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SPRINGFIELD — The The Mass. Interscholastic Athletic Assoc. (MIAA) announced that, starting this winter season, state basketball final games will be hosted by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield. Games will also be played at the MassMutual Center and Springfield College’s Blake Arena.

“Hosting the MIAA state basketball championships where the game was founded will be an exciting culmination to the Massachusetts’ boys and girls high-school basketball season,” said John Doleva, president and CEO of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. “Along with the Western Mass Sports Commission, the MassMutual Center, and Springfield College, we look forward to hosting all the student-athletes for a memorable couple of days of championship basketball at the Basketball Hall of Fame.”

The Western MA Sports Commission has been working closely with the Basketball Hall of Fame to bring this marquee event to Springfield. Tom Burke of the Western MA Sports Commission noted that, “as a local high-school coach, I am extremely excited for what is planned for the student-athletes on championship weekend at the birthplace of basketball. This will be a fitting culmination to the high-school basketball season around the state, and we look forward to welcoming thousands of fans to the city of Springfield.”

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SPRINGFIELD — Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, P.C., serving Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York, announced that eight attorneys were listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2016.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become widely regarded as a guide to legal excellence. The program is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. More than 79,000 attorneys have cast more than 6.2 million votes to date on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

The following attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016:

• Shareholder Michele Feinstein, in the fields of elder law and trusts and estates;

• Shareholder Gary Fentin, in the fields of banking and finance law and commercial transactions/UCC law;

• Shareholder Carol Cioe Klyman, in the field of elder law;

• Managing Partner Timothy Mulhern, in the fields of corporate law and tax law;

• Shareholder Steven Schwartz, in the fields of business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships), closely held companies and family business law, and corporate law;

• Shareholder James Sheils, in the field of commercial transactions/UCC law;

• Shareholder Ann Weber, in the field of elder law; and

• Shareholder Steven Weiss, in the fields of bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law.

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SPRINGFIELD — The Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield announced today that Dan Kenary, CEO and co-founder of Boston-based Harpoon Brewery, will be the keynote speaker at the chamber’s November breakfast, the lead-off event for the fifth annual Western Mass. Business Expo, produced by BusinessWest and presented by Comcast Business on Nov. 4.

Dan Kenary

Dan Kenary

Kenary and partners Rich Doyle and George Ligeti launched Harpoon in 1986, and over the ensuing three decades have transformed it into one of the region’s most successful breweries and one of the state’s more intriguing entreprereneurial ventures.

The ACCGS breakfast has been the official kick-off event for the Expo since it was launched in 2011, and Kenary continues a pattern of keynote talks focused on entrepreneurship and the state’s diverse business community.

The format for Kenary’s talk will be a departure for the norm, however. This will be a broad Q&A, with questions directed from BusinessWest Editor George O’Brien and then members of the audience. Topics to be broached will include the Harpoon story, the microbrewery industry, entreprebeurship, and doing business in Massachusetts.

To register for the breakfast, visit www.myonlinechamber.com. Tickets are $30 per person in advance or $35 at the door.

The breakfast will lead into a full day of events and activities at the Expo, which will feature more than 150 exhibitors, special Show Floor Theater presentations, informative seminars, a pitch contest hosted by Valley Venture Mentors, the day-capping Expo Social, and much more. For information on the Expo, visit www.wmbexpo.com.

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SPRINGFIELD — Robinson Donovan, P.C. announced that seven of its attorneys were listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2016.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become widely regarded as a guide to legal excellence. The program is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. More than 79,000 attorneys have cast more than 6.2 million votes to date on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Patricia Rapinchuk has been selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016 in the fields of employment law, management; and litigation, labor and employment. Additionally, she was recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2016 Lawyer of the Year in Springfield in the field of litigation, labor and employment.

“I am honored to have been selected by The Best Lawyers in America as the 2016 Lawyer of the Year in Springfield for my work in employment litigation,” Rapinchuk said. “The Springfield area is home to a number of interesting and diverse businesses, and it is a pleasure to help business leaders and employees realize their full potential.”

Meanwhile, Richard Gaberman has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016 in the fields of corporate law, real-estate law, tax law, and trusts and estates. Previously, he was named the Best Lawyers 2014 trusts and estates Lawyer of the Year in Springfield and the 2013 real-estate Lawyer of the Year in Springfield. His practice focuses on corporate and business counseling, commercial real estate, and estate-planning law.

James Martin was selected for inclusion in the fields of franchise law and real-estate Law. He practices corporate and business counseling, litigation, and commercial real-estate law.

Jeffrey McCormick practices litigation and was selected by his peers for inclusion in the fields of personal-injury litigation, defendants; and personal-injury litigation, plaintiffs. He was previously named the Best Lawyers 2011 personal-injury litigation Lawyer of the Year in Springfield.

Carla Newton was selected for inclusion in the field of family law. She practices divorce and family law, litigation, corporate and business counseling, and commercial real estate.

Nancy Frankel Pelletier was selected in the field of personal-injury litigation, defendants. She exclusively practices litigation.

Finally, Jeffrey Roberts practices corporate and business counseling and estate planning and has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the fields of corporate law and trusts and estates. Previously, Roberts was recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2013 corporate-law Lawyer of the Year in Springfield and the 2012 trusts and estates Lawyer of the Year in Springfield.

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SPRINGFIELD — Bacon Wilson announced that four partners have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016.

Michael Katz was selected for bankruptcy and reorganization, Paul Rothschild for plaintiff’s litigation, Jeffrey Fialky for commercial and finance, and Stephen Krevalin received the honor for family law for the fourth consecutive year.

The Best Lawyers in America is a peer-review publication which has earned the respect of the legal profession, the media, and the public since its first publication in 1983. Best Lawyers compiles data from tens of thousands of confidential surveys completed by leading attorneys. There is no opportunity to pay for a listing.

Bacon Wilson is one of the largest firms in Western Massachusetts, with a total of 40 lawyers and approximately 60 paralegals, assistants, and support staff. The firm’s main office is located in Springfield, with regional offices in Northampton, Amherst, and Westfield. For more information, call (413) 781-0560 or visit www.baconwilson.com.

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HOLYOKE — The Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce will hold its Summer Chamber After Hours networking event tonight, Aug. 19, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Nuestras Raices, 329 Main St., Holyoke.

The event is sponsored by MD Beauty Salon and Fiesta Café. Admission is $10 for chamber members and $15 for non-members. Come and network in a casual and festive atmosphere where music, a 50/50 raffle, door prizes, and complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be available.

The public is invited to attend. Call the Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce at (413) 534-3376 to sign up, or register online at holyokechamber.com.

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SPRINGFIELD — The Melha Shriners will host its fourth annual clambake on Sunday, Aug. 23 from noon to 5 p.m. at the Melha Shrine Center located at 133 Longhill St. in Springfield. The event, to be held rain or shine, will feature a raffle for an eight- to 10-pound lobster.

“When I first created this event, my idea was to use the clambake from back in the day of the pilgrims, who saw Native Americans cooking clams over hot stones and seaweeds. I decided to leave out the hot stones and seaweed and opt for a barbecue grill,” said Shonn Monday, chair of the event.

The cost to attend this year’s clambake is $40 for a whole lobster, fresh steamers, half a grilled chicken, roasted potatoes, New England clam chowder, corn on the cob, and homemade peach cobbler. For those who may not want seafood, there is a $20 admission for a grilled chicken dinner. A cash bar, iced raw bar, grilled hot dogs, and hamburgers will also be available.

Tickets may be purchased online at melhashriners.com/events/annualclambake. All purchased tickets may be picked up at the clambake. No lobster dinners will be available at the door, only children’s meals. All proceeds will benefit the Melha Shriners and the work they do for the people of Western Mass. and Shriners Hospitals for Children in Springfield and Boston.

For more information, contact Monday at [email protected] or Dan Smith at [email protected], or visit melhashriners.com.

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WORCESTER ― Fallon Health reported a net loss of $2.5 million on revenue of $321 million on a GAAP basis for the second quarter that ended June 30, 2015. The net loss includes investment and other income of $2.5 million and an operating loss of $5.0 million. For the same quarter last year, Fallon posted net income of $2.3 million on revenue of $312 million. Net income included investment and other income of $3.2 million and an operating loss of $0.9 million. Membership was 221,588 as of June 30, 2015, compared with 227,930 ending June 30, 2014.

“Our results reflect the continuing challenges in the evolving health care environment. Health plans continue to absorb ever-increasing expenses related to high-cost specialty drugs as well as the rapidly rising costs of generic and brand-name prescription drugs,” said R. Scott Walker, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Fallon Health. “Heightened regulatory pressures from national and state reform, decreasing rate reimbursements for certain government programs, and the state’s risk adjustment model, mandated by the Affordable Care Act, also impact results.”

In addition, the second-quarter results reflect one-time costs associated with Fallon’s recent decision to exit the One Care demonstration program as of Sept. 30, 2015.

In the second quarter, Fallon continued to see growth in its subsidized product, Community Care, as more subsidy-eligible individuals enrolled though the Massachusetts Health Connector.

“Fallon is a strong, mission-focused organization with a dedicated, engaged, and resilient workforce,” said Walker. “We’ll continue building on our strengths, which includes providing members with cost-effective, high-quality products and services.”

Fallon consistently rates in the top 10% of all plans for its Medicare, Medicaid and commercial products by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.

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SPRINGFIELD — Peter the Great had a famously bizarre one. Robert Edmund Grant opted to live in a slum rather than sell his. A letter of reference was required to see the one belonging to Athanasius Kircher — a rule which even applied to the pope himself.

The objects which inspired such universal fascination were cabinets of curiosity, the means used first by royalty and academics and later by the middle classes to exhibit their most unusual and often strange collections.

The zeal for collecting will be explored in a new exhibit opening later this month at the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, part of Springfield Museums. “Cabinets of Curiosity: Contemporary Interpretations” will be on view from Aug. 25, 2015 through Aug. 28, 2016, and will feature a wide variety of extraordinary items drawn from the combined science, art, and history collections housed at the museums.

Cabinets of curiosity (also known as wunderkammer, cabinets of wonder, and wonder-rooms), developed during the 17th and 18th centuries, and were essentially the precursors to the modern museum. At first, amateur and professional scientists kept their most prized specimens hidden away, until royalty and other members of elite society began to seek out the glitziest and rarest objects (or even entire collections) and proudly placed them in ornate display cases for all to see. Inquiry, scholarship, and the organization of visually pleasing arrangements were all necessary to a successful display, some of which filled entire rooms.

During the Victorian era, this tradition of maintaining personal collections reached the newly burgeoning middle class, and singular curio cabinets filled with prized collections became important status symbols. Springfield resident George Walter Vincent Smith began accumulating an array of unusual items and art objects during the 1850s, and the bulk of his treasures later provided the foundation for the museum which now bears his name. His collection of Asian art and weaponry, Islamic carpets, and American paintings provides a window into the world of aesthetic appreciation during the 19th century.

This exhibition will feature rarely seen, odd, and curious objects drawn from the vast, centuries-old collections of the Springfield Museums. Themes include mounted animals, ancient glass and Greek vases, ornithology, Japanese tansu (cabinetry), Chinese cloisonné and snuff bottles, and Japanese bronzes, as well as a display of more recent curiosities that will be familiar to contemporary audiences. Egypt held a particular fascination for Victorian collectors, which is represented here by the inclusion of the outer coffin of Padihershef (664-525 B.C.), a stonecutter from Thebes. A children’s activity area exploring some of these disparate themes will also be included as part of the exhibition.

Heather Haskell, director of Art Museums, noted that “it has been great fun to explore the extraordinary collections of the Springfield Museums with an eye toward the unexpected. I know that our visitors will delight in this rare opportunity to view the many intriguing objects and specimens, and in the activities and programs that we are planning to complement the show throughout the year.”

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SPRINGFIELD — Four lawyers from Skoler, Abbott & Presser, P.C. were honored recently among the Best Lawyers in America 2016, including partners Jay Presser and John Glenn, named Lawyers of the Year in Springfield in the categories of management and arbitration, respectively.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become widely regarded as a guide to legal excellence. The program is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. More than 79,000 attorneys have cast more than 6.2 million votes to date on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Presser was also listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2016 in the categories of employment law, management; labor law, management; and litigation, labor and employment. Glenn was also listed in the categories of arbitration; employment law, management; and labor law, management.

Presser has more than 35 years of experience litigating employment cases. He has successfully defended employers in civil actions and jury trials and handled cases in all areas of employment law, including discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful discharge, wage-hour, FMLA, ERISA, and defamation. He has won appeals before the Supreme Judicial Court and the First and Second Circuit Courts of Appeals and represented employers in hundreds of arbitration cases arising under collective-bargaining agreements. He has been selected by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers every year since 1991.

“Recognition by one’s peers is among the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession. To consistently earn the respect and recognition of my peers is humbling,” said Presser. “It is an honor to accept Best Lawyers recognition as Lawyer of the Year in Springfield for my practice of employment law, management.”

Glenn has been a partner of the firm since 1979 and spent his career representing management in labor relations and employment-related matters. In addition to providing employment-related advice to employers, he assists clients in remaining union-free and represents employers before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). He has extensive experience negotiating collective-bargaining agreements, representing employers at arbitration hearings, and before state and federal agencies. He has been selected by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers every year since 1995.

“It is a pleasure to accept Best Lawyers recognition as Lawyer of the Year in Springfield for my practice of arbitration,” said Glenn. “Recognition by my peers is a humbling — and significant — honor. I am fortunate to work alongside so many talented colleagues here at Skoler Abbott, many of whom have also earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public from Best Lawyers, the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere.”

Meanwhile, partner Ralph Abbott Jr. was listed in Best Lawyers in the categories of arbitration; employment law, management; labor law, management; and mediation. A partner since 1975, he is known throughout the legal community for his work representing management in labor relations and employment-related matters, providing employment-related advice to employers, assisting clients in remaining union-free, and representing employers before the NLRB. Abbott also has numerous credits as an author, editor, and teacher, and a record of civic and community involvement. He has been selected by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers every year since 1989.

“We are honored to be listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2016,” said Abbott. “The recognition is especially humbling because each lawyer is independently nominated and subject to an extensive peer review process.”

Finally, partner Timothy Murphy has been listed in Best Lawyers in the categories of employment law, management; labor law, management; and litigation, labor and employment. Murphy joined Skoler Abbott after serving as general counsel to an area labor union and serving as an assistant district attorney for the Hampden County District Attorney’s Office. His practice includes labor relations and employment litigation, as well as employment counseling. He has been selected by his peers and listed by Best Lawyers every year since 2013, and was named the Best Lawyers 2015 Lawyer of the Year in Springfield for labor and employment law.

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LONGMEADOW — Bay Path University was awarded a $10,000 presidential grant for a study with the four other private institutions of the Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield on investigating collaborative purchasing to reduce expenses. The grant was received from the Davis Educational Foundation established by Stanton and Elisabeth Davis after Stanton’s retirement as chairman of Shaw’s Supermarkets Inc.

“The work conducted could have positive implications for other small institutions also wishing to lower administrative costs and make undergraduate education more affordable for American students,” said Dr. Carol Leary, Bay Path president.

The grant affords Bay Path University, American International College, Elms College, Springfield College, and Western New England University the opportunity to hire an independent consultant to evaluate consortium collaboration and better efficiencies, explore the combined purchasing power of the institutions and estimate potential cost savings, and determine human-resource needs to achieve successful joint purchasing practices. The assessment will span costs associated with energy and technology to sports equipment and uniforms, among many others.

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SPRINGFIELD — On Wednesday, Aug. 12, representatives from Diversified Metals and the Quaboag Country Club presented proceeds from their recent Pro-Am Golf Outing to Shriners Hospitals for Children – Springfield. The tournament, played by 16 pros and 60 amateurs, was underwritten by Diversified Metals.

The goal of the tournament was to bring small businesses together and support the hospital’s work.

“Shriners Hospital makes such a difference in children’s lives, and Diversified Metals saw an opportunity to help this fantastic organization further their mission,” said Ken Hamel, president of Diversified Metals. “Not only was the community supportive of this great cause, but they helped us raise over $18,000 in our first year of fund-raising. We could not have done it without our amazing employees who organized the event, our generous sponsors, and all of the individuals who donated. We look forward to continuing to raise money, and awareness, for such a special cause.”

Added H. Lee Kirk, administrator of the hospital, “the generosity of Ken Hamel, the Diversified Metals team, corporate sponsors, and individuals is a testament to their community spirit and commitment to making a difference in the lives of children. For 90 years, this type of community support has enabled Shriners Hospital to fulfill its mission of providing hyper-specialty medical and surgical care to children regardless of the families’ ability to pay. The hospital staff is extremely grateful for this generous donation and the awareness it has brought to our facility.”

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LONGMEADOW — Continuing a journey of transformation that started years ago, Jewish Geriatric Services Inc. (JGS) announced that the organization is launching a rebranding campaign featuring the new name JGS Lifecare, a redesigned logo and website, and a refreshed brand identity.

“Our tradition of culture change began in the ’90s and continues today with our Project Transformation initiatives, which will bring the person-centered small-house model of care to our campus,” said Martin Baicker, president and CEO of JGS Lifecare. “We challenged ourselves to develop a brand that would allow us to better communicate our services as well as maintain continuity with our heritage.”

The new brand reflects a broader range of services and programs for a diverse population of ages, income levels, and health statuses. “Using the acronym ‘JGS’ leverages an established and respected Jewish Geriatric Services brand, while ‘Lifecare’ sets the tone for a new point of view,” said Susan Goldsmith, chair of the JGS rebranding committee. “It’s a beautiful, human word that has an emotional story behind it.”

The new name encompasses the organization’s elder-care services and facilities, home health and hospice care, assisted living, independent living, and rehabilitation services, reinforcing its continued commitment of caring for the community, she added.

“The name Lifecare means so much more than geriatrics,” said Dr. Robert Baevsky, chair, JGS Lifecare board of directors. “With the addition of the Sosin Center for Rehabilitation [set to open next summer] and the small-house model of care, we are refreshing our mission, vision, and commitment as a trusted healthcare resource for people of all faiths and needs.”

15_JGS_Master_H_Lg_CMYK_Tag_OutlinedThe new name and redesigned logo indicate what JGS Lifecare is and what the organization stands for. The new logo updates the existing JGS tree mark into a modern menorah with ‘flames’ of leaves. “The evolution of our former tree symbol combined with a strong Jewish symbol pays homage to our roots and mission,” said Baevsky. “It also illustrates the building of a refreshed, experiential brand, modernizing how we present ourselves to existing and new consumers.”

The new website, jgslifecare.org, is modern and mobile- and tablet-ready. Designed to showcase the organization’s mission, history, and care and services, the site is organized to provide visitors with an easier way to learn about what JGS Lifecare does and how to get involved. The revamped site, the product of customer feedback and best-practice research, features easier navigation and expanded details about the organization’s history and future.

“We’re introducing the world to the next evolution of an organization founded as the Daughters of Zion Home for the Aged,” said Baicker. “We have a long tradition of embracing culture change to better serve our residents, patients, and families, and we are excited to introduce the community to the next stage of this venerable organization.”

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AGAWAM — The National Retail Federation’s Retail Across America team stopped by Dave’s Soda and Pet City in Agawam Friday to film for NRF’s Retail Across America campaign. They talked to Ratner — who has been involved with the organization for many years — about his work advocating for Massachusetts retail stores on Capitol Hill.

According to the NRF, Massachusetts retailers support 920,000 jobs, and retail contributes nearly $58 billion to the state’s economy. A film crew spoke with Dave’s employees about their jobs — their favorite part of their job, what their typical day involves, etc. The footage will be used to put together a glimpse into surprising jobs in retail.

Retail Across America is part of the NRF’s award-winning “This is Retail” campaign, which brings together retailers, universities, and students with state retail associates, legislators, and opinion leaders. The NRF launched the program to highlight life-long careers, how retailers strengthen communities, and the critical role that retail plays in driving innovation. Dave’s Soda and Pet City is one of two businesses chosen to represent Western Mass. retailers on NRF’s road trip through four New England states.

Dave’s Soda and Pet City is a mini-chain of seven superstores with more than 100 employees. For more information on the NRF, visit www.nrf.com.

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SPRINGFIELD — Dakin Humane Society has been awarded a $7,500 grant from the Petco Foundation as the Top Dog sponsor of Dakin’s annual fund-raiser, Mutts & Mimosas. The brunch event will take place Sunday, Sept. 20 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Quonquont Farm & Orchard in Whately, rain or shine.

Guests, who are encouraged to bring their dogs, can enjoy a make-your-own mimosa bar, live traditional Irish music, a raffle and silent auction, apple-picking, dog-walking trails, and other fun activities. The food will be catered by Seth Mias, and an optional dog meal is available for $10. Event attendees are asked to bring dry or canned cat food to support Dakin’s Pet Food Bank program. Tickets are $50 per person and can be ordered online at www.dakinhumane.org or by calling event manager Gina Ciprari at (413) 781-4000, ext. 136.

According to Dakin Executive Director Leslie Harris, “this generous grant from Petco Foundation will help us to produce an effective — and memorable — fund-raiser. Mutts & Mimosas has become a tradition among Dakin supporters and dog enthusiasts around the region, and we’re happy to know that they look forward to coming to this event with their dogs each year. With Petco Foundation’s support, we will be able to leverage other donations to Mutts & Mimosas and extend our services to more animals and their people.”

The Petco Foundation has served as a voice for companion animals across the country since 1999. Today, with more than 8,000 local animal welfare partners across the country, the foundation donates approximately $15 million a year to make a difference in the lives of millions of animals. Money raised helps fund animal-welfare organizations, spay-and-neuter efforts, animal-assisted therapy programs, and humane education. The majority of the funds raised remain in the communities where they were raised, as well as benefiting animal-welfare efforts nationwide.

Other sponsors for Mutts & Mimosas include Gage-Wiley & Co. Inc., Walter’s Propane, Sarah’s Pet Services, Rice Family Foundation, Five Star Building Corp., WHMP, WMAS, Western Mass News, MassLive.com, and Quonquont Farm & Orchard.

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LONGMEADOW — Erika Kaftan has been appointed assistant director of Educational Services at the Willie Ross School for the Deaf. She replaces Linda Carfora, who is retiring after more than 20 years at Willie Ross.

Kaftan will oversee the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment (MCAS-Alt) portfolios and the School to Work program. She also will assist in supervising and evaluating staff, hiring new staff, and reviewing and approving quarterly progress reports.

Prior to joining Willie Ross last month, Kaftan was the individualized education plan (IEP) coordinator at the EDCO Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Newton. She also worked as a teacher for the deaf at the high-school level at EDCO.

Kaftan began her career as a paraprofessional and substitute teacher for elementary-school students at a charter school in California. She received her bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from California State University, Northridge, with a focus in American Sign Language, and went on to earn two master of education degrees, from Boston University in deaf education and from Endicott College in organizational management.

The Willie Ross School for the Deaf provides a comprehensive educational program stressing academic excellence that focuses on the development of students’ intellectual, social, and emotional growth from the early childhood level through high school. Willie Ross serves students at its main campus in Longmeadow and at its partnership campus located in the East Longmeadow public schools. Mainstreaming opportunities are provided at the partnership campus.

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SPRINGFIELD — Back by popular demand, the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield (ACCGS) will present an afternoon of speed networking on Wednesday, September 16 at Loomis Lakeside at Reeds Landing, 807 Wilbraham Road, Springfield, immediately followed by “Say Goodbye to Summer at the Lake,” an evening of informal networking at its After 5. The combination of events will provide attendees the opportunity to meet new contacts in a formal manner, then continue conversations in an informal and casual setting.

The core concept to speed networking is the ‘elevator speech,’ a short summary of an individual, business, organization, product, or service — a summary that a person could deliver in the time span of a short elevator ride. Attendees will be divided into two groups. Members of each group have an allotted period of time to deliver ‘speeches’ to each other. Once the allotted time is up, members then change partners. The round-robin format of networking will continue until the event is over, at which time attendees can move to the casual atmosphere of the After 5.

The event begins at 3:30 p.m. with registration and instructions. To accommodate the event, no admittance will be allowed after 3:55 p.m. The event ends at 5 p.m., and the After 5 runs from 5 to 7 p.m.

Reservations are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, and includes admission to the After 5. Registration for the After 5 only is $5 for members, $10 for general admission. Reservations may be made online and in advance at www.myonlinechamber.com or by e-mailing Sarah Mazzaferro at [email protected].

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WESTFIELD — James Hagan, president and CEO of Westfield Bank, announced several recent changes to the bank’s retail and commercial banking staffs.

Carla DiLoreto has joined the bank as manager of the Enfield, Conn. office; Greg Musante has been hired as assistant branch manager and business specialist in the Holyoke office; and Christopher Fager has joined the bank as assistant vice president, commercial loan officer. In addition, Sean Millane, previously manager of the bank’s Enfield office, has been promoted to commercial loan officer, and Jeffrey Lomma, previously assistant manager and business specialist in the Enfield office, has been promoted to branch manager of the Tower Square office in Springfield.

DiLoreto has nearly 10 years of retail banking experience. Prior to joining Westfield Bank, she was Banking Center manager of the Somers, Conn. office of Webster Bank. While serving there, she was inducted in the Somers Women’s Club, where she helped raise money for its scholarship and charitable-giving programs.

Musante has 15 years of banking experience in commercial and mortgage lending. Most recently, he was mortgage bank officer at Webster Bank and also held the positions of cash management analyst and business specialist at Bank of America. A graduate of Greenfield Community College and Plymouth State College, he is an active member of several area chambers of commerce.

Fager joins Westfield Bank following a successful six-year career at Citizens Bank, where he served as both branch manager and business banking officer. In his new role, he will be responsible for developing and managing commercial banking relationships. A graduate of UMass Dartmouth, he is active in local chambers of commerce.

Millane has 15 years of banking experience and joined Westfield Bank in 2014 as manager of the Enfield branch. Previously, he was branch manager and business development officer of the Ellington and East Windsor, Conn. offices of Rockville/United Bank. In addition to his professional accomplishments, he is president of the East Windsor (Conn.) Chamber of Commerce and treasurer of the North Central Connecticut PTSD Foundation.

Lomma joined Westfield Bank in 2007. Prior to being named branch manager of the Tower Square office, he served as assistant manager and business specialist at the bank’s Enfield branch. A graduate of Western New England University, he is active in the community, serving as treasurer of the North Central Connecticut Chamber of Commerce and board member for both the Springfield Performing Arts Development Corp. (Symphony Hall and CityStage) and the Springfield Hockey Heritage Society.

“I am pleased to announce these exciting changes to our retail and commercial banking staffs,” Hagan said. “At Westfield Bank, we are committed to delivering the best possible banking experience for our retail and commercial customers in Western Massachusetts and Northern Connecticut. In addition to their proven accomplishments, Carla, Greg, Chris, Sean, and Jeff truly epitomize what better banking’s all about.”

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WEST SPRINGFIELD — Century Investment Co. has acquired three new buildings for its portfolio, all located in West Springfield:

• 30 Capital Dr., an office building located off Route 5, is a fully occupied, 15,000-square-foot building with tenants including Market Mentors and Haselkorn Inc. The deal was completed with Bill Low from NAI Plotkin representing the seller.

• 59 Interstate Dr., a 22,000-square-foot building, has availability of 500 to 4,000 square feet and convenience to I-90 and I-91. John Foley from the Foley Co. represented the seller.

• 85 Interstate Dr., a completely vacant, 8,500-square-foot building, may be leased by a single user or subdivided. Brendan Greeley of RJ Greeley Co. represented the seller.

As all three buildings, totaling more than 45,000 square feet, are assimilated into the Century portfolio, numerous changes and upgrades are taking place, including new paving, landscaping, painting, and interior updates. These new buildings come on the tail end of Century’s corporate office move to 181 Park Ave. in West Springfield.

Century Investment Co., a third-generation family business founded in the late 1940s, owns and manages shopping centers and office buildings in the Western Mass. area. For more information, visit www.centuryinvestment.com.

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SPRINGFIELD — The city of Springfield is releasing a request for proposals (RFP) for the eight parcels of land that formerly comprised the home of the Chestnut Junior High School at 495 Chestnut St. The school building was destroyed in a fire in September 2013, and the site has since been fully cleared.

“With $2.8 billion in ongoing economic development in the city of Springfield, now is not the time to rest,” said Mayor Domenic Sarno. We are looking to capitalize on our momentum and bring new jobs and development to the city.”

The RFP became available yesterday. Interested parties must return their proposal to the city by Monday, Sept. 14. The site is a total of 166,617 square feet, or 3.825 acres. The lump assessed value for all eight parcels is $127,900. The property was cleared by Associated Building Wreckers of Springfield, which removed all building elements, including foundations.

“While the fire resulted in a great loss of the historic school, the site is now fully cleared and available for development,” said Springfield’s Chief Development Officer Kevin Kennedy. “To find a nearly four-acre site so close to major employers is rare. We expect strong interest in this property.”

The neighborhood is home to Baystate Health, Mercy Medical Center, and Shriners Hospital for Children, as well as numerous private medical office buildings. Among many potential uses, the site could be appropriate for additional office development, retail development, or workforce housing targeting medical-district employees. Proposers will be expected to address any zoning needs as well as work closely with the neighborhood to ensure a positive redevelopment of the site.

The city recently commissioned an economic analysis of the so called ‘medical district’ to examine its employee base of more than 10,000 people to better understand the opportunities that exist for new housing, retail, and commercial space that would not only serve the neighborhood but also these employees. The report can be found on the city’s Planning and Economic Development website at www.springfieldcityhall.com.

Parties interested in obtaining the RFP should call the Office of Procurement at (413) 787-6284.

Daily News

HOLYOKE — The PeoplesBank board of directors announced that bank President and CEO Douglas Bowen will retire in July 2016, to be succeeded by Thomas Senecal, currently executive vice president and chief operating officer.

The board’s leadership-succession plan calls for Senecal to become president at the bank’s annual meeting in February 2016. Bowen will become chairman and CEO at that time. Senecal will be named president and CEO in July 2016 upon Bowen’s retirement. During this transition period, Bowen will remain active in his position and the bank’s management and strategy implementation.

Doug Bowen

Doug Bowen

Bowen joined PeoplesBank in August 1975 as a teller in the management-development program. He has since worked in almost every department at the bank. In 1986, he started the Commercial Lending department and, in 2002, was named executive vice president and chief lending officer. He was named president and CEO in 2007 and, since that time, has led the bank to its current position in the market, with more than $2 billion in assets and a substantial track record of innovation, community support, environmental sustainability, and employee engagement.

Under Bowen’s tenure, PeoplesBank opened six branches, three of which are LEED-certified; has financed more than $80 million in sustainable-energy projects; and has been named a “Top Place to Work” by the Boston Globe three years in a row. The bank was also named a “Top Charitable Contributor” by the Boston Business Journal seven years in a row. The American Bankers Assoc. gave PeoplesBank a Community Commitment Award for its environmental-sustainability efforts in 2013. The Boston Globe also named Bowen a “Globe 100 Innovator” in 2011.

Thomas Senecal

Thomas Senecal

Meanwhile, Senecal possesses more than 25 years of progressive financial experience. In his current position, he has managed all accounting, financial reporting, and treasury and facility operations. He has overseen asset growth of the bank from $460 million to $2 billion in 2015.

In addition to Senecal’s responsibility for the Finance department, as the COO, he will oversee the Retail, Operations, Internal Control, and Risk Oversight functions. Early next year, he will also be responsible for the Commercial and Consumer Lending, Cash Management, and Human Resources functions.

Senecal holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from UMass Amherst. He also attended the Tuck Executive Program at Dartmouth College. He is a certified public accountant and a U.S. Coast Guard veteran. He currently serves on the boards of directors of Holyoke Community College, where he is chair of the investment committee; Loomis Communities Inc.; and the Hampshire Regional Chamber of Commerce. He also serves on the advisory council of the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst, and is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank – Boston advisory panel.

“Under his leadership, I am confident that our customers, our staff, and our future are in very capable hands,” said Bowen, making a statement on behalf of the bank’s board of directors. “Tom and I believe in our bank’s mutual charter. We will remain a mutual bank going forward — committed to helping our customers achieve financial success and to serving the community. It is our mutual charter that powers our values. It is also the structure that allows us to invest in innovation, to contribute to nonprofit and civic causes, to support environmental sustainability, and, perhaps most important of all, to help our associates grow and succeed. Our mutual charter has served us well for 130 years, and it is the key to our future as well.”

Daily News

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Burkhart Pizzanelli announced the promotion of Julie Quink to managing principal.

Quink has a wealth of experience, with more than 20 years serving clients in the public accounting industry along with several years in private industry. She received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Elms College and recently returned to her alma mater as an adjunct professor in the MBA program.

She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Mass. Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the Assoc. of Certified Fraud Examiners. She also serves on the Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School Committee, the finance committee for the East Quabbin Land Trust, and the board of directors for the Quaboag Hills Chamber of Commerce.

In addition to her firm management responsibilities, Quink will continue to actively serve clients, primarily in the accounting and auditing area and as a specialist in forensic accounting. She succeeds Richard Burkhart, who is a co-founder of the firm and has served as managing principal from its inception in 1986. Burkhart will continue to provide his clients with service and expertise as a principal of the firm, sharing his 40 years of experience in public accounting.

Burkhart Pizzanelli has been serving private and corporate clients throughout the Northeast for more than 25 years with a range of accounting, auditing, tax, and consulting capabilities. Principals include Burkhart, Quink, Salvatore Pizzanelli, Thomas Pratt, and Deborah Penzias.

Daily News

SPRINGFIELD — GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc., a leading environmental and geotechnical engineering consulting firm, has awarded a $2,500 Shareholder’s Grant to Gardening the Community (GTC) in Springfield, based on an application from Anja Ryan Duffy, a professional landscape architect in the Springfield office of GZA.

GZA bestows four roughly $2,500 grants each year to organizations whose specific programs would best benefit from the award. The Shareholder’s Grant program was established to support employee volunteerism and charity work in the firm’s communities and throughout the world.

Duffy proposed Gardening the Community as a recipient of the GZA Shareholder’s Grant to assist in the development of the organization’s new Walnut Street site, a project for which she has volunteered her landscape-architecture services.

Gardening the Community is a food-justice organization engaged in youth development, urban agriculture, and sustainable living to build healthy and equitable communities.

In her grant application, Duffy said the Walnut Street project location is a 0.6-acre abandoned lot which “for decades has been an eyesore and served as an illegal dumping ground.” GTC purchased the site in July 2014 with the vision of transforming it into a “vibrant, green space which would also help feed the neighborhood and provide service and leadership opportunities for local youth.”

The GZA Shareholder’s Grant will help fund the placement of fencing and perimeter plantings along the Walnut Street site.

Duffy has been with GZA for nearly eight years. Her areas of specialization include site design, planting design, low-impact development, and graphics. A graduate of UMass Amherst with a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture, she is an avid gardener and started a community garden in her former apartment complex, a project now in its fourth year.

Daily News

HOLYOKE — The Holyoke Merry-Go-Round, the prized carousel with a storied history that dates back to the early 1900s, announced a “Fall Back in Time” fund-raiser to remember the magic of Mountain Park, to be held on Friday, Sept. 18 at the carousel site, 221 Appleton St., from 6 to 10 p.m. Tickets are on sale now for the event, which will support the ongoing maintenance and operation of the ride.

The Holyoke Merry-Go-Round — also known as Holyoke’s Happiness Machine — has delighted children and families since the 1920s, when it was featured at Mountain Park, an amusement park on the side of Mount Tom. The carousel arrived in Holyoke for the 1929 season and remained in Mountain Park until its closure in 1987.

Although the merry-go-round received multiple offers for purchase, its fate ultimately rested with a dedicated group of volunteers — led by John Hickey, as well as Joe and Angela Wright — who raised close to $2 million in donations to purchase the ride for the city and build a structure to house it. Through their efforts, the Holyoke Merry-Go-Round settled at Holyoke Heritage State Park, where it still resides today.

“The merry-go-round plays a vital role in the history of Holyoke, and our residents should be proud of their efforts to preserve it,” said Angela Wright, executive director. “The Holyoke Merry-Go-Round is a nonprofit that is totally self-supporting and does not receive city, state, or federal funding to maintain its operation. We rely on our annual preservation fund, donations, and various fund-raising events to keep the carousel spinning.”

The fund-raiser will feature food and a cash bar prepared by the Log Cabin; live music including sax player Tom Tisdell, his musicians, and a banjo player; train rides to the mall and back provided by the Pioneer Valley Railroad; and carousel rides. Tickets are $45 per person or $400 for a table of 10.

A grand raffle will also be held, with $8,000 in prizes: $5,000 for first place, $2,000 for second place, and $1,000 for third place. Raffle tickets are $100 each. Event and raffle tickets are available now at the Holyoke Merry-Go-Round concession or by calling Meghan O’Connor at (413) 427-7629 or Susan Leary at (413) 592-7573.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call (413) 538-9838 or visit holyokemerrygoround.org.

Daily News

BOSTON — The New England Information Office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released New England and state unemployment numbers for June 2015. These data are supplied by the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program, which produces monthly and annual employment, unemployment, and labor-force data for Census regions and divisions, states, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of residence. Among the highlights:

• The New England unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.8% in June, lower than the national rate (5.3%). One year ago, the New England jobless rate was higher, at 5.9%.

• Two New England states posted jobless rates that were significantly different from the U.S. rate of 5.3%. Vermont (3.6%) and New Hampshire (3.8%) recorded lower-than-average unemployment rates.

• Over the last year, all six New England states recorded statistically significant unemployment-rate decreases, with declines ranging from 1.8% in Rhode Island to 0.5% in New Hampshire and Vermont. In fact, Rhode Island had the largest jobless-rate decline nationwide.

Departments Incorporations

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

AMHERST

81 January Inc., 81 January Hills Road, Amherst, MA 01002. William Shaine, same. Sales of vintage watch accessories.

Gem Show Live Inc., 248 Flat Hills Road, Amherst, MA 01002. Joseph D. Chenelle, same. Live online coverage of gem shows.

BELCHERTOWN

E. T. Construction Corp., 46 Shea Avenue, Belchertown, MA 01007. Eric T. Scalise, same. All phases of construction.

Shree Manki Inc., 2 Stadler St., Belchertown, MA 01007. Ramesh Patel, 305 Bullard St., Fairfield, CT 06825. Retail convenience and liquor store.

DEERFIELD

Blazing Light Photography Inc., 19 Kelleher Dr., Deerfield, MA 01373. Richard F. Logan, same. Professional photography. 

EASTHAMPTON

Hallapoolooza Inc., 35 West St., Easthampton, MA 01027. Kelly L. Hall, 35 West St., Easthampton, MA 01027. Billiards franchise.

GREENFIELD

Pioneer Valley Pediatric Dentistry, P.C., 51 Church St., Greenfield, MA 01302. Ashish Parameswaran, 48 Holy Family Road, Springfield, MA 01040. Dentist offices.

HOLYOKE

Sexton Roofing & Siding Inc., 102 Pine St., Holyoke, MA 01041. Everett J. Sexton Sr., same. Roofing and siding.

Vet Air Inc., 82 Nonotuck St., Holyoke, MA 01040. Jesus M. Pereira, same. To transport veterans via general aviation aircraft to medical appointments.

PITTSFIELD

GHI Greenhouse Initiative Inc., 800 Dalton Ave., Pittsfield, MA 01201. Marcus McGuire, 16 Maiden Lane, Chatham, NY 12037. Providing sustainability training related to food production and alternative energy independence.

Global Education Institute of America Inc., 82 Wendell Ave., Ste 100, Pittsfield, MA 01201. Henry Muliono, 3045 22 nd Ave., San Francisco, CA 94132. Supporting international student exchange programs at the high school and university levels.

SPRINGFIELD

Luis Deli Grocery Corp., 74 Eastern Ave., Springfield, MA 01109. Luis R. Carrasco Nunez, same. Grocery store and deli.

Metaneo Teleois Ministry Inc., 10 Commonwealth Ave., Springfield, MA 01108. Nathan A. Daniels, same. Church organizations.

Paint Sip Fun Inc., C/O 33 State St., Springfield, MA 01103. Erin Rhindress, same. Operate painting instructional events.

DBA Certificates Departments

The following Business Certificates and Trade Names were issued or renewed during the month of July 2015

AGAWAM

Dan Orszulak
16 School St.
Dan Orszulak

GG’s United Transmission
247 Elm St.
GG’s United Transmission

Riverside Contracting
77 Mill St.
Riverside Productions, LLC

CHICOPEE

Brodeur Contracting
1541 Donohue Road
Richard Brodeur

Gorobuilders
4 Coolidge Road
Timothy Gorobinsky

Jim Buddy’s Vape Shop
1271 Memorial Dr.
James Robinson

Jim’s Custom Hats
82 Center St.
James Ramah

New World Weatherization
59 Homer Ave.
Michael Desilets

Sarah’s Place
930 Chicopee St.
Sarah Bennis

The Little Pup Salon
525 Grattan St.
Erin Croteau

GREENFIELD

Rite Aid
107 Main St.
Maxi Drug, Inc.

Shine Nail Spa
54 School St.
Kelly Stevens

Vision Works
14 Chapman St.
Dick McLeester

HOLYOKE

Auto Zone
2231 Northampton St.
Stephanie Forbes

Brad Matthews Jewelers
2225 Northampton St.
Brad DiMiero

Lyman Laundry
228 Lyman St.
Bonnie Pan

PM Food Center Inc.
753 Dwight St.
Oqui Pena Melo

PNY Consulting
58 Ashley Road
Pamela Young

PALMER

Shah Food N’ Fuel, LLC
1239 Park St.
Iftikhar Shah

Thorndike Mills & Martin Importing
25 Ware St.
Anna Garabedian

SPRINGFIELD

3 Sisters Beauty Salon
901 Carew St.
Elisandro Cuevas

Baystate Visiting Nurse
50 Maple St.
Maura Queeney

Bumpy’s Corner Store
542 Page Blvd.
Derryl Gibbs

Carlos Professional Delivery
15 Merida St.
Carlos Cosme

Domari Marketing
218 Pearl St.
Taisha Ceus

Family Remodeling
34 Grant St.
Annette O’Farril

Father & Son Door to Door
34 Francis St.
Marc D. Leon-Fils

Gebo’s Glass Creations
250 Albany St.
Brian D. Gebo

Horizon
34 Goodwin St.
Glenroy Bristol

Interstate Threading Spa
475 Sumner Ave.
Mena Tiwari

Irie Design Custom Silk
80 Sunset Dr.
Paul A. Wilson

J. Lo Home Improvement
21 Standish St.
Jorge I. Lopez

JRS Distribution
250 Verge St.
Robert Hendrickson

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Balise Honda
400 Riverdale St.
Balise Motor Sales

Capital Enterprises
172 Harwich Road
Arthur A. Arena

Devoie Framing
62 Hampden St.
Nathan A. Devoie

Discount Medical Depot
70 Windsor St.
Tammy Pierson

Music Tuitions
66 Irving St.
Mera Gorosit

Paper Delivery Services
41 Irving St.
Yelisei Rabuhenko

Sparky’s
173 Elm St.
Sanjay Patel

Strategic Analysis
181 Park Ave.
George W. David

The Friendly Barbershop
90 Elm St.
Daniel V. Dineen

Vitos Office Cleaning
89 Worcester St.
Vitaliy Karapysh

Bankruptcies Departments

The following bankruptcy petitions were recently filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Readers should confirm all information with the court.

Allyn, Ryan M.
16 Memorial Circle
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/09/15

Appliance Plus Gift Shop
616 Boston Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/10/15

Baczek, Joan
114 Lincoln St.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/10/15

Barsalou, Paul F.
Barsalou, Wendy E.
93 Grochmal Ave.
Indian Orchard, MA 01151
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/01/15

Black, Melanie I.
21 Bowers St., Apt. #2
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/02/15

Bliss, Annamarie
63 Hampden St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/14/15

Brandon Kelly Trucking LLC
Kelly, Brandon J.
35 Rocky Hill Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/02/15

Campbell, Lori D.
75 Mulberry St.
Springfield, MA 01105
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/08/15

Daniele-Doyl, Ann C.
69 Mohegan Ave.
Indian Orchard, MA 01151
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/06/15

DeVoie, Nathan
DeVoie, Missy M.
a/k/a Cayo, Missy M.
62 Hampden St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/30/15

Dominique, Mona M.
780 Moore St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/09/15

Dunn, Frederick C.
Dunn, Elaine G.
30 Meadow Wood Dr.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/10/15

Flynn, Judith A.
13 Harris Court
Greenfield, MA 01301
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/10/15

Garcia, Edward J.
Garcia, Nancy N.
56 Clayton St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/09/15

Glasgow, Sharon Kieras
47 Farview Way
Amherst, MA 01002
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/14/15

Gregoire, Stephanie D.
290 Sumner Ave., Apt. 4
Springfield, MA 01108
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/09/15

Guiel-Demaio, Ina Renee
27 Hilltop St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/06/15

Hodecker, Edward P.
1307 North St.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/01/15

Kazimierczak, Maria
10 Nadeau Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/10/15

Kempesty, Timothy J.
Kempesty, Sarah E.
13 Grattan St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/10/15

Kielbasa-Richardson, LuAnn J.
190 West Bay Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/10/15

Lavalley, Eric W.
72 Reservation Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/06/15

Lavigne, Sonja B.
33 Gillette Ave.
Southwick, MA 01077
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/10/15

Maurer, Mark C.
Maurer, Cathy A.
484 Somers Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/09/15

McKenzie, Timika
36 Pidgeon Dr.
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/06/15

McLean, Korienne L.
862 North Main St.
Orange, MA 01364
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/15/15

Mendez, Jorge Y.
90 Strong St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/02/15

Moran, Elizabeth
121 Waite Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/06/15

Morey, Craig L.
99 Valley Road
Barre, MA 01005
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/06/15

Mularski, Annette T.
65 Center St., Apt. 4
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/09/15

Murray, John Logan
Murray, Sandra Jean
87 Shadow Brook Estate
South Hadley, MA 01075
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/13/15

Nikonczyk, Teddy
Nikonczyk, Deanna M.
765 Florence Road
Florence, MA 01062
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/02/15

Novak, Gary Joseph
Novak, Carol Rose
a/k/a Siegel, Carol R.
14 Beverly St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/08/15

Otero, Angel M.
50 Beacon Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/14/15

Ottey, Rhonda Maureen
132 Mill St. #2R
Springfield, MA 01108
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/02/15

Peralta, Thomas
450 Hancock St.
Springfield, MA 01105
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/02/15

Rivera, Zaida I.
49 Massachusetts Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/09/15

Sambor, Marc V.
14 Brookfield St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/15/15

Smith, Manda D.
162 1/2 Main St. Apt 1
Indian Orchard, MA 01151
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/08/15

Stafford, Joan C.
1242 South Main St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/30/15

Stafinski, Mark A.
Stafinski, Christina M.
a/k/a McCray, Christina M.
16 Ferry St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/10/15

Stefanelli, Maryanne
244 Brainerd St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/02/15

Strader, Patricia R.
41 Franklin St., #2
Easthampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/15/15

Wickedhoule Creations
Houle, Victoria A.
1165 River Road
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/15/15

Wojnarowski, David J.
Wojnarowski, Sheryl L.
40 Joffre Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/10/15

Wood, David A.
Wood, Amy L.
102 Wilbraham Road
Monson, MA 01057
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/12/15

Yerrick, Paul W.
Yerrick, Beverly L.
65 Columbus Ave.
Apartment 609
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/03/15

Departments Real Estate

The following real estate transactions (latest available) were compiled by Banker & Tradesman and are published as they were received. Only transactions exceeding $115,000 are listed. Buyer and seller fields contain only the first name listed on the deed.

FRANKLIN COUNTY

ERVING

8 East Main St.
Erving, MA 01344
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Laura H. Pepper
Seller: Ellen M. Hastings
Date: 06/29/15

14 Ridge Road
Erving, MA 01344
Amount: $241,742
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Steven Whiteman
Date: 07/08/15

GILL

8 South Cross Road
Gill, MA 01354
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Joe E. Otto
Seller: Joseph A. Bailey
Date: 06/30/15

GREENFIELD

774 Bernardston Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Kathleen M. Olson
Seller: Melinda A. Boudreau-Price
Date: 06/30/15

340 Chapman St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $372,000
Buyer: Winker LLC
Seller: Comfort Mechanical Inc.
Date: 07/09/15

4 Federal St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $405,000
Buyer: Jebco Realty Assocs. LLC
Seller: Pushkin LLC
Date: 07/02/15

67 Ferrante Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $249,000
Buyer: Melpomeni Floratos
Seller: Diane M. Killeen
Date: 06/29/15

50 Linden Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $148,500
Buyer: Rebecca J. Beauregard
Seller: Angela J. Mass
Date: 06/30/15

285-291 Main St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $550,000
Buyer: Jebco Realty Assocs. LLC
Seller: Arts Block LLC
Date: 07/02/15

332 Main St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $405,000
Buyer: Jebco Realty Assocs. LLC
Seller: Pushkin LLC
Date: 07/02/15

47 Riddell St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $146,965
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Robert F. Barron
Date: 07/07/15

51 River St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $272,000
Buyer: Breakaway Real Estate LLC
Seller: Emanuel D. Rovithis
Date: 06/29/15

32 Shattuck St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $208,000
Buyer: James M. Adam
Seller: Edward H. Letourneau
Date: 07/01/15

LEVERETT

268 Long Plain Road
Leverett, MA 01054
Amount: $207,000
Buyer: Tracey L. Field
Seller: John R. Field
Date: 07/01/15

MONTAGUE

94-98 2nd St.
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $239,000
Buyer: Ginger S. Robinson
Seller: Turners Falls RT
Date: 07/08/15

470 Millers Falls Road
Montague, MA 01349
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Tammy R. Sachse
Seller: NJT LLC
Date: 07/01/15

105 Montague St.
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Leonard C. Currier
Seller: Richard B. Gates
Date: 06/29/15

306 Montague City Road
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $152,000
Buyer: Jacob S. Dlugosz
Seller: Rodney J. Demers
Date: 06/30/15

26 North Leverett Road
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $305,000
Buyer: American Classic Properties
Seller: Bellinger RT
Date: 07/07/15

49 O St.
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $123,386
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Denise B. Dunbar
Date: 07/07/15

36 Turners Falls Road
Montague, MA 01301
Amount: $150,300
Buyer: Kimberly A. Macdonald
Seller: Burke, Kenneth J., (Estate)
Date: 06/30/15

NEW SALEM

10 Hunt Road
New Salem, MA 01355
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Jennifer L. Parker
Seller: Lisa M. Sihvonen-Binder
Date: 07/07/15

66 North Prescott Road
New Salem, MA 01355
Amount: $171,000
Buyer: Nancy E. Slator
Seller: Ernest J. Nemeth
Date: 07/02/15

ORANGE

62 Chase St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Gretchen Turner
Date: 07/09/15

160 Oaklawn Ave.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $138,000
Buyer: Anthony R. Cravatta
Seller: Timothy J. Nelson
Date: 07/10/15

196 West Orange Road
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Sarah L. Nolan
Seller: Mary E. Ziemba
Date: 07/01/15

ROWE

64 Dell Road
Rowe, MA 01367
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: James Lively
Seller: Corarito INT
Date: 07/08/15

SHELBURNE

72 Mechanic St.
Shelburne, MA 01370
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Elizabeth J. Bukolsky RET
Seller: Irene L. Cronk RET
Date: 06/30/15

SHELBURNE

72 Shelburne Center Road
Shelburne, MA 01370
Amount: $191,000
Buyer: Wanda Pacheco
Seller: Marc R. Servant
Date: 07/10/15

SHUTESBURY

226 Montague Road
Shutesbury, MA 01072
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Jennifer L. Reil
Seller: Susan Hanna
Date: 06/29/15

SUNDERLAND

36 Country Lane
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Matthew P. Martin
Seller: Jeffrey B. Smith
Date: 06/30/15

12 Garage Road
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Stephanie B. Motamedi
Seller: Greenfield Pilgrim 1 LLC
Date: 07/07/15

154 North Silver Lane
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Courtney A. Kinney
Seller: Matthew P. Martin
Date: 06/30/15

239 River Road
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $365,000
Buyer: Moon-Kie Jung
Seller: Pamela C. Peterson
Date: 07/10/15

33 Russell St.
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $147,000
Buyer: Tyler Tomlinson
Seller: US Bank
Date: 07/10/15

WENDELL

127 Montague Road
Wendell, MA 01380
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Mara Bright
Seller: Yvette L. Segal
Date: 06/29/15

HAMPDEN COUNTY

AGAWAM

30 Barry St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: George M. Palanjian
Seller: Andrew C. Campbell
Date: 06/29/15

158 Country Road
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Satoshi Yamaji
Seller: Adrien J. Boucher

24 Dwight St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $2,080,000
Buyer: Dwight Group LLC
Seller: Hallmark Partners LLC
Date: 06/30/15

65 Federal St. Ext.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $278,000
Buyer: Filipa F. Filipe
Seller: Patrick D. Armstrong
Date: 07/10/15

29 Giffin Place
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: John E. Fellion
Seller: Daponde, Yolanda M., (Estate)
Date: 07/01/15

108 Norris St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Lori A. Mountain
Seller: Sharon K. Lange
Date: 06/30/15

39 Oriole Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $302,750
Buyer: Michael A. Curto
Seller: Paul E. Lussier
Date: 07/02/15

541 South West St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: James Parent
Seller: John L. Mondella
Date: 07/07/15

825 Springfield St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: PEM RT
Seller: Agawam Auto Mall Inc.
Date: 07/08/15

378-384 Walnut St., Ext.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $311,989
Buyer: F. Fiore LLC
Seller: Azon Realty LLC
Date: 06/30/15

48 Wilbert Terrace
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Diana L. Papadakis
Seller: Adriano Bocchino
Date: 07/06/15

BLANDFORD

14 Russell Stage Road
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $168,000
Buyer: Kyle A. Lewkowicz
Seller: Angela M. Mikuski
Date: 07/06/15

BRIMFIELD

32 7th St.
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $266,950
Buyer: Dmitriy S. Gotlib
Seller: Clifford A. Madru
Date: 06/30/15

105 Cubles Dr.
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Beverly F. Clark
Seller: Dorothy E. Perman IRT
Date: 07/08/15

50 Mill Lane
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $212,000
Buyer: Sandra J. Arsenault
Seller: Jeanne H. Davis
Date: 07/02/15

CHICOPEE

35 Barre Circle
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: National Res. Nominee Services
Seller: Sheree C. Cardin-Rae
Date: 06/30/15

67 Beverly St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Gilberto Ortiz
Seller: Chicopee Neighborhood Development
Date: 07/10/15

77 Carpenter Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Buyer: Robina Carestia
Seller: Angela J. Agostino
Date: 06/30/15

167 Carriage Road
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $247,500
Buyer: Duane A. Recchia
Seller: Ann E. Velthouse
Date: 06/30/15

490 Chicopee St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Robert D. Manning
Seller: Daniel F. Pragosa
Date: 07/01/15

4 Dobek Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Dennis Pelletier
Seller: Household Finance Corp. 2
Date: 07/10/15

35 Dresser Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $162,500
Buyer: Rachel M. Farley
Seller: Ryan J. Loring
Date: 06/29/15

30 Edmund St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $179,000
Buyer: Jessica Batiz-Orengo
Seller: Edward E. Elie
Date: 06/29/15

69 Gagne St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $272,000
Buyer: Baystate Restoration Group
Seller: Dean G. Spencer
Date: 07/01/15

263 Grove St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $214,000
Buyer: Eric A. Froebel
Seller: David Lengieza
Date: 07/02/15

52 Hendrick St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Brent A. Dillard
Seller: William D. Morris
Date: 06/30/15

105 Hendrick St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Nuno M. Inacio
Seller: Artur C. Inacio
Date: 07/07/15

39 Labelle Circle
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $241,000
Buyer: Andrew Santo
Seller: Christine R. Bennett
Date: 07/08/15

Lemay St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $272,000
Buyer: Baystate Restoration Group
Seller: Dean G. Spencer
Date: 07/01/15

24 Leo Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $209,900
Buyer: Michael J. Brennan
Seller: Alison M. Cienciwa
Date: 06/30/15

23 Lombard St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $141,000
Buyer: William Dinguis
Seller: Raymond P. Gaumond
Date: 06/29/15

74 Mary St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $194,000
Buyer: JWK Real Estate LLC
Seller: Michael Donskoy
Date: 07/10/15

617 Mckinstry Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $237,500
Buyer: Frederick J. Sabbs
Seller: Ryszard J. Marcinowski
Date: 07/10/15

97 Rivers Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Lake Rentals LLC
Seller: Paul L. Gauthier
Date: 07/07/15

73 School St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $161,000
Buyer: Bayview Loan Servicing LLC
Seller: Kazimiera Dorobisz
Date: 06/30/15

73 Sesame Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $291,000
Buyer: Robert K. Andersen
Seller: Robert K. Andersen
Date: 06/29/15

145 Trilby Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $149,900
Buyer: Mark A. Morin
Seller: Barbara A. Bielizna
Date: 07/06/15

60 Trilby Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: N. Riley Realty LLC
Seller: Alma V. Bourbeau
Date: 07/08/15

EAST LONGMEADOW

42 Braeburn Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Olan A. Johnston
Seller: Patricia A. Lamontagne
Date: 07/06/15

30 Brook St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $142,500
Buyer: Kathryn Barney
Seller: Alice J. Goodrich
Date: 06/29/15

71 Brookhaven Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $306,500
Buyer: Jeffrey A. Galarneau
Seller: Jeremy T. Shurtleff
Date: 06/30/15

57 Brynmawr Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: David Leblanc
Seller: Ronald J. Oliveri
Date: 07/08/15

36 Granby St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $148,900
Buyer: William Purcell
Seller: Granby St Associates LLC
Date: 07/01/15

244 Hampden Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Keith J. Fitzgerald
Seller: Neil R. Pomeroy
Date: 07/08/15

27 Meadow Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $367,000
Buyer: Gerard Sprofera
Seller: John E. Labrie
Date: 07/01/15

41 Merriam St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Robbin D. Jones
Seller: Jeanne R. Dufault
Date: 07/01/15

116 Millbrook Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $465,000
Buyer: Thomas A. Zoltowski
Seller: Douglas G. Mcadoo
Date: 07/08/15

Pondview Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Craig L. Gay
Seller: Joseph Chapdelaine & Sons
Date: 07/03/15

154 Prospect St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $259,800
Buyer: Laura M. Pixley
Seller: Robert T. Liucci
Date: 07/08/15

GRANVILLE

231 Old Westfield Road
Granville, MA 01034
Amount: $211,000
Buyer: City Of Westfield
Seller: Paul D. Jensen
Date: 06/29/15

HAMPDEN

31 Crestwood Lane
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $188,000
Buyer: Philip A. Tarsi
Seller: Brenda M. Little
Date: 06/29/15

521 Glendale Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $319,000
Buyer: C. A. Gagliarducci
Seller: Maureen O’Sullivan
Date: 07/01/15

27 Raymond Dr.
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Andrew R. Tsitso
Seller: Cynthia L. Fiore
Date: 07/06/15

HOLLAND

4 Ames Trail
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Douglas Cayer
Seller: Patrick M. King
Date: 07/02/15

9 Park Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Chadwick E. Carter
Seller: Karen L. Essex
Date: 07/10/15

18 Pine Tree Dr.
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Michael Chadwick
Seller: Beverly J. Page
Date: 07/01/15

107 Sandy Beach Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Peter M. Faria
Seller: Shaun Dyson
Date: 07/09/15

HOLYOKE

5 Appleton St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Benz Holdings LLC
Seller: Ralph Thompson
Date: 07/08/15

352 Apremont Hwy.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Moises Rosario
Seller: Gravel, Constance D., (Estate)
Date: 07/10/15

80 Beacon Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Hui Yan
Seller: Sean M. Dugre
Date: 07/06/15

405 Mountain Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: John J. O’Connell
Seller: Dina Levesque
Date: 07/10/15

447 Beech St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Michael M. Lalchandani
Seller: Cynthia Rivera
Date: 06/30/15

47 Cherry Hill
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Michael T. Bellingham
Seller: Suzanne M. Cole
Date: 06/30/15

27 Concord Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $214,900
Buyer: Celia E. Overby
Seller: Tina M. Wildhagen
Date: 06/29/15

5 Evergreen Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $167,500
Buyer: 5 Evergreen Drive Land TR
Seller: Glenn J. Nadeau
Date: 06/29/15

28 Grandview Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $134,305
Buyer: Stephen J. Miller
Seller: FNMA
Date: 06/29/15

80 Hitchcock St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Shane T. Jackson
Seller: William T. Lyle
Date: 07/02/15

236 Lower Westfield Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Ryan J. Loring
Seller: Scott D. Beliveau
Date: 06/29/15

611 Northampton St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Josyln Larson
Seller: Timothy J. Brunelle
Date: 07/09/15

1215 Northampton St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Theresa Meckel
Seller: Maryellen Dinn
Date: 07/02/15

437 Northampton St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $355,000
Buyer: Roque Sanchez
Seller: Anibal Rivas
Date: 06/30/15

Pleasant St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $368,000
Buyer: Dara N. Sullivan
Seller: Marjorie P. Stark
Date: 07/01/15

6 Shepard Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $296,000
Buyer: Anthony J. Disanto
Seller: Levin, David, (Estate)
Date: 06/30/15

35 Temple St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Irma Lopez
Seller: Mary E. Trudeau
Date: 07/01/15

44 Vassar Circle
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $249,900
Buyer: Matilda Friedrich
Seller: 3F Properties LLC
Date: 07/01/15

39 View St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $131,000
Buyer: Jose M. Rivera
Seller: Nancy D. Ayers
Date: 07/02/15

38 West Glen St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: David K. Bartley
Seller: Jeanne Bartley
Date: 07/01/15

LONGMEADOW

76 Blokland Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $421,800
Buyer: Ana Muriel
Seller: Celeste Benoit
Date: 07/10/15

168 Blueberry Hill Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $470,100
Buyer: Varaha S. Gopisetti
Seller: Harry R. Auerbach
Date: 06/29/15

43 Briarcliff Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: Eric G. Gorenstein
Seller: Eileen R. Fountaine
Date: 06/30/15

17 Canterbury Lane
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $500,000
Buyer: Nadia Furqan
Seller: Ellen R. Shapiro
Date: 07/01/15

175 Cedar Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $247,500
Buyer: Jimmy Chang
Seller: Jeffrey Vedovelli
Date: 06/30/15

31 Cherry Lane
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $375,625
Buyer: Yuebiao Feng
Seller: Daniel Karpman
Date: 07/10/15

75 Churchill Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $510,000
Buyer: Kevin K. Labrie
Seller: Anne W. Mackenzie
Date: 07/02/15

95 Dover Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $247,500
Buyer: James V. Barilaro
Seller: William D. Keen
Date: 07/01/15

30 Fernleaf Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $352,000
Buyer: David S. Culver
Seller: James Neveu
Date: 06/30/15

592 Frank Smith Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Martin J. Lobik
Seller: Chad S. White
Date: 07/08/15

25 Highland St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: William D. Keen
Seller: Alfonso D. Via
Date: 07/01/15

45 Kenmore Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $248,100
Buyer: Amy L. Cairy
Seller: Walsh, Rita J., (Estate)
Date: 06/30/15

89 Longmeadow St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $420,000
Buyer: Robert J. Khoury
Seller: Peter M. Gerard
Date: 06/30/15

67 Maplewood St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $253,921
Buyer: Guidewire Inc.
Seller: Venture Community Services
Date: 06/30/15

103 Pleasantview Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: John R. Koegel
Seller: Susan L. Greco
Date: 07/02/15

61 Twin Hills Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $700,000
Buyer: Tyler Saremi
Seller: Harry A. Klug
Date: 06/30/15

40 West Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Ricardo Malave
Seller: Jagodowski, Eleanor E., (Estate)
Date: 06/30/15

43 Wildwood Glen
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $378,450
Buyer: Tammy R. Rex
Seller: Kenneth R. Holt
Date: 06/29/15

LUDLOW

53 Blanchard Ave.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $250,500
Buyer: Leah T. Kaira
Seller: Claire A. Burgess
Date: 07/10/15

382 Miller St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Michael J. Desimone
Seller: James P. Kane
Date: 07/01/15

36 Prospect Gardens
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $154,000
Buyer: Mary E. Racicot
Seller: Dorothy C. Saletnik
Date: 06/30/15

74 Sunbriar Lane
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Richard N. Belanger
Seller: Robina Carestia
Date: 06/30/15

MONSON

490 Boston Road West
Monson, MA 01095
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: JW Realty LLC
Seller: Paul A. Bouchard
Date: 07/10/15

77 Bradway Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $410,000
Buyer: William H. Rawleigh
Seller: Joshua A. Vassallo
Date: 07/01/15

30 Butler Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $222,500
Buyer: Richard A. Cordner
Seller: Nicholas J. Gasperini
Date: 07/10/15

50 East Hill Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: 27 East Hill Road RT
Seller: Matthew H. Macfarlane
Date: 07/02/15

3 Heritage Lane
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $308,500
Buyer: Kyle Williams
Seller: James W. Fiore
Date: 06/30/15

4 Lincoln St.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Derrick A. Talbot
Seller: Dapri Rentals LLC
Date: 07/10/15

138 Silver St.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: Richard C. Machado
Seller: Jaciow, Susan A., (Estate)
Date: 06/29/15

MONTGOMERY

217 Pitcher St.
Montgomery, MA 01085
Amount: $390,000
Buyer: David W. Tourville
Seller: Renee Pecor
Date: 07/02/15

PALMER

141 Breckenridge St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Travis J. Richer
Seller: Sherry A. Kennedy
Date: 06/29/15

141 Burlingame Road
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Raymond A. Blanchette
Seller: Flynnanita, E., (Estate)
Date: 07/10/15

10-12 Fox St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $169,574
Buyer: Nationstar Mortgage LLC
Seller: Ronald C. Lawrence
Date: 06/29/15

38 Harvey St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $245,265
Buyer: Kelsey K. Sheehan
Seller: Lorraine Novak
Date: 06/30/15

3141-3143 High St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Louise L. Hickenbottom
Seller: Daniel B. Rhodes
Date: 07/08/15

57 Riverview Pkwy.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Stephen M. Keegan
Seller: Peter D. Hull
Date: 06/30/15

315 Shearer St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $147,000
Buyer: Nicole A. Sherman
Seller: Martin F. Maloney
Date: 07/07/15

1001 Thorndike St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $4,842,875
Buyer: MA Svc. LLC
Seller: Merchant Palmer LLC
Date: 06/29/15

RUSSELL

37 General Knox Road
Russell, MA 01071
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Kim M. Morgan
Seller: Robert M. Gardner
Date: 06/30/15

170 Timberidge Dr.
Russell, MA 01071
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Bruce D. Bosworth
Date: 07/08/15

SPRINGFIELD

2020 Allen St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Ruben Flores-Marzan
Seller: Thomas M. Gordon
Date: 07/01/15

95 Alvin St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $123,000
Buyer: Linda M. Owens
Seller: Michael A. Chelkonas
Date: 07/08/15

239 Ashland Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $146,000
Buyer: Synthia Perrin
Seller: Thomas J. Sliney
Date: 06/30/15

28-30 Battery St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Luis E. Soto
Seller: Richard Muise
Date: 06/30/15

137 Bellevue Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $191,200
Buyer: David C. Melrose
Seller: Don B. David
Date: 06/30/15

335 Berkshire Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Vietnamese Buddhist Asscociation
Seller: Pine Point Community Council
Date: 06/30/15

35 Bruce St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $131,000
Buyer: Nicole K. Bertera
Seller: Erik J. Allis
Date: 07/03/15

126 Caseland St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $186,375
Buyer: Loleta Collins
Seller: Gary M. Chase
Date: 07/01/15

131-133 Davenport St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $189,000
Buyer: Eric Newkirk
Seller: Randall M. Stebbins
Date: 06/30/15

14 Dennis St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Robyn L. Sheehan
Seller: Reid C. Hunter
Date: 07/10/15

111 Duggan Circle
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Peter H. Christensen
Seller: Justin M. Reynolds
Date: 07/10/15

199 Eddy St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $150,500
Buyer: Christina M. Joyce
Seller: Gelson D. Laguerre
Date: 06/30/15

155 Fargo St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $117,000
Buyer: Arelis Whitaker
Seller: Kim Bress
Date: 06/30/15

124 Gillette Circle
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Jo Anne A. Evans IRT
Seller: James M. Santamaria
Date: 06/30/15

24 Glenoak Dr.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Bryce C. Buchanan
Seller: Erica L. Rossini
Date: 06/30/15

17 Groton St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $117,900
Buyer: Russell V. Jenkins
Seller: Lisa R. Crouser
Date: 06/30/15

16 Harkness Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $124,900
Buyer: Tina Forbes
Seller: Jason M. Bienvenue
Date: 07/08/15

23 Hudson St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $127,000
Buyer: Carmen T. Velazquez
Seller: Charles J. Scalia
Date: 07/09/15

320 Island Pond Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $139,325
Buyer: Michael K. Dagger
Seller: Suzanne E. Larue
Date: 06/29/15

101 Jeanne Marie St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Amanda M. Fortune
Seller: Leighton L. Stewart
Date: 07/02/15

306 Laurelton St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Tawana Davis
Seller: Theresa Harris
Date: 06/29/15

410 Liberty St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $170,911
Buyer: Nationstar Mortgage LLC
Seller: Wayne Street LLC
Date: 07/02/15

208 Longhill St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $485,000
Buyer: Dennis P. Duquette
Seller: John B. Murray
Date: 06/30/15

111 Manchester Terrace
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $157,500
Buyer: Robert C. Washington
Seller: Andrew M. Knight
Date: 07/06/15

38 Martha St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Johnathan Nguyen
Seller: Rachel A. Bazile
Date: 07/10/15

88 Mayflower Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Leonard A. Lindsay
Seller: Victoria M. Gruneiro
Date: 07/07/15

129 Naismith St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $203,000
Buyer: Peter W. Otiende
Seller: Anna Danilewicz
Date: 07/10/15

143 Naismith St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Eduardo Valentin
Seller: Bretta Construction LLC
Date: 07/08/15

52-54 Narragansett St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $129,500
Buyer: Alexis Javier-Breton
Seller: Marlin Investments LLC
Date: 07/01/15

81-83 Noel St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Luis J. Espejo
Seller: Mattie L. Robinson
Date: 07/02/15

11 Peer St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Damarys Lopez
Seller: Lorenzo Ezell
Date: 07/10/15

73 Pennsylvania Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $122,500
Buyer: Elizabeth M. McFarlin
Seller: Labruzzo, Debra L., (Estate)
Date: 06/30/15

111 Quaker Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Orville L. Williams
Seller: Sean F. Smith
Date: 07/10/15

33-35 Ruskin St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $186,000
Buyer: Sha Pradhan
Seller: David Leblanc
Date: 07/02/15

935 Saint James Ave.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $115,900
Buyer: Wilmarie Rodriguez
Seller: Danny P. Rebelo
Date: 07/06/15

6 Sedgewick St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $168,000
Buyer: Omar Colon-Perez
Seller: Samuel E. & F. I. Johnson LT
Date: 07/08/15

127 Slater Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $129,000
Buyer: Emanuel Class
Seller: Edward J. Janik
Date: 06/30/15

100 Webber St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $143,000
Buyer: Lisa L. Jubinville
Seller: Heather Echevarria
Date: 06/30/15

SOUTHWICK

124 Berkshire Ave.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: Karen L. Deyo
Seller: Donald R. Dubuc
Date: 06/30/15

26 Davis Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $450,000
Buyer: Paul J. Boyne
Seller: Jay A. Pelley
Date: 06/30/15

157 Feeding Hills Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Dege LLC
Seller: Geofrank LLC
Date: 07/02/15

1 Hummingbird Hollow
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $405,900
Buyer: Patrick D. Armstrong
Seller: Randy R. Shaver
Date: 07/10/15

350 North Loomis St.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Luis S. Vazquez
Seller: Joan Bannish
Date: 06/30/15

23 Pine Knoll
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: Lilia Mereshko
Seller: David Reipold
Date: 06/30/15

23 Rails End Road #23
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $324,500
Buyer: Paul E. Lussier
Seller: 20 Depot Square LLC
Date: 07/02/15

40 Sam West Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Flex Properties LLC
Seller: John A. Litwak
Date: 07/10/15

WESTFIELD

141 Bates Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $308,500
Buyer: Michael J. Csekovsky
Seller: Deanne M. Grant
Date: 06/29/15

6 Big Wood Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $425,000
Buyer: Edmund G. Apostle
Seller: Tina L. Liquori-Cody
Date: 07/10/15

13 Carriage Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Jeffrey P. Casey
Seller: Elizabeth A. Wood
Date: 07/10/15

68 Crescent Circle
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $314,000
Buyer: James D. Corker
Seller: Jason L. Hoffman
Date: 06/30/15

11 Dwight St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $188,000
Buyer: Mancino Enterprises Inc.
Seller: Bruce C. Neumann
Date: 06/29/15

28 Fawn Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $317,800
Buyer: Patrick P. Nay
Seller: Anthony R. Lapinski
Date: 06/30/15

10 Frederick St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $187,000
Buyer: Catherine Acevedo
Seller: JJS Capital Investment
Date: 07/10/15

193 Holyoke Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: John P. Sorrentino
Seller: Earl W. Slate
Date: 07/03/15

15 Hunters Slope
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $376,000
Buyer: Jason L. Hoffman
Seller: Daniel J. Harris
Date: 06/30/15

3 Laurel Terrace
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $189,000
Buyer: Christopher Mullen
Seller: Michael J. Csekovsky
Date: 06/29/15

21 Leaview Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $289,900
Buyer: Richard T. Fohlbrook
Seller: Robert P. Scott
Date: 07/02/15

340 Lockhouse Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $133,750
Buyer: Michael P. Stolpinski
Seller: Alma I. Fisher
Date: 06/30/15

70 Mill St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $192,000
Buyer: Courtney A. Gearing
Seller: Richard T. Fohlbrook
Date: 07/02/15

117 Montgomery St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $204,900
Buyer: Anne Norton-Graffum
Seller: Lucille R. Sobczyk
Date: 06/30/15

306 Montgomery Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Arthur J. Laramee
Seller: Britton, Pauline C., (Estate)
Date: 07/10/15

14 Phelps Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Joanne Ouimette
Seller: Julie Parsons
Date: 06/30/15

106 Ridgecrest Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: Bryan F. Grabowski
Seller: Jeffrey Arps
Date: 06/30/15

Sackett Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $126,000
Buyer: Stephen J. Oleksak
Seller: Northwest Realty LLC
Date: 07/08/15

61 School St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: School St Property LLC
Seller: Thomas J. Rockwal
Date: 06/30/15

20 Sherwood Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: 20 Sheroood Avenue Land TR
Seller: Mark A. Baron

1120 Southampton Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: Dennis Bolduc
Seller: Home Loan Investment Bank
Date: 07/01/15

431 Southwick Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Kenneth M. Liberty
Seller: Liberty, Margaret J., (Estate)
Date: 07/06/15

199 Susan Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $253,000
Buyer: Jason T. Edwards
Seller: Stephen A. Foster
Date: 06/30/15

229 Western Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Jennifer L. Sady
Seller: Kevin R. Queenin
Date: 07/10/15

WILBRAHAM

48 Beebe Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $362,700
Buyer: Benjamin J. Strobridge
Seller: William W. Blanchard
Date: 07/06/15

3 Bridle Path
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $589,900
Buyer: Craig R. Lareau
Seller: William D. Metzger
Date: 07/02/15

4 Chestnut Hill Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $279,900
Buyer: Ryan Visneau
Seller: Neil W. Bennett
Date: 07/02/15

97 Manchonis Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $221,500
Buyer: Jaime Masse
Seller: Ann Robillard
Date: 07/03/15

22 Overlook Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $522,000
Buyer: Atu O. White
Seller: Matthew P. Natcharian
Date: 07/01/15

4 Springfield St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Thomas J. Martin
Seller: Marjorie N. Agerton
Date: 07/01/15

10-1/2 Springfield St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $435,000
Buyer: Marc L. Stimpson
Seller: Sharmaine Barone
Date: 07/10/15

25-27 Stony Hill Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Veronica Machuca
Seller: Raymond J. Alberici
Date: 07/01/15

1222 Stony Hill Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $234,900
Buyer: Darren C. Elwell
Seller: Sok H. Cho
Date: 07/10/15

30 Sunnyside Terrace
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $269,900
Buyer: Leighton L. Stewart
Seller: Changheon Choi
Date: 07/02/15

16 Tall Timber Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Joseph M. Pierce
Seller: Kara A. Arcidiacono
Date: 06/30/15

7 Woodland Dell Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $344,900
Buyer: Lauren S. Stanley
Seller: Maureen A. Rooney
Date: 06/30/15

WEST SPRINGFIELD

262 City View Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $189,900
Buyer: Puspa L. Dhimal
Seller: Lynne M. Sullivan
Date: 07/08/15

32 Ely Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $269,000
Buyer: Robert Hill
Seller: Mary J. Flaherty
Date: 06/29/15

97 Havenhurst Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Mary A. Flaherty
Seller: James S. Wachala
Date: 06/30/15

47 Hewitt St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $181,000
Buyer: Sean P. Riley
Seller: Barto, Anthony J., (Estate)
Date: 06/30/15

14 High Meadow Dr.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $297,000
Buyer: Angela J. Agostino
Seller: William J. Viecelli
Date: 06/30/15

59 Interstate Dr.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $2,100,000
Buyer: 73 State Street LLC
Seller: 59 Interstate Drive LLC
Date: 06/30/15

181 Jeffrey Lane
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Adam N. Rochon
Seller: Alison S. Danalis
Date: 06/30/15

264 Morgan Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $202,000
Buyer: Kevin A. Cady
Seller: Paul M. Rossmeisl
Date: 07/02/15

94 Nonotuck Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $332,500
Buyer: Cindy A. Shippee
Seller: Edward A. Pacitti
Date: 06/29/15

15 North St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $205,950
Buyer: Shannon Kumiega
Seller: Jefferey J. Vallee
Date: 07/10/15

63 Therese Marie Lane
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $455,000
Buyer: Tejash R. Patel
Seller: Michael J. Halpy
Date: 06/30/15

30 Vincent Dr.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Flagstone Properties Inc.
Seller: Dorothy Krieger
Date: 06/30/15

131 Westwood Dr.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: John V. Roth
Seller: Richard R. Germano
Date: 07/08/15

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

AMHERST

115 Blackberry Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $425,000
Buyer: Huanye Hu
Seller: Aytac Camdeviren
Date: 07/07/15

1 Dwight Circle
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $314,900
Buyer: Stefan J. Antonowicz
Seller: Daniel J. Stering
Date: 07/08/15

15 Farmington Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Sarah B. Thompson
Seller: Christopher G. Potts
Date: 07/10/15

850 Belchertown Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $441,000
Buyer: Nuray Ozcelik
Seller: Benjamin J. Zahradnik
Date: 06/30/15

6 Grantwood Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Catrine E. Tudor-Locke
Seller: Marese Hutchinson
Date: 06/29/15

66 Grantwood Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $232,050
Buyer: Bank of New York
Seller: Glenn M. Jackson
Date: 06/29/15

66 Grantwood Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Norman D. Brown
Seller: Bank of New York
Date: 07/09/15

108 Harlow Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $302,000
Buyer: Timothy A. Binkert
Seller: Sousa, Helen R. G., (Estate)
Date: 07/06/15

7 Laurel Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $321,900
Buyer: Zac Early
Seller: Hampshire Property Mgmt.
Date: 07/06/15

18 Lilac Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $469,900
Buyer: David M. Kawall
Seller: David R. Crowe
Date: 07/03/15

31 Longmeadow Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $248,000
Buyer: Hesham Ahmed
Seller: Kathleen Fahey
Date: 06/30/15

44 South Mount Holyoke Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $314,520
Buyer: Xin Li
Seller: Tien D. Pham
Date: 06/30/15

8 Weaver Circle
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $460,000
Buyer: Matt Robison
Seller: Jennifer L. Parker
Date: 07/07/15

320 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $264,500
Buyer: Johnny B. Tran
Seller: Brian S. Ertel
Date: 07/07/15

BELCHERTOWN

12 Barrett St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $267,600
Buyer: Harvey A. Sansoucy
Date: 06/30/15

3 Barrett St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: John D. Sansoucy
Seller: Harvey A. Sansoucy
Date: 06/30/15

91 Canal Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $399,000
Buyer: Jennifer L. Harris
Seller: Richard W. Noble
Date: 07/01/15

555 Daniel Shays Hwy.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: CJB T. 2
Seller: Robert Johnson
Date: 07/01/15

21 Dogwood Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $381,200
Buyer: Rosemary E. Defronzo
Seller: Benchmark Custom Homes
Date: 07/01/15

18 Forest Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Anne Mistivar
Seller: Shaysreb LLC
Date: 07/01/15

10 Franklin St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Christopher Lukes
Seller: Kevin R. O’Brien
Date: 06/29/15

288 Franklin St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $292,000
Buyer: Thomas R. Orszulak
Seller: Andrew G. Cavanaugh
Date: 07/08/15

26 Hickory Hill
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $397,900
Buyer: Nancy Brill
Seller: J. N. Duquette & Son Construction
Date: 06/30/15

17 Lloyd Ave.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Douglas A. Cahill
Seller: Susan A. Detorrice
Date: 06/30/15

90 Ludlow St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: Shawn C. Leblanc
Seller: Daniel R. McDonald
Date: 07/09/15

155 Oakridge Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $359,900
Buyer: Thomas J. Barker
Seller: Michael A. Henson
Date: 07/01/15

27 River St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $216,000
Buyer: Lynne M. Sullivan
Seller: Paul R. Richard
Date: 07/08/15

413 South Gulf Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $525,000
Buyer: James & Margaret Tibbitt LT
Seller: Morando Defronzo
Date: 07/01/15

317 Warren Wright Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Daniel C. Ingraham
Seller: Gilbert M. Bouchard
Date: 06/30/15

433 Warren Wright Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $242,500
Buyer: Chaitra Gopalappa
Seller: David F. Teague
Date: 07/07/15

243 West St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $228,000
Buyer: Norman E. Olmstead
Seller: Sharon R. Leblanc
Date: 07/01/15

18 Westview Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Jason W. Aller
Seller: Christopher A. Dorval
Date: 07/08/15

CHESTERFIELD

Bofat Hill Road
Chesterfield, MA 01012
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Seller: Nature Conservancy
Date: 06/30/15

EASTHAMPTON

15 Duda Dr.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $259,500
Buyer: Robert Baceski
Seller: Anne M. Lynes
Date: 07/02/15

30 Everett St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Bryan J. Emond
Seller: Elizabeth A. Bower
Date: 07/02/15

175 Pleasant St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: San K. Chhung
Seller: Marcella Severance
Date: 07/08/15

131 Strong St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $242,000
Buyer: Ilene Berezin
Seller: Norman H. Cabana
Date: 07/07/15

7 Valley Lane
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $317,000
Buyer: E. Smith Sinnigen TR
Seller: Karen D. Carswell
Date: 06/29/15

GOSHEN

20 Pond Hill Road
Goshen, MA 01032
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: Paul A. Sihvonen-Binder
Seller: Christine E. Kubacki
Date: 07/07/15

GRANBY

32 Amherst St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $218,000
Buyer: Benjamin Rosenthal
Seller: Holly P. Barton-Lopez
Date: 07/10/15

529 Amherst Road
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $172,000
Buyer: George F. Hicks
Seller: Thomas Pittsley
Date: 07/01/15

5 Greystone Ave.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $117,900
Buyer: David R. Laplante
Seller: PNC Bank
Date: 06/30/15

7 Jackielyn Circle
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Jason A. Laprade
Seller: Jorge L. Casasnovas
Date: 06/30/15

51 Kendall St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $198,800
Buyer: OCWEN Loan Servicing LLC
Seller: Todd M. Morehouse
Date: 06/29/15

107 Maximilian Dr.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $418,000
Buyer: Frank L. Bradfield
Seller: Peter J. Giroux
Date: 07/01/15

18 New Ludlow Road
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $162,500
Buyer: Hector Crespo
Seller: Jason W. Aller
Date: 07/02/15

8 Ridge Path
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Commonwealth Of Massachusetts
Seller: Evelyn S. Slater
Date: 06/30/15

HADLEY

6 Cold Springs Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: Cynthia A. Therrien
Seller: Jacqueline B. Price
Date: 07/10/15

3 Indian Pipe Dr.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $611,700
Buyer: Shiyue Cheng
Seller: Bercume Construction LLC
Date: 07/10/15

349 River Dr.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $326,000
Buyer: Dale M. Jones
Seller: Cendrowski, Victor J., (Estate)
Date: 07/09/15

Russell St. #C
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $800,000
Buyer: Russell LLC
Seller: Lowes Home Centers LLC
Date: 07/02/15

172 South Maple St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Marion F. Grader
Seller: Nancy J. Podolak
Date: 07/07/15

HATFIELD

3 Clay Hill Way
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $500,000
Buyer: Steven D. Hoyt
Seller: William E. Dowd
Date: 06/30/15

450 Main St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $288,011
Buyer: Erik Pardee
Seller: Mt. Tom Properties LLC
Date: 07/07/15

28 Pleasant View Dr.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $379,500
Seller: Stephen D. Hoyt
Date: 06/30/15

HUNTINGTON

25 Montgomery Road
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $229,900
Buyer: Philip W. Boisseau
Seller: Jeffrey S. Fisk
Date: 07/10/15

MIDDLEFIELD

123 Clark Wright Road
Middlefield, MA 01243
Amount: $249,000
Buyer: Donald C. Trask
Seller: Ellen M. Rubenstein
Date: 07/01/15

17 Harry Pease Road
Middlefield, MA 01243
Amount: $178,000
Buyer: Aaron P. Allen
Seller: Laurie E. Wehman
Date: 07/10/15

NORTHAMPTON

228 Audubon Road
Northampton, MA 01053
Amount: $242,600
Buyer: Jesse M. Adams
Seller: Susan A. Warga

36 Beacon St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $430,000
Buyer: Karen Carswell
Seller: Charles P. Gleason
Date: 06/29/15

153 Bridge St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $309,000
Buyer: Gregory Schweitzer
Seller: Michael L. Shaughnessy
Date: 07/06/15

251 Bridge Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $204,500
Buyer: Katherine M. Fabel
Seller: Jordana M. Rosenberg
Date: 06/29/15

239 Bridge St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $316,000
Buyer: Gordon M. Meadows
Seller: Roque Sanchez
Date: 06/30/15

87 Bridge St.
Northampton, MA 01039
Amount: $362,500
Buyer: Winterberry LLC
Seller: Donald M. Shaw
Date: 07/02/15

1136 Burts Pit Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $224,900
Buyer: Susan M. Nykorchuk
Seller: Ruth Fogg
Date: 07/02/15

69 Day Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: W. M. Goggins
Seller: Kathleen F. Malynoski
Date: 07/01/15

15 Fair St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $198,750
Buyer: Jennifer M. Nery
Seller: James S. Founds
Date: 07/08/15

317 Florence Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $227,200
Buyer: Glenda G. Neely
Seller: Theresa Meckel
Date: 07/02/15

142 Franklin St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $370,000
Buyer: Cheryl E. Mathein
Seller: Donna Ann Park RET
Date: 07/06/15

144 Franklin St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: Christopher W. Hayhurst
Seller: Roger Salloom
Date: 06/30/15

37 Kensington Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $405,000
Buyer: William Wimsatt
Seller: Janice M. Irvine
Date: 07/03/15

67 Laurel Park
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Laura M. Pravitz
Seller: Jonathan G. Westphal
Date: 07/01/15

15 Laurel St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $407,900
Buyer: Heather J. Dysert
Seller: Transformations Inc.
Date: 07/02/15

10 Madison Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $395,000
Buyer: Natalie M. Brady
Seller: Michael J. Maginnis RET
Date: 07/10/15

223 Maple Ridge Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $696,800
Buyer: Wayne H. Duke
Seller: Judith G. Steinberg
Date: 06/29/15

N/A
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $395,000
Buyer: Christian Hawkins
Seller: George T. Barrett
Date: 06/29/15

185 Nonotuck St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $172,000
Buyer: Carol J. Gray
Seller: Patricia A. Kopka LT
Date: 07/10/15

164 North Maple St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $420,000
Buyer: Caroline B. Theoharides
Seller: Steven P. McDonough
Date: 06/30/15

5 Pomeroy Terrace
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $362,500
Buyer: Winterberry LLC
Seller: Donald M. Shaw
Date: 07/02/15

193 Prospect St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $309,900
Buyer: Noa Milman
Seller: Ravya Taghavi
Date: 06/30/15

347 Riverside Dr.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Sandra J. Staub
Seller: Ricardo S. Malave
Date: 07/09/15

292 South St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: Corinne M. Chandless
Seller: Shaila Chowdhury
Date: 06/30/15

73 Vernon St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: William S. Cutler
Seller: Martha J. Beckwith
Date: 07/09/15

46 Whittier St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $387,000
Buyer: Thomas S. Underwood
Seller: Joseph M. Ustaitis
Date: 06/29/15

SOUTH HADLEY

7 Country Lane
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Julie-Anne G. Stebbins
Seller: Jonathan H. Aseltine
Date: 06/29/15

53 Dartmouth St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $156,500
Buyer: Rebecca A. Ciecko
Seller: Mark C. Robinson
Date: 06/29/15

309 Hadley St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: David J. Malek
Seller: Thomas A. Spring
Date: 07/10/15

36 Ludlow Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $185,500
Buyer: Adam Lukomski
Seller: Linda L. Drozdowski
Date: 07/01/15

156 Lyman St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $217,500
Buyer: David C. Leiman
Seller: George Kansas
Date: 06/29/15

89 Mountain View St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $140,330
Buyer: Veterans Affairs
Seller: Karl Hathaway
Date: 07/10/15

71 Sunset Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Naim Mayer
Seller: Alicia L. Boyer
Date: 07/07/15

10 Sycamore Knolls
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Jennifer L. Lachapelle
Seller: Jason M. Clifford
Date: 06/30/15

SOUTHAMPTON

Bissonnette Circle #28A
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Florida Corp.
Seller: Joseph C. Sampson
Date: 07/09/15

32 Bissonnette Circle
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $451,500
Buyer: Kelly A. Winkler
Seller: Florida Corp.
Date: 06/30/15

10 Nicholas Lane
Southampton, MA 01085
Amount: $167,000
Buyer: Marta Golasinski
Seller: W. Marek Inc.
Date: 07/07/15

201 Pomeroy Meadow Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Lise M. Lemeland
Seller: Jeffrey S. Smith
Date: 07/06/15

WARE

38 Coffey Hill Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $264,000
Buyer: Stephen J. Orszulak
Seller: Garretson FT
Date: 06/30/15

142 Eagle St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Gerald F. Skaza
Seller: Joseph F. Kelley
Date: 07/02/15

19 Malboeuf Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Jessica A. Pajonk
Seller: Quink, Paul J., (Estate)
Date: 06/29/15

239 Monson Turnpike Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Jeffrey A. Bressette
Seller: Peter M. Faria
Date: 07/09/15

204 Upper Church St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Paul R. Richard
Seller: Louis J. Albano
Date: 07/08/15

WESTHAMPTON

52 Chesterfield Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $358,500
Buyer: Katharine P. Nelson
Seller: Celia M. Jeffries
Date: 07/09/15

179 Easthampton Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $610,000
Buyer: Nabil A. Hannoush
Seller: Karen S. Alexander
Date: 06/30/15

18 Hathaway Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $305,000
Buyer: Suzanne M. Krafft
Seller: Frederick W. Krafft
Date: 07/09/15

WILLIAMSBURG

11 Cole Road
Williamsburg, MA 01039
Amount: $417,000
Buyer: Virginia D. Golay
Seller: Schweickhard E. Goeler
Date: 07/07/15

25-1/2 Hyde Hill Road
Williamsburg, MA 01096
Amount: $422,500
Buyer: Michael A. Henson
Seller: Meghann L. Parkinson
Date: 07/01/15

46 Hyde Hill Road
Williamsburg, MA 01096
Amount: $260,925
Buyer: Thomas A. Raschi
Seller: US Bank
Date: 07/10/15

86 South St.
Williamsburg, MA 01096
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Brian R. McGill
Seller: Mary W. Foster IRT
Date: 07/09/15

Sections Travel and Tourism

Fair Forecast

Big E Crowd

Since taking over as CEO of the Eastern States Exposition in 2012, Gene Cassidy has overseen record-setting attendance during the 17-day Big E fair and a robust series of year-round events that, together, generate nearly a half-billion dollars in economic impact. But that success is no fluke; it’s a result of year-round work and the ability to plan years down the road. That road will soon bring several challenges, from increased competition for dollars (notably from a Springfield casino) to a very worrisome highway reconstruction. But with a century of history behind it, the Big E seems poised for a promising future.

Gene Cassidy buys groceries just like everyone else, but he doesn’t look forward to it.

“I’ve said this before: There are very few places to work, places you can establish yourself as a professional, where your patrons look forward to supporting you,” said Cassidy, CEO of the Eastern States Exposition (ESE). “Don D’Amour [CEO of Big Y] is a good friend of mine, but, as much as I like Don, I hate grocery shopping. But people want to come to the fair. So we have to work 24/7/365 to make sure this stays relevant in people’s minds and they come to support us.”

That year-round effort — which is intensifying this month as the Big E, the ESE’s flagship, 17-day agricultural fair, prepares to open on Sept. 18 — has resulted in record-setting attendance figures every year since Cassidy, who has been with Eastern States since 1993, took the reins from Wayne McCary in 2012.

Gene Cassidy

Gene Cassidy says record-setting attendance for the past three fairs is a result of year-round planning.

“Obviously, our goal is to set records,” he said. “We want to create an event that people want to be a part of, and we really operate 365 days a year with that in mind. We want people to buy into the whole product that is the Eastern States Exposition.”

And they do, he continued. But it’s fun with a purpose.

“We’re geared toward families and geared toward fun, but we have a mission,” Cassidy told BusinessWest. “We are stewards of a nonprofit organization that’s charged with the promotion of agriculture and industry for the six New England states.”

Cassidy reveres the fair’s founder, Joshua L. Brooks, an industrialist so concerned that agriculture was losing ground in New England at the turn of the last century — with so much being produced out of the Midwest and South Central states — that he persuaded the National Dairy Show to move its annual event from Chicago to West Springfield in 1916, christening the new event the Eastern States Agricultural and Industrial Exposition.

“That name was so cumbersome that, in 1923, Mr. Brooks shortened it to Eastern States Exposition,” Cassidy said. “But he was an industrialist; he wanted to make sure we pay attention to industry in our region, and that’s something that’s easily lost in translation to the average fair patron. Even residents of West Springfield may not associate Eastern States with industry, but we play a significant role in supporting educational endeavors to that end.”

As treasurer of the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County (REB), Cassidy has long been involved in efforts to meet the workforce needs of area industries by supporting education and training programs. “We need to make sure we have the resources to keep building a workforce for the future.”

He noted that trades aren’t taught in high schools like they were 25 years ago, having been replaced by an emphasis on preparing students for a liberal-arts education in college, and that shift has contributed to a skills gap area companies grapple with today.

From Maine lobster to Rhode Island chowder

From Maine lobster to Rhode Island chowder to anything that can possibly be deep-fried, the Big E offers food for every taste.From Maine lobster to Rhode Island chowder

“The machine-tool industry will need 44,000 more people in the next 10 years, and at the rate we’re educating these kids, we can only produce half that number,” he said. “We have to change the way we’re doing things today if we want to keep these core industries relevant in our economy. Otherwise, those companies will move somewhere else.”

The Big E has long played a role in raising awareness of industry in the region, but that has become an increasingly difficult task.

“We’ve struggled with that,” Cassidy said. “There was a time at the fair when there were more elements of industry; we had big trucks and combines, machine-tooling equipment on display. In this age, there are now trade shows that satisfy those specific markets, and they advertise on the Internet.”

Years ago, he explained, companies like Westinghouse and General Electric would introduce new products at the Big E, and Nash Motors would put brand-new models on display. “In this contemporary age, fairs don’t fill that need anymore; there are other means by which companies communicate with customers.”

To fill that gap, Cassidy and his team bring as many niche trade shows as possible to the fairgrounds throughout the year, but the Big E itself has had to evolve past its industry-centric roots. No worries, though — there’s still plenty on tap.

Farm System

Agriculture, for instance.

“The lion’s share of our revenue goes to supporting best practices in agriculture production,” Cassidy told BusinessWest, and it’s an effort that extends throughout the year.

“Because of the way agriculture has changed over the past 100 years, our reach goes way beyond New England,” he added. “Last week, we had a youth sheep show that attracted people from 20 states, including Michigan, Missouri, and Oklahoma.

“Our agriculture schedule takes place all year,” he went on. “Obviously, it’s very important for us, as it was to our founder. We play a material role in subsidizing the horse-show industry. Two of the oldest horse shows in the country are produced during our fair. It’s historically important — a part of our DNA.”

But Cassidy admitted that plenty of people attend the Big E for the wide array of food.

“We’re always searching for new food products, and that search goes on every day,” he said, noting that the recent food-truck festival held on the fairgrounds — which featured 41 trucks and attracted almost 30,000 attendees, double the expected turnout — reflects how important food offerings are to the success of the fair. “And nowadays, the food trailers have incredible technology; they can cook virtually anything.”

Still, he added, “it’s not easy to get into the Big E. We’re very, very concerned about people’s health. We work very closely with the town of West Springfield’s health inspector, and we also have an independent health inspector on our own payroll to make sure the food products are second to none,” he said, noting that, for example, all frying oil must be changed daily, where restaurants might reuse a batch for two or three days.

In a time when an incident can spread across social media with viral speed, the Big E takes its reputation seriously.

“Food safety is extremely important to all of us,” he added. “All you need is one person to get sick, and that’s the end of you. You’ve got to be diligent with refrigeration. It’s not inexpensive to be a food purveyor on the fairgrounds because we insist on high standards.”

The animal shows and competitions also feature much more behind the scenes than patrons realize, he added.

“We have very high ethical standards on our agricultural programming; in fact, the code of ethics at Eastern States has been copied by other agricultural entities across the country. If you’re competing at that level, people will drug their cattle, so we have to do a lot of animal testing. Just like with steroids in baseball, we make sure they’re not chemically tampered with.

“We take that stuff seriously,” he went on. “Just this week, the headlines in the agriculture industry were that all the people showing cattle at the Indiana State Fair last year were stripped of their ribbons after it was determined there was some drugging going on. We wouldn’t want our cattle show to be compromised. That’s our frontline reputation, same as if someone got sick with salmonella at a food stand.”

This year has brought another threat — breakouts of avian flu, which is lethal to poultry.

“The avian flu is a big issue for us. That’s why this is the first year in maybe 60 years we won’t have a chick hatchery,” Cassidy explained. “We just can’t take a chance of contributing to the spread. It doesn’t harm humans, but we don’t want to take any chance of spreading avain flu to other birds.

“People won’t like that,” he said regarding the hatchery closing. “They do look forward to it. But we’ll have an exhibit about poultry, educating people about avian flu.”

Music, Music, Music

Musical entertainment has been a staple of the Big E for generations. But every year, Cassidy noted, it has become more expensive to book top acts, so several years ago, the Big E started charging for a top musical act or two while charging fair attendees nothing for the rest.

The midway lined with carnival rides

The midway lined with carnival rides is typically a big hit with the younger set at the Big E.

“You have to budget for a profit so you can pay your bills, but you have to invest in your product so people can enjoy their experience. We give away a lot of entertainment, so that everyone can participate at no extra cost,” he said, noting that this year’s live concerts include Kansas, Ace Frehley, Bridgit Mendler, the Charlie Daniels Band, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Anita Ward, and about a dozen more, including a visit from DJ Paris Hilton, who, it turns out, enjoys spinning records when she’s not earning tens of millions annually in the fashion world.

“Now, as we speak, in the early weeks of August, we’re really focused on 2016,” Cassidy said, adding that John Juliano, the Big E’s long-time special-events director, is already working on securing entertainment contracts for next fall. “He’s constantly building his contact network so we’re able to attract good-quality talent. So much of our ability to promote ourselves is connected to these big names.”

He added that the Big E has a strong reputation in the entertainment industry for managing talent, which is critical. “We make it so these people have a great experience here, so we can attract the next batch. And we have to be really good at it, because we’re competing in a very difficult marketplace.”

It’s a constant battle, he went on. “Within three days of the fair closing down, John is in Nashville, meeting with talent agents, and the management team from Eastern States will be fully engaged, out at national conventions, looking for exhibitors and vendors. It’s a lot of fun, but it’s a lot of work. You have to get 2016 booked up; if you don’t have everyone lined up by May 1, you’re in trouble.”

There’s plenty at stake when planning a successful fair, he noted. According to a report the ESE produced last year, the 17-day Big E, plus all the other events that take place on the fairgrounds each year — which feature exhibitions for animal lovers, car enthusiasts, gun owners, campers, and dozens of other groups — benefit the region with an annual economic impact of $479 million.

The tax revenues alone include $3 million in income tax, $1.4 million in sales tax, $427,000 in hotel tax, and $3.3 million in food and beverage tax. More significantly, events generate $299 million in gross regional product and account for 3,000 jobs in Hampden County that generate $91.9 million in personal income. The exposition’s impact on the rest of New England and New York include 2,000 jobs generating $134 million in personal income. In all, 2.5 million visitors stop by the fairgrounds each year, well over 1 million for the Big E alone.

“A lot of my time is dedicated to discovering more non-fair events, trying to draw people to the region year-round with trade shows and other stuff,” he said. “It’s a means by which to promote the region, get more people here to our hotels, drive people to our airports, and create a mechanism for commerce.”

Home Stretch

Of course, most of the staff’s attention is acutely tuned to the Big E — everything from the big picture to the smallest details.

“We’re making sure the fairgrounds are tuned up,” Cassidy said. “Everything has to be tested — door locks, fire suppression, make sure the drains are clear. We do a lot of maintenance during the year, but this is the time everything gets tested.

“If we didn’t start setting up the fair until very late, we’d have way too many people working way too many hours, and mistakes would happen,” he added. “So, right now, we’re a steam locomotive going downhill.”

That preparation mingles with a healthy dose of hope — mostly for favorable weather, as a weekend of steady rain can wreak havoc with revenues. But weather isn’t the only challenge. As Cassidy mentioned, the entertainment market has been crowded in recent decades by the two Connecticut casinos (and more to come in Massachusetts, including MGM Springfield right across the river in 2017), civic centers, and other venues.

showcase for local talent from schools and clubs

The annual fair also provides a showcase for local talent from schools and clubs.

“The addition of the [Springfield] casino is terrific in terms of a rising tide lifting all boats,” he told BusinessWest. “I’m looking forward to a time when we can help them with promotion and some talent, and maybe they would be interested in helping us as well. Working in unison, they can benefit from the traffic we drive to them, and people experiencing their facility for the first time may learn about the existence of the Eastern States Exposition.”

That casino might not open until 2018, however, thanks to a major highway reconstruction project that will shut down a portion of I-91 in downtown Springfield for more than two years.

“The highway job scares the hell out of me; it really, really does,” Cassidy said. “This could extend beyond two fairs, and it’s something we have very serious concerns about. Frankly, everyone in the region who is in business needs their awareness raised about this. Once it’s done, it will be a marvelous thing, a terrific improvement. But between now and then, it’s going to tax businesses — and the ability of facilities such as ours to attract people.”

But, when it comes to such challenges, he’s accustomed to planning ahead, because that’s how a century-old institution remains vital in the public’s mind.

“In a 100-year-old organization, I have to be thinking 25 years out,” he said. “This place has got to be as relevant in 2040 as it is in 2015. Mr. Brooks, when he conceived of this place, he was thinking way into the future.”

The fairgrounds have seen plenty of change; Cassidy recalled how the site was once an ice-hockey mecca before the rink was eliminated in 1992. And he showed BusinessWest detailed plans for how the Big E grounds might have been used for several Olympic events in 2024, including cycling and cross-country — plans that are now defunct, obviously, since Boston is no longer competing to host those Games. But the effort demonstrates how Eastern States Exposition leaders need to think outside the box to remain relevant in the next 100 years.

“We have a responsibility to families to maintain ourselves as a place that provides a family environment an outlet for socializing and learning about agriculture and industry, and I think those things won’t change; those are staples of American society,” he said. “There’s a sense of community at Eastern States, and fewer and fewer places have that sense.”


Joseph Bednar can be reached at [email protected]

Briefcase Departments

State Economy Expands Robustly in Q2, UMass Journal Reports

AMHERST — Massachusetts real gross domestic product grew at an estimated annual rate of 5.4% in the second quarter of 2015 according to the MassBenchmarks Current Economic Index, released today by MassBenchmarks, the journal of the Massachusetts economy published by the UMass Donahue Institute in collaboration with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. U.S. real gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 2.3%, according to the advance estimate of the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Based on the latest available information, it’s estimated that, in the first quarter of 2015, the state economy expanded at a 2.1% annualized rate while the nation grew at a 0.6% annualized rate. In the second quarter, the state’s economy rebounded strongly from the weather-induced slowdown of the first quarter, with robust growth in employment and spending. Massachusetts payroll employment expanded at a 3.1% annual rate in the second quarter, nearly twice as fast as in the first quarter, when employment grew at a 1.7% annualized rate. Nationally, payroll employment grew at a 1.7% annual rate in the second quarter, down from 2.2% in the first quarter. The state’s unemployment rate fell from 4.8% in March to 4.6% in June, while the U.S. unemployment rate fell from 5.5% to 5.3% during the same period. The state’s unemployment rate has reached pre-recession levels. “The rising tide appears to finally be lifting the boats of the long-term unemployed, even though conditions for these workers remain difficult,” noted Dr. Alan Clayton-Matthews, MassBenchmarks senior contributing editor and associate professor of Economics and Public Policy at Northeastern University, who compiles and analyzes the Current and Leading Indexes. The broader U-6 measure of unemployment, which includes part-time workers who want full-time work and those who are unemployed but marginally attached to the labor force, declined significantly in the second quarter. “For the 12-month period ending in June, the Massachusetts U-6 rate fell to 10.4%, a 0.6-percentage-point drop from the 12-month period ending in March,” he noted. “In June, Current Population Survey-based estimates put the Massachusetts U-6 rate at 9.7%. The corresponding U.S. rate in June was 10.5%.” Massachusetts income and spending growth was also very strong in the second quarter. Based on withholding tax revenues, state wage and salary income in the second quarter grew at a 4.8% annual rate, following growth of 4.8% in the first quarter. Consumer and business spending on goods subject to the state’s regular sales and motor-vehicle sales tax increased dramatically in the aftermath of the snowiest winter on record. In the second quarter, spending grew at a whopping 19.3% annual rate, following 1.8% growth in the first quarter. The ability and willingness of households and businesses to spend reflects the underlying strength of the state economy and bodes well for future growth, the report asserts. The MassBenchmarks Leading Economic Index for June is 4.8%, and the three-month average for April through June is 5.0%. The leading index is a forecast of the growth in the current index over the next six months, expressed as an annual rate. Thus, it indicates that the economy is expected to grow at an annualized rate of 4.8% over the next six months (through December 2015), suggesting that the state’s solid economic performance will continue through the rest of the year. It is projecting real state gross-product growth of 5.1% in the third quarter and 4.8% in the fourth quarter. However, while the state economy appears to be in the midst of a solid economic expansion that positions the Commonwealth for solid future growth, risks to the outlook remain. Weak international economic conditions and geopolitical uncertainty continue to weigh heavily on the economic outlook for Massachusetts and the nation. The strong dollar, combined with sluggish growth in Europe and slowing growth in China, has had a significant impact on state and national exports. For the first five months of this year, Massachusetts merchandise exports are down 14.0% as compared to the first five months of 2014, while U.S. merchandise exports are down 5.2% during the same time period.

Markey, Delegation Call for Greater Access to Opioid Overdose Prevention Treatment

WASHINGTON — In a letter sent Wednesday to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and eight members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation called on the agency to take action to support broader access to the opioid-overdose-prevention treatment naloxone. There has been much documented success preventing fatalities with the use of naloxone by medical professionals and first responders, and there has been a recent movement to expand access to the overdose treatment for use by trained community and family members, who are most likely to be present during an opioid overdose. More than 1,000 people died of an opioid overdose last year in Massachusetts. The Mass. Department of Public Health (MDPH), which collects rescue reports on episodes where non-medical bystanders and community members use naloxone supplied by MDPH, has documented 5,000 rescues, with more than 1,000 of them reported in 2015 so far. Joining Markey on the letter are U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Reps. Michael Capuano, Katherine Clark, Jim McGovern, Seth Moulton, William Keating, Joe Kennedy, and Richard Neal. “The routine practice of distributing naloxone or co-prescribing naloxone with prescriptions for opioid painkillers may help to get naloxone into households that may otherwise not have easy access to this life-saving antidote,” write the lawmakers in the letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell. “Thousands of Americans who are currently taking prescription opioid painkillers, whether legitimately for the treatment of pain or illicitly without doctor supervision, could potentially be saved from accidental overdose by having wider access to naloxone.” In the letter, the lawmakers call on HHS to explore issuing recommendations that could be used to institute best practices for co-prescribing naloxone with opioid painkillers and examine establishing demonstration programs, encouraging federally funded health centers to adopt policies for co-prescribing, and reducing payment barriers for naloxone coverage and reimbursement.

Home Sales Rise in June in Pioneer Valley

SPRINGFIELD — The Realtor Assoc. of Pioneer Valley reported that single-family home sales in June were up 4.9% compared to the same time last year. The median price, meanwhile, dropped 1.5%, from $204,000 last year at this time to $201,000 this year, as first-time buyers continue to come into the market. The association reported that, across the Pioneer Valley, sales in June 2015 totaled 552, compared to 526 a year ago. In Hampden County, sales were up 11.4% over the same month last year (370 in 2015 and 332 in 2014), with the median price down 2.2%. In Hampshire County, meanwhile, sales remained the same (135 both years), with the median price down 4.6%. In Franklin County, though, sales were down 22% (42 in 2015 and 54 in 2014), and median prices were up 8.8%.

Unemployment Rates Rise in Most Areas

BOSTON — The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD) reported that seasonally unadjusted unemployment rates went down in two areas during the month of June and increased in 22 areas in the state. According to data from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor and Statistics, Nantucket and Vineyard Haven were the two areas where unadjusted unemployment rates dropped in June. Eleven of the 15 areas for which job estimates are published recorded seasonal job gains in June, with the largest gains in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, Barnstable, Framingham, Pittsfield, and Lawrence-Methuen, as well as Salem, N.H. Compared to June 2014, unemployment rates are down in all labor markets measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The EOLWD also reported the statewide seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 4.6% for the second consecutive month. The unemployment rate is down 1.1% over the year. The statewide seasonally adjusted jobs estimate showed a 10,500-job gain in June and an over-the-year gain of 72,700 jobs.

Company Notebook Departments

Westfield Financial Posts Solid Second Quarter

WESTFIELD — Westfield Financial Inc., the holding company for Westfield Bank, reported net income of $1.4 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, compared to $1.3 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2014. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, net income was $2.7 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, compared to $3.0 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, for the same period in 2014. Among other selected financial highlights for second quarter of 2015:
• Total loans increased $73.3 million, or 10.7%, to $759.4 million at June 30, 2015 compared to $686.1 million at June 30, 2014. This was primarily due to increases in residential loans of $47.3 million, commercial and industrial loans of $23.4 million, and commercial real-estate loans of $2.1 million.
• Securities increased $20.7 million, or 4.2%, to $516.7 million at June 30, 2015, compared to $496.0 million at June 30, 2014. On a sequential-quarter basis, securities were relatively flat at June 30, 2015, compared to $515.2 million at March 31, 2015.
• Net interest and dividend income increased $78,000 to $7.8 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 compared to $7.7 million for the comparable 2014 period. On a sequential-quarter basis, net interest and dividend income increased $189,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, compared to the quarter ended March 31, 2015.
• The bank prepaid $10 million in Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings with a weighted average rate of 2.77% and incurred a pre-payment expense of $278,000 in the second quarter of 2015 in order to eliminate a higher-cost liability. Net gains on the sales of securities of $276,000 were used to partially offset the pre-payment expense.
• Non-interest expense increased $334,000 to $6.9 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 compared to the second quarter of 2014. On a sequential-quarter basis, non-interest expense increased by $154,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, compared to $6.7 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. The efficiency ratio, excluding non-core items, was 76.1% for the second quarter of 2015, compared to 78.1% for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.
“Over the past twelve months, we have seen significant momentum in our efforts to grow both the loan portfolio and our deposit base. With loans increasing 10.7% year over year, we are demonstrating our commitment to growing our core customer franchise,” said President and CEO James Hagan. “We are also pleased to announce that Christopher Fager, assistant vice president, Commercial Lending, has recently joined Westfield Bank’s commercial team. Christopher brings more than six years of banking experience and is based in our commercial-lending office in downtown Springfield, which was established in August 2014.” Finally, Hagan noted, “we continue to see success in Westfield Bank’s recent market expansion into Northern Connecticut. Our two Connecticut offices now have over $36.6 million in deposits. The Granby, Connecticut office has been open just over two years, and Enfield, Connecticut opened in November 2014. The customer base in the Connecticut market is very receptive to our brand of banking, and our objective is to continue to develop loan and deposit relationships.”

Fallon Health Expands Services in Region

WORCESTER — Fallon Health, a not-for-profit healthcare-services organization, announced it is strengthening its commitment to the people it serves in Western Mass. Members of its NaviCare program — a Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plan and Senior Care Options program — now have access to Baycare Health Partners, a physician-hospital organization serving five Baystate Health hospitals and more than 200 medical practices in the Pioneer Valley. Fallon members enrolled in the plan’s NaviCare program are able to access Baycare’s participating facilities and physicians including Baystate Medical Center, Baystate Mary Lane Hospital, Baystate Franklin Medical Center, Baystate Noble Hospital, and Baystate Wing Hospital. “Fallon has a high regard for Baycare Health Partners’ commitment to improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and sustainability of healthcare in the community,” said Patrick Hughes, president and CEO of Fallon Health. “We’re pleased to partner with them to increase accessibility to high-quality healthcare for one of the most vulnerable populations we serve — frail elders with complex care needs.” NaviCare is a unique product for adults age 65 and over. It combines in one package all Medicare and Medicaid benefits, plus additional benefits and services designed to promote independence and quality of life. NaviCare is available to those ages 65 and over who are enrolled in MassHealth Standard. For those who qualify, NaviCare is available at a $0 premium with $0 co-payments. All healthcare is coordinated by a team of doctors, specialists, nurses, and social workers who develop a plan of care specific to each member. “For more than 25 years, Fallon has remained committed to helping older adults with complex care needs to live as independently as possible in the communities in which they are comfortable,” said Richard Burke, president of Senior Care Services and Government Programs. “Each time we expand our NaviCare network, we’re able to provide more options that can have a positive impact on the health and well-being of older adults and their families.” In addition to NaviCare, Fallon offers other products and programs for Medicare beneficiaries in Western Mass. and throughout the state, including a variety of plan choices for its Medicare Advantage product, called Fallon Senior Plan. Fallon also offers a Program of all-inclusive care for the elderly, called Summit ElderCare.

BCC, Elms Create Unique Weekend Program

Berkshire Community College (BCC) and Elms College in Chicopee have signed a memorandum of understanding allowing qualified BCC human services graduates, as well as graduates with associate degrees from other accredited institutions, to complete Elms College’s bachelor’s-degree program in social work at BCC’s main campus on West Street in Pittsfield. BCC President Ellen Kennedy and Elms College President Mary Reap originally signed an agreement regarding the off-campus program for social work in May 2013. Classes previously offered in Lee will shift to BCC’s main campus starting next month. Students will work with BCC advisors as they complete their associate degrees at BCC and then with Elms advisors as they transition into the bachelor’s-degree completion programs. “We know that students are the most successful when they have the flexibility to balance studies with work and personal commitments,” Kennedy said. “Having top-notch educators from Elms College at our campus offering weekend classes will most certainly benefit students interested in earning a bachelor’s degree in social work close to home.” Added Reap, “social work is a growing, vitally important field with expanding job opportunities for Western Massachusetts. We’re pleased to partner with Berkshire Community College to set students on the path to bachelor’s degrees leading to rewarding careers, empowering them to change lives for the better in the Berkshire community.” In addition to social work, Elms will also offer two online degree-completion programs as part of the memorandum of understanding, including a bachelor’s degree in speech language pathology assistant and a bachelor’s degree in healthcare management. Classes taught by Elms College faculty will be held at BCC on Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1 to 5 p.m. Students who complete coursework in 10 eight-week sessions over a 20-month period will be awarded a bachelor of science degree in social work. Two cohorts, consisting of new and returning students, will begin classes Aug. 29. To qualify for transfer to Elms or enrollment into the off-campus program, BCC students must have earned an associate degree and have a minimum grade-point average of 2.5. The two institutions originally signed an articulation agreement for social work majors in 2004. The first off-campus social work cohort launched in August 2013 and graduated this past May. BCC currently has approximately 50 transfer-articulation agreements with colleges and universities throughout the country, including Clarkson University, Colorado State University, Union College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Russell Sage College, Southern Vermont College, the University at Albany, the College of Saint Rose, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. BCC also has MassTransfer agreements with all Massachusetts state colleges and universities, including UMass Amherst and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. In addition to BCC, Elms College has a number off-campus agreements with institutions — including Greenfield Community College, Holyoke Community College, Mount Wachusett Community College, Quinsigamond Community College, and Springfield Technical Community College — in dozens of programs, including early care and education, management and marketing, social work, nursing, accounting, and psychology. For more information about BCC’s human-services program, visit www.berkshirecc.edu/humanservices or e-mail Audrey Ringer at [email protected]. For information about Elms College’s social work program, e-mail Maureen Holland at [email protected]. For information about Elms College’s social work degree-completion program, contact Wanda Banks at [email protected] or (413) 313-4287.

Baystate Noble Cited for Financial Improvement

WESTFIELD — Baystate Noble Hospital recently accepted the 2014 Financial Improvement Performance award at the 2015 MedAssets Healthcare Business Summit. Every year, this award is presented to a healthcare organization that achieved significant financial improvement and realized substantial cash acceleration in 2014. MedAssets is a performance-improving company that focuses on helping providers understand financial and operational gains so they can effectively serve the needs of their community. Its main focus is the healthcare industry and its core values include compassion, character, confidence, and commitment. MedAssets values people who are committed to supporting their clients in upholding their cherished healthcare missions. They have a passion to improve healthcare and find it essential to value relationships with organizations such as Baystate Noble Hospital. “This award helps to validate all the hard work we have put into it and that we are on the right track,” said Cristina Fialho, revenue coordinator at Baystate Noble Hospital.

PVRR Among Railroads to Receive Grants

WESTFIELD — MassDOT recently announced the awarding of five grants totaling more than $2 million for industrial rail projects as part of the 2015 Industrial Rail Access Program (IRAP). Among the grants awarded is $175,045 to Pioneer Valley Railroad for installation of new rail siding at Railroad Distribution Services facility in Westfield. The IRAP funding for the five projects is being matched by more than $1.7 million in private-sector funds for a total $3.7 million investment in freight-rail improvements in the third year of the IRAP program. Created as part of the 2012 Transportation Bond Bill, IRAP provides grants to railroads, rail shippers, and municipalities that identify a public benefit gained through improved rail transportation usage or economic growth that would be realized through improved access to rail assets. The five 2015 IRAP recipients represent a variety of projects meeting the program objective of improving the rail network while boosting economic growth.

Departments People on the Move

Local news hires, promotions, awards, and appointments August 10, 2015

Kathy Tobin

Kathy Tobin

The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts announced the appointment of Kathy Tobin as its new director of Development and Marketing. In this role, she will oversee all fund-raising and marketing activities for the Food Bank, including special events, individual donor cultivation, communications, corporate relations, grants, and education outreach. She will assume her position on Aug. 31. “We’re very excited to have Kathy joining our organization,” said Food Bank Executive Director Andrew Morehouse. “She brings with her a breadth of knowledge and experience from her current role at Friends of the Homeless in Springfield — a member agency that receives food from us — as well as her career in media.  We are confident that her proven track record for leadership and creativity will be a tremendous asset in forwarding the mission of the Food Bank.” Since 2009, Tobin has served as the director of Program Development for Friends of the Homeless, where she increased visibility for the nonprofit and helped more community partners learn about the critical role it plays in meeting the needs of homeless in the region. Under her direction, it established a formalized annual appeal, expanded corporate outreach, coordinated volunteer engagement, and held an annual donor event. In addition, she oversaw the establishment of the Friends of the Homeless Store, providing people with access to free personal-care items and clothing. Tobin will continue in her current position at Friends of the Homeless through the end of August. “Her talents will certainly be missed,” said Bill Miller, executive director of Friends of the Homeless. “I know I speak for our board, our staff, and our clients in acknowledging her efforts to initiate and sustain a development program for the organization. We will build upon the foundation Kathy helped us establish as we expand the support required to meet the needs of our homeless population.” Moving forward, Friends of the Homeless will be seeking someone to assume the responsibility of development and community outreach and will formalize a search process to identify someone who can continue to build on its established programs, Miller said. Prior to joining Friends of the Homeless, Tobin enjoyed a 30-year career as a television news journalist with WGGB ABC40 in Springfield, where she was honored with a number of awards for news coverage, including the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award. Among the many issues she covered during her television career were the plight of area homeless and the community campaign and planning which led to the development and construction of the Friends of the Homeless Resource Center on the organization’s Worthington Street campus. Tobin is also involved with a number of community organizations. She serves as a trustee for Elms College in Chicopee, a director of Spirit of Springfield, a director of the Women’s Commission in Springfield, and a scholarship committee member for the Valley Press Club.

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Cristina Perez

Cristina Perez

Tighe & Bond, an environmental engineering and consulting firm, recently hired Cristina Perez to lead and expand its asset-management services for the firm’s clients. A civil and environmental engineer with more than 15 years of consulting experience, she has more than nine years of experience with infrastructure asset management, capital-improvement planning, and geographic information systems (GIS). Perez will work primarily out of Tighe & Bond’s new Westwood, Mass. office. Perez has consulted with numerous public and private clients on asset-management, GIS, facilities-management, pavement-management, sustainability, and climate-change projects. She leverages her background in civil engineering for designing and architecting targeted asset-management solutions for her clients. “We are happy to welcome Cris to our growing team of experts,” said David Pinsky, president and CEO of Tighe & Bond. “Her expertise will benefit our communities and clients greatly as they become increasingly focused on asset management to prioritize and properly budget improvements within the constraints of limited funding.” Perez earned her master’s degree in civil and environmental engineering from Tufts University. She received her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain.

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Robert Accorsi

Robert Accorsi

Springfield College has named Robert Accorsi its faculty athletic representative to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Appointed by Springfield College President Mary-Beth Cooper, Accorsi is currently an associate professor of Sport Management and Recreation at the College. He succeeds immediate past Dean and Associate Professor of Exercise Science and Sports Studies Charles Redmond, who retired following this past academic year. As faculty athletic representative, Accorsi will represent the college to the NCAA, the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference, the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference, and all other athletic conferences and associations. Accorsi will oversee that academic integrity, institutional control of intercollegiate athletics, and enhancement of student-athletes’ experience are college priorities. Accorsi will also advise the college president, director of athletics, faculty, students, and other constituencies on intercollegiate athletics. Additionally, he will monitor student-athletes’ eligibility, academic progress, and graduation rates, and support their nominations for various awards. Student-athletes may discuss any aspect of their student-athlete experience with him, and he will consult with NCAA legislative services for interpretations. “I am delighted that Bob has agreed to serve in this critical position for the college. His deep understanding of sport and the needs of our student-athletes make him a perfect fit for assuming this leadership role,” Cooper said. “I look forward to working with him in this capacity. He is more than qualified to represent and advise Springfield College on intercollegiate athletics.”

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Doreen Fadus

Doreen Fadus

Doreen Fadus, executive director of Community Benefit and Health at Mercy Medical Center, has been tapped to serve as president of the board for the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, a network of more than 10,000 doctors, nurses, social workers, patients, and advocates who work to eliminate homelessness by ensuring comprehensive healthcare and secure housing for all. In this role, Fadus serves as the council’s lead representative on the national stage for advocacy issues such as the Accountable Care Act, Medicaid reimbursements, and housing and health collaboration. “Doreen personifies our mission to serve as a transforming, healing presence. She is a tremendous advocate for the local homeless community, and her selection to this national position will allow her dedication and talent to benefit a greater number of individuals,” said Yvonne Boudreau, senior vice president of Mission Services for the Sisters of Providence Health System. As Mercy’s executive director of Community Benefit and Health, Fadus oversees the hospital’s community health programs, including Health Care for the Homeless, which works in partnership with the city of Springfield and Open Pantry to provide primary-care services at 23 homeless shelters, soup kitchens, job-placement sites, and transitional programs. These services are delivered to more than 2,200 people each year in Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties. She also oversees Mercy’s Vietnamese Health Project, Faith Community Nursing, High End Utilizer Program, and Community Benefit. Fadus began her career at Mercy Medical Center as director of Health Care for the Homeless in 2001, and she has an extensive background in community service. She currently serves as co-chair of the Western Mass. Network to End Homelessness; an advisory board member of the Hampden County Continuum of Care Board, the Catholic Charities Diocesan Board, and the Western Mass. Task Force on Homelessness; and a member of the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County. The founder and past president of Dress for Success Western Massachusetts, Fadus also serves on the board of Friends of the Homeless. “The National Health Care for the Homeless Council works with government agencies and private institutions to foster collaboration on the varied and complex problems associated with homelessness,” said Fadus. “These remarkable individuals have dedicated their lives to this important cause, and it is an honor to serve as their leader.”

Agenda Departments

Valley Fest

Aug. 29: White Lion Brewing Co. announced that it will host its inaugural beer festival, called Valley Fest, at Court Square in downtown Springfield. MGM Springfield will be the presenting sponsor. The festival is poised to be White Lion’s signature annual event, introducing the young brand to craft-beer enthusiasts throughout New England and beyond. White Lion Brewing Co., the city of Springfield’s only brewery, launched in October 2014. Founder Ray Berry and brewmaster Mike Yates have released three selections under the White Lion brand and have been busy promoting their efforts in venues all over Massachusetts and other New England states. “Valley Fest will have the best of the best local, regional, and national beer and hard cider brands,” Berry said. “Even in our inaugural year, Valley Fest will be the largest one-day beer festival in Western Massachusetts. We expect to draw up to 2,000 enthusiasts from throughout New England. We are very excited to showcase the fourth-largest city in New England and all of its amenities.” Berry anticipates that more than 50 breweries and several local food vendors will converge on Court Square for two sessions. Enthusiasts will have an opportunity to sample more than 100 varieties of beer and hard cider alongside pairing selections by local chefs. A portion of Valley Fest proceeds will support the American Cancer Society and Dakin Humane Society. For more information, visit www.valleybrewfest.com.

Williamstown Film Festival Presents Wind-Up Fest

Oct. 15-18: The annual Williamstown Film Festival (WFF), now in its 17th year, welcomes big changes with new faces, a new name, and new programming focus. Slated for Oct. 15-18, WFF Presents: Wind-Up Fest is a nonfiction festival with documentary film as its backbone. Other forms of nonfiction will be in conversation with documentaries, including long-form journalism, radio podcasts, photography, and social-practice art. The event’s new artistic director, Paul Sturtz, is also the co-director at the True/False Film Fest in Columbia, Mo., and its new managing director, Sandra Thomas, is the former executive director of Images Cinema in Williamstown. “Our aim is to provide a unique, distinctive event for North Adams and Williamstown while serving as a destination festival for lovers of nonfiction. We are living in a time when nonfiction storytelling is offering one of the most vital, urgent ways forward,” Sturtz said. The festival will be curated by Sturtz, who was selected (along with his True/False co-director David Wilson) as one of 40 people in the inaugural Indiewire Influencers list, described as “visionaries that are changing the course of film.” “I’m excited to work with Paul to make his creative vision a reality,” said Thomas. “Working in partnership with the community, engaging a broad audience, and strengthening the festival’s presence are all important elements of the fest.” With the addition of Sturtz and return of Thomas, the board of directors announced the retirement of festival Executive Director Steve Lawson. “It’s been an exhilarating ride, but after 15 seasons as executive director, I felt it was time to pass the torch,” said Lawson. “This seemed like the right moment to segue to new voices and directions. Paul and Sandra have exciting plans in store for the festival which promise to build on all that we’ve achieved so far. Here’s hoping the first 16 years of WFF will prove to be the prelude to a dazzling future.” The festival has offices in North Adams and Williamstown and can reached at [email protected] or (413) 458-9700.

Noble Ball

Oct. 17: Baystate Noble Hospital is preparing for the 51st Anniversary Noble Ball co-chaired by the Queenin family: Kevin, Barbara, Jay, Janine, Jon and Lisa. “Magic of Motown – Motor City Review” will take place the MassMutual Center in Springfield. More than 800 guests are expected to attend the black-tie event, which will feature live entertainment, silent and live auctions, formal dinner, cocktails, dancing, and more. Since the first ball in 1959, the Hospital has used this signature event to raise money for operating funds, building improvements, equipment purchases, and more. Proceeds from this year’s ball will be added to last year’s funds and used to enhance Baystate Noble’s entrance and reception area to provide updated ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) access. “Our goal is to make Baystate Noble easily accessible for all,” said Allison Gearing-Kalill, vice president of Community Development. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.baystatenoblehospital.org/ball or e-mail [email protected].

Western Mass. Business Expo

Nov. 4: Comcast Business will present the fifth annual Western Mass. Business Expo at the MassMutual Center in downtown Springfield, produced by BusinessWest and the Healthcare News in partnership with Go Graphix and Rider Productions. The business-to-business show will feature more than 100 booths, seminars and Show Floor Theater presentations, breakfast and lunch programs, and a day-capping Expo Social. Details about specific events, programs, and featured speakers will be printed in future issues of BusinessWest. Current sponsors include Comcast Business, presenting sponsor; the Isenberg School of Business at UMass Amherst, education sponsor; Johnson & Hill and Health New England, director level sponsors; and 94.7 WMAS, media sponsor. Additional sponsorship opportunities are available. Exhibitor spaces are also available; booth prices start at $750. For more information on sponsorships or booth purchase, call (413) 781-8600, ext. 100.

Court Dockets Departments

The following is a compilation of recent lawsuits involving area businesses and organizations. These are strictly allegations that have yet to be proven in a court of law. Readers are advised to contact the parties listed, or the court, for more information concerning the individual claims.

CHICOPEE DISTRICT COURT

James Sikora v. Leisure Getaways Inc. and Timeshare Trade-Ins, LLC
Allegation: Breach of timeshare sales contract: $15,175
Filed: 5/14/15

Merz Aesthetics Inc. v. Allure Med-Spa, LLC, f/d/b/a Devlin Dermal, LLC
Allegation: Non-payment of goods sold and delivered: $11,346.09
Filed: 5/26/15

The Law Offices of Michael D. Facchini v. Karyn Wesch and Premier Fighting Championship, LLC
Allegation: Breach of contract and failure to perform four MMA fights within an allotted timeframe: $2,000
Filed: 7/10/15

FRANKLIN SUPERIOR COURT

 
Donald Fugere v. Urban Power USA Inc. and Mark Maynard
Allegation: Breach of wind-turbine and installation agreement: $158,974.75
Filed: 6/23/15

HAMPDEN SUPERIOR COURT

Kamco Supply Corp. of New England v. Allen & Burke Construction, LLC and John Burke
Allegation: Non-payment of goods sold and delivered: $25,525.46
Filed: 7/10/15

Owen McLaughlin v. O’Donnell Paving & Landscaping Inc.
Allegation: Breach of contract for installation of asphalt driveway: $64,072.89
Filed: 6/30/15

PNC Equipment Finance, LLC v. Accountable Care Associates Inc.
Allegation: Non-payment of services, labor, and materials: $66,765.48
Filed: 7/15/15

SPRINGFIELD DISTRICT COURT

James A. McEwan v. Elmcrest Country Club
Allegation: Non-payment of legal services provided: $13,797.25
Filed: 6/4/15

Latasha Summers v. J.D. Byrider of Springfield
Allegation: Concealing and failing to disclose vehicle accident history: $5,328.24
Filed: 5/11/15

Western Mass. Electric Co. v. GEG Construction Inc.
Allegation: Negligent installation of drainage pipe causing damage: $16,509.50
Filed: 6/25/15

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Open for Business

MedExpressOpeningMedExpress Urgent Care opened a new office in Chicopee on July 14. The facility, located at 1505 Memorial Dr., offers a wide range of medical services, including X-rays, minor surgery, occupational health, physicals, immunizations, medical evaluations, and treatment of colds, flu, infections, breaks, sprains, cuts, allergic reactions, and other conditions. On hand for the ceremonial ribbon-cutting ceremonies were Chicopee Mayor Rich Kos and Greater Chicopee Chamber of Commerce Director Eileen Drumm (center); Elizabeth Toner, aide to state Sen. Jim Welch; Ernesto Cruz, aide to state Rep. Jose Tosado; and Richard Kosiaka from Citizens Bank, as well as a host of MedExpress employees, including Becca Deleporte, Viktoriya Gladysh, Angela Faulkner, Amy Biela, Ashleigh Ouimette, Mindi Richardson, Sandy Cyr, Zuleyka Dube, Kristine Laurin, Sarah Moses, Kristina Hawley, Ed Casaldi, and Dr. Dheeraj Taranath.

Banking on College Success

2015-CSB-ScholarshipThe Chicopee Savings Bank Charitable Foundation recently announced its ninth annual scholarship award program. This program replaced the Chicopee Savings Bank Medallion Scholarship Program, which was established in 1976 in conjunction with the nation’s bicentennial celebration. This year, the Chicopee Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Scholarship Program awarded seven scholarships, each in the amount of $3,000, to graduating seniors from high schools within the bank’s market area. Pictured here with William Wagner, president of Chicopee Savings Bank Charitable Foundation, at the presentation ceremonies on July 23 are, from left, Juliana Vadnais, Ware Junior/Senior High School; Emily Doiron, Chicopee Comprehensive High School; Taylor Guertin, South Hadley High School; Krystian Jurkowski, Chicopee High School; Samantha Cross, Cathedral High School; Emily Sevigne, Ludlow High School; and Mihaela Sousa, Ware Junior/Senior High School.

Daily News

NORTHAMPTON — Country Hyundai and Northampton Volkswagen recently provided a used vehicle to the Northampton Fire Department for rescue training.

Firefighters spend countless hours training and honing their skills to ensure they are prepared for any emergency. The vehicle will be put to work in upcoming training exercises in which firefighters will utilize their extrication equipment on the vehicles, also known as the Hurst Tool or the Jaws of Life.

“Ensuring firefighters have the latest training is critical to the safety of this community,” said Carla Cosenzi, president of Country Hyundai and Northampton Volkswagen, two dealerships in the TommyCar Auto Group chain. “We’re proud to be able to help in such a meaningful way, knowing so many people will ultimately benefit.”

Added Bill Schuetze, captain and training officer for the Northampton Fire Department, “we really want to thank Country Hyundai and Northampton Volkswagen for the generous contribution. We will get a lot of use out of this car to train our firefighters on rescue efforts.”

Country Hyundai and Northampton Volkswagen hope to have an ongoing relationship with the Northampton Fire Department and be able to offer more vehicles in the future.

Daily News

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Falcons President Sarah Pompea recently announced five front-office staff promotions.

The organization has promoted Chris Thompson to senior vice president, Cortney Hersom to vice president, Andy Zilch to manager of Communications/Broadcasting, Marija Ward to manager of Ticket Operations, and Luke Pawlak to manager of Game Operations/Creative Services.

Thompson will continue to oversee the team’s corporate sales with an expanded focus on driving ticket sales. In his new role, he will be working closely with Pompea in the day-to-day operations of the organization.

Hersom is currently responsible for all Falcons financials and human resources. In addition, she will take a stronger lead in the daily operations of the office.

Zilch, the Falcons’ play-by-play broadcaster, also has responsibilities in ticket and corporate sales. He will oversee the team’s communications and community-relations efforts and act as the primary media contact for the Falcons.

Ward oversees all aspects of the organization’s ticket operations and serves as the box-office liaison. She has been tasked with streamlining the ticket department, increasing efficiency, and enhancing the fan experience.

Pawlak spearheads all creative aspects for the organization and will also be able to utilize new technology this season to enhance the fan experience. He has cultivated a positive leadership role with the team’s game-night staff.

Daily News

EAST LONGMEADOW — HUB International New England, a division of HUB International Limited, a leading global insurance-brokerage, risk-advisory, and employee-benefits firm, announced that Cynthia Squires has joined HUB International New England as manager of Select Business for small to medium-sized business accounts in the Commercial Lines department.

Squires will be responsible for the day-to-day management and servicing of small-business accounts, providing oversight and direction to commercial-lines staff, leading quality-control and product-analysis processes, managing departmental retention and acquiring new-business goals, keeping abreast of the latest industry changes and trends, while providing the highest level of service standards and value to clients. She will be based in the East Longmeadow office.

Most recently, Cynthia served as a Commercial Lines account executive for Goss & McLain Insurance Agency, where she had worked for almost 30 years. She started her career in the Personal Lines department as a customer-service representative, then worked her way up the ranks to Personal Lines manager and Marketing manager. She then switched over to the Commercial Lines department, where she worked for five years on small and medium-sized accounts.

“HUB International New England is dedicated to building a team of experts with local market specialization and industry experience,” said Timm Marini, president of HUB International New England, formerly FieldEddy. “Cynthia brings a wealth of insurance knowledge with her, which will synergize well with our Commercial Lines team. Her extensive knowledge of the insurance industry and leadership skills will provide our clients with value-added solutions and innovative products that are specific to this market.”