president of Uplinc, accepts a proclamation from state Rep. James Welch that recognizes the company on its 20th anniversary.

Physically and ‘Fiscally’ Fit Triathletes

More than 50 agents and employees of MassMutual and their families and friends recently participated in the Danskin Women’s Triathlon in Webster. Many triathletes participating in the race, which MassMutual sponsors nationally, raised money through pledges to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. MassMutual also hosted a pre-race ‘Pearls of Wisdom’ seminar, as it does in each of the triathlon series’ cities, to educate participants about ‘fiscal’ fitness. For each attendee, MassMutual donated $10 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Last year, MassMutual donated more than $7,000 to the foundation as part of its involvement, and expects the total to be even higher this year.

 

The Life Sciences Race Isn’t Over Yet

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Opinion

It would be easy for area economic development leaders to say that Worcester has won the life sciences and biotechnology race — or at least the contest for the development that hasn’t taken place in Cambridge and Boston.

It is a fact that Worcester took an early lead over the Pioneer Valley in nurturing a biosciences sector and then building an infrastructure that would foster new development and jobs. And it has only increased that lead over the past decade.

There are many reasons why the gap is so big, starting with simple geography; Worcester is an hour from Cambridge (if the traffic isn’t heavy), and Springfield is two hours away. But there’s more to it than that. Worcester aggressively pursued opportunities in this sector — sometimes luring entrepreneurs who did their research in this region as it did so — and has been diligent in creating both a proper environment and a qualified workforce to support and expand a biosciences cluster.

Those in Western Mass. need telescopes to see Worcester, it is so far ahead, and can really only dream of matching that city’s success and sharing its prospects for the future.

But the race isn’t over.

This region can still get in it, and it must, because this is a race where there could be many winners. And the prizes are substantial, starting, but certainly not ending, with Gov. Deval Patrick’s $1 billion life sciences initiative, which promises state funding to businesses, colleges, health care institutions, and other entities that can turn research into badly needed, high-paying jobs.

To get in the biosciences game, the region simply has to be more aggressive, as Worcester was and still is, in both marketing its resources and developing that critical infrastructure needed to support biosciences companies. The region has the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute, a cutting edge biomedical research center, but it does not have the workforce or available facilities with which companies can start or grow — at least to the extent that Worcester does.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the Worcester Business Development Corp. have partnered to build Gateway Park, an 11-acre mixed-use complex in the heart of that city’s downtown that will be devoted to research and incubating companies in the broad biosciences realm. This region can’t be expected to duplicate that effort — not soon, anyway — but it must do something to display a commitment to this sector and give businesses and entrepreneurs a reason to look in this direction.

For years, economic development leaders have been touting this area as a lower-cost alternative to Boston and the Route 128 beltway. While this is obviously true, the region must be able to do more than say it’s cheaper. Worcester has learned that lesson, and the Valley should take note.

The region has a number of assets to bring to the table in the quest for jobs in the biosciences. It has UMass Amherst and the research facilities there, and it has a number of top-shelf health care providers. It also has that quality of life it touts so heavily and those lower prices on housing, real estate, office space, and living in general.

It needs to put this package together, polish it, and then market it aggressively, because unlike the governor’s plans for casinos — a very democratic model where each area of the state benefits — the fruits of the biosciences race will go to those that have earned them.

As noted (repeatedly) by those who spoke with BusinessWest this issue about the prospects for biosciences development in this region, the huge circle that identifies the so-called life sciences super-cluster on maps of the Commonwealth covers Worcester, Cambridge, and everything in between. In Western Mass., there are but a few tiny specks to identify the handful of life sciences and biotechnology ventures here.

The region could someday be covered by that larger dot. It just has to get into the race, and remember that this is a marathon.-

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