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PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Bank announced the promotion of Mike Ferry to senior vice president, commercial regional president, for Berkshire County and Vermont.

Ferry brings more than 37 years of industry experience, 30 of which have been spent with Berkshire Bank. Leading the Berkshire and Vermont regions for the bank since 2012, his primary focus is commercial lending and ancillary products and services. He also serves as president of the Berkshire Bank Foundation.

“This regional president designation reflects the important leadership role Mike will play, not only for the commercial team, but for all of our businesses — including wealth, private banking, business banking, cash management, home lending, insurance, and retail banking in support of Berkshire’s focus on relationship banking,” said George Bacigalupo, executive vice president, commercial banking.

Ferry holds a bachelor’s degre from Saint Michaels College in Colchester, Vt. Dedicated to his community, he is currently a board member and Treasurer for Berkshire County ARC, board president of the Berkshire Housing Development Corporation & Berkshire Housing Services Inc., board member and chair of the finance committee for Berkshire United Way, committee member for the Dalton Development and Industrial Commission and a volunteer coach with the Special Olympics Massachusetts.

Departments Incorporations

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

GREAT BARRINGTON

Three Is a Charm Inc., 684 South Egremont Road, Great Barrington, MA 01230. Thomas William McCarthy, same. Bed and breakfast.

LONGMEADOW

Tim Tontonoz Memorial Foundation Inc., 5 Chatham Circle, East Longmeadow, MA 01028. Michael Slater, 156 Hopewell Road, South Glastonbury, CT 06073. Nonprofit which receives contributions and makes distributions for charitable and
educational purposes, with specific attention given to athletics in the city of Chicopee.

LUDLOW

The Pink W.A.Y. Foundation Inc., 192Lockland St., Ludlow, MA 01056. Steven Schonholz, same. Main purpose of foundation is to raise funds for care of breast cancer patients.

ORANGE

The Gap Project Inc., 419 East River St., #802, Orange, MA 01364. Alicia Santana, same. Nonprofit organization designed to help people in need by improving communities, promoting a healthy environment, and bringing compassion through love and kindness in Jesus’ name.

PITTSFIELD

TFH Beverage Wholesale Inc., 149 Tyler St., Unit A, Pittsfield, MA 01201. Faisal Tariq, 10 Old Farm Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Wholesale beverage distribution.

TFH Foods Wholesale Inc., 149 Tyler St., Unit A, Pittsfield, MA 01201. Faisal Tariq, 10 Old Farm Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Wholesale food distribution.

WESTFIELD

Ugasa Inc., 16 Saint Dennis St., Westfield, MA 01085. Ash B. Tamang, 44 West School St., West Springfield, MA 01089. Nonprofit organization designed to engage in sports, games, and cultural activities.

SPRINGFIELD

Western Mass Cars Inc., 95 Laconia St., Springfield, MA 01095. Kevin J. Conway, 103 High Pine Circle, Wilbraham, MA 01095. Used automobile sales.

DBA Certificates Departments

The following business certificates and trade names were issued or renewed during the months of September and October 2016.

Amherst

Balcony Booking
26 Mill Lane
Connie White and Greg Kendall

Deepening Roots Farm and Food
793 Bay Road
Heather Ernst and Andrew Korza

LiLi’s Chinese Restaurant
197 North Pleasant St.
Li Jia

Momo
23 North Pleasant St.
Jamyang Wangchuk

Tea Cups
230 West St.
Gladys Siqueira

Berkshiretown

Barking Bubbles Inc.
119 Federal St.
Angela Gaj

Cottage Industry
10 Cottage St.
Deborah Harbison

Dednor Wine Consulting
16 Old Bay Road
William Dednor

HIC
20 Hancock Hollow
Wayne Versace

P&L Machine
382 South Washington St.
Paul Barrows

Rocket Internet Security
191 North Washington St.
Glenn Murphy

Scenic Candlescape Designs
185 Summit St.
Lacie Banks

Chicopee

CJF Canvassing Specialists
17 Falcon Circle
Christopher Frappier

MJK Cleaning Co.
97 Arnold St.
Magdalena Guzek

New England Keratoconus Consultants
Dr. David Momnie
113 Center St.

Raczkowski Home Improvement
67 Pendexter Ave.
Jerzy Raczkowski

Easthampton

Amber Barlow Enterprises
98 Oliver St.
Amber Barlow

Comics N’More
31 Union St.
Christian Reader

David Chu Webworks
25 Lyman Ave.
David Chu

Greenbark Bookkeeping
24 Knipfer Ave.
Marcie Cormier

Heart-Connected Living
22 Knipfer Ave.
Judith Grupenhoff

Icarus Massage
181 Northampton St.
David Richardson

Nadeau Insurance Agency
186E Northampton St.
Joshua Nadeau

Tuman Design
116 Pleasant St.
William Tuman

Wastefield Entertainment
13 Golden Dr.
Joshua Konopka and Jason Mateo

Greenfield

ACD Women’s Fitness Center
368 High St.
Debra Kelly and Angelique Menard

Dawn’s School of Dance
88 Hope St.
Dawn Morin

The DuMont Co.
289 Wells St.
Pilot Precision Holdings, LLC

Lundgren Honda of Greenfield
409 Federal St.
Forza Autogroup Inc.

Hampden

LDS
59 Wilbraham Road
John Lynch

Lucky’s Construction
16A Somers Road
Elizabeth, Keith, and Stephanie Lemelin-Bliss

Holyoke

B. Drew Construction
21 Longwood Ave.
William Drew

Complex Painting Services
24 Labrie Lane
Paul Whelihan

D&M’s Variety
522 South Bridge St.
Diana Morales

Lularoe
470 Hillside Ave.
Manhar Lalchandani

Pat’s Liquors
7 Cabot St.
Juan Diaz

Yucky Studios
286 Essex St., 2L
Christopher Daniele

Longmeadow

Nexus Leaders, LLC
109 Yarmouth St.
Christopher Casey

Steven A. Koltz EA
381 Wolf Swamp Road
Steven Koltz

W.M. Realty
702 Longmeadow St.
John Wallace

Ludlow

Bob St. Jacques Home Improvement
125 Main Blvd.
Robert St. Jacques

Complete Pest Control Service
248 Kendall St.
Stanley Knappe

Hair by Yvette at Hair West Designs
322 West Ave.
Yvette Charbonneau

Northampton

A and H Auto Repair
222 North King St.
Louis Robinson

Brinkerhoff, McCorkle, Roberts & Drane
96 Straw Ave.
James Roberts

A Door in the Wall Hypnosis
98 Main St.
Kristen Hatch

Leather & Lace Hairstyles
9 North Main St.
Heather Wright

M & M Cleaning
377 Florence Road
Ashley Mizula

Southwick

Calabrese Farms LLC
249-257 Feeding Hills Road
Thomas Calabrese

Haas Hauling
241 College Highway
David Haas

Mark Oliver Carpentry Services
30 Tannery Road
Mark Oliver

Sophisticated Productions
648 College Highway
Melissa Tessier

Tastefully Tan
610 College Highway, Suite 13B
Patrick Smith

Springfield

Armor Bearer Sports LLC
731 Sumner Ave.
Prince Taylor

Blvd Lash Co.
715 Bay St.
Bolanle Tokunbo

Clean Break in Your City
162 Quincy St.
Luz Marquez

Good Groove Entertainment
6 Inglewood Ave.
Waltiko Fludd

HB Fashions International
309 Bridge St.
Noemi Souza

Interpreterlink
193 Westbrook Dr.
Madeline Cruz

J & V Environmental LLC
483 Berkshire Ave.
Jorge Ortiz Vasquez

J3t-Set Design Group
1500 Main St.
James Cicerchia

KJ Transportation
65 Pinevale St.
Angel Bermudez

Lenceria
25 Carlton St.
Patricia Cristina

Liberty Mobile
737 Liberty St.
Mark Centeno

Main Kitchen
1343 Carew St.
Bun Chan

MK Creative Home Innovations
55 Bryant St.
Melissa Vanderburgh

My Window Butler
61 Dorset St.
James O’Hara

NCTI
595 Cottage St.
American Medical Response

Optical Expressions Inc.
135 State St.
Sheila Gibbs

P.D.S.
32 Sterling St.
Philip Panidis

Preene
90 Marlborough St.
Yolanda Princess

Presley Law PLLC
1 Federal St.
Denise Presley

Superior Cakes
1594 Carew St.
Manuel Colon

Town Towing
100 Wait St.
Kelvin Lopez

Valley Automotive Inc.
160 Taylor St.
John Lizak

Witconn Enterprises LLC
15 Monrovia St.
Richard Connery

Your Buddies Convenience
526 Sumner Ave.
Thomas Lamont Waters

Zyana’s Market
11 Dorset St.
Michael Perez

Westfield

The Batter’s Box, LLC
170 Lockhouse Road
The Batter’s Box, LLC

Evolve
948A Russell Road
Jonathan Imbriglio

Hurricanes Softball Club
66 Glenwood Dr.
Tyson James

King’s Cleaners
282 Southampton Road
Sook Kim

Weidler Logging
579 Pochassic Road
Christopher Weidler

West Springfield

Affordable Auto Glass Inc.
806 East Elm St.
Joseph Esile III

Dandy Enterprises
82 Garden St.
Brian Dandy

Mariflor Joya
43 Rogers Ave.
Maria Rodriguez

Rey’s Used Appliances
246 Memorial Ave.
Reynaldo Placencla

Union Mart LLC
529 Union St.
Joshua Ayala

Wilbraham

3D Plastez
5 Lodge Lane
Zbigniew and Elizabeth Kielczewski

Core Construction Products
524 Wilbraham Road
Marty Baron

F.L. Roberts Wilbraham #04071
2788 Boston Road
Tony El-Nemr

J.B. Crafts
21 Railroad Ave.
Jeannie Babineau

Lularoe by Anika Jacque
424 Soule Road
Anika Jacque

Melluzzo Property Maintenance
12 Addison Road
Bryant Melluzzo

Oh So Pretties Handcrafted Gifts
2341 Boston Road
Sherry Coulis

Preco Power Equipment Supply
2460 Boston Road
Gregory, Carla, Christopher, and Dalia Wurszt

Riverbend Medical Group Inc.
70 Post Office Park
Dr. Richard Shuman

Scibelli Construction and Remodeling
42 Brainerd Road
Mario Scibelli

Wilbraham Wine & Spirits
2771 Boston Road
Alan Fetter

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

ASHFIELD

197 Ashfield Mountain Road
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $224,000
Buyer: Kyle E. Walker
Seller: Matthew G. Martin
Date: 09/29/16

1530 Williamsburg Road
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $329,900
Buyer: Christopher D. Drury
Seller: Emma F. Liebowitz
Date: 09/26/16

BUCKLAND

6 Cross St.
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $442,000
Buyer: David Parrella
Seller: David B. Sand
Date: 09/30/16

47 School St.
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Daniel T. Smith
Seller: Klein INT
Date: 09/30/16

CONWAY

25 Main St.
Conway, MA 01341
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Bradford D. Scudder
Seller: Sally Boutte
Date: 09/28/16

DEERFIELD

13 Graves St.
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Brian Haley
Seller: UMassfive College FCU
Date: 09/30/16

32 Graves St.
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Hayley L. Gilmore
Seller: Geryk FT
Date: 09/30/16

36 Lee Road
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $286,000
Buyer: Wiesia Nye
Seller: Rena M. McDonough
Date: 09/29/16

ERVING

14 West High St.
Erving, MA 01344
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Mitchell L. Laclaire
Seller: Stanley R. Smith
Date: 09/30/16

GREENFIELD

9-11 Armory St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Robert C. Catlin
Seller: Herman Copen RET
Date: 09/23/16

351 Chapman St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Matthew Duley
Seller: David A. Konopka
Date: 09/29/16

58 Linden Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Kari Leeper
Seller: Rosemary Reardon
Date: 09/19/16

51 Plantation Circle
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Kelly A. Covey
Seller: Brenda L. Chickering
Date: 09/27/16

159 Shelburne Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $184,475
Buyer: Micah Waxman
Seller: Joan Baker
Date: 09/27/16

233 Silver St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $127,500
Buyer: PNC Bank
Seller: Jeremiah C. Jacques
Date: 09/27/16

86 Smith St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Yohenny Pimentel-Tejada
Seller: Terry-Sue Driver
Date: 09/21/16

44 Warner St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Leah G. Kain
Seller: Jeffrey Dean
Date: 09/27/16

HEATH

167 Number 9 Road
Heath, MA 01346
Amount: $213,050
Buyer: Bank Of America
Seller: Richard P. Andrews
Date: 09/19/16

LEVERETT

99 Long Plain Road
Leverett, MA 01054
Amount: $172,704
Buyer: Diplomat Property Manager
Seller: Ronald E. Goodrich
Date: 09/28/16

172 North Leverett Road
Leverett, MA 01054
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Benjamin J. Eddy
Seller: Larry E. Hansen
Date: 09/28/16

MONTAGUE

64 Crocker Ave.
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Sean W. Kennedy
Seller: Michael G. Whiteman
Date: 09/21/16

66 Main St.
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $325,900
Buyer: Caroline M. Wampole
Seller: Lea D. Donnan
Date: 09/19/16

74 Oakman St.
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $173,000
Buyer: Rena M. McDonough
Seller: Larry Gusmano
Date: 09/29/16

3 T St.
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $129,000
Buyer: Gemma Cummings
Seller: Karen Fineran
Date: 09/30/16

NORTHFIELD

218 Birnam Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $202,500
Buyer: Deutsche Bank
Seller: Robin Eldaly
Date: 09/19/16

217-L Adams Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Derek Worden
Seller: Cersosimo Industries Inc.
Date: 09/30/16

91 Main St.
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $308,000
Buyer: Stillwater Properties LLC
Seller: Krauth Realty Management
Date: 09/30/16

58 Pine St.
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $201,000
Buyer: Steven T. Whittaker
Seller: Susan Gentile
Date: 09/21/16

ORANGE

26 Bartlett Lane
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $177,812
Buyer: FHLM
Seller: Donald W. Proctor
Date: 09/23/16

332 East Road
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Bryan Melanson
Seller: Michael E. Duley
Date: 09/29/16

338 Mayo Road
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Dante Abbruzzese
Seller: Cathy A. Abbruzzese
Date: 09/22/16

20 Prentiss St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $172,000
Buyer: Brian G. Desreuisseau
Seller: Roland Desreuisseau
Date: 09/23/16

ROWE

14 Brittingham Hill Road
Rowe, MA 01367
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Taylor S. Bailey
Seller: Kalaus NT
Date: 09/27/16

45 Dell Road
Rowe, MA 01367
Amount: $133,550
Buyer: Francis G. Noyes
Seller: David B. Wayne
Date: 09/30/16

SHELBURNE

28 Mechanic St.
Shelburne, MA 01370
Amount: $229,500
Buyer: Kurt A. Gilmore
Seller: Cathy A. Powell
Date: 09/30/16

336 Peckville Road
Shelburne, MA 01370
Amount: $291,000
Buyer: Jonathan R. Crowley
Seller: Craig D. Miller
Date: 09/28/16

SHUTESBURY

65 Schoolhouse Road
Shutesbury, MA 01072
Amount: $287,000
Buyer: Jeffrey A. Sward
Seller: FHLM
Date: 09/23/16

SUNDERLAND

515 Hadley Road
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Stephen J. Morse
Seller: Pratt LT
Date: 09/20/16

118 Russell St.
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $248,000
Buyer: Christine Munro
Seller: Richard A. Swiatek
Date: 09/23/16

WARWICK

878 Wendell Road
Warwick, MA 01378
Amount: $232,000
Buyer: FJ McCarron Inc.
Seller: Douglas R. McNamara
Date: 09/30/16

WHATELY

63 Egypt Road
Whately, MA 01373
Amount: $301,000
Buyer: Brian G. Smith
Seller: Donald F. Ouimette TR
Date: 09/30/16

HAMPDEN COUNTY

AGAWAM

415 Adams St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $210,100
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Roger B. Giacometti
Date: 09/23/16

59 Alhambra Circle South
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Daniel Gaines
Seller: Tok Chang
Date: 09/30/16

22 Briarcliff Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Nicolai J. Sabatino
Seller: Ronald S. Ashton
Date: 09/30/16

90 Clover Hill Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $247,000
Buyer: Srinivasa Gutta
Seller: John M. Ralston
Date: 09/30/16

19 Colony Lane
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Michelle Balch
Seller: Tina M. Depalma
Date: 09/29/16

31-33 Editha Ave.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Sergey P. Stakhnyuk
Seller: Suzanne E. Leocopoulos
Date: 09/21/16

260 Elm St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Craig A. Greenough
Seller: Joseph A. Masciotra
Date: 09/29/16

49 Fernwood Dr.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $258,900
Buyer: John Franco
Seller: Mary-Beth Sherbo
Date: 09/30/16

16 Lawnwood St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $254,400
Buyer: Zachary Hall
Seller: Phillip J. Leclair
Date: 09/30/16

74 Liquori Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: John R. Tourtellotte
Seller: Jeffrey W. Hamer
Date: 09/30/16

49 Logan Place
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $349,900
Buyer: Charles A. Calisti
Seller: Leon D. Arslanian
Date: 09/30/16

28 Marlene Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Dmitriy Makarov
Seller: Sally J. Yon
Date: 09/22/16

15 Norris St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $119,200
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Jason S. Manale
Date: 09/29/16

31 Ridgeview Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $159,000
Buyer: Arnold Lovely
Seller: FNMA
Date: 09/30/16

490 South West St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $221,000
Buyer: Paul Pavluk
Seller: Peter P. Magagnoli
Date: 09/29/16

79 School St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $279,900
Buyer: Mary-Beth Sherbo
Seller: Eva T. Norman
Date: 09/30/16

South Westfield St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $132,500
Buyer: Hillside Development Corp.
Seller: Carol A. Barnes
Date: 09/23/16

1210 Springfield St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $3,300,000
Buyer: Car Properties LLC
Seller: F. L. Roberts & Co. Inc.
Date: 09/30/16

39 Tanglewood Lane
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Nicole N. Ghaname
Seller: Michelle R. Balch
Date: 09/29/16

21 White Oaks Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $236,000
Buyer: Brian A. Kipetz
Seller: David M. Melanson
Date: 09/23/16

BLANDFORD

3 Beagle Club Road
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Leo H. Shartrand
Seller: Edwin C. Howe
Date: 09/30/16

36-R Birch Hill Road
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $148,000
Buyer: Nathan C. Andrews
Seller: Smith, Dorothy J., (Estate)
Date: 09/30/16

3 Kaolin Road
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: 3 Kaolin Road Land TR
Seller: James E. Stockseth
Date: 09/23/16

BRIMFIELD

12 Adams Dr.
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $199,900
Buyer: Michael K. Parent
Seller: Amanda M. Hawk
Date: 09/29/16

10 Governor Fairbanks Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $319,900
Buyer: Brian G. Thompson
Seller: Matthew S. Rousseau
Date: 09/21/16

254 Little Alum Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Kwasi Acheampong
Seller: Melissa Oday-Prizo
Date: 09/27/16

23 Lyman Barnes Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $278,500
Buyer: Robert Finne
Seller: James E. Boykin
Date: 09/26/16

N/A
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $300,500
Buyer: Genise Jackson
Seller: Joanne M. Stuart
Date: 09/30/16

CHESTER

38 Old State Hwy.
Chester, MA 01011
Amount: $263,250
Buyer: Philip M. Garvey
Seller: John B. Garvey
Date: 09/30/16

289 Route 20
Chester, MA 01011
Amount: $178,000
Buyer: David M. Sheppard
Seller: Mathew R. Peirce
Date: 09/28/16

CHICOPEE

29 8th Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $161,310
Buyer: Stephen P. Buckley
Seller: Donald M. Laduzenski
Date: 09/26/16

111 Artisan St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $163,950
Buyer: Joanna Giec
Seller: Michael S. Yvon
Date: 09/29/16

253 Beauchamp Terrace
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $169,900
Buyer: Delroy C. Tomlin
Seller: Ernest F. Beaudoin
Date: 09/26/16

276 Beauchamp Terrace
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Cayle Birriel
Seller: Sheila Biermann
Date: 09/30/16

61 Belvidere St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Thomas S. Kreutz
Seller: Nancy K. Depuydt
Date: 09/26/16

59 Boileau Terrace
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Stephen M. Gonneville
Seller: Catherine C. Lacroix
Date: 09/26/16

65 Cambridge St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Alexis Torres
Seller: Jeffrey Fuentes
Date: 09/30/16

168 Center St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $359,000
Buyer: Ricardo Contrucci
Seller: Pedro & Sons LLC
Date: 09/30/16

116 Champagne Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $184,000
Buyer: Miroslawa Mazgula
Seller: Jason E. Kras
Date: 09/29/16

192 Chicopee St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Gregory Osak
Seller: Anthony F. Kielb
Date: 09/29/16

65 Clairmont Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Christina W. Millot
Seller: Clifford L. Maryea
Date: 09/23/16

18 Clover St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $255,500
Buyer: Marlena Toczko
Seller: Jan Sztachelski
Date: 09/30/16

166 College St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $142,200
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Colleen Fish
Date: 09/30/16

68 Cote Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $171,825
Buyer: Nap Properties LLC
Seller: USA HUD
Date: 09/22/16

38 Fisher Road
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Sarah L. Beaudoin
Seller: Marco A. Morgado
Date: 09/30/16

28 Frontenac St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $162,000
Buyer: Matthew J. Beaulieu
Seller: C. M. Geanacopoulos
Date: 09/23/16

16 Gaylord Court
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Vickie Marion
Seller: James D. Wile
Date: 09/23/16

26 Grace St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Erika C. Saravia
Seller: John Grzelak
Date: 09/27/16

38 High St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Kristina D. Closser
Seller: George P. Fernandes
Date: 09/27/16

645 James St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Sener Dere
Seller: Cushing, Debra L., (Estate)
Date: 09/23/16

45 Lafayette St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Richard Cournoyer
Seller: DTP LLC
Date: 09/30/16

16 Liberty St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Ashley R. Miller
Seller: Theresa B. Dionne
Date: 09/30/16

27 Liberty St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Yolanda Ramos
Seller: Rogerio E. Santos
Date: 09/30/16

510 McKinstry Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $1,800,000
Buyer: Alden Edge LLC
Seller: El-Ro Realty LLP
Date: 09/21/16

2053 Memorial Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $1,700,000
Buyer: Court View Commons LLC
Seller: El-Ro Realty LLP
Date: 09/21/16

29 Mount Royal St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Chasity Olivo
Seller: DGL Properties LLC
Date: 09/21/16

50 Ogden St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Christopher V. Knapp
Seller: Brian J. McCarthy
Date: 09/20/16

96 Orchard St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $189,000
Buyer: Juan J. Rodriguez
Seller: Judith M. Corridan
Date: 09/30/16

61 Otis St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Wendy Taylor
Seller: Dorothy Logvinenko
Date: 09/23/16

184 Rimmon Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $192,900
Buyer: Mark A. Abel
Seller: Brian Warchol
Date: 09/30/16

102 Skeele St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $171,000
Buyer: Kellen J. Dion
Seller: Benjamin D. Rood
Date: 09/22/16

2 Springfield St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $1,000,500
Buyer: Kendall Apartments LLC
Seller: Kendall Housing LP
Date: 09/30/16

48 Sunset Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $144,000
Buyer: Charles E. Bizon
Seller: Frederick S. Lavigne
Date: 09/30/16

26 Taxiway Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01022
Amount: $6,500,000
Buyer: MHOC LLC
Seller: Taxiway LLC
Date: 09/28/16

39 Victoria Park
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $130,900
Buyer: Joseph D. Stadnicki
Seller: Michele R. StJohn
Date: 09/23/16

38 Wheatland Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Kamini R. Sanghvi
Seller: Francis D. Cardinal
Date: 09/28/16

23 White Birch Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Shelley Perreault
Date: 09/26/16

EAST LONGMEADOW

15 Alandale Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $172,000
Buyer: Brian K. Vickery
Seller: Rosina C. Moore
Date: 09/30/16

10 Bayne St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Ryan P. Lennon
Seller: Elizabeth A. Scanlon
Date: 09/30/16

98 Bayne St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: David S. Santos
Seller: Thomas M. Atkinson
Date: 09/23/16

81 Brynmawr Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $198,799
Buyer: Wilmington Savings
Seller: Ariel Delgado
Date: 09/30/16

28 Canterbury Circle
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Rocco Cosentini
Seller: H. Thomas Wolfenden
Date: 09/30/16

121 Country Club Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $650,000
Buyer: Mohammad M. Rahman
Seller: Kathleen A. Pappas
Date: 09/28/16

38 High St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $213,500
Buyer: Christopher A. McKenney
Seller: Tony S. Christopher
Date: 09/30/16

346 Kibbe Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Robert R. Barry
Seller: Charles S. Serafin
Date: 09/29/16

150 Mapleshade Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Dominick Pellegrino
Seller: Michael C. Dowd
Date: 09/26/16

38 Mayflower Lane
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Coretta S. Williams
Seller: Sandra J. Mellor
Date: 09/27/16

475 North Main St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $3,300,000
Buyer: Car Properties LLC
Seller: F. L. Roberts & Co. Inc.
Date: 09/30/16

34 Nottingham Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $495,000
Buyer: Macarthur Starks
Seller: Gregory J. Blanchard
Date: 09/20/16

483 Parker St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $345,000
Buyer: Robert S. Gomez
Seller: Peter J. Avdoulos
Date: 09/23/16

60 Porter Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $217,000
Buyer: Michael V. Ferrigno
Seller: Alton H. Livingstone
Date: 09/26/16

834 Somers Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Joseph P. Deangelo
Seller: Enrico J. Villamaino
Date: 09/30/16

12 Speight Arden
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $167,000
Buyer: Richard E. Renaud
Seller: Arthur E. Bliss
Date: 09/28/16

GRANVILLE

1617 Main Road
Granville, MA 01034
Amount: $238,000
Buyer: Marc A. Gogol
Seller: William N. Magni
Date: 09/30/16

HOLLAND

8 Clark Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $186,000
Buyer: Elizabeth A. Doyle
Seller: Patricia Morse
Date: 09/30/16

16 Old County Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $159,394
Buyer: Bayview Loan Servicing
Seller: Kurt W. Hope
Date: 09/30/16

7 Over The Top Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $138,000
Buyer: Benjamin Griffin
Seller: Kevin M. Coleman
Date: 09/27/16

HOLYOKE

230-232 Beech St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Rafael E. Rivera
Seller: Olde Holyoke Development
Date: 09/30/16

42 Bray Park Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $141,916
Buyer: CIT Bank
Seller: Ronny W. Authier
Date: 09/27/16

1 Brightwood Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $148,500
Buyer: Michael J. Theroux
Seller: Elinor W. Twohig
Date: 09/29/16

26-28 Canby St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Howard E. Keeler
Date: 09/23/16

115 Columbus Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $126,000
Buyer: Maureen R. Dunn
Seller: Carroll J. Dunn
Date: 09/27/16

44 Edbert Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $162,000
Buyer: Joseph P. Lemelin
Seller: John E. Normand
Date: 09/22/16

77-79 Elmwood Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $201,000
Buyer: Katherine M. Coleman
Seller: Ralph J. Bresnahan
Date: 09/22/16

99 Franklin St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $143,900
Buyer: Emily Ortiz
Seller: Santaniello, B. G., (Estate)
Date: 09/21/16

2 Hawthorne Lane
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Frank J. Stearns
Seller: William D. Allyn
Date: 09/30/16

249 Huron Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $197,000
Buyer: Jessica Morales
Seller: Robert Allen
Date: 09/20/16

204-206 Locust St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $149,900
Buyer: Rebecca Masi
Seller: WVUE REO 2015-1 LLC
Date: 09/22/16

1066 Main St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Michael T. Yelle
Seller: Francisco Serrano
Date: 09/30/16

7 Memorial Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $145,500
Buyer: Becca M. Deleporte
Seller: William F. Herbert
Date: 09/28/16

1050 Northampton St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $280,900
Buyer: Lucille Y. Bellefeuille
Seller: Todd M. O’Sullivan
Date: 09/22/16

204 Oak St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $811,500
Buyer: Stephen Bosco
Seller: Oak Street Property LLC
Date: 09/29/16

15 Portland St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $167,000
Buyer: Laddy C. Rua
Seller: Michael L. Welch
Date: 09/30/16

24 Valley Heights
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Emma C. Kerr
Seller: Pamela S. Rose
Date: 09/26/16

43 Woodland St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Kaitlyn M. Matarazzo
Seller: Ronald P. Theriault
Date: 09/20/16

LONGMEADOW

8 Colony Acres Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $359,900
Buyer: Sean Keane
Seller: Francis J. Wheeler
Date: 09/30/16

43 Fernleaf Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Paul J. Bourgeois
Seller: PLS Realty Inc.
Date: 09/28/16

74 Forest Glen Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $398,500
Buyer: Christopher Chapman
Seller: William O’Leary
Date: 09/30/16

237 Green Hill Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $550,000
Buyer: Jonathan E. Pieciul
Seller: Mohammad M. Rahman
Date: 09/26/16

Greenwich Road #1
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $450,000
Buyer: Matthew Cullinan
Seller: Earlon L. Seeley
Date: 09/30/16

330 Merriweather Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $503,000
Buyer: Blair Perry
Seller: Martin H. Glass
Date: 09/29/16

19 Pleasantview Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $342,000
Buyer: Athanasios Katsafanas
Seller: Mary E. Vogel
Date: 09/30/16

90 Quinnehtuk Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $485,000
Buyer: Aimee M. Leventis
Seller: Michael Bshara
Date: 09/30/16

22 Tanglewood Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $527,500
Buyer: Stephen J. Taksar
Seller: Lisa M. Fontaine
Date: 09/28/16

21 Villa St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $287,000
Buyer: Brian Warchol
Seller: Kathleen M. Burns
Date: 09/30/16

131 Western Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $337,500
Buyer: Jennifer J. Langieri
Seller: Edward J. Doyle
Date: 09/28/16

166 Wimbleton Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $192,500
Buyer: 166 Wimbleton Drive LLC
Seller: Samuel E. Hatch
Date: 09/30/16

LUDLOW

325 Alden St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $171,600
Buyer: Nicholas J. Goncalves
Seller: Theberge, Joseph C., (Estate)
Date: 09/23/16

3 Auburn St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $355,000
Buyer: Jose Taveras
Seller: Sergey Kulyak
Date: 09/23/16

1085 Center St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: S&R Realty Properties LLC
Seller: Center Machine Inc.
Date: 09/23/16

149 Colonial Dr.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Rene Ricardi
Seller: April E. Santos
Date: 09/30/16

54 Deer Hill Circle
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Lisa S. Carvalho
Seller: Antonio Carvalho
Date: 09/30/16

629 Fuller St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $480,000
Buyer: Kara M. James
Seller: Gary L. Courchesne
Date: 09/20/16

36 Hampden St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Arick Rutger-Reese
Seller: Snatos, Venancio R., (Estate)
Date: 09/19/16

127 Highland Ave.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Debbie K. Macneal
Seller: Lewicki, Madlyn L., (Estate)
Date: 09/28/16

214 Holyoke St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: S&C Investors LLC
Seller: Costa, Gary R., (Estate)
Date: 09/20/16

684-686 Moore St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $274,000
Buyer: Alexander W. Stebbins
Seller: Lucyna Kotula-Koprek
Date: 09/21/16

Parker Lane
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Michael A. Perry
Seller: Antonio A. Dias
Date: 09/19/16

30 Paulding Road
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Andrew M. Woodward
Seller: Richard J. Dietrich
Date: 09/23/16

219 Reservoir Road
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $365,000
Buyer: Michael J. Marcoux
Seller: Danielle C. Labarre
Date: 09/30/16

17-21 Whitney St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Jose M. Alves
Seller: Tito L. Ribeiro
Date: 09/23/16

MONSON

40 Blanchard Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Daniel J. Damours
Seller: Daniel O. Coughlin
Date: 09/21/16

5 Valley View Heights
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $209,000
Buyer: Joanne Soukup
Seller: Cynthia Levine
Date: 09/23/16

188 Wales Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Michael Koprowski
Seller: Bank Of New York Mellon
Date: 09/30/16

MONTGOMERY

29 Birch Bluff Road
Montgomery, MA 01085
Amount: $217,000
Buyer: Brendan Patenaude
Seller: Robert N. Giroux
Date: 09/23/16

PALMER

144 Flynt St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $224,900
Buyer: Ethan A. Buckley
Seller: Christopher J. Hall
Date: 09/23/16

12 French Dr.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Chris A. Auclair
Seller: Daniel B. Auclair
Date: 09/22/16

43 Glenn St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $229,900
Buyer: Barry F. Dwyer
Seller: Chelsea L. Parsons
Date: 09/28/16

4480 High St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $167,000
Buyer: Christopher Carter
Seller: Michael D. Laventure
Date: 09/28/16

2018 Oak St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Bernice A. Fusco
Seller: Julie Daigle
Date: 09/23/16

4 Old Farm Road
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $278,000
Buyer: Matthew J. Parsons
Seller: David J. Mastay
Date: 09/28/16

159 Rondeau St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $440,000
Buyer: Gerald A. Renaud
Seller: Stephen P. Fijal
Date: 09/28/16

186 Shearer St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Chad M. Hines
Seller: David St.Germain
Date: 09/20/16

237-A&B Stimson St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $207,000
Buyer: John F. Mastalerz
Seller: Helm RT
Date: 09/30/16

237-B Stimson St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $207,000
Buyer: John F. Mastalerz
Seller: Helm RT
Date: 09/30/16

RUSSELL

800 Blandford Road
Russell, MA 01071
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Jeffrey P. Mayko
Seller: Edward N. Morrison
Date: 09/28/16

170 Timberidge Dr.
Russell, MA 01071
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Yuriy Solokhin
Seller: FNMA
Date: 09/19/16

SPRINGFIELD

263 Abbott St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Brian J. Schmutte
Seller: Maurice F. Ferriter
Date: 09/22/16

14 Barton St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $137,000
Buyer: Ramon E. Nunez
Seller: Jeanne E. Martineau
Date: 09/28/16

119 Bellwood Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $154,000
Buyer: Deutsche Bank
Seller: Philip Ashton
Date: 09/23/16

895 Belmont Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $189,000
Buyer: Fidelia Eyonse-Izevgibie
Seller: Thomas J. Dunn
Date: 09/19/16

96 Belvidere St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $182,500
Buyer: Michelle Gordon
Seller: Alfredo A. Vivenzio
Date: 09/29/16

4 Berard Circle
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Gail M. Lapan
Seller: Brian W. Tatro
Date: 09/20/16

90 Birchland Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Jonique D. Simpson
Seller: Richard B. Martyny
Date: 09/30/16

90 Brittany Road
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $138,800
Buyer: Angela M. McAlister
Seller: Kathleen Ladue
Date: 09/30/16

164 Cambria St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Andrea M. Boresen
Seller: Sharon J. Sibilia
Date: 09/29/16

1037 Carew St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $124,000
Buyer: Jose Perez
Seller: Moltenbrey Builders LLC
Date: 09/23/16

38 Daviston St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Juan A. Villalba
Seller: Derrick J. Hatwood
Date: 09/30/16

273 Dorset St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: Janira Sanchez
Seller: Anthony M. Martone
Date: 09/30/16

45 Edendale St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $149,900
Buyer: David J. Smith
Seller: Phillip A. Lees
Date: 09/30/16

168 Emerson St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $182,500
Buyer: Joseph I. Dockter
Seller: Southern New England Conference
Date: 09/27/16

101 Fenimore Blvd.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $161,000
Buyer: Michael A. Mandella
Seller: Susan M. Flanagan
Date: 09/26/16

152 Ferncliff Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Ashley M. Dematos
Seller: Jack A. Lapomardo
Date: 09/23/16

130 Garnet St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Sandra C. Pereira
Seller: Rebecca A. Rolon
Date: 09/30/16

60 Garfield St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Robert R. Viel
Seller: Frank H. Knight
Date: 09/22/16

52 Gary Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $127,500
Buyer: Mark Lantzakis
Seller: David R. Orr
Date: 09/29/16

143 Gilbert Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $139,000
Buyer: Scott A. Burns
Seller: Allen R. Devino
Date: 09/30/16

105-107 Grenada Terrace
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Victor T. George
Seller: Berkshire Land Co. LLC
Date: 09/23/16

156 Gresham St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Luke Antwi-Boasiako
Seller: Donna A. Young
Date: 09/23/16

119 Hamburg St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Larisa Kuzmenko
Seller: Namig Mamedov
Date: 09/23/16

254 Hartwick St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Aaron D. Baboval
Seller: Nicola Liquori
Date: 09/30/16

60 Ingersoll Grove
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: HSBC Bank
Seller: Pamela J. Gillylan
Date: 09/23/16

45 Inglewood Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $194,000
Buyer: Judith A. Gamble
Seller: Lester Barber
Date: 09/23/16

6 Irene St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $154,000
Buyer: Jorge L. Rodriguez
Seller: Michael A. Santaniello
Date: 09/26/16

232 Island Pond Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $127,500
Buyer: Brenda Lopez
Seller: FNMA
Date: 09/26/16

121 Jeffrey Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Mirta Vargas
Seller: Raymond P. Sirois
Date: 09/30/16

116 Larkspur St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $191,000
Buyer: Richard R. Reyes
Seller: Julio Vicente
Date: 09/26/16

185 Leopold St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Luis A. Santiago
Seller: Brian L. Krawiec
Date: 09/30/16

312-320 Locust St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $149,511
Buyer: M&T Bank
Seller: Genaro J. Sarno
Date: 09/21/16

115 Lois St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Lucy Martinez
Seller: Kellieanne Redfern
Date: 09/30/16

24 Manchester Terrace
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $157,000
Buyer: Daniel J. Frye
Seller: Katherine Vantassel
Date: 09/23/16

788 Memorial Ave.
Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $3,300,000
Buyer: Car Properties LLC
Seller: F. L. Roberts & Co. Inc.
Date: 09/30/16

189 Morton St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $179,900
Buyer: Derrick Gentry-Mitchell
Seller: Jacqueline Arce
Date: 09/29/16

32 Old Farm Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Carlos Rivera-Medina
Seller: Brian Smith
Date: 09/30/16

245 Orange St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $140,500
Buyer: Luis D. Santos-Vazquez
Seller: Tram Ngoc-Pham
Date: 09/23/16

51 Orlando St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $171,439
Buyer: Bank Of America
Seller: Myrna R. Colon
Date: 09/19/16

204 Russell St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Idalis Delestre
Seller: Equity T Co.
Date: 09/28/16

14 Scarsdale Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Anh G. Tran
Seller: George D. Condon
Date: 09/30/16

831 South Branch Pkwy.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $218,000
Buyer: Lula M. Lagares
Seller: Donna J. Castleberry
Date: 09/28/16

51 Southern Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Kim L. Harrison
Seller: Lillian B. Williams
Date: 09/19/16

142-144 Stafford St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Evan R. Nyman
Seller: WQN Management LLC
Date: 09/27/16

1081 State St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: American Int. College
Seller: Earl V. Watson
Date: 09/19/16

34 Sue St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $159,900
Buyer: Joseph C. Demaio
Seller: Michael L. Fields
Date: 09/27/16

44 Sunrise Terrace
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $164,000
Buyer: Luz C. Villanueva
Seller: Marjorie A. Babkiewicz
Date: 09/19/16

48 Sylvan St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Christopher M. Grant
Seller: Stratton Renovation LLC
Date: 09/23/16

11 Vail St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $175,200
Buyer: Gary R. Cameron
Seller: Gregory W. Budd
Date: 09/30/16

50 West Allen Ridge Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $177,000
Buyer: Joyann Bineault
Seller: Marion P. Esler
Date: 09/29/16

15-17 Watling St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: AJN Rentals LLC
Seller: V. Mortgage REO 2 LLC
Date: 09/27/16

84 Wheeler Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $191,500
Buyer: Santos Delgado
Seller: Christopher M. Russo
Date: 09/30/16

95 Whittier St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $123,500
Buyer: AJN Rentals LLC
Seller: US Bank
Date: 09/30/16

229 Wilbraham Road
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Hussein Robow
Seller: Jabir R. Jebir
Date: 09/20/16

5 Woodland Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $262,000
Buyer: Larry E. Harris
Seller: Nathaniel J. Gilmore
Date: 09/26/16

86 Woodruff St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Jose Burgos
Seller: Jose Goncalves
Date: 09/19/16

SOUTHWICK

17 Gableview
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $137,000
Buyer: Mark Stec
Seller: Laplante Construction Inc.
Date: 09/21/16

8 Gargon Terrace
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $139,000
Buyer: Vitaliy Dubovoy
Seller: Wells Fargo Bank
Date: 09/27/16

8 Gillette Ave.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Jeremiah W. Tatro
Seller: Roger P. Tatro
Date: 09/30/16

1 Hidden Place
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $425,000
Buyer: Gary P. Whittier
Seller: Kevin R. Mattson
Date: 09/30/16

11 Jeffrey Circle
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $211,500
Buyer: Wilmington Savings
Seller: David Burn
Date: 09/29/16

4 Junction Station Road #4
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Thomas G. Sebastyn
Seller: 20 Depot Square LLC
Date: 09/20/16

18 Klaus Anderson Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $339,500
Buyer: 18 Klaus Anderson Road Land TR
Seller: Philip A. Jacquier
Date: 09/23/16

216 Klaus Anderson Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Natalie J. Moore
Seller: Cemil Erdem
Date: 09/22/16

7 Rising Corner Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $500,000
Buyer: Demyan Volkov
Seller: David Plakias
Date: 09/22/16

WALES

23 Holland Road
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Chandle D. Scanlon
Seller: FNMA
Date: 09/27/16

98 Main St.
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Alexander C. Hubbard
Seller: Rebecca A. Perri
Date: 09/30/16

WEST SPRINGFIELD

32 Angeline St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $159,400
Buyer: Ryan Spencer
Seller: Robert A. Davis
Date: 09/21/16

157 Bonair Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $247,900
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Liliya Shalypina
Date: 09/27/16

31 Clyde Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $201,000
Buyer: Erin M. McDowell
Seller: Peter J. Houser
Date: 09/21/16

686 Elm St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Philip J. Catanzarite
Seller: Sisters Of Providence Inc.
Date: 09/21/16

81 Greenleaf Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $198,800
Buyer: Bridget M. Barnes
Seller: Joshua M. Kittelson
Date: 09/30/16

23 Maple St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Graig J. Demerski
Seller: Donna E. West
Date: 09/26/16

754 Morgan Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $233,500
Buyer: Timothy E. Cupp
Seller: Hayes G. Murray
Date: 09/30/16

67 Redden Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $222,000
Buyer: Timothy J. Garand
Seller: Mary Bara
Date: 09/30/16

44 Thomas Dr.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $187,000
Buyer: Sheila F. Baker
Seller: Eileen D. Giroux
Date: 09/23/16

83 Verdugo St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $156,500
Buyer: Thao Thai
Seller: Triad LLC
Date: 09/19/16

104 West Calvin St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $168,000
Buyer: Quicken Loans Inc.
Seller: Pamela J. Callahan
Date: 09/21/16

33 Warren St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Sophath Mar
Seller: Muhammad D. Sabir
Date: 09/19/16

1708 Westfield St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Ahmed N. Abbas
Seller: Frank S. Rocco
Date: 09/23/16

WESTFIELD

37 Briarcliff Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $244,000
Buyer: Joshua Parsons
Seller: Savannah A. Genereux
Date: 09/23/16

14 Clifton St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: 64 LLC
Seller: Kevin R. Fuller
Date: 09/28/16

63 Deer Path Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $264,000
Buyer: Christina M. Straney
Seller: Aldo E. Lavinio
Date: 09/20/16

27 Knollwood Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $209,900
Buyer: Tricia L. Ancelli
Seller: Lindsay A. Sheppard
Date: 09/28/16

10 Lincoln St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Deutsche Bank
Seller: Carlos Serrano
Date: 09/29/16

87 Llewellyn Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: Paula J. Ceglowski
Seller: David C. Labrecque
Date: 09/27/16

16-A Lozier Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Gennadiy A. Lisitsin
Seller: David Mestre
Date: 09/30/16

16-B Lozier Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Gennadiy A. Lisitsin
Seller: David Mestre
Date: 09/30/16

15 Montgomery St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $179,000
Buyer: Irina Kazimirets
Seller: Melissa L. Utzinger
Date: 09/30/16

87 Old Farm Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $233,000
Buyer: John McCaughey
Seller: Marc A. Gogol
Date: 09/30/16

274 Paper Mill Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Norwich Properties LLC
Seller: Nationstar Mortgage LLC
Date: 09/21/16

47 Pleasant St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Henry Dubay
Seller: Paul E. Warner
Date: 09/20/16

140 Rachael Terrace
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $355,000
Buyer: Dominick Finochiaro
Seller: Bank New York Mellon
Date: 09/26/16

66 Rachael Terrace
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $375,450
Buyer: Waheed Azam
Seller: Samuel Iturrino
Date: 09/30/16

63 Ridgeview Terrace
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $201,000
Buyer: Christopher E. Balise
Seller: Justin W. Carlson
Date: 09/30/16

314 Russell Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $177,000
Buyer: David Mestre
Seller: Deborah L. Grobe
Date: 09/30/16

11 Sherwood Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Joshua M. Kittelson
Seller: Marilyn J. Rising
Date: 09/30/16

2 Union Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Union Ave Realty LLC
Seller: Michael P. Finnie
Date: 09/29/16

74 Western Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $251,000
Buyer: Amanda Devine
Seller: Peter Cinq-Mars
Date: 09/28/16

6 Woodsong Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $305,000
Buyer: Ali Abanoz
Seller: David F. McClellan
Date: 09/30/16

WILBRAHAM

7 Danforth Farms Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $495,000
Buyer: Jose A. Aguiar
Seller: Jonathan Brown
Date: 09/23/16

2 Hilltop Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $327,000
Buyer: David B. Cordova
Seller: Thomas P. Dickson
Date: 09/28/16

39-41 Main St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $282,500
Buyer: Celtic4 LLC
Seller: Dennis A. Matulewicz
Date: 09/29/16

10 Maplewood Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Erin E. Duggan
Seller: Daniel A. McLane
Date: 09/30/16

4 Memory Lane
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $192,492
Buyer: Bank New York
Seller: Robert S. Major
Date: 09/22/16

11 Peak Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: Big Sky Properties LLC
Seller: Sturbridge Development
Date: 09/27/16

821 Ridge Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $1,300,000
Buyer: Vincent Cardillo
Seller: Jason C. Hancock
Date: 09/19/16

443 Stony Hill Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $222,000
Buyer: Mark J. Pszeniczny
Seller: Michael R. Parker
Date: 09/30/16

8 Walter St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $214,900
Buyer: Sergio T. Depena
Seller: David Vandermyn
Date: 09/22/16

57 Weston St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $162,000
Buyer: Regina Willette
Seller: Patricia G. Mayberry
Date: 09/23/16

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

AMHERST

190 East Leverett Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Peter R. Sikowitz
Seller: Carolyn M. Holstein
Date: 09/19/16

171 Gray St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Gerard N. Aubrey
Seller: Gary M. Weiner
Date: 09/20/16

32 North Prospect St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $535,000
Buyer: North Prospect Street LLC
Seller: Phyllis S. Hastings
Date: 09/30/16

156 South East St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Nauset Properties LP
Seller: Christina Chin-Shaolee
Date: 09/21/16

643 South East St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $231,500
Buyer: Pamela Tinto
Seller: Joel A. Boggess
Date: 09/30/16

354 South Pleasant St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Jesse C. Tzeng
Seller: KH Amherst PE LLC
Date: 09/19/16

267 Shutesbury Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $445,000
Buyer: Andrew N. Winter
Seller: Peter & Jihee Huh FT
Date: 09/28/16

BELCHERTOWN

505 Allen Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $135,800
Buyer: John B. Gulbrandsen
Seller: US Bank
Date: 09/27/16

360 Amherst Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Emerald City Rentals LLC
Seller: Jennifer L. Fuller
Date: 09/21/16

269 Bay Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $243,000
Buyer: Neal M. Berneche
Seller: Bo Feng
Date: 09/26/16

830 Bay Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $188,000
Buyer: Robert E. Gunter
Seller: George R. Ledoux
Date: 09/30/16

99 Clark St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $264,000
Buyer: Shawn E. Martin
Seller: Michael S. Ross
Date: 09/27/16

45 Howard St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $219,000
Buyer: Jon C. Ventulett
Seller: Bernice A. Fusco
Date: 09/23/16

80 Jackson St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Alison Waterbury-Bates
Seller: Patrice S. O’Connor
Date: 09/30/16

59 Meadow Pond Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $358,000
Buyer: Yevgeniy Logvinenko
Seller: Zbigniew Babinski
Date: 09/23/16

50 North Washington St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $221,345
Buyer: Joshua M. Smyth
Seller: Anna E. Donovan
Date: 09/26/16

151 Sargent St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $187,500
Buyer: Daniel J. Jablonski
Seller: Christopher D. Carlson
Date: 09/20/16

105 Stebbins St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $124,900
Buyer: Zachary Smith
Seller: FNMA
Date: 09/27/16

163 Summit St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $359,654
Buyer: Merrimack Mortgage Co. LLC
Seller: Tracy L. Ofallon
Date: 09/29/16

30 Westview Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $266,250
Buyer: David M. Vinsh
Seller: Henry A. Lawrence
Date: 09/23/16

33 Westview Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $213,120
Buyer: Wells Fargo Bank
Seller: David R. Pellerin
Date: 09/29/16

CHESTERFIELD

7 Bissell Road
Chesterfield, MA 01096
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Charles L. Valencik
Seller: Vee Builders LLC
Date: 09/27/16

101 Old Chesterfield Road
Chesterfield, MA 01096
Amount: $277,500
Buyer: Siobhan Oriordan
Seller: Micah J. Blondeau
Date: 09/19/16

CUMMINGTON

213 West Cummington Road
Cummington, MA 01026
Amount: $232,000
Buyer: David D. Cuddahy
Seller: Matthew W. Skutnik
Date: 09/27/16

EASTHAMPTON

10 Deerfield Dr.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Christopher J. Lomma
Seller: Shawn R. Croake
Date: 09/30/16

336 East St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Christina M. Vultaggio
Seller: Carrie A. Southwick
Date: 09/27/16

263 Loudville Road
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: Robin M. Warner
Seller: Jon W. Cooper
Date: 09/20/16

12 Pinebrook Dr.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $229,900
Buyer: David A. Stine
Seller: John G. Clevenger
Date: 09/30/16

Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $181,250
Buyer: Christian G. Labonte
Seller: Robert E. Dragon
Date: 09/30/16

GRANBY

51 Amherst St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $203,000
Buyer: Mustafa Elbach
Seller: Alan J. Coulombe
Date: 09/22/16

513 Amherst Road
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $252,000
Buyer: Bradley Mahan
Seller: Edward K. Kostek
Date: 09/27/16

Morgan St. #8
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Scott R. Caron
Seller: Mountain Stream Inc.
Date: 09/20/16

HADLEY

178 Bay Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $359,000
Buyer: Johnny B. Tran
Seller: Leon D. Shumway
Date: 09/27/16

139 West St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Michael J. Ewin
Seller: John F. Gnatek
Date: 09/21/16

HATFIELD

101 Prospect St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $227,400
Buyer: Patricia A. Plaza
Seller: Judith A. Devine
Date: 09/29/16

HUNTINGTON

39 Harlow Clark Road
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $228,500
Buyer: Peter Jasinski
Seller: James J. Martin-Rehrmann
Date: 09/29/16

8 Montgomery Road
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $491,500
Buyer: Aaron D. Welch
Seller: Henry L. Dubay
Date: 09/20/16

12 Montgomery Road
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $491,500
Buyer: Aaron D. Welch
Seller: Henry L. Dubay
Date: 09/20/16

MIDDLEFIELD

4 Bryan Road
Middlefield, MA 01243
Amount: $139,200
Buyer: OCWEN Loan Servicing LLC
Seller: Jonathan E. Ziskowski
Date: 09/20/16

NORTHAMPTON

Audubon Road
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Alice Cutler RET
Seller: Liisa Tikkalla
Date: 09/21/16

41 Crescent St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $340,000
Buyer: Melissa J. Michael
Seller: 41 Crescent Street RT
Date: 09/23/16

221 Emerson Way
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: David Bishop
Seller: Emerson Way LLC
Date: 09/21/16

7 Ferry Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Kevin M. McKinney
Seller: Alexia Manin
Date: 09/30/16

34 Ladyslipper Lane
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $369,000
Buyer: James J. Martin-Rehrmann
Seller: Kenneth R. Johnson
Date: 09/29/16

61 Locust St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $1,230,000
Buyer: Delro LLC
Seller: William H. Truswell
Date: 09/22/16

147 North Main St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Daniel A. Blair
Seller: John E. Senser
Date: 09/29/16

47 O’Donnell Dr.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: David Eagle
Seller: Engerman, Charlotte M., (Estate)
Date: 09/30/16

491 Pleasant St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $194,000
Buyer: Noho Gateway LLC
Seller: 491 Pleasant Street NT
Date: 09/22/16

Rocky Hill Road
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Christopher K. O’Connor
Seller: Nathan E. Zajac
Date: 09/20/16

236 South St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $585,000
Buyer: 236 South Street Properties
Seller: Bernard D. Shea
Date: 09/21/16

11 Stoddard St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $389,000
Buyer: Dara Nussbaum
Seller: Melissa J. Michael
Date: 09/23/16

26 Straw Ave.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Irene F. Nicolella
Seller: Andrew L. Frechette
Date: 09/23/16

PELHAM

95 Packardville Road
Pelham, MA 01002
Amount: $328,600
Buyer: Thomas K. Stelzer
Seller: Holland Hoagland
Date: 09/30/16

SOUTH HADLEY

99 Alvord St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $278,000
Buyer: Jason Niles
Seller: Daniel B. Ducharme
Date: 09/29/16

10 Benoit Lane
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $263,000
Buyer: Timothy J. Haas
Seller: John H. Chase
Date: 09/20/16

102 College St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $340,000
Buyer: Keith A. Rehbein
Seller: Michael J. Cechvala
Date: 09/30/16

Ethan Circle #2
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Matthew S. Hoagland
Seller: Ethan L. Bagg
Date: 09/21/16

20 Ferry St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $251,000
Buyer: Daniel B. Ducharme
Seller: CRA Holdings Inc.
Date: 09/29/16

8 Grandview St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $221,500
Buyer: Paul N. Larochelle
Seller: James J. Footit
Date: 09/30/16

19 Hadley St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Michael E. Tarail
Seller: Mary C. Labbee
Date: 09/21/16

22 Haig Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $329,000
Buyer: David W. Ashton
Seller: Edward J. Lavallee
Date: 09/19/16

18 Ridge Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Nikkolas A. Michon
Seller: Gary W. Latour
Date: 09/23/16

79 River Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $201,480
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Thomas E. Brouillette
Date: 09/19/16

398 River Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $505,000
Buyer: Korey J. Bell
Seller: Dino Marinello
Date: 09/30/16

6 Sunrise Circle
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $470,000
Buyer: John P. Witkowski
Seller: Edward J. Garbacik
Date: 09/20/16

1 Tampa St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $217,000
Buyer: Peter P. Magagnoli
Seller: Linda J. McGrath
Date: 09/22/16

SOUTHAMPTON

34 Cold Spring Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Brianne M. Ducharme
Seller: James J. Garstka
Date: 09/27/16

20 Coleman Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: Jennifer T. Ford
Seller: David J. Michaud
Date: 09/22/16

9 Couture Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $115,900
Buyer: Jeffrey Haskins
Seller: Phyllis Linderme
Date: 09/30/16

90 East St.
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Andrew J. Curtis
Seller: Margaret M. Annis IRT
Date: 09/30/16

42 Lead Mine Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $318,000
Buyer: Aaron L. Simms
Seller: Nora E. Hanke
Date: 09/30/16

123 White Loaf Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $311,000
Buyer: Stephen P. Brouilette
Seller: Langlois, Onil R., (Estate)
Date: 09/19/16

WARE

7 Doane Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: David Lamotte
Seller: Jonathan Kowal
Date: 09/30/16

82 Monson Turnpike Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $173,700
Buyer: Kyle J. Ragno
Seller: David E. Chandler RET
Date: 09/19/16

32 Moriarty Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $199,895
Buyer: Joseph M. Drewniak
Seller: Gary R. Bressette
Date: 09/26/16

29 Prospect St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $341,785
Buyer: Bank Of America
Seller: Richard E. Josephson
Date: 09/27/16

23 Sorel Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Michael J. Perez
Seller: Charles N. Chagnon
Date: 09/30/16

WESTHAMPTON

95 Easthampton Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $197,000
Buyer: Gary P. Talbot
Seller: Christopher M. Therrien
Date: 09/30/16

12 Pomeroy Mountain Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $257,000
Buyer: Christopher E. Tanguay
Seller: USA HUD
Date: 09/29/16

WILLIAMSBURG

13 Walpole Road
Williamsburg, MA 01096
Amount: $487,500
Buyer: Susan Fortgang
Seller: Nathaniel F. Anable
Date: 09/22/16

WORTHINGTON

115 West St.
Worthington, MA 01098
Amount: $239,500
Buyer: Katja Hahn Derrico RET
Seller: Juliano, Frank R., (Estate)
Date: 09/29/16

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.

Hampden Superior Court

Rafael Rodriguez Ruiz v. Mercy Medical Center
Allegation: Medical malpractice, wrongful death
Filed: 10/3/16

Nixzaliz Ramos-Espinosa and Pedro Rivera v. Patrick Lee, MD
Allegation: Medical malpractice: $25,000+
Filed: 10/4/16

Ondrick Materials & Recycling LLC v. Commercial Development Services Group LLC, 66 Holyoke LLC and Shield Hotel Management LLC
Allegation: Monies owed for services, labor, and materials: $136,725.15
Filed: 10/12/16

Donald Laxton and Carol Laxton v. PH Realty Apartments, LLP
Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury: $722,654.84
Filed: 10/13/16

Hampden District Court

Barbara Coudineau v. Anthony Cirillo d/b/a Twisty’s Ice Cream
Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury: $7,988.34
Filed: 8/16/16

Ethel Hill v. Costco Wholesale Corp. and Sunopta Inc.
Allegation: Negligence (foreign object in soy milk) causing injury and physical and emotional upset and distress
Filed: 8/25/16

Hampshire Superior Court

Nancy Manchino and Robert Manchino v. Dr. Patrick Boyce, Laurette Patten, Cooley Dickinson Physician Hospital Organization Inc., South Hadley Internal Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, and Baystate Health Inc.
Allegation: Medical malpractice: $75,000+
Filed: 10/4/16

Dylan Scott v. Wyckoff Country Club Inc., Diane Wojtowicz, Lynn Stebbins, and Tami Kelley
Allegation: Wage, retaliation, and related claims: $100,000
Filed: 10/6/16

Glenn A. Calhoun v. Guerra LLC, 1 Bridge St. Inc., and Spoleto Inc.
Allegation: Negilgence causing personal injury requiring multiple surgeries and resulting in permanent disabilities and lost earning capacity: $534,033.64
Filed: 10/7/16

Franklin District Court

Benjamin Williams v. Eric Cooper, Springfield Terminal Railway Co., Pan Am Railways Inc., and Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
Allegation: Motor-vehicle accident causing injury: $8,937.74
Filed: 9/9/16

Steven Goldsher v. Allan Cadran d/b/a Replay Music
Allegation: Failure to pay rent and utility fees: $17,200
Filed: 9/20/16

Palmer District Court

Peggy Patyrnak v. Diamond Junction Bowling Lanes Inc.
Allegation: Negligence; plaintiff injured leg and ankle on slippery, recently refinished bowling lane: $10,442.53
Filed: 9/30/16

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Anne Thomas

Anne Thomas

Paul Nicholson, chair of the board of directors for Glenmeadow, announced that Anne Thomas has accepted the position of President and CEO, and will begin work with the nonprofit on Nov. 1. Thomas most recently served as vice president of residential health at JGS Lifecare in Longmeadow, and she has over 25 years of experience working with seniors. “She has strong operational, interpersonal, team-building, and financial-management skills,” Nicholson said. “Most importantly, though, her career has been devoted solely to older adults, and she is passionate about the people she serves, including the staff members she leads. She has demonstrated that she is a driven leader.” Thomas holds a bachelor’s degree in social work from Providence College in Rhode Island and a master’s in social work from Hunter College in New York. “I’m truly excited about the opportunity to lead Glenmeadow as its next CEO,” Thomas said. “Glenmeadow has earned its stellar reputation by its deep dedication to improving the lives of older adults. As a core value, I have always believed later life should be the best part of life. This philosophy is embedded in the Glenmeadow community, so I was immediately attracted.”

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Matt Roberts

Matt Roberts

Matt Roberts recently joined the Gaudreau Group Insurance and Financial Services Agency of Wilbraham as a Business Insurance Service & Sales Assistant. He specializes in helping identify gaps in commercial insurance coverage, as well as areas in which a business may have been overinsured, which results in better control over costs while achieving more solid coverage. “Matt delivers real value to our clients by helping them understand their insurance cost drivers, especially workers’ compensation. He utilizes our industry-leading technology, including forecasting tools and predictive budget analysis, to help our clients stay proactive and have better control over their insurance dollars,” said Jules Gaudreau, president of the Gaudreau Group. Roberts has been in the insurance industry since 2011, when he started his career with a large national carrier. He is a graduate of Lasell College in Newton, with bachelor’s degrees in both accounting and business management.

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Daniel O’Connell

Daniel O’Connell

Sarah Ornelas

Sarah Ornelas

Springfield-based law firm O’Connell & Plumb, P.C., announced that attorney Daniel O’Connell was named to the 2016 New England Super Lawyers list in the area of Plaintiff Employment Litigation, and attorney Sarah Ornelas has been named to the 2016 New England Super Lawyers’ Rising Stars list in the area of Plaintiff Employment Litigation. This is the second consecutive year that both O’Connell and Ornelas have been included on these lists. According to the webpage for Super Lawyers, it is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. O’Connell and Ornelas both focus their practice in the areas of employment-based discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination.

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Jennifer Bujnevicie

Jennifer Bujnevicie

Laura Dennis

Laura Dennis

Country Bank announced that Jennifer Bujnevicie and Laura Dennis have been promoted to the position of Regional Managers of the bank’s Retail Banking division. Bujnevicie has been in the banking industry since 2004 and has held several positions during her tenure at Country Bank, beginning as a teller, and just prior to this promotion as operations manager. “I have a passion for customer service and a great love for helping people,” she said. Bujnevicie holds a human resources certificate from the Center for Financial Training, and is currently enrolled in the New England College of Business & Finance, pursuing a degree in business administration. She is a self-proclaimed animal lover and often volunteers her time at the Second Chance Animal Shelter. Dennis joined Country Bank while still in high school as a part-time file clerk in 2000, and became a full-time staff member upon her graduation. She began her career in the Collections department, but then moved to retail banking to be with the customers, and has been there ever since. “I am passionate about working with my team and helping them develop in their positions. The greatest reward for me personally is seeing them reach their professional goals,” she said. Dennis graduated from the New England School for Financial Studies in 2015 and serves as the treasurer for both the Palmer and Belchertown units of the Salvation Army. “I’m very excited to work closely with Jenn and Laura as they lead our branch staff to continued success focused on excellence in customer service and product delivery,” said Brady Chianciola, first vice president of Retail Banking. “They bring with them a wealth of knowledge from the retail aspect of banking as well as a true sense of community, which is so important to Country Bank.”

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Skoler, Abbott & Presser, P.C. announced that three of its attorneys were honored by Super Lawyers for 2016. Each year, no more than 5% of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor:

Ralph Abbott Jr.

Ralph Abbott Jr.

• Ralph Abbott Jr. was listed in Super Lawyers in the categories of employment and labor law. A partner since 1975, Abbott 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 National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). He also has numerous credits as an author, editor, and teacher, and a record of civic and community involvement. Since 2010, he has been ranked as one of the top labor and employment attorneys in the state of Massachusetts by the prestigious Chambers USA rating firm;

• Susan Fentin

• Susan Fentin

• Susan Fentin was listed in Super Lawyers in the categories of employment and labor law. She has been a partner at the firm since 2004. Her practice concentrates on labor and employment counseling, advising large and small employers on their responsibilities and obligations under state and federal employment laws and representing employers before state and federal agencies and in court. She speaks frequently to employer groups, conducts training on avoiding problems in employment law, and teaches master classes on both the FMLA and ADA. She has also been ranked as one of the top labor and employment attorneys in the state of Massachusetts by the prestigious Chambers USA and was named one of the Top 50 Women in the Law in 2015; and

Jay Presser

Jay Presser

Jay Presser was listed in Super Lawyers in the categories of employment and labor law. 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.

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Judi Real

Judi Real

The DiGrigoli Companies (which includes DiGrigoli Salon, DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology, and DiGrigoli Seminars) announced that Judi Real has been promoted to Creative Director. Real started with the company in February 2015 as executive assistant to the CEO, Paul DiGrigoli. From the beginning, her passion for marketing and advertising stood out, and she has been instrumental in many social-media and printed marketing campaigns for all three branches of the company. With her previous position successfully filled, she is now able to devote all of her time to marketing, brand development, and advertising.

Daily News

WILLIAMSBURG — Girls on the Run Western Massachusetts will Host its Girls on the Run 5K on Sunday, Nov. 20, starting at 10 a.m. at the Smith College athletic fields. The event is open to the public.

The run, organizers say, is about the joy of empowering girls in grades 3-8 and celebrating their incredible achievements over the 20-session, 10-week program season of Girls on the Run Western Massachusetts. Twenty-four schools from all four Western Mass. counties coming together with their families and friends to run and celebrate their achievements.

There will also be family-friendly activities and a fun warmuup. More than 250 volunteers will be running with the girls as running buddies, while numerous community members and another 85 volunteers will help organize and run the race. To volunteer or to participate in the run, visit www.girlsontherunwesternma.org, or register the day of the run starting at 8 a.m.

Sponsors incude Cooley Dickinson Medical Group Women’s Health, HUB International, Holyoke Gas and Electric, Children’s Heart Center, RunReg, Holyoke Medical Center, Spoleto Restaurant, Palmer Paving, River Valley Counseling Center, and Northampton Pediatric Dentistry.

Agenda Departments

Seminars on Memory Loss

Nov. 1: Linda Manor Assisted Living will host seminars on early memory troubles and strategies for seniors at noon and again at 5:30 p.m. Lunch and dinner will be served. Dr. Beth Warner, a geriatrician and Linda Manor’s medical director, will discuss the early signs of memory problems, causes of memory loss, what a memory-loss evaluation should include, and strategies for discussing memory loss with loved ones. She is certified by the American Medical Directors Assoc. and has completed specialized education in care and management concerns specific to older populations and long-term care. She is board-certified in internal medicine, geriatrics, and hospice and palliative care. Seating is limited. Those wishing to attend are asked to register by calling (413) 588-3316.

‘Being Mortal’ Documentary

Nov. 1: Hospice of Franklin County, in collaboration with Baystate Franklin Medical Center, is holding a free community screening of the documentary Being Mortal at 5:15 p.m. in hospital conference rooms A, B, and C. After the screening, audience members can participate in a guided conversation on how to take concrete steps to identify and communicate wishes about end-of-life goals and preferences. Being Mortal delves into the hopes of patients and families facing terminal illness. The film investigates the practice of caring for the dying and explores the relationships between patients and their doctors. It follows a surgeon, Dr. Atul Gawande, as he shares stories from the people and families he encounters. When Gawande’s own father gets cancer, his search for answers about how best to care for the dying becomes a personal quest. The film sheds light on how a medical system focused on a cure often leaves out the sensitive conversations that need to happen so a patient’s true wishes can be known and honored at the end. It underscores the importance of people planning ahead and talking with family members about end-of-life decisions. Seventy percent of Americans say they would prefer to die at home, but nearly 70% die in hospitals and institutions. Ninety percent of Americans know they should have conversations about end-of-life care, yet only 30% have done so. For more information about the free screening or to RSVP for the event, contact Andrea Johnston at (413) 773-2144 or [email protected]. The free screening is made possible by a grant from the John and Wauna Harman Foundation in partnership with the Hospice Foundation of America.

Real-estate Licensing Course

Nov. 2: Beginning Wednesday, Nov. 2, the Realtor Assoc. of Pioneer Valley will sponsor a 40-hour, 14-class sales licensing course to help individuals prepare for the Massachusetts real-estate salesperson license exam. The course will be completed on Dec. 7. Tuition is $359 and includes the book and materials. For an application, call the Realtor Assoc. of Pioneer Valley at (413) 785-1328.

Western Mass. Business Expo

Nov. 3: Comcast Business will present the sixth annual Western Mass. Business Expo at the MassMutual Center in downtown Springfield, produced by BusinessWest and the Healthcare News. The business-to-business show will feature more than 150 exhibitor booths, educational seminars, breakfast hosted by the Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce, lunch hosted by BusinessWest, and a day-capping Expo Social. Current sponsors include Comcast Business (presenting sponsor), Express Employment Professionals, Health New England, the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst, Johnson & Hill Staffing Services, MGM Springfield, Wild Apple Design, the Western Mass. Economic Development Council, Savage Arms, Meyers Brothers Kalicka, the Better Business Bureau, and the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County. The event’s media partners are WMAS, WHMP, and Rock 102/Laser 99.3. For more Expo details, see the special section in this issue or visit www.wmbexpo.com.

Bay Path University Cybersecurity Summit

Nov. 4: Cybersecurity is no longer just a technology problem — it has become a business differentiator. As the topic is discussed around the table of company boards and government task forces, the face of cybersecurity professionals is changing as well. At Bay Path University’s fourth annual Cybersecurity Summit, “The Business of Cybersecurity,” Jillian Munro will share her experiences and observations from throughout her career of the different facets of that new face, highlighting how non-traditional skills now apply in the area of cybersecurity. The summit takes place in Blake Student Commons on the university’s Longmeadow campus. Breakfast will be offered at 7:30 a.m. followed by the presentation at 8 a.m. Munro is senior vice president of Resiliency & Business Engagement for the Enterprise Cybersecurity (ECS) organization at Fidelity Investments. Fidelity is a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, benefits outsourcing, and other financial products and services to more than 20 million individuals, institutions, and financial intermediaries. Munro joined Fidelity in 2015 and is responsible for ensuring alignment between the firm’s business priorities and the cybersecurity agenda, as well as leading the enterprise technology resiliency program. The summit is presented by Bay Path’s Master of Science in Cybersecurity Management program, which was launched October 2013 as the first of its kind in New England. The summit is free and open to the public. To register, visit www.baypath.edu and click on ‘Events.’ For more information, e-mail Ann Cantin at [email protected].

LEEF Black and White Fund-raising Gala

Nov. 5: The Longmeadow Educational Excellence Foundation (LEEF) will host its 15th annual fund-raising gala from 6:30 to 11 p.m. at Twin Hills Country Club. The event, which will feature a black and white theme, includes food, entertainment, silent and live auctions, and raffles. This year’s entertainment will be provided by Boston’s premier party band, the Marsels. Funds raised through the gala are used to provide grants to Longmeadow teachers, providing opportunities for innovative educational and enrichment programs that go beyond the tax-supported budget. Since its founding in 2001 by a group of dedicated parents, LEEF has funded 330 teacher grant requests, totaling more than $1.2 million, to Longmeadow public schools. LEEF maintains both a sustaining fund and a permanent endowment with the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts. “It is only through the generous support of our sponsors and donors that we are able to supply these grants that enhance our students’ education,” said Whitney Harrington, LEEF board member and co-chair of the gala. The platinum sponsor of the 2016 LEEF gala is North Star Recycling. Gold sponsors are Bay Path University and Green Earth Energy Photo Voltaic Group. Long-time supporters Advanced Vein Care and Collins Pipe are silver sponsors, with Playful Minds, Bacon Wilson, and Harry Grodsky & Co. as bronze sponsors. Tickets are available at $85 each. Donations for the live and silent auction are still being accepted. To donate or sign on as a sponsor or volunteer, e-mail Harrington at [email protected]. To purchase gala tickets, visit www.goleef.org or mail checks to LEEF, P.O. Box 60782, Longmeadow, MA 01106-0782.

Spaghetti Dinner to Benefit Alzheimer’s Assoc.

Nov. 8: Williamstown Commons will host a spaghetti supper from 5 to 7 p.m. at Williamstown Commons, 25 Adams Road, Williamstown. The cost is $8 per person at the door, and all proceeds from the dinner will benefit the Alzheimer’s Assoc. The supper will include spaghetti with meatballs, Italian sausage, garlic bread, dessert, and beverages. Diners may dine in or take their meal to go. Williamstown Commons, located at 25 Adams Road, Williamstown, is a nonprofit organization providing short-term rehabilitation, long-term skilled-nursing care, respite care, and hospice services.

‘Diversify Your Workforce’

Nov. 17: The Western Mass. Employment Collaborative (WMEC) will present a breakfast event called “Diversify Your Workforce” from 9 to 11 a.m., preceded by breakfast and networking at 8:30 a.m. at the Delaney House in Holyoke. WMEC partners work toward the common goal of increasing employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. WMEC works across all disabilities and represents hundreds of job seekers who have the skills, commitment, and desire to enter the workforce and contribute positively to a local employer. To that end, it is partnering with the Mass. Down Syndrome Congress and its “Find Your Next Star” campaign. Attendees of the Nov. 17 event will learn ways to grow their business and meet their hiring needs. To register, visit www.mdsc.kintera.org/dywwest.

Joseph D. Freeman Bowl-a-Thon

Nov. 19: The Joseph D. Freedman Bowl-a-Thon will present its fifth annual event to benefit Camphill Village in Copake, N.Y. The event will be held from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Chicopee AMF Lanes. Last year, more than 250 attended the event, and since its inaugural in 2011, the event has raised more than $220,000 for Camphill, which is a residential village where 95 special-needs residents reside. No one has ever been charged a fee to live at the Village, nor has anyone ever been turned away for lack of funds. To learn more about the event, visit www.camphillvillage.org/bowlathon.

Daily News

SPRINGFIELD — The 12th annual Grinspoon, Garvey & Young Entrepreneurship Conference will be held this Friday, Nov. 4, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the MassMutual Center in Springfield More than 500 students and faculty representing 14 area colleges are expected to attend the event, which includes hands-on workshops, entrepreneur exhibits, a keynote speaker, and networking.

Organized by the Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation and the 14 area colleges, the Entrepreneurship Conference is held annually to inspire, motivate, and support college students to turn their ideas into businesses. Students will begin the day participating in the world’s largest collegiate Idea Jam beginning at 9:10 a.m. In a bracket system, the best ideas are voted on in real time and move on to the next round, until a final winner is determined.

The keynote speaker this year is Parker Burr, founder of Feat Socks. Burr launched Feat Socks while a student at UMass, selling a few dozen socks. Feat has evolved into a lifestyle brand selling hundreds of thousands of socks worldwide. Most recently, it signed Olympic gold medalist and Massachusetts native Aly Raisman, and launched her line.

College students from the participating colleges are able to attend the conference thanks to the generosity of the conference sponsors, including gold sponsors UMass Amherst Isenberg MBA Program and the Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation; silver sponsor AAA Pioneer Valley, and bronze sponsor Northwestern Mutual.

There will be 25 exhibitors, including former Grinspoon student awardees who started and their businesses while in college.

Participating colleges include American International College, Amherst College, Bay Path University, Elms College, Greenfield Community College, Hampshire College, Holyoke Community College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, Springfield College, Springfield Technical Community College, UMass Amherst, Western New England University, and Westfield State University.

Bankruptcies Departments

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

Adamczyk, Elvira J.
52 Cora Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/20/2016

Brown, Phyllis L.
151 Prouty St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/23/2016

Bushey, Wayne A.
Bushey, Teresa M.
199 Buckley Blvd.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/28/2016

Chilson, Nancy V.
840 Westhampton Road, Unit E
Florence, MA 01062
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/20/2016

Clark, Carol A.
a/k/a Clark-Wagner, Carol A.
4 Hartford St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/19/2016

Colter, Kristin A.
93 Kings Highway
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/22/2016

Community Laundromat
Farias, Blanca Veronica
a/k/a Mouchette, Blanca
66 Moulton St.
Springfield, MA 01118|
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/26/2016

Coulter, Michele A.
48 Revere Parkway
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/30/2016

Cuene, William Edward
Cuene, Marlene Marie
115 Huckleberry Lane
Becket, MA 01223
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 09/28/2016

Daigle, Alan M.
Daigle, Mary E.
59 High St.
Warren, MA 01083
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 09/29/2016

Dettman, Gary L.
1 Belden Court, Unit M4
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/26/2016

Dunn Rite Home Improvement
Dunn, Samantha Ann
a/k/a Mertzic, Samantha A .
22 Memory Lane
Orange, MA 01364
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 09/30/2016

Engel, Steven A.
Engel, Jamelia M.
41 Harding St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/21/2016

GFY Enterprises, LLC
Turnberg, James M.
48 Edmund St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 09/21/2016

Gibeault, Keith A.
28 Southbridge Road, #408
Charlton, MA 01507
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/24/2016

Glidden, Paul A.
Glidden, Marie A.
22 Quaboag Valley Co-Op
Palmer, MA 01069
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/20/2016

Goyette, Jay M.
16 Bay State Road
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 09/23/2016

Grabowski, Timothy Matthew
24 Cedar Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 09/21/2016

Gureyev, Roman
Gureyev, Darya
237 Commonwealth Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/21/2016

Guzman, Ivan A.
Guzman, Jennifer R.
a/k/a Sawa|Jennifer R.
109 Ridgeway St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/23/2016

Herrington, Matthew
92 Whittier Ave.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/19/2016

Holubecki, Carol Ann
60 Oakman St.
Turners Falls, MA 01376
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/19/2016

Hough, Shawn A.
198 Harrington St., Apt. 3C
Athol, MA 01331
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/16/2016

Kakluskas, Jeremy J.
754 North West St.
Feeding Hills, MA 01030
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/28/2016

Kaler, Edward Henry
Kaler, Bonnie Jane
420 East St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/21/2016

Kibbe, Julie A.
33 Norman Terrace, Apt 18
Feeding Hills, MA 01030
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/26/2016

Laramie, Diane Francis
23 O St.
Turners Falls, MA 01376
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/28/2016

LaRochelle, Amanda S.
31 Cabot St. 4R
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/26/2016

Mitchell’s Corner
Mitchell, Cheryl
9 Wood St.
Southwick, MA 01077
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 09/16/2016

Murzin, Jeanne L.
44 Massey St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/23/2016

Newton, Susan Marie
15 Briggs Ave.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/19/2016

Noshahi, Farooq Amjad
Noshahi, Farah Amjad
168 R Bush Park Circle
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/21/2016

Ortiz, Lillian I.
49 Crystal Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/27/2016

Pelletier, Christopher Lee
PO Box 96
Colrain, MA 01340
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/19/2016

Pittsinger, Jeffrey J.
Pittsinger, Eva M.
34 7th St.
Brimfield, MA 01010
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/22/2016

Ryan, AnnMarie
a/k/a Ryan, Ann M.
86 Van Buren Ave.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/20/2016

Sias, Peter
433 Lower Hampden Road
Monson, MA 01057
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/23/2016

Siddall, Robert J.
5 Crystal Ave., Apt. 2L
Springfield, MA 01108
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/20/2016

SK Mechanical
South County Transport
Kimpel-Phibbs, James Leo
9 Pacific St.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 09/16/2016

Skaling, Carolann Naomi
37 Main St., Apt 5
Cummington, MA 01026
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/29/2016

Smart, Richard M.
3 Isaac Bradway Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/26/2016

Smith, Deborah L.
1365 Main St., Apt. 4
Athol, MA 01331
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/17/2016

Torres, William
1603 Dwight St., Apt 2R
Springfield, MA 01107
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/28/2016

Vargas, Jason Scott
22 Coakley Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/29/2016

Veale, Jennifer E.
1700 Westover Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/19/2016

Vinas, Martha
225 Arnold Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/21/2016

Wasiuk, Daniel
10 Lyman Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/29/2016

Weatherwalks, Dianne
194 Central Shaft Road
Florida, MA 01247
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/30/2016

Whalen, Suzanne J.
88 Steuben St.
Indian Orchard, MA 01151
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/24/2016

Wickland, Amy M.
a/k/a Pytko, Amy W.
121 Bissell Road
Williamsburg, MA 01096
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/20/2016

Chamber Corners Departments

FRANKLIN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.franklincc.org
(413) 773-5463

• Nov. 18: November Chamber Breakfast with John B. Jurst, 7:30-9 a.m., at Greenfield Country Club, 171 Country Club Road, Greenfield. The speaker will be John Hurst, President of RAM, the Retailers Assoc. of Massachusetts. RAM is a trade association that represents some 3200 retail stores by advocating for them in this changing retail climate. RAM voices concerns about potential legislation, labor laws and rights, compensation, loss prevention, and other factors related to retailing, whether a megastore or the mom-and-pop shop downtown. What is the future of retailing? This discussion is a timely one just before holiday shopping begins. Cost: $13 for members, $16 for non-members Register by Nov. 11 at www.franklincc.org or by calling (413) 773-5463.

• Dec. 16: Annual Holiday Breakfast, 7:30-9 a.m., at Deerfield Academy, 7 Boyden Lane, Deerfield. A bountiful buffet will be presented by the Academy chefs. The program will be sponsored by the Recorder, and tributes will be offered to the recipient of its Citizen of the Year award. A selection committee pores over the many nominations that are received and makes the difficult choice just prior to the event. Awardees are recognized for their volunteer work in their community, as well as many acts of kindness during their lives. There are also gift bags for those attending. Register early at www.franklincc.org or by calling (413) 773-5463.

GREATER CHICOPEE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.chicopeechamber.org
(413) 594-2101

• Nov. 1: Multi-Chamber Business After Hours, 5-7 p.m., at Mill 180 Park, 180 Pleasant St., Easthampton. Cost: $10 members, $15 for non-members.

• Nov. 16: Salute Breakfast, 7:15-9 a.m., hosted by Collegian Court restaurant, 89 Park St., Chicopee. Cost: $23 for members, $28 for non-members.

GREATER EASTHAMPTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.easthamptonchamber.org
(413) 527-9414

• Nov. 9: Hampshire County Business Bash, 5-7 p.m., at the Lord Jeffery Inn, Amherst. A tri-chamber business-expo networking event. Enjoy business building, networking, complementary appetizers, cash bar, and local brewery beer tasting. Cost: $10 for members, $15 for non-members. Register online at www.easthamptonchamber.org or by calling the chamber at (413) 527-9414.

• Nov. 10: Checkpoint Legislative Summit, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Hosted by the Log Cabin, 500 Easthampton Road, Holyoke. The Chamber of Greater Easthampton joins in presenting a multi-chamber event with the Chicopee, Hadley, Holyoke, and Westfield chambers. Bring your questions or concerns to this open forum with area legislators, featuring keynote speaker Lt. Gov. Karen Polito. Cost: $45 for members registering before Oct. 31, $55 for non-members. After Oct. 31, all registration will be $55. For more information or to register, visit www.easthamptonchamber.org, or call (413) 527-9414.

• Dec. 2: Greater Easthampton Chamber of Commerce SnowBall, 6 p.m., hosted by Garden House at Look Park. This holiday celebration begins at 6 p.m. with a cocktail hour, followed by dinner at 7 p.m. served by Myer’s Catering, and the evening ends with dancing to live music by Maxxtone. Cost: $75 per person. Reservation deadline is Nov. 23. For more information or to register, visit www.easthamptonchamber.org or call the Greater Easthampton Chamber at (413) 527-9414.

GREATER HOLYOKE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.holyokechamber.com
(413) 534-3376

• Nov. 6: Checkpoint 2016 Legislative Symposium Luncheon, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., hosted by the Log Cabin. The keynote speaker is Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito. More than 20 local legislators are invited to attend as part of a panel discussion. Attendees are encouraged to bring their questions to ask in an open forum. Presented by the Holyoke, Chicopee, Easthampton, South Hadley, West of the River, and Westfield chambers of commerce. Registration and networking at 11 a.m., followed by lunch, speakers, and Q&A session. Cost: $55. Call (413) 534-3376 to sign up, or register online at holyokechamber.com.

• Nov. 9: Chamber Coffee Buzz, 7:30 t 8:30 a.m., hosted by Greater Holyoke YMCA. Sponsored by Whittlesey & Hadley, P.C. Coffee sponsored by Spradley Deluxe Coffee. The Coffee Buzz series is a morning networking program that provides chamber members and guests the opportunity to make new contacts and exchange business information over a light breakfast.  Join the Y team members for a tour of the facility and hear all the great things that the Y has to offer. No charge for members of the business community. Call the Holyoke chamber at (413) 534-3376 to sign up.

• Nov. 18: Chamber After Hours, 5-7 p.m., hosted by Homewood Suites. The Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors will be collecting lightly worn, professional shoes for Dress for Success and men’s apparel for Suit Up Springfield. A representative from Dress for Success will be on hand to answer any questions. Suit Up Springfield helps provide professional attire to young men in the Greater Springfield area, and allows continued building of professional development and mentorship programs.  Plenty of freezable baked sweet breads will be on hand to purchase in time for the holidays. Cost: $10 for members, $15 for non-members and at the door. No invoicing under $20. Call the chamber at (413) 534-3376 if you would like to bring a door prize or if you would like a marketing table for $25. Sign up online at holyokechamber.com.

GREATER WESTFIELD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.westfieldbiz.org
(413) 568-1618

• Nov. 1: Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce 5 Chamber Business After 5, 5-7 p.m., hosted by Mill 180 Park, 180 Pleasant St., Easthampton. Presented in partnership with the Greater Chicopee, Greater Easthampton, Greater Holyoke, and West of the River chambers. You won’t want to miss this unique event at an indoor urban hydroponic park. Cost: $10 for members, $15 for non-members. To register, call (413) 568-1618 or visit www.westfieldbiz.org.

• Nov. 7: Mayor’s Coffee Hour with Westfield Mayor Brian Sullivan, 8-9 a.m., at Netlogix, 48 Court St., Westfield. This event is free and open to the public. Call Pam at the chamber office at (413) 568-1618 to register.

• Nov. 9: After 5 Connection, 5-7 p.m., at the Holiday Inn Express located at 39 Southampton Road, Westfield. Sponsored by It’s PAWSible! Dog Training Center. Refreshments will be served. Bring your business cards and make connections. Cost: free for members, $10 cash for general admission. To register, call the chamber office at (413) 568-1618.

• Nov. 16: 56th annual Meeting and Awards Dinner, 5:30 p.m., at East Mountain Country Club, 1458 East Mountain Road, Westfield. Congratulations to 2016 award winners: Firtion Adams, 2016 Business of the Year; Westfield Technical Academy, 2016 Nonprofit Business of the Year; and George’s Jewelers. Inc., 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award. The event sponsor is Staples, and the registration table sponsor is the Gaudreau Group. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Cost: $50 for chamber members, $60 for general admission. RSVP by Nov. 11 appreciated, but no refunds after that date.

PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S CHAMBER
www.myonlinechamber.com
(413) 787-1555

• Nov. 3: PWC Expo Headline Luncheon, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., at the MassMutual Center, 1277 Main St., Springfield. Featuring Andrea Haslet-Davis, ballroom dancer, runner, and Boston Marathon bombing survivor. Cost: $40. Reservations may be made online at www.springfieldregionalchamber.com.

SOUTH HADLEY & GRANBY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.shgchamber.com
(413) 532-6451

• Nov. 3: Spotlight on South Hadley Businesses, 7-9 p.m., at South Hadley High School. After leaving BusinessWest’s Western Mass. Business Expo, have dinner, then go to Spotlight on South Hadley Businesses. Know Your Town and the South Hadley & Granby Chamber of Commerce are partnering to host a free program featuring your business. It’s like a chamber table-top or craft-fair event, but it’s free to businesses and the public. It’s free to have a table with your business information and promotion (posters, takeout menus, job applications, handouts, business cards, etc.). E-mail [email protected] to RSVP or to have questions answered about this opportunity.

SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL CHAMBER
www.myonlinechamber.com
(413) 787-1555

• Nov. 3: Springfield Regional Chamber Expo Business@Breakfast, 7:15-9 a.m., at the MassMutual Center, 1277 Main St., Springfield. Featuring Laura Masulis, MassDevelopment fellow, speaking on “The Rise of Innovation.” Cost: $30 for members in advance, $30 for general admission, and $35 for walk-in admission. Reservations may be made online at www.springfieldregionalchamber.com.

• Nov. 9: Springfield Regional Chamber Lunch ‘n’ Learn, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at the Colony Club, 1500 Main St., Springfield. “The New Overtime Law and the Pay Equity Law — Their Impact to You” will be presented by John Gannon, attorney with Skoler Abbott & Presser, P.C. Cost: $25 for members, $35 for general admission. Reservations may be made online at www.springfieldregionalchamber.com.

• Nov. 15: Springfield Regional Chamber Speed Networking, 7:15-9 a.m. Location to be determined. Cost: $20 for members in advance ($25 at the door), $30 for general admission. Reservations may be made online at www.springfieldregionalchamber.com.

• Nov. 17: Springfield Regional Chamber Government Reception, 5-7 p.m., at the Carriage House, Storrowton Tavern, 1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield. An evening of informal conversation with local and state leaders. Cost: $50 for members in advance, $70 for general admission. Reservations may be made online at www.springfieldregionalchamber.com.

WEST OF THE RIVER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.ourwrc.com
(413) 426-3880

• Nov. 1: Coffee with Mayor Cohen, 8-9:30 a.m., at the Agawam Senior Center Coffee Shop, 954 Main St., Agawam. Join us for a cup of coffee and a town update from Mayor Richard Cohen. Questions and answers will immediately follow. For more information, contact the chamber office at (413) 426-3880, or e-mail [email protected].

• Nov. 15: Coffee with Mayor Reichelt, 8-9:30 a.m., at the West Springfield Public Library Community Room, Park Street, West Springfield. Join us for a cup of coffee and a town update from Mayor Will Reichelt. Questions and answers will immediately follow. For more information, contact the chamber office at (413) 426-3880, or e-mail [email protected].

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BOSTON — The Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, the state’s nonprofit association, released the second edition of “Commonwealth Insights,” focusing on county-level poverty rates throughout Massachusetts. The report, utilizing recently released data from the American Community Survey, takes an in-depth look at poverty rates in Massachusetts geographically, their connections to unemployment and high-school dropout rates, and policy recommendations for addressing county-by-county poverty throughout the state.

“Nonprofits of all types work to improve people’s lives and help communities thrive,” said Jim Klocke, CEO of the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network. “This data, particularly the number of children living in poverty throughout the state, reminds us that there is more work to be done. The Massachusetts Nonprofit Network will continue to work with leaders in the nonprofit, government, philanthropic, business, and civic sectors to expand opportunity and strengthen communities.”

The findings show that, while Massachusetts is ranked 13th-best in the nation with an 11.5% poverty rate, county-level poverty rates are as high as 20% in some regions and are closely linked to unemployment rates. For children, county-level poverty rates are as high as 30% in some regions and closely align with high-school dropout rates.

The report also includes five policy recommendations to begin addressing county-by-county poverty in Massachusetts: expanding job growth policies statewide and regionally, strengthening the Earned Income Tax Credit, minimizing the cliff effect, doing more to help students complete high school, and creating new partnerships and collaborations between the nonprofit, government, and business sectors.

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A photo essay of recent business events in Western Massachusetts October 31, 2016

 

Employer Recognition

Human Resources Unlimited (HRU) recently celebrated its annual Employer Recognition & Awards Breakfast at Springfield Country Club.

Dan Flynn, United Bank’s COO for Wholesale Banking (left), presents HRU’s 2016 Employer of the Year Award to Specialty Bolt & Screw Inc.; accepting the award is Specialty COO Jon Queenin.

Dan Flynn, United Bank’s COO for Wholesale Banking (left), presents HRU’s 2016 Employer of the Year Award to Specialty Bolt & Screw Inc.; accepting the award is Specialty COO Jon Queenin.

Amy Royal, CEO of Royal, P.C. and member of HRU’s board of directors, presents HRU’s 2016 Rookie Employer of the Year Award to Mario Scorza, manager of Friendly’s of the Westfield Shops

Amy Royal, CEO of Royal, P.C. and member of HRU’s board of directors, presents HRU’s 2016 Rookie Employer of the Year Award to Mario Scorza, manager of Friendly’s of the Westfield Shops

Timm Marini (left), president of HUB International, Carol Tourangeau (second from left), and HRU President Don Kozera present HRU’s 2016 Armand Tourangeau Volunteer of the Year Award to Cheryl Rumley of Apex Healthcare.

Timm Marini (left), president of HUB International, Carol Tourangeau (second from left), and HRU President Don Kozera present HRU’s 2016 Armand Tourangeau Volunteer of the Year Award to Cheryl Rumley of Apex Healthcare.

 

 

 

Ready to Launch

 On Oct. 21, Massachusetts life-science industry leaders, state Senate President Stan Rosenberg, UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy, and other dignitaries took part in a launch of the university’s Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS), including a ceremonial ribbon cutting. Harvey Lodish, scientific advisor to Genzyme Inc. and Millennium Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, offered the keynote talk. IALS was initially funded by a $95 million investment by the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center together with more than $55 million in investments by the university. To date, more than $20 million in IALS-related sponsored research awards have been secured. The investment in state-of-the-art equipment is designed for use not only by UMass faculty researchers but also industry and academic partners.


On Oct. 21, Massachusetts life-science industry leaders, state Senate President Stan Rosenberg, UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy, and other dignitaries took part in a launch of the university’s Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS), including a ceremonial ribbon cutting. Harvey Lodish, scientific advisor to Genzyme Inc. and Millennium Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, offered the keynote talk. IALS was initially funded by a $95 million investment by the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center together with more than $55 million in investments by the university. To date, more than $20 million in IALS-related sponsored research awards have been secured. The investment in state-of-the-art equipment is designed for use not only by UMass faculty researchers but also industry and academic partners.


A student displays his research project at the event

A student displays his research project at the event

 

 

 

Breaking Ground

Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Oct. 18 at campus Building 19, which will be renovated and transformed into the Ira H. Rubenzahl Student Learning Commons, set to open in the fall of 2018.

Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Oct. 18 at campus Building 19, which will be renovated and transformed into the Ira H. Rubenzahl Student Learning Commons, set to open in the fall of 2018.


STCC President John Cook speaks at the groundbreaking, which drew a standing-room-only crowd.

STCC President John Cook speaks at the groundbreaking, which drew a standing-room-only crowd.


Former STCC President Ira Rubenzahl, left, and Christopher Johnson, STCC board of trustees chairman, stand next to Ann Beha Architects’ depiction of the structure that will bear Rubenzahl’s name

Former STCC President Ira Rubenzahl, left, and Christopher Johnson, STCC board of trustees chairman, stand next to Ann Beha Architects’ depiction of the structure that will bear Rubenzahl’s name

 

 

 

Another Link

Claire D’Amour Daley, vice president of Corporate Communications for Big Y

Claire D’Amour Daley, vice president of Corporate Communications for Big Y, recently read to grade 4 students at the Homer School in Springfield as part of the Link to Libraries (LTL) read-aloud programs. The students listened to the story “The Day-Glo Brothers,” and each received a new book to bring home to build their home library as part of the Link to Libraries program. “Having Ms. Daley come to the school, read to the children, and talk about her work and how education made a huge impact on her life is what the Link to Libraries program is about,” said Susan Jaye-Kaplan, LTL president. “Mentoring, reading, and inspiring our students is what is most important.”

 

 

 

Recognizing Local Lights

Oct. 20 in a celebration of Western Mass. businesses at the Wood Museum of Springfield History

Associated Industries of Massachuetts (AIM) handed out four awards on Oct. 20 in a celebration of Western Mass. businesses at the Wood Museum of Springfield History. Pictured above: AIM President Richard Lord presents Cinda Jones, president of W.D. Cowls Inc., with the inaugural AIM Sustainability Award, which was also given to PeoplesBank. Meamwhile, AIM honored Smith & Wesson and Valley Venture Mentors with the 2016 Next Century Award.

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GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College (GCC) will host a Western Mass Student Day of Poetry (SDOP) on Tuesday, Nov. 1, welcoming more than 200 area students in grades 8 to 12.

Established by Mass Poetry, a Student Day of Poetry brings hundreds of middle- and/or high-school students to a college campus for a day of reading, writing, and performing poetry; students work with top poet educators in the region. Mass Poetry’s mission is to bring poetry to the people, particularly audiences that may not traditionally engage with poetry, prompting a focus on middle- and high-school students.

After Mass Poetry held five regional events in 2015 — in Boston, Amherst, Worcester, Lowell, and Fall River — Greenfield Community College’s Cindy Snow pitched the idea for a small-scale Western Mass SDOP at GCC. “We have so much creative talent in our region, and it’ll be wonderful to connect local writers and students,” she said. “Students will also get to see our campus and learn more about GCC.”

Working with Mass Poetry Program Director Sara Siegel, the GCC Student Day of Poetry brings poets Amy Gordon, DM Gordon, Doug Anderson, Janet MacFadyen, Jim Bell, Leo Hwang, Maria Williams, Patricia Lee Lewis, Susie Patlove, and Trish Crapo to the GCC campus to perform their work, lead hour-long writing workshops with students, and act as spectators when students perform their own work. Librarian Hope Schneider will also run a workshop in which students will create aleatory and visual poetry. GCC President Bob Pura will welcome the students over lunch.

Due to limited capacity, the Student Day Of Poetry could not host all schools in the area that wished to attend. However, Mass Poetry can offer a school an In-School Student Day of Poetry, an event catered to the individual school’s needs. Mass Poetry is also organizing a Statewide Student Day of Poetry, which will take place at UMass Boston on Thursday, Dec. 15.

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SPRINGFIELD — Bacon Wilson announced that five attorneys have been named to the 2016 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list of top attorneys in the Commonwealth, and three have been named to the 2016 Massachusetts Rising Stars list. Both rosters appear in New England Super Lawyers magazine. Only 5% of New England’s lawyers are Super Lawyers, with attorneys selected for background, professional experience, achievement, and peer recognition. The following Bacon Wilson attorneys were honored for 2016:

• Gary Fialky – Business/Corporate, Banking, Real Estate;

• Michael Katz – Business/Corporate, Business Bankruptcy, Consumer Bankruptcy;

• Paul Rothschild – General Litigation, Employment and Labor, Personal Injury;

• Hyman Darling – Estate Planning & Probate, Elder Law, Tax; and

• Gina Barry – Estate Planning and Probate, Elder Law, Residential Real Estate.

Rising Stars are under 40 years of age, or have been practicing law for less than ten years. Fewer than 2.5% of New England lawyers are named as Rising Stars, including the following Bacon Wilson attorneys for 2016:

• Adam Basch – Construction Litigation, Business Litigation, Personal Injury;

• Benjamin Coyle – Business/Corporate; State, Local, and Municipal; Estate and Trust Litigation; and

• Thomas Reidy – Land Use/Zoning.

Super Lawyers is an attorney-rating service that compiles annual lists of attorneys with high degrees of peer recognition and professional achievement. There is no opportunity to pay for a listing. Rather, selections are determined by a process that includes independent research, evaluation of candidates, peer reviews, and a statewide survey of lawyers, rendering results that are credible, comprehensive, and diverse listings of exceptional attorneys.

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Coming into Focus

BioFlight VR panel

BioFlight VR panel

Ed Zemba has quite a few memories from the huge trade show called VRLA, the world’s largest virtual and augmented reality expo, staged last spring, as the names suggests, in the City of Angels.

Most involve the technology itself and the large volumes of excitement generated about its seemingly limitless potential within the world of business. But he also can’t forget some of the comments directed his way when people found out his company, Robert Charles Photography, was based 3,000 miles to the east.

“One guy said, ‘hey, you’re two years early,’ or something to that effect,” said Zemba, who explained that this commentator was noting that the East Coast usually lags well behind the West Coast when it comes to technological breakthroughs of this kind, and was adding some pointed sarcasm and exaggeration (maybe) to the equation.

Zemba was somewhat taken aback by this, and said that such comments were repeated enough that he actually developed and refined a comeback of sorts.

“I said, ‘we do OK back east — wasn’t most of this technology developed at MIT?’” he recalled, adding that those who heard the line were mostly unimpressed and had a comeback of their own.

“One guy said, ‘yeah, OK, but what do the guys at MIT do when they develop the technology? They come out here to Silicon Valley, that’s what they do.’ They were tough,” he recalled, adding that this back and forth, coupled with the tremendously powerful displays of what VR and AR can do — and in some cases, are already doing — inspired him.

Ed Zemba says he created Link to VR to help business owners

Ed Zemba says he created Link to VR to help business owners understand this emerging technology and take full advantage of it.

To be more specific, the experiences inspired him to do what he could to make sure that, when it came to virtual reality and augmented reality, businesses in the 413 area code and beyond were not late (or much later) to the party when it comes to these technologies, as they are with so many other forms of innovation.

To that end, he partnered with several other business owners in the region to create a venture called Linked to VR, a name that pretty much says it all. Indeed, the company was created to help companies understand the vast potential of this technology — for everything from helping patients understand a medical procedure by transporting themselves (virtually, of course) into an organ or joint so they can see what’s wrong and what the doctor will do to fix it, to dramatically reducing the costs of training programs by curtailing or eliminating the need to travel — and then create a plan to put it to use.

“The earlier we can collectively get our heads around this, the better off we’re going to be,” he explained, using ‘we’ to mean business owners, but also educators, parents, and other constituencies. “We want to help people transition to the next platform and incorporate this technology into their business model.”

And this brings us to the Western Mass. Business Expo coming up Thursday (see the full guide to the show in the special section inside this issue). Indeed, Zemba, a huge supporter of the show going back to the ’90s, wanted this year’s edition of the event to become a vehicle for introducing VR and AR and putting its full potential on display.

And he has energetically worked with BusinessWest, producer of the Expo, to create a wide range of programming that will not simply allow attendees to be wowed by what they see when they put the goggles on (although that is a big part of it), but to enable them to fully understand how it can be applied to their business, and also how to get the ball rolling.

“I can remember that the business show was always a time to learn about new technology and new ways of doing business,” he explained. “That’s why this is the perfect forum for putting this technology on display and helping business owners get both hands around it.”

Learning — and doing — opportunities will come in several flavors, from so-called experience rooms, where Expo attendees can try out the Oculus Touch and see where this technology can take them (figuratively, but also from a business perspective), to an educational seminar called “Enterprise Virtual Reality: From Concept to Reality.”

Zemba, like others who have come to know and appreciate VR and AR, refers to this as “disruptive technology.”

That’s a technical term, and a business term, one that has come to define technology that displaces an existing technology and shakes up an industry — or several of them. Recent examples include the PC, cell phones, and e-mail. Others, from past decades, include the telephone, television, and jet travel.

Zemba knows a little about disruptive technology, because he’s seen it, from a business perspective, up close.

Indeed, digital photography certainly fits that description, he explained, adding that, when the technology exploded onto the scene in the ’90s, some could see what it was going to do, reacted, and took full advantage of it. Others, including established corporations, like Polaroid, were late to react or didn’t react at all, and paid a very steep price for their hesitation and arrogance.

“I saw some companies increase their sales exponentially, and I saw other companies go out of business,” he explained. “And what determined which direction you took was how you embraced the technology and how you prepared for it.”

The same will likely be true in many respects when it comes to virtual reality, he said, adding that it has vast potential to impact virtually every form of business, and especially healthcare and education.

“When I first saw this technology in use, I thought it was science fiction; I said, ‘we cannot be on that level yet,’” he recalled. “But it’s not science fiction. It’s real, and in many respects, it’s here.”

But not all people in business know that, or understand what it means, he went on, adding that three area businesses — Robert Charles, Del Padre Digital, and Tiger Web Designs, all in East Longmeadow — have come together to, as the name connotes, link businesses to VR.

“Most businesses have no real idea that this technology exists, or how to use it,” he noted, adding that this new venture was created specifically to do something about that.

And by link, Zemba means educating them about the technology and its practical applications, but also linking them (there’s that word again) with resources and potential partners. Like California-based BioflightVR, one of the leading-edge companies bringing VR to light — and to the boardroom.

Zemba told BusinessWest that the Western Mass. Business Expo, presented again by Comcast, represents an opportunity for Link to VR to bring its efforts to a new level and a new stage.

And they will make the most of that opportunity.

Indeed, in addition to the two ‘experience rooms’ at the MassMutual Center, Zemba and his partners have arranged for Rik Shorten, chief creative officer for BioflightVR, to deliver an educational seminar on the topic.

While Shorten, an Emmy winner for his work on CSI and a special-effects veteran who has been involved with a number of shows, will talk about the technology, he will put heavy emphasis on how businesses can harness it.

Going further, and as the title of his talk suggests, he will delve into how companies can conceptualize ways in which VR and AR can solve problems for them, and then how they can develop a pilot program for eventually putting the technology to use.

As they say in the entertainment business, these programs to take place at the Expo are certainly ‘must-see.’

For more information, peruse the guide in this issue and visit www.wmbexpo.com.

George O’Brien can be reached at [email protected]

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SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Museums have been awarded a Museums for America grant of $106,592 from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to restore and stabilize 20 Tiffany stained-glass windows at the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum. These grants are awarded through competitive peer review and require at least a 100% match by the applicant. The program is an essential component of the institute’s goal of sustaining cultural heritage.

The 20 Tiffany stained-glass windows are original to the main façade of the historic George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, which opened in 1896. The windows have deteriorated because of age, city pollution, and the harsh New England weather. This project includes a provision to protect the windows and their restoration through the addition of exterior tempered glass. The restoration of the Tiffany stained-glass windows will reintegrate these important decorative features with the building as well as greatly increase the effectiveness of the museum’s environmental control system.

“These windows are rare and highly significant,” said Kay Simpson, president of the Springfield Museums. “They are the only Tiffany stained-glass windows in existence that were specifically commissioned for an American art museum, and they are a critical element of the overall design of the 1896 museum building. We are grateful to the IMLS for providing us with funding to stabilize and preserve these important stained-glass treasures for future generations.”

Added U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, “the Quadrangle represents the cultural center of the city of Springfield, and the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum is one of its most celebrated institutions. For more than 100 years, the museum has been home to some of the most rare, eclectic, and pre-eminent collections in New England. Thousands of people visit each year to enjoy works ranging from Japanese armor to 19th-century Italian watercolors. But one of the museum’s most important and iconic artifacts has been its original Tiffany stained-glass windows. The last of their kind in the United States, these extraordinary windows are being restored with the help of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. As a supporter of the arts, I take great pride in the Springfield Museums and believe we have a responsibility to preserve them for future generations. And this window-restoration program demonstrates that commitment.”

Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno said he is “very appreciative and thankful to all involved for securing this grant. We are very fortunate for a city our size to have such a well-respected museum complex that not only continues to enlighten our past, but also our future too.”

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NORTHAMPTON — A dialogue about race in the community will be held Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 5 and 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Jandon Center for Community Engagement at Smith College. The discussion is the first in a series called Community Dialogues on Race, which is open to residents of Hampshire County. Registration is required, and there is no cost to attend the two-day event.

Community Dialogues on Race will highlight the issue of racism, as well as race-related incidents that continue to occur both locally and nationally. In addition, organizers have identified the following outcomes:
to move towards solutions rather than continue to express or analyze the problem;
to each beyond the usual boundaries, offering opportunities for new, unexpected partnerships; and to unite divided communities through a respectful, informed sharing of local racial history and its consequences for different people in today’s society.

The idea for the Community Dialogues on Race initiative stems from the ongoing work of Cooley Dickinson Health Care’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council as well as the results and recommendations of the 2016 community health needs assessment, which was commissioned by Cooley Dickinson Health Care.

Cooley Dickinson is underwriting the cost of the project, and the United Way of Hampshire County is a partner in organizing the initiative, which includes four two-day sessions. Following the November discussion, three additional dialogues will be scheduled in 2017.

Participation is limited to 30 people for the Nov. session. Attendance for both days is required, and lunch will be provided both days. To register, call (888) 554-4234.

When registering, prospective participants will be asked their name, the organization they represent (if any), and their race/ethnicity. Organizers are asking about race/ethnicity as they have a goal of 50% participation from people of color. Registrants will receive confirmation that they have been selected for the November session or that they have been placed on the waiting list for future sessions, which will take place in 2017.

Kent Alexander and Jeff Harness will facilitate the November program. Alexander, who developed the idea of the Community Dialogues on Race, will function as the lead facilitator, while Harness, director of Community Health at Cooley Dickinson, will assist.

Alexander has worked as a consultant for the New York City public school system, arts groups, and labor unions. After moving to the Pioneer Valley, he was employed for nine years as the director of Diversity and Inclusion at Elms College, where he also co-taught cultural competency, as well as at local institutions that include Holyoke Health Center and Springfield Technical Community College. Since retiring in 2015, he has been an active member of the Cooley Dickinson Patient Family Access Committee as well as a member of Cooley Dickinson’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee. He also facilitates social-justice-focused workshops for various local organizations, including Girls Inc. of Holyoke, HAPHousing, Montague Catholic Social Ministry, and Franklin Regional Council of Governments. He also serves on the advisory board for the local chapter of Standing Up for Racial Justice.

Harness has a long history working on public-health issues in Western Mass. He has worked with a variety of communities and local residents on public-health topics including health access, substance-use prevention, tobacco control, food, and physical activity. In his current role as director of Community Health, he represents Cooley Dickinson on community health projects in the region.

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PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Bank announced that Jim Hickson has rejoined the bank as SVP commercial regional president for the Pioneer Valley and Connecticut markets. In his new role, he will focus on growing the commercial-lending business, as well as expanding relationships with products and services offered through the bank’s other business lines, including wealth management, private banking, insurance, and retail banking.

Hickson brings to the bank more than 26 years of financial experience. His previous roles include commercial banking team leader for People’s United Bank and SVP ABL relationship manager at Berkshire Bank, and he also held positions within TD Bank, KPMG Consulting, and Fleet Capital.

“We are very pleased to have Jim return to the Bank in this new role. Jim’s appointment further demonstrates our commitment to the Pioneer Valley and will enable Berkshire to continue to develop our already strong presence in Connecticut, under the direction of SVP Commercial Regional Leader Peter Samson,” said Senior EVP Commercial Banking George Bacigalupo.

Jim holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and an MBA from Boston University. He is board chair and president of the board of directors for Common Capital, a board member for New England Certified Development Corp., and serves on Wilbraham Friends of Recreation.

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HOLYOKE — Parents are invited to bring their little ghosts and goblins under the age of 12 for trick-or-treating at Holyoke Mall during its Halloween Mall-O-Ween event on Monday, Oct. 31.

Children will have the opportunity to trick or treat at participating stores from 4 to 6 p.m. Parents and children should look for the “Trick or Treat Here” sign displayed in participating storefronts for special treats during the designated hours. Promptly at 5:30 p.m., a costume contest will be held in Café Square. Contestants must be registered before 5:30 p.m. Also, stop by Sbarro on Oct. 31 in your Halloween costume and receive a free slice of cheese pizza with a $5 purchase.

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SPRINGFIELD — On Friday, Oct. 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Western New England University (WNEU), in partnership with Global Corporate College and Massachusetts Community Colleges, will host a delegation of 20 senior business representatives from the equivalent of Fortune 500 companies owned by the Chinese government.

The delegation is in the U.S. for a short-term professional-development program aiming to highlight best practices, showcase new innovation, and share insights on industry trends. The participants are primarily from technical industries, with delegates from companies representing coal, petroleum, heavy equipment, and auto manufacturing.

Chinese-owned CRRC USA Rail Corp., a subsidiary of the world’s largest manufacturer of railroad cars and locomotives, arranged the visit to WNEU’s College of Engineering.

“We plan to discuss our current partnership with CRRC in terms of workforce development, internships, and professional development of future CRRC employees, among other topics,” explained S. Hossein Cheraghi, dean of Western New England University College of Engineering. The Chinese executives, along with representatives from Massachusetts Community Colleges, will tour the engineering labs, meet with faculty, and discuss the university’s partnership with CRRC USA Rail Corp.

The business delegates’ visit to WNEU is the last of their trip before returning to China.

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SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) has been awarded a five-year, $3.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help Hispanic and low-income students obtain degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). U.S. Rep. Richard Neal announced the funding package during a press conference at STCC.

Called the Hispanic and Low-Income Transformed Education in STEM (HiLITES) Project, the grant will provide services and supports across campus to ensure student success in STEM classes and majors.

“Most jobs in the future will require a basic understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics,” Neal said. “That is why this federal assistance from the U.S. Department of Education is so important and timely. It will give Hispanic and low-income students an opportunity to learn the necessary skills that can lead to a successful career in the growing STEM industry.”

STCC President John Cook understands this, Neal went on, “and that’s why I congratulate him and his team at STCC for securing this highly competitive grant. Because of their leadership, some of our region’s diverse student population are being given an extraordinary opportunity to receive a STEM-based education and find a good-paying job.”

STCC is the only community college in Massachusetts to receive this award.

“We feel tremendously fortunate to receive this funding from the U.S. Department of Education and are also very grateful for the support offered by Congressman Neal,” Cook said. “STCC is open-eyed about student needs, and this grant helps us address complex challenges. We look forward to building diversity across our unique array of STEM programs, and this is a chance to both expand initiatives, while also trying new and creative approaches.”

Only 11.4% of Hispanic students at STCC –— and 14% of low-income students — major in STEM fields, said Arlene Rodriguez, vice president for Academic Affairs at STCC. She noted that Hispanic and low-income students enter college with greater developmental math needs and have lower rates of retention and graduation. Students who are Hispanic and low-income perform worse on all three measures than students who are only Hispanic or low-income. The grant is designed to help Hispanic and low-income students overcome hurdles on their path to an associate STEM degree and transfer to a baccalaureate program.

“I am pleased that we have been awarded this grant, which aims at providing greater possibilities for a bright future for Latinx and low-income students,” Rodriguez said.

Dr. Adrienne Smith, dean of the School of Engineering Technologies and Mathematics, added that “I am thrilled about the receipt of this grant award, as this funding will provide the college with the necessary resources to increase the numbers of Hispanic and low-income students in STEM, thereby increasing their chances for employment in high-paying STEM careers.”

The project aims to increase the number of Hispanic and low-income students in STEM disciplines, increase pass and retention rates by redesigning developmental and gateway STEM coursework, provide student supports throughout degree programs to encourage progression and completion, and provide high-quality professional development for STEM faculty.

Highlights of the project include hands-on STEM demonstrations for local middle- and high-school students; an expansion of the method for assessing math placement for entering students; a redesign of developmental math and entry-level chemistry curricula; the hiring of two STEM advisers to conduct outreach and help transition STEM majors into the college; the creation of a STEM Center as a centralized location for presentations, group study, and tutoring; assessment software to support faculty work; and the funding of numerous professional-development opportunities for faculty.

To be eligible to receive the grant, colleges must have the federal designation of HSI (Hispanic-Serving Institution). An HSI institution must have at least 25% Hispanic students making up the total student population. With a Hispanic student population of 27.6%, STCC has officially been designated a Hispanic Serving Institution since 2013. Additionally, 56% of STCC students receive federal Pell grants, which are limited to students with financial need.

STCC began planning for the grant in September 2015 with the formation of a HSI STEM planning committee.

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SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has more than just a memorable season of classical music on tap. On Thurs., Oct. 27, the SSO is inviting the public to support the symphony at its third annual celebrity bartending fund-raiser, to be held at the Student Prince and the Fort in downtown Springfield. All tips and a portion of all purchases will benefit the SSO. There is no admission fee, but participants must be at least 21 years old.

From 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., celebrity bartenders will include Springfield Mayor Dominic Sarno, Fire Commissioner Joseph Conant, Springfield Sting owner Zach Baru, White Lion Brewery owner Ray Berry, Springfield Thunderbirds Manager Ryan Smith, Springfield BID Executive Director Chris Russell, Western Mass News Anchors Lindsay Iadeluca and Chris Pisano, and Lazer 99.3 DJ Leslie, to name a few. Celebrities will staff the bar, serving up beer and wine to symphony supporters. To find out when your favorite local celebrity will be behind the bar, visit springfieldsymphony.org/calendar.

In addition to a fun evening of drinks and conversation with members of the SSO staff and local celebrities, guests may enter to win raffle prizes, including free concert tickets. Free valet parking will also be provided.

After the success of last year’s event, this year promises to be a well-attended evening of socializing and support for the SSO, said SSO Executive Director Peter Salerno. “For three years running, this has been an exciting event for both the symphony and our guests. It also provides an opportunity for the city to support and celebrate the outstanding music the symphony is able to bring to Springfield.”

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SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Health has appointed Ben Craft to the new position of senior director of Government and Public Affairs.

Craft, who has served as the organization’s director of Public Affairs since 2012, is assuming the additional responsibility of government affairs to support Baystate’s needs for strong connections with local, state, and federal government amid continuing rapid change in the healthcare environment.

Craft returned home to Western Mass. to join Baystate in 2008, having worked previously at the United Nations and the Wall Street Journal in New York City. His work at the UN included communications and policy advocacy with government, nonprofit, and civil-society partners. He will report to Jennifer Endicott, Baystate’s chief strategy officer and senior vice president of Strategy and External Relations.

“With his deep understanding of the challenges facing healthcare providers today and a strong network of relationships in the community and across Baystate Health, Ben is well-positioned to serve as point person for our local, state, and federal government partners,” said Endicott. “Ben is committed to finding ways to improve the dialogue between our dedicated elected officials and Baystate Health, the largest provider of safety-net services and largest private employer in Western Massachusetts. Ben’s previous experience, particularly at the UN, will be invaluable in achieving this goal.”

Craft grew up in East Longmeadow and is a 1996 graduate of UMass Amherst.

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BOSTON — Local unemployment rates dropped in 22 labor-market areas and increased in two areas in the state during the month of September, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported. Compared to September 2015, the rates were down in all areas.

Eight of the 15 areas for which job estimates are published recorded seasonal job gains in September, with gains in the Springfield, Worcester, Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Taunton-Middleborough-Norton, Leominster-Gardner, Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, Framingham, and New Bedford areas. The Peabody-Salem-Beverly area had no change in its jobs level over the month, while seasonal losses occurred the remaining six areas.

From September 2015 to September 2016, 14 of the 15 areas added jobs, with the largest percentage gains in the Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury, Taunton-Middleborough-Norton, Worcester, Pittsfield, and Brockton areas.

In order to compare the statewide rate to local unemployment rates, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the statewide unadjusted unemployment rate for September was 3.3%.

Last week, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported the statewide seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 3.6% for the month of September. The unemployment rate is down 1.2% over the year. The statewide seasonally adjusted jobs estimate showed a 5,100-job gain in September and an over-the-year gain of 78,300 jobs.

The unadjusted unemployment rates and job estimates for the labor market areas reflect seasonal fluctuations and therefore may show different levels and trends than the statewide seasonally adjusted estimates.

The estimates for labor force, unemployment rates, and jobs for Massachusetts are based on different statistical methodology specified by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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LONGMEADOW — Three new board members have been elected to the Bay Path University board of trustees. Mary Bushnell, Martin Caine, and Andrew Davis will each serve a three-year term which began in June.

Bushnell is a 1974 graduate of Bay Path. She and her husband, David, have been generous donors to the university for 30 years, with their philanthropy having a particular focus on student scholarship. In 2005, she served as co-chair to kick off the Carol A. Leary Endowed Scholarship Fund for First Generation Students. Their support of Bay Path’s “Charting New Paths” campaign was instrumental in launching the American Women’s College, Bay Path’s online degree-completion program. Currently, their support involves providing funds to underwrite a data-based campus study being done to determine which in-school factors contribute to Bay Path graduates’ personal, professional, and/or family success upon graduation. She has served on many boards for the past 30 years, recently completing her tenure of eight years on the board of the Overlook Foundation, which raises funds for the Overlook Medical Center in Summit, N.J.

Caine is a principal at Wolf & Company, P.C. in Springfield. He has more than 25 years of experience as a certified public accountant, providing audit and advisory services to business owners, executives, and boards of directors. His advisory services include consulting on internal control compliance, acquisitions and divestitures, due diligence, and compensation matters. His industry experience encompasses financial institutions, manufacturing and distribution, and not-for-profit entities. Caine is a frequent speaker on financial topics, particularly in his areas of expertise, accounting and auditing. He is a 1986 graduate of Western New England College and is a CPA in both Massachusetts and Connecticut. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants, and serves on the board of advisors at Valley Venture Mentors Inc.

Davis is president and managing partner of Chestnut Realty Management, LLC in Springfield. He is responsible for the underwriting and financing of new transactions for the firm’s investment strategies. Prior to forming Chestnut Realty Partners, Davis spent three years with Wallace Capital, managing underwriting in its Florida office and originating bridge real-estate loans; six years at PVI Capital, LLC, a private commercial lender specializing in short-term bridge financing; and five years managing residential acquisitions for GFI Partners, a production builder and real-estate development company. A 2001 graduate of St. Michael’s College, he is a former board member of HAPHousing and serves as chapter forum officer for the Young Presidents’ Organization.

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HOLYOKE — Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C. (MBK) announced that Melyssa Brown, CPA, MBA, has been accepted into the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) Leadership Academy. She was previously honored with a Women to Watch Emerging Leader Award from the Massachusetts Society of CPAs.

Brown’s induction into the Leadership Academy took place over the course of a four-day program held earlier this month in Durham, N.C. The prestigious invitation-only program featured interactive dialogue with the profession’s top leaders designed to build on the foundational knowledge perspective of each individual. Attendees were immersed in experiential exercises and self-examination of leadership and how a new strategic vision will positively impact their personal life, career path, and the CPA profession.

“We’re very proud of Melyssa’s achievement,” said MBK partner James Barrett. “It’s not her first honor, and it certainly won’t be her last. She started here as an entry-level staff member and quickly went on to become the youngest senior manager in the firm’s history. We look forward to more amazing things from her.”

Brown received her bachelor in accountancy degree from Elms College and her MBA in accounting from the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst. She is vice president of the Girls Inc. board of directors and is active in the UMass Family Business Center and the Young Professional Society of Greater Springfield. She was also a BusinessWest 40 Under Forty honoree in 2013.

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HOLYOKE — Westside Finishing has been named one of the best finishing shops in North America, according to an industry benchmarking survey conducted by Products Finishing magazine, a trade publication that has covered the industry since 1938.

The magazine conducted an extensive benchmarking survey that analyzed hundreds of finishing companies in several different areas, including current finishing technology, finishing practices and performances, business strategies and performances, and training and human resources.

Only the top 50 shops were given the honor of being a Products Finishing ‘Top Shop’ based on a scoring matrix in those four criteria.

“Westside Finishing has established itself as one of the best finishing operations in the industry,” said Tim Pennington, editor of Products Finishing magazine. “The criteria we used was very stringent, and only the top finishing shops that excelled in all four areas made the list. Westside Finishing is in rare air when it comes to finishing operations.”

Brian Bell, owner and president of Westside Finishing, said he is “extremely excited and pleased to be named one of Products Finishing magazine’s Top Shops for the second year. Our employees and management team have worked very hard to be the best in the industry, and to provide our customers with quality service.”

Westside Finishing began as a liquid-coatings job shop based in West Springfield in the early 1980s. As the company began to grow and expand, powder-coating technology became more advanced and mainstream. In 1986, Westside Finishing purchased its first powder-coating setup and began spraying powder coatings. In 1994, the company moved its operation to 15 Samosett St. in Holyoke. The facility has undergone two expansions spurred by the dramatic increase in size and volume capability of parts that are being coated. In order to keep up with demand, new coating equipment was installed, and new employees were hired to meet customer demands.

In addition to powder coating, Westside Finishing offers a wide array of services including silk screening, pad printing, sub assembly, final packaging, and trucking to businesses in their service area. Westside Finishing is a family business; Bell is joined by his wife Jeanne, office manager, and son Korey, who has held various positions throughout the company and now serves as operations manager.

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SPRINGFIELD — Thanksgiving is approaching, and the Gray House, a nonprofit human-service agency in the North End of Springfield, is requesting donations to help ensure everyone enjoys a traditional Thanksgiving meal.

“Thanksgiving is such a special day when we gather with friends and family and express our gratitude for all that we have,” said executive director Teresa Spaziani. “For those who go without the turkey and other traditional dishes, I imagine it would feel like just another meal. We want it to be special for all of our neighbors who can’t afford to purchase a holiday meal or who have to decide between paying the rent or buying food for their family.”

The Gray House provides food-pantry services throughout the year to an average of 80 to 120 families every week. With the holiday approaching, it is expecting an even greater demand, and is seeking donations of frozen turkeys as well as gravy, stuffing, potatoes, canned yams or sweet potatoes, canned vegetables, cake mixes and frosting, pie crust, and pie filling.

“Last year, we were able to provide 525 families with a turkey and sides. The number of families we can provide holiday groceries for truly depends on the number of turkeys donated, so even if you are able to donate one turkey, that means one more family in our neighborhood gets to enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving meal,” Spaziani said.

In addition to donations, volunteers, especially those who speak Spanish, are also needed to help with registration and distribution. Volunteer opportunities can be found at grayhouse.org/volunteer-opportunities.

Food donations can be dropped off weekdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Nov. 18, or by appointment at the Gray House, 22 Sheldon St., Springfield. Donors are asked to drive up to the side door the house (near the ramp) and are asked to leave all donations in their car until staff can come out to help unload their cars. Donors are also asked not to leave any donations sitting outside the Gray House.

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SPRINGFIELD — Bolstering its commitment to reach consumers on their terms, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. has appointed longtime financial-services branding and marketing executive Jennifer Halloran as head of Brand and Advertising.

Halloran, who is based in Boston and reports to MassMutual Chief Customer Experience Officer Gareth Ross, will oversee the collaborative development and implementation of the company’s initiatives in brand marketing, community responsibility, digital content, and social engagement. She will also be responsible for managing the deployment of the MassMutual brand strategy throughout all channels, as well as in the company’s community-engagement efforts.

“We are excited to have someone with Jennifer’s track record of experience in the financial-services industry and business acumen on board to further enable us to drive the MassMutual brand in a way that is consistent with our strategy, and create a consistent experience within the marketplace and with our customers,” said Ross. “Her experience, creativity, and passion for collaboration — underscored by her successes throughout her two-decade career — will be invaluable as we move forward as a company.”

Halloran was most recently with Fidelity Investments, where she spent a total of eight years in a variety of leadership roles in marketing, communications, and branding. These responsibilities included managing and executing the redesign of web, digital, and content programs for Fidelity’s Innovation Lab, as well as many other cross-channel digital customer-experience programs. She also held various marketing, communications, and brand-strategy positions with both Mobiquity Inc. and Putnam Investments. She began her career in 1996 with integrated advertising agency Digitas (now DigitasLBi).

A graduate of Boston College with a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science, Halloran earned her MBA in marketing/marketing management from Babson College’s Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business.

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NORTHAMPTON — Royal, P.C., a woman-owned, boutique, management-side labor and employment law firm, announced that Amy Royal, principal and founding partner of the firm, has been honored with selection as one of New England’s Super Lawyers and has been included in the 2016 issue of New England Super Lawyers magazine.

Super Lawyers consists of attorneys throughout New England who are nominated by their peers as outstanding lawyers; the nomination then goes through an extensive selection process.

With more than 16 years of experience, Royal has successfully defended employers in both federal and state courts as well as before administrative agencies in a variety of areas of employment law, including employment discrimination and sexual harassment, unfair competition, breach of contract and wrongful discharge claims, workers’ compensation, and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations, with a special emphasis in wage-and-hour class actions.

Royal regularly advises non-union clients on maintaining a union-free workplace and performs other preventive work such as wage-and-hour law compliance, record-keeping audits, drafting of employee manuals and affirmative-action plans, and management training. In addition, she assists unionized clients during contract negotiations, at arbitrations, and with respect to employee grievances and unfair-labor-practices charges.

Royal’s accolades also include Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s 2012 Top Women of Law award recognizing her as a top female lawyer in Massachusetts, as well as BusinessWest’s prestigious 40 Under Forty award, recognizing her for outstanding leadership in the Pioneer Valley business community.

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SPRINGFIELD — Beginning Wednesday, Nov. 2, the Realtor Assoc. of Pioneer Valley will sponsor a 40-hour, 14-class sales licensing course to help individuals prepare for the Massachusetts real-estate salesperson license exam. The course will be completed on Dec. 7.

Tuition is $359 and includes the book and materials. For an application, call the Realtor Assoc. of Pioneer Valley at (413) 785-1328.

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CHICOPEE — The School of Nursing at Elms College has received accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) for its doctor of nursing practice (DNP) program.

CCNE accreditation is a nongovernmental peer-review process that operates in accordance with nationally recognized standards established for the practice of accreditation in the U.S.

“We all share in the joy and pride of having achieved this great accomplishment,” said Kathleen Scoble, dean of the School of Nursing at Elms. “The DNP program was a vision and a dream for Elms School of Nursing and our community partners.”

The DNP degree is a clinical practice doctorate in an advanced specialty of nursing practice for the role of nurse practitioner. DNP graduates from Elms are eligible to sit for advanced certification and licensure in one of two specialty tracks: family nurse practitioner or adult-gerontology acute-care nurse practitioner.

Most local programs educate advanced-practice nurses (APRNs) at the master’s level, but — in accordance with the American Assoc. of Colleges of Nursing’s evolutionary position to move the level of preparation necessary for APRN roles from the master’s degree to the doctorate level — Elms College has implemented the clinical doctorate to prepare NPs with the highest level of scientific knowledge and practice expertise.

The college has partnered with Baystate Medical System and Berkshire Health Systems, who fund cohorts of nurses to fill critical roles in their organizations now and into the future.

A special white-coat ceremony for Elms’ second cohort of DNP students will be held in December. “This spring, our ultimate goal of graduating nurse practitioners prepared with a quality clinical doctorate in nursing will be realized,” Scoble said.

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SHEFFIELD — Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation announced that two Berkshire County residents, Peter Dillon and Pamela Green, have joined its board of directors.

Dillon was appointed superintendent of schools for the Berkshire Hills Regional School District in 2009, and was recently named superintendent of the Shaker Mountain School Union. Previously, he was executive director of policy in the Office of Portfolio Planning at the New York City Department of Education, where he helped to create and sustain more than 150 new schools. He serves on the boards of the New England School Development Council and St. James Place, and is a member of the Berkshire Compact for Education and Multicultural BRIDGE’s Race Task Force.

Green is a partner in the law firm of Smith Green & Gold, LLP in Pittsfield, where she concentrates on trust, estate and tax planning, estate administration, elder law, and real estate. She served as managing editor of the Western New England Law Review and has authored or co-authored articles and book chapters in her practice areas. She has been named to Boston magazine’s Super Lawyers Rising Stars list and Berkshire Community College’s Berkshire County 40 Under Forty. She is on the board of the Pittsfield Economic Development Authority and Hancock Shaker Village’s audit committee.

Dillon and Green join a regional board of 20. With assets of $125 million, Berkshire Taconic is a major funder of nonprofit organizations in its four-county region, working in partnership with donors and nonprofits to meet the needs of communities.

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BOSTON — The state’s total unemployment rate dropped to 3.6% in September from 3.9% in August, marking the lowest rate since June 2001. Preliminary estimates show the state gained 5,100 jobs over the month, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported.

At 3.6%, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is down 1.2% over the year from 4.8% in September 2015, according to data collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. There were 88,600 more employed residents over the year compared to September 2015, and 43,000 fewer unemployed residents. Massachusetts’ unemployment rate remains lower than the national rate of 5.0% reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“The rate has fallen dramatically in the last two months, three-tenths of a point this month, and two-tenths of a point the month before. While these are preliminary estimates, this is very good news for the Commonwealth,” Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Ronald Walker II said. “Over the year, jobs are up 63,800.”

The state added fewer jobs over the month in August than the Bureau of Labor Statistics originally estimated, gaining 3,600 jobs compared to the previously published 5,900-job-gain estimate. Year to date, December 2015 to September 2016, Massachusetts has added 63,800 jobs.

The sectors with the largest over-the-month job gains were in education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and manufacturing. Over the year, the largest private-sector percentage job gains were in construction; leisure and hospitality; education and health services; and professional, scientific, and business services.

The state’s labor-force participation rate — the total number of residents 16 or older who worked or were unemployed and actively sought work in the last four weeks — remained 65.0%. Over the year, the labor-force participation rate has increased 0.3% compared to September 2015.

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SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield College computer graphics/digital arts program will host a free game lab workshop on Saturday, Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. inside Blake Hall. The program is designed for high-school students who have an interest in being a video-game designer.

The workshop will introduce individuals to video-game design experts, and allow guests the opportunity to experience the field first-hand. Attendees will have the chance to witness how video games are made and what it takes to design a video game of their own.

The event will include a panel of video-game design experts, including Pat King, owner of Woodpenny Studio; Matthew Zanni, director of Software Engineering at Carousel Industries; and Sarah Como, game developer at Disruptor Beam.

Attendees will have an opportunity to win an iPad by bringing in their best 3D game character as a concept drawing, digital image, or 3D model and be judged by experts in the field.

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SPRINGFIELD — G4S Secure Solutions USA, the provider of campus security services for American International College (AIC), recently recognized 21 outstanding employees from across the country for their service and commitment to company values, including teamwork and collaboration, customer focus, expertise, performance, integrity, and safety first in 2015.

Among those honored for their performance was Custom Protection Officer Omar Aljanabi, who serves on the AIC campus. Aljanabi reports to the G4S Hartford office. In March 2015, he was on foot patrol when he observed a vehicle crash and heard a man yelling for help. Aljanabi radioed campus police dispatch to call the Springfield Police Department while he ran to offer assistance. The driver informed Aljanabi that passengers in the vehicle had suffered serious personal injuries.

Three additional custom protection officers arrived on the scene, and, working as a team, they secured the area and assisted the injured individuals. Aljanabi’s quick reaction to this situation and his immediate response to provide aid in an unknown emergency scene demonstrated his courage and professionalism.

According to Chief of Campus Police David Kuzmeski, “while the AIC campus police serve the college community as their top priority, we have an investment in the greater community and are happy to assist our neighbors where we can in partnership with Springfield Police Department. We’re proud to have Officer Aljanabi with us at AIC.”

G4S operates across six continents in more than 100 countries and employs more than 600,000 people. G4S North America employs more than 56,000 individuals.

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SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Regional Chamber will hold its annual Government Reception on Thursday, Nov. 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Carriage House at Storrowton Tavern, 1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield.

Sponsored by Baystate Health, Comcast, and Health New England with support from Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, the reception provides business and community leaders with the opportunity to meet socially with local, state, and federal officials following the end of the formal legislative session. Last year, more than 200 people attended the event, including members of area select boards and city councils, as well as state representatives and senators.

The cost is $50 for members and $75 for general admission. To make reservations, visit www.springfieldregionalchamberchamber.com or e-mail [email protected].

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HADLEY — After more than two years of strategic planning, in a deal valued at approximately $1.6 million, Paragus IT’s employee stock-ownership plan (ESOP), which distributes ownership of 40% of the company to its 40-plus employees, is officially a go.

To celebrate, Paragus is bringing in the founder of Harpoon Brewery, one of the country’s most high-profile ESOPs. Dan Kenary will sit down with Paragus founder Delcie Bean for a conversation about how ESOPs work and what it means for businesses, clients, and customers. The event, open to the public, will take place today, Oct. 21, at 3:30 p.m. at Paragus Headquarters, 112 Russell St., Hadley.

“Everyone here is very excited about the ESOP,” Bean said. “For us, it’s about fueling growth by giving everyone a direct stake and a personal investment in the future of the company. But lots of people on the outside still have questions. This is a fun way to team up with a great company with a similar vision and get everybody up to speed — and have a couple of beers doing it.”

To that end, Paragus hasn’t just invited Harpoon’s founder. The taps in the Paragus pub will be flowing with a selection of Harpoon’s best seasonal brews for attendees to enjoy.

“This is a great reason to cut out of work a little early on a Friday and kick the weekend off right with a snack, a beer or two, and some interesting conversation,” Bean said.