BusinessWest Staff, Author at BusinessWest

Editorial

By BusinessWest Staff April 26, 2011

Assessing the Job at Hand

The trends and statistics that form the basis of the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County’s latest strategic initiative are not exactly recent phenomena, and together, they would hardly be considered a news flash.
But they are still eye-opening, and comprise a significant challenge for this region moving forward.
Summing up what the report’s authors have noted, or recorded, there remains a significant gap in this region between what many employers are seeking in terms of requisite abilities and skill sets from their workers, and what is apparently available in the region’s workforce as currently comprised. This sobering realization can be drawn from the fact that we still have a rather high unemployment rate in Western Mass. — around 9% according to most estimates, with that number much higher in some metropolitan areas like Springfield and Holyoke — and yet there are many employers in several sectors of the economy, from health care to precision manufacturing, who have vacancies they can’t fill because they can’t find skilled workers.
This is a rather unique problem for this region, historically, and one that constitutes a major economic development agenda item, even if some still don’t understand that the phrases ‘workforce issues’ and ‘economic development’ can and must be put together in the same sentence.
Indeed, while most consider economic development to be luring new businesses to the region, building clusters of companies of specific sectors, such as green energy and biotechnology, and enabling existing companies to expand, none of that can really happen — even if the economic conditions were favorable — unless this area had the workforce to support such growth.
Which is why we’re glad that the REB has not only put a plan down on paper — it’s known officially as the ‘Strategic Workforce Development Plan for Hampden County 2011-2013’ — but has developed a game plan for addressing some of the major issues, and has the ability to keep these matters front and center, where they belong.
In short, the report concludes that closing that gap — the overriding mission beyond the strategic plan — will not be easy and it won’t happen overnight. But it must be done, and it will involve the continuation of several current collaborative efforts, and some new ones, to get the job done.
And the work encompasses many different elements, from promoting pre-school programs and helping young people gain the reading skills they need, to introducing junior high school students to the benefits of a career in precision manufacturing; from working with health care providers and area colleges to ensure that graduates have the skills necessary to succeed in specific careers, to the fostering of mentoring programs that will help curb the high drop-out rates in several areas cities.
For decades now, the REB’s unofficial mission has been to help create employment opportunities, anticipate where the jobs will be for the short and long term, and partner with area institutions to ensure that there is a match between the skills needed for those jobs and the skills possessed by those in the workforce. The mission hasn’t changed, but there is now a greater sense of urgency, because, in very simple terms, that aforementioned gap is getting wider, not narrower.
And unless that trend is reversed, cities and towns across the region will suffer in their efforts to attract new companies and diversify their bases of businesses.
Workforce development certainly would not be considered the glamorous side of economic development, which is reserved for those announcements of new companies or expansions of existing ones involving hundreds of jobs. But those announcements won’t come unless this region has workers of sufficient quantity and quality.
As we’ve said many times, and we’ll keep saying it— workforce development is economic development.

Profiles in Business

By BusinessWest Staff April 26, 2011

Features

He’s in the Business of Making “Entertaining Art”

Kevin Rhodes Music Director, Springfield Symphony Orchestra

Kevin Rhodes was on a tight schedule, but then … he usually is.
On the day he managed to squeeze in some time for BusinessWest, Rhodes, the long-time music director of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, had a lot on his plate, including everything from rehearsals to auditions for ‘first oboe.’
He was actually on break from the latter when he sat down for an interview in a tiny room off the box office at Symphony Hall, a site chosen to ensure that those vying for a job with the SSO would have complete quiet for their tryouts.
Candidate review — and the ultimate selections — in such searches are made by committee, Rhodes explained, adding that he is among several, including others in the orchestra who will play alongside the first oboe, who will listen to the hopefuls as they perform behind a curtain, so that the music — and only the music — is under consideration.
“These are completely anonymous … we’re careful not to use any gender-specific pronouns — people will just say ‘candidate No. 5,’ or ‘the next candidate,” Rhodes explained, adding that the work of assessing hopefuls’ abilities to play music and perform as part of the SSO is a very subjective exercise, a blend of art, science, and entertainment.
Which makes it much like the profession of orchestral conducting itself.
“People ask me if what I do is art or entertainment,” Rhodes, now wrapping up his 10th season with the SSO, explained. “I like to tell them that I try to make it entertaining art.”
There is much more to the job description, of course, he went on, adding that, to one degree or another, conductors must be musicians, marketers, and, in many ways, promoters of the arts, and especially music, in the communities in which they work. Rhodes has woven all three into his tenure with the SSO, and is credited by many with bringing heightened energy and a greater sense of awareness to the 67-year-old orchestra.
Meanwhile, he has become the face of the SSO — his image is used in most all of the orchestra’s marketing materials — and a fixture in the community, performing, guest lecturing, and teaching classes such as the one at the Community Music School on how to listen to music.
“There are several different ways to listen,” he said, adding that he explains them over the course of four sessions that are part of the school’s adult education extension program. “You can let the sound wash over you, like you’re taking a wonderful bath in it. But there is a more ultimately rewarding way, if one has just has a few tools to do that.
“It’s called ‘active listening,’ where while you’re listening to it, you’re sort of sorting through what’s coming at you,” he continued, gesturing with his hands in motions not unlike conducting, while noting that it would take several hours to explain exactly how one does such sorting.
For this, the latest in its ongoing series of profiles, BusinessWest did some active listening, and learning, as Rhodes discussed everything from his batons and how he needs to find another supplier — “I’m actually running low on them” — to how he’s reducing that tight schedule, or “calming the rhythm down,” as he put it,” in some respects, but still racking up the frequent-flyer miles.

Achievements of Note
On the day he spoke with BusinessWest, Rhodes was without his watch.
“I hardly ever forget it, but today I did, and I feel quite naked without it” he said, adding that, unlike those who rely on their cell phone for the time, he still looks at his wrist several dozen times a day.
And he needs to, given the schedule he keeps with just his two main professional assignments — as music director with the SSO and also with the Traverse Symphony Orchestra in Michigan. Consider this rundown of one recent stretch, which was, in most ways, quite typical.
“Three weeks ago, we had a big concert here with a huge reception after for my new contract signing,” he started. “The next two days were full of auditions, and the two after that were huge youth concerts, with thousands of kids. I then flew to Michigan, and the next day had a full day of meetings, a radio interview and a preview party for the upcoming season. The following days were filled with rehearsals with chorus and orchestra for Braham’s Requiem, then the performances and receptions. I did a radio commercial on Monday, flew home Monday night, and taught my class in listening to music on Tuesday.”
And while he’s forever looking at his watch, Rhodes also spends considerable time adjusting it for the time zone he happens to be in — or is flying toward.
Indeed, since leaving a host of concurrent assignments in Europe for his position with the SSO in 2001, Rhodes has crossed the Atlantic countless times for guest-conducting work at such venues as the Paris Opera, La Scala in Milan, the Verona Opera, and the Dutch National Ballet, among others. And in recent years, his plane rides have been longer; he toured Australia with the Paris Ballet in 2009, and last fall, he joined the Dutch National Ballet on tour in China.
Such locations, and assignments, are literally worlds away from Evansville, Ind., where Rhodes was born, spent many days (and also nights and early mornings) at his parents’ 24-hour “trucker diner,” and developed his passion for music.
“When I was in kindergarten, I was totally taken with the teacher playing the piano, so I started bugging my parents for lessons,” he said, adding that his family secured a piano from the same man who serviced the juke boxes at the family’s diner. “I found a young teacher — I think she was 16 when I started with her — and started playing in the school choir when I was 11.
“This led to playing for community theater when I was 13, and conducting for community theater when I was in high school,” he continued. “And by that time, it was pretty clear what I wanted to do.”
He received a bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance from Michigan State University, and later a master’s in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Illinois. He then served as music director of the Albuquerque Civic Light Opera, while also teaching piano at the University of New Mexico, before relocating to Switzerland in 1991.
His professional career unfolded in Europe, where he led many different orchestras, including the Vienna State Opera Orchestra (the Vienna Philharmonic), the Berlin Staatskapple, the Zagreb Philharmonic, the Dusseldorf Symphony, the Duisburg Philharmonic, the Swiss Chamber Philharmonic, the Symphony Orchestra of Madrid, the Basel Symphony Orchestra, and many others.
By 2001, he said, he and his wife made a conscious decision to return to the United States, and thus began what he called a quiet search for job opportunities. This can be a lengthy, laborious process, he continued, adding that positions like the one that opened in Springfield are filled at a “glacial pace.”
Citing the factors that brought him to Symphony Hall, he said geography played a small part — “Springfield is a perfect springboard to Europe” — but the institution and what people told him about it weighed much more heavily.
“I made some calls to people I knew in the Northeast,” he said. “They all raved about it, I applied, and it all worked out.”

Sound Strategy
As he talked about his work and job description, Rhodes returned to those words ‘art’ and ‘entertainment.’ They are both integral to what he does as music director.
But there is much more to it than that, he said, adding that he considers work to promote the orchestra, music, and the arts in general, to be a big part of his assignment.
And it’s a part he enjoys and feels quite comfortable doing.
“I seem to have an outgoing personality and I like people,” he explained. “I like meeting people and talking with people, and a love talking about music, so for me it’s an easy fit; I started going out in front of people at age 10 at kiddie talent shows, so I’m comfortable with the entertainment part of this and being the face of the orchestra.”
Rhodes said that not all conductors are as adept at, or comfortable with, the marketing aspects of this profession, and with larger orchestras those skills are certainly less necessary. But in markets like Springfield it’s what he called “a huge responsibility.”
And it takes many forms, from media interviews, to being highly visible in the community and doing what would be considered outreach work, to helping the public access and appreciate music.
“One of the messages I try to leave with people is that there’s so much that they can know about any piece of music that we play, but they can actually enjoy it without knowing any of that,” he explained. “It’s like listening to music — there are many ways to do it; you can listen to Beethoven knowing all about him, or you can listen to it, and enjoy it, thinking ‘that’s Beethoven, whoever that is.’
“I always try to make that point, because so often people think there’s no way they can enjoy it unless they know a whole ton about Beethoven,” he continued. “Once you get people over that fear, that concern factor, it’s amazing how it almost becomes a drug; they come more and more and they get more into it. It is infectious, and it’s great to see this curiosity inside of people that they didn’t know they had.”
Looking ahead, Rhodes, with that new contract signed, said his immediate career goals involve continuing the work he’s done in Springfield, Michigan, and elsewhere, specifically those efforts to introduce people across all social strata to music and essentially make them thirsty for more.
“I want to continue to expand our audience,” he explained, “but with the audience we have, which is very dedicated to us, I want to expand the concept of what is possible for them; I want them to expand their world and enable them to gain more from the experience of listening to what the orchestra plays.”
He’ll have plenty of opportunities to do that, because despite this talk of scaling back, schedule wise, he’s actually taking on more — at least on this side of the Atlantic.
In recent years, a typical schedule would look like the 2009-2010 slate, which included nine concerts in Springfield, six in Michigan, three productions with the Paris Ballet, or roughly 60 performances, two series of productions with the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam (another 30 performances), and a production at La Scala, with nine or 10 performances. And for this season, he took on the additional assignment of music director of the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra in Cambridge, Mass., and four performances there.
To create some breathing room, he’ll pare the schedule in Europe slightly.
“There have been several occasions when I’ll be finishing the last performance in Europe on a Tuesday or Wednesday and get back either the night before, or even the day we begin rehearsals for a concert here,” he explained. “I’m calming it down from that.”

The Finale
As for those batons he uses … Rhodes said his supply came mostly via a “very colorful character” who hung around the Vienna State Opera in the 1990s.
“He had this music publishing and baton-making business, and it was all quite suspicious,” he said, choosing that last word carefully while noting that this was the middle man in the operation and the batons were actually made by someone else. “I am concerned, because I’m getting low on these, and I believe both of those characters are no longer with us.”
Finding a new supplier will be something else he’ll have to find room for in that schedule that soon will be lighter but still quite crowded — in between teaching people how to listen to music, assessing first oboe candidates, and, most importantly, making art entertaining.

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

Nick Gelfand: 33

By BusinessWest Staff April 26, 2011

40 Under 40 The Class of 2011

Owner and President, NRG Real Estate Inc.

Nick Gelfand

Nikita Robert Gelfand’s parents didn’t plan on giving him initials that sound out a word, but he’s definitely had the ‘NRG’ to succeed.
Having immigrated to the U.S. from Russia at age 11 with his family, Gelfand said that he always liked real estate, and he knew, even as a child, that he wanted to own and operate properties. But he has always marched to the beat of a different drummer, he said, and after working for a larger realty company, he knew the time had come to hang out his own shingle.
“Maybe it was the hot market I got into in 2003,” he joked. “Those boom years were awesome. I realized it was something I could make a living at — which is nice, when you can do what you love.”
He’s equally committed to bringing the sum total of his professional experience to others in need.
“I think it’s important for everyone in a community to give back to the community,” he explained. “You always look for somewhere you can contribute that’s close to your heart. There are many great charities and nonprofits to be a part of, but Habitat for Humanity seemed right for me. Because I help people buy houses in my everyday life, it just seemed like a natural fit to help these folks who wouldn’t otherwise qualify for a mortgage in a traditional way.”
As a board member for the Greater Springfield chapter of Habitat, Gelfand also helps to coordinate the Fall Festival campaign, which last year raised more than $35,000.
Meanwhile, at work, Gelfand said that helping people get into their first homes is one of his proudest accomplishments — one he gets to enjoy on a weekly basis. “Some of my favorite clients to work with are first-time homebuyers, because I was in their shoes very recently.”
It’s the American Dream, he said, for a kid from Russia to own his own business. And with his energetic approach to real estate, he’s making that dream come true for others.
— Dan Chase

Jeremy Procon

By BusinessWest Staff April 25, 2011

40 Under 40 The Class of 2011

Age 34: Owner, Interstate Towing Inc.

Jeremy Procon was working for a towing company in Chicopee, but wanted to try something new. So he and his wife moved to Maine, but came back to Massachusetts, and his old job, after only a year. He still wasn’t happy.

“So we compiled some savings and bought a flatbed towtruck for $13,000,” he said. “We were living in a duplex in Chicopee and started a business out of our basement.” That was in 1999. “We immediately took on a AAA contract with just one truck; that gave us enough traction to buy another flatbed,” Procon recalled. “From that point, we took on more territory, and hired our first employee in 2000.” Today, Interstate Towing boasts a fleet of more than 20 vehicles — from wreckers and flatbeds to a 60-ton rotator crane — and 29 employees. “I have a really good group of people who have been here a long time, and I can only attribute the success of the company to my employees,” he said.

“It’s a tough job.” It’s also a diverse one, said Procon, who was determined to avoid a monotonous career like that of his father, who worked in a factory doing the same tasks every day for 30 years. “We could be changing the tire of a AAA member one day and rolling over a tractor-trailer for the state police the next day — or, I should say, the next hour. We move different pieces of equipment, do a ton of accidents, a ton of service calls … every day is different, and every day is a new challenge.” Each day also brings opportunities for civic involvement, too.

Among his many efforts, Procon is vice president of the Chicopee St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee, which raises thousands of dollars for scholarships and nonprofits, and organized the first annual Statewide Towing Assoc. Golf Outing, which collected more than $6,000 for Baystate Children’s Hospital last year; his goal for 2011 is $10,000.

“I like doing these things,” Procon said. “I do it for others, absolutely, but it’s more selfish than anything. I just enjoy it.”

— Joseph Bednar

Building Permits

By BusinessWest Staff April 12, 2011

Building Permits Departments

The following building permits were issued during the month of March 2011.

AGAWAM

Six Flags New England
1623 Main St.
$35,000 — Pour concrete sono-tubes and frame building

AMHERST

First Baptist Church
434 North Pleasant St.
$3,500 — Partial sprinkler system for shelter

Slobody Development Corporation
101 University Dr.
$207,000 — Build out for UMass Athletics football recruiting office

Summerlin Trust
9 East Pleasant St.
$2,200 — Construct three walls with doors in existing space

CHICOPEE

Ashok Patel
1508 Memorial Dr.
$6,500 — Replace windows

D & D Chicopee Realty, LLC
576 Chicopee St.
$5,000 — Remodel first floor

Life Point Church
603 New Ludlow Road
$30,000 — Fix roof

EAST LONGMEADOW

Medisize US Inc.
200 N. Main St.
$6,000 – Remodel break room

Shaffi Real Estate LLC
50 Industrial Dr.
$41,000 — Foundation only

GREENFIELD

Four Rivers Educational Foundation
248 Colrain Road
$13,918 — Insulate and air seal attic

Grace Consoli
98 Conway St.
$3,159 — Roof replacement

HADLEY

CBR Realty Corporation
195 Russell St.
$5,500 — Office build-out on the second floor

Kevin Michelson
8 Pine Hill Road
$14,250 — 16 x 16 waiting room for patients

HOLYOKE

South Street Plaza Associates, LLC
209-239 South St.
$9,300 — Facade renovations

SOUTHWICK

Edgewood
161 Sheep Pasture Road
$4,000 — Renovations for exterior

SPRINGFIELD

3640 Main Street, LLC
3640 Main St.
$167,000 — Office build-out

Baystate Medical Center
2 Medical Center Dr.
$40,000 — Renovation of existing space

Huang Corporation
135-137 Boston Road
$2,000 — Renovation

Klondike/Colebrook
354 Birnie Ave.
$4,500 — Renovation of suites 1 and 2

Veden LLC
370 Albany St.
$145,000 — Basic build-out and repairs

WESTFIELD

945 Southampton Road, LLC
945 Southampton Road
$40,000 — Framing out new walls in showroom

Devcon Shops, LLC
457 East Main St.
$120,000 — Remodel for new fitness center

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Kohl’s
935G Riverdale St.
$950,000 — Renovate 73,000 square feet of existing space

Appaloosa
411 Main St.
$2,000 — Re-occupancy of existing retail space

Doing Business as Certificates

By BusinessWest Staff April 12, 2011

DBA Certificates Departments

The following Business Certificates and Trade Names were issued or renewed during the month of March 2011.

AGAWAM

Insurance Center of N.E.
1070 Suffield St.
David Florian

Knock Out Fitness
297 Springfield St.
Karen Ollari

Sarat Ford Lincoln
245 Springfield St.
John Sarat Jr.

W.C. Pet Care
604 South West St.
Corrine Messenger

AMHERST

Cherewatti Farm
572 North East St.
Ilona Cherewatti

M & M Links
28 Amity St.
Ronnie Abdullah

Studio 116
460 West St.
Daniel R. Cooper

Studio E Haircare
9 East Pleasant St.
Elizabeth Hunt

Swallow Farms Capital Management
9 Swallow Farms Road
William F. Lindsey

Thompson Business Solutions
232 North East St.
Sarah Thompson

CHICOPEE

Monro Muffler & Brake Inc.
451 Memorial Dr.
John N. Van Heel

Roman’s Automotive
524 Chicopee St.
Joseph Kruzel

EAST LONGMEADOW

Fit to Ride
80 Denslow Road
James Pelletier

GiVin Beauty
35 Harkness Ave.
Julie Palazzi

Golden Eon Productions
14 Alandale Dr.
Dyanne Puglia

Subway
24 Shaker Road
John Moylan

GREENFIELD

HGA International
72 Montagne City Road
Andrey Agapov

Tractor Supply Company
72 Newton St.
Scott Sloan

Valle Studio
14 Long Ave.
Kristen P. Valle

HADLEY

Dance the Divine Wedding
128 Bay Road
Tracy Vernon

Gardenscapes
43 East St.
Debra Windoloski

Kellogg Playschool
214 Moody Bridge
Barbara Kellogg

Long Radio
30 Russell St.
Keith Imriglio

New Age Marketing
115 West St.
D. T. Tonchette

Phillips 66
110 Russell St.
Gary Kaneb

HOLYOKE

High St. Liquors
648 High St.
Rajendra B. Pandit

Metras Income Tax
224 Lyman St.
Lena Gauthier

Pat’s Fine Foods
1693 Northampton St.
Sagheer Nawaz

Rack Room Shoes
50 Holyoke St.
Peter R. Barr

Today’s Nails
50 Holyoke St.
Charles P. Tran

LUDLOW

Bella Couture Salon & Day Spa
154 East St.
Michelle Ruark

Marta Law Offices
30 Chestnut St.
Paulo G. Marta

Voyik & Voyik LLC
409 West St.
Jennifer Voyik

NORTHAMPTON

Whole Family Chiropractic
144 Franklin St.
Jill E. Smith

PALMER

Gallagher Trackside Motors
1316 South Main St.
Peter Gallagher

Matrix
1363 Main St.
Manuel F. Esteves

Tony V. Entertainment
65 Springfield St.
Anthony Valley

SOUTHWICK

Allstar Mechanical
57 Granville Road
Scott Grunwald

PJC Property Service
1 Consolini Dr.
Peter Consolini

SPRINGFIELD

A Bica Bar & Grill
278 Main St.
Q & M Christys Inc.

ACC Business
361 Bridge St.
Karen Dionio

All Star Lounge
382 Dwight St.
Victor Bruno

Americacarparts.com
56 West Alvord St.
Wichai Sinpunpakd

Anderson Services LLC
1104 Bay St.
Mark D. Anderson

Antim LLC
32 Hancock St.
Lynn Bledsoe

Aqui Me Quedo Restaurant
15 Locust St.
Luis A. Mejia

Arce’s Tax Service
2460 Main St.
Awilda Hernandez

Ayala Excavating and Trucking
92 Clayton St.
Manuel Ayala

Bia Fitness
560 Nassau Dr.
Krystal M. Say

Celebrating Home
141 Wollaston St.
Yesenia Rodriguez

Chikiyadas Creations
23 Beech St.
Luis A. Torres

DJ Purcyse
30 Amanda St.
Jason L. Culp

Delgado’s Towing
100 Verge St.
Leonel Delgado

Flo Barber Shop
278 Oakland St.
Jason Arias

WESTFIELD

Angelo’s Market
3 Lewis St.
Angel Morales

Back Drop Junction
3 Logan Ave.
David Burgess

Great White Cleaning Company
10 Day Ave.
Scott Texeira

M & W Property Maintenance and Odd Job Service
404 Granville Road
Leslie White

Mount Tekoa Group LLC
254 Falley Dr.
Patricia Richardson

Royal Icings
68 Gary Dr.
Susan Forest

WEST SPRINGFIELD

American Laser Skincare
111 Elm St.
Steven R. Brown

Elm Street Flowers
82 Elm St.
Gail Kelly

Inter-Technologies Inc.
451 Dewey St.
Yury Psehnichny

Kelly Ross Photography
1346 Elm St.
Kelly A. Ross

Lynch Flooring
115 Frederick St.
Peter L. Lynch

R&S Oil
20 Roanoke Ave.
Laura Benoit

Richard’s Deli Restaurant Inc.
875 Memorial Ave.
Brian Cleland

Santiago’s Recycling
203 Circuit Ave.
Daniel Santiago

Scheer Enterprise LLC
14 Colony Road
Joseph Scheer

Super Washing Well Laundry
1126 Union St.
David S. Cortis

Taco Bell / Pizza Hut
298 Memorial Ave.
Taco Bell of America Inc.

Tomasko Electric
848 Elm St.
Richard Tomasko

BANKRUPTCIES

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

1880 House
LaBelle, Michelle R.
a/k/a Carr, Michelle R.
3704 South Athol Road
Athol, MA 01331
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/13/11

A & O Transport Services
Sluder, Ricky K.
Sluder, Kimberly A.
163 Main St., 2nd Fl.
Athol, MA 01331
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 02/28/11

Aitighli, Rachid
126 Quabog St.
Warren, MA 01083
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/07/11

AJ Norman Painting Contractors
Normoyle, James P.
11 Maiden Lane
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/11/11

Anderson, Laurel M.
56 Glenvale St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/08/11

Baillargeon, Luke R.
72 Walnut St., Fl. 1
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/02/11

Bartlett, Amy Ann
58 New Hampshire Ave.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/10/11

Beach, Michelle Lee
a/k/a Heaton-Beach, Michelle
a/k/a Heaton-Beach, Michelle
29 Pilgrim Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/10/11

Belba, Patricia A.
196 Center St.
Lee, MA 01238
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/08/11

Berkshire Stone Works
Doyle, Albert
Doyle, Jannine
81 Daytona St.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 03/01/11

Duong, Dennis Thanh
a/k/a Duong, Lam Thanh
668 Dickinson St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/02/11

Boone, Jennifer L.
a/k/a Duda, Jennifer L.
6 McBride Road
Unit B
Wales, MA 01081
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/09/11

Breault, Angela P.
142 Skeele St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 03/02/11

Bullens, Thomas J.
Bullens, Linda S.
31 Pauline Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/04/11

Calkins, Nicholas C.
40 Duryea St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/15/11

Champagne, Luce M.
63 Watson St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/04/11

Cote, Douglas A.
Cote, Marya C.
370 Ridge Road
Athol, MA 01331
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 02/28/11

Coughlin, Hilary W.
107 Wenonah Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/09/11

Crespo, Jose L.
Otero, Sonia N.
193 Santa Barbara St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/01/11

Crochetiere, Diane Marie
55 Beaumont Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/03/11

Davies, Frank
310 Stafford St., Apt. 1303
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/01/11

Dibrindisi, Dolores T.
60 Avis Circle
Florence, MA 01062
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/07/11

Dicenzo, Michael J.
Dicenzo, Christine A.
P.O. Box 138
Pittsfield, MA 01202
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/04/11

DNA Printworks
McCarthy, Daniel S.
478 Kings Highway
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/09/11

Duquette, Ronald G.
Duquette, Debra M.
368 Holyoke St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 03/08/11

Dwyer, Carroll Henry
54 Bridge St., Apt. 54
South Hadley, MA 01075
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/09/11

Dziadek, Bernard J.
437 Granby Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/09/11

Edery, Armand
10 Keefe Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/11/11

Ela, Richard B.
Ela, Cheryl A.
a/k/a Heinonen, Cheryl A.
40 Yankee Drummer Dr.
Warren, MA 01083
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/14/11

Ezyk, Shane M.
12 Oakdale Place
Easthampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/11/11

Farooqui, Amir A.
11 Eastwood Circle
Ludlow, MA 01056
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/14/11

Fiorentino, Angelo M.
340 Cooley St.
Springfield, MA 01128
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/04/11

Fontaine, Doreen F.
945 Jenks Road
Cheshire, MA 01225
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/08/11

Fortes, Gregory E.
102 Memory Lane
Orange, MA 01364
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/07/11

Foss, Judith A.
98 Spadina Parkway
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/15/11

Getto, Robert A.
34 Whitman St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/07/11

Girard, Andrew P.
76 Lakeview St.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/10/11

Godin-Conz, Jaclyn Marie
a/k/a Kraus, Jaclyn Marie
35 Ward Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/09/11

Guyer, Jeffrey A.
Guyer, Amy J.
a/k/a Evangelisto, Amy J.
53 Yorkshire Ave.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/15/11

Hasperg, Nicole M.
119 Daniels Terrace
Cheshire, MA 01225
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/15/11

Hirsch, Jeffrey A.
106 Inverness Lane
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 03/05/11

Holby, Brenda
365 Main St., #7
Sturbridge, MA 01566
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/11/11

Holloway, Myron C.
858 Silver Lake St.
Athol, MA 01331
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 02/28/11

Hussain, Irum
11 Eastwood Circle
Ludlow, MA 01056
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/14/11

Ilg, Priscilla M.
120 South Main St.
Orange, MA 01364
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 03/07/11

Jaime, Janet
39 Hillside Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/14/11

James, Jade R.
18 Wandering Meadows
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 03/07/11

Jenney, Debra L.
26 Duryea St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/02/11

Kibodya, Mohamed A.
54 Homestead Ave.
Indian Orchard, MA 01151
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/01/11

King, Sharon K.
P.O.Box 1145
Westfield, MA 01086
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/01/11

Knowlton, Richard J.
Knowlton, Ann M.
889 Suffield St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/02/11

Laramee-Santaniello, Patricia L.
76 Main St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/15/11

Lareau, David R.
138 St. James St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/07/11

Latina, Dorothy Rose
3 Heritage Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 03/04/11

Leary, Frances J.
36 Crestwood St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/03/11

Lehmann, Crystal M.
70 South John St.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/14/11

Lemieux, Richard Alan
Lemieux, Carolyn Margaret
17 Fuller St.
North Adams, MA 01247
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/04/11

Lescarbeau, Joy P.
193 North St.
North Adams, MA 01247
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/12/11

Link, Herbert
22 Lessey St. Apt 104
Amherst, MA 01002
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/02/11

Lord, Julie A.
30 Conway St.
South Deerfield, MA 01373
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 03/11/11

Maldonado, Sylvia
395 Tokeneke Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/11/11

Maloney, James E.
Maloney, Angel M.
57 Richmond Ave.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/10/11

Manzi Fiorentino, Marie A.
72 Kathleen St.
Springfield, MA 01128
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/04/11

Marhoub, Chaibia
126 Quabog St.
Warren, MA 01083
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/07/11

Mastriani, Vincent
Mastriani, Donna
1050 Carew St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/07/11

Matosky, Jessica M.
115 Sunridge Dr.
Springfield, MA 01118
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/09/11

Monday, Debra C.
a/k/a DeRose, Debra C.
P.O. Box 418
Ludlow, MA 01056
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 03/04/11

Nicolazzo, Anthony Pasquale
751 Scott Road
Oakham, MA 01068
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/10/11

Nieves, Rhonda
70 Martel Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/13/11

Normandin, Jason M.
Normandin, Sandra E.
430 Walnut Hill Road
Orange, MA 01364
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/03/11

Ortiz, Marcelino
82 Bridge St., Apt 6A
Northampton, MA 01060
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/02/11

Pearson, Maria C.
60 Ionia St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/15/11

Precious Memories Childcare
LaFountain, Melissa L.
a/k/a Cucchi, Melissa L.
440 Fredette St.
Athol, MA 01331
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/13/11

Profit Valley Printing
Ostapovicz, Michael Aaron
391 Pleasant St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/09/11

Richardson, Beulah Brooks
699 North Westfield St.
Feeding Hills, MA 01030
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/03/11

Rivera, Roberto
500 Hancock St., Apt.
Springfield, MA 01105
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/02/11

Robert, Michael A.
49 Michael Sears Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/08/11

Roberts, Francis M.
1460 Main St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/11/11

Rodriguez, Alicia
280 Dickinson St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/09/11

Rodriguez, Julio A.
47 Grosvenor St
Springfield, MA 01107
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/11/11

Routhier, Kevin J.
Routhier, Susan C.
a/k/a Morris, Susan C.
a/k/a Paradysz, Susan C.
16 Exeter St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/11/11

Sadler, Christopher G.
P.O. Box 48
Russell, MA 01071
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/01/11

Santiago, Carmen C.
15 Van Horn Place
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 03/02/11

Schwarz, James T.
178 Woodlawn Ave.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/10/11

Smith, Dorothy J.
100 Edgemont St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/04/11

Somes, Wendy K.
3 A Wildwood Lane
Goshen, MA 01032
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/01/11

Sparrow, Michael
22 4th Ave.
Cheshire, MA 01225
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/10/11

Sperry, Norman A.
430 Pleasant St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 03/11/11

Stephenson, Sandra E.
P.O. Box 1426
Holyoke, MA 01041
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/15/11

Stevens, Robert C.
81 Dartmouth St.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/10/11

Swan, Kevin S.
Swan, Laurie E.
1747 West Royalston Road
Athol, MA 01331
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/07/11

Thompson, Barbara J.
437 East St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/15/11

Tuttle, Mary A.
13A Highland Village
Ware, MA 01082
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/11/11

Unique Designs
Malone, Christopher T.
Malone, Carol E.
a/k/a March-Malone, Carol E.
101 Upton St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/11/11

Wasuk, David M.
1 Jennifer St.
Lenox, MA 01240
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 03/09/11

Wasuk, Sue A.
1 Jennifer St.
Lenox, MA 01240
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 03/09/11

Watkins, Robert D.
376 King Road
Athol, MA 01331
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/13/11

Weber, Scott F.
80 Damon Road #7204
Northampton, MA 01060
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/11/11

Wells, Michael Robert
Wells, Lisa Ann
80 Wheeler Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 03/02/11

Williams, Kimberly A.
22 Pinney St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/04/11

Williams, William R.
11 Flynt Ave.
Monson, MA 01057
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/04/11

Wright, Keith M.
3 A Wildwood Lane
Goshen, MA 01032
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/01/11

Wyman, William E.
218 Spring St.
Athol, MA 01331
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/07/11

Zina, John F.
21 Wilson Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 03/03/11

Bankruptcies

By BusinessWest Staff April 12, 2011

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