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Building Permits

By BusinessWest Staff October 8, 2013

Building Permits Departments

The following building permits were issued during the month of September 2013.

CHICOPEE

Collins Electric
53 Second Ave.
$20,000 — Strip and re-roof

Development Filtrona Porous Technologies
2255 Westover Road
$4,000 — Extend fire protection into existing modular

Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield
600 Grattan St.
$208,000 — Repair tower

Travis P. Ward
318 Griffith Road
$148,000 — Construct 725-square-foot office space

GREENFIELD

Baystate Franklin Medical Center
164 High St.
$20,500 — Renovate existing tub room

Clinical and Support Options I
6 Arch St.
$66,000 — Renovate office space

Dolby and Anderson, LLC
306 High St.
$26,000 — Install concrete floor in old pool room

George Balis
34 Bank Road
$16,500 — Interior renovations

Greenfield Corporate Center, LLC
101 Munson St.
$3,100,000 — Construct new courthouse

Greenfield Development
102 Main St.
$33,000 — Construct new bathrooms

Spike Segundo, LLC
1-3 Bank Road
$44,500 — Install bar and booth seating

Town of Greenfield
62 Meridian St.
$8,000 — Install new ceiling in classroom

SOUTH HADLEY

Mosier Elementary School
101 Mosier St.
$2,000 — Repairs

SPRINGFIELD

Colebrook Partners
505 East Columbus Ave.
$65,000 — Office space alterations

John Healy
82 Division St.
$190,000 — New roof

Mercy Hospital
233 Carew St.
$475,000 — Converting existing space into new infusion suite and oncology

SIS Center Inc.
1441 Main St.
$224,000 — Interior renovations for new tenant

WESTFIELD

360 Elm Street Realty
360 Elm St.
$432,000 — Refacing of exterior

Noble Hospital
115 W. Silver St.
$360,000 — Renovation for Urology practice

Noble Hospital
115 West Silver St
$944,000 — Renovation for MRI department

Vivieros Real Estate
127 Elm St.
$3,000 — Building repair caused by motor vehicle

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Costco
119 Dagget Dr.
$8,000 — Install commercial kitchen hood system

Robin C. Taylor, LLC
75-80 Capital Dr.
$43,000 — Interior renovations

Titan USA
140 Baldwin St.
$545,000 — Addition to existing building

Welcome Inn
2025 Riverdale St.
$7,000 — Minor renovations

Real Estate Transactions

By BusinessWest Staff October 8, 2013

Departments Real Estate

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

FRANKLIN COUNTY

BUCKLAND

24 Conway St
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Juliana M West
Seller: Vitaly Dzhenzherukha
Date: 09/05/13

Crittenden Hill Rd
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Robert S Grignaffini
Seller: Amy S Reiser
Date: 08/26/13

Orcutt Hill Rd #1
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Huong C Chow
Seller: Mark A Amstein
Date: 08/26/13

10 Sears St
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Walter B Earle
Seller: Robert R Jackson
Date: 08/30/13

25 Stone Rd
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Davin G Ojala
Seller: Susan J Shauger
Date: 08/27/13

COLRAIN

214 Call Rd
Colrain, MA 01340
Amount: $342,000
Buyer: Brenda L Mozdzierz
Seller: Leslie Ann Brooks RET
Date: 08/30/13

DEERFIELD

115 Lee Rd
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Michelle L Kofler
Seller: Nicole Bernier
Date: 08/29/13

85 Mill Village Rd
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $347,000
Buyer: Anthony J Furnari
Seller: Jason J Paadam
Date: 09/04/13

ERVING

6 North St
Erving, MA 01344
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Debra A Lapinski
Seller: Rita Dubay
Date: 08/30/13

GILL

32 Mountain Rd
Gill, MA 01354
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: New Perspective Dev
Date: 08/30/13

GREENFIELD

345 Chapman St
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Joyce A Barber
Seller: Tiffany Q Xie
Date: 08/30/13

4 Coolidge Ave
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $228,000
Buyer: Se H Ahn
Seller: Haigis, Eleanor V Est
Date: 08/30/13

145 Federal St
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Zip Zoo LLC
Seller: Christene M Libbares RET
Date: 08/27/13

11 Grand Ave
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $139,000
Buyer: Justin D Streeter
Seller: Quintana, Minnie J Est
Date: 09/06/13

36 James St
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $190,900
Buyer: A P Shallers
Seller: Felicity M Pool
Date: 08/26/13

22 King Rd
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Shawn P Stone
Seller: Kim M Stone
Date: 09/06/13

95 Laurel St
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $2,938,953
Buyer: NHI Reit Of Northeast LLC
Seller: CFM Buckley N LLC
Date: 09/06/13

155 Leyden Rd
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Susanne E Gunnard
Seller: Nathan W Jackman
Date: 08/30/13

375 Leyden Rd
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $200,500
Buyer: Brian A Coppola
Seller: Baker, Carolyn A Est
Date: 08/30/13

448 Mohawk Trl
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $165,500
Buyer: Graham Russin
Seller: Audley Robinson
Date: 08/30/13

94 Oakland St
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Meredith C Leach
Seller: Michael W Leach
Date: 08/30/13

49 Silver St
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Victor S Placinta
Seller: Peter J Sullivan
Date: 08/30/13

LEYDEN

752 Greenfield Rd
Leyden, MA 01301
Amount: $327,000
Buyer: Ginger S Robinson
Seller: Jeanne M Breeden
Date: 08/30/13

MONTAGUE

19 Bulkley St
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: William J Oneill
Seller: John V Tessier
Date: 08/30/13

74 Dry Hill Rd
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Bryna R Zioliver
Seller: Gregory R Haas
Date: 09/05/13

NORTHFIELD

15 Mountain Rd
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: Frank A Penny
Seller: Gail E Clair
Date: 08/30/13

ORANGE

170 Wheeler Ave
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $345,000
Buyer: Gary E Haueisen
Seller: 170 Wheeler Avenue T
Date: 08/26/13

SHELBURNE

Frankton Rd
Shelburne, MA 01370
Amount: $342,000
Buyer: Brenda L Mozdzierz
Seller: Leslie Ann Brooks RET
Date: 08/30/13

271 Patten Rd
Shelburne, MA 01370
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Paul Stmartin
Seller: Rita Dubay
Date: 08/30/13

3 Pleasant St
Shelburne, MA 01370
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Lauri S Marder
Seller: Abigail Wolfson
Date: 08/26/13

SHUTESBURY

218 Baker Rd
Shutesbury, MA 01072
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Ethan T Whitehill
Seller: George R Milne
Date: 09/05/13

SUNDERLAND

242 Russell St
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Steele RET
Seller: Laura J McPheters
Date: 08/27/13

WHATELY

62 Christian Ln
Whately, MA 01093
Amount: $650,000
Buyer: Full Bloom Market Garden LLC
Seller: Christian Lane LLC
Date: 09/04/13

14 Westbrook Rd
Whately, MA 01373
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Henry M Frechette
Seller: David B Champoux
Date: 08/28/13

HAMPDEN COUNTY

AGAWAM

6 Frank St
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $139,000
Buyer: Jason Bryant
Seller: Brian M Johnson
Date: 08/30/13

115 Lancaster Dr
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $318,000
Buyer: Avinash S Bharvirkar
Seller: Thomas G Gonet
Date: 08/29/13

45 North Westfield St
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $291,000
Buyer: Michael P Murphy
Seller: Timothy M Guay
Date: 09/04/13

22 Parkview Dr
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $225,500
Buyer: Edward R Heim
Seller: Poplar Development LLC
Date: 08/30/13

180 Silver Lake Dr
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $321,950
Buyer: Michael A Sarnelli
Seller: Dennis A Letendre
Date: 08/26/13

1162 Springfield St
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $1,450,000
Buyer: 1162-1172 Springfield St. RT
Seller: 1162-1172 Springfield St. RT
Date: 08/30/13

45 Zacks Way
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $370,000
Buyer: Scott A Main
Seller: T Russo Construction Corp.
Date: 08/28/13

BRIMFIELD

112 East Brimfield Holland
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Richard W Swett
Seller: Aris Group LLC
Date: 08/28/13

CHESTER

216 Blandford Rd
Chester, MA 01223
Amount: $209,000
Buyer: Christopher M Merenda
Seller: Timothy Dawson-Townsend
Date: 08/27/13

430 East River Rd
Chester, MA 01050
Amount: $497,530
Buyer: Eric D Braaten
Seller: Steven M Thompson
Date: 09/03/13

CHICOPEE

16 Boylston St
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Robert E Desmarais
Seller: Desmarais, Helen S Est
Date: 09/04/13

263 Britton St
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $127,500
Buyer: Debra J Malinowski
Seller: Dollie H Aiello
Date: 08/30/13

30 Butler Ave
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $179,000
Buyer: Michael J Vieu
Seller: Lawrence A White
Date: 08/30/13

14 Hajec Cir
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $229,500
Buyer: Richard Dombek
Seller: Scott A Main
Date: 08/27/13

55 Hyde Ave
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Kenneth R Labrie
Seller: Thomas J Robak
Date: 08/30/13

69 Kaveney St
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Kim Pham
Seller: Ruslan Kuzmenko
Date: 08/30/13

57 Leo Dr
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Albert T Luzietti
Seller: Sharon A Dussault
Date: 08/30/13

90 Marlborough St
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $199,000
Buyer: Ricky T Javier
Date: 08/26/13

137 Mayflower Ave
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $267,000
Buyer: Ronald H Boulanger
Seller: Premier Home Builders Inc
Date: 08/30/13

35 Munger Rd
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Derrick M Patruno
Seller: Rudolph P Ciecko
Date: 08/27/13

53 Old Lyman Rd
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $214,000
Buyer: Geoffrey C Gagnon
Seller: Benjamin Smith
Date: 08/29/13

64 Rzasa Dr
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Joanna Kuta
Seller: Thomas J Noga
Date: 09/04/13

45 Simonich St
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $149,500
Buyer: Lisa M Lomas
Seller: Helen A Swierad
Date: 08/26/13

96 Sunflower Ave
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $157,000
Buyer: William R Hernandez
Seller: Ronald H Boulanger
Date: 08/30/13

236 Tolpa Cir
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Theresa L Laframboise
Seller: Jennifer L Donais
Date: 08/30/13

73 Waite Ave
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $164,591
Buyer: Green Tree Serving LLC
Seller: Michael J Wilk
Date: 09/05/13

EAST LONGMEADOW

152 Brookhaven Dr
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Julie A Makris
Seller: Lawrence F Marquis
Date: 08/29/13

183 Chestnut St
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $220,900
Buyer: Gregory D Forbes
Seller: John Tsongalis
Date: 08/30/13

449 Dwight Rd
East Longmeadow, MA 01108
Amount: $141,000
Buyer: Catherine L Landry
Seller: Chris Hall
Date: 08/28/13

74 Hanward Hill
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $179,900
Buyer: Michael Sacristan
Seller: Richard C Lyons
Date: 08/30/13

30 Heritage Cir
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $495,500
Buyer: Michael A Zwirko
Seller: William M Farkos
Date: 08/30/13

21 Lynwood Rd
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $274,287
Buyer: Freedom Mortgage Corp
Seller: Michael P Godin
Date: 09/05/13

170 Mapleshade Ave
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $174,000
Buyer: Paul L Oldenburg T
Seller: Edward R Matulewicz
Date: 08/29/13

604 North Main St
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: MPSA LLC
Seller: Island Realty Inc
Date: 08/27/13

678 Parker St
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Derrick J Mclaughlin
Seller: Neils Amelia C Est
Date: 09/04/13

20 Rollins Dr
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $425,000
Buyer: Vincenzo E Amore
Seller: Derek J Caparoso
Date: 08/28/13

110 Westwood Ave
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $219,000
Buyer: US Bank NA
Seller: Jeffrey C Mccorkindale
Date: 09/04/13

GRANVILLE

62 Cross Rd
Granville, MA 01034
Amount: $207,000
Buyer: John P Yeakley
Seller: Clary, Serena E Est
Date: 08/30/13

399 Main Rd
Granville, MA 01034
Amount: $150,400
Buyer: Reilly E Humason
Seller: J D Thomas
Date: 09/04/13

HAMPDEN

52 Kelly Ln
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: James E Cormier
Seller: Allison J Flahery
Date: 08/30/13

36 Ridge Rd
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $505,000
Buyer: Mark S Howland
Seller: Donna J Collins
Date: 08/30/13

69 Woodland Dr
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Averi S Purchas
Seller: Marilyn J Jordan
Date: 08/30/13

HOLLAND

38 Island Rd
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Matthew S Vuelta
Seller: Eliezer Bonilla
Date: 08/27/13

HOLYOKE

95 Brook St
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $127,500
Buyer: Lucien A Rivera
Seller: Roger T Dore
Date: 08/26/13

33 Brookline Ave
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $150,775
Buyer: Alberto C Rivera
Seller: Carlos L Flores
Date: 08/29/13

179 Chestnut St
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $286,000
Buyer: 179-185 Chestnut LLC
Seller: Chestnut Street LLC
Date: 09/04/13

74 Eastern Promenade St
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $239,000
Buyer: Julia Ortiz
Seller: Lisa Giroux
Date: 09/05/13

68 Lynch Dr
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $169,900
Buyer: Amanda Wellman
Seller: Anne M Hart
Date: 08/29/13

33 Moss Ave
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Gary W Romanovicz
Seller: Robert G Klopfer
Date: 08/30/13

1050 Northampton St
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $339,900
Buyer: Todd M Osullivan
Seller: Radner Sidney H Est
Date: 08/30/13

39 Ridgewood Ave
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $188,250
Buyer: Tracie L Lacasse
Seller: Sean P Fitzgerald
Date: 08/30/13

LONGMEADOW

104 Ardsley Rd
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $560,000
Buyer: Kasia Novak
Seller: Oded Rencus
Date: 08/30/13

22 Cambridge Cir
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $302,000
Buyer: Robert A Stamand
Seller: Thomas J Kucab
Date: 08/30/13

83 Ely Way
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $705,000
Buyer: Mae M Mirabelli
Seller: Nancy M Westermann
Date: 08/30/13

163 Englewood Rd
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $561,000
Buyer: Brian W Breed
Seller: Kirk E Merriam
Date: 08/28/13

8 Grassy Gutter Rd
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $359,900
Buyer: Celine A Gaudreau
Seller: Vincent B Santaniello
Date: 08/29/13

25 Massachusetts Ave
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $203,500
Buyer: Anthony S Guardione
Seller: Catherine K Dunn
Date: 08/30/13

221 Meadowlark Dr
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $237,000
Buyer: Lawrence F Marquis
Seller: Lu J Pan
Date: 08/29/13

52 Oakwood Dr
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $245,500
Buyer: Vincent A Guardione
Seller: Ellen D Heye
Date: 09/03/13

195 Prynnwood Rd
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $425,500
Buyer: Xuan Li
Seller: Peter A Byler
Date: 08/26/13

289 Tanglewood Dr
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $442,500
Buyer: Theodore K Mlapah
Seller: Olga I Andreyeva
Date: 08/30/13

119 Warren Ter
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Gail A Thomas
Seller: Carolyn J Brown
Date: 09/04/13

97 Western Dr
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $392,000
Buyer: Brian E Leverock
Seller: Nancy R Quartz
Date: 08/28/13

963 Williams St
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $277,500
Buyer: Vincent B Santaniello
Seller: Setnor Jules R Est
Date: 08/29/13

LUDLOW

12 Chestnut St
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Stevens Senior Hsng Ludl
Seller: Ludlow Town Of
Date: 08/26/13

184 East St
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $141,500
Buyer: James H Taylor
Seller: Nicole R Parker
Date: 08/28/13

194 Highland Ave
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $133,500
Buyer: Ashleigh M Ouimette
Seller: Donald J Couture
Date: 08/28/13

37 Hill Ter
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $277,000
Buyer: Matthew M Hoar
Seller: Jason A Barroso
Date: 08/27/13

219 Moody St
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $700,000
Buyer: Gilmar Realty LLC
Seller: Tassinari James R Est
Date: 08/29/13

101 Motyka St
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Armando F Tereso
Seller: Paulo A Tereso
Date: 09/04/13

56 Oakwood Dr
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Daniel P Demars
Seller: Dinis Baltazar
Date: 08/30/13

Parker Ln
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $126,500
Buyer: FJFB RT
Seller: Whitetail Wreks LLC
Date: 09/05/13

54 Reynolds St
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $197,000
Buyer: Barbara Brehaut
Seller: Daniel Jarvis
Date: 08/30/13

156 Simonds St
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Norman Ladue
Seller: Patricia A Bousquet
Date: 08/26/13

153 West Ave
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $164,000
Buyer: Cristina D Ribeiro
Seller: Antonio V Aleixo
Date: 08/27/13

MONSON

107 Bogan Rd
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $187,600
Buyer: Adam Hageman
Seller: Benjamin P Goodwin
Date: 08/29/13

226 Bumstead Rd
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Patrick G Renna
Seller: Jason E Stratton
Date: 08/28/13

PALMER

3 Homestead St
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Deidre L Cadieux
Seller: Norman B Flebotte
Date: 08/29/13

68 Jim Ash Rd
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $216,000
Buyer: Stacey Vogel
Seller: Matthew D Cadieux
Date: 08/29/13

1426 Park St
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $143,000
Buyer: Randall G Ketterman
Seller: Laurel C Dickson
Date: 08/30/13

54 Reynolds St
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $197,000
Buyer: Barbara Brehaut
Seller: Daniel Jarvis
Date: 08/30/13

156 Simonds St
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Norman Ladue
Seller: Patricia A Bousquet
Date: 08/26/13

153 West Ave
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $164,000
Buyer: Cristina D Ribeiro
Seller: Antonio V Aleixo
Date: 08/27/13

MONSON

107 Bogan Rd
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $187,600
Buyer: Adam Hageman
Seller: Benjamin P Goodwin
Date: 08/29/13

226 Bumstead Rd
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Patrick G Renna
Seller: Jason E Stratton
Date: 08/28/13

PALMER

3 Homestead St
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Deidre L Cadieux
Seller: Norman B Flebotte
Date: 08/29/13

68 Jim Ash Rd
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $216,000
Buyer: Stacey Vogel
Seller: Matthew D Cadieux
Date: 08/29/13

1426 Park St
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $143,000
Buyer: Randall G Ketterman
Seller: Laurel C Dickson
Date: 08/30/13

SOUTHWICK

247 Granville Rd
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $178,000
Buyer: Marissa B Magni
Seller: Donald M Prifti
Date: 08/26/13

SPRINGFIELD

100 Appleton St
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $126,500
Buyer: Julio A Dejesus
Seller: Global Home Properties
Date: 08/30/13

39 Bartels St
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $198,500
Buyer: Andrew J Wurszt
Seller: Frank J Stearns
Date: 08/27/13

22 Belvidere St
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $138,900
Buyer: Gabriel J Martinez
Seller: Alice M Auclair
Date: 08/26/13

14 Buick St
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Brendan Broderick
Seller: Morgan Marjorie V Est
Date: 08/30/13

36 Burns Ave
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $172,000
Buyer: Dhara Desai
Seller: Pavel Kulyak
Date: 08/29/13

85 Castle St
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $170,900
Buyer: Carlton J Banks
Seller: Jeffrey J Hebert
Date: 08/30/13

64 Cherry St
Springfield, MA 01105
Amount: $131,000
Buyer: Leslie A Nater
Seller: Monty LLC
Date: 08/30/13

92 Corona St
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Mirta T Deperez
Seller: Richard L Voltz
Date: 09/03/13

154 Darling St
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Johaim Santiago-Ayala
Seller: Mirella Mcdonough
Date: 08/26/13

201 Durant St
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Joshua Oneil
Seller: Juan A Rosario
Date: 08/30/13

101 Fair Oak Rd
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $134,900
Buyer: Tricia A Calkins
Seller: James E Cormier
Date: 08/30/13

288 Fountain St
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Angie H Tao
Seller: Brian K Witman
Date: 08/29/13

109 Gilman St
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $122,000
Buyer: Richard Mccarthy
Seller: Mitchell H Singer
Date: 08/30/13

93 Goodwin St
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $128,750
Buyer: Ana Pereira
Seller: David Heffernan
Date: 08/29/13

55 Gralia Dr
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $171,322
Buyer: Jessica Bigelow
Seller: Joshua S Darling
Date: 08/30/13

33 Hillside Dr
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Margaret A Sheehan
Seller: Sheila M Sheehan
Date: 08/28/13

157 Jardine St
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $127,376
Buyer: US Bank NA Tr
Seller: Sonia N Gonzalez
Date: 08/30/13

96 Kirk Dr
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $126,900
Buyer: Lloyd Chadbourne
Seller: Joseph Plomaritis
Date: 08/29/13

26 Marmon Ct
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Rachel L Tilli
Seller: Philip A Sterner
Date: 09/03/13

237 Marmon St
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $137,500
Buyer: Michael Perez
Seller: Harriet F Cupero
Date: 08/30/13

N/A
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $122,500
Buyer: Lisandra Nieves
Seller: Richard S Harty
Date: 09/03/13

76 Norman St
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Brenda L Flores
Seller: James Morgan
Date: 08/30/13

147 Nottingham St
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $129,800
Buyer: PHH Mortgage Corp
Seller: Charles J Chisholm
Date: 09/05/13

145 Performance Blvd
Springfield, MA 01101
Amount: $440,000
Buyer: Domanico&Schoellkopf
Seller: RAM Construction LLC
Date: 08/28/13

153 Plainfield St
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $440,000
Buyer: RAM Construction LLC
Seller: Domanico&Schoellkopf
Date: 08/28/13

1321 Plumtree Rd
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Kara M James
Seller: Peter M Haley
Date: 08/30/13

227 Senator St
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $151,000
Buyer: Amanda M Wickett
Seller: Ronald Sherman
Date: 08/30/13

117 Shady Brook Ln
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $127,213
Buyer: Ada Torres
Seller: Kaitlyn M Matarazzo
Date: 08/27/13

17 Sherbrooke St
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $119,900
Buyer: Scott Morin
Seller: A Plus Enterprises Inc
Date: 08/28/13

170 Switzer Ave #4
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Greylock Group LLC
Seller: LA LLC
Date: 09/05/13

128 Tallyho Dr
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Helena N Davis
Seller: Daniel J Dillon
Date: 08/30/13

956 Wilbraham Rd
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $133,500
Buyer: Melvin E Cosme
Seller: Lillian B Akers
Date: 09/03/13

873 Worthington St
Springfield, MA 01105
Amount: $126,000
Buyer: Josue Velney
Seller: JD Powers Property Mgmt
Date: 08/30/13

167 Wrentham Rd
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $205,930
Buyer: Freedom Mortgage Corp
Seller: Ross A Henke
Date: 08/29/13

WALES

50 Monson Rd
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $169,701
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Nancy E Blackburn
Date: 08/26/13

WEST SPRINGFIELD

53 Beech Hill Rd
West Springfield, MA 01030
Amount: $324,900
Buyer: John H Chwalek
Seller: Beech Hill Construction
Date: 08/30/13

80 Butternut Hollow Rd
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Scott E Steglinski
Seller: Joseph L Fitzpatrick
Date: 09/04/13

N/A
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $229,500
Buyer: Danielle L Lamagna
Seller: Emilien L Larochelle
Date: 08/30/13

55 Elm Cir
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $149,204
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: John R Landry
Date: 08/26/13

49 Lyman St
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Pavel Mashnitski
Seller: Donna M Vuilleumier
Date: 08/30/13

1164 Morgan Rd
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $213,000
Buyer: Mary A Bilodeau
Seller: Eldred J Baker
Date: 08/30/13

429 Morgan Rd
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $450,000
Buyer: West Springfield Town Of
Seller: Westfield W Springfd Ldge
Date: 08/27/13

94 Overlook Dr
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $233,500
Buyer: Lynn A Laplante
Seller: William S Mullett
Date: 08/30/13

30 Piper Rd
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $157,000
Buyer: Fidel A Prudencio
Seller: Stahelski, Francis A Est
Date: 08/28/13

1311 Westfield St
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $525,000
Buyer: Salmar Realty LLC
Date: 09/03/13

2019 Westfield St
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Robert Schmidt
Seller: FNMA
Date: 08/30/13

WESTFIELD

27 East Bartlett St
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $172,000
Buyer: Theodore J Kopyscinski
Seller: Dennis Paroline
Date: 08/28/13

11 Hayre St
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $122,500
Buyer: JRP Realty LLC
Seller: Liberty, Richard H Est
Date: 08/27/13

187 Joseph Ave
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $294,500
Buyer: Cathleen R Hutkoski
Seller: Robin L Deaton
Date: 08/30/13

293 Loomis St
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Lisa Gagnon
Seller: Marie Mercure
Date: 08/30/13

143 Rachael Ter
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $374,000
Buyer: Thomas J Robak
Seller: Kevin D Matheny
Date: 08/30/13

33 Russell Rd
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $151,000
Buyer: Ziblim Abukari
Seller: Gregory M Ramos
Date: 08/26/13

302 Russell Rd
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $169,000
Buyer: Jeremiah Z Hoffman
Seller: Amanda L Craven
Date: 09/04/13

171 Wildflower Cir
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $515,000
Seller: George Phillips
Date: 08/30/13

104 Woodside Ter
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $137,000
Buyer: Zachery Demers
Seller: Danielle E Bowen
Date: 08/29/13

WILBRAHAM

3 Brainard Rd
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Eric M True
Seller: Natalie M True
Date: 08/30/13

883 Glendale Rd
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $189,000
Buyer: Christopher Ladue
Seller: Marion E Oliver
Date: 08/30/13

15 Glenn Dr
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Rebecca R Before
Seller: Bruce E Gaudette
Date: 08/30/13

8 Horseshoe Ln
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $244,900
Buyer: Jessica M Pace
Seller: Wilk James E Est
Date: 08/26/13

5 Patriot Ridge Ln
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $429,900
Buyer: Rakeshkumar V Patel
Seller: Denise R Tessier
Date: 08/30/13

12 Peak Rd
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Carl R Jahn
Seller: Ronald E Teece
Date: 08/28/13

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

AMHERST

11 Foxglove Ln
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $509,500
Buyer: Nina R Tetenbaum
Seller: Hedy S Wermer
Date: 09/04/13

747 Main St
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $475,000
Buyer: DNB Properties LLC
Seller: Onesta Properties Inc
Date: 09/06/13

81 McClellan St
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $450,000
Buyer: Alan E Giessen
Seller: Thomas M Scriver
Date: 08/26/13

10 North East St
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $324,500
Buyer: Andrew B Desiervo
Seller: Virginia Weimer
Date: 08/26/13

226 Pine St
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Burlin Barr
Seller: Carolyn J Thomas
Date: 08/28/13

659 South East St
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Kathryn E Marciano
Seller: Michael D Olkin
Date: 08/30/13

445 Shays St
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $488,000
Buyer: Brian D Bowden
Seller: Fawkner, Margaret B Est
Date: 08/30/13

201 Stanley St
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $331,000
Buyer: LOC LLC
Seller: Michael F Strong
Date: 08/27/13

12 Sunset Ct
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $429,000
Buyer: DNB Properties LLC
Seller: Onesta Properties Inc
Date: 09/06/13

BELCHERTOWN

85 Bay Rd
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Elizabeth A Meaux
Seller: Patrick J Mignault
Date: 09/04/13

63 Gold St 74 Clark St
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Jeffrey M Matthews
Seller: Dennis Gendron
Date: 08/28/13

241 Daniel Shays Hwy
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Jacob Sobasko
Seller: Paul M Roberge
Date: 08/30/13

Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Nathaniel W Roberts
Seller: Randall E Roberts
Date: 09/06/13

56 North Main St
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Umass Five College FCU
Seller: Steven A Syriac
Date: 09/04/13

149 Turkey Hill Rd
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Jonathan A Lawall
Seller: James P O’Connor
Date: 09/03/13

CHESTERFIELD

115 Old Chesterfield Rd
Chesterfield, MA 01096
Amount: $187,500
Buyer: Geoffery Gougeon
Seller: Jack Gougeon
Date: 09/04/13

EASTHAMPTON

21 Ballard St
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Tsering Choedon
Seller: Autumn Priperties LLC
Date: 08/29/13

22 Bayberry Dr
Amount: $189,000
Buyer: Mary Redmond
Seller: Mary Redmond
Date: 08/26/13

35 Briggs St
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: Benjamin F Chandler
Seller: Kevin C Netto
Date: 08/28/13

114 Line St
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $216,000
Buyer: Jason P Graham
Seller: Cathleen R Hutkowski
Date: 08/30/13

223 Loudville Rd
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Gabriel J Grygorcewicz
Seller: Joseph P Loftus
Date: 08/28/13

3 Mutter St
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $194,500
Buyer: Margaret J Shar
Seller: Darla D Ledger
Date: 08/30/13

55 Northampton St
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Jennifer M Dragon
Seller: Marc A Gauvin RET
Date: 08/28/13

28 Pepin Ave
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $232,500
Buyer: Barbara Kelly-Kinney
Seller: David J Strong
Date: 09/05/13

10 Pine Hill Rd
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: James R Pellegrino
Seller: Walter J Bourque
Date: 08/30/13

17 River Valley Way
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Jenna B Higgins
Seller: EH Honeownership LLC
Date: 08/28/13

7 Union Ct
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Joseph C Ryan
Seller: Union Court LLC
Date: 08/28/13

11 West Green St
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $124,015
Buyer: US Bank NA
Seller: Michael J Pelissier
Date: 08/27/13

GOSHEN

29 Lake Dr
Goshen, MA 01096
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Dorothy A Clayton
Seller: Fred M Sliwa
Date: 08/30/13

GRANBY

34 Amherst St
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $318,000
Buyer: Celso A Correia
Seller: Mikhail Ashlaban
Date: 09/05/13

30 Circle Dr
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $224,900
Buyer: Scott J Lougham
Seller: Kevin R Gendreau
Date: 08/27/13

230 East St
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Westover Metropolitan Dev
Seller: Thomas C Labrie
Date: 09/05/13

9 Greenmeadow Ln
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: David A Strycharz
Seller: Linda T Messenger
Date: 08/30/13

37 New Ludlow Rd
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $156,000
Buyer: Candice Rosado-Cuoco
Seller: Mark T Halon
Date: 08/30/13

64 West St
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Careena R Henry
Seller: Diana J Blanchard
Date: 08/28/13

HADLEY

7 Edgewood Ter
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $370,000
Buyer: Linda M Ziegenbein
Seller: Patricia A Szumowski
Date: 09/06/13

1 Laurana Ln
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $334,000
Buyer: Aaron T Soules
Seller: Paul R Miller
Date: 08/30/13

211 Russell St
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Huong C Chow
Seller: Patricia J Zumbruski
Date: 08/27/13

HATFIELD

11 Cronin Hill Rd
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Mary P Flannery
Seller: Kenneth R Griswold
Date: 08/30/13

112 Linseed Rd
Hatfield, MA 01088
Amount: $419,000
Buyer: Sally Morgan
Seller: Shawn R Adams
Date: 08/26/13

35 Plain Rd
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $374,000
Buyer: Sean M Brady
Seller: Robert P Anderson
Date: 08/30/13

58 School St
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Morgan Sheehan-Bubla
Seller: Janet Grenzke
Date: 09/06/13

240 Straits Rd
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Andrea K Moroney
Seller: Audrey Weston
Date: 08/30/13

HUNTINGTON

11 Pleasant St
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $115,479
Buyer: UB Properties LLC
Seller: United Bank
Date: 09/05/13

NORTHAMPTON

8 Arch St
Northampton, MA 01053
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Elizabeth K Harrington
Seller: Susan A Eilenberg
Date: 08/27/13

41 Avis Cir
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $384,000
Buyer: Daniel C Rochon
Seller: Gregory J Zakrzewski
Date: 08/26/13

326 Chesterfield Rd
Northampton, MA 01053
Amount: $305,000
Buyer: Susan A Elienberg
Seller: Ernest J Heon
Date: 08/27/13

264 Chestnut St
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $374,000
Buyer: Denise L Callaway
Seller: George C Eastman
Date: 08/30/13

35 Ellington Rd
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $214,000
Buyer: Michael R Wolk
Seller: John A Favaro
Date: 09/06/13

335 Florence Rd
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $317,000
Buyer: Lauren Schwartz
Seller: Jessica L Diemand
Date: 08/30/13

717 Florence Rd
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: David S Smokler
Seller: Joseph T Tortoriello
Date: 08/30/13

48 Fort St
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $395,000
Buyer: Steven T Hoffman
Seller: William J Conz
Date: 09/03/13

67 Fort St
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $600,000
Buyer: Amanda Barnhart
Seller: Louise F Vera
Date: 08/29/13

99 Lake St
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $309,000
Buyer: Eugene B Ferrari
Seller: Linda M Ziegenbein
Date: 09/06/13

111 Old Ferry Rd
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Jillian M Niedzwiecki
Seller: James B Frutkin
Date: 09/06/13

20 Rick Dr
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Ethan C Meyers
Seller: Janeth C Smith
Date: 08/27/13

245 South St
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: DNB Properties LLC
Seller: Pipeline Properties Inc
Date: 09/06/13

250 South St
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $510,000
Buyer: Michael C Jacques
Seller: Timothy J Flynn
Date: 09/05/13

38 Spruce Hill Ave
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Carol A Heon
Seller: Steele RET
Date: 08/27/13

38 Stilson Ave
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: David B Champoux
Seller: Scott E Purcell
Date: 08/28/13

17 Union St
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $499,000
Buyer: Brian P Mcdermott
Seller: Lisa C Gustavsen
Date: 09/06/13

93 Vernon St
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $287,500
Buyer: Mahammed A Mack
Seller: Arthur P Fugere
Date: 08/28/13

6 Wright Ave
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: John W Kowalski
Seller: Weeks, Russell C Est
Date: 08/26/13

PELHAM

11 Bray Ct
Pelham, MA 01002
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Shawn R Adams
Seller: Daniel C Rose
Date: 08/26/13

PLAINFIELD

8 Old South St
Plainfield, MA 01070
Amount: $249,900
Seller: Edgar J Drake
Date: 08/30/13

SOUTH HADLEY

518 Amherst Rd
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $199,900
Buyer: Jose G Guaregua
Seller: Daniel C Rochon
Date: 08/26/13

50 Brigham Rd
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $187,000
Buyer: Kristin L Will
Seller: Will Kathryn B Est
Date: 08/28/13

15 Cedar Rdg
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $362,500
Buyer: Susannah E Gregory
Seller: Wayne J Konrad
Date: 08/30/13

35 Chapel Hill Dr
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $259,000
Buyer: Raeann L Pelletier
Seller: Paul R Gallagher
Date: 09/03/13

6 Dale St
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $143,000
Buyer: John E Cole
Seller: StSauveur Lillian V Est
Date: 09/06/13

280 Granby Rd
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $575,000
Buyer: 33 Granby Road LLC
Seller: Robert Bolduc
Date: 08/30/13

21 Hillside Ave
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $242,000
Buyer: Kevin M Sawula
Seller: Carolyn L Bessette
Date: 09/05/13

20 Meadowood Dr
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $266,388
Buyer: Vincent Muto
Seller: Carolanne Bright
Date: 08/30/13

149 North Main St
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $180,500
Buyer: Michael L Thomas
Seller: Mark Morsbach
Date: 08/30/13

25 North Sycamore Knls
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Thomas R Reidy
Seller: Rorke Glenna F Est
Date: 08/28/13

154 South Main St
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $174,000
Buyer: Frank R Sousa
Seller: Matthew L Gomberg
Date: 09/03/13

1 West Summit St
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $193,000
Buyer: Michael F Willard
Seller: Jose C Larouco
Date: 08/29/13

SOUTHAMPTON

31 Bissonnette Cir
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: James J Fitzgibbon
Seller: F&G Development Corp
Date: 09/06/13

170 County Rd
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $236,300
Buyer: Jessica L Diemand
Seller: Kevin M Kuehner
Date: 08/30/13

15 Edward Ave
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $332,000
Buyer: Paul J Murray
Seller: James L Podolak
Date: 08/28/13

124 Fomer Rd
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $239,000
Buyer: Bernard J Martin
Seller: Joshua R Donovan
Date: 08/30/13

77 Glendale Rd
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $336,900
Buyer: Jennifer L Donais
Seller: Karen A Ciejek
Date: 08/30/13

53 Middle Rd
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $253,000
Buyer: Ashley J Alexander
Seller: Christopher J Graham
Date: 08/30/13

25 Montgomery Rd
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Richard R Paul
Seller: Jeffrey C Barry
Date: 08/27/13

N/A
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $389,000
Buyer: Sean P Fitzgerald
Seller: F&G Development Corp
Date: 08/30/13

WARE

24 Berkshire Dr
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Andre M Fernades
Seller: Elena L Simmoneau
Date: 08/30/13

71 Greenwich Rd
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Carolyn Bessette
Seller: Provencal NT
Date: 09/05/13

WESTHAMPTON

296 Main Rd
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Tammies Warriner
Seller: Francis J Cote
Date: 09/05/13

61 Stage Rd
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Robin Smilie
Date: 08/27/13

WILLIAMSBURG

16 Nash Hill Rd
Williamsburg, MA 01096
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Mark R Chrabascz
Seller: Peter R Trechartin
Date: 08/29/13

WORTHINGTON

1104 Old North Rd
Worthington, MA 01098
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Michael E Stevenson
Seller: Matthew J White
Date: 09/03/13

335 Old Post Rd
Worthington, MA 01098
Amount: $570,000
Buyer: Taylor FT
Seller: Robert W Fondakowski
Date: 09/03/13

Bankruptcies

By BusinessWest Staff October 8, 2013

Bankruptcies Departments

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

Agapov, Andrei
115 Federal St.
Millers Falls, MA 01349
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/30/13

Anderson, William
25 Burford Ave., #17
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/12/13

Archambault, Ryan
5 Madison Ave.
Southhampton, MA 01073
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/30/13

Arel, Darlene E.
97 Narragansett Blvd.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/10/13

Barrows, Ayanna M.
110 A Carr St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/03/13

Beltran, Zulma J.
76 Village Park Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/05/13

Borrero, Christine K.
174 Tremont St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/10/13

Brantley, Steven J.
Brantley, Margo A.
42 Arbutus St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/04/13

Burns, Veronice H.
27 Saab Court, Apt. 1006
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/06/13

Cain, Ethan A.
Cain, Nicole W.
a/k/a Migliozzi, Nicole Wesley
86 Judson St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/05/13

Carr, Marilyn G.
64 Regency Park Dr.
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/04/13

Duffy, Diana L.
260 Wheeler Ave.
Orange, MA 01364
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/30/13

Eastman, Justin P.
225 Osborne Road
Ware, MA 01082
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/12/13

Evans, Jacqueline Leigh
238 Pleasant St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/03/13

Goddard, Catherine M.
383 East River St.
Orange, MA 01364
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/30/13

Gove, Cheri M.
a/k/a Guarneri-Gove, Cheri M.
248 Amherst Road #128
Sunderland, MA 01375
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/31/13

Harrop, Ronald L.
79 West St.
Granby, MA 01033
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 09/13/13

Handy, Darlene Ann
PO Box 712
Southwick, MA 01077
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/30/13

Hauver, Justin
Hauver, Kimberly
162 Mayflower Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/05/13

Irwin, Roger L.
16 Wolcott Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/06/13

Jambora, Jill A.
PO Box 101
Apt. #1
Westfield, MA 01086-0101
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/30/13

Judah, Marilyn Spillane
3 French St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/12/13

Kelliher, Keith A.
292 Birnie Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/30/13

Kirichenko, Mikhail
Kirichenko, Irina
39 America St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/05/13

Krasinkiewicz, Nora S.
213 Dayton St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/30/13

Kuilan, Judith A.
185 Arcade St.
Chicopee, MA 01021
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/30/13

Lachance, Adam
56 Burlingame Road
Palmer, MA 01069
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/12/13

Leonard, Lennie L.
76 Alden St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 09/14/13

Lopardo, Paul
140 Field Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/12/13

Lysik, Zofia
a/k/a Kendra, Zofia
63 Dorrance St., Apt. 1
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 09/03/13

Nooney, Deborah
12 Dartmouth St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/12/13

Pasini, Robert M.
111 Lumae St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 09/11/13

Pasterczyk, Matthew M.
65 McDonald Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/10/13

Perez, Mark
10 Presidential Circle
Warren, MA 01083
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/03/13

Reiser, Philippe F.
Reiser, Janet M.
216 Notre Dame St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/31/13

Slingerland, Charles
10 Nokomis Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/12/13

Smith, Gerald C.
92 South Bay State Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/12/13

Smith, Lisa M.
92 South Bay State Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/12/13

Snow, Steven A.
Snow, Katharine L
a/k/a Snow, Katherine L.
PO Box 742
Westfield, MA 01086
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/30/13

Stacy, Stephen A.
Stacy, Ana B.
a/k/a Juarez, Ana B.
32A Warren Wright Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/31/13

Sunrise of the Spirit
Farley, Mary Kate
195 West Gill Road
Gill, MA 01354
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/12/13

Sypek, Joanne M.
282 Morton St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/04/13

Taber, Marc N.
Taber, Denise M.
372 State Road
Phillipston, MA 01331
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/30/13

Talbot, Henry R.
22 Smyrna St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/06/13

Velazquez, Wanda I.
51 Mooreland St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/30/13

Watson, Ernest L.
93 Foote St.
Fall River, MA 02724
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/30/13

West, Linda M.
99 Second St.
Apartment 105
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/10/13

Yakub, Roman
Yakub, Irina
70 Columbia Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 09/09/13

Doing Business As Certificates

By BusinessWest Staff October 8, 2013

DBA Certificates Departments

The following Business Certificates and Trade Names were issued or renewed during the month of and September 2013.

AGAWAM

AAA Can & Bottle Return
204 Springfield St.
Russell Scalise

Agawam’s Java Stop
704 Springfield St.
Craig Jurasz

F-Transport, LLC
1085 North St.
Fedor Songorov

CHICOPEE

A+ Educational Services
145 Anson St.
Darren Wuensch

Ace Industrial Cleaning Company
55 Boutin St.
Gary Minutillo

Bellz Eco-Tech Cleaning Services
419 Montcalm St.
Vickie D. Washington

iFuze Marketing
343 Chicopee St.
Christopher Benson

KC’S Handyman
56 St. James Ave.
Kirk A. Williams

Lynch Maintenance Services
12 Wawel St.
Edward Lynch

EAST LONGMEADOW

Carlson Roofing Company
176 Porter Road
Robert L. Carlson Jr.

Countryside Store
334 Somers Road
Ramesh Patel

Impressions Hair Salon
43 Maple St.
Richard Remillard

JL Communications
67 Nottingham Dr.
Janet Lupacchino

Martin Roofing, LLC
85 Lee St.
Robert A. Martin

Pioneer Valley Painting
149 Braeburn Road
Vincent Settembre

Subway
24 Shaker Road
John L. Moylan

GREENFIELD

Bad Influence Motorsports
91 Main St.
William Thompson

Darmanchev Masonry
36 Cleveland St.
Ivan Darmanchev

The Solar Express
176 Federal St.
Alexander Fiorey

Thurston Chef Services
80 Lunt Dr.
Tony Thurston

Walgreens
5 Pierce St.
Mark Wagner

Whitney Hill Antiques
102 Main St.
Dale Whitney

HOLYOKE

Authentic Beauty & Barber
330 High St.
Vimaris Davila

Dam Café
27 Myrtle Ave.
Michael E. McMahon

Fashion Nails
293 High St.
Khoi D. Dao

Megan’s Treasures
50 Holyoke St.
Nancy A. Oles

Rock Valley Detail Service
53 Mountain Road
Dolchan Sirkissoon

SPRINGFIELD

Cardaropoli Realty
203 Dickinson St.
Anthony Cardaropoli

Cedar Tree Sound Productions
154 Gillette Ave.
Mark R. Suse

Changmu Corporation
1655 Boston Road
Chang H. Kim

City Vacuum
994 Main St.
Michael J. Little

Confidential Computer Care
1242 Main St.
Arthur F. Geary

Corona St. Barbershop
23 St. James Blvd.
Adrian Andrews

CT’S Towing & Auto Repair
466 Main St.
Christine Noel

Dave’s Soda and Pet Food
1330 Carew St.
David A. Ratner

Dazzle Studio of Dance
605 Page Blvd.
Lisa M. Attanasio

Direct Auto Promotions
880 Boston Road
Michelle J. Dicienzo

Don Rico’s Café & Bakery
684 Belmont Ave.
Martha Terrero

Enticing Affairs
4 Crosby St.
Dana M. Brathwaite

EWB Lawncare & Snow Removal
30 Gatewood Road
Ernest Buffaloe

Fractal Dynamics
45 Willow St.
Spiro Marangoudakis

Grace’s Beauty Supply
298 Belmont Ave.
Ellena Y. Kolliegbo

Harris Property Inspection
7 Clayton St.
Ernest Harris

Hokkaido, LLC
1374 Allen St.
Zhang S. Fang

Husky Pizza Inc.
565 Main St.
Inci Kavraz

JTR Heating and Cooling
83 Parkside St.
Julio Torres

James S. Randall
94 Island Pond Road
James S. Randall

K’s Kakes
143 Dwight St.
Luz Cruz

La Casa Del Reggaeton
72 Locust St.
Felix Y. Tejada

Ladies with Choices
14 Battery St.
Veleka L. Atoya

Latina & Company Salon
1498 Allen St.
Yanitza Nogue

Lilo’s Tire
784 Bay St.
Angel L. Rivera

Local Yo Inc.
455 Breckwood Blvd.
Nicole E. Apostle

Luis Used Appliances
167 White St.
Luis A. Rivera

M. Glushien Electrical
113 Wheeler Ave.
Jay Glushien

Mach One Transport
34 Ontario St.
Eduardo Burgos

Major League Barber Shop
602 Page Blvd.
Juan Santiago

Mass Lanka, Inc.
2879 Main St.
Riswan M. Raufdeen

Mavis A. Sarpong-Krampah
394 Canon Circle
Mavis A. Krampah

Merrill Lynch
1414 Main St.
Erik Miller

N2U Entertainment
62 Forest Park Ave.
Bertrand C. Daniel

Nee Nee’s Devine Edibles
162 Mallowhill Road
Helen Johnson

New Era Accounting
603 Sumner Ave.
Olufemi Aina

New Fashion Inc.
260 Eastern Ave.
Mary Rosado

Oriental Gifts and More
1714 Boston Road
Wei J. Zheng

PCMC Transportation
1 Federal St.
Rose A. Rice

WESTFIELD

All Custom Welding & Fabrication
264 Union St.
David Woelper

CFB’s Farrier Service
189 Honey Pot Road
Cary F. Bedor

Crimson Lion
12 Joyce Dr.
William Corcoran

Greg’s Auto Repair
301 North Elm St.
Gregory A. Hunter

Mas Cleaning Service
11 Surrey Lane
Patricia Genovese

MIDAC Corporation
6 Coleman Ave.
Gerald Auth

Quality Machining & Manufacturing
179 Joseph Ave.
Steven Sobczyk

Rob, The Painter
304 Valley View Dr.
Robert Draper

Western Mass Kites Association
14 Arnold St.
Syed S. Rahman

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Bear Cat Fence
44 Oak St.
Barry Bishop

Electronic Reseller
13 North Blvd.
Gheorghe Grigora

Expo Liquors
1122 Memorial Ave.
Dadson Inc.

Grosso Chiropractic
615 Westfield St.
Cynthia R. Grosso

McClelland Health Systems
85 Interstate Dr.
MHHP Acquisition

Springfield Country Club
1375 Elm St.
Azelio Vivarelli

Incorporations

By BusinessWest Staff October 8, 2013

Departments Incorporations

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

AGAWAM

Agawam Transportation Inc., 178 Regency Park Dr., Agawam, MA 01001. Elvan Ozcelik, same. Transportation services.

AMHERST

Green Cross Inc., 85 Whitney St., Amherst, MA 01002. Martin Moore, same. Provide service and support to nonprofit organizations.

BELCHERTOWN

H&D Trade Inc., 55 North Main St., #41, Belchertown, MA 01007. Zhuangping Yi, 96 Tianyao Xincun, Shanghai, SH, 200000. Videoconferencing and international trade.

CHICOPEE

Avia Whole Body Inc., 23 Hillside Ave., Chicopee, MA 01020. Donna Silva, same. Beauty salon.

Bloo Solutions, 621 Grattan St., Chicopee, MA 01020. Jeremiah Beaudry, 63 Ludger Ave., Chicopee, MA 01020. Information-technology support and service.

Elmadina Inc., 411 East St., Chicopee, MA 01020. Charlene Coelho, 203 Hannoush Dr., West Springfield, MA 01089. Restaurant, café, cabaret.

EAST LONGMEADOW

Eastern Seaboard Accoutrements Inc., 5 Ruffino Road, East Longmeadow, MA 01028. John Pantera, same. Clothing and apparel.

HOLYOKE

Holistics Specialty Care Inc., 54 North Canal St., Holyoke, MA 01040. Chirag Amin, 8447 Dunham Station Dr., Tampa, FL 33647. Civic, educational, benevolent activities per Mass. General Law, Chapter 180.

Iglesia Cristiana No Descuides Tu Salvacion Inc., 131 Sargent St., Suite 2R, Holyoke, MA 01040. Francisco Santiago, same. To help people and give services to all humanity and preach the word of God.

NORTHAMPTON

C Care Inc., 7 Armory St., Northampton, MA 01061. Donald Chase, 39 Timber Ridge Road, West Springfield, MA 01089. To promote and support activities for the treatment of debilitating medical conditions.

Farm House Compassionate Care Inc., 13 Trumbull Road, Northampton, MA 01060. Susan Stubbs, same. Healing and wellness.

Hampshire Health Inc., 58 Belmont Ave., Northampton, MA 01060. Brian Paul Foote, same. Furtherance of medical, educational, civic, and charitable purposes.

SPRINGFIELD

365 Freight Solutions Inc., 1 Florentine Gardens, Springfield, MA 01108. Cecilio Cunningham, 3543 Woodlake Road, Hephzibah, GA 30815. Transportation of goods.

AhmetAndersin Inc., 27-29 St. James Blvd., Springfield, MA 01104. Ahmet Citlak, 81 Bluebird Circle, Ludlow, MA 01056. Pizza and sandwich shop.

Changmu Corp., 1655 Boston Road, Springfield, MA 01129. Chang Ho Kim, same. Clothing retail.

Briefcase

By BusinessWest Staff October 8, 2013

Briefcase Departments

Baystate, UMass Memorial Sign Agreement to Explore Partnerships
SPRINGFIELD and WORCESTER — Baystate Health and UMass Memorial Health Care have signed a non-binding letter of intent to explore new collaborative opportunities between the two not-for-profit health systems. As national healthcare reform has brought an urgent imperative to transform the delivery and financing of healthcare, health systems and hospitals across the country are collaborating in innovative ways, finding new efficiencies and better care solutions by sharing clinical experience and intellectual resources. Baystate Health and UMass Memorial Health Care have much in common. Each has a mission of improving the quality, accessibility, and affordability of healthcare for patients and families in its community. The two organizations share many other characteristics: both serve communities with significant health needs and significant socioeconomic challenges underlying those needs. Both organizations have integrated systems of care including medical practices, community hospitals, and a major academic medical center. Both organizations receive national recognition not only for the quality of the care they provide, but also for their commitment to their communities. The new agreement builds on a long-existing relationship, as Baystate Health and UMass Memorial Health Care have a long history of mutual support on a number of efforts, including collaborations in pharmacy; healthcare quality, clinical practice, and policy; and infusion medicine. Each recognizes that they can learn even more from one another, work together more closely, and in doing so be more effective and efficient in keeping area communities healthy, rather than focusing mainly on treating disease or illness. Neither organization’s ownership, structure, governance, academic relationships and affiliations, or medical staffs will be affected by the letter of intent or any potential strategic collaboration, nor will they limit the ability of either party to pursue other strategic opportunities.

Leadership Pioneer Valley Announces Class of 2014
HOLYOKE — Leadership Pioneer Valley (LPV) officially kicked off the class of 39 emerging and established regional leaders at its recent Reach Beyond Opening Reception at Wistariahurst. The culturally and geographically diverse class of men and women from nonprofit, private, educational, and public organizations from Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties filled the reception with energy, enthusiasm, and commitment to the future of the Pioneer Valley. Leadership Pioneer Valley is addressing the critical need to build a diverse network of leaders who aspire to work together across traditional barriers to strengthen the region. The members of the new class will take part in a 10-month program of experiential learning that will take place at locations across the Valley. The experiential curriculum is specifically designed to help the participants refine their leadership skills, broaden connections, and develop a greater commitment to community trusteeship and cultural competency. The class of 2014 includes: Sherill Acevedo, Baystate Medical Practices; Jasmine Amegan, Westfield State University; Kerri Bohonowicz, Community Health Center of Franklin County; Amy Britt, Tapestry Health; Ronda Carter, Health New England; Christina Casiello, MassMutual; Jenny Catuogno, Gadreau Insurance; Tammy-Lynn Chace, Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce; Eliza Crescintini, Children’s Study Home;  Geoffrey Croteau, MassMutual Charter Oak Insurance & Financial Services; Cheryl Dukes, Town of Buckland; Nasheika Durham, YMCA of Greater Springfield; Andrew Fletcher, Holyoke Community College;  Kelsey Flynn, MassMutual; Valerie Francis, Health New England; Meghan Godorov, Mount Holyoke College;  Cynthia Gonzalez, Greenfield Cooperative Bank;  Richard Griffin, City of Springfield; Rachel Jones, Springfield Technical Community College; Kevin Jourdain, Sisters of Providence Health System; Diane LeBeau, Westfield State University; Yamilette Madho, Big Y Foods Inc.; Matthew Kullberg, WGBY; Rosemarie Marks-Paige, Health New England; L.A. McCrae, Three Sisters Consulting; Monique Meadows, self-employed; Josiah Neiderbach, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission; Lizzy Ortiz, City of Springfield Office of Housing; Beena Pandit, MassMutual; Laura Porter, Holyoke Health Center; Lee Pouliot, City of Chicopee; Jennifer Sanchez, Springfield Technical Community College; Isabel Serrazina, Springfield Housing Authority;  Nicole Skelly, United Bank;  Kyle Sullivan, John Glover Insurance; Colin Tansey, Specialty Bolt & Screw; Todd Weir, First Churches of Northampton; Christopher Whelan, Florence Savings Bank; and Jonencia Wood, Baystate Health.

Grant Helps Jobs Program Expand Opportunities
SPRINGFIELD — U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey recently announced that the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development has landed $11.67 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to boost employment opportunities and reduce recidivism for young men leaving the state’s juvenile justice system. The grant, awarded to the Massachusetts-based Roca program, aims to provide education and pre-vocational training to young people in the justice system to make them more employable and keep them from returning, as 67.5% do within six years of being released from custody. Warren and Markey said in a statement that the grant will aid the 535 young men between the ages of 16 and 22 in Springfield and Chelsea working on exiting the juvenile justice system by way of Roca. The program began in Eastern Mass. in 1988 and was brought to Springfield in 2010 thanks to a push by longtime Hampden County Sheriff Michael Ashe. As of July, the Springfield division of Roca had 85 participants, all high-school dropouts, whose past troubles with the law make it difficult if not impossible to get work. Program administrators say it costs $24,500 a year to put a young person through the Roca program, which includes their pay, although most payroll is paid directly by a participant’s employer. In contrast, it can cost more than $50,000 annually to imprison a person. “This grant is exciting news for Massachusetts. It will help strengthen the Commonwealth’s juvenile justice system by helping young men at risk for reincarceration build the skills they need to succeed,” Warren said in a statement. “This program is a great example of how the federal government can use innovative public-private partnerships to support critical social services in our communities.” Added Markey, “these funds will help keep young men and women in the workforce, out of detention facilities, and on a path towards success. If we can cut costs to society as we help form better members of society, that is an effort worth all of our support.”

Patrick Administration Announces 56 Grants for Massachusetts Farms
EAST TAUNTON — Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rick Sullivan recently awarded 56 grants to Massachusetts farmers to implement renewable-energy systems, improve energy efficiency on farms, and help farmers reduce or prevent negative impacts to natural resources from agricultural practices. “We are proud to support our local farmers in their efforts to ensure a sustainable future for their farms,” Sullivan said. “With each grant, we are creating opportunity for agriculture to stay rooted and grow in our communities. The Patrick administration is committed to reducing energy costs and improve efficiency, and we’re thankful to the Commonwealth’s farmers who are partnering with us in our progress toward a clean energy future.” Twenty-three grants from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources’ (DAR) Agricultural Energy Grant Program will fund projects to reduce energy consumption and increase renewable energy use at Massachusetts farms. The projects include photovoltaic systems for vegetable and orchard operations, variable-speed vacuum pumps for dairies, reverse-osmosis machines for maple-syrup operations, and shade screens for greenhouses. Thirty-three grants from DAR’s Agricultural Environmental Enhancement Program will fund projects like automated irrigations systems for cranberry operations, milkhouse wastewater treatment, manure storage areas, fencing, and pesticide storage. “These grant programs help farmers protect the state’s natural resources as well as our strong tradition of local agriculture,” said DAR Commissioner Greg Watson. “Implementing environmentally responsible and energy-efficient practices are imperative for farms across to the Commonwealth to remain family-owned resources for fresh, healthy, and delicious food.” Added Mark Silvia, Department of Energy Resources commissioner, “to achieve the Patrick administration’s ambitious goals for Massachusetts’ energy future, we must support clean-energy practices and reduced energy consumption in every sector of the Commonwealth. These grants will help Massachusetts farmers conserve energy and help their bottom line.” State Sen. Marc Pacheco, Senate chairman of the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, said he is “pleased to see the Commonwealth invest in projects that are positive for the local agricultural community and for our energy-efficiency efforts overall. These grants are a testament to the leadership that has earned Massachusetts its distinction as number-one in the country for energy efficiency.” Added state Rep. Anne Gobi, the committee’s House chair, “These grants are important to the viability of farming and agriculture in our Commonwealth and are just one more example of the continued commitment to Massachusetts farmers.”

Community Colleges Win Grant Funding
BOSTON — Springfield Technical Community College has received a $122,099 state grant to develop strategies for improving the academic performance of Hispanic students, while community colleges in Greenfield, Holyoke, and Pittsfield will share in a $239,334 grant to improve learning in science, technology and math. The money for the two-year Springfield college was among $7.5 million in competitive grants awarded by the state Department of Higher Education to encourage innovation and improve graduation rates and other aspects of student performance at the state’s 29 community colleges and universities. The $122,099 grant, which will be spread over three years, will allow for the hiring of a project coordinator and a part-time English- and Spanish-speaking academic adviser. The grant program calls for creation of focus groups as part of an in-depth study of Latino students to identify how current initiatives can be revised or new ones put into effect to ensure Latino academic success, especially among Latino males. The $239,334 grant to be shared among Berkshire Community College, Greenfield Community College, Holyoke Community College, and the four-year Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, calls for the colleges to work with regional schools to improve interest in science, technology, engineering, and math.

People On The Move

By BusinessWest Staff October 8, 2013

Departments People on the Move

Kenneth Albano, a shareholder and a member of the Corporate, Finance, and Healthcare departments for the Springfield-based Bacon Wilson, P.C. was recently elected Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Western Mass. Division of the March of Dimes. Albano is a member of the Mass. Municipal Law Assoc., and currently serves as Town Counsel to the communities of Monson, Southwick, and Holland. Albano earned his BA from Providence College and his JD from Western New England University School of Law.
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Jean Deliso

Jean Deliso, Principal of Deliso Financial Services, has been elected a member of the 2013 Chairman’s Council of New York Life Insurance Co. Members of the elite Chairman’s Council rank in the top 3% of New York Life’s sales force among more than 12,250 licensed agents. A New York Life agent since 1995, Deliso is an associate with the Connecticut Valley General Office in Windsor, Conn. She is chairman of New York Life’s Agents Advisory Council and is a consistent qualifying member of the Million Dollar Round Table and currently a 2013 Court of the Table Member. Deliso currently serves on many boards in her community, including the Pioneer Valley AAA Auto Club, Pioneer Valley Refrigerated Warehouse, and the Community Music School of Springfield.
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Keith Minoff

Keith Minoff has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 20th edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the practice areas of commercial litigation and corporate law. Minoff is a trial attorney specializing in business and employment litigation and has been in practice for more than 25 years.
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David McBride

Erica Flores

Skoler, Abbott & Presser, P.C. recently announced the addition of two new associates, David McBride and Erica Flores. Flores joined Skoler Abbott after relocating to Mass. from Pennsylvania, where she was an associate at the office of Morgan Lewis. She is a 2005 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and received her BS from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 2001. In addition to her litigation practice, Flores regularly advises clients with respect to day-to-day employment issues, including decisions regarding adverse employment actions and litigation avoidance. From 2005 to 2006, she served as a clerk to the Russell Nigro, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Flores is a member of the American Bar Assoc. and the Pennsylvania Bar Assoc. McBride is a 2013 graduate from the Cornell Law School and received his BA in Economics from the University of Notre Dame in 2008. His practice is concentrated in labor law and employment litigation. His experience includes work on labor and employment-law issues, including employer compliance with federal laws at a major labor union in New York.

Agenda

By BusinessWest Staff October 8, 2013

Agenda Departments

Wicked in Pink Motorcycle Ride
Oct. 13: The Wicked In Pink Run, a motorcycle event created by Bob Kaine Alves, a local motorcycle magazine and shop owner who recently fought his own battle with cancer, will raise much-needed funds for the Sr. Caritas Cancer Center Patient Services Fund at Mercy Medical Center. The event will also show support for all those battling cancer, cancer survivors, their caregivers, family, and friends. Registration for the run will begin at 9:30 a.m. at Harley-Davidson of Southampton. Participants will leave at noon from the dealership and end at the outdoor pavilion at Summit View Banquet & Meeting House in Holyoke, where there will be food and entertainment. Tickets cost $20 per person. Kaine Alves, owner of Throttle Rocker magazine, recently battled cancer of the head and neck and made it his mission to pay forward the compassionate treatment he received from the staff of the Sr. Caritas Cancer Center. All riders are encouraged to wear pink, whether it be hats, wigs, shirts, or shoes — creativity is appreciated. Sponsors include Throttle Rocker magazine, Haymond Law, American Medical Response, Harley-Davidson of Southampton, Allen Media Inc., 94.7 WMAS, FSC Insurance Agency, and Bertera Fiat West Springfield. For more information, visit www.wickedinpinkrun.com or www.facebook.com/wickedinpinkrun.

Rays of Hope Walk
Oct. 20: When this year’s 20th annual Rays of Hope – A Walk Toward the Cure of Breast Cancer steps off, it will be a celebration of two decades of women, men, and children walking together to fight breast cancer. Since its inception in Springfield in 1994 by Lucy Giuggio Carvalho, Rays of Hope, the most successful fund-raising walk and run in Western Mass. for breast cancer, has grown from 500 participants raising $50,000 to some 22,000 walkers and runners in an expanded event that includes a second walk in Greenfield, as well as this year’s 4th annual Run Toward the Cure 8K in Springfield. As in past years, the Springfield walk with some 600 teams — who may choose either a two- or five-mile route — and run begin at Temple Beth El on Dickinson Street, where registration is set for 9 a.m. The Springfield walk steps off at 10:30 a.m., preceded at 10:15 a.m. by the 8K run. The walk in Greenfield — either a two- or three-mile route — begins at Energy Park on Miles Street at noon, with registration at 10 a.m. All monies raised through Rays of Hope — more than $11 million since 1994 — remain local and are administered by the Baystate Health Foundation. Those who want to support the Rays of Hope but are unable to walk due to other commitments can participate in the 10,000 Steps Toward a Cure program. Participants receive a pedometer to keep track of their steps throughout the month of October, while raising donations similar to other walkers. This year’s Rays of Hope major sponsors are Health New England, Gale Toyota, Balise, Baystate Breast & Wellness Center, Baystate Breast Specialists, Chicopee Savings Charitable Foundation, Doctors Express, Kinsley Power Systems, Lia Auto Group, Radiology & Imaging, and Zasco Productions. A listing of all sponsors can be found on the Rays of Hope website. For more information on the event, call (413) 794-8001 or visit www.baystatehealth.org/raysofhope, where walk or run participants may also register online.

Art in the Orchard
Through October: Park Hill Orchard, at 82 Park Hill Road, Easthampton, will play host to 22 sculptures by 22 artists through Oct. 31. Art in the Orchard 2013 is a multifaceted sculpture exhibition and festival taking place on the grounds of a working apple orchard. The core project is a sculpture trail showcasing three-dimensional outdoor works and installations created by local and regional artists. Additional events (such as music, moonlight walks, dances, and school field trips) will be programmed on most weekends. See parkhillorchard.com/art for more information on the artists, their works, and an event schedule. Art in the Orchard is building on the success of the first exhibition in 2011, which came to existence thanks to the desire of Park Hill Orchard owners Alane Hartley and Russell Braen to have their farm play an active part in the local cultural economy, and a dream of Easthampton gallery owner Jean-Pierre Pasche to recreate an outdoor sculpture exhibit like the one set in meadows near his hometown in Switzerland. The success of the 2011 event exceeded expectations, with thousands of visitors discovering the sculpture trail and Park Hill over the 10-week period, many returning more than once. This achievement was recognized by the Mass. Cultural Council, which awarded Art in the Orchard one of its three annual Gold Star Awards, out of more than 5,000 projects funded annually by local cultural councils statewide.

Western Mass. Business Expo 2013
Nov. 6: Planning is underway for the Western Mass. Business Expo 2013, a day-long business-to-business event to take place at the MassMutual Center in downtown Springfield. This fall’s show, the third edition of the Expo, which is again being produced by BusinessWest, will feature more than 100 exhibitors, seminars on timely issues of the day, special Show Floor Theater presentations, breakfast and lunch programs, and the wrap-up Expo social, which has become a not-to-be-missed networking event. The breakfast speakers will be Jim Koch, founder of Samuel Adams, the lunch speaker will be author, activist, and marathon runner Kathrine Switzer. Other details about specific programming will be printed in upcoming editions of BusinessWest and can also be seen online at www.wmbexpo.com or www.businesswest.com. For more information on the event or to reserve booth space, call (413) 781-8600, ext. 100.

Chamber Corners: Upcoming Events

By BusinessWest Staff October 8, 2013

Chamber Corners Departments

ACCGS
www.myonlinechamber.com
(413) 787-1555

Oct. 9: Lunch ‘n’ Learn, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., at One Financial Plaza Community Room, 1350 Main St., Springfield. The program, “Birds Tweet, but Should You? Is Social Media Right for Your Business?” will discuss strategies behind using social media, determining your return on investment and tips on how to best deploy social media to your advantage. Reservations are $20 for members, $30 for general admission, and includes networking time and a boxed lunch. Reservations may be made online at www.myonlinechamber.com or by calling Cecile Larose at (413) 755-1313.

Oct. 24: A Chocolate Affair, 6-9 p.m., at Chez Josef in Agawam. Indulge yourself in chocolate, shopping, and networking. Presented by the Professional Women’s Chamber, an affiliate of the ACCGS. Exhibitor space is $70. Reservations to attend are $40. Reservations may be made online at www.myonlinechamber.com or by calling Cecile Larose at (413) 755-1313.

Oct. 25: Super 60, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at Chez Josef in Agawam. Celebrate the region’s top-performing companies. Now, in its 24th year, this awards program celebrates the success of the fastest-growing privately owned businesses in the region that continue to make significant contributions to the strength of the regional economy. Presented by Health New England with support from Hampden Bank, Sullivan Hayes & Quinn, the Republican, and WWLP-TV 22. Reservations are $50 for members, $70 for general admission. Reservations may be made online at www.myonlinechamber.com or by contacting Cecile Larose at (413) 755-1313.

AMHERST AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.amherstarea.com
(413) 253-0700

Oct. 18: Legislative Breakfast, 7:15-9 a.m., at the Lord Jeffery Inn. Sponsored by Western Massachusetts Electric Co. Admission: $15 for members, $20 for non-members.

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

Oct. 8: Mayoral Forum, 6 p.m., Eastworks Meeting Space, Suite 160, 116 Pleasant St., Easthampton. Learn about the Easthampton mayoral candidates’ views on business and their plans for the future of Easthampton. Free and open to the public.

Oct. 10: Networking by Night Business Card Exchange, 5-7 p.m. Hosted and sponsored by Cernak Buick, 102 Northampton St., Easthampton. Hors d’ouevres, beer, and wine available. Door prizes. Tickets: $5 for members, $15 for future members.

Oct. 15: GRIST — Get Real Individual Support Today, 9-10 a.m. at the Greater Easthampton Chamber of Commerce, 33 Union St., Easthampton. The GRIST group is a free member benefit, an ongoing small group of folks who meet regularly to share ideas and get advice on the daily challenges of running a successful business. RSVP to group leaders Derek Allard at [email protected] or (413) 282-9957, or Fran Fahey at [email protected] or (413) 529-1189. Free to chamber members and future members.

Oct. 21: Celebrity Bartenders Night, 6-9 p.m., at Opa-Opa Steakhouse & Brewery, 169 College Highway, Southampton. Join us for a night of fun with local celebrities mixing drinks. Tips benefit the chamber’s holiday lighting fund. Raffles and more fun. Admission: free.

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

Oct. 9: Autumn Business Breakfast, 7:30-9 a.m., at the Log Cabin. Sponsored by the Republican and Holyoke Medical Center. Recognizing new members, business milestones, and networking breakfast meeting. Cost: members, $22 in advance, $28 at the door. Call the chamber at (413) 534-3376 to sign up.
Oct. 16: Chamber After Hours, 5-7 p.m., at the Center for Health Education, 404 Jarvis Ave., Holyoke (former Grynn & Barrett Studios). Business networking event to take place at HCC’s newest education facility. Networking, 50/50 raffle, and door prizes. Cost: $10 for members, $15 for the public. Call the chamber at (413) 534-3376 to sign up.

Oct. 22: Social Media with Constant Contact Workshop, 8:30-10:30 a.m., at the Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce, Executive Conference Room, 177 High St., Holyoke. Sponsored by PeoplesBank and the Republican. This information-packed seminar offers a basic review of the essential strategies and best practices a business or organization should understand to successfully get started with social-media marketing. Admission is free. Brought to you by Constant Contact. For reservations, call the chamber office at (413) 534-3376.

Oct. 30: Manufacturing Breakfast, 7:30-9:30 a.m., at the Wherehouse, 109 Lyman St., Holyoke. For reservations, call the chamber office at (413) 534-3376.

MASSACHUSETTS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.massachusettschambersofcommerce.com
(413) 525-2506

Nov. 12: Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon, 9 a.m. registration, at the DoubleTree, Westborough. For more information on ticket sales and sponsorship opportunities, call the chamber office at (413) 525-2506 or e-mail [email protected].

GREATER NORTHAMPTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.explorenorthampton.com
(413) 584-1900

Oct. 8: Business to Customer Marketing Workshop: “On-the-spot Marketing Tips for Increasing Foot Traffic,” 1-3 p.m. Hosted and sponsored by the Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce. Presented by the Creative Marketing Group. The Creative Marketing Group will meet with you and your fellow retail business owners and managers at our conference-room table, listen to your marketing and communications concerns, and help you brainstorm practical, professional solutions on the spot. Learn more about how to strategize, advertise, brand, and promote your business, reach the media, and maximize your message in person, in print, and online. Cost: free, but pre-registration is required, and space is limited. To register, contact Esther at [email protected]

Oct. 22: Business to Business Marketing Workshop, 3:30-5 p.m., at the Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce. Cost: free, but pre-registration is required, and space is limited. To register, contact Esther at [email protected].

Nov. 6: Arrive@5 Chamber Networking Event, 5-7 p.m. Hosted by the World War II Club. Sponsors: Homeward Vets. Catered by Big Kats Catering. The chamber will be collecting donations for Homeward Vets. A list of needed donations will be posted on its website. Cost: $10 for members, $15 for non-members. RSVP to Esther at [email protected].

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

Oct. 10: West Springfield Mayoral Debate, 6-8 p.m., at West Springfield City Hall. Event is open to the public and free for both members and non-members. For more information, contact the chamber office at (413) 426-3880 or e-mail [email protected].

Oct. 17: Business with Bacon, 7-9 a.m., at Crestview Country Club. Speaker: Gaming Commissioner Bruce Stebbins. Cost: $25 for chamber members, $30 for non-members. For more information, contact the chamber office at (413) 426-3880, or e-mail [email protected].

Oct. 23: Business to Business Expo, hosted by the West of the River Chamber, the North Central CT Chamber, the Bradley Regional Chamber, and the East Windsor Chamber, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Hosted by Holiday Inn, Enfield. Cost: $100 for a six-foot table if you are a member of any chamber and pay in full by Sept. 27, or $150 for a six-foot table if you are not a member of any chamber or do not pay in full by Sept. 27. For more information, contact the chamber office at (413) 426-3880, or email [email protected].

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

Oct. 9: October WestNet Connection, 5-7 p.m., at East Mountain Country Club, 1458 East Mountain Road, Westfield. An evening of networking; don’t forget your business cards. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. Walk-ins are welcome. Tickets: $10 for members, $15 cash for non-members. To register, call Pam Bussell at the chamber office at (413) 568-1618, or e-mail [email protected].

Court Dockets

By BusinessWest Staff October 8, 2013

Court Dockets Departments

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

CHICOPEE DISTRICT COURT
Diane Bynum v. Metro Auto Sales, d/b/a Metro Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram
Allegation: Deceptive and unfair practices: $24,000
Filed: 8/20/13

FRANKLIN SUPERIOR COURT
Eliza Greene Smith v. Farm Table Inc. and Brent Menke
Allegation: Plaintiff seeks restitution for full share of proceeds from tips earned: $25,000+
Filed: 8/2/13

Vermont Mutual Insurance Co., as subrogee of Derek Berkquist v. Frigidaire, Inc.
Allegation: Subrogation action where a defective water valve in a new washing machine caused substantial property damage: $40,635.26
Filed: 7/11/13

GREENFIELD DISTRICT COURT
Freedom Credit Union v. Woods and Lawns Inc. and William A. Woods
Allegation: Default on promissory note: $9,712.74
Filed: 8/16/13

HAMPDEN SUPERIOR COURT
Absolute Construction, LLC v. G.M. Crisalli & Associates, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and W/S Westfield Properties Inc.
Allegation: Construction claim and mechanics lien: $221,548.80
Filed: 9/12/13

Batesville Casket Co. Inc. v. Robert E. Cusack Funeral Home Inc.
Allegation: Breach of contract and failure to pay on promissory note: $24,530.95
Filed: 8/22/13

Connecticut Pie Inc. v. Connecticut Packaging Inc.
Allegation: Breach of contract by providing plaintiff with defective product: $750,000
Filed: 8/27/13

Cypress Financial Recoveries, LLC, as subrogee of Wells Fargo Bank v. Watson Building/Remodeling and Prescott Watson
Allegation: Breach of credit agreement: $32,544.78
Filed: 7/22/13

People’s United Bank v. Connecticut Valley Block Co. Inc., James L. Delgrego, and Hubert White
Allegation: Failure to pay promissory note: $451,638.76
Filed: 8/6/13

Rebecca Budd v. Mary Kay Cosmetics
Allegation: Plaintiff seeks relief for injuries sustained while using a defective product: $105,000
Filed: 9/13/13

SPRINGFIELD DISTRICT COURT
Beacon Sales Co. v. TLC Exterior, LLC and Thomas J. Leonard
Allegation: Non-payment of goods sold and delivered: $5,492.92
Filed: 8/1/13

Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. New England Plumbing & Heating Inc.
Allegation: Non-payment of workers’ compensation policy: $8,540.34
Filed: 8/27/13

Universal Recycling Technologies, LLC v. Marc A. Brown, d/b/a Total Tech Recycling Co.
Allegation: Non-payment of services rendered, unjust enrichment, and account annexed: $17,085.25
Filed: 8/27/13

WESTFIELD DISTRICT COURT
HIBU Inc. f/k/a Yellow Book Sales and Distribution Inc. v. Gold Star Restorations Inc.
Allegation: Money due for previous judgment: $66,789.46
Filed: 8/12/13

Company Notebook

By BusinessWest Staff September 24, 2013

Company Notebook Departments

STCC, HCC Sign Articulation Agreement
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) and Holyoke Community College (HCC) signed an articulation agreement Aug. 26 that will benefit students transferring from HCC’s medical billing certificate program to STCC’s medical coding and billing specialist associate degree program. Under the agreement, credits completed in HCC’s medical billing certificate program will transfer to STCC’s program, allowing students who may have initially decided to complete the certificate program to transfer seamlessly to a degree program. According to Leona Ittleman, dean of STCC’s School of Business and Information Technologies, both STCC and HCC have offered certificate programs in the medical billing and coding disciplines for nearly 30 years. However, Ittleman said the degree program at STCC was implemented nearly 10 years ago to address increasing national standards as well as local employer needs with more comprehensive knowledge of anatomy and physiology, human disease, and pharmacology, as well as computer technology. “This agreement allows both STCC and HCC to maximize limited resources while satisfying both student and employer needs,” she explained. This new agreement is just one of several joint initiatives the two community colleges have undertaken in recent years, including Training & Workforce Options (TWO), which provides training alternatives to area employers at both STCC and HCC.
“I’m excited to work with our colleagues at STCC to provide HCC students multiple pathways into jobs in a growing industry,” said HCC Vice President of Academic Affairs Matthew Reed.

Editorial

By BusinessWest Staff September 24, 2013

Opinion

And Then, There Were Two

Voters in West Springfield sent a loud, clear message on Sept. 10.
Not only did they become the first residents of a community to defeat a casino at a public referendum under the state’s casino law, they did so convincingly, with 55% of those who went to the polls saying ‘no’ to Hard Rock’s proposal to create a casino at the site of the Big E.
This outcome, and especially the margin of the defeat, was a surprise to many, but in hindsight, perhaps it should not have been. While West Springfield is not an affluent community, it does have more affluent neighborhoods than Springfield — and they are, by and large, less prone to support gaming facilities. Meanwhile, this community has displayed its resistance to change before, especially when it comes to traffic and convenience issues; it took several attempts to win support for a proposal to extend the Big E to its current 17 days.
Perhaps the defeat can be summed up best by one of the leaders of the opposition — Nathan Beech — who told the press that he believed the vote showed that the city simply never believed that it needed Hard Rock, the $18 million it pledged to give the community annually, and the thousands of jobs it would create.
Time will probably tell if the voters were right — those jobs will go somewhere in Western Mass., and perhaps just over the Memorial Bridge — but the West Springfield vote showed the merits of the casino legislation passed nearly two years ago. That measure gave individual communities the right to control what goes on within their borders, at least, and the voters in West Springfield took full advantage of that caveat.
And while we won’t back off our general philosophy when it comes to casinos — that, if someone wants to spend $800 million in your community, you let them — we’re inclined to think that the voters in West Side made the right decision.
Their vote means that the race for the Western Mass. casino license, which once featured four players and the possibility of others, is now down to two. Springfield endorsed MGM’s proposal to build a casino in the city’s South End early this past summer, and Palmer is set to vote on Nov. 5 on Mohegan’s Sun’s plans to build on a tract just off exit 8 of the Mass Pike; passage there is expected, and by a wide margin.
These are two communities where most residents do see a need for the dollars and jobs a casino would bring, and if Palmer votes as expected, it will set up an intriguing final chapter in the contest for the Western Mass. license.
Indeed, this will be a classic urban-versus-rural casino tussle that will give the members of the state’s Gaming Commission plenty to think about. Both proposals have merit, and, assuming all other things are equal, the commission will have to decide whether the best option for the Commonwealth is a casino in the middle of the state’s second-largest city — one that certainly needs an economic stimulus of some sort — or a more remote outpost that might better fit the term ‘resort casino.’
In the meantime, the West Springfield vote creates a stern challenge for the Big E, which considered a casino within its borders not only a tremendous revenue source that would ensure long-time economic survival, but a business partner of sorts, rather than a competitor potentially threatening its existence.
A casino in Palmer or, especially, one across the Connecticut River in Springfield, would certainly be considered the latter. So the focus must shift at the Big E, from being a landlord for a casino to somehow forging partnerships with the entity that wins the casino license to ensure the long-term viability of the Western Mass. landmark.
We hope they succeed in that mission because, while the Big E probably would not have been an effective location for a casino, in the minds of many, it remains a potent economic force in the region, and not just for those 17 days each fall when the fair dominates the landscape.

Incorporations

By BusinessWest Staff September 24, 2013

Departments Incorporations

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

CHICOPEE

Velcomm Corp., 176 Center St., Chicopee, MA 01013. Mustafa Serkan Sayici, 25 Rockview St., Palmer, MA 01069. Export medical supplies/auto parts; import furniture.

HOLYOKE

Prescription Drug Assistance Inc., 330 Whitney Ave., Suite 440, Holyoke, MA 01040. John Stocks, 55 Cedar Road, Longmeadow, MA 01106. Assist low-income people obtain prescription drugs.

LEVERETT

Teaching Hope Inc., 65 Camp Road, Leverett, MA 01054. Emma Ryan Thorup, same. Fund education in third-world countries.

LUDLOW

True East Landscapes Inc., 95 Massachusetts Ave., Ludlow, MA 01056. Dustin Taudal, same. Home services; landscaping.

SPRINGFIELD

The Brother’s Grocery Corporation, 314 Bay St., Springfield, MA 01109. Virginia Isabel Leonor, 131 Bloomfield St., Springfield, MA 01108. Grocery store.

The Harley Shokar Community Center, 108 Blaine St., Springfield, MA 01108. Eileen Mary Garrigan LMHC, same. Mental health services and education to individuals, families, adolescents and institutions.

Walnut Food Inc., 305 Walnut St., Springfield, MA 01105. Abdul Raja, same. Fast food restaurant.

WARE

Safe Guns – Healthy Lives Inc., 91 West Main St., Ware, MA 01082. Michael Weisser, 203 Packardville Road, Belchertown, MA 01007. Promote research and programs that will help health professionals lessen the hurt of gun violence.

WEST HATFIELD

Sarah’s Pet Services Inc., 12 Church Ave., West Hatfield, MA 01088. Sarah Schatz, same. Pet care services.

Editorial 2

By BusinessWest Staff September 24, 2013

Opinion

The Creative Economy Drives Growth

When Easthampton’s leaders designated Easthampton City Arts+ as an official municipal committee in 2011, it recognized the work ECA had already been doing for several years to leverage the considerable local arts culture and connect it to broader economic development.
And by ‘considerable,’ ECA’s coordinator, Burns Maxey, points to some 240 artists and creative businesses among the group’s membership — and says that number only scratches the surface. Before ECA, she said, “Easthampton had a lot of storefronts that didn’t have businesses in them. This was a potential economy they could tap into.”
Those efforts have borne considerable fruit (see story, page 15), as evidenced by thriving arts districts like Cottage Street and former mills like Eastworks, where creative individuals are having a considerable impact on the city’s economy — with benefits that spill over into businesses of all kinds. “It’s economic development,” she said, “but a creative way of looking at it.”
Easthampton isn’t alone. Holyoke recently created the job of ‘creative economy coordinator’ and hired Jeffrey Bianchine, a photographer who lives and works on Main Street, to fill it. His roles will include connecting the various artists and cultural activities in Holyoke, forging links among creative businesses, and using the presence of arts-related enterprises to boost economic development.
“The state’s number-one issue is business development, and that’s what we’re starting with,” Bianchine told BusinessWest earlier this year. “We want this to be the region’s hub for creative industries. Art is too small a term for what’s going on here. It’s about exporting product — intellectual product, cultural product.”
Meanwhile, Westfield is working to cultivate its creative economy in an organized way as well. “We’re in the infant stages of this,” said Kate Phelon, executive director of the Westfield Chamber of Commerce, recently. “We applied for a grant to take inventory of the creative economy in the city. That can drive economic development, and the chamber is happy to be a part of that.”
These cities can look to nearby Northampton for inspiration; just 30 years ago, that city was beset by empty storefronts downtown, but dramatically transformed itself into an arts, retail, and dining destination that sent property values soaring, boosted economic development, and branded the city as a cultural mecca.
In this issue, BusinessWest delves into what municipal and business leaders often call the ‘creative economy,’ with an indepth look at what is happening in Easthampton, as well as a virtual tour of Indian Orchard Mills, a 12-building complex in Springfield that’s bustling with an eclectic mix of businesses, including more than 50 artists.
Cities recognize that success stories like Indian Orchard Mills, Eastworks, and Holyoke’s Open Square complex don’t have to be — and shouldn’t be — standalone success stories, but integral weaves in the overall tapestry of development. The actions of officials in Easthampton, Holyoke, Westfield, and elsewhere clearly show that they’re taking the potential of the arts seriously — not just as a quality-of-life measure, but as a critical piece of the puzzle when it comes to building an economically thriving region.
Speaking of Easthampton, “the whole city has changed. The city has a different image, which attracts visitors, which attracts new businesses and even new residents,” said Jean-Pierre Pache, a local artist and business owner. “In 12 years, I’ve been able to witness a lot of changes. It was happening before I got here, and it’s still happening now, but there’s a lot of momentum now.”
Momentum. That’s not a word that was often used to describe the economy during the Great Recession and its aftermath, but it’s one increasingly associated with the growth potential of the arts — if city and business leaders choose to embrace it.

Doing Business as Certificates

By BusinessWest Staff September 24, 2013

DBA Certificates Departments

The following Business Certificates and Trade Names were issued or renewed during the month of and September 2013.

AGAWAM

Auto Consultants
11 Maynard St.
Peter Gallagher

Cassandra Murray
430 Main St.
Cassandra Murray

Rain or Shine Flyer Distribution
438 Springfield St.
Sean Navin

V.M. Double Power
16 Sycamore Terrace
Vitaliy Mokan

CHICOPEE

Basics Plus Mini Mart
190 East St.
Ahmad Amin

Computer Solutions
73 Park St.
Jerrard McCarthy

Prime Time Fitness & Nutrition
220 Fuller Road
Sergio Amaral

EASTHAMPTON

DWB Services
25 East Green St.
David Bouder Jr.

Happy Face Crochet
1 Mayher St.
Naomi Longo

Natural Vitality
123 Union St.
Lenore Anderson

Pad Printing Plates New England Inc.
1 Cottage St.
Michael Macleod

Sunny Avenue Arts Studio
150 Pleasant St.
JoAnne Lucia

HOLYOKE

ABC Sales & Service
621 South Canal St.
Robert J. Celi

American Eagle Outfitters
50 Holyoke St.
Scott Griffith

Dam Café
27 Myrtle Ave.
Michael E. McMahon III

Holyoke Nails
5 Cabot St.
Quyen Nguyen

Real China Restaurant
1529 Northampton St.
Zijian Yan

T’s Zone, LLC
50 Holyoke St.
Thomas Clarke

NORTHAMPTON

Barton’s Angels Inc.
144 Riverbrook Road
Nancy Whitley

GeoPilot Service
71 Federal St.
Scott Girard

Northampton Auto Wholesale Inc.
139 Damon Road
Luis Leyva

Northampton Psychotherapy
8 Crafts Ave.
Nicholas Boutros

The Mirage Group
16 Market St.
Gary Richardson

The Overlook Health Center
222 River Road
Mary Uschmann

The Town Bike
243 King St.
Taylor Gallerani

PALMER

Black Bay Ventures, LLC
22 Mount Dumplin Road
Robert Logan

Dark Star Emporium
1343 Main St.
Erich Becker

Firefighting Equipment
2146 Main St.
Alan Fauteux

Ganesha Institute
75 Griffin St.
Saskia Cote

Perfection Pools Unlimited
1826 Central St.
Mark Bouthier

Zourra Designs
2 Green St.
Farida Ellouizi

SOUTHWICK

First Step Therapy
11 Pearl Brook Road
Nancy Psholka

Oak Ridge Logging
48 Lakeview St.
Matthew Kurowski

SPRINGFIELD

Katie Pacheco
1523 Wilbraham Road
Katie Pacheco

Ken Martin HVAC
282 Main St.
Hugh K. Martin

Linguistics
32 Ashmun St.
Lydia Lopez

Luz Lopez Consulting
471 Dickinson St.
Luz Z. Lopez

Macy’s Retail Holdings
1655 Boston Road
Stephen O’Bryan

Main Connection
2670 Main St.
Jacqueline Alban

Michele Howe’s Trucking
174 Powell Ave.
Michele L. Howe

Midtown Barber & Styling
976 Main St.
Jesse Michael

MMY Convenience Inc.
295 Allen St.
Zeiad Zaitoun

Neveteg Graphic Solutions
580 St. James Ave.
Gary Beaudry

New Generation Environment
99 Mill St.
Hector Suarez

NN Realty
91 Aspen Road
Nga Nguyen

Pampered Tresses
63 Bretton Road
Erika M. Clarke

Phenomenal Looks
680 Sumner Ave.
Ysabel Santana

Preferred Domestics Clean
70 Shumway St.
Gloria J. Durant

Puerto Rico Bakery
2917 Main St.
Aida L. Rodriguez

Quo Solus
235 State St.
Joseph Valentine

RYS Family Fashion
2460 Main St.
Luis E. Liriano

RJ Majowicz Electrical
65 Main St.
Robert J. Majowicz

Shooting Star Dance Center
1196 Parker St.
Carol A. Boardway

Springer’s Oil, LLC
40 Wisteria St.
Samuel S. Springer

Springfield’s Finest
427 State St.
Angel L. Castillo

Sublime Plus Inc.
152 Belmont Ave.
Usman Malik

Sunshine Cleaning and All
49 Andrew St.
Latoya Smith

Tazmania Gym Boxing
279 Mill St.
Juan Melendez

Thai Multi-Services
133 Vermont St.
Duong N. Thai

Therapeutic Massage
59 Wexford St.
Beth A. Morin

TMB Consultants
24 Dorne St.
Thomas M. Belton

Tufts Insurance Company
1441 Main St.
Tufts Insurance Company

Vemma413
63 Connecticut Ave.
Brandon Henry

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Bay State Instrument Repair
248 Elm St.
Carl G. Ippolito

Cosmoprof
1053 Riverdale St.
Kara Gamache

Elegant Nail
634 Kings Highway
Lien T. Tran

Global Sports Unlimited
1434 Memorial Ave.
Sergey Adamayan

Graphic Printing Company
233 Western Ave.
Enfield Printing

Integrative Health & Wellness
1111 Elm St.
Kathleen Marle

J.H. Miller Framing
86 Elm St.
James P. Hutchinson

Jumpin Jax Rentals, LLC
79 Wayside Ave.
Jamzson Quist

Life Uniform
935 Riverdale St.
Healthcare Uniform

Martin’s Upholstery
811 Memorial Ave.
Martin A. Dean

Mike’s Auto Service
173 River St.
Michael W. Zabik

Parsons Sewing Connection
2005 Riverdale St.
Marlene P. Warren

Sweeney Associates
84 Cedar Woods Glen
Kathleen H. Sweeney

The Official Cuts Barber
715 Main St.
Gabriel Martinez

Bankruptcies

By BusinessWest Staff September 24, 2013

Bankruptcies Departments

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

Abysalh, Jason G.
Abysalh, Carrie E.
94 Fairview Park Road
Sturbridge, MA 01566
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/28/13

Arce, Elizabeth T.
34 Maple St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/23/13

Baribeau, Robert R.
25 Norma St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/26/13

Bourgeois, Florence Joan
281 Chauncey Walker St.
Lot 341
Belchertown, MA 01007
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/23/13

Colon, Luis R.
25 Warner St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/28/13

Corkum, Robert L.
82 Pequoig Ave.
Athol, MA 01331
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/29/13

Corriveau, Mary A.
73 Hendrick St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/27/13

Depson, Craig Francis
31 Albermarle Road
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/19/13

DiCarlo, Judith E.
40 Woods Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/23/13

DiPenta, Kimberly Ann
a/k/a Cormier, Kimberly Ann
PO Box 60083
Florence, MA 01062
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/28/13

Dobson, Robin A.
38 Hubbard Ave.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/27/13

Garrant, Buffie A.
38 Converse St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/26/13

Goodwin A/K/A Rodriguez, Carmen Delia
80 Pheasant Hill Dr.
Feeding Hills, MA 01030
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/20/13

Greenleaf, Kathleen M.
9 Lakewood Dr.
Lake Onota Village
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/27/13

Hamel, John J.
Hamel, Susan J.
201 West State St.
Granby, MA 01033
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/23/13

Harris, Eileen M.
236 Sunrise Terrace
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/30/13

Hartnett, Richard B.
199 Meadow St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/27/13

Jacobs, Angela J.
a/k/a Hall, Angela J.
234 Main St., Apt A
Monson, MA 01057
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/27/13

Josefiak, Deborah M.
110 Towne St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/23/13

Joubert, Jessica L.
10 Harwich Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/23/13

Keating, Wayne W.
Keating, Linda A.
a/k/a Barnard, Linda A.
184 North St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/28/13

Kibbie, Kimberley J.
a/k/a Pajak, Kimberley J.
a/k/a Wright, Kimberley J.
34 Hearthstone Terrace
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/23/13

Lariviere, Russell J.
19 Parkin St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/22/13

Lonczak, Daniel W.
Lonczak, Lisa M.
73 Bonneville Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/29/13

Lukasik Construction
Lukasik, Timothy R.
Lukasik, Melissa J.
a/k/a Richard, Melissa J.
12 Spence St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/26/13

Lynde-Williamson, Rebecca M.
a/k/a Rushford, Rebecca M.
a/k/a Tactuk, Rebecca M.
66 Montague City Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/27/13

Maciolek, Kevin R.
40 Conrad St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/26/13

Marcoux, Laura A.
162 Mallard Circle
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/23/13

Martineau, Jason G.
80 Irving St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/27/13

Marvici, Anthony D.
89 Kensington St.
Feeding Hills, MA 01030
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/22/13

McCarthy, Steven R.
McCarthy, Debra E.
a/k/a Soulier, Debra E.
1241 East St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/30/13

Mead, Brian J.
106 Plunkett St.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/29/13

Mleczko, Edward Joseph
Parks-Mleczko, Nancy Ellen
20 Walnut St.
Turners Falls, MA 01376
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/21/13

Monczka, Robert W.
Monczka, Faye L.
1545 East Mountain Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/18/13

Noyes, Eric R.
Noyes, Denise M.
65 Broz Terrace
Feeding Hills, MA 01030
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/27/13

Petroff, Suanne
73 Mill Village Road
South Deerfield, MA 01373
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/30/13

Pietras, Richard A.
53 Cabot St., Apt. 2B
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/23/13

Polite, Maurice
1281 Plumtree Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/27/13

R & S Service Enterprises
Family Asset Holdings, Inc.
Three S Realty Trust, LLC
The Brass Tap
Laurin, Richard R.
24 Roosevelt Ave., 3rd Fl.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/30/13

Reeves, Kelly L.
44 Larkspur St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/23/13

Rule Transportation
Rule, Thomas M.
Rule, Joan D.
a/k/a McCormick, Joan D.
5 Everett St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/21/13

Sanchez, Isidoro R.
Sanchez, Francisca A.
53 White St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/24/13

Sheremet, Lyubov
28 Worcester St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/22/13

Simons, Scott M.
Simons, Mary L.
1016 Fred Snow Road
Becket, MA 01223
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/27/13

Stark, Margaret J.
55 Kittredge Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/27/13

Steiner, Arnold F.
28 Chestnut St.
Turners Falls, MA 01376
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/28/13

Sulisz, Diane M.
73 Strong St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/28/13

Sullivan, Colleen A.
a/k/a Lippiello, Colleen A.
1471 Northampton St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/26/13

Szulc, Renata A.
20 Donlyn Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/28/13

Tatro, Josh R.
60 Willow Lane
Wales, MA 01081
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/22/13

Thibodeau, Edward
78 Oak St.
Indian Orchard, MA 01151
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/25/13

Walker, Charlene R.
2284 Main St.
Three Rivers, MA 01080
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/26/13

Warrington, Robert H.
Warrington, Margaret A.
44 Squier St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/20/13

Real Estate Transactions

By BusinessWest Staff September 24, 2013

Departments Real Estate

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

FRANKLIN COUNTY

ASHFIELD

646 Plainfield Road
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $183,000
Buyer: Robert Petrizzi
Seller: Richard B. Colby
Date: 08/22/13

228 Steady Lane
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Theodore Walls
Seller: Tammy L. Graves
Date: 08/23/13

1277 Williamsburg Road
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Deborah A. Reed
Seller: Anna J. MacNeish
Date: 08/23/13

BERNARDSTON

12 Bald Mountain Road
Bernardston, MA 01337
Amount: $218,900
Buyer: Steven S. Hean
Seller: Laurie Fox
Date: 08/12/13

32 Depot St.
Bernardston, MA 01337
Amount: $130,635
Buyer: Wells Fargo Bank TR
Seller: Dwight S. Barrows
Date: 08/22/13

BUCKLAND

29 Avery Road
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $181,000
Buyer: Lisa L. Rubeck
Seller: Linda M. Vight
Date: 08/22/13

27 School St.
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $195,500
Buyer: Seth Wynne
Seller: Dale R. Macleod
Date: 08/21/13

CHARLEMONT

399 Legate Hill Road
Charlemont, MA 01339
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Carrie H. Ferretti
Seller: Lori A. Shulda-Merrigan
Date: 08/19/13

DEERFIELD

14 King Philip Ave.
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $370,000
Buyer: Tatiana A. Goclowski
Date: 08/23/13

ERVING

34 Prospect St.
Erving, MA 01344
Amount: $186,000
Buyer: Scott D. Nicholas
Seller: Eric A. Johnson
Date: 08/23/13

GREENFIELD

740 Bernardston Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $395,000
Buyer: Mary P. Watson
Seller: Elliottr Smolensky
Date: 08/19/13

879 Bernardston Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: Aaron E. Maxam
Seller: Elise A. Rice IRT
Date: 08/13/13

9 Grinnell St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Mary M. McManus
Seller: Mary M. McManus
Date: 08/14/13

72 Harrison Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Charles Herbert
Seller: Bunker IRT
Date: 08/14/13

109 High St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $234,500
Buyer: Marjorie D. Sobil
Seller: Jay E. Karetnick
Date: 08/23/13

Lampblack Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $119,000
Buyer: James R. Schramel
Seller: Donna R. Proven
Date: 08/23/13

41 Old Albany Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Steven P. Koblinski
Seller: Judith C. Anderson
Date: 08/16/13

LEYDEN

780 Greenfield Road
Leyden, MA 01301
Amount: $305,000
Buyer: Paul R. Fleischman RET
Seller: Mary A. Blackstone
Date: 08/19/13

MONTAGUE

7 Highland Circle
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $189,000
Buyer: Heidi M. Graves
Seller: Louise E. Traceski
Date: 08/12/13

75 Millers Falls Road
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Karen White
Seller: Michael A. Sevene
Date: 08/16/13

56 Turners Falls Road
Montague, MA 01301
Amount: $198,000
Buyer: Bryan T. Niedbala
Seller: Alfred M. Broga
Date: 08/16/13

NORTHFIELD

225 Main St.
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: HL Investments LLC
Seller: Northfield Mt. Hermon School
Date: 08/15/13

276 Old Wendell Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $228,000
Buyer: Julia A. Blyth
Seller: Pamela J. Veith
Date: 08/12/13

SHUTESBURY

366 Leverett Road
Shutesbury, MA 01072
Amount: $182,000
Buyer: Elizabeth A. Loving
Seller: Diane Jacoby
Date: 08/14/13

SUNDERLAND

124 North Silver Lane
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Sean G. McCallen
Seller: R. B. Trainor
Date: 08/19/13

232 Russell St.
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $285,500
Buyer: Krisha J. Gile
Seller: Larry D. Honeyman
Date: 08/16/13

WHATELY

122 Christian Lane
Whately, MA 01093
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Katelyn Hallowell
Seller: Karen R. Milch
Date: 08/16/13

251 Long Plain Road
Whately, MA 01093
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Heidi L. Canalizo
Seller: Neil D. Stairmand
Date: 08/16/13

HAMPDEN COUNTY

AGAWAM

49 Barney St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $232,000
Buyer: Christopher Malloy
Seller: Kevin Malloy
Date: 08/16/13

597 Barry St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $232,000
Buyer: Scott R. Pospolita
Date: 08/13/13

60 Beverly Lane
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Richard J. Gamelli
Seller: Raymond E. Berthiaume
Date: 08/15/13

11 Bradford Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $199,900
Buyer: Darren Morace
Seller: Kevin J. Gaffney
Date: 08/16/13

80 Burlington Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $515,000
Buyer: Shaun M. Dwyer
Seller: Ivan Siryk
Date: 08/16/13

13 Campbell Dr.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $167,500
Buyer: Patrick S. O’Hare
Seller: Robert Dyl
Date: 08/16/13

31 Cedar Knoll Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $369,000
Buyer: Michael J. Hutchinson
Seller: Alan L. Ferrigno
Date: 08/19/13

39 Chapin St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Buyer: Greg J. Hammerle
Seller: Christopher M. Izzo
Date: 08/23/13

47 Elm St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $167,000
Buyer: Geraldo V. Perez
Seller: Janice E. Reynolds
Date: 08/19/13

107 Fairview St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Andrea J. Fusick
Seller: Michael G. Fusick
Date: 08/15/13

76 Katherine Dr.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $305,000
Buyer: Marcos Ramirez
Seller: Kevin T. O’Keefe
Date: 08/19/13

132 Liberty St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Danny M. Marsili
Seller: Desiree Gribi
Date: 08/12/13

20 Marlene Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $281,000
Buyer: Pamela Camerlin
Seller: Thomas P. Reilly
Date: 08/14/13

214 Maynard St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $329,000
Buyer: Daniel J. Dangelo
Seller: Steven E. Rovithis
Date: 08/21/13

739 Mill St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Jackuline Robinson
Seller: Mary E. Rosati
Date: 08/22/13

30 Pembroke Lane
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $390,000
Buyer: Santino U. Valentino
Seller: Kenneth J. Askins
Date: 08/15/13

44 Riverview Ave.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Stanislav Gvinter
Seller: Langone Realty Corp.
Date: 08/12/13

BLANDFORD

4 Beulah Land Road
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: John C. Zalot
Seller: Stephen C. Poteat
Date: 08/16/13

166 Chester Road
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Marjorie C. McNeill
Seller: Melanie Curran
Date: 08/15/13

Crooks Road
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Donna M. Gamble
Seller: Donna M. Gamble
Date: 08/20/13

CHESTER

9 Lynes Road
Chester, MA 01011
Amount: $272,000
Buyer: Jerry L. Paquette
Seller: Kenneth R. Tessier
Date: 08/23/13

CHICOPEE

31 Alvord Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $157,000
Buyer: Edythe M. Ambroz
Seller: Lisa M. Labrie
Date: 08/15/13

44 Alvord Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $146,000
Buyer: Wells Fargo Bank
Seller: David J. Fitz
Date: 08/19/13

54 Cambridge St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Ivan Litvac
Seller: Cabott Realty LLC
Date: 08/16/13

147 Grape St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: College Of Our Lady of the Elms
Seller: River Valley Counseling
Date: 08/20/13

1213 Grattan St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $168,000
Buyer: Nathan H. Leitl
Seller: Richard Lavallee
Date: 08/20/13

37 Hajec Circle
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $183,000
Buyer: Roman Catholic Bishop Of Springfield
Seller: Lucy I. Klaus
Date: 08/12/13

37 Harrington Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $139,900
Buyer: Brandon A. Staszko
Seller: Joyce A. Provoda
Date: 08/20/13

393 Irene St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $162,000
Buyer: Grazyna Pielecha
Seller: Larry E. Harris
Date: 08/20/13

402 Irene St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Laura E. Lanier
Seller: Irving I. Farber
Date: 08/23/13

193 Loomis Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $179,000
Buyer: Jennifer L. Fortuna
Seller: Thomas J. Maciolek
Date: 08/14/13

151 Mayflower Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Raymond P. Authier
Seller: Premier Home Builders Inc.
Date: 08/13/13

913 McKinstry Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $166,500
Buyer: Aaliyah Harris
Seller: Kenneth C. Boutin
Date: 08/21/13

186 Murphy Lane
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: Timothy E. Coyle
Seller: Janice B. Bridgman
Date: 08/15/13

469 Oldfield Road
Amount: $122,500
Buyer: Mayte L. Davila
Seller: Robert M. Hastings
Date: 08/13/13

66 Paradise St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $148,000
Buyer: Diane M. Borek
Seller: Richard P. Goncalves
Date: 08/20/13

125 Ruskin St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $224,600
Buyer: Wheeler RET
Seller: First Central Baptist Church
Date: 08/15/13

29 Sherbrooke St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $117,000
Buyer: Luke A. Donahue
Seller: Virginia J. Stasiowski
Date: 08/15/13

1 Tanglewood St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $144,800
Buyer: Jeremy Lambert
Seller: Joseph A. Brosseau
Date: 08/23/13

201 Woodcrest Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Brian Fernandez
Seller: Robert Shattuck
Date: 08/23/13

EAST LONGMEADOW

12 Canterbury Circle
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $362,000
Buyer: Ryan P. Lynch
Seller: Ian Dalton
Date: 08/14/13

Capri Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $139,900
Buyer: Kent Pecoy & Sons Construction
Seller: Bella Vista Land Holdings
Date: 08/12/13

183 Mapleshade Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Steve Marangoudakis
Seller: Donald K. Fricchione
Date: 08/16/13

251 Mapleshade Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $217,000
Buyer: Christopher J. McMahon
Seller: William T. Carabine
Date: 08/22/13

51 Pilgrim Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Christopher M. Gates
Seller: Huan Vanhuynh
Date: 08/22/13

321 Porter Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $146,000
Buyer: Aimee C. Bihler
Seller: Bianca P. Norton
Date: 08/12/13

76 Redin Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Stephen M. Extine
Seller: Carol A. Stone
Date: 08/14/13

22 Rogers Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Marcy C. Racicot
Seller: Mary L. Haley
Date: 08/12/13

HOLLAND

3 Pine Tree Dr.
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $264,000
Buyer: Douglas C. Curving
Seller: Dianne B. Snieder
Date: 08/13/13

HOLYOKE

29 Magnolia Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $159,000
Buyer: Kenneth A. Voorhees
Seller: Agnes M. Connell
Date: 08/21/13

19 Raymond Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $127,900
Buyer: Michael R. Patenaude
Seller: Florence Savings Bank
Date: 08/23/13

35 Richard Eger Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Eric S. Wood
Seller: Coarnelius R. Dreger
Date: 08/16/13

25 Shawmut Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $500,000
Buyer: Donald Pelletier
Seller: Desrosiers, Leona G., (Estate)
Date: 08/22/13

30 Sunset Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Gerald Connell
Seller: Aldona Cebulak
Date: 08/21/13

LONGMEADOW

939 Converse St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Jeffrey Kuselias
Seller: Louis J. Concotilli
Date: 08/21/13

99 Deepwoods Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $370,000
Buyer: Rick G. Cianfaglione
Seller: E. P. Wagner
Date: 08/22/13

65 Forest Glen Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $396,250
Buyer: Hans J. Vonnahme
Seller: Todd E. Butler
Date: 08/16/13

144 Franklin Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $258,000
Buyer: Timber Development LLC
Seller: S. W. Goddard
Date: 08/22/13

120 Greenacre Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Lindsay B. Burns-Maloni
Seller: Rich G. Cianfaglione
Date: 08/22/13

1656 Longmeadow St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Anthony E. English
Seller: Mary A. Downey
Date: 08/15/13

17 Merriweather Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: Joseph L. Fontaine
Seller: Neil J. Maloney
Date: 08/23/13

157 Pleasantview Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $367,500
Buyer: Patricia A. Clark
Seller: Glenn S. Anderson
Date: 08/12/13

58 Shady Side Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $399,000
Buyer: Kim D. Tanzer
Seller: Michael A. Zwirko
Date: 08/21/13

LUDLOW

776 Alden St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $237,000
Buyer: William B. Crawford
Seller: Shawn D. Asselin
Date: 08/14/13

37 Bristol St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $131,500
Buyer: Stephen Sarrasin
Seller: Acasio Almeida
Date: 08/15/13

597 Chapin St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $357,000
Buyer: Joao A. Dias
Seller: John E. Ryan
Date: 08/14/13

25 Dale St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $232,000
Buyer: Brian H. Martins
Seller: Domingos Joao
Date: 08/12/13

364 East St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Zapgo LLC
Seller: Robin Wdowiak
Date: 08/14/13

50 King St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $195,900
Buyer: Ian Premo
Seller: Antonio Carvalho
Date: 08/13/13

721 Moore St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Stephen W. Ricardi
Seller: Joseph P. Cardaropoli
Date: 08/23/13

92 Parkview St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Edward H. Fillion
Seller: Judith G. Landers
Date: 08/23/13

10 Paul Ave.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Diane H. Zina
Seller: Shirley H. Casimiro
Date: 08/12/13

MONSON

4 Country Club Dr.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $173,250
Buyer: Jeremy Bailey
Seller: Eric M. True
Date: 08/16/13

23 Green St.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $134,300
Buyer: FHLM
Seller: Michael P. Sousa
Date: 08/16/13

62 Palmer Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Thomas C. Sandomierski
Seller: Sergey Savonin
Date: 08/12/13

MONTGOMERY

3 Birch Bluff Road
Montgomery, MA 01085
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Robert A. Doyle
Seller: Joseph L. Fontaine
Date: 08/23/13

N/A
Montgomery, MA 01085
Amount: $700,000
Buyer: Scarfo Construction Inc.
Seller: Flynn, Eileen T., (Estate)
Date: 08/16/13

Southampton Road
Montgomery, MA 01085
Amount: $140,000
Seller: Scarfo Construction Inc.
Date: 08/16/13

PALMER

4253 Church St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $217,500
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: David Chamberlain
Date: 08/14/13

2015 East St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $170,584
Buyer: Wells Fargo Financial
Seller: Patricia A. Narreau
Date: 08/19/13

4415 High St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Margaret A. Mileskie
Seller: Eric H. Niergarth
Date: 08/14/13

132 Shearer St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $198,777
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Gary E. Hilton
Date: 08/22/13

RUSSELL

570 Pine Hill Road
Russell, MA 01071
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: Shane C. Cekovsky
Seller: Anthony J. Palazzo
Date: 08/22/13

SPRINGFIELD

44 Ashland Ave. #9
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Ya J. Chen
Seller: Kevin J. Czaplicki
Date: 08/14/13

142 Avery St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $144,282
Buyer: Pati RE Holdings LLC
Seller: Christopher Tiso
Date: 08/14/13

162 Bowles Park
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: Jennifer A. Bertolasio
Seller: Courtines, Velma L., (Estate)
Date: 08/22/13

63 Bridle Path Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Jess P. Wainscott
Seller: David S. Burnett
Date: 08/19/13

158 Bridle Path Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Brian D. Coelho
Seller: Sarah E. Bryson
Date: 08/15/13

102 Chalmers St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $157,000
Buyer: Neslie R. Pryce
Seller: Norman C. Michaels
Date: 08/20/13

274 Christopher Dr.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $186,900
Buyer: Aminah M. Sallu-Lukulay
Seller: 50 By 50 REO 3 LLC
Date: 08/23/13

650 Cooley St.
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $117,500
Buyer: Sarai Andrades
Seller: Richard S. Harty
Date: 08/16/13

41 Copeland St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $164,936
Buyer: FHLM
Seller: William J. Sullivan
Date: 08/12/13

14 Fairfield St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $169,900
Buyer: Kaelan A. Rhiannon
Seller: Thomas J. Rowland
Date: 08/12/13

38 Granger St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $234,000
Buyer: Kiyota Woods
Seller: Luke E. Hunter
Date: 08/19/13

116 Hampden St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $159,397
Buyer: MHFA
Seller: Luis A. Feliciano
Date: 08/21/13

96 Kensington Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $900,000
Buyer: Hung T. Tu
Seller: Long K. Le
Date: 08/23/13

1091 Main St.
Springfield, MA 01103
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: 1095 Main Street IRT
Seller: NEC Family Enterprises 2
Date: 08/20/13

N/A
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $172,300
Buyer: Emily K. Herring
Seller: Daniel A. Britt
Date: 08/16/13

5 Nokomis St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $127,000
Buyer: Craig A. Belanger
Seller: Earl H. Thibodeau
Date: 08/16/13

55 Oak St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Jose L. Pedro
Seller: Maria R. Fortunato
Date: 08/23/13

30 Prentice St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $136,900
Buyer: Brenda S. Davis
Seller: Carlos L. Melendez
Date: 08/16/13

33 Rathbun St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Luis Cotto
Seller: Deborah L. Scharmann
Date: 08/23/13

23 Slater Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Travis R. Vaz
Seller: James M. Lage
Date: 08/14/13

16 Sunapee St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $169,000
Buyer: Lissette Martinez
Seller: William Raleigh
Date: 08/20/13

253 Sunrise Terrace
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Raymond Masso
Seller: Rosa Jusino
Date: 08/20/13

64 Treetop Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $195,125
Buyer: HSBC Mortgage Svcs. Inc.
Seller: Anthony L. Perry
Date: 08/21/13

36 Village Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Dawn M. Chaffee
Seller: Andrew C. Bordoni
Date: 08/20/13

19 Warner St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $218,000
Buyer: Luxiana Property LLC
Seller: Marie C. Rigaud
Date: 08/22/13

30 Wells St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Christopher Edge
Seller: Courtside Of Springfield
Date: 08/15/13

1425 Wilbraham Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Alfred P. Cola
Seller: Robert L. Craig
Date: 08/16/13

201 Windemere St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Crystal L. Roy
Seller: Teresa A. Klein
Date: 08/23/13

107 Winton St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $142,500
Buyer: Cynthia R. Carbonneau
Seller: Robert J. Bousquet
Date: 08/23/13

178 Wollaston St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $136,000
Buyer: JV Properties Inc.
Seller: Martin A. Derrick
Date: 08/23/13

5 Woodland Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $237,000
Buyer: Nathaniel J. Gilmore
Seller: My Ron A. Hatchett
Date: 08/16/13

SOUTHWICK

7 Deer Run
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $443,946
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Richard E. Tersavich
Date: 08/16/13

16 Foster Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Jaydub LLC
Seller: Russell L. Ramah
Date: 08/23/13

313 Granville Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Joseph M. Lemoine
Seller: Louise R. Lamountain
Date: 08/15/13

5 Revere Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Christina L. Abbondanza
Seller: Ronald A. Teal
Date: 08/15/13

18 Sterrett Dr.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $365,900
Buyer: Christopher R. Foreman
Seller: Ronald A. Nadeau
Date: 08/14/13

WALES

11 Main St.
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $139,000
Buyer: Robert B. MacDonald
Seller: Paul Vessio
Date: 08/13/13

WESTFIELD

45 Apple Blossom Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $221,000
Buyer: Brian R. Broderick
Seller: Sheila A. Lambert
Date: 08/16/13

41 Bailey Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Melissa A. Glynn
Seller: Scarfo Construction Inc.
Date: 08/21/13

90 City View Blvd
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Brian C. Miller
Seller: Paul P. Nowak
Date: 08/23/13

19 Eastview Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $126,500
Buyer: SSMG LLC
Seller: Thomas R. Webster
Date: 08/23/13

6 Fowler St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Rafael R. Maldonado
Seller: Ashlea R. Miller
Date: 08/23/13

78 Granville Road #8
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $326,298
Buyer: Karen M. Regan
Seller: Granville Road LLC
Date: 08/23/13

80 Highland Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Michael P. Sadowski
Seller: Elizabeth A. Butcher
Date: 08/23/13

33 King St.
Amount: $137,500
Buyer: Robert Daigneault
Seller: Steven A. Andrews
Date: 08/20/13

125 Montgomery St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $201,637
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Patricia M. Tower
Date: 08/16/13

160 North Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $273,500
Buyer: Joel S. Mollison
Seller: Deboroah S. Harris
Date: 08/20/13

215 Notre Dame St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $154,635
Buyer: Andrew H. Joseph
Seller: Michael P. Sadowski
Date: 08/23/13

7 Phyllis Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $268,000
Buyer: Julieann L. Schortmann
Seller: Kenneth L. Ridley
Date: 08/15/13

139 Springdale Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $135,600
Buyer: Robert A. Gauthier
Seller: George J. Fitch
Date: 08/23/13

33 Squawfield Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $252,500
Buyer: Gregory A. Denys
Seller: Marcel H. Frere
Date: 08/13/13

74 Westwood Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $227,000
Buyer: James Dinopoulos
Seller: Paul Smith
Date: 08/15/13

83 Wyben Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Arlene E. Bednaz
Seller: Richard P. O’Connor
Date: 08/19/13

WILBRAHAM

6 Cedar Ridge Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $419,134
Buyer: Richard A. Charpentier
Seller: Mile Oak Land Holdings LLC
Date: 08/12/13

5 Laurel Lane
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $440,000
Buyer: David S. Burnett
Seller: Steven M. Sady
Date: 08/19/13

25 Rochford Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Gregory Bernat
Seller: William R. Cusson
Date: 08/23/13

26 W. Colonial Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $398,000
Buyer: Bryand E. Brenes
Seller: Charles K. Abro
Date: 08/20/13

WEST SPRINGFIELD

37 Avondale Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: Lal Khadka
Seller: Keith D. Bowes
Date: 08/14/13

29 Bowers St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Joseph Machnecz
Seller: Rosann Desrosiers

146 City View Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Olga I. Lopez
Seller: Dickson, Dorothy M., (Estate)
Date: 08/19/13

184 Laurel Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Jacqueline L. Bell
Seller: Diane E. Gallup
Date: 08/16/13

Mulcahy Dr. #22
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: David J. Piacentini
Seller: Francis Wheeler Construction
Date: 08/16/13

90 Nelson Circle
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $174,900
Buyer: Nicholas A. Bull
Seller: Daniel J. Garrity
Date: 08/12/13

492 Prospect Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $3,250,000
Buyer: MWF Realty LLC
Seller: Fountain Prospect Realty
Date: 08/14/13

166 Robinson Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $169,500
Buyer: Patricia A. Schufreider
Seller: William J. Powers
Date: 08/12/13

68 Smyrna St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Sarabeth G. Caplette
Seller: Matthew J. Scytkowski
Date: 08/14/13

105 Van Horn St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $204,900
Buyer: Matthew J. Scytkowski
Seller: Ryan P. Lynch
Date: 08/14/13

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

AMHERST

104 Dana St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $470,000
Buyer: Rosemary A. Cowell
Seller: Rachel R. Hexter
Date: 08/22/13

623 East Pleasant St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Michaeel E. Williamson
Seller: Judith R. Ashkin
Date: 08/19/13

75 Larkspur Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $545,000
Buyer: Marc S. Osten
Seller: David G. Doctor
Date: 08/15/13

Leverett Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $116,000
Buyer: Joslad & Associates PC
Seller: Bernard F. Mikelis LT
Date: 08/14/1

27 South Prospect St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $362,545
Buyer: Benjamin Beiley
Seller: Donald S. Pitkin RET
Date: 08/20/13

BELCHERTOWN

17 2 Ponds Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $390,000
Buyer: Himanshu Patel
Seller: Whitney Mollica
Date: 08/22/13

80 Granby Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $338,000
Buyer: Jonathan W. Ritter
Seller: Carriage Town Homes LLC
Date: 08/20/13

20 Hemlock Hollow
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $292,573
Buyer: Freedom Mortgage Corp.
Seller: Kevin M. Hughes
Date: 08/16/13

141 Metacomet St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Daniel A. Bergeron
Seller: William M. Booth
Date: 08/15/13

425 Michael Sears Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: Ronald T. Galen
Seller: 425 Sears TR
Date: 08/19/13

469 Michael Sears Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Wendy A. Bowers
Seller: Joseph M. Lemoine
Date: 08/15/13

196 Old Enfield Road
Amount: $468,000
Buyer: David R. O’Brien
Seller: Gordon Bjorkman
Date: 08/23/13

203 Orchard St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Jeffrey N. Cosgrove
Seller: Eileen A. Casella
Date: 08/23/13

97 South Washington St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $268,500
Buyer: Katherine Bousquet
Seller: Michael J. Czepiel
Date: 08/16/13

46 Wilson Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Peter J. Czapienski
Seller: David P. Jones
Date: 08/16/13

CHESTERFIELD

228 Sugar Hill Road
Chesterfield, MA 01012
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Thomas S. Vincent
Seller: Diane M. Pfisterer
Date: 08/16/13

EASTHAMPTON

82 Ferry St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Megan R. Scott
Seller: Jeremy A. Hebert
Date: 08/16/13

238 Hendrick St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Paul J. Wysocki
Seller: Jean K. Canon
Date: 08/16/13

1 Lovefield St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $340,000
Buyer: Triple C LLC
Seller: Liberty Field LLC
Date: 08/14/13

4 Valley Lane
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $283,000
Buyer: John J. Mingrone
Seller: Michael J. Schrauben
Date: 08/13/13

13 West St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $287,500
Buyer: Shirlee B. Williams
Seller: Suzanne O’Donnell
Date: 08/22/13

GRANBY

240 Carver St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Stephanie N. Granger
Seller: Stephen J. Guenette
Date: 08/15/13

499 East State St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $345,000
Buyer: Denis Laflamme
Seller: Jacqueline Bell
Date: 08/16/13

Maximilian Dr.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: CIL Realty of Mass. Inc.
Seller: East State Street NT
Date: 08/16/13

204 School St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $179,000
Buyer: Joshua N. Broussard
Seller: Jeanne Yocum
Date: 08/20/13

HADLEY

7 Indian Pipe Dr.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $699,000
Buyer: Ajla Aksamija
Seller: Bercume Construction LLC
Date: 08/23/13

26 Mount Warner Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $385,000
Buyer: Jeffrey T. Reynolds
Seller: Gideon Y. Freudmann
Date: 08/22/13

36 North Maple St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $267,500
Buyer: Austen Iglehart
Seller: Kazimiera Szlaban
Date: 08/23/13

108 Rocky Hill Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Bruce D. Montague
Seller: Elaine Aldrich
Date: 08/14/13

23 Rocky Hill Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $297,500
Buyer: Dennis C. Morin
Seller: Kathleen Miller
Date: 08/15/13

8 Wampanoag Dr.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Quentin S. Amrani
Seller: Christopher C. Slack
Date: 08/16/13

HATFIELD

8 Woodridge Circle
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $525,000
Buyer: Honora G. Gordon
Seller: John H. Zieminski
Date: 08/19/13

HUNTINGTON

70 Goss Hill Road
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Garrett T. Barsalou
Seller: Kelso, Edward A., (Estate)
Date: 08/20/13

138 Pond Brook Road
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: William C. Madden
Seller: Nettler Green LT
Date: 08/15/13

NORTHAMPTON

621 Burts Pit Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $390,000
Buyer: Christopher J. Hurn
Seller: Harry L. Hoar
Date: 08/12/13

86 Cahillane Terrace
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Brian Campedelli
Seller: Matthew L. Owen
Date: 08/13/13

262 Crescent St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $535,000
Buyer: Patrice M. Sabach
Seller: Christopher Laflamme
Date: 08/15/13

22 Dickinson St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $356,000
Buyer: Krista L. Carothers
Seller: Nathan S. Korza
Date: 08/23/13

100 Front St.
Northampton, MA 01053
Amount: $274,000
Buyer: Laurie B. Foley
Seller: Thomas F. Quinn
Date: 08/19/13

35 Hatfield St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Mohamed R. Abdulazeez
Seller: Henry J. Kowalski
Date: 08/19/13

33 Harlow Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Andrew B. Dahlberg
Seller: Janet R. Dahlberg
Date: 08/16/13

96 Island Road
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $186,000
Buyer: Gail F. Lysiak
Seller: R. Jalbert&M Sullivan RET
Date: 08/12/13

100 Maple Ridge Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $575,500
Buyer: Matthew E. Page
Seller: Emil J. Kobylarz

107 Massasoit St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $353,000
Buyer: Tor A. Krogius
Seller: Lairie B. Foley
Date: 08/19/13

111 Nonotuck St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $387,500
Buyer: Bruce Frankel
Seller: Sara R. Page
Date: 08/16/13

140 Pine St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $321,500
Buyer: 40 Main Street LLC
Seller: City Of Northampton
Date: 08/22/13

110 Prospect Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $440,000
Buyer: Nathan S. Korza
Seller: Sarah C. Barrett
Date: 08/19/13

405 Ryan Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: C. P. Andrikidis
Seller: John J. Glenowicz
Date: 08/16/13

114 South Main St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $690,000
Buyer: Charlene E. Choi
Seller: Nancy W. Denig

168 South Main St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $450,000
Buyer: Scott E. Evans
Seller: Melitta Carnevale
Date: 08/13/13

3 Tyler Court
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $900,000
Buyer: Cheryl A. Jacques
Seller: MLG RT
Date: 08/15/13

93 Washington Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $538,000
Buyer: William J. Corwin
Seller: Amy B. Morse
Date: 08/15/13

PELHAM

47 Arnold Road
Pelham, MA 01002
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Mark Lange
Seller: Joan S. Leavitt
Date: 08/21/13

PLAINFIELD

64 Old South St.
Plainfield, MA 01070
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Michael R. Packard
Seller: Joseph Freeland
Date: 08/15/13

SOUTH HADLEY

47 Charon Terrace
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Jonathan S. Szymonik
Seller: Ian D. Premo
Date: 08/12/13

104 Granby Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $233,000
Buyer: Farrah Matta
Seller: Norma I. Resto
Date: 08/23/13

16 Linda St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Bryan J. Lynes
Seller: Eleanor Dauphinais IRT
Date: 08/20/13

520 Newton St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Bernard D. Gelinas
Seller: Richard Theriault
Date: 08/16/13

11 Silverwood Terrace
South Hadley, MA 01075
Buyer: Nancy A. Dinn
Seller: E. Muriel Allen TR
Date: 08/16/13

70 Woodbridge St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Matthew S. Bertuzzi
Seller: Andrew Clendinneng
Date: 08/23/13

193 Woodbridge St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $258,500
Buyer: Carole A. Camp
Seller: Jihn W. Malone
Date: 08/15/13

SOUTHAMPTON

8 Bluemer Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $219,648
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Wayne F. Demers
Date: 08/23/13

5 Buchanan Circle
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Vincent S. Turgeon
Seller: John Zalot
Date: 08/16/13

42 Line St.
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Angelica F. Trenholm
Seller: Carl E. Osepowicz
Date: 08/22/13

53 Moose Brook Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $219,500
Buyer: Donald N. Bernier
Seller: David L. Neal
Date: 08/15/13

27 Mountain View Circle
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $168,500
Buyer: Evan R. Huff
Seller: James J. Jackowski
Date: 08/23/13

12 Rattle Hill Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $122,000
Buyer: John Dafonte
Seller: Michael L. McKnight
Date: 08/19/13

WARE

270 Old Gilbertville Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Gregory W. Eaton
Seller: Melissa C. Martin
Date: 08/12/13

111 Walker Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $318,500
Buyer: Robert E. Provencal
Seller: Provencal Demer NT
Date: 08/16/13

WESTHAMPTON

148 Northwest Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $296,000
Buyer: David L. Popham
Seller: Joseph Hvishaway
Date: 08/19/13

WILLIAMSBURG

20 Petticoat Hill Road
Williamsburg, MA 01096
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: John W. Selfridhe
Seller: Briam W. Breed
Date: 08/20/13

Building Permits

By BusinessWest Staff September 24, 2013

Building Permits Departments

The following building permits were issued during the month of September 2013.

AGAWAM

Robert Fagin
700 Silver St.
$175,000 — Install new roof system

CHICOPEE

AM Lithography
694 Center St.
$58,000 — Exterior renovations

City of Chicopee
115 Baskin Ave.
$85,000 — Remodel DPW offices

First Spiritualist Church
465 Granby Road
$22,000 — Install new fire alarm system

Fishman Realty Trust
639 Memorial Dr.
$785,000 — Construct new drive-thru restaurant

HCS Headstart
30 Griffith Road
$6,000 — Interior renovation

HD Development
655 Memorial Dr.
$65,000 — Remodel bathroom

Lady of the Elm’s
291 Springfield St.
$158,000 — Interior renovations

Riverbend Medical Group
444 Montgomery St.
$96,000 — Renovate existing space

Riverbend Medical Group
444 Montgomery St.
$150,000 — Remodel dermatology area

EASTHAMPTON

Donald Lamoureaux
60-62 Main St.
$14,000 — Install exhaust system for commercial kitchen

Kevin Perrier
123-133 Union St.
$29,000 — Tenant space build out

Russell Braen
82 Park Hill Road
$88,000 — Addition for accessible toilets

Peter Tobin
54 O’Neil St.
$56,000 — Re-roof

SOUTH HADLEY

New State Inc.
69 Lathrop St.
$4,000 — Repairs

NORTHAMPTON

Coca Cola Company
45 Industrial Dr.
$443,000 — Construct wastewater treatment facility

Colvest/Northampton, LLC
327 King St.
$1,200,000 — Interior tenant fit out for Baystate Health

Edwards Church of Northampton
279 Main St.
$58,000 — Interior renovations

Emerald City Partners
17 New South St.
$322,000 — Renovate third floor office space

HS Gere & Sons Inc.
115A Conz St.
$220,000 — Construct foundation only for a hotel

Middle Hampshire Development Group
70 Main St.
$1,475,000 — Construct 4,800-square-foot addition

Northampton Holdings, LP
180 North King St.
$202,000 — Replace existing roof at Walmart

Old School Commons Limited
17 New south St.
$95,000 — Replace slate roof

Smith College
79 Elm St.
$11,005,000 — Phase 1B, Interior renovations

Smith College
100 Green St.
$95,000 — Install solar panels in Ford Hall

Smith College
144 Green St.
$168,000 — Install replacement windows

Smith College
129 West St.
$203,000 — Install replacement windows in the Facilities building

PALMER

Eric Sanderson
2 Wilbraham St.
$39,000 — Commercial roofing

SOUTHWICK

Pride Stores, LLC
198 College Highway
$250,000 — Build new gas station

SPRINGFIELD

Baystate Health
759 Chestnut Ave.
$47,000 — Install nurse reception area

Dinesh Patel
851 E. Columbus Ave.
$4,284,000 — Construct new six-story building

Eastfield Associates
1655 Boston Post Road
$8,000 — Renovate 585 square feet of space

Jewish Community Center
1160 Dickinson St.
$114,000 — New roof

Northstar Pulp and Paper Company
89 Guion St.
$75,000 — Install new overhead doors

Springfield Housing Authority
82 Division St.
$17,000 — Interior renovations

WESTFIELD

FRP Holdings, LLC
64 Main St.
$9,000 — Interior repairs

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Town of West Springfield
1 Unico Way
$901,000 — Building upgrades at the Unico building

Slavic Pentecostal Church
2611 Westfield St.
$16,000 — Renovate existing room into coffee bar

Town of West Springfield
385 Morton St.
$27,000 — Erect pavilion at Cook’s Playground

PictureThis

By BusinessWest Staff September 24, 2013

Departments Picture This

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What’s in a Name?

The Loomis Communities recently held a grand reopening celebration at the former Reeds Landing campus to announce the new name of Springfield’s first continuing-care retirement community. Loomis Lakeside at Reeds Landing, as it will be known, offers independent living, assisted living, nursing care, and rehabilitative care all on one campus. The Loomis Communities acquired the campus in 2009 and has invested $3.2 million in infrastructure improvements. Pictured, from left, are state Rep. Angelo Puppolo; Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno; Nancy Godbout, Loomis Lakeside at Reeds Landing administrator; Kay Sordillo, Loomis Communities board member; David Scruggs, Loomis Communities CEO; and state Sen. James Welch.

Eye on the Ball

The eyes of the sporting world were on downtown Springfield as the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame celebrated its 2013 Enshrinement Ceremony on Sept. 8 at Springfield Symphony Hall. This year’s inductees included coaches Rick Pitino (pictured), Guy Lewis, Jerry Tarkanian, and Sylvia Hatchell; players Gary Payton, Bernard King, Dawn Staley, Richard Guerin, Oscar Schmidt, and Roger Brown; and contributors Russ Granik and E.B. Henderson.

Permanent Temps

Kelly Services, a workforce-solutions provider serving the employment and staffing needs of Western Mass. since 1995, recently celebrated its move to 1550 Main St., Suite 108, in downtown Springfield with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Pictured, left to right, are Jeff Ciuffreda, executive director of the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield; Pamela Mendes, district manager for Kelly Services; Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno; and, from Kelly Services, David Weeks, vice president of US Operations, Dawn Ford, regional vice president, and Vanessa Sitler, senior staffing supervisor.

Court Dockets

By BusinessWest Staff September 24, 2013

Court Dockets Departments

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

CHICOPEE DISTRICT COURT
Lancer Insurance Co. a/s/o GB Express Inc. v. Jasmine International Corp. and Robert E. Smith Jr.
Allegation: Trespass of property and negligence resulting in property damage to plaintiff’s trailer: $14,500
Filed: 7/17/13

HAMPDEN SUPERIOR COURT
Amy Hollowell v. C&S Wholesale Groceries and Hector Rivera
Allegation: Employment discrimination: $25,000
Filed: 6/21/13

KV Mechanical Construction and Restoration Co. v. Built Inc., Polymer Corp., and Manchem, LLC
Allegation: Non-payment of goods and services provided: $79,545
Filed: 7/10/13

Stephen A. Denoia v. Sears Holding Corp.
Allegation: Product liability. Stationary bike collapsed causing injury: $11,243.28
Filed: 7/17/13

HAMPSHIRE SUPERIOR COURT
Carrie Lagoy v. Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Allegation: Employment discrimination: $ 25,000+
Filed: 8/6/13

Derick Campbell v. Northampton Housing Authority
Allegation: Negligent maintenance of property causing slip and fall: $45,000
Filed: 8/9/13

NORTHAMPTON DISTRICT COURT
Integrys Energy Services Inc. v. William M. Collins, II d/b/a Spoleto Restaurant Group
Allegation: Breach of agreement, services rendered, unjust enrichment, and account annexed: $15,907.62
Filed: 8/13/13

PALMER DISTRICT COURT
Maple Crane Realty Inc. v Dorothy Fleishman d/b/a What’s Cooking Kids
Allegation: Unpaid commercial rent: $60,000
Filed: 7/11/13

SPRINGFIELD DISTRICT COURT
Ball Publishing Co. Inc. v. Joseph Hickson Jr. and Katherine Hickson d/b/a Private Garden Greenhouse
Allegation: Non-payment of advertising services rendered: $14,263.20
Filed: 7/17/13

Daniel Austin v. Pride Convenience Inc.
Allegation: Failure to pay wages: $25,000
Filed: 6/27/13

Reinhart Food Service v. George Eskander d/b/a/ Franklin Pizza
Allegation: Non-payment of goods sold and delivered: $6,860.01
Filed: 7/11/13

TBF Financial Inc. v. Puerto Rican Cultural Center
Allegation: Breach of lease agreement: $6,628.64
Filed: 6/27/13

Timothy Scott v. Vonage America Inc.
Allegation: Defendant breached contract without prior notice: $24,000
Filed: 7/27/13

Western Mass Electric Co. v. Safety Insurance Co. and Bryan Pasco
Allegation: Repair and replace electrical facilities: $7,376.78
Filed: 7/16/13

Agenda

By BusinessWest Staff September 24, 2013

Agenda Departments

Publishing Fair
Sept. 28: Amherst Area Publications will present a publishing fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Masonic Hall at 99 Main St., Amherst. Learn how to find an agent, coach, editor, artist, trainer, or printer. Learn about self-publishing, marketing your work, publishing locally, and more. The $10 admission includes workshops. Pre-registration for workshops via e-mail is strongly suggested. They include: 10:15 a.m., “Do-it-yourself Book Marketing” by Shel Horowitz, author and international speaker; 11:30 a.m., “Intro to Self-publishing” by Sean Cleary, owner of CopyCat; 12:30 p.m. “Memoirs” by Kitty Axelson-Berry, owner of Modern Memoirs Inc. and White Poppy Press; 1:30 a.m., “What Small Presses Do” by Steve Strimer of Levellers Press. To register, contact [email protected] or Amherst Area Publications, P.O. Box 3389, Amherst, MA 01004. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Amherst Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass. Cultural Council. Amherst Area Publications Inc. is a member of the Amherst Chamber of Commerce.

Wicked in Pink Motorcycle Ride
Oct. 13: The Wicked In Pink Run, a motorcycle event created by Bob Kaine Alves, a local motorcycle magazine and shop owner who recently fought his own battle with cancer, will raise much-needed funds for the Sr. Caritas Cancer Center Patient Services Fund at Mercy Medical Center. The event will also show support for all those battling cancer, cancer survivors, their caregivers, family, and friends. Registration for the run will begin at 9:30 a.m. at Harley-Davidson of Southampton. Participants will leave at noon from the dealership and end at the outdoor pavilion at Summit View Banquet & Meeting House in Holyoke, where there will be food and entertainment. Tickets cost $20 per person. Kaine Alves, owner of Throttle Rocker magazine, recently battled cancer of the head and neck and made it his mission to pay forward the compassionate treatment he received from the staff of the Sr. Caritas Cancer Center. This event will show support for all types of cancer. All riders are encouraged to wear pink, whether it be hats, wigs, shirts, or shoes — creativity is appreciated. Sponsors include Throttle Rocker magazine, Haymond Law, American Medical Response, Harley-Davidson of Southampton, Allen Media Inc., 94.7 WMAS, FSC Insurance Agency, and Bertera Fiat West Springfield. For more information on the event, visit www.wickedinpinkrun.com or www.facebook.com/wickedinpinkrun.

Rays of Hope Walk
Oct. 20: When this year’s 20th annual Rays of Hope – A Walk Toward the Cure of Breast Cancer steps off, it will be a celebration of two decades of women, men, and children walking together to fight breast cancer. Since its inception in Springfield in 1994 by Lucy Giuggio Carvalho, Rays of Hope, the most successful fund-raising walk and run in Western Mass. for breast cancer, has grown from 500 participants raising $50,000 to some 22,000 walkers and runners in an expanded event that includes a second walk in Greenfield, as well as this year’s 4th annual Run Toward the Cure 8K in Springfield. As in past years, the Springfield walk with some 600 teams — who may choose either a two- or five-mile route — and run begin at Temple Beth El on Dickinson Street, where registration is set for 9 a.m. The Springfield walk steps off at 10:30 a.m., preceded at 10:15 a.m. by the 8K run. The walk in Greenfield — either a two- or three-mile route — begins at Energy Park on Miles Street at noon, with registration at 10 a.m. All monies raised through Rays of Hope — more than $11 million since 1994 — remain local and are administered by the Baystate Health Foundation. Those who want to support the Rays of Hope but are unable to walk due to other commitments can participate in the 10,000 Steps Toward a Cure program. Participants receive a pedometer to keep track of their steps throughout the month of October, while raising donations similar to other walkers. This year’s Rays of Hope major sponsors are Health New England, Gale Toyota, Balise, Baystate Breast & Wellness Center, Baystate Breast Specialists, Chicopee Savings Charitable Foundation, Doctors Express, Kinsley Power Systems, Lia Auto Group, Radiology & Imaging, and Zasco Productions. A listing of all sponsors can be found on the Rays of Hope website. For more information on the event, call (413) 794-8001 or visit baystatehealth.org/raysofhope, where walk or run participants may also register online.

Western Mass. Business Expo 2013
Nov. 6: Planning is underway for the Western Mass. Business Expo 2013, a day-long business-to-business event to take place at the MassMutual Center in downtown Springfield. This fall’s show, the third edition of the Expo, which is again being produced by BusinessWest, will feature more than 150 exhibitors, seminars on timely issues of the day, special Show Floor Theater presentations, breakfast and lunch programs, and the wrap-up Expo social, which has become a not-to-be-missed networking event. The breakfast speakers will be Jim Koch, founder of Samuel Adams, the lunch speaker will be author, activist, and marathon runner Kathrine Switzer. Other details about specific programming will be printed in upcoming editions of BusinessWest and can also be seen online at www.wmbexpo.com or www.businesswest.com. For more information on the event or to reserve booth space, call (413) 781-8600, ext. 100.

Chamber Corners: Upcoming Events

By BusinessWest Staff September 24, 2013

Chamber Corners Departments

ACCGS
www.myonlinechamber.com
(413) 787-1555

• Sept. 24: Pastries, Politics, and Policy, 8-9 a.m., at the TD Bank Conference Center, 1441 Main St., Springfield. For those political and policy junkies. Join us for our debut event featuring a policy expert and member of the Patrick administration for a breakfast and roundtable discussion. Reservations are $15 for members, $25 for general admission. Reservations may be made online at www.myonlinechamber.com or by calling Cecile Larose at (413) 755-1313.
• Oct. 1: Rake in the Business Tabletop and Business Networking Event, 4:30-7 p.m., at the Castle of Knights, Chicopee. This unique tabletop showcase provides businesses and organizations with an affordable opportunity to exhibit their products and services. Presented in collaboration with the Greater Chicopee, Holyoke, and Westfield chambers of commerce. Exhibitor space is $100 and includes an 8-foot table, two exhibitor passes, and six complimentary passes for admission. Reservations to attend are $5. Reservations may be made online at www.myonlinechamber.com or by calling Cecile Larose at (413) 755-1313.
• Oct. 2: Business@Breakfast, 7:15-9 a.m., at the Log Cabin in Holyoke. Speed Networking — join us for our take on speed dating, a fast-paced way for you to work the room, making 50 new contacts at one breakfast. Get your elevator speech ready for this unique event. Sponsored by Series Sponsor Masiello Employment Services. Reservations are $20 for members, $30 for general admission. Reservations may be made online at www.myonlinechamber.com or by calling Cecile Larose at (413) 755-1313.
• Oct. 9: Lunch ‘n’ Learn, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., at One Financial Plaza Community Room, 1350 Main St., Springfield. The program, “Birds Tweet, but Should You? Is Social Media Right for Your Business?” will discuss strategies behind using social media, determining your return on investment and tips on how to best deploy social media to your advantage. Reservations are $20 for members, $30 for general admission, and includes networking time and a boxed lunch. Reservations may be made online at www.myonlinechamber.com or by calling Cecile Larose at (413) 755-1313.
• Oct. 24: A Chocolate Affair, 6-9 p.m., at Chez Josef in Agawam. Indulge yourself in chocolate, shopping, and networking. Presented by the Professional Women’s Chamber, an affiliate of the ACCGS. Exhibitor space is $70. Reservations to attend are $40. Reservations may be made online at www.myonlinechamber.com or by calling Cecile Larose at (413) 755-1313.
• Oct. 25: Super 60, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at Chez Josef in Agawam. Celebrate the region’s top-performing companies. Now, in its 24th year, this awards program celebrates the success of the fastest-growing privately owned businesses in the region that continue to make significant contributions to the strength of the regional economy. Presented by Health New England with support from Hampden Bank, Sullivan Hayes & Quinn, the Republican, and WWLP-TV 22. Reservations are $50 for members, $70 for general admission. Reservations may be made online at www.myonlinechamber.com or by contacting Cecile Larose at (413) 755-1313.

AMHERST AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.amherstarea.com
(413) 253-0700

• Sept. 25: Chamber After 5 at Florence Savings Bank, Block Party, 5-7 p.m. Hosted by and sponsored by Florence Savings Bank, 385 College St., Amherst. Explore the whole group of businesses at Amherst Crossing: Amherst Pharmacy, Coldwell Banker-Upton Massamont Realtors, and Pioneer Valley Ideal Weight Loss. Enjoy tasty treats from Portabella Catering. Admission: $10 for members, $15 for non-members. RSVP to [email protected].
• Oct. 3: Amherst Area Chamber Annual Awards Dinner, 5:30-9 p.m., at the UMass Student Union Ballroom. Presented by PeoplesBank. Sponsored by J.F.Conlon & Associates. Legacy Award: John Coull; Lifetime Achievement in Business: Ronald Nathan, Amherst Insurance Agency/the Nathan Agencies; Community Service: Family Outreach of Amherst; Chamber MVP: Cinda Jones, W.D. Cowls Land Co. Admission: $75 per ticket.
• Oct. 18: Legislative Breakfast, 7:15-9 a.m., at the Lord Jeffery Inn. Sponsored by Western Massachusetts Electric Co. Admission: $15 for members, $20 for non-members.

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

• Oct. 1: GRIST — Get Real Individual Support Today, 9-10 a.m. at the Greater Easthampton Chamber of Commerce, 33 Union St., Easthampton. The GRIST group is a free member benefit, an ongoing small group of folks who meet regularly to share ideas and get advice on the daily challenges of running a successful business. RSVP to group leaders Derek Allard at [email protected] or (413) 282-9957, or Fran Fahey at [email protected] or (413) 529-1189. Free to chamber members and future members.
• Oct. 8: Mayoral Forum, 6 p.m., Eastworks Meeting Space, Suite 160, 116 Pleasant St., Easthampton. Learn about the Easthampton mayoral candidates’ views on business and their plans for the future of Easthampton. Free and open to the public.
n Oct. 10: Networking by Night Business Card Exchange, 5-7 p.m. Hosted and sponsored by Cernak Buick, 102 Northampton St., Easthampton. Hors d’ouevres, beer, and wine available. Door prizes. Tickets: $5 for members, $15 for future members.
• Oct. 15: GRIST — Get Real Individual Support Today, 9-10 a.m. at the Greater Easthampton Chamber of Commerce, 33 Union St., Easthampton. The GRIST group is a free member benefit, an ongoing small group of folks who meet regularly to share ideas and get advice on the daily challenges of running a successful business. RSVP to group leaders Derek Allard at [email protected] or (413) 282-9957, or Fran Fahey at [email protected] or (413) 529-1189. Free to chamber members and future members.
n Oct. 21: Celebrity Bartenders Night, 6-9 p.m., at Opa-Opa Steakhouse & Brewery, 169 College Highway, Southampton. Join us for a night of fun with local celebrities mixing drinks. Tips benefit the chamber’s holiday lighting fund. Raffles and more fun. Admission: free.

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

• Sept. 24: “The Power of E-mail Marketing,” bonus session: “Getting Started with Constant Contact E-mail Marketing,” from 8:30 (registration) to 10 a.m., at the Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce Executive Conference Room, 177 High St., Holyoke. Sponsored by PeoplesBank and the Republican. Attendance is free. For reservations, call the chamber office at 413-534-3376.
• Oct. 1: Table Top Showcase, 4:30-7 p.m., at the Chicopee Castle of Knights. Four area chambers — Greater Holyoke, Chicopee, Westfield, and the ACCGS — are getting together to present a tabletop mini-trade show. Tables cost $100. Call the Holyoke Chamber at (413) 534-3376 to secure your table.
• Oct. 3: “Ask a Chamber Expert: the Basics of Blueprint Reading,” 8:30-10 a.m., at the Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce, Executive Conference Room, 177 High St., Holyoke. Learn how to define different types of scales used on drawings; identify the height, width, and length dimensions of a drawing; interpret the various symbols and notations used on a drawing; distinguish between plan, elevation, section, and detail views; and become familiar with basic plan-reading terminology. Price includes a continental breakfast. Cost: $10 for members; $25 at the door and for non-members. Call the chamber at (413) 534-3376 to sign up.
• Oct. 9: Autumn Business Breakfast, 7:30-9 a.m., at the Log Cabin. Sponsored by the Republican and Holyoke Medical Center. Recognizing new members, business milestones, and networking breakfast meeting. Cost: members, $22 in advance, $28 at the door. Call the chamber at (413) 534-3376 to sign up.
• Oct. 16: Chamber After Hours, 5-7 p.m., at the Center for Health Education, 404 Jarvis Ave., Holyoke (former Grynn & Barrett Studios). Business networking event to take place at HCC’s newest education facility. Networking, 50/50 raffle, and door prizes. Cost: $10 for members, $15 for the public. Call the chamber at (413) 534-3376 to sign up.
• Oct. 22: Social Media with Constant Contact Workshop, 8:30-10:30 a.m., at the Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce, Executive Conference Room, 177 High St., Holyoke. Sponsored by PeoplesBank and the Republican. This information-packed seminar offers a basic review of the essential strategies and best practices a business or organization should understand to successfully get started with social-media marketing. Admission is free. Brought to you by Constant Contact. For reservations, call the chamber office at (413) 534-3376.
• Oct. 30: Manufacturing Breakfast, 7:30-9:30 a.m., at the Wherehouse, 109 Lyman St., Holyoke. For reservations, call the chamber office at (413) 534-3376.

MASSACHUSETTS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.massachusettschambersofcommerce.com
(413) 525-2506

• Nov. 12: Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon, 9 a.m. registration, at the DoubleTree, Westborough. For more information on ticket sales and sponsorship opportunities, call the chamber office at (413) 525-2506 or e-mail [email protected].

GREATER NORTHAMPTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.explorenorthampton.com
(413) 584-1900

• Sept. 26: Business Planning Workshop, 3:30-5 p.m., at the Northampton Chamber, 99 Pleasant St., Northampton. Presented by the staff of the Franklin County Community Development Corp. This 90-minute session informs business owners about business planning, the loan process, where to get help, and how to launch a food product and use the Western MA Food Processing Center. Learn about available resources and walk out knowing your next step. Admission is free, but space is limited. RSVP to [email protected].
• Sept. 25: Incite Information, 7:30-9 a.m., at Look Park: the Garden House. Hosted by the Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce. Sponsors: United Personnel, Webber & Grinnell, and Six-Point Creative Works. The speaker will be state Sen. Senator Stan Rosenberg. Incite Information is a four-part series on the future of business in the Pioneer Valley. The format and topics were developed from a survey of chamber members, in which it was clear that business leaders are looking for more avenues for relevant and highly local information that will help them make decisions more effectively. The series will include expert speakers who will address big issues with a local mindset. Topics for this year will include economic development, high-speed transportation, higher education, and the impact of work culture. Cost: $20 for members, $30 for non-members. RSVP required. To register, contact Esther at [email protected].
• Oct. 2: Annual Chamber Open House, 5-7 p.m. Sponsors: Innovative Business Systems, Pioneer Training, and Crocker Communications. The chamber’s largest fall networking event, the open house is designed to introduce prospective members to the chamber and its members. Cost: $10 for members, $15 for non-members. RSVP to Esther at [email protected].
• Oct. 8: Business to Customer Marketing Workshop: “On-the-spot Marketing Tips for Increasing Foot Traffic,” 1-3 p.m. Hosted and sponsored by the Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce. Presented by the Creative Marketing Group. The Creative Marketing Group will meet with you and your fellow retail business owners and managers at our conference-room table, listen to your marketing and communications concerns, and help you brainstorm practical, professional solutions on the spot. Learn more about how to strategize, advertise, brand, and promote your business, reach the media, and maximize your message in person, in print, and online. Cost: free, but pre-registration is required, and space is limited. To register, contact Esther at [email protected]
• Oct. 22: Business to Business Marketing Workshop, 3:30-5 p.m., at the Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce. Cost: free, but pre-registration is required, and space is limited. To register, contact Esther at [email protected].
• Nov. 6: Arrive@5 Chamber Networking Event, 5-7 p.m. Hosted by the World War II Club. Sponsors: Homeward Vets. Catered by Big Kats Catering. The chamber will be collecting donations for Homeward Vets. A list of needed donations will be posted on its website. Cost: $10 for members, $15 for non-members. RSVP to Esther at [email protected].

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

• Sept. 26: Coffee with Mayor Cohen, 8-9:30 a.m., at the OMG Training Center, 604 Silver St. Agawam. For more information, contact the chamber office at (413) 426-3880 or e-mail [email protected].
• Oct. 2: Wicked Wednesday, 5-7 p.m., at Westfield Bank, 655 Main St., Agawam. Wicked Wednesdays are monthly social events hosted by various businesses and restaurants. These events bring members and non-members together to network in a laid-back atmosphere. Free for chamber members, $10 for non-members. Event is open to the public, but non-members must pay at the door. For more information, contact the chamber office at (413) 426-3880 or e-mail [email protected].
• Oct. 10: West Springfield Mayoral Debate, 6-8 p.m., at West Springfield City Hall. Event is open to the public and free for both members and non-members. For more information, contact the chamber office at (413) 426-3880 or e-mail [email protected].
• Oct. 17: Business with Bacon, 7-9 a.m., at Crestview Country Club. Speaker: Gaming Commissioner Bruce Stebbins. Cost: $25 for chamber members, $30 for non-members. For more information, contact the chamber office at (413) 426-3880, or e-mail [email protected].
• Oct. 23: Business to Business Expo, hosted by the West of the River Chamber, the North Central CT Chamber, the Bradley Regional Chamber, and the East Windsor Chamber, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Hosted by Holiday Inn, Enfield. Cost: $100 for a six-foot table if you are a member of any chamber and pay in full by Sept. 27, or $150 for a six-foot table if you are not a member of any chamber or do not pay in full by Sept. 27. For more information, contact the chamber office at (413) 426-3880, or email [email protected].

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

• Oct. 7: Mayor’s Coffee Hour, 8-9 a.m., at the Forum House, 55 Broad St., Westfield. Mayor Knapik will speak about all that is happening around Westfield and field questions. Free and open to the pubic. To register, call Pam Bussell at the chamber office at (413) 568-1618, or e-mail [email protected].
• Oct. 9: October WestNet Connection, 5-7 p.m., at East Mountain Country Club, 1458 East Mountain Road, Westfield. An evening of networking; don’t forget your business cards. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. Walk-ins are welcome. Tickets: $10 for members, $15 cash for non-members. To register, call Pam Bussell at the chamber office at (413) 568-1618, or e-mail [email protected].

People On the Move

By BusinessWest Staff September 24, 2013

Departments People on the Move

Burkhart Pizzanelli, P.C. a certified public accounting firm in West Springfield, announced that Deborah Penzias and Julie Quink have been admitted as partners to the firm. They join partners Richard Burkhart, Salvatore Pizzanelli, and Thomas Pratt. Penzias, who joined the firm in 1998, is a graduate of the State University of New York at Oswego with a BS in Accounting, and has more than 25 years of experience in public accounting. She services a diverse client base and specializes in the taxation, accounting, consulting, and information-technology areas of the practice. She serves on the finance committee of Beit Ahavah, and was formerly on the board of directors and the finance committees of Congregation B’nai Israel and the Lander Grinspoon Academy — the Solomon Schechter School of the Pioneer Valley. Quink has more than 20 years of experience in public accounting and three years in private, corporate accounting. She joined the firm in 2011 and is a graduate of Elms College with a BS in Accounting. She specializes in the accounting and auditing, financial-reporting, and litigation-support segments of the practice.
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Florence Savings Bank recently announced the promotion of Michelle Bennett to Vice President. Bennett has been the bank’s Security Officer since 2007, where she oversaw all aspects of security for the bank’s offices and ATM locations, including fraud prevention and mitigation for customers’ accounts. In that position, Bennett implemented a number of programs designed to protect customers, including FraudWatch Plus, a state-of the art fraud-detection and protection system for debit cards that electronically monitors transactions looking for suspicious or fraudulent actively, and she initiated programs to train bank staff on the recognition and detection of fraudulent situations, including elder exploitation. Bennett also created a number of education programs to help customers and members of the public prevent fraud; the most notable of these programs is FSB Shred Days. She attended Westfield State University, where she earned a BA in English with a concentration in literature.
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Janet Casey, Principal of Marketing Doctor, a full-service advertising agency in West Springfield, was recently selected for a two-year term as a National Delegate from Massachusetts to Vision 2020, a national organization based in Philadelphia that is committed to achieving women’s economic and social equality through specific goals. Casey will join Carla Oleska, Executive Director of the Women’s Fund, as a Massachusetts delegate, leading projects in the Commonwealth and across the country to accelerate leadership among women and men to reach a new dimension of American excellence by the year 2020, the centennial celebration of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. Vision 2020 is comprised of 100 delegates from across the country.
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Monson Savings Bank recently announced the promotion of Karen Cartier to Assistant Vice President, Collections, and Fraud Officer. Cartier, who joined Monson Savings in 2001, has served the banking industry for more than 20 years, beginning her career as a part-time collector. She was promoted to Collections & Fraud Officer in 2006. She currently serves as president of the Security Loss Prevention Assoc. of Massachusetts and is a River East School to Career student mentor. Serving on The March of Dimes board of directors, she has been the chair or co-chair of the Chef’s Signature Auction for the March of Dimes for several years, and is the co-founder of the Forever in Our Hearts Charity Fund to benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children.
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The Springfield-based law firm Robinson Donovan P.C. announced that the following attorneys were recently named by their peers to Best Lawyers in America 2014:
• James Martin — franchise law, real-estate law;
• Jeffrey McCormick — personal injury litigation (plaintiffs), personal-injury litigation (defendants);
• Carla Newton — family law;
• Nancy Frankel Pelletier — personal-injury litigation (defendants);
• Patricia Rapinchuk — employment law (management), litigation labor, and employment;
• Jeffrey Roberts — corporate law, trusts and estates; and
• Richard Gaberman — corporate law, real-estate law; tax law; trusts and estates. Gaberman was also named a Best Lawyers’ 2014 Springfield, Mass. Lawyer of the Year for trusts and estates.
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Amy Royal, founding Senior Partner and head of the litigation department of Royal LLP, the woman-owned, management-side labor and employment law firm in Northampton, has been appointed to the board of the Mass. State Council, the state chapter of the national organization Society for Human Resource Management. SHRM is the world’s largest association devoted to human-resource management, serving the needs of HR professionals and advancing the interests of the HR profession.
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Skoler, Abbott & Presser, P.C., a Springfield-based labor and employment law firm, announced that four of the firm’s attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2014. Additionally, Ralph Abbott was named the Best Lawyers 2014 Springfield, Mass. Labor Law – Management Lawyer of the Year for the second time in three years, succeeding Jay Presser, who was named best in that category last year.
• Ralph Abbott Jr., a partner since 1975, represents management in labor relations and employment-related matters, providing employment-related advice to employers, assisting clients in remaining union-free, and representing employers before the National Labor Relations Board;
• Jay Presser has more than 35 years of experience litigating employment cases and has successfully defended employers in civil actions and jury trials and handled cases in all areas of employment law, including discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful discharge, wage and hour, FMLA, ERISA, and defamation;
• John Glenn, a partner since 1979, represents management in labor relations and employment-related matters. In addition to providing employment-related advice to employers, he assists clients in remaining union-free and represents employers before the NLRB; and
• Timothy Murphy, partner in the firm, joined Skoler-Abbott after serving as General Counsel to an area labor union and serving as an Assistant District Attorney for the Hampden County District Attorney’s Office. His practice includes labor relations and employment litigation, as well as employment counseling.
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Springfield College announced the following:
• Pam McCray was named Assistant Director of Sports Communications and will help facilitate all aspects of media and sports information relating to the 26 intercollegiate men’s and women’s sports teams at the school. McCray joins the Springfield College Athletic Department after a tenure as a sports reporter for the Republican masslive.com. Along with her print media experience, McCray served as a production assistant for ABC 40/Fox 6 in Springfield. McCray is currently working on her MS at Springfield College, majoring in physical education and athletic administration. Prior to enrolling at SC, McCray earned a BS in communications and mass media from Western New England University in 2010.
• Richard Wood, who has been a faculty member since 2007 in the Department of Exercise Science and Sport Studies, was named the new Director of the Center for Wellness Education and Research (CWER), which is housed in the Springfield College School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. During his tenure, Wood has been educating in the area of nutrition and conducting research related to lifestyle modification in the treatment of chronic metabolic disease. Prior to his time at SC, he served as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism. Wood earned a Ph.D. in nutritional science from the University of Connecticut in 2006, his MS in applied exercise science in 2001, and BS in 1999 in athletic training from Springfield College.

Briefcase

By BusinessWest Staff September 24, 2013

Briefcase Departments

West Springfield Voters Kill Hard Rock Casino
WEST SPRINGFIELD — West Springfield residents made a strong statement against a resort casino there, with 55% of referendum voters saying no, and killing the chances of Hard Rock International developing the project on the grounds of the Eastern States Exposition. That trims the number of competitors for the sole Western Mass. casino license to just two; Springfield voters have already approved (by a 58-42 margin) a proposal by MGM Resorts International to built a casino in the city’s South End, while Palmer residents will vote in November on whether to approve Mohegan Sun’s project there. The Mass. Gaming Commission is expected to issue a license for one of these projects early in 2014. In West Springfield, 7,578 residents, or 45.7%, turned out to vote, with the proposition losing by 752 votes. According to campaign finance documents filed with the city, Hard Rock and the pro-casino movement spent $936,920 trying to get the project approved, while opponents working with No Casino West Springfield Inc. spent $1,765 — totals which do not reflect a surge of late spending by both sides in the campaign’s final days.

Four Sites Offered for UMass Facility in Downtown Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Four sites in downtown Springfield have been offered as potential locations for a satellite facility of UMass Amherst, the Republican reported earlier this month. The offers came in response to a request for proposals issued by the university in August. School officials stipulated that they were interested in leasing approximately 25,000 square feet of space in the downtown area and have the ability to double that space at a later date. The four companies that sumitted bids, and their proposed sites, are:
• 1350 Main St., LLC, which is offering space at One Financial Plaza;
• JGT Mass LLC, which is offering space at 1391 Main St. (Harrison Place);
• Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., which is offering space at 1500 Main St. (Tower Square); and
• Opal Real Estate Group, which is offering space at the Peter Pan Bus Station on Main Street.

Cathedral High School Tornado Claims Settled
SPRINGFIELD — The Diocese of Springfield and Catholic Mutual have announced an amicable resolution of all claims for June 1, 2011 tornado damage to Cathedral High School (CHS); St. Michael’s Academy (SMA), including the preschool and middle-school facilities; and the St. Michael’s Priests Residence building. In addition, other claims relating to damage to property owned by the diocese, including the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and St. Jude Mission properties in Springfield, have been resolved as part of the agreement. When experts for Catholic Mutual and the diocese did not agree on the cost to repair damage from the tornado to the CHS/SMA middle-school building and other properties, the parties agreed to submit their disagreement to a reference procedure outlined in Massachusetts law to resolve such disputes. That process began in September 2012 and concluded in July 2013. Under the terms of this settlement agreement, within 30 days of its execution, Catholic Mutual will make a payment of $40 million. This amount will be in addition to the $19.9 million previously advanced to the diocese by Catholic Mutual and another $2 million paid directly by Catholic Mutual to Service Master for their initial cleanup services at the site. The diocese will add an additional $200,000 from insurance reserves. This settlement brings all disputes regarding property damage to a final conclusion, without the possibility of further legal challenges. Mike Intrieri, president and CEO of Catholic Mutual, said he is “happy that the process led to this complete settlement without the need for further legal proceedings. We wish the Diocese of Springfield well.” The diocese has already announced plans for partial demolition at the Surrey Road site.

Economic Gulf Grows Between Rich, Poor
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The gulf between the richest 1% and the rest of America is the widest it has been since the 1920s, according to an analysis of Internal Revenue Service figures dating to 1913 by economists at the University of California Berkeley, the Paris School of Economics, and Oxford University. The wealthiest 1% of Americans earned more than 19% of the country’s household income last year — their biggest share since 1928, the year before the stock-market crash — while the top 10% captured a record 48% of total earnings last year. One of the analysts, Berkeley’s Emmanuel Saez, said the incomes of the richest Americans surged last year in part because they cashed in stock holdings to avoid higher capital-gains taxes that took effect in January. In 2012, the incomes of the top 1% rose nearly 20% compared with a 1% increase for the remaining 99%. The richest Americans were hit hard by the financial crisis; their incomes fell more than 36% during the Great Recession of 2007-09 as stock prices plummeted, while incomes for the bottom 99% fell just 11.6%. But since the recession officially ended in June 2009, the top 1% have enjoyed the benefits of rising corporate profits and stock prices, with 95% of the income gains reported since 2009 going to the top 1%. The top 1% of American households had pre-tax income above $394,000 last year, while the top 10% had income exceeding $114,000. The income figures include wages, pension payments, dividends, and capital gains from the sale of stocks and other assets. They do not include so-called transfer payments from government programs such as unemployment benefits and Social Security. The income share of the top 1% bottomed out at 7.7% in 1973 and has risen steadily since the early 1980s, according to the analysis. Economists point to several reasons for widening income inequality, including competition with lower-wage labor in China and other developing countries, resulting in outsourcing of jobs, while technology continues to replace workers in performing routine tasks.

Real Estate Transactions

By BusinessWest Staff September 10, 2013

Departments Real Estate

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

FRANKLIN COUNTY

BERNARDSTON

147 Bald Mountain Road
Bernardston, MA 01337
Amount: $154,000
Buyer: Thomas V. Newton
Seller: Denison, Frances E., (Estate)
Date: 08/09/13

14 Turners Falls Road
Bernardston, MA 01337
Amount: $148,500
Buyer: Danny L. Hescock
Seller: Riley, Donnabelle N., (Estate)
Date: 07/30/13

BUCKLAND

59 Charlemont Road
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Tomothy J. Budrewicz
Seller: James A. Budrewicz
Date: 07/31/13

115 Elm St.
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $318,600
Buyer: Katherine M. Haydock
Seller: Gail R. Hall
Date: 08/09/13

CONWAY

116 Elm St.
Conway, MA 01341
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Palmer L. Yurica
Seller: Ovitt, Ralph B., (Estate)
Date: 07/30/13

DEERFIELD

26 Pleasant Ave.
Deerfield, MA 01342
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Jonathan Talbot
Seller: Bruce K. Culver
Date: 07/29/13

GILL

479 Main Road
Gill, MA 01354
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: Lea Banks
Seller: Mary E. Norrman
Date: 07/30/13

69 South Cross Road
Gill, MA 01354
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Margaret K. Vidrine
Seller: Gary M. Weber
Date: 07/31/13

GREENFIELD

104 Davis St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Ion Virlizanu
Seller: Petru Balan
Date: 08/05/13

71 Laurel St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: SD&CM Pitcher RET
Seller: Michelle A. Roberge
Date: 08/05/13

403 Log Plain Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Kenneth F. Pleasant
Seller: Loretta A. Pinson
Date: 07/31/13

98 South Shelburne Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $167,000
Buyer: Brian D. Godin
Seller: Toddy A. Bolvin
Date: 07/31/13

LEVERETT

410 Long Plain Road
Leverett, MA 01054
Amount: $274,900
Buyer: Jason C. Viadero
Seller: Marvin T. Ellin
Date: 08/09/13

MONTAGUE

4 Grand Ave.
Montague, MA 01349
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: James G. Martineau
Seller: FNMA
Date: 07/30/13

6 Willmark Ave.
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $199,000
Buyer: Caroline L. McDade
Seller: Daniel E. Arsenault
Date: 07/31/13

NEW SALEM

264 Wendell Road
New Salem, MA 01355
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: Elizabeth R. Young
Seller: Rodney W. Bixby
Date: 07/31/13

NORTHFIELD

295 Birnam Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $197,000
Buyer: Stacy L. Walsh
Seller: John F. Foster
Date: 08/09/13

564 Mount Hermon Station Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Erica M. Smith
Seller: Cindy S. Dikeman
Date: 07/31/13

SHUTESBURY

147 Baker Road
Shutesbury, MA 01072
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Alan Condron
Seller: Catherine D. Youngen
Date: 07/31/13

SUNDERLAND

22 South Plain Road
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $242,000
Buyer: Susan J. Shepard
Seller: Leslie Ann Stiles TR
Date: 07/31/13

WARWICK

718 Orange Road
Warwick, MA 01378
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: David B. Kelly
Seller: Peter D. Hubbard
Date: 08/07/13

WHATELY

129 Christian Lane
Whately, MA 01093
Amount: $635,000
Buyer: Richard Pedersen
Seller: Howard P. Beaudry
Date: 08/01/13

North St. (WS)
Whately, MA 01093
Amount: $541,000
Buyer: Owl Hill NT
Seller: Ralph K. Farrick Funding TR
Date: 08/06/13

HAMPDEN COUNTY

AGAWAM

34 Charles St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $164,000
Buyer: Michael F. Roy
Seller: Monty LLC
Date: 08/08/13

19 High Meadow Road
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $277,000
Buyer: Darryl R. Page
Seller: Mark R. Langevin
Date: 07/31/13

7 Marla Place
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $256,000
Buyer: Kristin M. Strycharz
Seller: Dave Sanders
Date: 08/05/13

131 Moore St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $153,675
Buyer: Vanderbilt Mtg. & Financial Inc.
Seller: Michael Price
Date: 08/08/13

596 North St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Richard N. Majkowski
Seller: Mary A. Couture
Date: 07/31/13

34 Park St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Frank J. Bond
Seller: Michael A. Lacaresse
Date: 07/29/13

60 Red Fox Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $225,900
Buyer: Michael A. Lacaresse
Seller: Donald C. Bjorklund
Date: 07/29/13

26 Royal St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $179,000
Buyer: Mark Kenney
Seller: Raeann Sarsfield
Date: 08/02/13

915 Shoemaker Lane
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $260,500
Buyer: Jeannette Oyola
Seller: Shaun M. Dwyer
Date: 07/31/13

80 Simpson Circle
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $188,250
Buyer: Brendan Culver
Seller: Gene M. Karam
Date: 08/02/13

118 Thalia Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Kenneth Backlund
Seller: Joseph P. Cipcic
Date: 08/06/13

BRIMFIELD

10 Palmer Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Aura Ent. Inc.
Seller: Laura P. May
Date: 08/02/13

Sturbridge Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Buyer: Andrew B. Worden
Seller: Springfield Boys Club Inc.
Date: 07/30/13

CHESTER

92 Lyon Hill Road
Chester, MA 01011
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: John Ringeling
Seller: Janice F. Voorhis
Date: 08/01/13

CHICOPEE

73 Boulay Circle
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Collin C. Edwards
Seller: Yuk Shan
Date: 07/31/13

160 Bridle Path Road
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Julie A. Kukahiko
Seller: Jon R. Abbott
Date: 07/31/13

544 Broadway St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $128,000
Buyer: Noreen B. Candon
Seller: Kathleen D. Laclair
Date: 08/01/13

85 Call St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Juan A. Deleon
Seller: James E. Seymour
Date: 08/07/13

451 East Main St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $147,500
Buyer: Christina Loy
Seller: Dennis Cook
Date: 08/01/13

49 Fairfield Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $182,000
Buyer: Tony Tereso
Seller: Fred M. Sliwa
Date: 07/29/13

111 Garland St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Donald J. Laplante
Seller: Hazel J. Levan
Date: 07/29/13

25 Henry Harris St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $131,000
Buyer: Kelly J. Colkos
Seller: Jennifer M. Gallant
Date: 08/07/13

28 Kane Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $141,500
Buyer: Edward H. Greeno
Seller: Deborah S. Stec
Date: 07/31/13

Lombard Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $2,137,500
Buyer: Blue Bird MHC LLC
Seller: GL Realty LLC
Date: 07/30/13

501 Memorial Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $1,250,000
Buyer: Chick Fil A Inc.
Seller: Columbus Ave. Realty LLC
Date: 08/06/13

32 Morris St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $155,000
Seller: MHFA
Date: 08/09/13

518 Pendleton Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Waycon Inc.
Seller: Edward Kleciak
Date: 08/02/13

552 Pendleton Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $184,000
Buyer: Daniel R. Lowe
Seller: Kyle Thibeault
Date: 08/02/13

23 Pleasant St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $147,900
Buyer: Manuel A. Salgado
Seller: John J. Moccio
Date: 08/02/13

42 Poplar St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $151,000
Buyer: Eugene V. Gruszka
Seller: Michelle L. Gamelli
Date: 07/30/13

40 Randall St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $134,000
Buyer: Robert A. Tardiff
Seller: Sophie M. Malikowski
Date: 08/08/13

16 South Winthrop St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Craig A. Viens
Seller: Debra A. Sherrer
Date: 07/29/13

47 Tanglewood St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Anthony Matos
Seller: John Chmura
Date: 07/31/13

169 Waite Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Bethanie L. Sawyer
Seller: Derek P. Swistak
Date: 08/02/13

129 Woodlawn St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Laura J. Hurler
Seller: Sandra M. Turban
Date: 07/31/13

108 Woodstock St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $126,000
Buyer: Alexandra Gonzalez
Seller: Jennifer L. Weir
Date: 07/31/13

116 Woodstock St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $138,000
Buyer: Monika M. Konopko
Seller: Wojcik, Walter, (Estate)
Date: 07/31/13

7 Zoar Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: James Sheftall
Seller: Richard S. Harty
Date: 08/01/13

EAST LONGMEADOW

137 Allen St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $341,500
Buyer: Patrick R. Tudryn
Seller: Angelo Pananas
Date: 08/09/13

Auburn St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $272,000
Buyer: John J. Kelly
Seller: Michael F. Torcia
Date: 08/09/13

101 Bayne St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Leo A. Riendeau
Seller: Cynthia K. Therien
Date: 07/31/13

11 Betterley Lane
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $425,000
Buyer: John S. Chmura
Seller: Bretta Construction LLC
Date: 07/31/13

10 Crescent Hill
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $126,000
Buyer: Wells Fargo Bank NA
Seller: Jason L. Campbell
Date: 07/30/13

125 Dearborn St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: John M. Dickson
Seller: Rocco M. Carabetta
Date: 07/30/13

53 Edmund St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Eric A. Krupka
Seller: David J. Pallatino
Date: 08/01/13

27 Fairview St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Thaw Dar
Seller: Anthony Moriarty
Date: 08/09/13

29 Millbrook Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $239,900
Buyer: Timothy L. Collins
Seller: Bailey, Robert J., (Estate)
Date: 08/02/13

198 Porter Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $294,900
Buyer: Sharon E. Bonasoni
Seller: Michael A. Torcia
Date: 08/02/13

25 Spring Valley Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Anthony Moriarty
Seller: Paul Courville
Date: 08/09/13

8 Vadnais St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $272,500
Buyer: Lawrence Bradley
Seller: Mary E. Karpells
Date: 08/09/13

18 Wood Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $140,300
Buyer: CLLC LLC
Seller: Michael P. Galvagni
Date: 08/02/13

GRANVILLE

359 South Lane
Granville, MA 01034
Amount: $157,000
Buyer: Joel R. Lewis
Seller: Randall S. White
Date: 08/01/13

HAMPDEN

Bennett Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Vincent P. Murphy
Seller: David F. Wentworth
Date: 08/02/13

4 Mount Vision Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $192,900
Buyer: Steven A. Aulisio
Seller: Kathleen Foster
Date: 08/02/13

63 Old Orchard Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: James E. Gagnon
Seller: Ruth A. Hatch
Date: 07/31/13

26 Walnut Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $262,000
Buyer: Jason Lopes
Seller: John E. Mullaney
Date: 07/31/13

HOLLAND

10 Old County Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $289,000
Buyer: Michael R. Vieira
Seller: Paixao Properties Inc.
Date: 08/09/13

53 Sandy Beach Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $176,500
Buyer: Christopher Polkowski
Seller: J. B. Noble
Date: 08/08/13

HOLYOKE

3 Brenan St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Christopher Kulig
Seller: USA HUD
Date: 07/29/13

1594 Dwight St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $380,000
Buyer: William M. Radner
Seller: William M. Radner
Date: 07/29/13

3 Hendel Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $207,500
Buyer: Robert A. Recoulle
Seller: Jeffrey L. Stoloff
Date: 07/31/13

108 Meadowbrook Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $168,550
Buyer: David Vogel
Seller: Paul, William F., (Estate)
Date: 07/31/13

Michelle Lane
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $315,900
Buyer: Diana C. Abbott
Seller: J. N. Duquette & Son Construction
Date: 07/31/13

211 Oak St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Richard Rubin
Seller: Hang Z. Huang
Date: 07/31/13

4 River Terrace
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Samuel W. Craig
Seller: Kenneth J. Watson
Date: 07/29/13

138 Saint Jerome Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Eric Reynolds
Seller: Patricia A. Griffin
Date: 08/08/13

LONGMEADOW

100 Arlington Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: Judith A. Delong
Seller: George E. Markoulakis
Date: 07/30/13

Blokland Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $345,000
Buyer: Brenda L. Kashmanian
Seller: Paul J. Girard
Date: 07/29/13

263 Burbank Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $250,500
Buyer: Aruna Priya
Seller: George J. Krol
Date: 08/01/13

9 Churchill Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $544,500
Buyer: Harlan M. Wahrman
Seller: Robert T. Brooks
Date: 07/30/13

96 Colton Place
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $365,900
Buyer: Nicholas Pesce
Seller: David Dambrov
Date: 07/31/13

58 Fairfield Terrace
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $306,000
Buyer: Christopher M. Buendo
Seller: St.Michaels Construction Corp.
Date: 07/30/13

69 Fairfield Terrace
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $299,000
Buyer: Joanna Smiley
Seller: Ralph K. Chamberlain
Date: 07/31/13

13 Glenwood Circle
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $212,500
Buyer: Kimberly Guarnaccia
Seller: Christopher Karwoski
Date: 07/29/13

259 Inverness Lane
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Thomas L. Spiwak
Seller: Bettirose Eisner
Date: 08/09/13

5 Laurel St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $945,000
Buyer: Denis G. Gagnon
Seller: Laplante Construction Inc.
Date: 08/07/13

154 Lawrence Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $477,750
Buyer: Marieanne Dambrov
Seller: Mayer A. Kahan
Date: 07/31/13

1497 Longmeadow St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $267,250
Buyer: Jeremy R. Stambovsky
Seller: Todd E. Frederickson
Date: 07/31/13

335 Maple Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $193,000
Buyer: Michael J. Mowbray
Seller: Jeffrey A. Lomma
Date: 08/01/13

117 Pleasantview Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $277,500
Buyer: Christopher M. Carr
Seller: Elaine M. Geha
Date: 07/31/13

97 Roseland Terrace
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $291,821
Buyer: Mica LLC
Seller: Radomir Lazic
Date: 08/09/13

62 Woodsley Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $705,000
Buyer: Todd Adelson
Seller: Jennifer L. Cambi
Date: 08/01/13

LUDLOW

834 Center St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $128,500
Buyer: Christopher J. Sherman
Seller: Gail T. Green
Date: 07/29/13

334 Chapin St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $251,500
Buyer: Derek J. Chandonnet
Seller: Angelo Parlengas
Date: 07/29/13

99 East Akard St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $177,000
Buyer: Michelle A. Carner
Seller: Michelle J. Crochiere
Date: 07/31/13

43 Hampshire St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: M. L. Bradway-Marshall
Seller: Jose A. Andre
Date: 08/05/13

96 Holy Cross Circle
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $218,500
Buyer: Laura S. Markiewicz
Seller: Riverbend 2 Props. LLC
Date: 07/30/13

425 Holyoke St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $312,500
Buyer: Nicholas J. Emmett
Seller: Philip J. Dunaj
Date: 08/07/13

17 Irla Dr.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Brian A. Rogowski
Seller: Robert E. Wojtczak
Date: 08/09/13

494 Lyon St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $249,000
Buyer: Alexandre A. Carvalho
Seller: Richard S. Zych
Date: 08/07/13

50 McLean Pkwy.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Crystal M. Mateus
Seller: Patrick R. Tudryn
Date: 08/09/13

27 Munsing Ave.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $269,900
Buyer: Jacqueline C. Rosa
Seller: Mark P. Russell
Date: 07/31/13

46 Pinewood Road
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $140,500
Buyer: Kevin J. Leclaire
Seller: Kevin J. Leclaire
Date: 08/05/13

23 Power Ave.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $198,000
Buyer: Danielle M. Lombardi
Seller: Norman D. Dudley
Date: 08/09/13

35 Rogers Ave.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Kazimierz Borawski
Seller: Rosemary Rudloff
Date: 07/31/13

18 West Akard St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $129,000
Buyer: Jamie L. Thomas
Seller: Gerald Boduch
Date: 07/31/13

18 Warwick Dr.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: CSB Svc. Corp.
Seller: Lesley A. Kowalczyk
Date: 07/29/13

683 West St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Mario Ferrentino
Seller: Kelly A. Tracy
Date: 07/31/13

136 Yale St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Yale Street LLC
Seller: Giza Mondry, Helen, (Estate)
Date: 08/05/13

MONSON

28 Bethany Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $129,000
Buyer: Sarah E. Longo
Seller: Teresa Kelley-Coffey
Date: 08/09/13

87 Lakeside Dr.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: Alan Ehrlich
Seller: Christine E. Evans
Date: 07/31/13

9 Lincoln St.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Wesley R. Crouch
Seller: Henry L. Padden
Date: 07/29/13

245 Palmer Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $123,000
Buyer: Sequoia Props. Realty LLC
Seller: Aldrich, William H., (Estate)
Date: 08/08/13

4 Zuell Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $230,500
Buyer: David J. Kane
Seller: Michael R. McCurry
Date: 08/06/13

PALMER

16 Cedar Hill St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Joseph Amegah
Seller: Ye X. Yan
Date: 08/05/13

1033 Chestnut St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $171,500
Buyer: Acacio Sanches
Seller: Kathy A. Foster
Date: 08/01/13

28 Deborah St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $171,000
Buyer: Jessica M. Unsderfer
Seller: Derek J. Chandonnet
Date: 08/02/13

25 Geraldine St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Frederick J. Kotowski
Seller: Adam V. Hageman
Date: 07/30/13

2010 High St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $127,300
Buyer: Daniel Delisle
Seller: Steven A. Runnals
Date: 08/01/13

1505 North Main St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $128,000
Buyer: Linda S. Pardo
Seller: Cabot Realty LLC
Date: 08/02/13

1520 Park St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Ruport Realty LLC
Seller: Paul J. Les

2021 Prospect St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $121,000
Buyer: Jeremy R. Tuomisto
Seller: Roger W. Barnes
Date: 07/30/13

101 River St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $133,100
Buyer: Glen W. Shorette
Seller: Robert W. Shorette
Date: 08/06/13

118 State St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $119,000
Buyer: Carrie Morris
Seller: Eric G. Hiersche
Date: 08/07/13

RUSSELL

175 General Knox Road
Russell, MA 01071
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Katherine A. Stokowski
Seller: Freniere, Richard M., (Estate)
Date: 08/07/13

135 Timberidge Dr.
Russell, MA 01071
Amount: $137,900
Buyer: Shannon L. Trusty
Seller: FNMA
Date: 07/30/13

SPRINGFIELD

27 Ashland Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $127,200
Buyer: Maureen E. Anton
Seller: Kimberly A. Nadolski
Date: 07/30/13

49 Bartels St.
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $150,277
Buyer: Hassan Mourad
Seller: Mohammad Niroomand
Date: 08/01/13

53 Bissell St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Desiree S. Davis
Seller: FNMA
Date: 08/02/13

43 Caitlin Dr.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Antonio Teixeria
Seller: Jason A. Lopes
Date: 07/31/13

25 Canton St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $117,500
Buyer: Jose Cruzado
Seller: Lori A. Ruell
Date: 08/08/13

110 Carr St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $175,800
Buyer: Giuseppe Leone
Seller: Jeffrey W. Duda
Date: 07/29/13

50 Chauncey Dr.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Carl J. Shaw
Seller: Stanley J. Rodak
Date: 07/31/13

82 Cherry St.
Springfield, MA 01105
Amount: $192,500
Buyer: Roberto Rodriguez
Seller: Homer Foucher
Date: 08/09/13

274 Christopher Dr.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $180,000
Seller: David B. Failey
Date: 07/30/13

120 Clarendon St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Jack C. Dubose
Seller: Wesley Methodist Church
Date: 08/09/13

27 Deepfield Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $172,937
Buyer: Marilynn Jones
Seller: Philip D. Wood
Date: 07/29/13

5 Fair Oak Road
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Laura A. Phelan
Seller: Sara A. Brassil
Date: 07/31/13

174 Fort Pleasant Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Berkshire Land Co. LLC
Seller: HSBC Bank USA
Date: 07/29/13

49 Garcia St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $142,000
Buyer: Cassandra Washington
Seller: Maroun Ghossein
Date: 07/31/13

98 Gilman St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Andrew D. Galaska
Seller: Joseph M. Daley
Date: 07/31/13

26 Granger St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $151,000
Buyer: Sergio Flores
Seller: Mikhail S. Kutsel
Date: 08/07/13

239 Hanson Dr.
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Thomas L. Gregoire
Seller: Steven A. Aulisio
Date: 07/30/13

36 Hartwick St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $131,500
Buyer: Timothy A. Bradley
Seller: Timothy L. Collins
Date: 08/02/13

77 Laurence St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Nelson J. Milano
Seller: Elaine C. Graham
Date: 07/30/13

595 Main St.
Springfield, MA 01105
Amount: $326,000
Buyer: Glory Inc.
Seller: 587 Main Realty Corp.
Date: 08/08/13

3400 Main St.
Springfield, MA 01199
Amount: $6,500,000
Buyer: Baystate Medical Center
Seller: Stutz Realty LLC
Date: 07/30/13

134 Mallowhill Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Shi L. Wu
Seller: Flavin, Chester E., (Estate)
Date: 07/30/13

Park Dr.
Springfield, MA 01101
Buyer: Denis G. Gagnon
Seller: Laplante Construction Inc.
Date: 08/07/13

53 Pennsylvania Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $172,000
Buyer: Michael R. Grimaldi
Seller: Jason N. Shrock
Date: 07/31/13

9 Ridgeway Circle
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Kathleen G. Walsh
Seller: Andrew F. Wissemann
Date: 08/02/13

201 Rosemary Dr.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $137,000
Buyer: Jose A. Lebron-Vega
Seller: Daniel Garrity
Date: 08/02/13

105 Saint James Circle
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Ruth N. Rodriguez
Seller: CDM Props. LLC
Date: 08/01/13

251 Senator St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $125,039
Buyer: Olga Jagiello
Seller: USA HUD
Date: 08/09/13

44 Texel Dr.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $138,900
Buyer: Robert D. Rizzuto
Seller: Connie R. Chaitovsky
Date: 08/02/13

509 Tiffany St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $118,000
Buyer: Eliezer Reyes
Seller: Kathryn L. Calabrese
Date: 08/06/13

705 Union St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Joshua Reid
Seller: Hallerin Realty LLP
Date: 08/08/13

297 West Allen Ridge Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $127,000
Buyer: Phuc N. Nguyen
Seller: Marlin Investments LLC
Date: 07/31/13

32 Warriner Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $131,250
Buyer: Monty LLC
Seller: Corey J. Fisher
Date: 08/01/13

1468 Wilbraham Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $149,000
Buyer: Greychi Alvarado
Seller: Rebecca Before
Date: 08/02/13

193 Winterset Dr.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $168,000
Buyer: James J. Lucek
Seller: Daniel J. Manning
Date: 07/31/13

SOUTHWICK

20 Iroquois Dr.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Richard S. Zito
Seller: Barbara W. Sokolowski
Date: 08/02/13

17 Juniper Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $191,000
Buyer: Eric M. Brogan
Seller: Daniel A. Erwin
Date: 07/31/13

29 North Lake Ave.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $124,900
Buyer: Michaelene J. Gurka
Seller: Debra A. Croteau
Date: 08/09/13

WALES

7 Church St.
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Andrew P. Duquette
Seller: Donald R. Bancroft
Date: 07/30/13

WESTFIELD

48 Bailey Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Johnathan J. Timek
Seller: Scarfo Construction Inc.
Date: 07/30/13

1087 East Mountain Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $115,500
Buyer: Anil K. Mallavarapu
Seller: Bank Of America FSB
Date: 07/31/13

455 Falley Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $480,000
Buyer: Sarah E. Scott
Seller: Kelly A. Prenosil
Date: 08/08/13

32 Heritage Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $299,000
Buyer: Christopher N. Riga
Seller: Daniel R. Gintowt
Date: 07/29/13

37 Joseph Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Corrine K. Holland
Seller: Holland, Andree J., (Estate)
Date: 07/31/13

8 Leaview Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Dawn R. Schlien
Seller: Joan H. Ugolik
Date: 07/31/13

17 Linden Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $169,847
Buyer: Michael C. McGrievey
Seller: Julieann A. Schortmann
Date: 08/07/13

156 Meadow St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: John R. Gordner
Seller: Teresa M. Orlandi
Date: 07/31/13

139 Springdale Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Jason M. Perron
Seller: Barbara J. Bell
Date: 07/31/13

315 Steiger Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: Christopher O’Brien
Seller: Jason P. Queenin
Date: 07/31/13

36 Stephanie Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $298,000
Buyer: Timothy E. Slowick
Seller: Christopher M. Watroba
Date: 08/01/13

Violet Circle
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $117,000
Buyer: Kopatz Construction Inc.
Seller: Scarfo Construction Inc.
Date: 08/01/13

WILBRAHAM

5 Autumn Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $455,000
Buyer: Jessie E. Donovan
Seller: Gregory G. Loboda
Date: 08/01/13

8 Briar Cliff Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Kristin M. Gates
Seller: Sturbridge Dev. LLC
Date: 08/09/13

150 Chilson Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Scott M. Mchugh
Seller: Mark E. Przechocki
Date: 08/05/13

5 Elm Circle
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Valerie Labine-Perry
Seller: Jeanne M. Moriarty
Date: 08/08/13

17 Falcon Hts.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $1,250,000
Buyer: Jay C. Falik
Seller: Diana J. Walker
Date: 07/30/13

5 Fox Hill Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $299,000
Buyer: Mark E. Przechocki
Seller: Raymond J. Wright
Date: 08/05/13

9 Harness Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $410,000
Buyer: Rory M. Sullivan
Seller: Kristin M. Gates
Date: 08/09/13

15 Meadowview Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $249,500
Buyer: Gregory J. Rogers
Seller: Rory M. Sullivan
Date: 07/30/13

2 Pidgeon Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $237,900
Buyer: Shelby L. Cook
Seller: Kenneth J. Marowski
Date: 08/08/13

3 Powers Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $415,000
Buyer: Philip J. Dunaj
Seller: Mary K. Counos
Date: 08/07/13

34 Pomeroy St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $222,500
Buyer: Daniel J. Manning
Seller: Lillian F. Malandrinos
Date: 07/31/13

17 Ripley St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $187,500
Buyer: Elizabeth M. Nelson
Seller: Mary Boyajy
Date: 07/30/13

28 Soule Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Kerrin M. Bigda
Seller: Alexander A. Berezkin
Date: 07/30/13

443 Stony Hill Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Michael R. Parker
Seller: Robert L. Gaudette
Date: 07/31/13

899 Stony Hill Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Brian Cunningham
Seller: Elizabeth K. Lee
Date: 08/02/13

WEST SPRINGFIELD

77 Armstrong St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Thomas W. Clutz
Seller: Francisco Rodriguez
Date: 07/30/13

116 Chestnut St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $192,500
Buyer: Craig A. Dore
Seller: Charles L. Dore
Date: 07/31/13

25 E. School St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Chitra K. Rai
Seller: Karl F. Schwarzkopf
Date: 08/01/13

49 E. School St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Yekub Shakhanov
Seller: Morray Inc.
Date: 07/31/13

104 Edgewood Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $259,900
Buyer: Miriam B. Steinberg
Seller: Kelley A. Breck
Date: 07/31/13

18 Hillside Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $157,500
Buyer: Justin S. Bergeron
Seller: Jonathan Bernard
Date: 07/30/13

25 Irving St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $167,500
Buyer: Battista Property Mgmt. LLC
Seller: Richard N. Majkowski
Date: 07/31/13

112 Lewis Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Oleksandr Demyanchuk
Seller: Timothy A. Neal
Date: 08/08/13

190 Lower Beverly Hills
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $182,250
Buyer: Keith B. Lee
Seller: Jennifer L. Bharvirkar
Date: 07/29/13

29 Robinson Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $183,000
Buyer: Nico Paolucci
Seller: Timothy E. Slowick
Date: 07/29/13

19 Spring St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $118,000
Buyer: Marina Efremova
Seller: NSP Residential LLC
Date: 07/30/13

31 Sunnyside St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Vyatcheslav Tsukanov
Seller: Alfred A. Bernard
Date: 07/31/13

104 Vincent Dr.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $246,000
Buyer: Matthew L. Krokov
Seller: Flagstone Props. Inc.
Date: 07/31/13

33 Windsor St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Vasiliy Panchenko
Seller: Earl F. Camp
Date: 07/29/13

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

AMHERST

56 Berkshire Terrace
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $312,000
Buyer: Matthew J. Spitzer
Seller: Annaliese Bischoff
Date: 08/05/13

55 Chapel Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $395,000
Buyer: Haivan V. Hoang
Seller: Canale, Parola Ercole, (Estate)
Date: 07/29/13

40 Dickinson St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Todd Volk
Seller: Gloria B. Morton TR
Date: 08/09/13

15 Hawthorn Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $745,000
Buyer: William M. Doerr
Seller: Bercume Construction LLC
Date: 08/02/13

43 Hitchcock Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $464,000
Buyer: Amherst College
Seller: William C. Taubman
Date: 08/01/13

Lindenridge Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Bercume Construction LLC
Seller: Western Development Corp.
Date: 08/06/13

N/A
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $301,000
Buyer: Jon W. Holcombe
Seller: Anne M. Taylor
Date: 08/05/13

374 Old Montague Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $612,000
Buyer: Vlad Zakashansky
Seller: Carol S. Gross
Date: 08/02/13

24 Potwine Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Michael MacDonald
Seller: David E. Seymour
Date: 08/01/13

80 Rolling Ridge Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $336,000
Buyer: Michelle E. Farkas
Seller: Susan A. Howard
Date: 08/01/13

682 Station Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $340,000
Buyer: Abida Adnan
Seller: Mass. Properties Mgmt. LLC
Date: 07/31/13

45 Woodlot Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $480,000
Buyer: Qian Ya
Seller: Richard Rubin
Date: 07/30/13

BELCHERTOWN

81 Allen Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Kyle J. Thibeault
Seller: Chester A. Banach
Date: 08/02/13

29 Mill Valley Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $238,000
Buyer: William M. Watson
Seller: Mitchell W. Vincent
Date: 07/31/13

5 Tucker Lane
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Marianne Waszkelewicz
Seller: Mary A. O’Neil
Date: 08/09/13

CHESTERFIELD

125 Bryant St.
Chesterfield, MA 01012
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: Michael Alterman
Seller: Linda E. Jones
Date: 08/06/13

EASTHAMPTON

6 Adams St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Natali Hernandez-Gardiol
Seller: Mukunda Feldman
Date: 07/30/13

22 Carillon Circle
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $237,000
Buyer: Kevin R. Doherty
Seller: Michael E. Czerapowicz LT
Date: 07/31/13

16 Chapman Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $219,900
Buyer: Michael L. Mactavish
Seller: John R. Gasperini
Date: 08/01/13

10 Holyoke St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $239,900
Buyer: Susan M. Tallon
Seller: David G. Poppie
Date: 08/09/13

19 Knipfer Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: James L. Patterson
Seller: Laurie A. Kline
Date: 08/09/13

20 Knipfer Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $229,900
Buyer: John B. Allison
Seller: Kevin C. Netto
Date: 07/31/13

305 Loudville Road
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $187,390
Buyer: Justin T. Skoronski
Seller: FNMA
Date: 08/09/13

75 Northampton St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Auouk Alquier
Seller: Bruce C. Nolan
Date: 08/09/13

157 Park St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $279,000
Buyer: Daniel J. Hartman
Seller: Rosa M. Gomes
Date: 07/29/13

19 River Valley Way
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Jeffrey S. Cahill
Seller: EH Homeownership LLC
Date: 08/07/13

86 Williston Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: FHLM
Seller: Shawn T. Asher
Date: 08/01/13

3 Windsor Circle
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Robert E. Sass
Seller: Mark M. Hammond
Date: 08/07/13

GRANBY

300 Batchelor St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Matthew Hamel
Seller: Jeannette A. Boczon
Date: 08/09/13

50 Morgan St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $242,000
Buyer: Robert H. Mongeon
Seller: David E. Bolio
Date: 07/31/13

6 Oak Dr.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Tomothy S. Sorrentino
Seller: Claude D. Lambert
Date: 07/30/13

204 School St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $178,000
Buyer: James N. Brousard
Seller: Jeanne Yocum
Date: 07/30/13

HADLEY

14 Aloha Dr.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Richard M. Klein
Seller: Higgins, Barry R., (Estate)
Date: 08/01/13

59 River Dr.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $684,935
Buyer: John H. Kokoski
Seller: Peter J. Klimoski
Date: 07/31/13

72 River Dr.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Marjorie Rule
Seller: Williams H. Wallis
Date: 08/02/13

26 Russell St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Jerry Rybczynski
Seller: Edward W. Forman
Date: 07/29/13

8 Stockbridge Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $276,000
Buyer: Jeffry J. Gummeson
Seller: James J. Dinopoulos
Date: 08/09/13

22 Sylvia Hts.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $575,000
Buyer: Yadin Mor
Seller: James T&B Henderson LT
Date: 07/29/13

HATFIELD

64 Bridge St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $248,000
Buyer: Mary K. Shoro
Date: 07/31/13

115 Elm St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Jefferey P. Laflamme
Seller: Hatfield Village LLC
Date: 08/02/13

17 King St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $299,900
Buyer: Stephen Luippold
Seller: Jacob N. Masenior
Date: 08/05/13

104 Mountain Road
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $412,000
Buyer: Christyn J. Fagan
Seller: Paul D. Palmisciano
Date: 08/06/13

NORTHAMPTON

24 Adare Plce
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $465,000
Buyer: Julie N. Tomlinson-Nolan
Seller: Steven R. Roszko
Date: 08/09/13

18 Cherry St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $284,500
Buyer: D. McKay Separate Share TR
Seller: Judy A. Madzunovic
Date: 07/29/13

22 Claire Ave.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Sarah D. Haessler
Seller: Amherst Green Dev. LLC
Date: 08/05/13

95 Emerson Way
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $511,000
Buyer: Jennifer M. Recht
Seller: Rosemund LLC
Date: 08/09/13

22 Fort Hill Terrace
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $363,500
Buyer: Jeremy F. Hartman
Seller: O’Neill, Mary E., (Estate)
Date: 08/01/13

72 Fox Farms Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $362,500
Buyer: Craig N. Ruberti
Seller: Helen R. Covekk RET
Date: 08/01/13

235 Glendale Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $159,900
Buyer: James A. Coyle
Seller: Terrie M. Jarosz
Date: 08/01/13

16 Hancock St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $389,000
Buyer: Peter A. Thunfors
Seller: Lorena Donaldson-Zurita
Date: 08/05/13

39 Ladyslipper Lane
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $459,000
Buyer: Adam P. Kittredge
Seller: Carol R. Schroeder
Date: 07/31/13

97 Laurel Park
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $203,000
Buyer: Terence Ragasa
Seller: Jena M. Sujat
Date: 08/08/13

29 Longview Dr.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $190,500
Buyer: Christopher C. Slack
Seller: Lois E. Newton
Date: 08/09/13

22 Maple St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $333,000
Buyer: Katherine Eileen
Seller: Eric A. Cohen
Date: 07/30/13

178 North Elm St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $241,350
Buyer: Catherine McCune
Seller: Kevin L. Alix
Date: 07/30/13

280 Old Wilson Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $551,000
Buyer: Olena Parkhomenko
Seller: Kerry Brozyna
Date: 08/01/13

7 Pine St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Alexander M. Kalish
Seller: Craig N. Ruberti
Date: 08/01/13

17 Prospect Hts.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $284,000
Buyer: Marvin T. Elline
Seller: Susan J. Meunier
Date: 08/09/13

111 Prospect St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $675,000
Buyer: Deevia C. Patel
Seller: Fay A. Klein
Date: 07/31/13

327 Riverside Dr.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $305,500
Buyer: Lindsay S. Pope
Seller: Byongok Chon
Date: 08/07/13

306 Rocky Hill Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $370,000
Buyer: Lynne M. Davis
Seller: George W. Adams
Date: 08/02/13

459 Rocky Hill Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Elizabeth M. Skelley
Seller: Robert K. Eckert
Date: 08/09/13

137 Spruce Hill Ave.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $227,900
Buyer: Magdalene Aulik
Seller: Robert Eveleigh
Date: 07/31/13

140 Williams St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $142,800
Buyer: Dana L. Goldblat
Seller: Samuel Conklin
Date: 07/29/13

PLAINFIELD

278 Prospect St.
Plainfield, MA 01070
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Bruce G. Hooke
Seller: Jonathan R. Lawrence
Date: 08/07/13

SOUTH HADLEY

14 Broad St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Matthew Yee
Seller: Robert A. Recoulle
Date: 07/31/13

112 Granby Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $222,000
Buyer: Sharon M. Styffe
Seller: Nichilas S. Collins
Date: 08/01/13

32 Leahey Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $278,500
Buyer: Michelle L. Fitzell
Seller: Thomas W. Carey
Date: 07/29/13

3 Leblanc Dr.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $387,500
Buyer: Kelley A. Fike
Seller: Anthony G. Catterton
Date: 08/01/13

101 Pine St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Arthur E. Procter
Seller: Christopher J. Potito
Date: 07/31/13

11 Ranger St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Christopher S. Sormanti
Seller: Michael P. Lynch
Date: 08/02/13

9 Spring Meadows
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $345,000
Buyer: Scott A. Lynch
Seller: Sandra Schuhlen
Date: 07/31/13

26 Upper River Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Daniel F. Muldoon
Seller: James W. Knapp
Date: 07/31/13

7 Warner St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Steven K. Eckman
Seller: Daniel E. Cyr
Date: 08/09/13

4 Wright Place
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $212,000
Buyer: Joseph D. Mancinelli
Seller: Susan L. Anderson
Date: 08/09/13

SOUTHAMPTON

72 Glendale Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $365,000
Buyer: Patricia A. Hoynoski
Seller: Richard L. Truehart
Date: 08/01/13

14 Mountain View Circle
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $197,500
Buyer: Elizabeth M. Farrell
Seller: Richard Blackbird
Date: 08/07/13

WARE

19 Eagle St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $159,900
Buyer: Joseph P. Sutkaitis
Seller: Joseph Wilga
Date: 07/31/13

46 Eddy St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $128,000
Buyer: Jonathan Underwood
Seller: Pioneer Valley Redevelopment LLC
Date: 08/08/13

15 Hillside Terrace
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $276,500
Buyer: Dale A. Walker
Seller: Sean S. Murray
Date: 07/31/13

West Warren Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: West Warren Road LLC
Date: 07/30/13

WESTHAMPTON

91 North Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $258,000
Buyer: David G. Poppie
Seller: Mark A. Miller
Date: 08/09/13

14 Pine Island Lake
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $212,000
Buyer: Nicholas S. Divenere
Seller: Donald R. Affhauser RET
Date: 08/07/13

54 Pine Island Lake
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $650,000
Buyer: Diana C. Killip
Seller: Robert D. Marmor
Date: 07/31/13

WORTHINGTON

47 Conwell Road
Worthington, MA 01098
Amount: $340,000
Buyer: Madeleine A. Cahill
Seller: Klouda FT
Date: 07/31/13

Chamber Corners: Upcoming Events

By BusinessWest Staff September 10, 2013

Chamber Corners Departments

ACCGS
www.myonlinechamber.com
(413) 787-1555
• Sept. 11: After 5 – MillFest, 5-7 p.m., at Ludlow Mills. We’re bringing the After 5 networking events back bigger and better tha• ever with a MillFest. We’ll have live music, great food, lots of fun, and, of course, networking. Sponsored by Chicopee Savings Bank with support from HealthSouth and Westmass Area Development Corp. Presented i• collaboratio• with the East of the River Five Tow• Chamber of Commerce, a• affiliate of the ACCGS. Reservations are $15 for members, $25 for general admission. Proceeds will benefit the ERC5 Scholarship Fund. Reservations may be made online at www.myonlinechamber.com or by calling Cecile Larose at (413) 755-1313.
• Sept. 18: Wester• Mass. Business Forum, 8:30 a.m.-noon, at Holyoke Community College. Businesses operating today are ofte• overwhelmed by state and federal environmental, health, and safety requirements. It’s especially tough for small and mid-size businesses to keep up to date. Joi• the EPA, DEP, and other state agencies and the state’s leading business organizations for a half-day briefing where you’ll be give• the tools to ru• your business safely and i• compliance with the law — and maybe save some money i• the end. Presented i• collaboratio• with Associated Industries of Mass., the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, Partners for a Healthier Community, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Reservations are $25 for the first employee per company, $15 per employee thereafter. Reservations must be made online at www.myonlinechamber.com.
• Sept. 24: Pastries, Politics, and Policy, 8-9 a.m., at the TD Bank Conference Center, 1441 Mai• St., Springfield. For those political and policy junkies. Joi• us for our debut event featuring a policy expert and member of the Patrick administratio• for a breakfast and roundtable discussion. Reservations are $15 for members, $25 for general admission. Reservations may be made online at www.myonlinechamber.com or by calling Cecile Larose at (413) 755-1313.
• Oct. 1: Rake i• the Business Tabletop and Business Networking Event, 4:30-7 p.m., at the Castle of Knights, Chicopee. This unique tabletop showcase provides businesses and organizations with a• affordable opportunity to exhibit their products and services. Presented i• collaboratio• with the Greater Chicopee, Holyoke, and Westfield chambers of commerce. Exhibitor space is $100 and includes a• 8-foot table, two exhibitor passes, and six complimentary passes for admission. Reservations to attend are $5. Reservations may be made online at www.myonlinechamber.com or by calling Cecile Larose at (413) 755-1313.
• Oct. 2: Business@Breakfast, 7:15-9 a.m., at the Log Cabi• i• Holyoke. Speed Networking — joi• us for our take o• speed dating, a fast-paced way for you to work the room, making 50 new contacts at one breakfast. Get your elevator speech ready for this unique event. Sponsored by Series Sponsor Masiello Employment Services. Reservations are $20 for members, $30 for general admission. Reservations may be made online at www.myonlinechamber.com or by calling Cecile Larose at (413) 755-1313.
• Oct. 9: Lunch ‘n’ Learn, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., at One Financial Plaza Community Room, 1350 Mai• St., Springfield. The program, “Birds Tweet, but Should You? Is Social Media Right for your Business?” will discuss strategies behind using social media, determining your retur• o• investment and tips o• how to best deploy social media to your advantage. Reservations are $20 for members, $30 for general admission, and includes networking time and a boxed lunch. Reservations may be made online at www.myonlinechamber.com or by calling Cecile Larose at (413) 755-1313.
• Oct. 24: A Chocolate Affair, 6-9 p.m., at Chez Josef i• Agawam. Indulge yourself i• chocolate, shopping, and networking. Presented by the Professional Women’s Chamber, a• affiliate of the ACCGS. Exhibitor space is $70. Reservations to attend are $40. Reservations may be made online at www.myonlinechamber.com or by calling Cecile Larose at (413) 755-1313.
• Oct. 25: Super 60, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at Chez Josef i• Agawam. Celebrate the region’s top-performing companies. Now, i• its 24th year, this awards program celebrates the success of the fastest-growing privately owned businesses i• the regio• that continue to make significant contributions to the strength of the regional economy. Presented by Health New England with support from Hampde• Bank, Sulliva• Hayes & Quinn, the Republican, and WWLP-TV 22. Reservations are $50 for members, $70 for general admission. Reservations may be made online at www.myonlinechamber.com or by contacting Cecile Larose at (413) 755-1313.

AMHERST AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.amherstarea.com
(413) 253-0700
• Sept. 13: Amherst Area Chamber Luncheon, 12:30-2 p.m., at the Lord Jeffery Inn, 30 Boltwood Ave., Amherst. Sponsored by UMass Five College Credit Union. Celebrate the growth and impact of local agriculture and the 20th anniversary of Community Involved i• Sustaining Agriculture (CISA). Guest speaker Phillip Korman, executive director of CISA, will discuss the economic impacts and growth of the “Local Hero” movement i• the Pioneer Valley. Tickets cost $25 per person. RSVP to [email protected].
• Sept. 25: Chamber After 5 at Florence Savings Bank, Block Party, 5-7 p.m. Hosted by and sponsored by Florence Savings Bank, 385 College St., Amherst. Explore the whole group of businesses at Amherst Crossing: Amherst Pharmacy, Coldwell Banker-Upto• Massamont Realtors, and Pioneer Valley Ideal Weight Loss. Enjoy tasty treats from Portabella Catering. Admission: $10 for members, $15 for non-members. RSVP to [email protected].
• Oct. 3: Amherst Area Chamber Annual Awards Dinner, 5:30-9 p.m., at the UMass Student Unio• Ballroom. Presented by PeoplesBank. Sponsored by J.F.Conlo• & Associates. Legacy Award: Joh• Coull; Lifetime Achievement i• Business: Ronald Nathan, Amherst Insurance Agency/the Natha• Agencies; Community Service: Family Outreach of Amherst; Chamber MVP: Cinda Jones, W.D. Cowls Land Co. Admission: $75 per ticket.
• Oct. 18: Legislative Breakfast, 7:15-9 a.m., at the Lord Jeffery Inn. Sponsored by Wester• Massachusetts Electric Co. Admission: $15 for members, $20 for non-members.

GREATER EASTHAMPTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.easthamptonchamber.org
(413) 527-9414
• Sept. 12: Networking By Night Business Card Exchange, 5-7 p.m. Hosted and co-sponsored by Eastworks Event Space, Suite 160, 116 Pleasant St., Easthampton. Co-sponsored by Riff’s Joint, which is providing hors d’ouevres. Beer and wine compliments of Eastworks. Door prizes. Tickets: $5 for members, $15 for future members.
• Sept. 13-14: Fall Recycling Days (Sept. 13: 1-4 p.m.; Sept. 14: 8:30 a.m. to noon). Responsibly dispose of your old computer, monitor, TV, stereo, and/or home or office appliances. Location: Corner of Liberty and Mechanic streets (across from the Liberty Commons Building), Easthampton. Recycling services courtesy of Duseau Trucking, Hatfield. Ope• to the public. Contact the chamber office at (413) 527-9414 for recycling fees; 100% of fees will benefit chamber community programs.
• Sept. 17: GRIST — Get Real Individual Support Today, 9-10 a.m. at the Greater Easthampto• Chamber of Commerce, 33 Unio• St., Easthampton. The GRIST group is a free member benefit, a• ongoing small group of folks who meet regularly to share ideas and get advice o• the daily challenges of running a successful business. RSVP to group leaders Derek Allard at [email protected] or (413) 282-9957, or Fra• Fahey at [email protected] or (413) 529-1189. Free to chamber members and future members.
• Oct. 1: GRIST — Get Real Individual Support Today, 9-10 a.m. at the Greater Easthampto• Chamber of Commerce, 33 Unio• St., Easthampton. The GRIST group is a free member benefit, a• ongoing small group of folks who meet regularly to share ideas and get advice o• the daily challenges of running a successful business. RSVP to group leaders Derek Allard at [email protected] or (413) 282-9957, or Fra• Fahey at [email protected] or (413) 529-1189. Free to chamber members and future members.
• Oct. 8: Mayoral Forum, 6 p.m., Eastworks Meeting Space, Suite 160, 116 Pleasant St., Easthampton. Lear• about the Easthampto• mayoral candidates’ views o• business and their plans for the future of Easthampton. Free and ope• to the public.
• Oct. 10: Networking by Night Business Card Exchange, 5-7 p.m. Hosted and sponsored by Cernak Buick, 102 Northampto• St., Easthampton. Hors d’ouevres, beer, and wine available. Door prizes. Tickets: $5 for members, $15 for future members.
• Oct. 15: GRIST — Get Real Individual Support Today, 9-10 a.m. at the Greater Easthampto• Chamber of Commerce, 33 Unio• St., Easthampton. The GRIST group is a free member benefit, a• ongoing small group of folks who meet regularly to share ideas and get advice o• the daily challenges of running a successful business. RSVP to group leaders Derek Allard at [email protected] or (413) 282-9957, or Fra• Fahey at [email protected] or (413) 529-1189. Free to chamber members and future members.
• Oct. 21: Celebrity Bartenders Night, 6-9 p.m., at Opa-Opa Steakhouse & Brewery, 169 College Highway, Southampton. Joi• us for a night of fu• with local celebrities mixing drinks. Tips benefit the chamber’s holiday lighting fund. Raffles and more fun. Admission: free.

HOLYOKE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.holycham.com
(413) 534-3376
• Sept. 10: “Grow Your Business with E-mail and Social Media Marketing,” from 8:30 (registration) to 10:30 a.m., at the Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce Executive Conference Room, 177 High St. Sponsored by PeoplesBank and the Republican. This workshop is designed to give small businesses and nonprofit organizations some simple ideas for growing their customer, prospect, or member networks by using e-mail and social-media marketing. Admissio• is free. Brought to you by Constant Contact. For reservations, call the chamber office at (413) 534-3376.
• Sept. 11: Legislative Coffee Hour, 7:45-9:15 a.m. Hosted by Slainte, 80 Jarvis Ave., Holyoke. Sponsored by Dowd Insurance, Loomis Communities, and Resnic, Beauregard, Waite and Driscoll. Hear what the Holyoke mayoral candidates have to say about some of the key topics that will affect the city of Holyoke. Each candidate will have a• opportunity to speak and will take questions from the audience. Cost: $18 for chamber members, $25 for non-members. Continental breakfast included. The public is invited to attend. Call the chamber at (413) 534-3376 to sig• up.
• Sept. 17: Holyoke Day at the Big E, 5 p.m.
• Sept. 18: Chamber Annual Clambake, 5-7:30 p.m., at Holyoke Country Club, 1 Country Club Road. Sponsored by United Water, Pioneer Valley Railroad, and Westfield Bank. All tickets are $35. The public is invited to attend. Free golf lesso• at 3:30 p.m., putting contest, music, chowder cook-off, games, door prizes, and raffles. For reservations, call the chamber office at (413) 534-3376.
• Sept. 24: “The Power of E-mail Marketing,” bonus session: “Getting Started with Constant Contact E-mail Marketing,” from 8:30 (registration) to 10 a.m., at the Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce Executive Conference Room, 177 High St., Holyoke. Sponsored by PeoplesBank and the Republican. Attendance is free. For reservations, call the chamber office at 413-534-3376.
• Oct. 1: Table Top Showcase, 4:30-7 p.m., at the Chicopee Castle of Knights. Four area chambers — Greater Holyoke, Chicopee, Westfield, and the ACCGS — are getting together to present a tabletop mini-trade show. Tables cost $100. Call the Holyoke Chamber at (413) 534-3376 to secure your table.
• Oct. 3: “Ask a Chamber Expert: the Basics of Blueprint Reading,” 8:30-10 a.m., at the Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce, Executive Conference Room, 177 High St., Holyoke. Lear• how to define different types of scales used o• drawings; identify the height, width, and length dimensions of a drawing; interpret the various symbols and notations used o• a drawing; distinguish betwee• plan, elevation, section, and detail views; and become familiar with basic plan-reading terminology. Price includes a continental breakfast. Cost: $10 for members; $25 at the door and for non-members. Call the chamber at (413) 534-3376 to sig• up.
• Oct. 9: Autum• Business Breakfast, 7:30-9 a.m., at the Log Cabin. Sponsored by the Republica• and Holyoke Medical Center. Recognizing new members, business milestones, and networking breakfast meeting. Cost: members, $22 i• advance, $28 at the door. Call the chamber at (413) 534-3376 to sig• up.
• Oct. 16: Chamber After Hours, 5-7 p.m., at the Center for Health Education, 404 Jarvis Ave., Holyoke (former Gryn• & Barrett Studios). Business networking event to take place at HCC’s newest educatio• facility. Networking, 50/50 raffle, and door prizes. Cost: $10 for members, $15 for the public. Call the chamber at (413) 534-3376 to sig• up.
• Oct. 22: Social Media with Constant Contact Workshop, 8:30-10:30 a.m., at the Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce, Executive Conference Room, 177 High St., Holyoke. Sponsored by PeoplesBank and the Republican. This information-packed seminar offers a basic review of the essential strategies and best practices a business or organizatio• should understand to successfully get started with social-media marketing. Admissio• is free. Brought to you by Constant Contact. For reservations, call the chamber office at (413) 534-3376.
• Oct. 30: Manufacturing Breakfast, 7:30-9:30 a.m., at the Wherehouse, 109 Lyma• St., Holyoke. For reservations, call the chamber office at (413) 534-3376.

MASSACHUSETTS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.massachusettschamberofcommerce.com
(413) 525-2506
• Nov. 12: Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon, 9 a.m. registration, at the DoubleTree, Westborough. For more informatio• o• ticket sales and sponsorship opportunities, call the chamber office at (413) 525-2506 or e-mail [email protected].

GREATER NORTHAMPTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.explorenorthampton.com
(413) 584-1900

• Sept. 11: Arrive@5, 5-7 p.m. Monthly chamber networking event. Sponsored and hosted by Baystate Health Outpatient Center, at Northampto• Crossing, 325 King St. Cost: $10 for members, $15 for non-members. RSVP to [email protected].
• Sept. 26: Business Planning Workshop, 3:30-5 p.m., at the Northampto• Chamber, 99 Pleasant St., Northampton. Presented by the staff of the Frankli• County Community Development Corp. This 90-minute sessio• informs business owners about business planning, the loa• process, where to get help, and how to launch a food product and use the Wester• MA Food Processing Center. Lear• about available resources and walk out knowing your next step. Admissio• is free, but space is limited. RSVP to [email protected].
• Sept. 25: Incite Information, 7:30-9 a.m., at Look Park: the Garde• House. Hosted by the Greater Northampto• Chamber of Commerce. Sponsors: United Personnel, Webber & Grinnell, and Six-Point Creative Works. The speaker will be state Sen. Senator Sta• Rosenberg. Incite Informatio• is a four-part series o• the future of business i• the Pioneer Valley. The format and topics were developed from a survey of chamber members, i• which it was clear that business leaders are looking for more avenues for relevant and highly local informatio• that will help them make decisions more effectively. The series will include expert speakers who will address big issues with a local mindset. Topics for this year will include economic development, high-speed transportation, higher education, and the impact of work culture. Cost: $20 for members, $30 for non-members. RSVP required. To register, contact Esther at [email protected].
• Oct. 2: Annual Chamber Ope• House, 5-7 p.m. Sponsors: Innovative Business Systems, Pioneer Training, and Crocker Communications. The chamber’s largest fall networking event, the ope• house is designed to introduce prospective members to the chamber and its members. Cost: $10 for members, $15 for non-members. RSVP to Esther at [email protected].
• Oct. 8: Business to Customer Marketing Workshop: “On-the-spot Marketing Tips for Increasing Foot Traffic,” 1-3 p.m. Hosted and sponsored by the Greater Northampto• Chamber of Commerce. Presented by the Creative Marketing Group. The Creative Marketing Group will meet with you and your fellow retail business owners and managers at our conference-room table, liste• to your marketing and communications concerns, and help you brainstorm practical, professional solutions o• the spot. Lear• more about how to strategize, advertise, brand, and promote your business, reach the media, and maximize your message i• person, i• print, and online. Cost: free, but pre-registratio• is required, and space is limited. To register, contact Esther at [email protected]
• Oct. 22: Business to Business Marketing Workshop, 3:30-5 p.m., at the Greater Northampto• Chamber of Commerce. Cost: free, but pre-registratio• is required, and space is limited. To register, contact Esther at [email protected].
• Nov. 6: Arrive@5 Chamber Networking Event, 5-7 p.m. Hosted by the World War II Club. Sponsors: Homeward Vets. Catered by Big Kats Catering. The chamber will be collecting donations for Homeward Vets. A list of needed donations will be posted o• its website. Cost: $10 for members, $15 for non-members. RSVP to Esther at [email protected].

WEST OF THE RIVER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.ourwrc.com
(413) 426-3880
• Sept. 26: Coffee with Mayor Cohen, 8-9:30 a.m., at the OMG Training Center, 604 Silver St. Agawam. For more information, contact the chamber office at (413) 426-3880 or e-mail [email protected].
• Oct. 2: Wicked Wednesday, 5-7 p.m., at Westfield Bank, 655 Mai• St., Agawam. Wicked Wednesdays are monthly social events hosted by various businesses and restaurants. These events bring members and non-members together to network i• a laid-back atmosphere. Free for chamber members, $10 for non-members. Event is ope• to the public, but non-members must pay at the door. For more information, contact the chamber office at (413) 426-3880 or e-mail [email protected].
• Oct. 10: West Springfield Mayoral Debate, 6-8 p.m., at West Springfield City Hall. Event is ope• to the public and free for both members and non-members. For more information, contact the chamber office at (413) 426-3880 or e-mail [email protected].
• Oct. 17: Business with Bacon, 7-9 a.m., at Crestview Country Club. Speaker: Gaming Commissioner Bruce Stebbins. Cost: $25 for chamber members, $30 for non-members. For more information, contact the chamber office at (413) 426-3880, or e-mail [email protected].
• Oct. 23: Business to Business Expo, hosted by the West of the River Chamber, the North Central CT Chamber, the Bradley Regional Chamber, and the East Windsor Chamber, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Hosted by Holiday Inn, Enfield. Cost: $100 for a six-foot table if you are a member of any chamber and pay i• full by Sept. 27, or $150 for a six-foot table if you are not a member of any chamber or do not pay i• full by Sept. 27. For more information, contact the chamber office at (413) 426-3880, or email [email protected].

GREATER WESTFIELD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.westfieldbiz.org
(413) 568-1618
• Sept. 11: September WestNet Connection, 5-7 p.m., at the Holiday In• Express, 39 Southampto• Road, Westfield. Sponsored by CityStage & Symphony Hall. A• evening of networking. Don’t forget your business cards, complimentary hors d’oeuvres, and cocktails. Walk-ins are welcome. Cost: $10 for members, $15 cash for non-members. To register, call Pam Bussell at the chamber office at (413) 568-1618, or e-mail [email protected].
• Sept. 13: Chamber Breakfast, 7:15-9 a.m., at the 104th Fighter Wing ANG, 175 Falco• Dr., Westfield. Platinum sponsor: Westfield Bank. Gold sponsors: Berkshire Bank and United Bank. Guest Speaker: Eva• Dobelle, president, Westfield State University. Cost: $25 for members. $30 for non-members. To register, call Pam Bussell at the chamber office at (413) 568-1618, or e-mail [email protected].
• Oct. 7: Mayor’s Coffee Hour, 8-9 a.m., at the Forum House, 55 Broad St., Westfield. Mayor Knapik will speak about all that is happening around Westfield and field questions. Free and ope• to the pubic. To register, call Pam Bussell at the chamber office at (413) 568-1618, or e-mail [email protected].
• Oct. 9: October WestNet Connection, 5-7 p.m., at East Mountai• Country Club, 1458 East Mountai• Road, Westfield. A• evening of networking; don’t forget your business cards. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. Walk-ins are welcome. Tickets: $10 for members, $15 cash for non-members. To register, call Pam Bussell at the chamber office at (413) 568-1618, or e-mail [email protected].

Bankruptcies

By BusinessWest Staff September 10, 2013

Bankruptcies Departments

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

Aubrey, Allen J.
Aubrey, Darcy E.
12 Winthrop St.
Millers Falls, MA 01349
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/04/13

Bealand, Ruth B.
Bealand, James F.
627 South Road
Oakham, MA 01068
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/07/13

Bower, Elizabeth April
30 Everett St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/06/13

Brock, Laurie A.
64 Silver St.
Agawam, MA 01002
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/09/13

Campbell, Donna M.
13 Highland Circle
Turners Falls, MA 01376
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/04/13

Chrostowski, Mary
75 Commerical St.
Adams, MA 01220
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/01/13

Courtemanche, Patricia A.
3 Homer Dr.
Monson, MA 01057
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/07/13

Davis, Laurie L.
283 College Highway
Southwick, MA 01077
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/31/13

DeRamus, Rosa Alice
a/k/a Motley, Rosa DeRamus
33 Kellogg Ave.
Apartment 50
Amherst, MA 01002
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/02/13

Diaz, Rolando A.
a/k/a Araujo-Diaz, Rolando A.
335 Walnut St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/11/13

Dunham, Florence E.
38 Stone Valley Road
Orange, MA 01364
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/01/13

Entwistle, Elizabeth
81 Conz St. Apt. #622
Northampton, MA 01060
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/06/13

Fairweather, Judith Lynn
60 Fairfield St.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/02/13

Fisher, Amy D.
a/k/a Gates, Amy D.
44 Montgomery Ave.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/01/13

Fitzpatrick, Erica H.
1353 Plumtree Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/31/13

Gladden, Karen M.
740 Allen St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/06/13

Gobeille, Raymond J.
48 Fairview St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/13/13

Griffin, Donna M.
73 Hall Road, Apt. 3
Sturbridge, MA 01566
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/01/13

Gyllenhammer, Nancy
332 Wolf Swamp Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/07/13

Hachigian, Nancy J.
28 Intervale Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/02/13

Haley, Steven T.
Haley, Hope M.
a/k/a Fontana, Hope M.
1090 Shaker Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 07/31/13

Karowski, Robert E.
1018 High St.
Palmer, MA 010609
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/09/13

Koscielski, John L.
Koscielski, Marlene A.
15 Shadowbrook Estates
South Hadley, MA 01075
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/06/13

Lively, Jamie A.
a/k/a Lively, James A.
182 Northampton St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/08/13

Lively, Marcella J.
182 Northampton St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/08/13

Lopez, Anthony
Lopez, Caryn Marie
a/k/a Woodard, Caryn Marie
143 Atherton St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/15/13

McEwan, Jon S.
McEwan, Kathleen
a/k/a Buell, Kathleen
PO Box 711
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/31/13

Paradiso, Peter M.
534 Bardwell Road
Belchertown, MA 01107
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/15/13

Perez, Jose A.
36 Eddy St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/13/13

Petersoli, Renette M.
268 Highland Ave.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/05/13

Rijo-Garcia, Matilde
38 Edmund Wynne Circle
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/31/13

Rivers, David A.
140 Fish St., Apt. #1
Athol, MA 01331
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/12/13

Roman, Jennifer
a/k/a Quinones, Jennifer M.
5 Clayton St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/15/13

Ryan, Ina F.
275 New Boston Road
Sturbridge, MA 01566
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/31/13

Scott, Robert J.
Scott, Tami L.
a/k/a Moreau, Tami L.
29 Pease Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/31/13

Simmitt, Lisa A.
19 Robinson Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/31/13

Stanton, Michael A.
201 Daniel Shays Highway
Belchertown, MA 01007
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/02/13

Staples, Dennis Paul
1330 Dwight St. Apt. 1
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/15/13

Stewart, Kristy P.
105 Heywood Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/09/13

Table, Kimberly A.
28 Main St., Apt. 1C
Monson, MA 01057
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/09/13

Van Valkenburgh, James Donald
85 Newell Pond Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/06/13

White, Cathleen J.
657 West Royalston Road
Athol, MA 01331
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 08/01/13

Wood, Heather M.
110 Thayer Road
Monson, MA 01057
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 07/31/13

Zatolokin, Aleksandr
1162 Springfield St.
Feeding Hills, MA 01030
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 08/07/13

Doing Business As Certificates

By BusinessWest Staff September 10, 2013

DBA Certificates Departments

The following Business Certificates and Trade Names were issued or renewed during the month of September 2013.

AGAWAM

DJJ Investments
51 Senator Ave.
Doug Janick

Mia’s
7 South End Bridge Circle
Shaun Sutherland

Regency Service Company
680 Springfield St.
Richard Walker

Wagsta
53 Tom St.
Ryan Stack

CHICOPEE

Cedar Falls Construction
209 Prospect St.
Richard Rivet

Shop Smart Convenience
659 Grattan St.
Umar Bhatti

The Portrait Mill
21 Lauzier Terrace
Jeffrey Byrnes

EASTHAMPTON

Easthampton Music Conservatory
12 Greenwood Court
Bryan Daley

Healthy Networks
150 Pleasant St.
Peter Dopp

Lisa’s Hair Design
27 Little Mohawk Road
Lisa Connor

The Greener Home Cleaner
47 Campbell Dr.
Leah Gendron

Top Down Hosting
30 Ward Ave.
Joseph Astuccio

HOLYOKE

Almonte Market II
129 Sargeant St.
Jose T. Almonte

Corner’s Delight Grocery & Deli
95 High St.
Luis A. Alvarado

Grandma’s Attic Thrift Store
1976 Northampton St.
Sharyn A. Kazunas

Intrinsic Design
24 Franks Dr.
Jonathan Falcetti

JDE Corporation
36 Ely St.
Jose T. Almonte

Mica Beauty, LLC
50 Holyoke St.
Thary Phok

Wuglyees
32 Maplecrest Circle
Deborah D. Malloy

NORTHAMPTON

D.L. Hair
4 Old South St.
Diane Lanoue

Mineral Hills Winery
592 Sylvester Road
Lawrence Godard Jr.

Pelorian Digital
1 Front St.
Richard Rasa

Pinch
179 Main St.
Jena Sujat

Queen Bee Cupcakery
150 Main St.
Frederick Villar

Sky Temple
19 Hawley St.
Curtis Hayden

Sticks and Bricks
9 Mark St.
Elizabeth Karney

PALMER

Beaudoin Stonescapes
1036 Park St.
Jesse Beaudoin

Boone Equipment Sales & Retail
1158 Park St.
William Boone

Gold Dust
1256 South Main St.
April Goldrick

LP Transportation
6 Caroline Circle
Henry Lomba

Millennium Group Inc.
2022 Bridge St.
Richard Sweeting

Northern Construction Services
1290 Park St.
Timothy LaMotte

SOUTHWICK

Caissy’s Cleaning Service
134 Feeding Hills Road
Caissy Price

J. Rad Excavating
261 South Loomis Road
Joshua Radwilowicz

NWS Fast Pitch
57 South View Dr.
Marisa Markiewicz

SPRINGFIELD

1st Stop Convenience Store
445 Main St.
Ricardo Falcon

2N1 Grocery & Restaurant
74 Eastern Ave.
Pablo Evangelista

522 Page Boulevard, LLC
522 Page Blvd.
William T. Tetreault

906 Homwin Chinese Restaurant
906 Boston Road
Fan C. Li

Alexus Taxi
34 Florida St.
Adil Ibrahim

Algonquian Construction
14 Hawthorne St.
Johnny Walker

Angels at Heart Daycare
28 Blake Hill St.
Angela S. Chest

Baystate Children’s Hospital
759 Chestnut St.
Mark R. Tolosky

Centro Commercial Lama
2924 Main St.
Pedro Gonzalez

Clean Rex
145 Ambrose St.
Glenn Mills

Clemente’s Sports Bar & Grille
90 Worthington St.
Paul V. Ramesh

Cranio and Massage Center
8 Woodstock St.
Gina Welch

Creating Healthy Academic
69 Edendale St.
Chad Haywood

DAC Handyman Services
39 Granville St.
Devon Smith

Direct to Garment Prints
76 Palo Alto Road
Brandon J. Behnk

Ebony Hill Marketing Firm
111 Florida St.
Nicole A. Hill

El Paisano Restaurant
152 Rifle St.
Ramon Romero

Elite Reporting Service
2 Mattoon St.
Debra A. Vance

Ensena Corporation
1242 Main St.
Hector Fearfield

Exercise in Disguise
140 Maynard St.
Jade L. Rivera

Felix’s Auto Repair
914 Sumner Ave.
Jill A. Crosby

Food Management Search
235 State St.
Joseph Valentine

Fresh Market and Denim
427 State St.
Marcus Navarro

Game World
2475 Main St.
Hoa K. Tran

Geo 195 Pine, LLC
195 Pine St.
Majid N. Din

Hard Body Auto Sales
160 Magazine St.
Kristine Benitez

Higuey Mini Market
298 Hancock St.
Luis J. Pena

Hubble Bubble Hookah
51 Hastings St.
Joshua J. Mastey

K & J Services
45 King St.
Kenneth Wayne

Wilma Pruitt
49 Margerie St.
Wilma Pruitt

World Concrete Contract
1655 Main St.
Daniel Rodriguez

York Street
1 Federal Court
Michael F. Mastriani

WEST SPRINGFIELD

21st Century Apps of New England
51 Van Deene Ave.
Personal Services of New England

Basic Packaging Supply
136 Wayside Ave.
James H. Pollard

Edible Arrangements
1702 Riverdale St.
Louise Beauchemin

Gooseberry Farms
201 Gooseberry Road
Leonard Lapinsky

Hooters
1290 Riverdale St.
West Springfield

Kia M. Brokos
425 Union St.
Kia M. Brokos

Noho Pride Inc.
42 Murray Place
Cindy White

Pioneer Valley Chimney
362 Amostown Road
Thomas J. Cowell

RG Management
425 Union St.
Robert H. Guarente

Rising Sun Mobility
102 New Bridge St.
Peter V. Lapik

Steven’s Jewelers Inc.
2068 Riverdale St.
Joseph E. Stevens

The Loft Salon Studio
2301 Westfield St.
Ann M. Walts

Incorporations

By BusinessWest Staff September 10, 2013

Departments Incorporations

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

BRIMFIELD

Jennifer Zollo Educational Fund Inc., 106 Wales Road, Brimfield, MA 01010. Marie Hajko, 28 7th St., Brimfield, MA 01010. Non-profit organization.

EAST LONGMEADOW

Fortune Spa Inc., 611 North Main St., East Longmeadow, MA 01028. Chengwen Jin, 3620 Bowne St., Apt. 1H, Flushing, NY 11354. Massages services.

HAMPDEN

MJ’S Mobile Detailing Service Inc., 111 Thresher Road, Hampden, MA 01036. Mark Chamberlain, same. Mobile automobile detailing services.

HOLYOKE

Ministerio El Taller Del Maestro Inc., 10 Bristol Place, Apt 1C, Holyoke, MA 01040. Ministry.

Natural Styles Salon & Spa Inc., 369 South St., Holyoke, MA 01040. Jeanne Simard, 117 Caddyshack Dr., Chicopee, MA 01020. Salon and spa.

LEE

Forzy Inc., 56 Main St., Lee MA, 01238. Anita Forzano, 300 Theresa Terrace, Lee, MA 01238. Food services, retail, restaurant, and wholesale.

LENOX

Lenox Cat Hospital Inc., 450 Pittsfield Rd., Lenox, MA 01240. Sally Umlauf, same. Veterinary services.

LONGMEADOW

Godin’s Gardens Inc., 123 Westmoreland Ave., Longmeadow, MA 01106. William Godin, same. Tree and plant nursery.

Green Earth Environmental Corp., 208 Shaker Road, Longmeadow, MA 01106. Paige Scyocurka, same. Asbestos abatement and selective demolition.

PITTSFIELD

Parkside Bar Inc., 220 West Housatonic St., Pittsfield, MA 01201. Robert Jay Casella, 9 Hawthorne Ave. Pittsfield, MA 01201. Bar.

SPRINGFIELD

Edco Group Inc., 1351 North Belcrest Ave., Springfield, MA 65802. Bill Glassman, 10411 Clayton Road, Suite 211, St. Louis, MO 63131. Scanning of medical records for hospitals.

F & L Fish Market Inc., 115 Wayne St., Springfield, MA 01118. Frankie Cardona, same. Restaurant.

WEST SPRINGFIELD

EE Enterprises Transportation Inc., 203 Circuit Ave., West Springfield, MA 01089. Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Dejesus. 40 Newland St., Springfield, MA 01107. Transportation of miscellaneous goods.

Embrace IP Inc., 2097 Riverdale St., West Springfield, MA 01089. Brett Normandeau, 33 Carol Lane, Holyoke, MA 01040, same. To engage in research and development, purchase, sale, import, export, license, distribution, design, manufacture, or rental of any telecommunications product, machine, apparatus, appliance, and merchandise.

Mass Express Transportation Inc., 25 George St., West Springfield, MA 01089. Nataliya Petlya, same. Passenger transportation via mini-van, limousine, and other passenger vehicles on a for-hire basis.

Mike’s Auto Service & Repair Inc., 173 River St., West Springfield, MA 01089. Michael Zabik, 7 Knollwood Circle, Westfield, MA 01085. Repair of domestic and commercial vehicles, both cars and trucks.

Briefcase

By BusinessWest Staff September 10, 2013

Briefcase Departments

Yankee Candle Sold for $1.75 Billion
DEERFIELD — Last week, Yankee Candle announced its $1.75 billion sale to Jarden Corp., a consumer products company based in Rye, N.Y., boasting a diverse portfolio of more than 120 brands, including Coleman, Rawlings, Ball, Bicycle, Diamond, Mr. Coffee, First Alert, Oster, and Sunbeam. The move comes six years after Chicago-based Madison Dearborn Partners bought the iconic scented-candle brand for $1.6 billion. Dearborn put the company up for sale earlier this year with an asking price of $2 billion. Michael Kittredge II founded Yankee Candle in his parents’ garage in South Hadley in 1969 and grew it into a multi-million-dollar retailer and tourist destination in Deerfield, employing more than 6,500 workers year-round. Kittredge sold 90% of his shares in the company in 1998 for about $400 million, and the new management took the company public in 1999.

Westfield State Trustees Cheer Dobelle’s Spending
WESTFIELD — Westfield State University President Evan Dobelle received a strong vote of support from the school’s board of trustees following an accountant’s report detailing exorbitant travel and spending habits by university officials. “When you are a visionary and want to do something great, you’re going to have detractors,” said board member Terrell Hall during the trustees’ recent meeting, which included an hour-long presentation by accountant David Diiulis of the O’Connor & Drew auditing firm, outlining repeated violations of travel and credit-card policies involving Dobelle and other employees that emerged during a five-month review commissioned by the trustees. Among the findings was that Dobelle reimbursed the school $68,000 for personal use of a university credit card between June 2008 and February 2013, in violation of school policy barring the use of WSU credit cards for personal use. In defending the findings, Dobelle acknowledged some bookkeeping errors but insisted that all expenses were for the benefit for the university. “In no small measure due to the travel and fund-raising you and I have undertaken with various other university representatives, faculty, and students in the few years since I began this job, we have accomplished game-changing successes,” he said, citing an overhaul of WSU’s international exchange program, the implementation of new academic programs, and capital improvements on campus. “Meaningful change does not occur without substantial investment of time and financial resources, and cultivation of support. I am deeply proud of what our university has accomplished in these past few years, and am eager to continue this trajectory toward even more significant successes in the years to come.” O’Connor & Drew found that Dobelle and other officials violated the school’s travel and credit-card policies while visiting San Francisco, New Orleans, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, New York City, Washington D.C., and other cities. Despite lacking receipts and other documentation, university officials also charged expenses from Spain, Vietnam, Thailand, and China to the Westfield State Foundation, the school’s nonprofit fund-raising arm. In particular, the report criticized university officials for using school credit cards for personal expenses, regardless of whether the money was reimbursed; booking trips with little advance notice; changing or canceling flights; and running up excessive costs for meals and hotel rooms.

Palmer, Mohegan Sun Unveil Host-community Agreement for Casino
PALMER — The town of Palmer and Mohegan Sun announced a host-community agreement last month, revealing millions of dollars in mitigation payments and setting the stage for a referendum date so residents can vote on the casino proposal. The agreement features an annual mitigation payment of $15.2 million to the town, plus shares of gaming revenues, as well as an additional, one-time $2.94 million fee for public safety and streetscape improvements in the business and commercial districts. The agreement was signed by Mitchell Etess, CEO of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, and Palmer Town Manager Charles Blanchard. “This is way more than just a walk-in casino. It will have all the components of a resort destination that will bring people from miles and miles around,” Etess said. In the first year of the casino’s operation, the mitigation payment to the town would be $18 million based on gaming revenue. Mohegan officials asked for a referendum date of Nov. 5, which the Town Council approved last week. Mohegan Sun has proposed a nearly $1 billion resort casino on 152 acres owned by Northeast Realty across from the Massachusetts Turnpike exit 8. The plan faces competition for the sole Western Mass. casino license from MGM Resorts International in Springfield and Hard Rock New England in West Springfield. The state Gaming Commission is expected to award the license in April. In addition to the mitigation payments, the Mohegan Sun project is expected to generate an estimated $900,000 to $1.4 million in annual hotel-occupancy taxes and an additional $225,000 in annual meals taxes to the town. The agreement calls for more than $40 million in improvements to the town’s infrastructure system. The casino would feature 3,000 slot machines and 80 table games in an approximately 320,000-square-foot facility. Also included in the plan is a 250-room hotel and conference center, a casual-dining restaurant, and a fine-dining restaurant, as well as a 230,000-square-foot retail development featuring more dining options and other entertainment, and a second, 300-room hotel with a water park. More than 3,000 jobs are expected to be created between the casino, water park, and retail complex.

Mass. Medical Society Issues Guide to ACOs Targeted to Physicians
WALTHAM — The Mass. Medical Society has released a new publication for physicians and their practice managers, “MMS Guide to Accountable Care Organizations: What Physicians Need to Know.” The 49-page publication provides detailed guidance on the issues that physicians should consider whether they are currently participating in an accountable-care organization, forming or joining an ACO, or entering into an integration agreement with another healthcare organization. These issues include assessing the readiness of a practice to join an ACO, choosing the right ACO, how to approach an ACO, technology considerations, legal and governance issues, financial impacts, and achieving clinical integration. “It’s becoming more and more difficult for independent practices to compete effectively in today’s healthcare system,” said Dr. Ronald Dunlap, president of the Mass. Medical Society. “Many physicians are reassessing their role in this rapidly evolving system. For some, this means becoming an employee of a larger healthcare organization. Others may want to retain some of their professional autonomy, while integrating some aspects of their practice with an ACO. These are complex issues, and there is a great need for objective, third-party information. It’s our hope that this guide will help them in the decision-making process. The book was written for the MMS and its physicians by Chris Collins, a principal at ECG Management Consultants of Boston, and J. Mark Waxman, a senior partner in the Boston office of the law firm Foley & Lardner. It is available to MMS members at www.massmed.org/acoguide.

Company Notebook

By BusinessWest Staff September 10, 2013

Company Notebook Departments

Springfield College Awarded Grant for School Partnership
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield College was awarded an $867,000 grant from the Mass. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to fund a strategic partnership with Springfield Public Schools (SPS) to increase the number of teachers who are fully prepared and dedicated to meeting the challenges faced in high-need Level 3 and 4 SPS schools. The S3 (‘S Cubed’) program is designed to increase the pool of effective teachers in the hard-to-staff subject and specialty areas of mathematics and moderate disabilities (special education). The S3 program will serve a cohort of 25 SPS teachers who already hold their preliminary license. Teachers selected for the cohort will complete the Springfield College-approved initial licensure program to become fully certified. Grant funds will cover the cost of tuition for 24 of the graduate credits needed to complete the state licensure program. Springfield College will offer the balance of the coursework required for the master’s degree at a special rate of tuition. This innovative program includes the delivery of coursework that enables the cohort members to immediately put their learning into practice. S3 includes a value-added support system that provides each teacher with extensive, robust, on-site coaching. Springfield College Education Department faculty members will deliver coursework in the schools and provide on-site coaching to cohort members. “I am excited about being involved in this project because it enables Springfield College to strengthen its longstanding partnership with Springfield Public Schools to create a model program that has the potential to produce effective mathematics and special-education teachers who are committed to, and successful at, increasing student learning and academic achievement in the district for years to come,” said Linda Davis-Delano, Springfield College’s director of educator preparation, in describing the program. In addition to fostering more effective student learning in these priority fields, S3 incorporates elements of the district’s Springfield Effective Educator Development System, or SEEDS. This includes meeting the needs of all students, engaging families and communities, and developing professional learning communities, where teachers work together to help students achieve. “Both organizations, Springfield College and Springfield Public Schools, are deeply committed to the development and retention of highly effective, fully licensed teachers in high priority content areas and recognize the potential of the S3 Program’s innovative delivery model to support this undertaking,” said Davis-Delano.

Smith & Wesson Wins Bid to Produce Handguns for LA Police
SPRINGFIELD — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has selected Smith & Wesson’s M&P 9 pistol as its new department-issued duty handgun, the company announced recently. The contract is for five years. The LA County Sheriff’s Department is the second-largest law-enforcement agency in the country, with 9,000 sworn deputies and 8,000 professional staff members. It provides general-service law enforcement to 43 municipalities encompassing more than 3 million people. The department had been using the Beretta Model 92. According to the Smith & Wesson press release about the contract, the department picked S&W after “rigorous testing against a wide range of competitive products” and that “the M&P pistol delivered superior results in the areas of quality and reliability.” Besides the handguns, Smith & Wesson will provide professional expertise and training to officers and the department’s armorers charged with the maintenance and supply of the department’s firearms.

Zasco Productions to Provide Display Support for Events at Big E
CHICOPEE — KMJ Video, the exclusive video-production provider of the Big E, has chosen Zasco Productions LLC to provide large-format outdoor video displays on their behalf in the Xfinity Arena. The 17-day festival, which boasted more than 1.3 million attendees last year, will serve as the debut event for Zasco’s new high-resolution, highly versatile LED video display. The ‘big screens’ will be used to deliver KMJ’s video to fans at the festival. “This is one of the biggest events in New England, so it’s a natural home for such a big piece of display technology,” said Zasco President and Owner Michael Zaskey. “The Big E has given music fans a series of outstanding shows in the Xfinity Arena every year, but audiences are demanding bigger and better productions, so it’s exciting to be part of something that will really take the visual experience to an even higher level.” The lineup for 2013 boasts veteran acts like former Eagle Don Felder and country legend Kix Brooks. The large, open-air venue inside the festival has seating for more than 6,000. Large, vibrant LED displays will enhance the viewing experience and bring each spectator closer to the stars, said Zaskey. Last month, Zasco Productions announced the acquisition of an LED display system from Oracle LED Systems of Los Angeles. The Black Widow HD9 product is a high-resolution, high-brightness display that can be used to display stunning video or graphics in any environment. The display panels are the same type as those installed permanently at outdoor entertainment destinations in Las Vegas.

People on the Move

By BusinessWest Staff September 10, 2013

Departments People on the Move

Jeffrey Fialky, shareholder of the Springfield-based law firm of Bacon Wilson, P.C., was recently named Chairman of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce. Fialky is a member of the firm’s corporate, commercial, banking, and municipal departments, where he specializes in sophisticated business, financing, and commercial real-estate transactions, representing the interests of business owners and lending institutions, as well as municipalities and landowners. Fialky is the former President of the Young Professional Society of Greater Springfield, and is also currently Chair of the Springfield Museums membership and development committee, and serves as a director on the boards of the United Way of Pioneer Valley, the Scibelli Enterprise Center at STCC, Alden Credit Union, and the Jewish Federation of Western Mass. Fialky earned his BA from the University of New Hampshire and his JD from Western New England University School of Law.
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Bulkley Richardson recently announced that several of the Springfield-based firm’s lawyers were selected by their peers for legal-industry accolades. The following lawyers were named to The Best Lawyers in America 2014:
• Francis Dibble Jr. was named the Best Lawyers 2014 Springfield Litigation – Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year. Dibble was also recognized in the areas of bet-the-company, commercial, antitrust, and securities litigation;
• David Parke was named the Best Lawyers 2014 Springfield Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year; and
• John Pucci was named the Best Lawyers 2014 Springfield Criminal Defense: Non-white-collar Lawyer of the Year. Pucci was also recognized in the area of criminal defense (white collar);
• In addition, the following Bulkley Richardson lawyers were also selected for the 2014 edition of Best Lawyers in specific practice fields:
• Peter Barry, construction law;
• Michael Burke, medical-malpractice law (defendants) and personal-injury litigation (defendants);
• Mark Cress, bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights, insolvency and reorganization law, and corporate law;
• Daniel Finnegan, administrative/regulatory law and litigation (construction);
• Robert Gelinas, personal-injury litigation (defendants);
• William Hart, trusts and estate;
• Kevin Maynard, commercial litigation and litigation (banking and finance, construction);
• Melinda Phelps, medical-malpractice law (defendants) and personal-injury litigation (defendants);
• Donn Randall, commercial litigation;
• Ellen Randle, family law; and
• Ronald Weiss, corporate law, mergers-and-acquisitions law, and tax law.
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United Bank recently announced the promotions of seven staff members at the bank’s corporate offices in West Springfield:
• Nira Flatley was promoted to Assistant Vice President, Collections Manager. A graduate of Bay Path College with nearly 25 years of banking experience, she is responsible for managing residential delinquencies within the bank’s loan portfolio;
• Kristyn Samere, who joined the bank in 2010, is now Assistant Vice President of Training and Development. She is an active member of the Society for Human Resources Management and the American Society for Training and Development. A business administration graduate of Roberts Wesleyan College, she is currently pursuing an MBA at Northeastern University;
• Amy Ganci was appointed Assistant Vice President, Commercial Lending Administration. With more than 21 years of experience in the commercial-lending field, Ganci joined the bank in 2011. She holds a degree in business/financial management from Westfield State University and an associate’s degree from Greenfield Community College;
• Jennifer DeBarge was promoted to Marketing Officer. A graduate of Westfield State University, she joined the bank in 1998 as a teller and transferred to the marketing department in 2003 as marketing assistant;
• Ana Ricardo, who joined the bank in 2008 and has more than 15 years of residential lending experience, was promoted to Underwriting Officer;
• Ann Vallance was promoted to Business Banking Officer. She began her banking career in 2004 and joined the bank in 2012 in the areas of commercial lending and credit analysis; and
• Patricia Pasterczyk was promoted to Business Banking Officer. She joined the credit department in 2011 with more than 30 years of financial-services experience. She graduated magna cum laude from Elms College with a bachelor’s degree in business management. She also attended the School for Financial Studies at Babson College and holds a certificate in advanced paralegal studies from Elms College.
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Shatz, Schwartz, and Fentin, P.C. announced that eight of the Springfield-based firm’s attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2014:
Stephen Shatz was named the Best Lawyers 2014 Springfield Real Estate Law Lawyer of the Year. Shatz, first listed in the publication in 1993, was selected for his work in the specialty areas of banking and finance law and real-estate law. A shareholder since 1969, he concentrates his practice in the areas of real-estate development, real-estate finance, and commercial leasing;
• Steven Schwartz was selected for the areas of corporate law, business organizations and closely held companies, and family-business law. He concentrates his practice in the areas of family-business planning, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, and estate planning;
• Gary Fentin was selected for his work in the areas of commercial transactions and banking and finance law. His practice areas include commercial and real-estate finance and development, industrial revenue bonds, affordable housing, estate planning, business law, and business foreclosures and workouts. Fentin manages the firm’s tax-exempt bond practice and is the only counsel west of Worcester approved as bond counsel to the Mass. Development Finance Agency;
• Michele Feinstein was selected in the areas of elder law and trusts and estates. She concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning and administration, elder law, probate litigation, health law, and corporate and business planning;
• Carol Klyman, first listed in the publication in 2007, was selected for her work in the area of elder law. Her practice areas include elder law, estate planning and administration, special-needs trust planning, estate settlement, guardianships, and probate litigation;
• Timothy Mulhern, first listed in the publication in 2008, was selected for his work in the areas of tax law and corporate law. He concentrates his practice in family-business planning, taxation, corporate law, and estate planning;
• Ann (Ami) Weber, first listed in the publication in 2007, was selected for her work in the area of elder law. She practices in the areas of estate-tax planning, estate administration, probate, and elder law; and
• Steven Weiss, first listed in the publication in 2008, was selected for his work in the areas of bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights as well as insolvency and reorganization law. His practice areas include commercial and consumer bankruptcy, reorganization, and litigation. Weiss manages the firm’s bankruptcy, reorganization, and workout practice, and has been a member of the private panel of Chapter 7 trustees for the District of Massachusetts since 1987, and also serves as a Chapter 11 trustee.

Agenda

By BusinessWest Staff September 10, 2013

Agenda Departments

Art in the Orchard
Through October: Park Hill Orchard, at 82 Park Hill Road, Easthampton, will play host to 22 sculptures by 22 artists through Oct. 31. Art in the Orchard 2013 is a multifaceted sculpture exhibition and festival taking place on the grounds of a working apple orchard. The core project is a sculpture trail showcasing three-dimensional outdoor works and installations created by local and regional artists. Additional events (such as music, moonlight walks, dances, and school field trips) will be programmed on most weekends. See parkhillorchard.com/art for more information on the artists, their works, and an event schedule. Art in the Orchard is building on the success of the first exhibition in 2011, which came to existence thanks to the desire of Park Hill Orchard owners Alane Hartley and Russell Braen to have their farm play an active part in the local cultural economy, and a dream of Easthampton gallery owner Jean-Pierre Pasche to recreate an outdoor sculpture exhibit like the one set in meadows near his hometown in Switzerland. The success of the 2011 event exceeded expectations, with thousands of visitors discovering the sculpture trail and Park Hill over the 10-week period, many returning more than once. This achievement was recognized by the Mass. Cultural Council, which awarded Art in the Orchard one of its three annual Gold Star Awards, out of more than 5,000 projects funded annually by local cultural councils statewide.

Merry-Go-Round Anniversary Gala
Sept. 19: The Holyoke Merry-Go-Round will mark its 20th anniversary with a gala event at the Log Cabin Banquet & Meeting House in Holyoke, starting at 6:30 p.m. The evening will feature food, a cash bar, a silent auction, a 50/50 raffle, musical entertainment by Dan Kane & Friends, and more. Tickets cost $45, and tables of 10 are available for the cost of eight tickets. All proceeds benefit the Holyoke Merry-Go-Round. Reserve tickets by calling (413) 538-9838 or visiting www.holyokemerrygoround.org.

Publishing Fair
Sept. 28: Amherst Area Publications will present a publishing fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Masonic Hall at 99 Main St., Amherst. Learn how to find an agent, coach, editor, artist, trainer, or printer. Learn about self-publishing, marketing your work, publishing locally, and more. The $10 admission includes workshops. Pre-registration for workshops via e-mail is strongly suggested. They include: 10:15 a.m., “Do-it-yourself Book Marketing” by Shel Horowitz, author and international speaker; 11:30 a.m., “Intro to Self-publishing” by Sean Cleary, owner of CopyCat; 12:30 p.m. “Memoirs” by Kitty Axelson-Berry, owner of Modern Memoirs Inc. and White Poppy Press; 1:30 a.m., “What Small Presses Do” by Steve Strimer of Levellers Press. To register, contact [email protected] or Amherst Area Publications, P.O. Box 3389, Amherst, MA 01004. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Amherst Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass. Cultural Council. Amherst Area Publications Inc. is a member of the Amherst Chamber of Commerce.

Western Mass. Business Expo 2013
Nov. 6: Planning is underway for the Western Mass. Business Expo 2013, a day-long business-to-business event to take place at the MassMutual Center in downtown Springfield. This fall’s show, the third edition of the Expo, which is again being produced by BusinessWest, will feature more than 100 exhibitors, seminars on timely issues of the day, special Show Floor Theater presentations, breakfast and lunch programs, and the wrap-up Expo social, which has become a not-to-be-missed networking event. Details of the specific programming will be printed in upcoming editions of BusinessWest and can also be seen online at www.wmbexpo.com or www.businesswest.com. For more information on the event or to reserve booth space, call (413) 781-8600, ext. 100.

Court Dockets

By BusinessWest Staff September 10, 2013

Court Dockets Departments

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

CHICOPEE DISTRICT COURT
Wendy Leon v. Mount Holyoke Management Inc.
Allegation: Failure to maintain property, causing personal injury: $3,153.63
Filed: 7/22/13

HAMPDEN SUPERIOR COURT
Lisa Diaugustino v. New Penn Motor Express Inc. and Michael Lacy
Allegation: Employment discrimination: $25,000
Filed: 6/21/13

McLaughlin Paper Co. v. MassMutual Financial Group
Allegation: Breach of contract to service retirement plan: $150,000
Filed: 7/11/13

HAMPSHIRE SUPERIOR COURT
Richard and Sarah Watling v. Vee Builders, LLC, Charles Valencik, Zachary Pruzynski, and Molly Thornton
Allegation: Richard Watling sustained an injury while working on the premises of a home under renovation: $105,000
Filed: 8/14/13

NORTHAMPTON DISTRICT COURT
Geraldine Trueheart v. Big Y Foods Inc.
Allegation: Negligent maintenance of property, causing slip and fall: $15,129
Filed: 7/31/13

Susanne Personette v. J.F. Conlon & Associates Inc. and Utica National Insurance Co.
Allegation: Consumer-protection violation and negligent misrepresentation regarding health insurance: $23,000
Filed: 7/17/13

PALMER DISTRICT COURT
American Express Bank, FSB v. J & J Architectural Inc. and David A. Carter
Allegation: Breach of credit agreement: $13,059.90
Filed: 7/17/13

SPRINGFIELD DISTRICT COURT
Audrey Reed-Batiste v. Sturdy Home Improvement
Allegation: Negligent repairs, causing property damage and loss of income: $25,000
Filed: 7/25/13

John S. Lane and Son Inc. v. Anderson Services Inc.
Allegation: Non-payment of goods sold and delivered: $9,230.85
Filed: 7/17/13

Melody Hatten v. GMRI Inc. d/b/a Olive Garden Italian Restaurant
Allegation: Plaintiff purchased takeout soup, and the lids on the soup containers did not fit properly, causing second-degree burns: $24,999
Filed: 7/23/13

Nathan Willemain v. F.L. Roberts and Co. Inc. and Richard Branch
Allegation: Branch, while in the scope of his employment, drove the vehicle of another client through the front of the Jiffy Lube store, causing serious injury to the plaintiff: $17,962.77
Filed: 7/23/13

Nurses on Demand, LLC v. Wingate Healthcare Inc.
Allegation: Breach of contract and failure to pay for nursing services provided: $17,485.00
Filed: 7/24/13

United Rentals Inc. v. Custom Copper and Slate, LTD
Allegation: Non-payment for rental agreement: $9,282.39
Filed: 7/27/13

Editorial

By BusinessWest Staff September 10, 2013

Opinion

Bradley Can Be an Economic Driver

When most people consider the phrase ‘economic development,’ they think of companies moving into industrial parks and new office towers being built in larger metropolitan areas. If they’re well-informed, individuals will also think about workforce-development initiatives, to make sure the new tenants in the industrial parks and the office towers have an ample supply of qualified workers.
Few people mulling the subject of economic development would think of an airport as being part of that equation. But they should.
Indeed, an airport can be a key contributor to a region’s economic vitality, and for a number of reasons. These range from making it easier for people to get from here to there — a phrase that covers everything from business people getting to customers and potential customers (and vice versa) to tourists coming into an area to visit and spend money — to airport land that can become home to large employers.
Which brings us to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks.
Historically, it has been a regional asset, serving both Northern Conn. and Western Mass., and it has been a factor in economic-development efforts in both states. But the reality is that it could be more of a factor, and it needs to be more of a factor.
Kevin Dillon said as much in a wide-ranging interview with BuisnessWest for the story that starts on page 6. Dillon was appointed executive director of Connecticut Airport Authority (CAA), which oversees Connecticut’s six airports, roughly a year ago.
While there are many components to Dillon’s job description, by far the most important is to take Bradley from a potential-laden airport — a description it has owned for decades — to one that is living up to all or most of that potential.
Thus far, he’s off to a good start.
He’s succeeded in convincing American Airlines to add a nonstop flight from Bradley to Los Angeles — that route commenced late last month — and there will be new routes to Florida, involving JetBlue, and Atlanta, courtesy of Southwest Airlines, starting this fall. New routes such as these make it easier for business people and tourists to get where they want to go, which means more volume for the airport, which translates into more opportunities for that airport to add services and amenities.
The next logical step is a return of trans-Atlantic service from Bradley, which existed briefly several years ago before being discontinued, due mostly to spiraling aviation fuel prices.
With trans-Atlantic service, this region becomes closer to Europe, and vice versa, a development that will ultimately benefit area companies that do business overseas, and also tourism-related ventures in this area that should be helped by the simple fact that this region will be more accessible.
But beyond new routes and all they bring, Dillon and the CAA are trying to bolster economic development around all of Connecticut’s airports, but especially Bradley, through the introduction of economic-development zones that would feature tax incentives for those who locate or expand within them.
Anyone living or doing business in this region knows that when a large employer locates or expands anywhere in the Hartford-Springfield area — or New England’s Knowledge Corridor, as it’s called — individuals, businesses, and municipalities on both sides of the border benefit.
As we said, Dillon and the CAA are off to a good start. There is still much work to do if Bradley is going to realize the vast potential it possesses and become a real force in economic development.
But early returns are promising, and from our perspective, the sky’s the limit when it comes to how much a factor Bradley can become.

Building Permits

By BusinessWest Staff September 10, 2013

Building Permits Departments

The following building permits were issued during the month of September 2013.

AGAWAM

Aesha Management, LLC
632-634 Springfield St.
$50,000 — New storefront and renovations

CHICOPEE

Century 21 A-1 Nolan
73 Waite Ave.
$6,000 — Strip and re-roof

City of Chicopee
31 Springfield St.
$191,000 — Remove asbestos contaminated material

Center Group, LLC
13 Center St.
$75,000 — Enlarge bathroom and elevator shaft

Francais Properties, LLC
60 Haynes Circle
$240,000 — Remodel existing warehouse with new houses

Friendly’s Ice Cream
529 Memorial Dr.
$6,000 — New siding

Montogomery Development Group
21 Baystate Road
$525,000 — Construction of a dental office

OSG of Chicopee
1505 Memorial Dr.
$200,000 — Remodel interior of Chicopee Urgent Care Center

Riverbend Medical Group
444 Montgomery St.
$18,000 — Modifications to existing ductwork

Slats Realty Trust
14 Sheridan St.
$9,000 — Strip and re-roof

EASTHAMPTON

Autumn Properties, LLC
247-251 Northampton St.
$9,500 — Install partitions to create office space

CIL Realty of MA Inc.
296 Loudville Road
$465,000 — Construct a 3,200-square-foot group home

Kevin Perrier
123-133 Union St.
$17,000 — Interior renovation for office space

Trinity Lutheran Church
2 Clark St.
$3,000 — Replacement windows

SOUTH HADLEY

Center for Redevelopment
29 College St.
$5,000 — Install siding

NORTHAMPTON

Caroline Gottlieb
49 Market St.
$5,000 — Exterior repairs

Dori Mead
186 Main St.
$56,000 — Interior renovation for Dobra Tea

Eugene Mongeon
26 Trumbull Road
$4,000 — Roof repairs

Richard Finck
63 Main St.
$8,000 — New roof

Evert Fowle
16 Center St.
$3,000 — Replace ceiling

Main Street Properties, LLC
92 Main St.
$51,000 — Install 44 rooftop solar panels

Maplewood Shops Inc.
2 Conz St.
$10,000 — Install replacement windows

Northampton Treatment Facility
170 Glendale Road
$4,000 — Replace antenna panel

Peter Whalen
7 Old South St.
$24,000 — Install 40 replacement windows

Smith College
College Lane
$30,500 — New suspended ceiling in Ainsworth Gym

Smith College
Neilson Dr.
$25,000 — Laundry room renovation in Washburn House

Smith College
West St.
$12,500 — Dormer repairs at Lilly Hall

William Mock
106 Damon Road
$3,806 — Repair building from auto accident

PALMER

Ronald Foskit
18 Barker St.
$5,000 — Strip existing shingles and re-roof two buildings

SOUTHWICK

Roof Maintenance and Systems
542 College Highway
$89,000 — Re-roof

SPRINGFIELD

1350 Main St., LLC
1350 Main St.
$109,000 — Renovation of office space

3640 Main St., LLC
3640 Main St.
$174,000 — Build out of 6,000 square feet of tenant space

Bethany Road Properties, LLC
121 Memorial Dr.
$181,000 — Build out for offices

Boriquen Apt. Limited
2748 Main St.
$28,000 — Install frame out to provide for office use

Springfield College
263 Alden St.
$10,000 — Create student post office

WGBY
44 Hampden St.
$59,000 — New roof

WESTFIELD

Rosow Westfield, LLC
66 South Broad St.
$9,500 — Interior repairs

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Center for Human Development
332 Birnie Ave.
$6,000 — Office renovation

Mansfield Paper
380 Union St.
$5,000 — Replaced damaged wall

Pearson Limited Partnership
61 Century Way
$5,000 — Office renovation

Troy Industries
151 Capital Dr.
$210,000 — Strip and re-roof

Opinion

By BusinessWest Staff September 10, 2013

Opinion

The Tech Tax, from a Tech Firm’s Angle

By DELCIE BEAN

In July, Massachusetts imposed a 6.25% sales tax on ‘computer system design services,’ which means this state now has the highest tax on computer and software services in the country.
Large and small tech firms across the state are dismayed at the new tax’s potential effect on our businesses. We are confused by the vagueness of the tax — it’s unclear in many cases what services are to be taxed and what aren’t. The state Department of Revenue originally promised a clearer definition of what was and wasn’t taxable by October; however, it now appears to be backing off even that date.
Meanwhile, the tax still must be collected, all the way back to July 31, one day after the DOR first offered a definition of the tax. We feel ambushed by the 11th-hour manner in which it was pushed through, just before legislators’ summer break, with no allowance for consumer or business input.
One of the particular challenges of this law is that the staff of my company, Paragus Strategic IT, collectively records approximately 500 unique billable events each day and would therefore need to train its entire staff on how to make very complex assessments of whether each of the individual tasks they performed was taxable or not — using a definition so complex that the state can’t even define it.
Couple this with the fact that Paragus, like most IT companies, uses a ticketing system to keep track of the billable work it does for its clients, and that these systems were not designed to allow technicians to mark work as taxable or non-taxable. In order to properly manage these changes without compromising profitability and efficiency, six to 12 months would have been required. Instead, Paragus is faced with having an administrator spend 20 to 30 hours a month going through the billable work of all technical employees and identifying which work is taxable or not.
We are not alone. As reported in the Boston Globe, Springfield attorney Scott Foster, a partner with the law firm Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas, LLP, has announced plans to challenge the tax in court, declaring it unconstitutional. This announcement resulted in Gov. Deval Patrick officially going on the record as saying he was concerned about the impact on the state’s efforts to expand its technology industry.
I started the company that became Paragus Strategic IT when I was 13 years old. What was once a one-man operation has turned into a company with 31 full-time employees and clients all over New England. For the past two years, we were named in the top third of Inc. magazine’s annual ranking of the 5,000 fastest-growing businesses. In 2012 we were named the second-fastest-growing outsourced IT firm in all of New England. Our growth has allowed us to add a staff member approximately every six weeks.
Like other local tech companies, we are doing what we can to bring jobs and economic vitality to the Pioneer Valley. This new tax isn’t making our job any easier.
In the near term, I am worried about how our clients will react to the new charges and how we will possibly become compliant in the very short period of time allotted. In the long term, I am concerned about the tax’s effect on one of the state’s major growth industries. This new tax is one more sign that Massachusetts might not truly be vested in the long-term best interests of the technology sector, making it harder to attract the biggest employers.
A 2014 ballot initiative is being filed to repeal the tax. Until then, we are doing what we can to operate under this new tax, to the best of our understanding, with as minimal impact to our clients as possible. We do encourage people to take a look at the tax and to think about the role of the tech industry in the Pioneer Valley, both now and in the years to come — and to think about whether there might be a smarter way to raise the extra revenue.

Delcie Bean is founder and president of Paragus Strategic IT.

Editorial

By BusinessWest Staff August 27, 2013

Opinion

At Westfield State, a Large Case of Excess

There is little doubt that, since he arrived at the then Westfield State College campus in 2007, Evan Dobelle has done a number of things to raise the school’s profile and create a much stronger town-gown relationship.

For starters, he’s changed the school’s name to Westfield State University, something many institutions have done in recent years to make them themselves more marketable in foreign countries where the word ‘college’ simply doesn’t convey size or quality. He’s also undertaken a program to convert an old school building downtown into a dormitory, a move designed to make the school more visible and also a greater force in the local economy, while also building an elaborate new dorm on campus, one that comes with a $55 million price tag, part of an overall $170 million building program.

Such steps have earned him praise from many city and state officials, and Dobelle, never shy to tout his own accomplishments, recently told the Boston Globe that he’s made Westfield State the “hottest college in New England.”

Unfortunately for him, and the school, that quote appeared in a lengthy front-page Sunday Globe story that bore the headline “Where spending limits are purely academic.”

The piece chronicles years of lavish spending by Dobelle, including $8,000 for a four-night stay at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Bangkok (the bill amassed by a group that traveled there to promote the school and recruit Asian students), $10,000 for tickets to shows at Tanglewood, $4,000 for limousine rides, and much more, with many of these bills charged to the Westfield State Foundation.

That group essentially gave him a blank check to carry out his quest to remake the former teachers college into an educational powerhouse — and now it certainly has large amounts of regret; the foundation closed Dobelle’s credit card several years ago.

And it should have.

While Dobelle can seemingly defend any and all of his lavish spending — he said he put up a commencement speaker (and old friend) in a luxurious Lenox hotel because he wanted to build the school’s reputation — those at the foundation and many others at the school and on Beacon Hill now recognize that Dobelle has a real problem when it comes to spending other people’s money.

Actually, he’s had it throughout his career, as excessive spending was one of the reasons why he was fired by the University of Hawaii, although that school eventually rescinded the dismissal when Dobelle threatened to sue.

Westfield State probably doesn’t have to fire Dobelle, but it does have to take real steps to make sure this reckless pattern of spending is halted and that there is full disclosure about Dobelle’s travel records and his claims to have repaid the university for any and all personal expenses that were billed to the school.

Dobelle says he can justify all the expensive hotel rooms, travel, limo rides, and Tanglewood tickets as simply part of the enormous cost of taking this school to a much higher level. But no one can fully justify such excess when the school in question is a public university in a state with budget woes and many students who rely on aid and scholarships.

As we said at the top, Dobelle has done many good things at Westfield State, and has, indeed, raised the school’s profile. But the end doesn’t justify the means, and through his irresponsible spending, Dobelle has people talking about WSU again, but for all the wrong reasons.

He can change that conversation, but he needs to move quickly and decisively to restore trust.

Editorial Two

By BusinessWest Staff August 27, 2013

Opinion

‘Tech Tax’ Imperils State’s Growth

The prevailing opinion is that Florida Gov. Rick Scott didn’t do Massachusetts any favors recently when he sent out letters to 100 Bay State companies essentially inviting them to explore the Sunshine State and discover why it makes sense to move operations there.

Actually, however, he did the state a huge favor.

He reminded everyone on Beacon Hill of something they probably knew — although they don’t act like it: that business owners have options when it comes to choosing where to locate or launch, and Massachusetts is increasingly looking like a less-attractive option.

The timing of Scott’s letter coincides with implementation of the Bay State’s so-called ‘tech tax,’ or software tax, a levy on ‘computer software design services,’ a controversial measure that is being fought by business owners, economic-development groups, legislators, and other constituencies that understand that it is arbitrary, confusing, and threatens to stifle one of the strongest pillars of the state economy.

But the tech tax is just part of the story. The larger piece is that this state continues to believe that it can tax and spend without consequence. The truth is that it can’t, and Rick Scott’s aggressive actions simply provide more proof of that.

But let’s back up a minute.

Massachusetts is still an attractive state in which to live, work, and do business. There is an enviable quality of life here, dozens of fine colleges and universities, a host of cities and towns that could — and often do — make those ‘best places to live’ lists, and a strong, educated workforce.

Maintaining all this takes resources, and for the past several decades, elected officials have essentially said that the only way they want to amass these resources is through new and different ways to tax individuals and businesses.

Indeed, in addition to the tech tax, the state recently implemented higher levies on cigarettes and gasoline. You can go to those wells only so often (although, in this state, we do so frequently), so to fund needed infrastructure and transportation programs, the state looked in a different direction — its burgeoning tech sector and the services it provides.

This new levy might truly be a lucrative source of tax revenue (that’s might; no one really seems to know how much it will generate), but its implementation shows — again — that legislative leaders are shortsighted and unable to grasp the big picture.

Forty-six states don’t have tech taxes, and for one big reason: they’re trying to grow that sector, which is one of a few with vast potential for creating new jobs in the years and decades to come. Massachusetts leaders know this well — they’ve seen it first-hand — but they’re acting as if they’re taking this sector for granted and that they don’t take people like Rick Scott seriously.

They should.

And they can show that they mean business — in both a literal and figurative sense — by taking steps to indicate that they know and care about the fact that business owners really do have options. The place to start is with a move to repeal the tech tax, which threatens everything from the growth of existing companies to the prospects for new tech startups.

And from there, the legislature can take additional steps to counter what is perhaps the strongest line in Scott’s letter: “it’s bound to get worse in Massachusetts.”

Like we said, Scott did the state a favor. Let’s see if Massachusetts is smart enough to take advantage of that.

PictureThis

By BusinessWest Staff August 13, 2013

Departments Picture This

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Dirty Money

Six Flags New England recently presented buckets of dirty coins collected from a fountain in the theme park to the YMCA of Greater Springfield, in support of the creation of the new Agawam YMCA Wellness & Program Family Center. The Y team spent the afternoon at United Bank, also a great supporter of the Y, counting and cleaning the money, which amounted to just under $2,000. Left: Lori Stickles, personal banking officer from United Bank, helps Six Flags mascot Daffy Duck weigh coins after cleaning. Right: Agawam Mayor Richard Cohen (third from right) is flanked by Daffy Duck and Betty Grimaldi, Agawam Y committee member, as Stickles (far right) joins Jennifer Mance, director of Sales & Marketing at Six Flags New England (far left), and volunteers and friends of the Y.

New Digs

A ceremonial groundbreaking marked the official start of construction for two relocated auto dealerships, Northampton Volkswagen and Country Hyundai. The location is the former site of the Kollmorgen manufacturing plant on the corner of King Street and Damon Road in Northampton; the site will relocate the Volkswagen dealership from across Damon Road, and the Hyundai dealership from Greenfield. Both dealerships are slated to open in January 2014. Pictured, from left, are Carolyn Misch, senior land use planner, City of Northampton; Suzanne Beck, executive director of the Northampton Chamber of Commerce; and Carla Cosenzi and Tommy Cosenzi, co-presidents of TommyCar Auto.

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At Westfield State, a Large Case of Excess

‘Tech Tax’ Imperils State’s Growth

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