July 24, 2018 - BusinessWest

SPRINGFIELD — Preparations for the Aug. 24 grand opening of MGM Springfield are non-stop, and that includes the company’s ongoing hiring efforts. Starting today, July 24, the MGM Springfield workforce-development team will set up its Job Talk Tuesday for the next month at Cambridge College.

Job Talk Tuesday has been a weekly Facebook Live Q&A session where MGM Springfield’s workforce-development representatives answer questions as they are posted on the MGM Springfield Facebook page. With Cambridge College hosting, the MGM Springfield team will be migrating Job Talk Tuesday from Facebook Live to an in-person Q&A session to discuss the opportunities ongoing at MGM Springfield.

“At MGM, we never stop hiring and looking for exceptional local talent,” said Wanda Gispert, regional vice president, Talent & Workforce Development for MGM Resorts. “Our local partnerships have been key to our hiring success. We are well on our way to exceeding many workforce goals that were set for MGM Springfield, but to keep pace and support a 24-hour, 365-day resort, we can’t slow down now.”

In addition to Job Talk Tuesday, the event at Cambridge College will highlight the flexible evening, weekend, and online class schedules being offered at the college. Attendees will have the opportunity to see how it is possible to fit school into a busy life, obtain information about licensure and certification options, and discover what financial-aid resources and scholarships are available.

No registration is required to join Job Talk Tuesday at Cambridge College. Representatives will be available Tuesdays July 24 through Aug. 28 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to bring résumés. Cambridge College’s downtown Springfield campus is located at 1500 Main St. in Tower Square.

HUB International New England Welcomes Scott Higgins, Erin Wilde

By BusinessWest Staff July 24, 2018

Daily News

EAST LONGMEADOW — HUB International New England, LLC, a division of HUB International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, recently announced that Scott Higgins joined the agency as an account executive for Commercial Lines, and Erin Wilde has come on board as a client relationship manager. Both will work in the East Longmeadow office.

Higgins will be responsible for servicing medium- to large-sized businesses with a focus on property and casualty products. Having first started his career as a collision repair manager with GM for more than 20 years, he has a vast background in providing settlements for collision repairs. From there, he held various positions with MetLife and MetLife Financial.

Wilde will work closely with the HUB New England Employee Benefits team to service existing clients with marketing, benefits communications, regulatory requirements, cost-saving measures, and enrollment, as well as assisting with new prospects. Having worked in the employee-benefits field, including stops at Bank of Tampa and Sullivan Benefits, she has a background servicing nonprofits.

Holyoke Medical Center Names Kathy Anderson Director of Community Benefits

By BusinessWest Staff July 24, 2018

Daily News

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center announced the appointment of Kathleen Anderson as the hospital’s director of Community Benefits. She begins her new role on Aug. 27.

“We are thrilled to welcome Kathy to the Holyoke Medical Center team. She is an accomplished professional with over 20 years of networking experience in the city of Holyoke and regionally. Her extraordinary ability to build trusting relationships will be greatly appreciated in the role of director of Community Benefits,” said Spiros Hatiras, Holyoke Medical Center’s president and CEO.

Added Anderson, “throughout my career I have had the wonderful opportunity to get to know the needs of the community. This position will allow me to use the knowledge that I’ve gained over the years to best serve the current and future patients of HMC.”

The director of Community Benefits provides programs and services to improve health in communities and helps to increase access to healthcare. This is done to advance medical and health knowledge in the community and relieve or reduce the burden of government and other community efforts. Anderson will succeed Helen Arnold following her retirement after a 42-year career with Holyoke Medical Center.

Anderson most recently served as president of the Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce and its affiliated Centennial Foundation. Prior to that, she served as Holyoke’s Planning and Economic Development director, as well as chief of staff for two Holyoke mayors. She serves on the state Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development’s Economic Assistance Coordinating Council, and chairs both the Holyoke Salvation Army and Economic Development Partners of the Western Mass. Economic Development Council.

“I was born at Holyoke Medical Center, and I began my career at the hospital at the age of 14 in a volunteer position as a candy striper,” Anderson said. “This new role is a wonderful opportunity for me personally to go back to where I started. All of my family members have been cared for at the hospital, and I feel at home at Holyoke Medical Center.”

AIC Names Mika Nash Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

By BusinessWest Staff July 24, 2018

Daily News

SPRINGFIELD — Effective July 30, Mika Nash will join American International College (AIC) as executive vice president for Academic Affairs. She comes to AIC from Champlain College in Vermont, where she served as dean of Continuing Professional Studies.

Nash has more than 20 years of experience in the field of higher education, with the majority of her career spent in senior leadership. In her most recent role, she was tasked with the development and administration of all academic and operational responsibilities associated with running the Continuing Professional Studies academic unit with management oversight for all curricula, academic programs, academic policies, articulation agreements, eLearning, faculty recruiting, training and development, and building student, family, and academic support services. A particular area of interest and scholarship for Nash continues to be technology innovation to expand the student experience and engagement in course content.

During her tenure with Champlain College, Nash oversaw enrollment growth from 900 active students to its current enrollment of 3,500 and doubled the portfolio of academic offerings from 30 to 65 programs. The division of Continuing Professional Studies at Champlain College serves undergraduate and graduate students in degree and certificate programs in business, accounting, information technology, and healthcare administration.

In addition to expanding academic programs and increasing enrollment while at the college, Nash sat on the provost council and was a voting member of the Curriculum Committee and Faculty Senate. Further, she served as a long-standing member of the President’s Diversity Council for the institution, was a founding member of the Diversity and Inclusion Advocacy Committee, and was a graduate of and co-teacher for Intercultural University.

“I was drawn to AIC because its mission is one that resonates for me — initially built as an institution focused on providing educational opportunities to immigrants and then expanding the vision to a diverse student body, grounding that academic journey in liberal arts and a career-focused major,” Nash said.

Prior to joining Champlain College in 2007, Nash served as dean for the School of Hospitality and Restaurant Management at the New England Culinary Institute. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Vermont. She has a doctorate in higher educational leadership and policy studies.

“We look forward to Dr. Nash becoming AIC’s next academic leader. This is a very exciting time, especially with the opening of the Colaccino Center for Health Sciences this fall,” said AIC President Vince Maniaci. “Dr. Nash’s previous experience and educational philosophy blends well with our commitment to provide access and opportunity for students in their pursuit of a degree while growing our programs to help graduates meet the demands of a rapidly changing world.”

Regional Rail Service Picks Up Speed

By Joseph Bednar July 24, 2018

Cover Story

Tracking Progress

The launch of the Hartford line last month, which expands rail activity from Union Station in Springfield to a host of Connecticut stops, has been a success, judging by early ridership. More important, it has municipal and economic-development leaders from Greater Springfield thinking about the potential of a Springfield-to-Greenfield service beginning next year, as well as the viability of east-west service between Boston and Springfield. It’s about more than riding the trains, they say — it’s about what riders will do once they get here.

When is a train not just a train?

Because the ones stopping at Union Station as part of the so-called Hartford line — which connects Springfield with New Haven via six other stations that roughly track I-91 through Connecticut — represent more than that, said Kevin Kennedy, Springfield’s chief Development officer.

“The simplest way to explain it is, the future is about connectivity, whether that connection is physical or electronic,” Kennedy told BusinessWest. “That’s going to be the case for the next 20 to 30 years going forward. And, in the case of rail, it’s critical that we increase our activity in Union Station.”

The reason is simple symbiosis. At a time when Springfield is preparing for an influx of visitors with the opening of MGM Springfield next month, in addition to other significant economic-development activity downtown, a train stop for several CTRail trains each day promises to make the city a more attractive destination, Kennedy said. That could have spinoffs for other regional attractions, particularly after a northern rail line is completed next year, connecting Union Station with Greenfield.

“The simplest way to explain it is, the future is about connectivity, whether that connection is physical or electronic,” Kennedy told BusinessWest. “That’s going to be the case for the next 20 to 30 years going forward. And, in the case of rail, it’s critical that we increase our activity in Union Station.”

“When they bring Greenfield and Northampton and Holyoke into the loop with new depots (all built over the past few years), that’s going to have a dramatic effect on how everyone comes and goes from Springfield,” Kennedy said. “MGM is an entertainment giant, and we’re basically going to be sharing [visitors] up and down the Valley, sending some of our visitors to MGM north to see what goes on up there, and seeing an awful lot of people come here. That’s connectivity.”

Michael Mathis, president and chief operating officer of MGM Springfield, agreed that expanded rail will benefit not just the casino, but the city and region as a whole, helping to brand it as an accessible travel destination.

“This new high-speed connection will be a welcome catalyst for business and tourism in the city and connect two important regional economic hubs,” Mathis told BusinessWest. “As awareness of the service continues to grow, we anticipate more and more people will be attracted to the area.”

To further promote exploration of the city from Union Station, MGM and the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority will launch the Loop, a free shuttle service linking downtown tourist attractions, hotels, restaurants, and arts and culture destinations. Debuting Aug. 24 as part of MGM Springfield’s opening, the Loop will connect Union Station, the Springfield Armory, Springfield Museums, the Basketball Hall of Fame, MGM Springfield, and the MassMutual Center, as well as four downtown hotels.

Rail activity in Union Station has picked up significantly, and expanded Springfield-to-Greenfield service next year will continue that trend.

“Any time you have a significant number of individuals coming into the city, that’s an economic opportunity,” said Rick Sullivan, president and CEO of the Western Mass. Economic Development Council. “Certainly, things are happening in the region, and downtown Springfield in particular, and it’s a big plus that it’s very walkable, or an easy commute with the MGM trolley to different venues here.”

All Aboard

Looking ahead, Gov. Charlie Baker recently announced that passenger rail service between Springfield and Greenfield will begin on a pilot basis in spring 2019. Under the agreement, MassDOT will fund the cost and management of the pilot service, which will be operated by Amtrak and conclude in fall 2021.

The pilot will provide two round-trips each day and make stops at stations in Greenfield, Northampton, Holyoke, and Springfield. Southbound service will be provided in the morning hours, and northbound in the evenings. This pilot service will leverage the MassDOT-owned rail line currently used by Amtrak’s Vermonter service.

Economic-development officials in the Pioneer Valley, and the cities connected by that future line, will likely be cheered by the early success of the 62-mile Hartford line, which began operating on June 16, with trains running approximately every 45 minutes between Springfield and several communities in Connecticut, including Windsor Locks, Windsor, Hartford, Berlin, Meriden, Wallingford, and New Haven. This expanded service is in addition to the existing Amtrak service throughout the corridor.

After two days of free rides, the line began running at regular fare prices on June 18, and in that first full week of June 18-24, ridership on the Hartford line totaled 10,719 customers, which Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy characterized as a success.

“I’ve spoken with scores of riders who have begun to use the Hartford Line and who are saying their commute has become much easier and less stressful,” ConnDOT Commissioner James Redeker said in a statement. “With easy access and connections with our CTtransit buses, we are opening up all kinds of options for getting around Connecticut — whether you’re going to work, to school, or simply playing the role of tourist.”

The Hartford Line connects commuters to existing rail services in New Haven that allow for connections to Boston, New York City, and beyond, including the New Haven Line (Metro-North), Shore Line East, Amtrak Acela, and Northeast Regional services.

“We know that it will take some time for this new rail service to grow to full maturity and become part of the everyday lives of Connecticut residents, but there is definitely an excitement about this long-overdue train service,” Malloy said at the time. “At the end of the day, this transit service is about building vibrant communities that attract businesses, grow jobs, and make our state a more attractive place to live, visit, and do business.”

This is precisely the model Massachusetts officials want to see replicated here — right away around Union Station, and eventually up and down the Valley as well.

“With the Loop service starting there, it will provide an opportunity to see Springfield even beyond the casino,” said Chris Moskal, executive director of the Springfield Redevelopment Authority.

The activity at Union Station has impacted other downtown development as well, Kennedy said, including Silverbrick Lofts and future market-rate apartments in the Willys-Overland building. “The 265 units at Silverbrick wouldn’t have happened without Union Station,” he noted. “They were very specific about that.”

Down the Line

Beyond north-south rail, however, are much more ambitious rumblings — and they’re rumblings from far, far down the proverbial track at this point — about east-west rail service connecting Boston and Springfield, and perhaps Albany one day.

MassDOT plans to carry out an extensive study over 18 months, analyzing many aspects and options for potential east-west passenger rail service. This will include engaging with stakeholders and evaluating the potential costs, speed, infrastructure needs, and ridership of potential passenger rail service throughout this corridor.

“Carrying out a comprehensive study on east-west passenger rail will allow us to have a rigorous, fact-based discussion regarding options for potential service,” state Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack said last month. “Many legislators, local and regional officials, and business leaders called for such a study, and we are pleased to take a step in advancing this planning for future service.”

Eventually, Kennedy told BusinessWest, rail service from, say, Montreal to New York and from Boston to Albany would position Springfield in an enviable spot as a central hub along both lines.

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal said as much when the Hartford line opened last month, calling enhanced rail service between Springfield and Boston a potential “game changer” for the region. “Investing in our transportation infrastructure will benefit people across the entire Commonwealth of Massachusetts.”

Between Amtrak and now CTrail, riders have several options each day to travel to and from Connecticut and beyond.

Sullivan said increasing the speed and ease of travel to a destination like Springfield, with more frequent schedule options, will open up opportunities to attract visitors from both the north and south. He’s not as optimistic about east-west rail, at least not in the next decade, since it’s not in the state’s five-year budget plan and has many logistical and cost hurdles to overcome.

“But certainly, the Connecticut line coming in gives the Convention & Visitors Bureau some travel and tourism opportunities, and it’s incumbent on those entities to sell the region hard — and they’re doing that,” he said. “It’s a significant opportunity.”

Kennedy noted that, when he travels on the eastern part of the state, each T stop is marked by renovated buildings and generally lively activity around the stations. If Massachusetts can be traversed in all directions by rail, he believes, highways could become less congested while trains bring economic energy into each city they stop in. “I see really good things ahead and significant potential,” he said. “Trains are a key component of the future.”

That’s why it’s important for Springfield to continue to grow with rail in mind, he added.

“One of the reasons for our recent success is that we planned bigger rather than smaller,” he said. “Springfield had a history of thinking too small, but certainly over the past five to eight years, we thought bigger, and it’s worked very well. We’ll continue with that big-picture thinking with Union Station as a critical node.”

Moskal agreed.

“Believe me, we’ve had an unbelievable response from people who use Union Station every day,” he said. “From what I’m hearing from people, they’ve said, ‘where has this service been?’ I’m like, ‘it’s here now.’ The spinoff potential has excited people. You can take the bus from there. The activity in and around the station is enormous. And the opportunities are only going to expand.”

Joseph Bednar can be reached at [email protected]

MGM and Its ‘Campus’ Alter the Business Landscape

By George O'Brien July 24, 2018

Meetings & Conventions

Meeting Expectations

Rendering of the event spaces at MGM Springfield.

As MGM Springfield continues the final countdown to its Aug. 24 opening, the company is starting to generate considerable momentum in what will undoubtedly be one of the most important aspects of its operations — hosting meetings and conventions. MGM is creating what is being called a ‘campus,’ one that should catch the attention of groups planning everything from product showcases to association conventions to weddings.

Monique Messier was a little late for her scheduled conversation with BusinessWest, but there was a good reason — one that gave her something else to talk about.

Indeed, she was wrapping up work to book the first wedding at the hotel at MGM Springfield, and those talks took a little longer than expected.

Messier, executive director of sales for MGM Springfield, didn’t share too many details about that wedding other to say that it was booked for September — only a few weeks after the facility opens its doors — and that the couple was excited to be tying the knot in the glittering, new $950 million casino complex — and more excited that they would be the first to do so.

“It’s someone who knew they wanted to be in MGM,” she explained, referring to the short time frame between the booking and the nuptials. “They waited until we could get them into the building to see it, and we did; they were sold.”

With the meeting and event spaces at the MGM Springfield hotel and the MassMutual Center, Monique Messier said, the company can sell a “campus” of facilities to a host of constituencies.

Messier said this will be obviously be the first of many weddings at the facility, and that such ceremonies will comprise one element in a spectrum of gatherings that can be staged at a broad portfolio of meeting and event spaces at the casino and the MassMutual Center across the street.

“It’s a resort feel coming to downtown Springfield,” she noted, adding that this ‘feel,’ as well as the views and a wide array of facilities and amenities, should move Springfield up several notches when it comes to the radar screens of event planners and business owners and managers looking for a place to gather.

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MGM Springfield had an unveiling of sorts for the meeting and event spaces earlier this month, revealing photos and details of some of the rooms. Officials there have been offering tours this spring and summer to event planners and other groups, but thus far it has mostly kept those spaces under wraps.

What’s becoming clear, though, is that what’s under those wraps is spacious, unique, and versatile, and that, collectively, the facilities provide Greater Springfield with a great opportunity to attract more events of all kinds. Already, there has been considerable interest, said Messier.

“We’re working with hundreds of groups already, and we’re in the process of trying to get as many groups as we can under contract,” she explained, adding that, while she couldn’t name clients that have signed on, there is a mix of groups and companies from within the 413 and outside it as well. “I think we’ll see quite a few new faces coming into downtown Springfield with all the different groups that have already shown interest in us here.”

In all, there will be 34,000 square feet of event and meeting spaces at the casino complex. There will also be abundant natural light and a host of indoor and outdoor options.

“We’re working with hundreds of groups already, and we’re in the process of trying to get as many groups as we can under contract. I think we’ll see quite a few new faces coming into downtown Springfield with all the different groups that have already shown interest in us here.”

Many of the individual facilities will incorporate the names of some of MGM’s sister properties in an effort to highlight the resort’s connection to other top destinations around the country.

There’s the 10,600-square-foot Aria Ballroom, a nod to the resort and casino in Las Vegas that opened in 2009; the smaller (5,600-square-foot) Bellagio Boardroom, named after another MGM property on the Vegas strip; the 1,000-square-foot Borgota Meeting Room, named after the Borgata Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City; and the 1,000-square-foot Beau Rivage Boardroom, a nod to the MGM property in Biloxi, Miss.

There will also be the renovated former National Guard Armory (most recently used as the South End Community Center) that will offer a unique, 4,800-square-foot room that will enable the groups that book it to stretch their imaginations and create an environment to suit their specific needs.

“This is a gorgeous, open area,” she told BusinessWest. “Groups can have high-end functions there; we can seat about 200 people banquet-style.”

Overall, the collection of spaces, coupled with the many attractions at MGM Springfield — from the casino floor itself to the Regal Cinemas complex, 10-lane bowling alley and arcade, TopGolf Swing Suite, and a variety of restaurants — will undoubtedly catch the eye of groups staging conventions, companies looking for team-building options, and a host of other constituencies.

For this issue and its focus on meetings and conventions, BusinessWest takes an inside look (not really, but it’s close) at the array of spaces at MGM Springfield and how they are expected to change the landscape when it comes to the all-important conventions business.

Space Exploration

Messier told BusinessWest that she and her sales staff will be selling the collective space at MGM Springfield and the MassMutual Center as a “campus,” because that’s truly what it is — one that boasts everything from a sports arena capable of seating nearly 10,000 people and huge convention spaces, to the hotel, its 252 rooms, 16 suites, and assorted ballrooms, boardrooms, and restaurants; from an open-air plaza inspired, Messier said, by the classic New England town common, named Armory Square, to the bowling alley and movie theaters.

Most groups won’t need all that, but it’s there if they need it, she went on, adding that just beyond this campus are more hotels and restaurants, performance venues including Symphony Hall and CityStage, and attractions ranging from Six Flags to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Put it all together and it’s a fairly easy package to sell, she went on, adding that a number of groups and events have already been scheduled.

“We did a tour yesterday for an association that’s looking at us for April, along with another that’s looking at us for 2022,” she said. “We have business that runs the gamut, from short-term, coming in in September, to a year out, to five years out.”

And there has already been a wide range of different types of events scheduled, she on, listing everything from that first wedding to this fall’s annual Bright Nights Ball, to take place in the Aria Ballroom, to a host of meetings and conventions.

In designing the spaces, MGM wanted to capture the flavor of Las Vegas and other gaming and convention hot spots, not just with the names on the venues, but with their luxurious look and feel and also the way they promote collaboration, interaction, and productivity, said Messier, adding quickly that there are considerable amounts of local flavor and personal touches.

The hotel was designed in a way that recognizes Springfield’s industrial roots, she noted, while eclectic artwork evokes this region’s creative iconography, visually referencing Dr. Seuss, Emily Dickinson, and Merriam-Webster Dictionary, among others.

The spaces will also be adaptable, she said, adding that while the Aria ballroom can hold up to 540 and the Ballagio up to 360, they can be configured to seat smaller gatherings.

‘Adaptable’ is also a word that can be used to describe the former Armory.

All of the meeting spaces are on the second floor of the hotel, and running the full length of those spaces is a terrace that looks out on Armory Square, with the Armory itself in the middle of the plaza, she explained, adding that these views are still another selling point when it comes to this campus.

“When you walk through our space, the whole terrace is open, and natural light floods in,” she said. “It’s an amazing view of the whole property.”

Messier said the collection of facilities within the campus she described will be especially appealing to business groups and individual companies.

Indeed, the various spaces can be utilized for everything from product showcases to annual retreats and sales meetings; from those increasingly popular team-building exercises to gatherings to entertain and recognize clients, vendors, and employees.

Bottom Line

Summing up what’s she’s seeing and hearing on the phone — from potential clients, her sales staff, and that couple getting married at MGM in a few months — Messier said the City of Homes and the region surrounding it are gaining the attention of a wide range of constituencies.

“I feel like there is revitalized interest in coming to Springfield,” she said. “With all the great attractions we already have in the area, for clients to be able to book here, bring their clients here, bring their salespeople here, bring their company outings here … it’s a classic win/win for people.”

As she mentioned earlier, it’s quite an attractive package, and one that’s already starting to sell itself.

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

Keiter Builders Fashions a Framework for Growth

By George O'Brien July 24, 2018

Construction

Creating a Solid Foundation

This lake home in Westhampton is one of the many projects in Keiter Builders’ portfolio of residential projects.

While earning his master’s degree in finance at the University of Rhode Island, Scott Keiter wasn’t thinking about using it to manage his own construction company. But after a dose of the ‘real world,’ as he called it, while working for an insurance company, his passion for carpentry took his career in a completely different direction. In a short decade, Keiter Builders has constructed a solid business foundation and a diverse portfolio of projects across several disciplines.

Scott Keiter likes to say his company is what he calls “a typical Valley builder.”

By that, he means it is relatively small, at least when compared to outfits in larger cities, boasts a diverse portfolio — out of necessity and good business sense more than anything else — is agile, and also always looking to add new disciplines to the equation.

Florence-based Keiter Builders is quite atypical, however, in that it is a first-generation company, started just 10 years ago, almost at the height of the Great Recession (we’ll get back to that challenge later), and therefore doesn’t have a long history.

Indeed, most of the builders in the 413 can boast in their ads — and on the sides of their trucks — that they were launched a half-century or more ago. Their principals can talk about starting out working for their fathers, who can talk about starting out working for their fathers.

Scott and Jill Keiter.

There isn’t any of that Keiter Builders, said Scott, who noted that his father is an aerospace engineer and he himself earned a master’s degree in economics at the University of Rhode Island, and while he was earning it, thoughts of putting it to use to manage his own construction company rarely, if ever, entered his mind.

However, and this is a big ‘however,’ Keiter worked as a carpenter during the summer while in high school and college, developed somewhat of a passion for building, and stayed in touch with the industry throughout his education.

“I tried different careers, and between my bachelor’s degree and my master’s degree, I went to work for State Farm Insurance in auto claims — that was my introduction to the real world,” he said. “Which wasn’t for me; when I got my master’s degree, I decided I needed a break and went back to carpentry.”

To move the story along, things “progressed,” as he put it, deploying a word he would use early and often, and Keiter Builders started to establish a foothold and begin its transformation into, well, a typical Valley builder.

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Today, as noted, it is diverse, specializing in commercial, residential, and institutional work, with clients including Smith College and Amherst College, a number of smaller businesses in and around Paradise City, and the city of Northampton itself — Keiter is currently handling a number of projects within Look Park, for example.

As much as Scott Keiter is into building dwellings, commercial spaces, and softball diamonds, among other things, right now he’s mostly engaged in building his business, a process that, like most, he finds enjoyable, but also quite challenging, given the pressures of what comes day to day.

“One of my challenges is looking ahead,” he explained. “You’re just so busy as a small-business owner, it takes everything you’ve got just to get through the day, but you need to focus on tomorrow as well as today.”

With that in mind, he wants to continuously expand the portfolio, and he’s doing that through various initiatives, everything from investments in the ‘heavy construction division,’ as he called it, which is pursuing subsurface utility work, trenching, and heavy civil projects, to efforts toward gaining certification to handle work for the state Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance, or DCAM, which would enable it to pick up work at UMass Amherst and other state-run facilities (more on all that later).

For this issue and its focus on construction, BusinessWest turns the spotlight on Keiter Builders, a comparatively young firm that has constructed a solid business foundation and is looking to continue building upon it.

By the Booklet

As part of those business-building efforts he described, Keiter said the company has become more aggressive in its efforts to promote its brand.

Like most all builders, large and small, word-of-mouth referrals have always been the most effective marketing tool, but the company has added another component with a slick promotional brochure that Keiter and his staff, including his wife, Jill, invested considerable time and energy in and are quite proud of.

This booklet does a very effective job of explaining the company’s depth and agility — or that ‘progression,’ as Keiter described it, while detailing not only what it does, but also, and perhaps more importantly, how.

Indeed, it devotes pages to the firm’s work to carefully develop a sound pre-construction strategy and manage the construction process and meet the most fundamental of objectives in this highly competitive business — finishing on time and to the specifications set by the client.

But it mostly focuses on wide array of projects in the portfolio.

That list includes everything from a telescope observatory dome at Smith College to the memorial fountain at Look Park; from the Valentine Hall rooftop deck at Amherst College to the work at Roberto’s restaurant in Northampton; from the new Northampton offices of the law firm Bacon Wilson to the Convino Wine Bar in Thornes Marketplace.

It also includes an addition and renovation to the optical studios almost directly across Main Street in Florence from the Keiter offices, as well as a host of new homes, remodelings, and additions.

Overall, that brochure shows a great deal of progression in a decade and how quickly the company has been able to establish itself within this market.

And remember, it started at the height of the recession. Well, sort of.

“We weren’t really a construction company at that time,” said Keiter, adding that the enterprise amounted to him handling a wide array of carpentry work. “We went out and just built a network of clients, and kept at it.”

By that he meant, well, a lot of things, including taking whatever jobs he could get, eventually adding his first employee and then more as the project list grew — “we’re really fortunate to have an excellent group of craftsmen working for us” — and lots of hard work building the solid relationships that are the very bedrock of this sector.

The softball field at Smith College

This relationship-building ability is clearly evident in the list of projects the company is currently handling, including several smaller initiatives at both Smith and Amherst Colleges, for which Keiter has already handled a number of assignments, and ongoing work at Look Park — which is in the midst of a comprehensive capital-improvement project. Renovation of Pines Theater is among the current initiatives.

There are a also a few residential projects ongoing, as well as a new building to support teen housing being developed by a Greenfield-based group called Dial/Self, said Keiter, adding that the company continues to build on the relationships it has forged in its early years while also establishing new ones.

“I don’t think there’s a defining moment over the past 10 years when it comes to how we’ve arrived here,” Keiter explained. “We try to take a long-term approach to our work as it relates to the quality, but also the relationships, and that’s really paid off for us.”

He offered Smith College as an example.

“We’ve been working with them for about six years,” he explained. “We started off doing very small projects, and we’ve just earned their respect and worked our way up to being involved with larger projects. As a first-generation company, we have to consistently prove our value.”

The company currently handles work within a relatively small geographic radius — roughly 15 miles from its Florence base, by Keiter’s estimates — but it is looking to expand that reach as well as its list of core competencies.

Keiter Builders handled renovations of the common area at Amherst College, one of its many institutional clients.

Indeed, Keiter, as noted, is currently investing in a heavy-construction division — a subsidiary of the company, actually — based in Hatfield. This division pursues work with utilities and larger contractors and focus on excavating, trenching, and site work, and it has been growing steadily, said Keiter.

Such diversification is important, especially for a sector so profoundly impacted by downturns in the economy.

“We need to stay engaged in many different disciplines,” he explained. “Sometimes, when commercial or institutional is a little slow, the residential fills the gaps. We really enjoy all the different kinds of projects; it keeps us sharp.”

Meanwhile, the company now owns a number of properties in the Northampton area and will look to develop them, said Keiter, adding that he’s eyeing a mix of commercial and residential development opportunities.

Then there’s the process of becoming DCAM-certified, which, Keiter said, should open a number of doors, including the large one involving UMass Amherst.

“We’re starting to enter the public arena,” he told BusinessWest, adding that DCAM certification should be a catalyst for growth within the heavy-construction division as well as the traditional contracting side of the venture.

Building a Legacy

Keiter, who has young children, said that someday, maybe his company can be one of those that boasts multiple generations of ownership and a half-century of history.

“I really enjoy building the business — it’s a pleasure to build a legacy,” he explained. “My hope is that maybe, sometime down the line, there will be a second generation.”

For now, he’s focused on that business- and legacy-building process, and said the formula for doing that is pretty straightforward.

“You have to keep grinding and building a reputation,” he explained. “And in our industry, there are no shortcuts to doing that.”

Indeed, there’s just hard work — on the job site and in creating and strengthening relationships. And success in those realms has enabled Keiter to come a in way in a short decade.

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

Snapchef Cooks Up a Lifeline for the Food-service Industry

By Joseph Bednar July 24, 2018

Workforce Development

The Heat Is On

Springfield Operations Manager Meagan Greene

The culinary world is a notoriously challenging place to forge a career, and turnover at the entry level is often high, a problem that constantly challenges restaurants, hotels, colleges, and a host of other food-service companies. Enter Snapchef, which has built a regional reputation for training those workers and matching them with workforce needs to help them get a foot in the door — and then, hopefully, kick it in.

It’s called ‘backfilling.’

That’s a concept businesses in many area industries — from financial services to marketing, from security to hospitality — have been thinking about as MGM Springfield has ramped up its efforts to hire some 3,000 people for its August opening.

Backfilling, simply put, it’s the replacement of an employee who moves on to a different opportunity, and MGM has undoubtedly caused a wave of that phenomenon locally. Because of the casino’s food-service operations, area restaurants, hotels, and other facilities that prepare and serve food have been doing quite a bit of backfilling as well.

If they can find adequate replacements, that is. That’s where Snapchef, a regional food-service training company that opened up shop in Springfield last year, can play a key role.

CEO Todd Snopkowski, who founded Snapchef 16 years ago, said the business model has proven successful in its other four locations — Boston, Dorchester, Worcester, and Providence, R.I. — and has found fertile ground in the City of Homes, where the need for restaurant workers has been on the rise.

“We train folks that are looking to make a career change,” he told BusinessWest. “And, being a staffing company, we don’t only train, we also match folks looking for work in the industry with jobs that are available. If they don’t have the skills to do a job, we actually train them, whether it be dishwashing, cooking, cheffing, you name it. We cover those bases and give them a foothold in the industry.”

As the largest culinary training and staffing company in New England, Snapchef essentially trains and provides staffing help to area food-service establishments. Clients range from large colleges and universities and hospitals to food-service corporations; from hotels and corporate cafeterias to hotels and restaurants.

“We train folks that are looking to make a career change,” he told BusinessWest. “And, being a staffing company, we don’t only train, we also match folks looking for work in the industry with jobs that are available. If they don’t have the skills to do a job, we actually train them, whether it be dishwashing, cooking, cheffing, you name it. We cover those bases and give them a foothold in the industry.”

“If they come to me with little or no skills or just want to brush up, we guide individuals in that track,” said Meagan Greene, operations manager in Springfield, noting that Snapchef’s 13-week courses include fast-track culinary training, ServSafe food handling, and workplace safety, among other offerings.

“When the finish the apprentice program, we try to find them full-time jobs, where they can utilize their skills in the workforce,” she went on, noting that all of that is free. The training programs are grant-funded, while Snapchef’s partner employers pay for the hours the employee works, while SnapChef pays the employee directly, with pay depending on the position.

This isn’t culinary school, Greene stressed, but a place to learn enough to get into the culinary world, and advance career-wise from there — an idea Greene called “earning and learning.”

“We go over soups, stocks, sauces, emulsions, salad bar, deli prep. Sometimes, people will go out into the field, come back, and say, ‘hey, Meagan, I did this today at work; is there a better way to do it?’ We also do a little bit of baking, which isn’t our specialty, but you’ll learn how to make pies, quick breads, muffins, and danishes.”

The need for culinary workers, especially at the entry level, is constant, Greene noted, sometimes year-round and sometimes seasonally — for example, colleges need help between September and May, while Six Flags requires a wave of help between April and October.

“For some of the colleges, this will be their second school year with us, so they may buy out some of our employees because they liked them last year,” she told BusinessWest. “It’s kind of bittersweet for us, because the people who get bought out or move forward or find their own job — those are your keepers. Those are the ones who show up for work every day, people who are clean and on time and ready to rock. I’m like, ‘noooo!’ But it’s nice to see somebody move forward.”

Moving forward, after all, is what it’s all about once that foot is in the door.

Slow Burn

Snopkowski has grown Snapchef from its original home Dorchester into a regional force that has trained thousands of workers for potentially rewarding careers in what is, admittedly, a tough field to master, and one where good help is valuable.

Clients have ranged from individual restaurants and caterers to Foxwoods Resort Casino and Gillette Stadium, as well as large food-service corporations like Aramark, Sodexo, and the Compass Group.

Snapchef CEO Todd Snopkowski

“With my background, being a corporate chef, I saw the need for an organization like Snapchef 25 years ago. And I think there’s a huge opportunity down the road for even more expansion,” said, noting that MGM Springfield itself poses significant opportunity. “We’re supporting them, and for businesses suffering the loss of people taking these awesome jobs MGM has to offer, we’re there to make sure we backfill the vacancies.”

Snapchef’s growth has led to a number of accolades for Snopkowski, including the 2015 SBA Small Business Person of the Year award for Massachusetts, and the 2016 Citizens Bank Good Citizens Award. And it has inspired people like Greene, who see the value in training the next generation of food-service workers.

She works with the state Department of Labor and the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County to create apprenticeship models, teaching participants everything from basic knife skills to how to conduct themselves in a kitchen. She also helps them append their résumés based on what they’ve learned.

After studying culinary arts at a vocational high school and earning three degrees from Johnson & Wales University, she became a sous chef at Sturbridge Host Hotel, not far from her home in Warren. She loved the job — and the commute — but traded it in for an opportunity to work for Snapchef.

“To be honest, I’m never bored. I’m always doing something different,” she said, and that’s true of many of her trainees, who typically begin with temporary placements, which often become permanent. But not all are seeking a permanent gig, she added; some love the variety of ever-changing assignments.

“Some people love it because it’s a lifestyle for them,” she said. “They want to work over here, then they come back to me and say, ‘hey, Meagan, I wasn’t really liking that spot; I don’t want to go back there. I didn’t like the size of the kitchen. It was too big for me; I’m used to working in a smaller kitchen.’” I’ll say, ‘OK, I’ll try not to send you back there.’ And it’s a two-way street; clients can say, ‘I don’t want Joe Smith back.’”

Because the training is free, Snapchef offers an attractive opportunity for people who want to get a food in the door in food service.

Finishing Touches

As a company that fills a needed gap — as culinary schools aren’t typically training for entry-level positions — Snopkowski said Snapchef has made significant inroads in Western Mass. over the past year, especially working with FutureWorks Career Center to identify individuals looking to shift into the world of food service.

“Our employees don’t have to pay for transition training and all those attributes that are needed to get a foothold in the business,” he told BusinessWest. “It’s good to see that MGM recognizes it, the colleges as well.”

Speaking of financial perks, Snapchef-trained employees may access round-trip transportation from the Springfield office to their job sites across the region, for only $3 per day, Greene said. “It’s cheaper than Uber, cheaper than Lyft, and better than having your mom come pick you up and drop you off. If you live in the city and are used to taking the bus everywhere, you don’t have to worry about how to get to work.”

As for Greene, she continues to enjoy the variety of her work — a pickling enthusiast, she taught a recent class how to pickle vegetables, and they prepared 300 jars worth — as well as the success stories that arise from it, like a man trained by Snapchef who went on to further his education at Holyoke Community College and is now opening a restaurant with his daughter.

“I’ve had the opportunity to see people progress in a short period of time,” she said. “It’s nice to see someone grow so fast. I love that.”

Snopkowski has seen plenty such stories unfold in the 16 years his company has been training people for a new, challenging career, and then helping them build a foothold in the industry.

“We’ve only been able to scratch the surface; there are so many other opportunities out there,” he said. “The future is bright in culinary.”

Joseph Bednar can be reached at [email protected]

Downtown Parking Venture Is Fulfilling Promise

By George O'Brien July 24, 2018

Commercial Real Estate

Lots of Potential

Evan Plotkin, left, with parking attendants Joe Martin, middle, and Damien Denesha at the new service just outside 1350 Main St.

Valet parking isn’t exactly a novel concept; banquet halls, restaurants, and hospitals have been offering that service for years, if not decades. But it is when it comes to downtown Springfield’s office towers. One Financial Plaza recently introduced the concept, and in a few weeks, it is living up the promise first foreseen a decade ago.

Evan Plotkin says he first conceived of the idea of instituting valet parking at 1350 Main St. in downtown Springfield — the office tower he co-owns — almost 10 years ago.

Then, as now, he thought the service would bring a needed, higher level of convenience to people visiting professionals and other tenants in the tower, take some off the rough edge off Springfield when it comes to the issues of parking and enforcement of same — matters that can keep some from even venturing into the city to do business — and be another selling point when it comes to attracting new tenants and prompting existing tenants to re-up.

So why did it take a decade for the concept to become reality and, according to early projections, fulfill all that promise?

“I couldn’t really afford it back then,” said Plotkin, who laughed as he said that but was nonetheless quite serious with his tone. But there were other reasons as well, ranging from the economy — that was the height of the recession — to some logistics (getting all the needed approvals from the city), to a vibrancy level that needed to still come up a notch for this to really work. Or two notches. Or three.

All of those issues, including the notches of vibrancy, are now being referred to with the past tense, or certainly will be when MGM Springfield opens its doors in a month. So Plotkin and the other owners of 1350 Main have made that dream from a decade ago a reality, and they’re off to a fast start, by Plotkin’s estimates, with this valet parking venture, which also serves visitors of neighboring City Hall, the county courthouse a block or so away, and other nearby facilities, at the start of this month.

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That was the Fourth of July week, as you’ll recall, so the numbers have to be kept in perspective, said Plotkin, adding that those first few days, the attendants were parking 25 to 30 cars a day. By early the next week, the numbers had doubled, and on July 12, a Thursday, they parked 73 cars.

“And I think those numbers will just continue to grow as more people become aware of the service,” said Plotkin, adding that roughly half of the customers thus far have been visitors to City Hall, more than a third have ventured to 1350 Main, and the rest have had other destinations in mind.

The service, managed by Valet Park of America, is roughly as expensive as traditional parking, said Plotkin, noting that the cost is $2 for 20 minutes or less (enough time for a quick visit to tenants at 1350 Main or offices in City Hall), $4 for visits ranging from 20 minutes to two hours (enough time to go the gym on the building’s ninth floor), and $2 for each additional hour after that. Several tenants at 1350 Main already provide vouchers to visitors to cover the cost of the service, just as they would with normal parking.

The service, operated on what’s known as City Hall Place, has a few spaces right outside City Hall, roughly two dozen more in the Civic Center Parking Garage, and more in the lots under I-91, said Plotkin, adding that, with the way the concept is catching on, more may be needed.

This isn’t exactly a novel idea — valet parking has been used by banquet facilities, restaurants, and hospitals for years now. But it is for an office tower, at least in this market, said Plotkin, adding that, as he surveyed a changing landscape downtown and pending changes, especially MGM, he decided it was time to execute that plan he first conceived all those years ago.

“We looked at what was happening downtown, and the construction for MGM and the [I-91] viaduct creates a lot of conversation about parking, and it’s always pretty negative,” he explained. “I really wanted to get ahead of all that with our building.”

Elaborating, he said 1350 Main St. doesn’t have any structured parking (an attached garage or lot) and has historically been challenged by having to rely on nearly facilities. And with MGM set to open, that challenge, and the perception of parking issues, would only grow.

“Visitors there will utilize that garage, but they’ll also be looking for other places to park,” he noted. “And what happens is that regular people who just want to do business downtown will have this fear that it’s going to be challenging to find a space. People will say, ‘it’s a hassle; I don’t want to feed a meter all day.’”

Thus far, the service is doing just what he thought it would. It’s providing that layer of convenience for visitors, his tenants seem to like the service and consider it added value, and, in Plotkin’s mind, it’s helping to put a friendlier face on downtown Springfield.

Or at least a strong counter to the parking patrol that polices the central business district. Those individuals are just doing their jobs, he said, but they put visitors to the downtown area and his building on edge — and sometimes dent their wallet.

Valet service is “putting a positive face on parking in Springfield,” said Plotkin, who has been a tireless promoter and supporter of Springfield and especially and its downtown, and was recognized by BusinessWest as one of its Difference Makers for 2018 for those efforts. “There’s a negative connotation with those meter maids. People don’t like to get $50 tickets; they see those people coming, and they run out of the middle of a meeting or a lunch to put quarters in the meter.”

He said the arrival of MGM Springfield will certainly drive the numbers at the valet service higher and bring the business venture closer to and eventually past the break-even point he knew he couldn’t reach a decade ago.

Damien Denesha, recently named manager of this site by his employer, Valley Park of America, agreed.

“Once MGM opens, there will be a lot more people downtown, and parking will become more difficult,” he told BusinessWest. “Demand for this service will certainly grow.”

It took a decade for the concept Plotkin first put on paper to become reality. But thus far, the service seems to have, well, lots of potential, in every sense of that phrase.

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

Westfield State Awarded $21 Million for Extensive Renovations

By George O'Brien July 24, 2018

Features

Back to the Future

Opened in 1956 and hardly touched since, Westfield State University’s Parenzo Hall will soon have a 21st-century feel and house 21st-century initiatives.

Ramon Torrecilha says that when it opened in 1956, Parenzo Hall, the first building on what was then Westfield State College’s new campus on Western Avenue, housed “pretty much everything.”

That included classrooms, the dining hall, a large auditorium, administrative offices — yes, everything, said Torrecilha, president of what is now Westfield State University.

Over time, many all of those facilities moved somewhere else. The dining commons went in Scanlon Hall, new classroom facilities were built, and a number of administrative offices were moved down Western Avenue to the building, acquired by the college nearly 20 years ago, that was once the world headquarters for Stanley Home Products, later Stanhome.

But Parenzo remains an important center of activity of the school, as home to everything from a gym to labs to gatherings in that auditorium. Yet, while still relevant, Parenzo needed a 21st-century feel, and, more importantly, a 21st-century function — or several of them.

It will get both as the university embarks on a $40 million project likely to commence in 2020.

Indeed, the building will be modernized and brought up to current codes. But even more importantly, it will be home to some forward-thinking initiatives, said Torrecilha, referring specifically to the planned Center for Innovation and Education and the Center for Student Success and Engagement.

The former will leverage technology and serve as what Torrecilha called the “nexus for innovative collaboration in Western Mass.” and partner with community colleges, K-12 school districts, and industry partners. The latter, meanwhile, will strive to improve student outcomes and also address the continuing decline in the number of working-age adults.

Parenzo’s auditorium was packed on July 10 as a number of civic and economic-development leaders, college faculty and staff members, and even some students were on hand to see and hear Gov. Charlie Baker and other members of his administration talk about the legislation known as H.4549, “An Act Providing for Capital Repairs and Improvements for the Commonwealth,” a bill Baker signed that afternoon amid considerable fanfare.

The measure authorizes nearly $4 billion to address statewide capital needs, including higher-education campuses, health and human services facilities, state office buildings, public-safety facilities, and courts.

Gov. Charlie Baker signs H.4549, which includes $21 million for Parenzo Hall.

When he was asked by BusinessWest what inspired state officials to direct $21 million of that money toward Parenzo Hall — an amount to be matched by the university itself — Torrecilha said it was much more than the need to put a modern face on a 62-year-old building that certainly needed one. “It’s never been renovated,” he noted. “We still have the original windows, there are ADA issues, and there are a host of other improvements that need to take place; it doesn’t even have air conditioning.”

Indeed, what certainly resonated, he said, was what the college intended to do with the new Parenzo.

And to determine what that new life would be, Torrecilha said he essentially “hit the road” and visited a number of the school’s partners — a large constituency that includes the four area community colleges, the K-12 community, especially in Westfield, Holyoke, and Springfield, the Economic Development Council of Western Mass., and the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce — asking what they would like to see and gain from a new Parenzo.

“I asked, ‘how would a renovated Parenzo help you advance your mission,’’ he recalled, adding quickly that the respective mission vary, obviously, and that fact was reflected in the answers to that inquiry.

And it also reflected in the broad new strategic plan for Parenzo and the two new centers that will be based there.

The ‘Center for Innovation in Education and Industry Partnerships,’ is aptly named, he explained, because it will focus on the two distinct and equally important initiatives.

“We intend to work very closely with industry in Western Mass. so the university can partner with them in create programs and curriculum that support their operations,” he explained, adding that the EDC and the chamber will among the partners in this endeavor. “It’s about engaging with industry, doing needs assessments, and then turning to our faculty and programs and say ‘how can we help this particular industry in developing more skills and knowledge (in perspective employees) so the business is supported.”

The university, its faculty, and administrators already engage in such conversations with industry leaders, but the new center will take the dialogue — and the various forms of response — to a much higher level.

Meanwhile, the center will also focus on innovation in education, with a strong focus on technology, Torrecilha noted, adding that there are a number of significant changes taking place in how subject is taught — or can be taught — and the center will work to help WSU various partners, including the K-12 community and the community colleges, make the most of this technology.

“Because of technology, the learning process is being revolutionized,” he explained. “Today, there are digital laboratories, and the way we are teaching chemistry, physics, and even biology is changing. Those days when people would dissect a frog … all that can now be done digitally, and one of the things I’m envisioning is for the center to work with the K-12 community and our community college partners to set up that kind of exchange and partnerships.”

Torrecilha said that work will soon begin to blueprint what the new Parenzo will look like and how its spaces will be apportioned. He doesn’t have specific answers yet, but did say the school will make the very most of what is still a valuable asset.

“The building is 90,000 square feet, and we’re going to use every inch of it,” he said.

Thus, the building most associated with the school’s past, will play a very prominent role in its future.

— George O’Brien

Facebook Set to Bring Community Boost Program to Springfield

By Joseph Bednar July 24, 2018

Features

Bridging the Digital Divide

Aneesh Raman says business owners think Facebook, with its 2.2 billion users worldwide, is a valuable tool — even if they don’t always know how best to use it.

According to a 2017 survey, said Raman, who manages Facebook’s global economic-impact programs, more than 60% of small businesses in Massachusetts said Facebook is essential to their business, and 76% said the social-media platform helps them find customers in other cities, states, and countries.

“That’s encouraging data, but as you talk to them, you see a need for more training,” Raman told BusinessWest. “That’s why we’re coming to 30 cities to provide training for small businesses across a range of subjects. No matter what their skill level is — whether businesses are coming online for the first time or are online already — we can help them grow their business.”

Earlier this year, Facebook announced that Springfield had been chosen as one of 30 markets where the company will host its Community Boost program, created to help small businesses, entrepreneurs, and job seekers grow their business and develop new digital skills. Facebook will be in Springfield on Sept. 10-11, presenting workshops on a host of topics yet to be determined.

“Our mission at Facebook is building strong communities, and we believe at the core of strong communities are thriving small businesses,” said Raman, who is also a former journalist who worked as an international correspondent for CNN, as well as a former presidential speechwriter. “Small businesses are the engine of local economies. For years, we have worked with them, trained them online and offline, and helped them grow their business and help them hire more employees.”

Since 2011, he noted, Facebook has invested more than $1 billion to support small businesses. Community Boost is simply a more visible and direct method of doing so, and will focus on small-business training and digital acumen in general, rather than simply promoting Facebook, Raman said.

“Small businesses are the engine of local economies. For years, we have worked with them, trained them online and offline, and helped them grow their business and help them hire more employees.”

During its visits to 30 cities — including Houston, St. Louis, Minneapolis, San Diego, Pittsburgh, and many other metro areas much larger than Springfield — Facebook representatives will take a three-pronged approach to economic development, working with local organizations to provide digital skills and training for people in need of work, advising entrepreneurs how to get started, and helping existing businesses and nonprofits get the most out of the internet.

A broad survey conducted by Morning Consult and co-sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Facebook suggests that small businesses’ use of social media is creating new opportunities. For instance, in Massachusetts, 62% of surveyed businesses said Facebook is essential for their business; 76% said Facebook allows them to find customers in other cities, states, and countries; and 69% said they believe an individual’s digital and social-media skills are important when hiring.

A lot of people use Facebook for business reasons, but never any kind of training how to do it. They’re on their own,” said Paul Robbins, president of Paul Robbins Associets in Wilbraham and a communications consultant for Community Boost in Springfield.

“People feel like they’ve got this tool, but they don’t know how to use it, especially small businesses,” he went on. “Here in Springfield, we’ve got a very diverse community with a lot of small businesses. Even not-for-profits can take advantage of this free seminar. Anybody can come. The idea is to help people leverage it as a business tool.”

Logging On

Facebook pledged this year to train 1 million individuals and small business owners across the U.S. in digital and social-media skills by 2020. To do that, it will expand its in-person training programs, create more local partnerships, and build more e-learning resources.

The company cites projections that a skilled-labor shortage in America could create 85.2 million unfilled jobs by 2030, and says it is committed to helping close that skills gap and provide more people and business owners with the educational resources they need to advance at work, find new jobs, or run their companies.

Details on Springfield’s Community Boost event, which is free and open to small business and nonprofits, aren’t set yet; Facebook plans to announce a place, times, and course list at www.facebook.com/business/m/community-boost as September gets closer.

“The goal of the program isn’t to come and leave, but to kick off conversations,” Raman said, noting that Facebook has been talking to businesses and economic-development leaders on a specific program that best meets identified needs for small-business and digital-skills training in the Pioneer Valley.

“Small businesses and workers know they need skills. But they don’t always have help getting those skills,” he went on. “Once we know what the professional needs are, we’ll announce the registration date and courses online.”

According to the Morning Consult research, small businesses’ use of digital tools translates into new jobs and opportunities for communities across the country. And small businesses are the key driver, creating an estimated four out of every five new jobs in the U.S.

The survey revealed that 80% of U.S. small and medium-sized businesses on Facebook say the platform helps them connect to people in their local community, while one in three businesses on Facebook say they built their business on the platform, and 42% say they’ve hired more people due to growth since joining Facebook.

Businesses run by African-Americans, Latinos, veterans, and those with a disability are twice as likely to say that their business was built on Facebook, and one and a half times more likely to say they’ve hired more people since joining the platform.

Raman said small businesses have expressed a desire to learn more about using Facebook and Instagram, the photo- and video-sharing service owned by Facebook. “But we’re teaching skills that apply to any digital platform out there.”

After all, Robbins noted, “not everyone is digitally savvy. A small business may not have the digital skills people assume everyone has. Facebook is trying to demystify it to people, so they’re not afraid of it.”

Getting Social

Increasingly, businesses are embracing 21-st century modes of building their customer base. The 2017 survey by Morning Consult found that the use of digital platforms by American small businesses is ubiquitous — in fact, 84% of small businesses in the U.S. use at least one major digital platform to provide information to customers, and three out of four small businesses use digital platforms for sales.

Yet, businesses face challenges when it comes to the internet, with 57% of small businesses saying lack of familiarity with available digital tools is a challenge.

“At Facebook, we see a big opportunity to make a difference in partnership with local organizations and local officials,” Raman told BusinessWest. “We really do think there’s a skills gap, and by closing that, we can help expand economic opportunity in Springfield and across the country.”

But it’s not just employers the Community Boost program aims to reach. For job seekers, the program will provide training to help improve their digital and social-media skills. According to the research, 62% percent of U.S. small businesses using Facebook said digital or social-media skills are an important factor in their hiring decisions — even more important than where a candidate went to school.

Community Boost will also offer entrepreneurs training programs on how to use technology to turn an idea into a business, as well as ways to create a free online presence using Facebook.

And, of course, business owners will learn how to expand their digital footprint and find new customers around the corner and around the globe. Training will also include education in digital literacy and online safety.

“We also want to teach nonprofits to be part of the programming and how Facebook can help them learn the digital skills they need to increase donations,” Raman said.

Facebook strives to evolve Community Boost based on what it’s learning in its earlier stops. For example, in St. Louis, the first stop on the tour, the company learned exactly how wide the gap is between the digital skills job seekers know they need and the skills they feel they have. In fact, according to a survey there, 93% of job and skills seekers say digital skills are important when looking for job, while only 12% rate themselves highly in this area.

Managers also see gaps in the skills they need to grow their businesses, the St. Louis survey showed. For example, the majority of managers in that city said creating a mobile-friendly interface was important to growing their business, but very few saw themselves as proficient.

Springfield — the only New England stop for Community Boost — may not have the population of the major metropolitan areas on the tour, but Raman says the needs are universal, and Facebook wants a diverse cross-section of cities represented.

“Springfield has a vibrant small-business community with a diverse population,” he noted. “We think we can make a real impact here.”

Joseph Bednar can be reached at [email protected]

STCC Project Brings the Past into the Present

By BusinessWest Staff July 24, 2018

Construction

New Life for an Old Building

Begun almost two years ago, a massive, $50 million project to convert the structure at Springfield Technical Community College, formerly part of the Springfield Armory complex, known as Building 19 into a new learning commons is moving rapidly toward its conclusion. Used more than 150 years ago to warehouse gun-barrel stocks, the building will become home to a wide variety of facilities and services — from the library to the admissions office; from common areas to learning spaces — and should be ready for occupancy late this fall, said Socha.

: Maureen Socha, assistant of Administration and Facilities (far right , with Jim Danko, coordinator of Media Relations, and Joan Gravel, director of Marketing & Communications), gave BusinessWest a tour of the work site recently

Seven Facts About the Growing STEM Workforce

By BusinessWest Staff July 24, 2018

Workforce Development

By the Numbers

By Nikki Graf, Richard Fry, and Cary Funk

Workforce

Employment in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) occupations has grown 79% since 1990, from 9.7 million to 17.3 million, outpacing overall U.S. job growth. There’s no single standard for which jobs count as STEM, and this may contribute to a number of misperceptions about who works in STEM and the difference that having a STEM-related degree can make in workers’ pocketbooks.

A new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data takes a broad-based look at the STEM workforce from 1990 to 2016 based on an analysis of adults ages 25 and older working in any of 74 occupations. These include computer, math, engineering, and architecture occupations, physical scientists, life scientists, and health-related occupations such as healthcare practitioners and technicians.

Here are seven facts about the STEM workforce and STEM training.

1. STEM workers enjoy a pay advantage compared with non-STEM workers with similar levels of education. Among those with some college education, the typical full-time, year-round STEM worker earns $54,745 while a similarly educated non-STEM worker earns $40,505, or 26% less.

And among those with the highest levels of education, STEM workers outearn their non-STEM counterparts by a similar margin. Non-STEM workers with a master’s degree typically earn 26% less than STEM workers with similar education. The median earnings of non-STEM workers with a professional or doctoral degree trail their STEM counterparts by 24%.

2. While STEM workers tend to be highly educated, roughly a third have not completed a bachelor’s or higher-level degree. A substantial share (35%) of the STEM workforce does not have a bachelor’s degree. Overall, about three in 10 STEM workers report having completed an associate degree (15%) or have some college education but no degree (14%). These workers are more prevalent among healthcare practitioners and technicians, computer workers, and engineers.

Some 36% of STEM workers have a bachelor’s degree but no graduate degree, while 29% have earned a master’s, doctorate, or professional degree. Life scientists are the most highly educated among STEM workers, with 54% having an advanced degree.

3. About half of workers with college training in a STEM field are working in a non-STEM job. Among workers ages 25 and older with at least a bachelor’s degree, 33% have an undergraduate degree in a STEM field of study. But only 52% of these STEM-trained workers are employed in a STEM occupation.

Among non-STEM occupations, management, business, and finance jobs attract a substantial share of college graduates with STEM training (17%), particularly those who majored in engineering. Roughly a quarter (24%) of engineering majors are in a managerial, business, or finance job.

Overall, among adults with a STEM college major, women are more likely than men to work in a STEM occupation (56% versus 49%). This difference is driven mainly by college graduates with a health-professions major (such as nursing or pharmacy), most of whom are women.

However, 38% of women and 53% of men with a college major in computers or computer science are employed in a computer occupation. And women with a college degree in engineering are less likely than men who majored in these fields to be working in an engineering job (24% versus 30%). These differences in retention within a field of study for women in computer and engineering occupations are in keeping with other studies showing a ‘leaky pipeline’ for women in STEM.

4. STEM training in college is associated with higher earnings, whether working in a STEM occupation or not. Among college-educated workers employed full-time year-round, the median earnings for those who have a STEM college major are $81,011, compared with $60,828 for other college majors.

The earnings advantage for those with a college major in a STEM field extends to workers outside of STEM occupations. Among all non-STEM workers, those who have a STEM college degree earn, on average, about $71,000; workers with a non-STEM degree working outside of STEM earn roughly $11,000 less annually.

5. The share of women varies widely across STEM job types. Women are underrepresented in some STEM job clusters, but in others they match or exceed their share in the U.S. workforce overall. In fact, women comprise three-quarters of healthcare practitioners and technicians, the largest occupational cluster classified as STEM in this analysis, with 9.0 million workers — 6.7 million of whom are women.

And women’s gains since 1990 in the life sciences (up from 34% to 47%) have brought them roughly on par with their share in the total workforce (47%), a milestone reached in math occupations (46%) as well. Women remain underrepresented in engineering (14%), computer (25%), and physical-science (39%) occupations.

6. Women have made significant gains in life and physical sciences, but in other areas their shares have been stable, and in computer jobs it has declined. While there has been significant progress for women’s representation in the life and physical sciences since 1990, the share of women has been roughly stable in several other STEM job clusters.

In engineering, the job cluster in which women have the lowest levels of representation on average, women’s shares have inched up only slightly, from 12% in 1990 to 14% today. And the share of women has actually decreased in one of the highest-paying and fastest-growing STEM clusters — computer occupations. In 1990, 32% of workers in computer occupations were women; today, women’s share has dropped to 25%.

7. Blacks and Hispanics are underrepresented in the STEM workforce relative to their shares in the U.S. workforce as a whole. This underrepresentation is evident across all STEM job clusters, with one exception: 11% of healthcare practitioners and technicians are black, similar to the share of blacks in the total workforce.

Within job clusters, however, the share of blacks and Hispanics varies widely. For example, 37% of licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses are either black or Hispanic. By comparison, other health-related jobs have smaller shares of workers who are black or Hispanic, including physicians and surgeons (11%), pharmacists (10%), dentists (9%), and physical therapists (9%). Just 5% of optometrists, veterinarians, and chiropractors are black or Hispanic.

Asians are overrepresented across all STEM occupational groups, particularly among computer workers and life scientists. They account for 19% of workers in both of these fields, which is much higher than their share in the workforce overall (6%).

The share of Asians varies substantially within occupational groups, however. For example, in engineering jobs, the share of Asians ranges from 30% among computer-hardware engineers to 2% among surveying and mapping technicians. Among healthcare practitioners and technicians, 21% of physicians and surgeons are Asian. But Asians comprise a far smaller share in other occupations, such as veterinarians (3%) and emergency medical technicians and paramedics (2%).

Nikki Graf is a research associate focusing on social and demographic trends at Pew Research Center. Richard Fry is a senior researcher focusing on economics and education at Pew Research Center. Cary Funk is director of science and society research at Pew Research Center.

Commercial Real Estate

By BusinessWest Staff July 24, 2018

Commercial Real Estate

For Sale, for Lease

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Albano Hiring Sends Wrong Message

By Editorial July 24, 2018

Opinion

Editorial

Normally in this space, we have nothing but high praise for Gov. Charlie Baker and his administration.

Indeed, since taking office in 2015, he has proven to be an effective, entrepreneurial governor, a good friend to the business community (for the most part), and a great friend of Springfield and the surrounding region.

The governor is fond of saying — and we mean fond, because he tells this story every chance he gets — that, while Mayor Domenic Sarno didn’t support him in that 2014 race for governor, one of his first visits after winning that election was to Springfield City Hall to find out what he could do to help.

And help he has, on fronts ranging from economic development to workforce development; from promoting entrepreneurship (his administration is very fond of Valley Venture Mentors and its efforts, for example), to simply helping to promote this region and some of its businesses (he likes the Student Prince so much they named a burger after him).

And it’s not just Springfield. Last week, the governor and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito were both on hand to announce a $21 million award to Westfield State University to bring its Parenzo Hall into the 21st century and make it a true resource for the school and the region.

Albano’s appointment to the Board of Review … is a real slap in the face to everyone who has worked so hard to pull Springfield out of its decline. The governor, who may or may not have been directly involved in this appointment, probably doesn’t realize that, but he should understand that rewarding the former mayor — and that’s what he’s doing, make no mistake about it — represents really bad optics and equally bad policy.

Like we said, the governor has been a good friend to this region.

Which makes his administration’s recent appointment of former Springfield Mayor Michael Albano to a six-figure job as a member of the Board of Review at the Department of Unemployment Assistance a real head-scratcher.

Albano, as most everyone knows, was essentially the architect of Springfield’s precipitous decline into finance-control-board management more than a decade ago. His administration was defined by incompetence and corruption, with several of his appointees being sent to prison.

Springfield’s brand suffered a terrible hit, and it has taken years of hard work, considerable assistance from two governors (Deval Patrick being the other), and a good amount of luck in the form of MGM Springfield, CRRC, and other recent arrivals, to pull the city back from the depths and to a point where optimism prevails and the sky is the proverbial limit.

Albano’s appointment to the Board of Review won’t impact any of that, obviously, but it is a real slap in the face to everyone who has worked so hard to pull Springfield out of its decline. The governor, who may or may not have been directly involved in this appointment, probably doesn’t realize that, but he should understand that rewarding the former mayor — and that’s what he’s doing, make no mistake about it — represents really bad optics and equally bad policy.

We think it’s great that Albano wants to continue working and has been energetic in his pursuit of employment that will bolster the sizable pension he already receives. Indeed, he ran for sheriff of Hampden County, and thankfully lost, and has applied for a host of jobs, including director of the Cannabis Control Commission.

However, that doesn’t mean the governor and his staff have to skip over the dark paragraphs on Albano’s employment history and reward incompetence.

Overall, the governor just doesn’t seem to take appointments of this nature as seriously as he does other matters. Remember, soon after he was elected, he decided that the best, and apparently only, qualification needed to assume one of the jobs with the Mass. Office of Business Development was to be a Republican who fought hard but lost a race for the state Senate or House of Representatives.

He should take these matters more seriously. And that’s especially the case here.

Springfield would like to put Albano and his corruption-riddled administration behind it. This appointment certainly doesn’t help it do that.

When it comes to appointments like this, it’s not just whether a candidate is qualified that matters. Sometimes, there’s a message being sent when someone gets a job like this. In this case, it’s the wrong message.

Westfield’s Bid to Build Its Brand

By Editorial July 24, 2018

Opinion

Editorial

Westfield city officials and leaders with Westfield Gas & Electric, the city’s municipal utility, unveiled a new marketing campaign recently called ‘Go Westfield.’

The slogan might not fall into the categories of ‘highly imaginative’ or ‘cutting-edge,’ but the campaign itself is a worthy initiative and an example of what more cities and towns in this region need to be doing — building their brands.

This is a tricky subject for some industry sectors and especially municipalities — ‘why are they spending money to hype the city when there are roads that need paving and sidewalks to be fixed?’ is an often-heard refrain.

Westfield’s story is a very good one. It has ample land on which to build, a turnpike exit of its very own, an airport, a municipal utility offering attractive rates and high-speed Internet service, a downtown that’s coming back after years of decline, Stanley Park, a great ice rink, a state university, and much more.

But brand building is as important an exercise for municipalities as it is for businesses in every sector. If you have a good story to tell and you want to grow your business — or if you want to bring more businesses and residents to your city, as is the case here — you need to tell that story.

And Westfield’s story is a very good one. It has ample land on which to build, a turnpike exit of its very own, an airport, a municipal utility offering attractive rates and high-speed Internet service, a downtown that’s coming back after years of decline, Stanley Park, a great ice rink, a state university, and much more.

‘Go Westfield’ will tell that story through a new website, a promotional video, and some advertisements in regional outlets and industry journals. As with any branding campaign, one never knows what the results will be, but it’s safe to say that this proactive step is far better than trying to let the city sell itself.

Meanwhile, the campaign provides another example of the important role played by the region’s utilities, and especially the municipal utilities, in economic development.

Energy costs are among the many important items to be considered when a business looks to relocate — or expand within its current location — and the Westfield G&E, like its counterpart in Holyoke, continues to play a key role in helping the community attract and retain companies and jobs.

There’s a reason why Coke continues to pound the airwaves with ads even though everyone knows that brand. The same with McDonald’s, Ford, and Geico. If you want to grow your brand, you have to promote it and keep it in the public eye.

“It’s critical that we communicate our strengths,” Westfield’s mayor, Brian Sullivan, said at the unveiling.

He’s right about that, and there are lessons there for all area cities and towns.

Picture This

By BusinessWest Staff July 24, 2018

Picture This

A photo essay of recent business events in Western Massachusetts.
E-mail ‘Picture This’ photos with a caption and contact information to [email protected]

Cooking for Life

More than a dozen city of Holyoke employees and their spouses recently took part in a two-part class on preparing healthy meals, presented by Training and Workforce Options and hosted by the HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute. Warren Leigh, chairman of the Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts programs at HCC, developed the two-part, hands-on class, which focused on the Mediterranean diet, which is abundant in fruits, vegetables, and olive oil. The class introduced participants to knife skills, food choices, portion control, gluten-free food, and cooking styles. Trainees cooked with locally grown produce and learned about sustainability.

Leigh demonstrates a technique for chopping greens

Enrique Melendez (left) of the Holyoke DPW and Jim Crowley of Holyoke Gas & Electric slice onions

Hands-on Learning

Springfield College recently hosted its 25th annual Athletic Training Student Workshop on campus. The four-day workshop, co-directed by Springfield College Athletic Trainer and Assistant Professor of Exercise Science and Sport Studies Wayne Rodrigues and Springfield College alumnus Bob Kuzmeski, is intended for high-school students interested in careers in athletic training and sports medicine. High-school students from throughout the country attend the workshop and focus on anatomy, injury prevention, and care of common lower-extremity athletic injuries. Lectures, demonstrations, and practice sessions about athletic-injury prevention and maintenance take place during the workshop. Students also have the opportunity to receive hands-on exploration of cadaver anatomy in the cadaver laboratory on campus. Presentations on career options also are part of the curriculum.
Springfield College Student Workshop

Banking on Their Future

Monson Savings Bank distributed more than $22,000 in scholarships to high-school seniors who graduated this year from Monson, Ware, and Wilbraham/Hampden high schools and Wilbraham & Monson Academy. Recipients included Isabela Ferraro, Grace Pettenqill, Bianca Pio, Lisa Cavanaugh, Serina Bowen, Hannah Hicks, Cienna Moriarty, Benjamin Pagliaro, Macauley Rouette, Ethan Hill, Kaitlyn Rousseau, and Nigel Opoku-Achampong, who were selected by their schools because they demonstrated academic success and have an interest in pursuing higher education.

Steve Lowell, president and CEO of Monson Savings Bank, with some of the scholarship winners.

Air Apparent

The Great New England Air & Space Show drew more than 63,000 visitors to Westover Air Reserve Base on July 14-15. In addition to dozens of static displays, aerial performances were provided by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the Geico Skytypers, stunt pilot Bill Stein, and the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team, just to name a few of the many who took to the skies in aircraft both vintage and cutting-edge.

U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds

5-year-old Evan LaShomb checks out one of the static displays at Westover

Connie Brown accepts a lithograph from the Golden Knights

Connie Brown, president of the Galaxy Community Council, which co-produces the airshow, accepts a lithograph from the Golden Knights

U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team

The Geico Skytypers

Court Dockets

By BusinessWest Staff July 24, 2018

Court Dockets

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

CHICOPEE DISTRICT COURT
Ailan Garcia, a minor, through his mother and next friend Idaileen Oyola v. Children’s House Learning Inc.
Allegation: Negligence; fall causing personal injury: $2,101.87
Filed: 6/13/18

HAMPDEN DISTRICT COURT
Perkins Paper, LLC v. Sweet Cupcakes Inc. and Yekaterina Pekar
Allegation: Money owed for goods sold and delivered: $6,422.47
Filed: 6/13/18

HAMPDEN SUPERIOR COURT
David Shartrand and Melissa Shartrand v. Pearson Systems Inc. and Universal Electric Co. Inc.
Allegation: Negligence causing personal injury on construction site: $817,393.49
Filed: 6/5/18

Kelly Fradet Lumber Inc. v. LM Heavy Civil Construction, LLC
Allegation: Breach of contract: $53,154.84
Filed: 6/12/18

Joseph T. Huckle v. Tree413 Inc.
Allegation: Negligence causing personal injury: $250,000
Filed: 6/19/18

Leanna Lewis, personal representative of the estate of Serena Lewis v. Eilean Attwood, M.D.; Danielle Granieri, D.O.; Asra Jawed, M.D.; and Heather Sankey, M.D.
Allegation: Medical malpractice: $25,000+
Filed: 6/20/18

Christine Antonuzzo, personal representative of the estate of John Antonuzzo v. John Romanelli, M.D. and Mouhanad Ayach, M.D.
Allegation: Medical malpractice: $1,015,000
Filed: 6/20/18

Marie Martin, personal representative of the estate of Celeste Lucille Davignon v. Sunshine Village Inc.
Allegation: Medical malpractice: $25,000+
Filed: 6/21/18

Khayyam Cruz and Juan Pizarro v. Smith & Wesson Corp. and Carrie Boyd
Allegation: Employment discrimination: $100,000+
Filed: 6/22/18

Humphrey Co. Inc. f/k/a Holden Humphrey v. Turn Key Lumber Inc.
Allegation: Money owed for goods sold and delivered: $83,358.90
Filed: 6/26/18

Patrick Smith v. Triple G Scaffold Services Corp. and NEI General Contracting Inc.
Allegation: Negligence; on-the-job fall causing personal injury: $287,449.18
Filed: 6/27/18

HAMPSHIRE DISTRICT COURT
Thomas Suchodolski v. Randy Letourneau individually and d/b/a RKL Welding
Allegation: Negligence; dog bite causing personal injury: $4,580.20
Filed: 6/22/18

HAMPSHIRE SUPERIOR COURT
Robin Bassell and Aaron Bassell v. Peter Pan Bus Lines Inc. and Joseph Anderson Jr.
Allegation: Negligence; bus drove into plaintiff’s home, causing personal injury and property damage: $184,000
Filed: 6/19/18

Agenda

By BusinessWest Staff July 24, 2018

Agenda

Friends of Northampton Trails and Greenways Statewide Conference

July 28: The Friends of Northampton Trails and Greenways will host a statewide conference of community rail-trail advocates and government policymakers at Union Station in Northampton. The keynote speaker will be Kurt Gaertner, director of Land Policy and Planning for the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), who is responsible for statewide land-use and land-conservation policies as well as sustainable development. Gaertner also serves as the Massachusetts secretary of state’s designee on the Massachusetts Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board, and he represents the EEA on the Governor’s Trails Team. He is an adjunct faculty member at Boston University in its City Planning and Urban Affairs Program, where he has taught since 2009. Gaertner will deliver the lunchtime address at the sixth Golden Spike 2018 Conference to be held over the past 16 years. Before lunch, in two separate one-hour sessions, a series of speakers will discuss updates and news along the path of the Mass Central Rail Trail from Boston to Northampton, and then from Northampton to New Haven, Conn. These talks will be highlighted by aerial maps via a live Google Maps feed. The event is open to residents of Massachusetts and Connecticut. The program begins at 8 a.m. with registration, breakfast, and networking. At 9:15 a.m., an update on the Massachusetts Central Rail Trail from Boston to Northampton will be offered, and Gaertner’s plenary session will begin at 12:30 p.m. The plenary costs $35 and includes lunch. The goal of the conference is to update participants on new developments and the various uncompleted sections of the rail trail that stretches from New Haven to Northampton and across Massachusetts from Northampton to Boston. As part of the conference, eight bicycle and walking tours of varying lengths, featuring topics from local history to flora and fauna along the rail trail, will be offered on Friday, July 27 and Saturday, July 28 at 2:30 p.m. The cost is $15 per tour. To register for the conference or a tour, visit www.gs2018.org.

Future Tense Lecture

Sept. 20: The second installment of the BusinessWest lecture series Future Tense, titled “Change Considerations: An Examination of Lean Process, Market Disruption, and the Future of Your Business,” will take place on Thursday, Sept. 20 from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at Tech Foundry, 1391 Main St., ninth floor, Springfield. The lecture, open exclusively to CEOs and business owners, will be delivered by Mark Borsari, president of Sanderson MacLeod. The cost is a $25 donation to Tech Foundry. Event sponsors include Paragus IT, the Jamrog Group, and Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C. With increasingly automated business processes, AI, and machine manufacturing, lean concepts are becoming more important than ever in terms of staying competitive. Borsari will discuss change and innovation through lean concepts and focus on resulting cultural considerations. The presentation will also address already-active market disrupters that will affect business processes in various industries. Metered street parking is available near the venue, and there are several parking-garage options nearby as well. To register, visit businesswest.com/lecture-series.

Healthcare Heroes

Oct. 25: The second annual class of Healthcare Heroes will be honored at the Starting Gate at GreatHorse in Hampden. Healthcare Heroes, a recognition program involving the Western Mass. healthcare sector, was launched last spring by HCN and BusinessWest. The program was created to shed a bright light on the outstanding work being done across the broad spectrum of health and wellness services, and the institutions and people providing that care. Individuals and organizations were nominated in categories including ‘Lifetime Achievement,’ ‘Emerging Leader,’ ‘Patient/Resident/Client Care Provider,’ ‘Innovation in Health/Wellness,’ ‘Health/Wellness Administrator,’ and ‘Collaboration in Healthcare.’ They will be profiled in both magazines in September and feted at the Oct. 25 gala. Healthcare Heroes sponsors include American International College (presenting sponsor), National Grid (partner), Renew.Calm (supporting sponsor), the Elms College MBA program (supporting sponsor), and Mercy Medical Center/Trinity Health Of New England (supporting sponsor).

‘Trauma-sensitive Schools’

Nov. 1-2: The Education Division at Elms College has postponed its conference titled “Trauma-sensitive Schools: Meeting the Needs of Traumatized Students and Their Teachers,” which was originally scheduled to be held in July. The conference is now rescheduled for Thursday and Friday, Nov. 1-2, and will be held in the Chicopee Public Library. More details will be released at a later date.

Chamber Corners: Upcoming Events

By BusinessWest Staff July 24, 2018

Chamber Corners

1BERKSHIRE

www.1berkshire.com
(413) 499-1600

• July 31: Entrepreneurial Meet-up, hosted by Shire Breu Hous, Dalton.

AMHERST AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

www.amherstarea.com
(413) 253-0700

• July 30: 15th Annual Golf Tournament, hosted by Orchards Golf Club, South Hadley. Schedule: 10:30 a.m.: registration, putting contest, and light lunch; noon: shotgun start, scramble format; 5 p.m.: social hour and cash bar; 6 p.m.: dinner and awards ceremony. Hole-in-one, longest-drive, and closest-to-pin contests. Cost: $150 per player, $600 for a foursome. To register, visit www.amherstarea.com/events/details/2018-golf-tournament-19060.

• Aug. 30: Candidate Debate, 7 p.m., hosted by Amherst Regional Middle School auditorium. A pre-primary debate for candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for state representative (Third Hampshire) and state senator (Hampshire, Franklin, Worcester).

GREATER CHICOPEE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

www.chicopeechamber.org
(413) 594-2101

• Aug. 16: European Café & Open House, 4:30-7 p.m., hosted by Chicopee Chamber of Commerce & Courtyard, 264 Exchange St., Chicopee. Come enjoy a taste of the European flavors of the local restaurants, all in a relaxed setting with the musical stylings of Sergio D’Orsini. Meet and greet the local artists and tour the Chamber of Commerce and engage with many small business owners, including MaryKay, Herbarium, Lemon Grass Fitness, and TrueHeart Wellness, to name a few. Presented in partnership with Westfield Bank. Cost: $25 for one attendee, $40 for two attendees (must be purchased at the same time). Sign up online at www.chicopeechamber.org/events or call (413) 594-2101.

WEST OF THE RIVER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

www.ourwrc.com
(413) 426-3880

• July 25: West Meets West at the Ranch Networking Event, 5-7 p.m., hosted by the Ranch Golf Club in Southwick. Join us as we pair up with the Greater Westfield Chamber for an evening of games, fun, networking, and food. These events bring members and non-members together to network in a laid-back atmosphere. Cost: free for members, $10 for non-members. For more information about this event, contact the chamber office at (413) 426-3880, or register online at www.westoftheriverchamber.com.

• Aug. 6: 15th Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament, hosted by the Ranch Golf Club in Southwick. Schedule: 11:30 a.m.: registration; noon: lunch; 1 p.m.: shotgun start, scramble format. Putting contest, 15th hole air cannon, Carrabba’s Cuisine Hole, and more. Cost: $125 for golf and dinner. For more information and tickets to this event, contact the chamber office at (413) 426-3880 or [email protected], or register online at www.westoftheriverchamber.com.

• Aug. 16: Free Membership Appreciation Luncheon, noon to 1:30 p.m., hosted by Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Riverdale Street, West Springfield. Lunch is on us! Members can register for this networking event and bring a non-member guest, and you both enjoy a free lunch. Seating is limited, so register at www.westoftheriverchamber.com before it’s too late. For more information, contact the chamber office at (413) 426-3880.

People on the Move

By BusinessWest Staff July 24, 2018

People on the Move

Local news hires, promotions, awards, and appointments

Daniel Bonelli

Comcast announced the appointment of Daniel Bonelli as vice president of Finance for the company’s Western New England Region, which includes more than 300 communities in Connecticut, Western Mass., New York, Vermont, and Western New Hampshire. In this role, Bonelli will oversee all financial operations, including finance and accounting, warehouse and materials, information technology, facilities, security, fleet management, and environmental health and safety. Bonelli began his career with Comcast in the Western New England Region in 2007 as a financial analyst. He quickly progressed to manager and then director before being promoted to senior director of Finance in 2014. In 2016, he relocated to the Philadelphia area, where he served as senior director of Finance for one of Comcast’s largest regions, overseeing a team of 60. Bonelli graduated with a bachelor’s degree in finance from Central Connecticut State University.

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Rania Kfuri

MaryLynn Murray

The Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts (WFWM) announced that Rania Kfuri and MaryLynn Murray have joined its Board of Directors. They will each serve a three-year term. Kfuri currently works as the Communications and Partnerships officer for the Solidago Foundation. Throughout her life experiences, she has worked to support educational opportunities and access to resources that improve the lives of women and girls. She has a professional background in international development, with a master’s degree in ethics, peace, and global affairs from American University in Washington D.C. Murray is vice president for Commercial Lines and Sales at the Insurance Center of New England. She holds an MBA with a concentration in human resources and has been employed in the insurance industry since 2002. She previously served on the board of the Agawam Small Business Assoc. and on the Women’s Fund marketing committee. In addition, new officers elected include Haydee Lamberty-Rodriguez as board president (formerly vice president), Leigh Rae as vice president (formerly board clerk), and Pia Kumar as clerk. Layla Taylor, immediate past board president, will remain on the board through June 2019.

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Valley Venture Mentors CEO Liz Roberts announced that she will be leaving her position as of July 13, at which time current chief operating officer Kristin Leutz will take the helm of the organization that has been dedicated to nurturing entrepreneurship in Western Mass. Roberts plans to depart after a period of growth for Valley Venture Mentors (VVM). During her tenure, she launched the Startup Accelerator program, in which entrepreneurs receive five months of training, mentoring, office space, and access to equity-free funding. Entrepreneurs who graduated from all VVM programs generated $51 million in revenue and fundraising during the past three years, and created 500 full-time and part-time jobs over the course of 2017. The Startup Accelerator program earned recognition as a model rural accelerator by the Obama administration. Prior to joining Valley Venture Mentors as COO in 2017, Leutz served as vice president for Philanthropic Services at the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, where she helped create programs such as Valley Gives. Leutz also aided entrepreneurs at VVM as a volunteer mentor for many years before joining the team. She has had a career in global philanthropy and business leadership spanning organizations like MassMutual and RefugePoint, a Cambridge- and Nairobi-based, globally recognized social-impact startup. She has led operations, fundraising, and marketing, and brings decades of experience to her role at VVM.

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Patrick Love

Springfield College announced that Patrick Love will serve a two-year interim appointment as vice president for Student Affairs and program director of the Student Personnel Administration (SPA) program, effective Aug. 6. The college will resume a national search for both positions in 2020. Love will serve as a member of the president’s leadership team in his role as VP for Student Affairs and will work closely with the leadership of the Division of Academic Affairs in his role as SPA program director. He brings to Springfield College a career in higher-education leadership and teaching, spanning managerial work in student affairs and academic affairs, and as a professor in Student Affairs. He is a lifelong educator who focuses on growth, development, and transformation. He is also an experienced writer, author, speaker, coach, and trainer on leadership and management development. He has consulted with or spoken at more than 40 colleges and universities, was a tenured professor at two research universities, and is nationally known for his innovative approaches to management as well as a commitment to student education and development. He is active in both the American College Personnel Assoc. and the National Assoc. of Student Personnel Administrators. Most recently, Love was executive in residence at Bowling Green State University, serving as senior lecturer. Previously, he was vice president for Student Affairs at New York Institute of Technology, associate vice president for Student Affairs at Rutgers University, associate provost for Student Success at Pace University, co-director of the Higher Education Program at New York University, and director of the Master’s Higher Education Program at Kent State University.

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Hector Toledo

Jocelyn Walsh

Jacqueline O’Connell

Joseph Dallair

Greenfield Savings Bank (GSB) announced four team members for its new Hadley office: Hector Toledo, Jocelyn Walsh, Jacqueline O’Connell, and Joseph Dallair. Toledo has been named office manager of the new Hadley office. He joins Greenfield Savings Bank with 28 years of experience in banking. In his role as manager, he will concentrate on business development, in addition to managing the operations of the Hadley Office. Among his volunteer roles for numerous local nonprofit organizations, Toledo is a board member and chair of the finance committee of Baystate Health and a member of the board of the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. He has previously chaired the board of Springfield Technical Community College and served as a board member of both the YMCA of Greater Springfield and the United Way of Pioneer Valley. Walsh has been promoted to the Hadley office as a super banker. GSB super bankers are customer-service professionals who can assist customers with a wide range of banking services, including account openings, online and mobile banking, as well as account transactions. Before joining the staff in Hadley, she worked for GSB at the Shelburne Falls office for more than two years. O’Connell has joined the staff of the Hadley office as a super banker. She has worked for GSB for more than three years at the Amherst office on University Drive. Dallair has joined the staff of the Hadley office as a teller. Prior to joining the team at Greenfield Savings Bank, he worked for three years in customer-service positions in other industries. He began working at GSB in 2017 as a teller in the Greenfield office.

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Kimberley Lee, a recognized leader in the nonprofit sector of the Western Mass. region, has joined the staff of MHA, a nonprofit provider of residential and support services to people impacted by mental illness, developmental disabilities, substance abuse, and homelessness. Lee is taking on the newly created role of vice president of Resource Development and Branding for MHA. Lee previously served in communications and development roles in several local nonprofit organizations, including CHD, Square One, the Basketball Hall of Fame, and the Community United Way. She has advanced these organizations and the people they serve with an active voice in the community and through vigorous advocacy achieved by constant policy influence at the local, community, and state level. A lifelong resident of Western Mass., Lee earned her bachelor’s degree in mass communication from Westfield State College.

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River Valley Counseling Center (RVCC) named Anna Dyrkacz to be its director of Finance. She was appointed to the position last month by Rosemarie Ansel, RVCC’s executive director. Dyrkacz has more than 17 years experience in the healthcare and human-services industry and came to River Valley Counseling Center from a leadership position at Pathlight. She has also held leadership positions at Southgate Retirement Community, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, and Kindred Healthcare of Springfield. She has a bachelor’s degree and MBA from Western New England University, majoring in finance.

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Jeremy Melton

Florence Bank promoted Jeremy Melton to the position of first vice president/Risk Management, Compliance and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) officer. Melton joined Florence Bank in 2012. Prior to his recent promotion, he served as vice president/Risk Management, Compliance and CRA officer. Melton supports his community as the board chair and finance/audit committee member at Tapestry. He also serves as a board member for the Western Massachusetts Compliance Assoc.

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Mary Ann Coughlin, associate vice president for Academic Affairs at Springfield College, was recently awarded the John E. Stecklein Distinguished Member Award from the Assoc. for Institutional Research (AIR). The award recognizes an individual whose professional career has significantly advanced the field of institutional research through extraordinary scholarship, leadership, and service. Coughlin has a long-standing relationship with the AIR, including serving as a past president and as a trainer for national workshops sponsored by the association. In 2012, she was the recipient of the Assoc. for Institutional Research Outstanding Service Award, recognizing her professional leadership and exemplary service to AIR and for actively supporting and facilitating the goals and mission of the association. During her tenure at Springfield College, Coughlin has served in a variety of positions, including faculty member, president of the faculty senate, and her current administrative position in Academic Affairs. Coughlin worked as a professor of Research and Statistics at the college prior to moving into administration. In her current role, she supervises academic support services and provides leadership for program review, outcomes assessment, faculty development, student success initiatives, and institutional research.

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The Rotary Club of Springfield elected its new President, Susan Mastroianni, and board of directors at its recent meeting.Originally from the Bronx, N.Y., Mastroianni worked in Springfield for more than 26 years, first as media director for FitzGerald & Robbins Advertising and then as a partner and director of Media Services at FitzGerald & Mastroianni Advertising in Springfield, which closed in 2016. She has been a member of the Rotary Club of Springfield since May 2006. In addition to being president, she chairs the club’s publicity committee also serves as vice president of the board of directors for the Gray House in Springfield. She is a graduate of Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., with a bachelor’s degree in communication arts.

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Every year, the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women asks every state legislator to nominate someone from their district as an “Unsung Heroine.” For state Rep. Aaron Vega, this year’s pick was Debbie Flynn-Gonzalez, program director at the Gándara Center’s Hope for Holyoke peer-recovery support center. Flynn-Gonzalez began her career in social work as a mental-health clinician performing outreach work in Holyoke 24 years ago before her personal background in recovery led her to work with the recovery community. She launched the first peer-recovery program for pregnant and parenting women in Holyoke and led that program for eight years. She has been program director for three years at Hope for Holyoke, which has 300 active members, with an average of 50 people accessing the center daily. Flynn-Gonzalez earned her bachelor’s degree in social work at UMass Amherst and her master’s degree in counseling and psychology from Cambridge College.

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The United Way of Pioneer Valley announced that Kathryn Dube is serving as interim president and CEO as the board of directors conducts a search for a new CEO. Dube is a former chairman and vice chairman of the board at United Way of Pioneer Valley and has served as chairman to a number of United Way of Pioneer Valley committees. Most recently she was employed as senior advisor for the United Way of Pioneer Valley since her retirement in December 2017 and was recognized as United Way Volunteer of the Year in 2014 and 2015. Prior to retirement, Dube was a senior vice president of Retail Banking and Wealth Management at TD Bank and Berkshire Bank.

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KeyBank recently announced the addition of new retail leaders in markets across Connecticut and Massachusetts. Locally, Brandon Ojakian joined KeyBank with the title of vice president and area retail leader in the Northern Conn. and Western Mass. markets. Ojakian has 20 years of experience in the banking and finance industry. He joins KeyBank from Santander Bank, where he served as a district executive leading branch teams in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Prior to Santander, he led several retail regions for Citizens Bank. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Albertus Magnus College.

Company Notebook

By BusinessWest Staff July 24, 2018

Company Notebook

Bulkley Richardson Opens Office in Hadley

SPRINGFIELD — Due to expanding needs, Bulkley Richardson has moved from its Amherst location into a more spacious office at 380 Russell St. in Hadley. “This move supports the growing needs of our clients and offers a more centralized location in Hampshire County,” said Peter Barry, managing partner of the 35-attorney firm. Seunghee Cha, partner, will be located primarily in Hadley, where she has a comprehensive estate-planning and administration practice, including special-needs planning for individuals living with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Scott Foster, chair of the firm’s business and finance group, noted that “our client base continues to grow, especially as we expand our services to meet the evolving changes to legal needs. Among other areas, a Hampshire County office is relevant to the unique needs of startups, reality of cybersecurity threats, and emergence of cannabis facilities. Our clients range from large hospitals and medical practices to small brewery startups, and nationwide manufactures to local farmers and artists — and a whole lot in between. By having a local office, it just brings us closer to these clients.”

Thunderbirds Honored with Two Awards from AHL

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Thunderbirds were honored by the American Hockey League with four Team Business Service awards at a gala reception during the board of governors’ annual meeting at Hilton Head Island, S.C. As part of its Team Business Services program, the AHL honored one club from each conference for top revenue growth in four areas during this past season: overall ticket sales, season-ticket sales, group-ticket sales, and corporate sponsorship sales. For the 2017-18 season, the Thunderbirds took home two Awards of Excellence in the areas of season-ticket sales growth and corporate sponsorship sales growth. This marked the second consecutive season that Springfield captured these awards. These awards came just weeks after the Thunderbirds received numerous honors at the 2018 AHL Marketing Meeting presented by ExteNet Systems in Des Moines, Iowa. At that meeting,the Thunderbirds received the AHL award for Most Unique Community Relations Promotion. This past March, Thunderbirds player Eddie Wittchow approached team management with the idea of presenting loyal season ticket holder Katrina King with specialty glasses that would allow Katrina, a legally blind fan, to have the ability to see the action — through her own eyes — for the first time in her life. Springfield was also recognized for achieving a greater-than-15% increase in per-game full-season equivalents, a statistic that tracks the combined sales of all ticket packages. The Thunderbirds’ corporate sales team also was recognized for having a greater-than-15% growth in corporate cash sponsorships generated in the market. The organization also was honored for reaching the benchmark of a greater-than-15% growth in per-game group-ticket-sales revenue for a second straight season. On an individual level, Thunderbirds Senior Account Executive Matthew McRobbie beame the first Thunderbirds sales representative to be recognized as the Eastern Conference’s Top New Season Ticket Sales Executive.

PeoplesBank Announces Acquisition of First National Bank of Suffield

HOLYOKE — PeoplesBancorp, MHC, the parent company of PeoplesBank, both of Holyoke, and First Suffield Financial Inc., the parent company of the First National Bank of Suffield, both of Suffield, Conn., jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement for PeoplesBancorp to acquire First Suffield Financial and PeoplesBank to acquire the First National Bank of Suffield. The parties anticipate the transaction will close in the fourth quarter of 2018 or the first quarter of 2019. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of First Suffield Financial Inc. will receive $12,001.85 in cash per share, representing a total transaction value of approximately $60 million. The merger consideration represents approximately 202% of the First National Bank of Suffield’s tangible book value at March 31, 2018. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of state and federal regulatory approvals and approval by the shareholders of First Suffield Financial Inc. In 2017, PeoplesBank donated almost $1 million to area nonprofits. Its employees devoted more than 15,000 hours to volunteer work over the past two years, and 48 of the bank’s officers serve on the boards of directors and committees of 115 nonprofit organizations in the area. Upon completion of the transaction, PeoplesBank will expand its community-development efforts in Suffield and the surrounding Connecticut communities. The combined organization will have approximately $2.8 billion in assets and $1.9 billion in deposits. Upon completion of the transaction, one current member of the board of directors of First Suffield Financial will be appointed to serve as a member of the board of trustees of PeoplesBancorp and the board of directors of PeoplesBank. Following completion of the merger, the current branches of the First National Bank of Suffield will remain open and will conduct business under the trade name First Suffield Bank, a Division of PeoplesBank.

Berkshire Community College to Receive $5.5M for Student Success Center

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Community College (BCC) has been awarded $5.5 million for a major project that will transform the first floor of the Field Administration building into a One Stop Student Success Center, transforming the student experience by making the entire admissions and enrollment process easier. The project will renovate the first floor of the Field Administration building, which currently houses Enrollment Management, Advising, Career and Transfer services, Financial Aid and Student Accounts, and Admission and the college registrar. BCC is currently completing $34 million in campus projects for the renovation of Hawthorne and Melville halls, including a connector with upper and lower courtyards, paving of the parking lots and access roads, and installing a community turf field for football, soccer and lacrosse.

Valley Steel Stamp Expands with $1.9M MassDevelopment Bond

GREENFIELD — MassDevelopment has issued a $1.9 million bond for CJBW Stamp, LLC, the real-estate arm of Valley Steel Stamp, which will use bond proceeds to construct a 17,500-square-foot building in the Greenfield Industrial Park that the company will then lease. The new building will be next to an existing 27,500-square-foot building that Valley Steel Stamp also leases and has reached full capacity. When completed, the new building will accommodate additional equipment needed to fulfill customer orders. The project is expected to create nine jobs and support 13 construction jobs. GSB Securities Corp., an affiliate of Greenfield Savings Bank, purchased the bond. Valley Steel Stamp was founded in 1971 by William Capshaw as a two-man operation that produced custom-made steel-marking stamps. Over the years, William’s son, Steven, has expanded and diversified the company’s product line to now include general machining and tooling for customers in the aerospace, defense, and firearm industries. Valley Steel Stamp’s facility in Greenfield is a world headquarters for more than 50 highly skilled precision machinists serving over 300 companies in 10 countries. MassDevelopment previously issued bonds to support the purchase and expansion of this facility in 2008 and 2012.

Normandeau Technologies Attends NASRO Show

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Normandeau Technologies Inc. (NTI) attended the National Assoc. of School Resource Officers in Reno, Nevada in June. The annual, one-week NASRO conference brings together SROs from throughout the U.S. and international locations to meet, discuss the current state of school safety, and receive updates and training on the latest issues surrounding school-safety policy and procedures for school-based law-enforcement officers. NTI has undertaken a program to introduce the StaffAlerter Emergency Notification System (ENS) to school districts throughout the New England area. In association with this endeavor, Brett Normandeau, president and owner of NTI, is positioning the StaffAlerter with organizations associated with K-12 education, including NASRO. StaffAlerter is an ENS and cloud-based systems control. Any teacher or staff can press a button on a wi-fi personal access device and send a notification to thousands of people, lock doors, sound alarms, and page over loudspeakers. NASRO national leadership spent time with NTI to see and hear about StaffAlerter and were impressed and positive with their feedback, he added. NTI is looking to attend future SRO regional and national meetings as both exhibitor and presenter.

Bradley International Airport Receives A+ Revenue Bond Rating

WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. — The Connecticut Airport Authority (CAA) announced that the credit-rating agency S & P Global Ratings has raised Bradley International Airport’s rating on its general airport revenue refunding bonds from ‘A’ to ‘A+’ with a stable outlook. S & P Global Ratings assigns a credit rating for Bradley International Airport’s public debt obligations. Some of the factors taken into account during the rating process include the airport’s strong financial and risk-management practices, steadily improving liquidity, low and declining debt burden, strong origin and destination base, diverse service-area economy, airline diversity, and increasing number of enplanements and positive trends.

Briefcase

By BusinessWest Staff July 24, 2018

Briefcase

Advertising Club Selects 2018 Pynchon Medalists

SPRINGFIELD — The Advertising Club of Western Massachusetts’ trustees of the Order of William Pynchon announced their selection of four local residents as recipients of this year’s Pynchon medal. “Our choice of these four remarkable individuals represents a collective concern and dedication to the past, present, and future of our region,” said Mary Shea, chairman of the Pynchon trustees. Slated to receive the Advertising Club’s Pynchon Medal on Oct. 18 at the Log Cabin in Holyoke are: Craig Carr, one of the original incorporators of the Ronald McDonald House of Springfield; Sally Fuller, a tireless advocate for early childhood literacy; Robert McCarroll, a noted historic preservationist; and Ronald Weiss, who was instrumental in the creation of the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts. The Advertising Club confers the Order of William Pynchon and the Pynchon Medal upon citizens of Western Mass. who have rendered distinguished service to the community. Recipients are nominated each year by members of the community, and are chosen by unanimous decision of the Pynchon trustees, who are Ad Club’s current and five past presidents.

Employer Confidence Weakens During June

BOSTON — Confidence among Massachusetts employers weakened considerably during June as tariffs, rising raw-material costs, and approval of paid family and medical leave in the Bay State raised concerns about business growth. The Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) Business Confidence Index dropped 5.3 points to 61.3 last month, its lowest level since August 2017. Confidence remains well within the optimistic range, but the June decline left the BCI slightly below its level of a year ago. Though analysts say the volatility in business confidence during May and June may reflect some statistical anomalies, the comments provided by employers on the monthly AIM survey suggest that companies are becoming increasingly concerned about a perfect storm of issues on the federal and state levels. The constituent indicators that make up the overall Business Confidence Index all lost ground during June. The Massachusetts Index assessing business conditions within the Commonwealth fell 7.2 points to 62.8, leaving it 1.4 points lower than in June 2017. The U.S. Index ended the month at 60.0, down 9.3 points for the month but 2.6 points better than a year ago. The Current Index, which assesses overall business conditions at the time of the survey, declined 2.6 points to 63.5. The Future Index, measuring expectations for six months out, fell 7.5 points to 59.1. The Current Index gained 1.6 points during the year, while the Future Index lost 2.6 points. Employer views of their own companies also weakened. The Company Index declined 3.3 points to 61.2, down 1.2 points for 12 months. The Employment Index ended the month at 55.0, a 3.3-point decrease for the month and 3.1 points lower than a year ago. The Sales Index lost 2.9 points for the month and 0.2 points for the year. Manufacturing companies (62.5) were slightly more optimistic than non-manufacturers (60.2). Companies in the eastern part of Massachusetts (63.3) were more bullish than those in the west (58.7).

More Than $2 Million Announced for Collaborative Workspaces

BOSTON — The Baker-Polito administration and MassDevelopment announced $2,155,000 in funding for the third round of Collaborative Workspace Program grants, a MassDevelopment program that accelerates business formation, job creation, and entrepreneurial activity in communities by supporting infrastructure that fuels locally based innovation. Eligible organizations may apply for either seed grants to plan and study the feasibility of new collaborative workspaces, or fit-out grants to develop and expand existing workspaces. Through its first two rounds of grants, the Collaborative Workspace Program provided $3 million in funding to more than 50 organizations for the planning, development, and build-out of different types of collaborative workspaces. This new round includes $1.5 million from the Commonwealth’s capital budget and $655,000 from the Barr Foundation, the second installment of a three-year, $1,965,000 grant to the program to expand support for arts-related collaborative workspaces in the Commonwealth. Funding decisions are expected to be announced at the end of September.

MassDOT Announces $1.8M to Expand Industrial Rail and Freight

BOSTON — The state Department of Transportation recently awarded five grants totaling more than $1.8 million as part of the Industrial Rail Access Program (IRAP), which helps increase rail and freight access, economic opportunity, and job growth. IRAP is a competitive, state-funded, public/private partnership program that provides financial assistance to eligible applicants to invest in improvement projects in rail infrastructure access. State funding for these five projects will be matched by more than $2.4 million in private funds. Locally, $500,000 was awarded to the Western Recycling rail-spur project in Wilbraham. The project will allow an existing solid-waste-handling facility to load outbound waste into rail cars for shipment to out-of-state landfills. With the restoration of rail service to the site, the facility will start processing municipal waste, in addition to construction and demolition debris. The project includes the construction of one loading track and five storage tracks for a total of 6,000 feet of new track. With completion of the project, the facility will be served by more than 1,500 rail cars each year, eliminating 7,500 regional truck trips each year and supporting the creation of eight to 10 additional jobs at the facility. IRAP provides grants to railroads, rail shippers, and municipalities that identify a public benefit gained through improved rail transportation usage or economic growth that would be realized through improved access to rail assets. The other four grants went to projects in Littleton, Peabody, and Upton.

DPH Releases State Study Detailing Marijuana Use

BOSTON — A new, statewide study of marijuana use among Massachusetts residents found that about 21% of adults had used marijuana in the past 30 days, and the proportion of marijuana use was highest among 18- to 25-year-olds. The study, conducted by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), was mandated by the Legislature as part of its revisions to the 2016 adult-use marijuana law. The purpose of the study was to investigate the patterns of use, methods of consumption, and general perceptions of marijuana; incidents of impaired driving and hospitalization related to marijuana use; and the economic and fiscal impacts for state and local governments. Among the study’s other highlights, smoking is the most common method of marijuana consumption, although more than 40% of marijuana users report using multiple methods of use. More than half of adults perceive marijuana to have slight or no risks and use marijuana for non-medical purposes. A survey of patients who use marijuana products for medical use suggests that the average person uses marijuana 24 days a month, with the majority using marijuana products for at least 21 out of the past 30 days. Among respondents that use marijuana, 34.3% reported driving under the influence. Overall, 7.2% of the adult population drove under the influence of marijuana in the past 30 days, and 11.3% of adults rode with a marijuana-using driver in the past 30 days. This is similar to estimates from a survey of medical marijuana patients that found approximately 10% of respondents drove under the influence in the past 30 days. The number of marijuana-related calls to the Regional Poison Control Center in Massachusetts has been increasing over time. The calls include incidents of unintentional exposures among children, with the majority of calls related to 10- to 19-year-old individuals, and/or exposure to dried marijuana flower. The proportion of calls increased after medical marijuana was available in the Commonwealth. Economic projections suggest that marijuana will increase Massachusetts state revenue by about $215.8 million in the first two years of retail sales. The increase will largely come from sales and excise taxes collected on retail purchases. Based on experiences from states with existing legalized adult use, sales-tax revenue is expected to be higher in the second year ($154.2 million), as compared to the first year ($61.6 million).

Google Announces $100,000 Sponsorship for FutureWorks

SPRINGFIELD — During its Grow with Google tour in Springfield, Google announced a sponsorship for FutureWorks Career Center totalling $100,000. The sponsorship will help FutureWorks deepen its available resources to prepare active job seekers with the digital skills necessary to obtain jobs and succeed in the workforce. FutureWorks will deploy Google’s Applied Digital Skills Curriculum its diverse group of youth and adult job seekers over the course of a year. Some of its staff will also be trained on Google for Jobs and teach active job seekers how to use the online platform to streamline their job search. Launched in October 2017, Grow with Google is the tech company’s new initiative to help create economic opportunities for Americans. The project is an extension of Google’s long-standing commitment to making information and technology accessible to everyone, and focuses on providing digital skills and learning opportunities to communities across the U.S.

Jugglers Convention Projects Economic Impact of More Than $1 Million

SPRINGFIELD — With 600 juggling enthusiasts from all over the world descending on Springfield last week for the 71st International Jugglers’ Assoc. (IJA) Annual Festival, the area’s hoteliers, restaurateurs, and retailers expected to see an impact in their cash registers. The six-day convention was projected to have an economic impact of $1,015,545, according to the Western Mass Sports Commission, a division of the Greater Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau. “The organizers are expecting 600 attendees, and two of our largest downtown hotels have 1,100 room nights booked as a result,” said Mary Kay Wydra, president of the Greater Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau. “This represents a strong economic shot in the arm for these properties. And we anticipate upbeat business at area eateries and shops as well. It’s a fun, terrific event to have coming into Western Mass.”

Incorporations

By BusinessWest Staff July 24, 2018

Incorporations

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

AGAWAM

Rayonia Inc., 132 Glendale Road, Agawam, MA 01001. Rajesh Rayonia, same. Restaurant.

DEERFIELD

RHI Enterprises Inc., 15 Jones Road, Deerfield, MA 01342. Thomas E. Sjodahl, same. Medical equipment sales and service.

GREAT BARRINgTON

Tall Tree Productions Inc., 11 Lake View Road, Great Barrington, MA 01230. Bruce Humes, same. Advertising, marketing and special event production

HADLEY

Spruce Hill Hospitality Inc., 239 Russell St., Hadley, MA 01035. Shardool S. Parmar, same. Operation of hotel.

HINSDALE

ST Inspired Inc., 124 Shore Drive, Hinsdale, MA 01235. Wayne Zaniboni, same. Online retail sales.

MONSON

Supporting Resilient Communities Inc., 29 Paradise Lake Road, Monson, MA 01057. Morgan E. O’Neill, same. Provides aid to the needy and stressed worldwide to relieve human suffering that maybe caused by natural or civil disasters and to relieve emergency hardships through the use of proven state-of-the-art technology.

NORTH ADAMS

The Center for Love and Hope, Sant Pou Lanmou Ak Lespwa Incorporated, 50 1/2 Williams St., North Adams, MA 01247. Caitlin Mcconnell, same. The purpose of this corporation is to inspire hope by meeting both tangible and spiritual needs of the communities we serve.

PITTSFIELD

Ridgeline Builders Inc., 243 Churchill St., Pittsfield, MA 01201. Aaron Rocha, same. General contracting and construction services.

SPRINGFIELD

Serres Inc., 1500 Main St., Suite 2700, Springfield, MA 01115. Mika Hagberg, same. Sales and marketing of medical devices.

STOCKBRIDGE

Sweet and Savoury On Main Inc., 31 Main St., Stockbridge, MA 01262. Livia M. Landry, 16720 Hollow Tree Lane, Wellington, FL 33470. Bake shop.

WESTFIELD

Sierra Bar and Grill Inc., 31 Hillcrest Circle., Westfield, MA 01085. Carmine Capua, same. Full service restaurant and bar.

Doing Business as Certificates

By BusinessWest Staff July 24, 2018

DBA Certificates

The following business certificates and trade names were issued or renewed during the month of July 2018.

BELCHERTOWN

Karen’s Carpenter
441 State St.
Lee Lamoureux

Latour-Wilson Septic Service
9 Old Enfield Road
Brian Wilson

Liberty Blues Landscaping
75 South Liberty St.
Michael Ablicki, Cynthia Ablicki

Little Happy Pet
1042 Federal St.
Susan Wall

Norcom Mortgage
37 Main St.
Norwich Commercial Group

Poetry and Paint
40 South Main St.
Denise Fontaine-Pincince

Quabbin Valley Educational Consultants
6 Waterford Dr.
Frank Robbins, Marlene Morelli

Rannsaka
115 North Main St.
Ann Shelton

Westover Auto Salvage
147 Bay Road
Paul Bachand

CHICOPEE

Laplanet Arts
74 Ames Ave.
Micah Laplante

Maxx Vapors
1519 Memorial Dr.
James Scibelli

Plaza Liquors
591D Memorial Dr.
Yogesh Patel, Sonya Patel

Tipsy Paint Brush
110 Hampden St.
Wendy Stratton Markham

DEERFIELD

Free Ramblin’
123 North Hillside Road
Katherine Cavacco

Henry’s Professional Paving
9 Greenfield Road
Emmy Stanley

Wool-ology
242A Greenfield Road
Deborah Stratton

EASTHAMPTON

Hampton Inspections
9 Oakdale Place
Juan Suarez

HADLEY

Born Digital
84 Russell St.
Gabriel Smith

Crystal Gardens Umlimited
140 Mount Warner Road
Crystal Boucher

F45 Training Hampshire
207 Russell St.
Deane Enterprises, LLC

Home Depot
350 Russell St.
Home Depot USA

Maple Valley Creamery
102 Mill Valley Road
Bruce Jenks

Norm’s Auto Body
11 Railroad St.
Cody Belden

Soldega Carpentry
6 Phillips Place
James Soldega

Swan and Ember Arts
5A Cemetery Road
Julie Karlsson

Tutti Fruitti
367 Russell St.
Huot Ang

Wendy’s
376 Russell St.
Inspired by Opportunity, LLC

HOLYOKE

Air-Dell Inc.
209A South St.
George Airoldi

DMD Pizza, LLC
341 Appleton St.
Douglas Delisle

Masters Carpentry
28 O’Connor Ave.
Robert Masters

My Assistive Technology Resources & Services
214 Southampton Road
Michael Clark

Perfume World
50 Holyoke St.
Massab Hashmi

South Bridge Market
549 South Bridge St.
Angelo DeLeon

NORTHAMPTON

Chris Weaver Tile
5 Audubon Road
Christopher Weaver, Bryant Green

Creations by Candy, LLC
99B Market St.
Candy Lacey

Deb K Hypnosis
90 Conz St.
Debra Kizilcar

Dust Dancer
42 Fruit St.
Patricia Trant

Elm Tree Acupuncture
45 Main St.
Alexandra Andrew

Kaya Responsible Travel
17 New South St., #301
Global Educators Inc.

Lang-X
9½ Market St.
Melody Rivera

Matusko Fire Protection
972 Park Hill Road
David Matusko

MBS Solutions Inc.
901 King St., Unit 1
Matt Sternberger

Northampton Center for Health & Healing
241 King St., #228
Marcia Nickerson

VIP Nails Spa
104B Damon Road
Hoa Ly

SPRINGFIELD

Blink of an Eye
129 Ranney St.
Taneisha Gasque

Borinquen Bakery
464 Bridge St.
Dario Grullon

Bridget Street Mini Mart
468 Bridge St.
Davone Mullen

C1 Capital Inc.
6 Sparrow Dr.
Morgan Una

Crispy Wings-N-Fish
17A Rutland St.
Kim Domino

L S Towing
162 Gresham St.
Luis Santiago

Loja Construction
40 Parker St.
Leopoldo Loja-Zamora

Main Street Bodega Plus
176 Main St.
Miguel Franqui

Margarida’s
440 Tiffany St.
Margarida Aniceto

MBS Solutions Inc.
754 Sumner Ave.
Matt Stemberger

Para Mediators
1330 Main St., Suite 18
Rafael Fontanez

PCA Law
1391 Main St.
Peskin Courchesne

Pole in the Wall, LLC
95 Mill St.
Amanda MacFarland

Pregnant by Flor Diamante
24 Tracy St.
Magdalena Rodriguez

Smokey Clouds
1198 Parker St.
Clara Rodriguez

Soiree Mi
107 White St.
Soiree Mi

Surdoue Couture
1500 Main St.
Lisa Goodman

T and J Holdings
33 Genesee St.
Tynesha James

Taco Bell
464 Breckwood Blvd.
Ion Barbabanegra

Tong Tong Beauty Center
1293 Boston Road
Tong Wang

Top Notch Barbershop
932 Boston Road
Diosdenes Fonseca

Tyrone Tyson Jr.
36½ Oak St.
Tyront Tyson Jr.

WESTFIELD

A Slight Edge Salon
20 Elm St.
Awilda Colombani

CCI
221 Union St.
RPM Wood Finishes Group Inc.

Dollar General Store #18908
617 Southampton Road
DG Retail, LLC

Full Plate Strength & Conditioning
66 South Broad St.
Steven Czerniejewski

Garlic Green
1050 Russell Road
Richard Ponti-Smith

Northeast IT Systems Inc.
170 Lockhouse Road
Northeast IT Systems Inc.

One Stop Convenience
1056 North Road
S and N Corp.

Railroad Distribution Services
170 Lockhouse Road
John Levine

Railroad Distribution Services
100 Springdale Road
John Levine

Route 202 Antiques
869 North Road
Route 202 Antiques

Source
2 Russell Road
Renee Collier

Susan J. Austin
45 Meadow St.
Susan Austin

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Maximum Pawn Co.
1164 Memorial Ave.
Maximino Salvador

New England Caricature Co.
1717 Riverdale St.
Michael Lynch

Precision Auto Sales
2405 Westfield St.
James Stephenson

Preferred Auto
27 Heywood Ave.
Richard Larivee

Ricoh USA Inc.
One Interstate Dr.
Hildelisa Norat

Stitches and Ink
33 Appleridge Road
Christen Maxfield

TC Sales
1 St. Andrews Way
Timothy Crary

Bankruptcies

By BusinessWest Staff July 24, 2018

Bankruptcies

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

Aiguosatile, Augustine O.
35 Larkspur St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/26/2018

Bassett, Craig, Matthew
63 Ridge Ave.
Athol, MA 01331
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/29/2018

Bell, Courtney Gail
80 Damon Road, Unit 7-103
Northampton, MA 01060
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/28/2018

Bruscoe, Jeffrey J.
108 West St.
West Hatfield, MA 01088
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 06/16/2018

Burns, Jeffrey S.
Burns, Kristin L.
a/k/a Sotiropoulos, Kristin L.
119 Raylo St.
Chicopee, MA 01013-3340
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/25/2018

Carroll, Catherine M.
204 Carol Ann St.
Springfield, MA 01128
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/27/2018

Carvalho, Armindo M.
77 Primrose St.
Indian Orchard, MA 01151
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 06/21/2018

Cintron, Aisha Shakena
401 Springfield St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/27/2018

Clutz, Thomas William
Clutz, Jessica Falletti
77 Armstrong St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/28/2018

Conklin, George Robert
273 Nottingham Ct.
Becket, MA 01223
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 06/18/2018

Cooley, Annette M.
Warren-Cooley, Annette
93 Grochmal Ave., Lot 28
Indian Orchard, MA 01151
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/26/2018

Foya, Eugene
21 Barrington Dr.
Springfield, MA 01129
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/28/2018

Gonzalez, Luis A.
31 Sprindale Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/26/2018

Haddad Farm
Haddad, Charles Y.
33 Silver St.
Great Barrington, MA 01230
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/27/2018

Hinkle, Jared M.
Brophy, Heather A.
12 Monska Dr.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/20/2018

Jimenez, Amnris
Acevedo, Edwin N.
48 Adams St.
Springfield, MA 01105
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/19/2018

Johnson, John J.
Tilli-Johnson, Denise M.
474 Glendale Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/18/2018

Johntson, Charles R.
Johntson, Gene S.
61 Caroline St.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/29/2018

Laguerra Sierra, Miream A.
57 Olympia Dr. #202
Amherst, MA 01002
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/27/2018

Larkin, Melissa J.
313 Egremont Road
Sheffield, MA 01257
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/25/2018

Magiera, Diane
68 C Theroux Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 06/29/2018

McCoy, David E.
8 Pasadena St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 06/19/2018

Mitchell, Jeffrey B.
635 Valley Road
Barre, MA 01005
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/21/2018

Platanitis, George E.
Platanitis, Dawn S.
PO Box 818
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/25/2018

Puc, Joanne C.
83 Northwest Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/29/2018

Reed, Mark A.
23 Giffen Place
Feeding Hills, MA 01030
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 06/29/2018

Rios, Jose M.
515 Whitney Ave., Apt. 5A
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/28/2018

Ritter, Sean P.
Ritter, Iwona M.
74 Woodcliff Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 06/21/2018

Rodriguez, Wilmarie
a/k/a Salas, Wilmarie
935 St James Ave.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/29/2018

Rondeau, David Lawrence
298 Stafford Road
Monson, MA 01057
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/26/2018

Santana, Severo
378 El Paso St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 06/26/2018

Smith, Matthew E.
Smith, JoAnn
53 Moss Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/19/2018

Smith, Susan E.
a/k/a Smith, Susan W.
26 Lawnwood Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/29/2018

Steinman, Jennifer L.
49 Putnam Ave.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/26/2018

Taylor, Kayla M.
208 Reservoir Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/26/2018

Tryba, Roman F.
505 McKinstry Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/26/2018

Tucker, Lara S.
2058 Pleasant St.
Three Rivers, MA 01080
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/28/2018

Vincelette, Paul J.
Vincelette, Jennifer J.
584 Prospect St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/26/2018

Wentworth, Thomas Joseph
Wentworth, Danielle Lynn
20 Eagleville Road
Orange, MA 01364
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/29/2018

Whitney, Jennifer A.
28 Lorimer St.
Indian Orchard, MA 01151
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 06/28/2018

Real Estate Transactions

By BusinessWest Staff July 24, 2018

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

26 Barnes Branch Road
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $246,000
Buyer: Alexis G. Fedorjaczenko
Seller: Carole R. Groman
Date: 06/29/18

1049 Cape St.
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Brendan D. Leowolf
Seller: Gary P. Kochapski
Date: 06/29/18

1301 Conway Road
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $302,000
Buyer: Sarah R. Greenfield
Seller: Merlina A. Nova-Brown
Date: 06/22/18

BERNARDSTON

55 Huckle Hill Road
Bernardston, MA 01337
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: Kirsten A. Bergstrom
Seller: Paul W. Luther
Date: 06/25/18

BUCKLAND

30 Howes Road
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $191,500
Buyer: Marc R. Kaufmann
Seller: David S. Lanoue
Date: 06/18/18

CHARLEMONT

67 Deer Run Lane
Charlemont, MA 01339
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Christopher J. Tilley
Seller: Michael A. Lavalley
Date: 06/20/18

COLRAIN

162 Greenfield Road
Colrain, MA 01340
Amount: $385,000
Buyer: Jessica Marden
Seller: Phillips B. Sherburne
Date: 06/29/18

Jurek Road
Colrain, MA 01340
Amount: $385,000
Buyer: Jessica Marden
Seller: Phillips B. Sherburne
Date: 06/29/18

CONWAY

8 Main St.
Conway, MA 01341
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: Gregory N. Barlow
Seller: Ashlee Kozlakowski
Date: 06/27/18

DEERFIELD

537 Greenfield Road
Deerfield, MA 01342
Amount: $1,000,000
Buyer: Charles S. Sanford
Seller: David J. Koeppel
Date: 06/28/18

14 King Philip Ave.
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $385,000
Buyer: Elizabeth S. Fieldsteel
Seller: Tatiana A. Goclowski
Date: 06/29/18

64 Stillwater Road
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: John S. Knowles
Seller: Heath M. Rawlings
Date: 06/29/18

29 Sunderland Road
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Doria K. Rhodes
Seller: Esther Yazwinski-Short
Date: 06/29/18

105 Sunderland Road
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Brenda C. Starr
Seller: Baronas INT
Date: 06/22/18

GREENFIELD

7 Alden St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: James Burbidge
Seller: Raymond J. Deluca
Date: 06/25/18

8 Chevalier Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Appwein LLC
Seller: Lewis Becker
Date: 06/26/18

230 Davis St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $120,500
Buyer: Gertrude E. Hooks
Seller: JP Morgan Chase Bank
Date: 06/27/18

14 East Cleveland St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $118,000
Buyer: Ian M. Leonard
Seller: Heidi M. Haas
Date: 06/27/18

333 Log Plain Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $191,000
Buyer: Kelly A. Varner
Seller: Danielle L. Lutenegger
Date: 06/29/18

9-11 Myrtle St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $180,300
Buyer: Michael H. Freedman
Seller: Bowen 2012 RET
Date: 06/25/18

88 Phillips St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $161,000
Buyer: Joseph Scappace
Seller: Chu-Lien Liang
Date: 06/21/18

373 Plain Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $229,000
Buyer: Paul E. Choiniere
Seller: Paul D. Eldridge
Date: 06/29/18

72 Prospect St.
Greenfield, MA 01376
Amount: $390,000
Buyer: CIL Realty Of Mass. Inc.
Seller: EDS Enterprises LLC
Date: 06/29/18

249 Shelburne Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $191,000
Buyer: Willard H. Carpenter
Seller: Dennis J. Lynch
Date: 06/27/18

194 Wells St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Joseph W. Doyle
Seller: Hassan A. Peters
Date: 06/29/18

47 West St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Brian D. Guertin
Seller: Gregory M. Oles
Date: 06/29/18

8-10 Western Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $178,000
Buyer: Henry Orren-Chapman
Seller: Riven Garden LLC
Date: 06/29/18

4 Wilson Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Appwein LLC
Seller: Lewis Becker
Date: 06/26/18

HEATH

253 Route 8A
Heath, MA 01346
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Arthur A. Schwenger
Seller: Daniel V. Harris
Date: 06/29/18

MONTAGUE

158 Old Sunderland Road
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $343,500
Buyer: Barbara E. Folan
Seller: Justin D. Killeen
Date: 06/19/18

411 Turners Falls Road
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $252,000
Buyer: Renee L. Belleville
Seller: Paul C. Morse
Date: 06/29/18

207 Turnpike Road
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $249,900
Buyer: Jason S. Scott
Seller: Kwong Y. Hau
Date: 06/22/18

NEW SALEM

34 Cooleyville Road
New Salem, MA 01355
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Megan R. Whitney
Seller: Leo J. Paradis
Date: 06/28/18

96 Michael Lane
New Salem, MA 01364
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: George Perides
Seller: Polly R. Houchins
Date: 06/20/18

NORTHFIELD

21 Hidden Pond Lane
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $239,900
Buyer: William W. Perry
Seller: Julie A. Robinson
Date: 06/29/18

8 Main St.
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $340,000
Buyer: Eric M. Santos
Seller: Steven R. Malsch
Date: 06/21/18

235 West Northfield Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $154,414
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Wilfred D. Clough
Date: 06/28/18

93 Winchester Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $178,000
Buyer: Edward Bordas
Seller: Northfield Mt. Hermon School
Date: 06/19/18

ORANGE

126 Brookside Road
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $163,550
Buyer: Avera D. Morrison
Seller: Matthew A. Parsons
Date: 06/21/18

15 Converse Road
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: RRJ T
Seller: Freden, Glenn M., (Estate)
Date: 06/22/18

526 South Main St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $201,000
Buyer: John P. Barrett
Seller: Mary L. Verock
Date: 06/22/18

Warwick Road #228-4
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $450,000
Buyer: Wilbur Woods Land LLC
Seller: James E. Raney RET
Date: 06/29/18

SHUTESBURY

34 King Road
Shutesbury, MA 01072
Amount: $139,000
Buyer: Justin F. Vezina
Seller: P. A. Wisocki-Tierney
Date: 06/29/18

SUNDERLAND

207 North Silver Lane
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $262,000
Buyer: Adam Chandra-Saunders
Seller: Charles E. Shew
Date: 06/21/18

83 Russell St.
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $460,000
Buyer: James R. Cherewatti
Seller: Thomas J. Russo
Date: 06/29/18

19 Valley View Lane
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $333,000
Buyer: Karen A. Normand
Seller: Thomas E. Harding
Date: 06/29/18

WARWICK

347 Flower Hill Road
Warwick, MA 01378
Amount: $371,000
Buyer: Karl H. Quackenbush
Seller: Wirth, Herman J., (Estate)
Date: 06/22/18

8 Sammy Lane
Warwick, MA 01378
Amount: $217,500
Buyer: John F. Hegarty
Seller: Michael P. Halloran
Date: 06/27/18

HAMPDEN COUNTY

Agawam

30 Belmont Ave.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Kyle R. Stocks
Seller: Lindsay E. Hale
Date: 06/28/18

10 Birch Hill Road
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $312,000
Buyer: Kamran K. Sherwani
Seller: Jezisek, Audrik R., (Estate)
Date: 06/26/18

15 Brookside Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Jeremy P. Bouthilette
Seller: Stephen F. Parent
Date: 06/29/18

16 Brookside Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $362,900
Buyer: Jason Hutchins
Seller: Philip M. Distefano
Date: 06/28/18

59 Glendale Road
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Karen M. Letourneau
Seller: Dominick J. Cortese
Date: 06/22/18

76 Horsham Place
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Abbey R. Massaro
Seller: Richard H. Hastings
Date: 06/29/18

13 James St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $209,800
Buyer: Joseph Rufino
Seller: Joseph P. Kardos
Date: 06/22/18

4 Lenox St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: James Lewis
Seller: Nathan L. Hall
Date: 06/29/18

14 Liberty Ave.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Jeffery Dawson
Seller: Janosik Realty LLC
Date: 06/27/18

17 Mansion Woods Dr.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $183,203
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Virginia C. Burr
Date: 06/26/18

66 Norris St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Deborah M. St.Jacques
Seller: Matthew C. Seyller
Date: 06/29/18

North West St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Michael G. Kosinski
Seller: Mark Brown
Date: 06/22/18

148 North St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Jamie L. Oney
Seller: Bar R. Kaikov
Date: 06/20/18

163 Senator Ave.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $249,900
Buyer: Kelly Stokes
Seller: Joseph D. Valenti
Date: 06/22/18

242 Shoemaker Lane
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $228,000
Buyer: Bernard J. Rakauskas
Seller: Nicholas P. Rosati
Date: 06/22/18

776 Springfield St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Angela Poon
Seller: Frank R. Buoniconti
Date: 06/29/18

BLANDFORD

51 Otis Tolland Road
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Michele Kenney
Seller: Gelinas, Nancy C., (Estate)
Date: 06/21/18

55 Otis Tolland Road
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Michele Kenney
Seller: Gelinas, Nancy C., (Estate)
Date: 06/21/18

BRIMFIELD

93 Apple Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $242,000
Buyer: Jeremy L. Ferreira
Seller: Phaseup Properties LLC
Date: 06/18/18

30 Crestwood Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Robert E. Spiker
Seller: George Markopoulos
Date: 06/29/18

27 Prospect Hill Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $505,000
Buyer: MS&N Properties LLC
Seller: Allison A. Zak
Date: 06/29/18

203 Wales Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Mary-Ellen Hulse
Seller: Lauren Tetreault
Date: 06/29/18

CHESTER

674 Skyline Trail
Chester, MA 01011
Amount: $390,000
Buyer: James D. Cormier
Seller: James E. Creer
Date: 06/20/18

CHICOPEE

100 7th Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Ryan M. Harris
Seller: Erin V. Whalen
Date: 06/25/18

37 Barbara St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $267,500
Buyer: John C. Dziel
Seller: Richard W. Rege
Date: 06/22/18

55 Boutin St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Dializ Serrano
Seller: S&C Homebuyers LLC
Date: 06/29/18

69 Brightwood St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Travis Headlee
Seller: Eric F. Ritter
Date: 06/25/18

399 Broadway St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $202,000
Buyer: 5amori LLC
Seller: Carol Wilkins
Date: 06/29/18

1045 Burnett Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $229,900
Buyer: Paul L. Franceschina
Seller: Mark A. Duda
Date: 06/29/18

42 Carter Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $122,000
Buyer: Patriot Living LLC
Seller: Wells Fargo Bank
Date: 06/29/18

528 Chicopee St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Victor Guzman
Seller: Angel M. Acevedo
Date: 06/18/18

225 College St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: James M. Whalen
Seller: FNMA
Date: 06/29/18

60 Crestwood St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $184,000
Buyer: Jonathan Alamo
Seller: Cindy L. Cortis
Date: 06/25/18

176 Dale St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $146,500
Buyer: Paul Carmen
Seller: Frederick J. Haneck
Date: 06/25/18

15 Dorrance St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $181,000
Buyer: Melissa Guerra
Seller: Amie L. Heise
Date: 06/18/18

53 Dresser Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Stephen J. Peltier
Seller: Richard J. Pinkos
Date: 06/29/18

57 Dunn St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Roger L. Ledoux
Date: 06/21/18

415 East St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: C&H Investments Inc.
Seller: O Ice LLC
Date: 06/28/18

159 Fernhill St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $187,000
Buyer: Cassie Vallee
Seller: Christopher R. Shaw
Date: 06/27/18

17 Frink St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Victoria P. Celetti
Seller: Elizabeth F. Izzo
Date: 06/26/18

541 Grattan St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $249,900
Buyer: Balsam Jaber
Seller: William J. Beynor
Date: 06/25/18

46 Highland Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Front Street Realty Corp.
Seller: Todd J. Tryba
Date: 06/29/18

73 Keddy Blvd.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: David Labrie
Seller: Richard L. Blood
Date: 06/28/18

78 Laramee St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $160,250
Buyer: Stephen P. Malanaphy
Seller: N. Riley Realty LLC
Date: 06/28/18

283 Mandalay Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: John E. Paquette
Seller: Susan J. Feyre
Date: 06/22/18

518 McKinstry Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $199,900
Buyer: Giovanni Basile
Seller: Doria M. Farrington
Date: 06/29/18

547 McKinstry Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $159,900
Buyer: Aleksandr Sheremet
Seller: James M. Boisvere
Date: 06/20/18

36 Melvin St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $121,500
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Natalia Vasilenko
Date: 06/18/18

24 Montclair St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $237,000
Buyer: Nathan C. Richards
Seller: Griffin C. Barbra
Date: 06/22/18

77 Moore St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $172,000
Buyer: Ramon L. Melendez
Seller: Swistak, George S., (Estate)
Date: 06/22/18

265 New Ludlow Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $4,150,000
Buyer: Baker Turn LLC
Seller: Mason Manor LLC
Date: 06/28/18

223 Newbury St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Homestead Connections LLC
Seller: Ruby Realty LLC
Date: 06/29/18

96 Newell St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Omar Irizarry
Seller: Klara M. Gazaille
Date: 06/25/18

35 Old Farm Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $189,000
Buyer: Jessie M. Trudell
Seller: Glenn J. Gilbert
Date: 06/22/18

102 Pennsylvania Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: William D. Porter
Seller: Marco A. Scibelli
Date: 06/29/18

25 Quincy Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $216,300
Buyer: Gaitree Srinarain-Powell
Seller: Paul L. Franceschina
Date: 06/22/18

100 Rich St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $261,000
Buyer: Megan Lagoy
Seller: Ryan N. Tellier
Date: 06/29/18

167 Rolf Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Hannah Melendez
Seller: Student Builders Inc.
Date: 06/19/18

41 Saint Onge St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Jason R. Riether
Seller: Victor A. Ayala
Date: 06/22/18

201 Sheridan St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Paul G. Ferreira
Seller: Delfim Duarte
Date: 06/18/18

43 Sherwood St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $185,700
Buyer: Barbara A. Coelho
Seller: Raymond C. Clapp
Date: 06/27/18

141 Simonich Circle
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $182,000
Buyer: Joseph T. Judd
Seller: Thomas T. Watson
Date: 06/25/18

2 Summer St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $139,400
Buyer: Wells Fargo Bank
Seller: Catherine M. Collins
Date: 06/25/18

22 Suzanne St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Norman H. Robillard
Seller: James M. Niedbala
Date: 06/18/18

141 Waite Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $183,157
Buyer: Nationstar Mortgage LLC
Seller: Partyka, Marion K., (Estate)
Date: 06/22/18

4 West Main St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $750,000
Buyer: Rivermills Assisted Living
Seller: City Of Chicopee
Date: 06/27/18

EAST LONGMEADOW

76 Admiral St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $201,000
Buyer: Anthony Lassalle
Seller: Daniel Kurowski
Date: 06/22/18

16 Anne St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $173,000
Buyer: Deborah Roy
Seller: Timber Development LLC
Date: 06/28/18

35 Baymor Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Timothy M. Callahan
Seller: Steven A. Beaumier
Date: 06/28/18

70 Bayne St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Sean T. Monts
Seller: William F. Sharon
Date: 06/29/18

16 Brookhaven Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $339,500
Buyer: Toni A. Villareal
Seller: James J. Frogameni
Date: 06/29/18

49 Colony Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $284,900
Buyer: Denise K. Rossi
Seller: Matthew Hagopian
Date: 06/29/18

49 Dartmouth Lane
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $454,900
Buyer: Robert N. Hanson
Seller: William M. Fiore
Date: 06/19/18

301 Dwight Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01108
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Jose L. Millan
Seller: John Erickson-Abell
Date: 06/20/18

98 Evergreen Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $435,900
Buyer: Kevin Gotta
Seller: David E. Labrie
Date: 06/26/18

28 Fairhaven Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $117,000
Buyer: Frank Raschilla
Seller: Paul Stafilarakis
Date: 06/22/18

36 Fernwood Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Kayla A. Basile
Seller: Michael A. Bousquet
Date: 06/29/18

21 Halon Terrace
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $615,000
Buyer: Donna Haghighat
Seller: Victor Degray
Date: 06/29/18

139 Hampden Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $249,900
Buyer: Andrew Durand
Seller: Mary F. Conway
Date: 06/26/18

77 Indian Spring Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $234,900
Buyer: Nicholas A. Stafford
Seller: Margaret A. Kallaugher
Date: 06/29/18

23 John St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $219,900
Buyer: Mark S. Wilson
Seller: Bruce P. Goldman
Date: 06/28/18

138 Nottingham Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $433,000
Buyer: Durane K. Walker
Seller: Rejean R. Roy
Date: 06/28/18

14 Overbrook Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Bruce P. Goldman
Seller: Raymond C. Miller
Date: 06/28/18

394 Parker St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Craig A. Clear
Seller: David W. Baker
Date: 06/27/18

113 Patterson Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $329,000
Buyer: Ankur Athuni
Seller: Michael Frank Design LLC
Date: 06/25/18

11 Rogers Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $339,000
Buyer: Dino P. Innarelli
Seller: William C. Sears
Date: 06/18/18

30 Saugus Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: Robert J. Roy
Seller: Tom Lech
Date: 06/29/18

614 Somers Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $374,000
Buyer: Michael A. Bousquet
Seller: Mark McKie
Date: 06/29/18

20 Westminster St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $253,000
Buyer: Stephen A. Bourque
Seller: Joyce E. Perry
Date: 06/25/18

348 Westwood Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Patrick M. Murray
Seller: Frank Raschilla
Date: 06/25/18

86 Wood Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Traci McCollum
Seller: Sarah Dudley
Date: 06/29/18

HAMPDEN

8 East Brook Dr.
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $425,000
Buyer: Jason D. Christofori
Seller: Ann L. Morello
Date: 06/28/18

19 Fairfield Manor
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $267,500
Buyer: David A. Preston
Seller: Raymond C. Ung
Date: 06/18/18

58 Oak Knoll Dr.
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $233,000
Buyer: George M. Sanford
Seller: Clara M. Pio
Date: 06/28/18

280 Somers Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Thomas E. Leduc
Seller: C. Wayne Burnell
Date: 06/25/18

58 South Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $456,955
Buyer: Leo L. Clarke
Seller: Barry D. White
Date: 06/27/18

118 Woodland Dr.
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Michael Trebbe
Seller: H. Scott MacFarlane
Date: 06/22/18

HOLLAND

8 Lakeshore Dr.
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: Darlene D. Spratt
Seller: Roberta Tobin
Date: 06/29/18

430 Mashapaug Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $685,000
Buyer: Clelland Johnson
Seller: Andrew J. Harhay
Date: 06/28/18

449 Mashapaug Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $402,000
Buyer: Lauren Tetreault
Seller: M. Christopher Batista
Date: 06/29/18

HOLYOKE

6 Bayberry Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $297,500
Buyer: Kerrie Jones-Clark
Seller: David J. Nalewanski
Date: 06/21/18

124 Beech St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $204,900
Buyer: Mark J. Vecchio
Seller: Augusto L. Neves
Date: 06/29/18

22 Belvidere Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $173,000
Buyer: Tiffany McGee
Seller: Nicole D. Wilcox
Date: 06/27/18

74 Belvidere Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $145,230
Buyer: Rene M. Maserati
Seller: Gerald D. Tesini
Date: 06/22/18

23 Bray Park Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $194,000
Buyer: Caitlin Simard
Seller: Matthew C. Landry
Date: 06/22/18

23 Cherry Hill
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $182,000
Buyer: Sharon I. Riley
Seller: Kinnaman, Lillian A., (Estate)
Date: 06/29/18

46 Claremont Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Cathy H. Lay
Seller: Sean P. Hayes
Date: 06/27/18

121-123 Clemente St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $1,300,000
Buyer: Posiadlosc LLC
Seller: Prime RC LLC
Date: 06/20/18

57 Dillon Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Mary R. Fisher
Seller: Stephen L. Turner
Date: 06/25/18

235 Elm St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $219,900
Buyer: Luis D. Perez
Seller: Richard Harty
Date: 06/27/18

310 Hillside Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: MTGLQ Investors LP
Seller: Daniel Gonzalez
Date: 06/21/18

798 Homestead Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Eric G. Richard
Seller: Alyse M. Anderson
Date: 06/28/18

200 Huron Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Mary Lacroix
Seller: David H. Seidel
Date: 06/29/18

31 Jackson St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: LD Leasing LLC
Seller: Donald D. Miele
Date: 06/25/18

34 Knollwood Circle
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $277,000
Buyer: Rachid Sidki
Seller: Stephen A. Foster
Date: 06/25/18

29 Laurel St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Matthew W. Bell
Seller: Brian G. Smith
Date: 06/29/18

301-303 Linden St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $227,500
Buyer: Philip P. Smith
Seller: William S. Cassidy
Date: 06/22/18

71 Lyman St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $124,900
Buyer: John S. Weathers
Seller: Rebecca J. Downing
Date: 06/29/18

1068 Main St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $196,750
Buyer: Jacqueline X. Matta
Seller: Maria Escalera
Date: 06/26/18

456 Maple St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $675,000
Buyer: Posiadlosc LLC
Seller: Mapleton Property LLC
Date: 06/20/18

10 Mueller Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Darrin T. Cote
Seller: Dziok, Henry P., (Estate)
Date: 06/29/18

138-140 Pine St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $121,150
Buyer: Frank Santos
Seller: Edward Gadecki
Date: 06/29/18

177-179 Pleasant St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $292,000
Buyer: David J. Nalewanski
Seller: Joann D. Picard
Date: 06/29/18

5 Primrose Lane
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $262,000
Buyer: Melanie Buell-Honor
Seller: Jasmine Gonzalez
Date: 06/20/18

531 South St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Russell Terrace Realty
Seller: Walter J. Sykulski
Date: 06/29/18

10 Wayne Court
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $225,500
Buyer: Laura B. Mackey
Seller: Henry Komosa
Date: 06/22/18

75-77 West Glen St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $218,000
Buyer: Hilary J. Lebrun
Seller: Kathleen B. Morneau
Date: 06/29/18

307 Westfield Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Deanna Dunn
Seller: Carole C. Bielizna
Date: 06/26/18

1 Winterberry Circle
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: David H. Seidel
Seller: Kathleen F. Martel
Date: 06/29/18

13-23 Worcester Place
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $840,000
Buyer: Couture Partners LLC
Seller: WEI Management LLC
Date: 06/25/18

LONGMEADOW

156 Academy Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: George J. Schomer
Seller: Martin Levson
Date: 06/22/18

19 Allen Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $437,000
Buyer: Jeffrey Welch
Seller: Christine J. Martin
Date: 06/29/18

115 Benedict Terrace
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Mark R. Richi
Seller: Gregory M. Lafountain
Date: 06/29/18

32 Brookwood Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $288,000
Buyer: Matthew D. Shapiro
Seller: Gaetano Napoli
Date: 06/29/18

120 Cambridge Circle
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Timothy J. Nadeau
Seller: Edward P. Szczepanek
Date: 06/20/18

34 Cheshire Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $439,900
Buyer: Hans P. Schlecht
Seller: Patrick J. McHugh
Date: 06/29/18

185 Coventry Lane
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $475,000
Buyer: Michael D. Parker
Seller: Robert Erwin
Date: 06/28/18

42 Crest Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $159,000
Buyer: Anthony X. Zhou
Seller: FNMA
Date: 06/28/18

41 Dover Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $441,000
Buyer: Alison Silber
Seller: Christopher J. Rymsza
Date: 06/27/18

168 Edgewood Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Kevin P. Chen
Seller: 88 Casino Terrace LLC
Date: 06/18/18

109 Ellington St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $385,000
Buyer: Raymond G. Keane
Seller: Joseph L. Benson
Date: 06/22/18

57 Eton Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $420,500
Buyer: Ryan P. Brady
Seller: Garth Wolber
Date: 06/29/18

14 Green Hill Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $393,000
Buyer: Hampden View Real Estate
Seller: Joyce V. Holsing
Date: 06/28/18

184 Greenacre Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $480,000
Buyer: George C. Case
Seller: Patrick M. Jones
Date: 06/27/18

166 Hazardville Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $256,900
Buyer: Thomas R. Benner
Seller: David W. Griffin
Date: 06/29/18

67 Laurel Lane
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $589,000
Buyer: Mitchell I. Clionsky
Seller: Cheryl Mustain
Date: 06/29/18

44 Lawnwood Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $199,500
Buyer: Thomas Jagodowski
Seller: Richard J. Wood
Date: 06/29/18

1702 Longmeadow St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Yong J. No
Seller: Leo C. Leone
Date: 06/28/18

152 Longview Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $267,000
Buyer: David J. Fitzgerald
Seller: Martha H. Vonmering
Date: 06/29/18

82 Merriweather Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $413,170
Buyer: Mustafa Caylan
Seller: Gene A. Bradshaw
Date: 06/22/18

51 Oxford Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $805,000
Buyer: Brian S. Wasserman
Seller: Bianca J. Kiely
Date: 06/21/18

24 Quinnehtuk Circle
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $430,000
Buyer: Matthew J. Russo
Seller: George J. Schomer
Date: 06/22/18

27 Rosemore St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $279,001
Buyer: Nagham S. Jafar
Seller: Jo A. Wyatt-Bandeian
Date: 06/19/18

764 Shaker Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $405,000
Buyer: Daniel Tarbell
Seller: Alan B. Cunningham
Date: 06/25/18

69 South Park Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: Brett J. Gallagher
Seller: Bruce D. Haskins
Date: 06/19/18

764 Shaker Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $205,900
Buyer: Luke Perry
Seller: Denali Properties LLC
Date: 06/20/18

31 South Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Joseph S. Finch
Seller: Gloria G. Hildreth
Date: 06/18/18

387 Williams St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $369,900
Buyer: Hamed Jalaeian
Seller: Ryan P. Brady
Date: 06/21/18

580 Wolf Swamp Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $380,000
Buyer: Patrick M. Jones
Seller: David M. Hobert
Date: 06/27/18

42 Woolworth St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $253,000
Buyer: Yong J. No
Seller: Justin Labroad
Date: 06/28/18

LUDLOW

209 Alden St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Pauline R. Clapp
Seller: Scott H. Kozak
Date: 06/27/18

Autumn Ridge Road
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $134,900
Buyer: Shelley L. Conti
Seller: Whitetail Wreks LLC
Date: 06/29/18

134 Bridle Path Circle
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Julius F. Sweeney
Seller: Paul V. Jennings
Date: 06/19/18

37 Brookhaven Dr.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Marjorie L. Pond
Seller: Langlais, Richard A., (Estate)
Date: 06/29/18

351 Chapin St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Jack C. Mendes
Seller: George F. Pestana
Date: 06/29/18

148 Gamache Dr.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Thomas S. Halgas
Seller: Gary E. Litwin
Date: 06/29/18

Harvest Dr.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $134,900
Buyer: Mark T. Hnitecki
Seller: Whitetail Wreks LLC
Date: 06/22/18

45 Hunter Road
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $296,000
Buyer: Mark A. Duda
Seller: Ece Gizay-Ban
Date: 06/19/18

70 Pine St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $134,900
Buyer: Carlos Pereira
Seller: Fatima M. Santos
Date: 06/29/18

67 Pleasantview St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Michael E. Morace
Seller: Fernando Salvador
Date: 06/22/18

237 Prospect St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $216,400
Buyer: Michelle L. Fanelli
Seller: Michael E. Morace
Date: 06/22/18

119 Waverly Road
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $359,900
Buyer: Erick W. Poock
Seller: Joan K. Sullivan
Date: 06/22/18

27 Wilno Ave.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Jamie Devine
Seller: Janet M. Montemagni
Date: 06/29/18

148 Yale St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Rachel L. Fonseca
Seller: Matthew G. Gulbrandsen
Date: 06/27/18

MONSON

Alden Thrasher Road #13
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Town Of Monson
Seller: Boulder Hill Development
Date: 06/18/18

Alden Thrasher Road #13A
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Town Of Monson
Seller: Boulder Hill Development
Date: 06/18/18

81 Beebe Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Rafael R. Crespo
Seller: David A. Place
Date: 06/25/18

32 Country Club Dr.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $340,000
Buyer: Jeffrey W. Crofts
Seller: Walter I. Adams
Date: 06/29/18

14 Flynt Ave.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $177,942
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: William C. Rollin
Date: 06/20/18

53 High St.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $177,500
Buyer: John P. Hurley
Seller: Russell Bergeron
Date: 06/29/18

256 Hovey Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $394,900
Buyer: Eric M. Falardeau
Seller: Richard R. Royer
Date: 06/26/18

1 King Lane
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $209,500
Buyer: Adam Chamberlain
Seller: Gary Libiszewski
Date: 06/19/18

8 Munn Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $219,900
Buyer: Gerald Lynch
Seller: Mark S. Fuller
Date: 06/25/18

114 Peck Brothers Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $202,363
Buyer: Deutsche Bank
Seller: Teresa Wieslawa-Hrynkiw
Date: 06/29/18

163 Stafford Hollow Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Christopher R. Rickett
Seller: Shannon M. Widderick
Date: 06/25/18

102 Stebbins Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $278,000
Buyer: Kathlene Hoppock
Seller: Ryan Dominik
Date: 06/18/18

MONTGOMERY

477 Main Road
Montgomery, MA 01050
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Thomas McCue
Seller: Stephen M. Adams
Date: 06/22/18

PALMER

156 3 Rivers Road
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Dale R. Fitzsimon
Seller: Kayla A. Basile
Date: 06/29/18

2 Arch St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $212,000
Buyer: Heather A. Korzec
Seller: Christopher R. Strelczyk
Date: 06/22/18

134 Belchertown St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $139,900
Buyer: Ann M. Kelley
Seller: Gregory C. Smola
Date: 06/28/18

2093 Calkins Road
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $259,900
Buyer: Christian J. Meyer
Seller: Gregory P. Nowakowski
Date: 06/22/18

121 Chudy St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Elaine I. Riopel
Seller: Nancy L. Gagnon
Date: 06/29/18

94-96 Commercial St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Wilmington Trust
Seller: Becky Tingen
Date: 06/27/18

3105-3107 Main St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $123,055
Buyer: Saverio Pizzano 205 IRT
Seller: Wells Fargo Bank
Date: 06/25/18

229 Peterson Road
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $257,000
Buyer: Patrick M. Maloney
Seller: Peter G. Mayberry
Date: 06/28/18

58 Ruggles St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $186,500
Buyer: Katie A. Krajewski
Seller: Roberto Ramos
Date: 06/26/18

344 Springfield St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $179,900
Buyer: Maryellen McLeod
Seller: John J. Mercier
Date: 06/26/18

RUSSELL

100 Moss Hill Road
Russell, MA 01071
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Grazyna Magyar
Seller: Jessica Paddock
Date: 06/28/18

SOUTHWICK

9 Babb Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $233,500
Buyer: Lindsay E. Hale
Seller: Consolini, Paul J., (Estate)
Date: 06/28/18

37 Coes Hill Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Jaydub LLC
Seller: Dern, Margo E., (Estate)
Date: 06/18/18

45 Coes Hill Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Richard P. Marshall
Seller: Riley M. O’Donnell
Date: 06/22/18

609 College Hwy.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $143,200
Buyer: Deutsche Bank
Seller: Cynthia M. Naputi
Date: 06/20/18

201 Hillside Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $443,500
Buyer: Christopher Michniewicz
Seller: Kevin Warriner
Date: 06/22/18

3 Iroquois Dr.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $276,000
Buyer: Thomas Vanzandt
Seller: Amanda L. Manzi
Date: 06/29/18

11 Junction Station Road #11
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $319,900
Buyer: Barbini NT
Seller: 20 Depot Square LLC
Date: 06/19/18

Noble Steed Xing
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Kimberly A. Wechtenhiser
Seller: Jaan Development Corp.
Date: 06/21/18

196 Sheep Pasture Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $249,900
Buyer: Jessica N. Lambert
Seller: David F. Bazinet
Date: 06/18/18

139 Vining Hill Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: Riley O’Donnell
Seller: John Francis
Date: 06/26/18

SPRINGFIELD

120 Alderman St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $139,000
Buyer: Jose A. Cuevas-Rentas
Seller: Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield
Date: 06/26/18

93 Aldrew Terrace
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $159,900
Buyer: Springfield PHD TR
Seller: 93 Aldrew LLC
Date: 06/29/18

702 Allen St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $177,000
Buyer: Latoya Keatts
Seller: Phong P. Nguyen
Date: 06/26/18

24 Arbutus St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Susan A. Melville
Seller: Real Estate Investment Northeast
Date: 06/21/18

21 Ashley St.
Springfield, MA 01105
Amount: $124,900
Buyer: Blossom A. Williams
Seller: Reinaldo Rosado
Date: 06/25/18

40 Ashley St.
Springfield, MA 01105
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Dalmary Santiago
Seller: Western Mass. Realty LLC
Date: 06/26/18

47 Bangor St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Kelly Grennan
Seller: Christine M. Bond
Date: 06/21/18

483 Belmont Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Belmont Burlington LLC
Seller: Ralph S. Fiore
Date: 06/29/18

88-90 Beverly Lane
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Carlos Otero
Seller: Jorge I. Marquez
Date: 06/29/18

60 Bonnyview St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $176,000
Buyer: Pakhone Sundara
Seller: Sam Pholsook
Date: 06/27/18

762 Boston Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Syed B. Ali
Seller: Flora Tung
Date: 06/27/18

107-109 Bristol St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: E. Rodriguez-Escalante
Seller: Hurst & Crane Investments
Date: 06/29/18

10 Caitlin Dr.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $197,500
Buyer: Victor A. Otero
Seller: Sarnelli, Joanne L., (Estate)
Date: 06/25/18

229 Central St.
Springfield, MA 01105
Amount: $179,900
Buyer: Crystal S. Haynes
Seller: James W. Fiore
Date: 06/18/18

62 Clarendon St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Marbie World
Seller: TM Properties Inc.
Date: 06/29/18

53-55 Clayton St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: Herminio Sanabria
Seller: Keith Ashley
Date: 06/26/18

162-164 Commonwealth Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Nolava LLC
Seller: Boardwalk Apartments LLC
Date: 06/26/18

79 Dana St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $158,500
Buyer: Nicole M. Cartagena
Seller: Marc Rosado
Date: 06/22/18

182 Daviston St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Miguel A. Quinones
Seller: James W. Fiore
Date: 06/22/18

517 Dickinson St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Kareen Cammock
Seller: Bertram A. Henry
Date: 06/25/18

353 Dorset St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: John Lee
Seller: Michael A. Santaniello
Date: 06/28/18

119 Drexel St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $156,000
Buyer: Jennifer Estell
Seller: James A. Ganley
Date: 06/26/18

82 Dwight Road
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Melissa L. Galarza
Seller: Amanda Bligh
Date: 06/29/18

69 Eddy St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $126,400
Buyer: Deliz Lopez
Seller: Rafael Pagan
Date: 06/29/18

119 Edendale St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Jocelyn Rivera
Seller: Stephen A. Bourque
Date: 06/25/18

122 Edgemont St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Mindy L. Torres
Seller: Selenia Aramboles-Jacobs
Date: 06/27/18

95 Edgewood St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $139,000
Buyer: Jarineth Velez-Torres
Seller: Amat Victoria Curam LLC
Date: 06/20/18

15-17 Emery St.
Springfield, MA 01013
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Liz B. Vazquez
Seller: Susan L. Andrukonis
Date: 06/29/18

66 Emmet St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $236,000
Buyer: Kenya Y. Adorno
Seller: Maryann Trombly
Date: 06/21/18

22 Fayette St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Alexander J. Surreira
Seller: Jamie Devine
Date: 06/29/18

73 Ferncliff Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $172,000
Buyer: Charay S. Stephens
Seller: Daniel P. Ewing
Date: 06/25/18

198 Florida St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $182,500
Buyer: Todd Pover
Seller: Erin T. Panteleakis
Date: 06/19/18

151 Forest Park Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: David P. O’Leary
Seller: Thomas E. Sattal
Date: 06/25/18

180 Fort Pleasant Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $202,000
Buyer: Juan Nunez
Seller: David W. Moore
Date: 06/25/18

215 Fort Pleasant Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $3,125,000
Buyer: CV 215 Fort Pleasant 1
Seller: Cesare Ferrari
Date: 06/26/18

310 Fountain St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Quang V. Luu
Seller: Lien N. Quach
Date: 06/20/18

205 Gifford St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $178,000
Buyer: Crystal Aviles-Delvalle
Seller: Lena T. Cocchi
Date: 06/29/18

55 Gillette Circle
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Michael T. Sugermeyer
Seller: Patricia L. Cole
Date: 06/28/18

49 Gladstone St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $119,600
Buyer: Yesenia Rivera
Seller: Aida L. Ruiz-Batiste
Date: 06/20/18

116 Gresham St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: Ibis Duo Holdings LLC
Seller: Mary L. Brown
Date: 06/19/18

6-8 Hamlet St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $159,500
Buyer: David A. Ortega-Martinez
Seller: Shannon Obrien
Date: 06/20/18

367 Hancock St.
Springfield, MA 01105
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: HC Brookings LLC
Seller: City Of Springfield
Date: 06/20/18

391 Hancock St.
Springfield, MA 01105
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: HC Brookings LLC
Seller: City Of Springfield
Date: 06/20/18

122 Harvey St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Yanira Torres
Seller: William E. Schetzel
Date: 06/29/18

25 Hastings St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: Natalie Purnell
Seller: John P. Rooney
Date: 06/29/18

64-66 Humbert St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Jasquin Cartagena
Seller: Nafiz Alkhatib
Date: 06/29/18

63 Kensington Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Nolava LLC
Seller: Boardwalk Apartments LLC
Date: 06/26/18

96 Kerry Dr.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $169,900
Buyer: Lisa A. Reyes
Seller: Shirley A. Babcock
Date: 06/29/18

19 Kingston St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: Lance C. Koske
Seller: Arthur Ferrara
Date: 06/29/18

17 Kosciusko St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Kevin L. Arnold
Seller: Timothy J. Ferber
Date: 06/28/18

60 Kulig St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Daniel Smith
Seller: Thomas M. Vanzandt
Date: 06/29/18

59 Lancaster St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $122,000
Buyer: William M. Gonzalez
Seller: FHLM
Date: 06/26/18

150 Lang St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Gage B. Terlik
Seller: Alissa A. Lamontagne
Date: 06/22/18

165 Liberty St.
Springfield, MA 01103
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Pilar 2 LLC
Seller: Massachusetts DOT
Date: 06/26/18

362-364 Liberty St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Daveyba Delacruz-Pascal
Seller: Isaias Pena
Date: 06/29/18

99 Louis Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $168,500
Buyer: John McCormack
Seller: Converse, Suzanne, (Estate)
Date: 06/28/18

154 Mallowhill Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: Khaatim J. Hodge
Seller: Daphna Hodge
Date: 06/27/18

89 Mary Coburn Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $167,525
Buyer: Samuel F. Boyd
Seller: Jessica B. Dechellis
Date: 06/22/18

99 Miller St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Aida I. Roldan
Seller: Jad T. Mourad
Date: 06/20/18

124 Myrtle St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $150,368
Buyer: Wells Fargo Bank
Seller: Daniel H. Reeves
Date: 06/27/18

860 Newbury St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Homestead Connections LLC
Seller: Ruby Realty LLC
Date: 06/29/18

36 Notre Dame St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $149,000
Buyer: Joyanne Curran
Seller: Stanek FT
Date: 06/29/18

186 Oak St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Francisco Perez
Seller: Tony Desousa
Date: 06/19/18

104 Old Farm Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $192,000
Buyer: F. Cardona-Sanchez
Seller: Wenninger Family LP
Date: 06/29/18

40 Oregon St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $174,900
Buyer: Casey M. Lyons
Seller: Gregory Vatier
Date: 06/19/18

1952 Page Blvd.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Lourdes I. Soler
Seller: Della Ripa Real Estate
Date: 06/26/18

1978 Page Blvd.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Miguel Martinez-Pinto
Seller: Jisselle Assad
Date: 06/22/18

15 Parkin St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $169,000
Buyer: Zuheily Gonzalez
Seller: Jason W. Smith
Date: 06/22/18

16 Partridge Dr.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $202,328
Buyer: Diplomat Property Manager
Seller: Katherine Symiakakis
Date: 06/27/18

73-75 Pasadena St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $151,000
Buyer: Aguasvivas Realty LLC
Seller: FV 1 Inc.
Date: 06/22/18

163 Pasco Road
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Jamilette Arroyo
Seller: Woods, Roger E., (Estate)
Date: 06/29/18

97 Penacook St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Maria Rivera
Seller: Global Homes Properties
Date: 06/22/18

242 Pheland St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $124,000
Buyer: Lady S. Montero
Seller: Bryant K. Whitsett
Date: 06/27/18

140 Pilgrim Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Nia J. Brown
Seller: Alfred J. Fabbri
Date: 06/21/18

1482 Plumtree Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Judy Carusso RET
Seller: Carlton S. Martin
Date: 06/25/18

1517 Plumtree Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $207,000
Buyer: Lidia Quintero
Seller: Joanne R. Murphy
Date: 06/21/18

417 Plumtree Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Melanie A. Acobe
Seller: John E. Bartenstein
Date: 06/22/18

2-4 Providence St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: MassMutual Life Inc. Co.
Seller: Steven P. Christopher
Date: 06/18/18

708 Roosevelt Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Bryant K. Whitsett
Seller: Erudite RT
Date: 06/27/18

45 Rush St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Erika M. Ynguanzo
Seller: Renee Jones
Date: 06/29/18

16 Sachem St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $124,800
Buyer: Bank New York Mellon
Seller: Filippo Marinesi
Date: 06/20/18

741 Saint James Ave.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Duaa Saedi
Seller: Salim Abdoo
Date: 06/21/18

186 Santa Barbara St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $121,494
Buyer: OCF 2 Holdings LLC
Seller: Juan C. Luna
Date: 06/26/18

125 South Shore Dr.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $218,000
Buyer: Vicente Perez
Seller: Dino P. Innarelli
Date: 06/18/18

25 Spear Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: Krista Stott
Seller: Terry L. Riley
Date: 06/21/18

26 Spencer St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $161,000
Buyer: Jose M. Mercado
Seller: Kristen H. Corbett
Date: 06/29/18

375 Springfield St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Samantha L. Lacoste
Seller: Pedro Perez
Date: 06/22/18

28 Squire Lane
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $201,500
Buyer: Sarah Williamson
Seller: Ming Li
Date: 06/28/18

26 Stanley St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Sherry L. Geisler
Seller: Mary E. Halpy
Date: 06/27/18

619 Sumner Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Yamilette M. Ostolaza
Seller: Gerardo Rivera
Date: 06/29/18

35 Texel Dr.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $211,500
Buyer: Donna Cota
Seller: Annette G. Kagan
Date: 06/25/18

299 Tremont St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Carmen L. Montijo
Seller: Randy D. Pelletier
Date: 06/25/18

47-49 Walden St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Christopher E. Wilson
Seller: Cedrian M. Cross
Date: 06/22/18

48 Warrenton St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $191,000
Buyer: Jose Ortiz
Seller: Hidonesa Flores
Date: 06/29/18

42 Welland Road
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $191,000
Buyer: Shauna M. Zomek
Seller: Christine B. Pisarczyk
Date: 06/29/18

32 Westford Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $186,000
Buyer: Raymond Miranda
Seller: Della Ripa Real Estate
Date: 06/28/18

635 White St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Randy Williams
Seller: Thi Tai
Date: 06/19/18

1065-1067 Worcester St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Cam A. Martin
Seller: Kathy J. Dean
Date: 06/27/18

1345-1347 Worcester St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $152,000
Buyer: F. Diaz-Feliciano
Seller: Danmar Inc.
Date: 06/18/18

WALES

16 Ainsworth Hill Road
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $246,500
Buyer: Ryan M. Early
Seller: Jeff B. Patrone
Date: 06/22/18

95 Haynes Hill Road
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Jill M. Davison
Seller: Marc Kadis
Date: 06/19/18

25 Lake George Road
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Tara L. Tenczar
Seller: Philip J. Simakauskas
Date: 06/29/18

33 Monson Road
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Katherine L. Schwartz
Seller: Carl R. Ekenbarger
Date: 06/29/18

WESTFIELD

27 Angelica Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $430,000
Buyer: Emily Walsh
Seller: Jazab LLC
Date: 06/29/18

18 Belleview Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Ryan M. Chenevert
Seller: Brendan M. McMahon
Date: 06/29/18

8 Birch Bluffs Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Roman Radetskyi
Seller: Ben M. Garfield
Date: 06/26/18

62 Broadway
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $182,900
Buyer: Andrew J. Casassa
Seller: Viola A. Welch
Date: 06/21/18

14 Carpenter St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $204,000
Buyer: Isabel Castro
Seller: Nicole M. Kennemur
Date: 06/29/18

15 Eastwood Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $370,000
Buyer: Michael R. Greany
Seller: Frank Spinella
Date: 06/22/18

180 Eastwood Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $291,200
Buyer: Nicole M. Kennemur
Seller: Tony R. Gendron
Date: 06/29/18

29 Flynn Meadow Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $380,000
Buyer: Joshua C. Lyon
Seller: Joshua Bury
Date: 06/29/18

93 George St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Artem Martynyuk
Seller: Brian Duggan
Date: 06/18/18

263 Granville Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $196,000
Buyer: Jason W. Sheehan
Seller: Jacob Brown
Date: 06/29/18

24 Green Pine Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: David Tse
Seller: Michael R. Greany
Date: 06/22/18

15 Harrison Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $173,500
Buyer: Rebecca L. Fiske
Seller: Nathan T. Bergstrom
Date: 06/18/18

44 Holland Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Adisbel Ramirez
Seller: Anthony D. Cropanese
Date: 06/20/18

15 Janis Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $187,000
Buyer: Thomas McCarthy
Seller: Thomas W. Daly
Date: 06/29/18

76 Kane Brothers Circle
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Jabir Khan
Seller: Jabir Khan
Date: 06/19/18

20 Kristen Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $305,000
Buyer: Andrey Y. Karpyuk
Seller: Ann M. White
Date: 06/22/18

140 Loomis Ridge
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $390,000
Buyer: Tony R. Gendron
Seller: Marc R. Hortie
Date: 06/29/18

15 Magnolia Terrace
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $510,000
Buyer: Andrew J. Demko
Seller: Joseph K. Fortier
Date: 06/29/18

45 Murray Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Eric R. Roy
Seller: Cancks Properties LLC
Date: 06/28/18

97 North Elm St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Tanya D. Toledo
Seller: Martin J. Cook
Date: 06/19/18

122 Park Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: Brandon Affeldt
Seller: Michael D. Zajdel
Date: 06/27/18

24 Pearl St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $169,000
Buyer: Sharron M. Holmes
Seller: Tara L. Cavagnac
Date: 06/28/18

16 Pheasant Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $354,000
Buyer: Martin J. Cook
Seller: Dinis L. Jablonski
Date: 06/19/18

199 Plum St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Nathaniel P. Corriveau
Seller: David R. Krok
Date: 06/29/18

19 Rachael Terrace
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $421,400
Buyer: Jill Knights
Seller: John Winkler
Date: 06/28/18

351 Root Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $164,900
Buyer: Chelsea J. Sawicki
Seller: William P. Leahy
Date: 06/28/18

265 Shaker Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $339,900
Buyer: Jack J. Scanlan
Seller: Patricia A. Hebert
Date: 06/27/18

63 Stuart Place
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Brian N. Walters
Seller: Sandra J. Walters
Date: 06/29/18

90 Sunset Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $157,250
Buyer: Deutsche Bank
Seller: Sara E. Diroma
Date: 06/22/18

78 Valley View Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $264,900
Buyer: Michelle R. Garfield
Seller: Heather A. Arnold
Date: 06/26/18

80 White St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Nicholas Difronzo
Seller: US Bank
Date: 06/28/18

23 Wintergreen Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $385,000
Buyer: Michael D. Zajdel
Seller: John R. Gordner
Date: 06/28/18

117 Yeoman Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $155,400
Buyer: Tanya M. Unsderfer
Seller: Deutsche Bank
Date: 06/29/18

WILBRAHAM

238 3 Rivers Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $199,900
Buyer: Michael R. Peckham
Seller: Joanne Merriam
Date: 06/29/18

310 3 Rivers Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Danyun Huang
Seller: Barbara A. Coelho
Date: 06/27/18

15 Bellows Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $424,000
Buyer: Kevin C. Peabody
Seller: William J. Aguilar
Date: 06/28/18

5 Brookside Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Bank Invest LLC
Seller: J. Dean Brannigan
Date: 06/22/18

2 Bruuer Ave.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $329,000
Buyer: Lisa A. Semle
Seller: James T. McLaren
Date: 06/29/18

5 Craigwood Terrace
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $319,000
Buyer: Christal J. Russo
Seller: Tina M. Windoloski
Date: 06/28/18

1 Duffield St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $296,000
Buyer: Alan M. Thrasher
Seller: Michael G. Nordstrom
Date: 06/29/18

58 East Longmeadow Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $305,000
Buyer: Mahalingam Kamalahasan
Seller: HY Management LLC
Date: 06/29/18

5 Fernwood Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $274,900
Buyer: Matthew J. Drozdowski
Seller: Randy P. Pascale
Date: 06/29/18

20 Herrick Place
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $444,900
Buyer: David A. Petruzzelli
Seller: Jim M. Lekberg
Date: 06/29/18

11 Kensington Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $590,000
Buyer: James F. Farrell
Seller: David A. Petruzzelli
Date: 06/29/18

9 Longfellow Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Waseem Ahmad
Seller: US Bank
Date: 06/27/18

73 Main St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $379,900
Buyer: Marie K. Courtney T. 2011
Seller: John R. Hall
Date: 06/26/18

369 Main St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $224,900
Buyer: Nicole Roy
Seller: Xueqing Wang
Date: 06/21/18

11 Manchonis Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $345,000
Buyer: Kar K. Lam
Seller: Atlantic Holdings Group
Date: 06/25/18

1 McIntosh Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $382,000
Buyer: Michael G. Nordstrom
Seller: Brian P. O’Connor
Date: 06/29/18

733 Monson Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $420,000
Buyer: Victor A. Ayala
Seller: Morning Dew RT
Date: 06/22/18

43 Pleasant View Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Michael J. Walker
Seller: Madelyn J. Sheehan RET
Date: 06/25/18

12 Raymond Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Amy L. Pollard
Seller: Robert J. Roy
Date: 06/29/18

19 Rochford Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $373,650
Buyer: Eric Krupka
Seller: David Brown
Date: 06/29/18

7 Sherwin Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $436,600
Buyer: Dana R. Kessler
Seller: AC Homebuilding LLC
Date: 06/18/18

274 Soule Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $317,000
Buyer: Veronica A. Pafumi
Seller: Jason D. Christofori
Date: 06/20/18

495-497 Springfield St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $319,000
Buyer: Sean B. Fitzgerald
Seller: Susan W. Bagnall
Date: 06/22/18

1093 Stony Hill Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: Christopher R. Pastoreck
Seller: Thomas E. Mitchell
Date: 06/18/18

12-A&B Weston St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $218,800
Buyer: Blake Harris
Seller: Rui M. Baltazar
Date: 06/26/18

WEST SPRINGFIELD

53 Bacon Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $134,025
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Maksim Shalypin
Date: 06/28/18

114 Connecticut Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $119,000
Buyer: Lachenauer LLC
Seller: US Bank
Date: 06/25/18

350 Dewey St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $244,900
Buyer: Akif Kazimov
Seller: Doris M. Early
Date: 06/26/18

454 Gooseberry Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Dennis A. Foley
Seller: Andrew J. McCoubrey
Date: 06/29/18

5 Havenhurst Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $345,000
Buyer: Roger Paye
Seller: Elizabeth D. Canavan
Date: 06/29/18

29 High St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Kevin C. Turcotte
Seller: Scott C. Morgan
Date: 06/18/18

176 Hillcrest Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $248,000
Buyer: Ghaith A. Alnuaimi
Seller: Lidia E. Kasprzak
Date: 06/29/18

300 Kings Hwy.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: William C. Reichelt
Seller: Cosimo A. Galluzzo
Date: 06/29/18

345 Lancaster Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $293,000
Buyer: Daniel Lancour
Seller: John Polumbo
Date: 06/29/18

98 Lewis Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Daniel J. Masciotra
Seller: Mark C. Follett
Date: 06/22/18

134 New Bridge St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $267,000
Buyer: Dlyaver Muradov
Seller: Shakhmardan Shakirov
Date: 06/29/18

45 Pilgrim Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Joseph R. Casey
Seller: Raymond G. Keane
Date: 06/22/18

537 Prospect Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $232,000
Buyer: John P. Rooney
Seller: John J. Niedzielski
Date: 06/29/18

35 Sean Louis Circle
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $650,000
Buyer: Shakhmardan Shakirov
Seller: Vijay Gandevia
Date: 06/29/18

86 Wolcott Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $136,500
Buyer: Mark E. Kenney
Seller: Norman H. Storey
Date: 06/29/18

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

AMHERST

272 Amity St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $570,000
Buyer: Steven K. Gold
Seller: Sandra D. Parent
Date: 06/28/18

116 Blue Hills Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $475,000
Buyer: Stephen K. Handy
Seller: Steven A. Vote
Date: 06/29/18

43 Butterfield Terrace
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $395,000
Buyer: Christine L. Lindstrom
Seller: L. Michael Alpert
Date: 06/29/18

249 East Pleasant St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Ruby Realty LLC
Seller: Michelle Horowicz
Date: 06/19/18

768 East Pleasant St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $288,000
Buyer: Xian Dole
Seller: James H. Janisch
Date: 06/29/18

105 Glendale Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $299,900
Buyer: Dorje Romito
Seller: Thomas V. Jamate
Date: 06/28/18

34 Hickory Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $349,900
Buyer: Rosalie Z. Harris-Eisen
Seller: Craig E. Read
Date: 06/21/18

37 Jenks St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $288,000
Buyer: Cathleen M. Guisti
Seller: Kazutaka Hirata
Date: 06/29/18

318 Leverett Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $544,000
Buyer: David L. Chin
Seller: Wood Land NT
Date: 06/29/18

44 Lilac Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $560,000
Buyer: Emily E. Riddle RET
Seller: Roxanne Dorrie
Date: 06/28/18

96 Lindenridge Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $728,000
Buyer: Steven J. Kramer
Seller: Bercume Construction LLC
Date: 06/19/18

116 Middle St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $528,000
Buyer: Michele Kudisch
Seller: Elizabeth N. Gummere
Date: 06/26/18

131 Pine St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Kilerine Properties LLC
Seller: Zakaitis LT
Date: 06/22/18

416 Potwine Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Brian Lee
Seller: Richard Bannister
Date: 06/29/18

418 State St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $299,900
Buyer: Dorje Romito
Seller: David I. Rosnick
Date: 06/18/18

616 Station Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $483,000
Buyer: Michael E. Connolly
Seller: David R. Salvage
Date: 06/20/18

28 Summerfield Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $599,900
Buyer: Matthew J. Gdula
Seller: Richard A. Piela
Date: 06/29/18

9 Swallow Farms Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $785,000
Buyer: Jonathan C. Lane
Seller: 1996 W. F. Lindsey LT
Date: 06/29/18

7 Teaberry Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $440,500
Buyer: Hadley Antik
Seller: Louis S. Strauss
Date: 06/18/18

20 Triangle St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $525,000
Buyer: Amherst College
Seller: Michael Dietrich
Date: 06/27/18

University Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $660,000
Buyer: Udrive LLC
Seller: Shakeela Y. Idrees
Date: 06/27/18

55 Woodlot Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $460,000
Buyer: Nathan K. Smith
Seller: Richard S. Burrow
Date: 06/19/18

BELCHERTOWN

Allen St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $357,000
Buyer: Town Of Belchertown
Seller: Mary A. Mader
Date: 06/28/18

311 Bardwell St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $309,500
Buyer: Thomas R. Roberts
Seller: Jeffrey W. Arnold
Date: 06/29/18

1 Brenda Lane
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Barbara J. Picard
Seller: Roger L. Menard
Date: 06/29/18

90 Canal Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Tony J. Alvaro
Seller: Christopher M. Matera
Date: 06/19/18

11 Clark St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Aaron Wolfgang
Seller: Neal O. Priestly
Date: 06/22/18

16 Clearbrook Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $252,500
Buyer: Michelle D. O’Neill
Seller: Steven A. Przypek
Date: 06/22/18

48 Dana Hill
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Darci Cloutier-Ham
Seller: Jose A. Llobrera
Date: 06/27/18

454 Federal St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Jennifer T. Restucci
Seller: Janina Chung
Date: 06/27/18

Franklin St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: M&G Land Development LLC
Seller: Paul C. Cook
Date: 06/22/18

153 Kennedy Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $252,000
Buyer: Bjorn O. Markeson
Seller: James J. Shea
Date: 06/25/18

12 Ledgewood Circle
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Michael J. Broggi
Seller: Mathias Vuille
Date: 06/26/18

28 Magnolia Lane
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Gwenael Layec
Seller: J. N. Duquette & Son Construction
Date: 06/22/18

42 North Main St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $159,879
Buyer: Megan Bogacz
Seller: Susan L. Overstreet
Date: 06/18/18

56 Poole Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $174,000
Buyer: Timothy A. Stoltz
Seller: Layannie R. Haydon-Mayer
Date: 06/27/18

2 River St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $383,000
Buyer: Daniel Perez
Seller: Jeffrey M. Rock
Date: 06/25/18

461 State St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $257,900
Buyer: Cheryl A. Elias
Seller: Wilfred R. Garrow
Date: 06/28/18

CUMMINGTON

17 West Main St.
Cummington, MA 01026
Amount: $156,000
Buyer: Kaitlyn M. Myers
Seller: Philip Perrault
Date: 06/25/18

EASTHAMPTON

9 David Richardson Circle
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $278,500
Buyer: Tara A. Robinson
Seller: Leo C. Sullivan RET
Date: 06/21/18

12 Gaugh St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: Katherine Ahern
Seller: Mary E. Yell
Date: 06/27/18

17 Kenneth Road
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $231,000
Buyer: Katherine R. Ross
Seller: Daniel Lancour
Date: 06/29/18

4 Laurin Lane
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $392,000
Buyer: Natalie P. Murphy
Seller: Kevin Barbieri
Date: 06/25/18

1-11 Maple St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $935,000
Buyer: Easthampton Mahadev LLC
Seller: Stephen C. Robinson
Date: 06/29/18

109 Plain St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $221,000
Buyer: Samantha Nguyen
Seller: Derwicki, Edward, (Estate)
Date: 06/26/18

23 South St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $172,025
Buyer: Lakeview Loan Servicing
Seller: Jeffrey L. Turban
Date: 06/22/18

97 Union St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $740,000
Buyer: Cap 1 Sweat LLC
Seller: NR Properties LLC
Date: 06/19/18

139 West St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $227,900
Buyer: Varghese Athimoottil
Seller: James F. Wells
Date: 06/29/18

GRANBY

86 Amherst St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $309,000
Buyer: David J. Bodin
Seller: Andrea W. Wright
Date: 06/29/18

176 Batchelor St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $223,000
Buyer: Thomas Herbert
Seller: Timothy J. Pecia
Date: 06/29/18

213 Batchelor St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $243,000
Buyer: Paul M. Guerin
Seller: Anthony F. Wesolowski
Date: 06/22/18

Chicopee St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Ryan L. Gomes
Seller: Shyloski NT
Date: 06/19/18

78 Kendall St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $361,000
Buyer: Kevin M. Cummings
Seller: Joseph F. Cebula
Date: 06/19/18

39 Pleasant St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $117,000
Buyer: Daniel R. Bernashe
Seller: MTGLQ Investors LP
Date: 06/28/18

59 Pleasant St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $1,350,000
Buyer: Chalet Realty Partners
Seller: Pleasant Valley Estates
Date: 06/20/18

120 School St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Lambertus Louw
Seller: Michael E. Cupak
Date: 06/22/18

191 School St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Michael J. Slater
Seller: David E. Gionet
Date: 06/29/18

HADLEY

14 Aloha Dr.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $382,000
Buyer: Ashley Hockensmith
Seller: Fay A. Klein
Date: 06/19/18

15 Frost Lane
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $425,000
Buyer: Stanley D. Eads
Seller: Walter C. Schaeffler
Date: 06/26/18

2 Hawks Meadow
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $590,000
Buyer: Chander Kanta
Seller: Birton J. Cowden
Date: 06/29/18

4 Kozera Ave.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $376,000
Buyer: Kam K. Wong
Seller: Kneeland RT
Date: 06/25/18

77 South Maple St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $510,000
Buyer: Tod R. Loebel
Seller: Michael D. Horwich
Date: 06/22/18

HATFIELD

3 Cronin Hill Road
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Nathaniel Pitchko
Seller: Jennifer L. Banas
Date: 06/28/18

52 Cronin Hill Road
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $389,000
Buyer: Matthew Hagopian
Seller: Ronald P. Sassi
Date: 06/29/18

520 Main St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $345,000
Buyer: Allison Wallace-Estes
Seller: Michael T. Zigmont
Date: 06/18/18

HUNTINGTON

62 Old Chester Road
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $189,000
Buyer: James P. Schulz
Seller: Joshua S. Fitzherbert
Date: 06/22/18

NORTHAMPTON

12 4th Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $385,000
Buyer: Ian T. Vukovich
Seller: Jamie A. Hernandez
Date: 06/29/18

358 Acrebrook Dr.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $234,000
Buyer: Padraic M. Shaughnessy
Seller: Michele L. Sharac
Date: 06/27/18

9 Avis Circle
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $418,000
Buyer: Leo P. Brideau
Seller: Ian Cely
Date: 06/25/18

38 Black Birch Trail
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $475,000
Buyer: Kimberly T. Kono
Seller: Benita S. Jackson
Date: 06/29/18

79 Country Way
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $457,000
Buyer: Margaret Griffith
Seller: Effrosyni D. Kokaliari
Date: 06/22/18

63 Dryads Green
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $485,000
Buyer: Simon J. Salloom
Seller: Smith College
Date: 06/27/18

238 Emerson Way
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $127,500
Buyer: Brown Morrison FT
Seller: Emerson Way LLC
Date: 06/27/18

26 Grove Ave.
Northampton, MA 01053
Amount: $451,000
Buyer: Christina Sekaer
Seller: Gary M. Roodman
Date: 06/29/18

72 Maple St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Seven Sisters Land LLC
Seller: Thankgod O. Maduka
Date: 06/20/18

45 Middle St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Jennifer M. Wallace
Seller: Kimberly J. Florek
Date: 06/29/18

26 Olive St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $577,000
Buyer: Ryan M. Hoskin
Seller: Julie Lichtenberg
Date: 06/29/18

44 Roe Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $397,000
Buyer: Colin B. Hoag
Seller: Charles W. Dragon RET
Date: 06/22/18

70 Sovereign Way
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $760,000
Buyer: Christina B. Valdiserri
Seller: Amy Jamrog
Date: 06/28/18

30 Village Hill Road
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $284,900
Buyer: Karen E. Menze
Seller: Columns At Rockwell Place
Date: 06/29/18

628 Westhampton Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $432,000
Buyer: Jeffrey M. Gnatek
Seller: Robert W. Otto
Date: 06/29/18

960 Westhampton Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $283,000
Buyer: Pablo Micolini
Seller: Angela M. Frasier
Date: 06/29/18

85 Winterberry Lane
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $827,500
Buyer: Zachary R. Smith
Seller: Katherine A. Rowe
Date: 06/26/18

PELHAM

2 Belchertown Road
Pelham, MA 01002
Amount: $600,000
Buyer: Molly Jackson
Seller: Andrew Lichtenberg
Date: 06/29/18

48 Daniel Shays Hwy.
Pelham, MA 01002
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Jonathan Carver
Seller: Michael D. Crowner
Date: 06/25/18

SOUTH HADLEY

30 Berwyn St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Danielle E. Giroux
Seller: Kathleen L. Hansen TR
Date: 06/18/18

52 Charon Terrace
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $265,500
Buyer: Grant M. Stebbins
Seller: Ryan M. Mainville
Date: 06/29/18

102 College St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $439,900
Buyer: JMJS 1 LLC
Seller: Keith A. Rehbein
Date: 06/27/18

10 Hunter Terrace
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Ethan A. Cain
Seller: Blankenship, C. C, (Estate)
Date: 06/22/18

9 Hunter Terrace
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Kenneth Vautrin
Seller: Sara J. Whitcomb
Date: 06/21/18

23 Landers St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $178,000
Buyer: Debra A. Lapointe
Seller: Paul A. Dennis
Date: 06/28/18

31 Lexington Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $234,900
Buyer: Patrick Dunnigan
Seller: William Deluca
Date: 06/28/18

2066 Memorial Dr.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $163,500
Buyer: Matthew Swenor
Seller: Mylyn Advey
Date: 06/18/18

56 Michael Dr.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: Brian Bliss
Seller: Nicholas J. Burke
Date: 06/18/18

353 North Main St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Emily C. Poulton
Seller: Joseph G. Lafreniere
Date: 06/28/18

27 Noel St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $234,500
Buyer: Jacob T. Motroni
Seller: Matthew T. Parent
Date: 06/29/18

153 Old Lyman Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Catherine E. Fiore
Seller: James Stewart
Date: 06/26/18

56 Old Lyman Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $410,000
Buyer: Kyle J. Levreault
Seller: Paul E. Tessier
Date: 06/27/18

273 Pearl St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $409,000
Buyer: Neal Teague
Seller: Kenneth C. Boutin
Date: 06/26/18

35 Prospect St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Livtae LLC
Seller: Welsh, Sandra A., (Estate)
Date: 06/18/18

90 Richview Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $249,900
Buyer: Emily A. Jackson
Seller: Kyle J. Levreault
Date: 06/22/18

34 Searle Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $168,000
Buyer: Dream Realty Group LLC
Seller: MTGLQ Investors LP
Date: 06/29/18

124 Silver St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Arthur L. Stanley
Seller: Matthew C. MacWilliams
Date: 06/28/18

1 The Knolls
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $392,000
Buyer: Allison R. Schlachter
Seller: David J. Labrie
Date: 06/28/18

7 Victoria Lane
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $218,000
Buyer: James Sotiropoulos
Seller: Richard S. Matteson LT
Date: 06/29/18

SOUTHAMPTON

44 Bissonnette Circle
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $475,000
Buyer: Jacob Lauzier
Seller: Daniel P. Lech
Date: 06/21/18

21 Jonathan Judd Circle
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: Nicole L. Griffin
Seller: Karen E. Pardee
Date: 06/29/18

16 Katelyn Way
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $630,000
Buyer: Kevin C. Barbieri
Seller: Stephen Lee
Date: 06/25/18

26 Katelyn Way
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $480,000
Buyer: Kimberly J. Florek
Seller: Leonard Goldberg
Date: 06/29/18

6 Kylene Circle
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: Joel R. Dibrindisi
Seller: John C. Parzych
Date: 06/27/18

37 Lead Mine Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $344,900
Buyer: Curtis J. Hoye
Seller: Jeffrey R. Yarrows
Date: 06/21/18

1 Nicholas Lane
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $769,900
Buyer: William D. Munn
Seller: Zed O. Griffin
Date: 06/28/18

Quigley Road #A
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Igor Zavalunov
Seller: Pellegrini Development
Date: 06/20/18

WARE

129 Bacon Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $281,000
Buyer: Cyrus F. Glidden
Seller: Daniel R. Askew
Date: 06/21/18

43 Horseshoe Circle
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Daniel P. Carney
Seller: Jenny Kirley
Date: 06/20/18

211 Monson Turnpike Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Dailla Rios
Seller: Patricia Heroux-Goudreau
Date: 06/29/18

21 Robbins Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $157,000
Buyer: Joseph R. Perez
Seller: US Bank
Date: 06/18/18

3 Sczygiel Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $145,800
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Tara L. Entwistle-Clark
Date: 06/20/18

8 Smith Ave.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $178,000
Buyer: Eric J. Bolieau
Seller: John H. Desrosiers
Date: 06/22/18

6 Vlontis Ave.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Alexandria V. Symons
Seller: Wilmington Savings
Date: 06/18/18

126 West Main St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $129,000
Buyer: Melha Temple Holding Corp.
Seller: Ware Council Home Assocs.
Date: 06/29/18

WILLIAMSBURG

3 Eastern Ave.
Williamsburg, MA 01096
Amount: $212,000
Buyer: Abigail J. Knopp
Seller: James L. Brady
Date: 06/26/18

Henhawk Trail
Williamsburg, MA 01096
Amount: $126,199
Buyer: City Of Northampton
Seller: Krawczyk, Deborah F., (Estate)
Date: 06/25/18

2 O’Neill Road
Williamsburg, MA 01039
Amount: $235,500
Buyer: Jacquelyn C. Compton
Seller: Richard A. Heiman
Date: 06/22/18

WESTHAMPTON

146 Easthampton Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $239,300
Buyer: Katch Bacheller
Seller: Mahlon K. Parsons
Date: 06/26/18

29 Loudville Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $258,000
Buyer: Travis J. Garner
Seller: Revampit LLC
Date: 06/29/18

WORTHINGTON

567 Kinnebrook Road
Worthington, MA 01098
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Bartholomew A. Niswonger
Seller: Mason, Esther B., (Estate)
Date: 06/20/18

236 Old North Road
Worthington, MA 01098
Amount: $266,000
Buyer: Jeffrey A. Eddy
Seller: Jeffrey M. Forhan
Date: 06/29/18

Building Permits

By BusinessWest Staff July 24, 2018

Building Permits

The following building permits were issued during the month of July 2018.

AGAWAM

Frank & Luigi Realty Inc.
311 Southwick St.
$11,500 — Roofing

ICNE Group Realty, LLC
1070 Suffield St.
$81,500 — Modify wall locations in two rooms, renovate two rooms, new finishes in six rooms

AMHERST

American Legion
96 Amity St.
$9,000 — Roofing

James Hunt
148 Amity St.
$1,800 — Replace front door

Everett Roberts
178 North Pleasant St.
Remove and replace existing bar, lower two wall openings

CHICOPEE

18 Piece Chicopee, LLC
181 Broadway
$18,975 — Remove existing siding, install new siding

Elms College
291 Springfield St.
$74,985 — Roofing

Elms College
291 Springfield St.
$84,750 — Remove and replace exterior windows, storefront assemblies, and two exterior vestibules

EASTHAMPTON

Keystone Enterprises
122 Pleasant St.
$18,900 — Renovations to Suite 104

Keystone Enterprises
122 Pleasant St.
$8,200 — Complete interior build-out of Suite 113

Northeast Center for Youth & Families
201 East St.
$81,642 — Install roof-mounted solar array (first)

Northeast Center for Youth & Families
201 East St.
$81,642 — Install roof-mounted solar array (second)

NORTHAMPTON

CGI Management
84 Main St.
$25,000 — Install new windows

Glass Lake Partners, LLC
43 Ladd Ave.
$38,640 — Install roof-mounted solar panels

Hampshire Regional YMCA
286 Prospect St.
$138,000 — Roofing

Heldon Realty
9 Pearl St.
$150,000 — Frame boiler room, milling room, office in taproom, air airlock in brewery; build bar in taproom

Smith College
3 Chapin Dr.
$65,000 — Exterior envelope repair to Chapin House

Smith College
109 Elm St.
$85,000 — Interior envelope repairs to Sessions House

Smith College
7 Bedford Terr.
$97,591 — Access improvements

SPRINGFIELD

Freedom Credit Union
1976 Main St.
$10,895 — Alterations to bank building

Local Tortilla, LLC
258 Oakland St.
$9,300 — Cut opening through masonry wall in mercantile building

MassMutual
1295 State St.
$1,040,000 — Replace drop ceiling and grid on fourth floor of northeast wing

Springfield Boys & Girls Club
481 Carew St.
$154,106 — Install Verizon Wireless antennas, radio heads, and cables to existing tower

Springfield College
263 Alden St.
$13,700 — Erect partition in Marsh Hall to subdivide existing office into two offices

WEST SPRINGFIELD

AgriMark
958 Riverdale Road
$62,000 — Remove and reset section for installation of new manufacturing equipment

MJD Realty, LLC
175 Circuit Ave.
$460,000 — Interior renovation for dispensary

MS Homes, LLC
21 West School St.
$3,000 — Add egress for escape from private office use

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