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University Without Walls Offers Alternative Options for Adult Students

Orlando Ramos

Single father Orlando Ramos has been able to fit his degree work around his full-time job and his new role as a Springfield city councilor.

When Orlando Ramos of Springfield sits down to do his homework at the kitchen table, he’s often joined by another student — his 9-year-old daughter, Ariana.
As she completes her fourth-grade studies, Ramos, 31, is completing his concentration in Public Policy at the University Without Walls (UWW), a degree that will allow him to reach his next goals of a law degree and a future in public policy making.
Ramos is attending UMass Amherst’s adult degree-completion program, but, as the name implies, the classroom is one without walls, other than the walls of his home, due in part to his choice of completing his first degree completely online. The name conveys the fact that this is not a traditional university in terms of everything from physical structures to the hours spent in the ‘classroom.’
Adults like Ramos who want to change careers or never completed their degree programs, for whatever reason, need flexible support in the way of process and cost. As the nation pulls out of the Great Recession, President Barack Obama recently challenged colleges and higher-education leaders to adopt promising practices that include functions like ‘competency-based learning’ and ‘experiential learning.’ Such practices award college credits based on what students have learned in life and work experience, and offer more opportunities for adult students to get financial aid based on how much they learn, rather than the amount of time they’ve spent in class.
As one of the oldest alternative adult-education programs in the country, UWW is already at the forefront of meeting Obama’s challenge. Serving students in most fields available at the university, the unique program offers individualized degrees or course plans, 100% online, on-campus, or blended. UWW students earn a bachelor of arts or bachelor of sciences degree depending on the program they personally design, based on what credits they are able to transfer and what credits are attributable to experiential learning.
As a single father with a full-time job, it hasn’t been easy, Ramos admits, as some of his study sessions end with him waking up with a textbook stuck to his face. After years spent in construction and as a union steward with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local 108, a back injury just before the recession started had him considering his future options. After earning his associate’s degree in Liberal Arts from Springfield Technical Community College, he was accepted at another school to continue his education.
“But it just wasn’t for me … being in a classroom with students who were 10 years younger,” said Ramos, recalling a trying semester at a local university. “And it didn’t fit my schedule, so I really felt out of place.”
He soon found that right place at the right time in his life with UWW, and will graduate this May, according to a timeline he created.
And timelines are important, said Cynthia Suopis, a senior lecturer in Health Communications at UWW.  With the program for 12 years, she’s seen students like Ramos, as well as those in their 70s, who seek the degree that eluded them decades earlier.
For Angie Boris, 47, of Grafton, a career change from a $60,000-per-year job to her own business that she sold after the birth of a second son led to pursuing her dream of becoming a teacher through UWW online — again, on a timeline that fit her changing lifestyle.
All students, regardless of their story, enter into a process that allows them to evaluate and receive valuable credit for past experience; it’s called the ‘portfolio,’ and according to Suopis, it’s what sets UWW apart from all other online programs (more on this later).
For this issue and its focus on education, BusinessWest visited UWW to learn about this 45-year-old program, which offers a customized and affordable plan for adult students who want and need alternative means to earn a degree, and academically sound credit reflecting what they’ve truly learned in life — and on the job.

Degree by Design
Founded in 1971, the UWW program was considered fairly radical when it was rolled out, said Suopis.
“The movement was about the idea that education is more than going to classes for four years and getting a degree,” she noted. “It was started by a group of graduate students from all over the country, and the thinking was that adults have a lot of experienced work in their background; why couldn’t they get academic credit for that?”
With students ages 22 to 82, Suopis said the program has been a lifeline to individuals who have started and stopped school for families, experienced dramatic job changes, or endured hard times financially. But the philosophy of UWW is that, in addition to transferable courses from other schools, past work is honored, if it can be qualified.
While other schools may look at a student’s résumé and check off the list what is comparable to the school’s academic requirements, the UWW curriculum requires the student to spend an entire semester dissecting their résumé and other life experience; that process is called building the portfolio. It’s a reversal of the term ‘service learning,’ which means learning that starts in the classroom is then put into practice in the community. At UWW, students are bringing the practical experience with them to learn more, but receive academic credits for that past expertise.
Suopis explained that students with a minimum of 12 past college credits and a minimum 2.0 grade point average, once accepted, are required to accumulate 120 credits to earn a degree, or a ‘concentration,’ as the program labels it, and this can mean a focus on business, education, health, human services, or other fields such as journalism, criminal justice, public policy, sustainability, and applied psychology, all interwoven with their past experience.
Up to 75 of those 120 credits can go toward the selected concentration, and they are accumulated through two means: transferred credits from another school (up to 30 credits for the portfolio), or experiential learning outside the classroom.
Ramos transferred 47 credits and earned 21 more through his portfolio; Boris had 17 transferred, and her portfolio gained her another 18. Both have finished the four specific courses required of students, which entail writing the portfolio and designing their degree plan. The finished thesis is then evaluated by UWW faculty members, and not having to take classes for those credits saves not only money, but valuable time, Suopis noted.
The revenue from the four courses, either online or blended, allows UWW to be self-sustaining; the revenue from the additional online courses through UMass goes to the university.
The curriculum courses include:
• “Frameworks for Understanding,” where students design their course plan;
• “Reflections,” where they pick two subjects out of four: technology, organizations, leadership, and public policy; and
• The portfolio class, which involves a semester of critically analyzing what they’ve learned on many levels in their past.
The Reflections courses are not about content, said Suopis, adding that they are discussion points that impact students’ lives and help them write their portfolio. The first step is for the student to identify what they are good at, what they claim they know, and write about it. The writing process is a critical analysis that forces the students to pull out every minute detail of their past history and what they’ve learned, and in many cases, Suopis said, they are shocked to realize that they really did learn, and retain, a great deal of information and viable skills.
For Boris, the portfolio process was overwhelming but quite revealing.
“I consider myself fairly self-aware,” she told BusinessWest. “However, I learned that I had accomplished much more in my life than I had originally thought, and the portfolio process gave credibility to what I had done for my past career; basically my life experience was now worth college credit, and that was a big eye- opener for me.”
Suopis said this is a common reaction, and one that helps build the confidence needed for the remaining work to attain a degree.
“What we’ve found is that the sooner we get the student to write that portfolio, the better their chances are of graduating,” added Suopis, “because they see this huge number of credits coming to their transcript, and they’re like, ‘I can do this.’”

Personal Investment
But what about those students who are not skilled writers?
“There are two phobias at UWW — math and writing,” Suopis said with a laugh. “We’re not teaching them grammar, but if they can start at where they’re at and give us just five pages as we ask them a series of questions, we can get them to a place to be more comfortable with their writing.”
By the end of the semester, after numerous revisions and edits, those fearful writers are proud of their accomplishments in the past, Suopis said, and their newfound ability to record it all for credits saves hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars and valuable time.
The impact of the Great Recession is what prompted Ramos to alter his career plans. After his third back injury on the job kept him home for five months, and unemployment that followed due to a recession-prompted slowdown in the industry, he knew he needed to pursue a different, more stable path.
When writing his portfolio, Ramos learned that his past was a foundation for his future.
As a union steward, his main responsibility was to look out for the best interests of his union brothers, and little did he know back then that he was performing ‘constituent services’ — taking care of their issues and needs as a leader on the job site. And there were situations that weren’t all that easy to handle.
“As a steward, you’re not there to be friends,” he explained. “so there were a lot of situations where I had to build up the courage to stand up for my guys, and that’s a skill I know I’ve transferred to my current positions.”
Now as a district director for state Sen. James Welch, who represents the 1st Hampden District, Ramos stands up for Welch and his constituents. And as an newly elected Springfield city councilor, he’s standing up for the residents in Ward 8, which includes Indian Orchard and parts of Pine Point and Sixteen Acres, as well as all city residents with the entire council.
“I learned about what I really learned in the past,” Ramos said as he recalled the portfolio process. “It was interesting to link my experience and previous career to my current career positions because on the surface, it doesn’t look like it’s something that matches, but it does, and it’s helped me in public policy, legislation, and being elected.”

I Can Do Anything
UWW serves between 750 and 800 students each semester, with fully integrated UMass graduations of 150 per year at three different times: February, May, and September.
The stories of why students of all ages come to UWW are numerous. For some, it may be their last, best chance to earn a degree. But when a student speaks of future opportunities and self-worth, Suopis knows she’s succeeded in guiding another student in their journey to what could be their perfect job.
“We’re now having two and three generations that have gone though UWW — mom, daughter, and granddaughter — and as a 45-year old program, that’s pretty cool to see that happen.”
True to UWW’s website slogan, “we get adult students,” Ramos and Boris are good examples of non-traditional students who ‘get’ UWW, and are on their way to a future where doors will be opening because of their time spent at a university without walls.

Elizabeth Taras can be reached at [email protected]

Greener Than Ever

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Expert in Eco-friendly Construction Offers 10 Trends to Watch in 2014

GreenConstructionWhat are the major trends likely to affect the green-building industry and markets in the U.S. in 2014? Jerry Yudelson thinks he knows the answers.
Yudelson, a LEED fellow, is the founder of Yudelson Associates
and is recognized as one of the nation’s leading green-building and sustainability consultants and speakers, as well as the author of 13 green-building books. In 2011, Wired magazine dubbed him the ‘Godfather of Green,” and he annually releases a top-10 list of green-building megatrends. Here are this year’s trends to watch:
1. Green building in North America will continue its strong growth in 2014. Yudelson predicts ongoing expansion of green commercial real-estate construction together with government, university, nonprofit, and school construction. “Green building is the tsunami of the future that will inundate the entire real-estate industry,” he notes.
Other studies back up this perception, including one last summer from from McGraw-Hill Construction reporting that the percentage of retail and hospitality developers building green for more than half of their projects rose from 18% in 2011 to 38% in 2013 — and is expected to jump to 52% by 2015.
In addition, 65% of retail owners and 73% of hotel owners say they use green operations and maintenance practices, citing a number of business benefits. In fact, according to McGraw-Hill, building green reduces operating costs by 8% to 9% on average, increases building value by 7.5%, improves return on investment by 6.6%, and increases occupancy ratios by 3.5% and rent ratios by 3%.
“Green building has taken such hold in the industry that even sectors with unique challenges, such as retail and hospitality, are making stronger investments,” said Harvey Bernstein, vice president at McGraw-Hill. “Clearly, the benefits that owners are reporting are key reasons for their green-building investments, and as they find better ways to measure those impacts and quantify the value to their sales velocity and to the well-being of their staff, customers, and guests, we expect even more rapid engagement in green.”
2. We’ll see a growing focus on energy efficiency in all kinds of buildings, including the increasing role of building automation for energy efficiency using cloud-based systems. “The convergence of corporate and commercial real estate, information technology that is based in the cloud, and energy efficiency leads my list of new green-building megatrends for 2014,” Yudelson says.
3. Design and operation of zero-net-energy buildings will expand. According to Yudelson, “we know that green building has hit the mainstream. To distinguish themselves, many building owners and developers are taking the logical next step: getting to zero net energy on an annual basis. Why? The most widespread reason is that more people than ever believe it’s the right thing to do.”
4. LEED will attract competitors as never before. “It’s likely that LEED’s cost and complexity will open up the market to other competitors such as the Green Globes rating system offered by the Green Building Initiative,” Yudelson notes. One reason is that recent Obama administration actions have now put this system on a par with LEED for federal projects.
5. The focus of the green-building industry will continue its switch from new building design and construction to greening existing buildings. This trend has been in place since 2010, and Yudelson predicts that more than 500 existing federal buildings will seek green-building ratings in 2014.
6. Green buildings will increasingly be designed and managed by innovative information technologies that are based in the cloud. In fact, Yudelson calls 2014 “the year of the cloud” based on how quickly he believes this trend will become fully established.
7. Green-building performance disclosure will continue as a major trend, highlighted by disclosure requirements enacted in 2013 by more than 30 major cities around the country, laws that require commercial building owners to disclose actual green-building performance. Yudelson says he expects this trend to spread rapidly as the easiest way to monitor reductions in carbon emissions from commercial and governmental buildings.
“It should come as no surprise that cities and states are rethinking their approach to green building,” notes a recent report by the Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership, a project of Wharton College at the University of Pennsylvania. “Not only do buildings consume more than 40% of the energy in this country and more than two-thirds of the generated electric power, but in cities where effective transit systems take cars off the road, building energy use also accounts for the vast majority of greenhouse-gas emissions.”
8. Healthy-building product disclosure declarations, along with various ‘red lists’ of chemicals of concern, will become increasingly contentious. “Building product manufacturers will increasingly try to gain or maintain market share based on open disclosure of chemicals of concerns,” he said. “We also foresee that industry-developed disclosure systems will compete with systems offered by dozens of third-party rating agencies.”
9. Solar-power use in buildings will continue to grow. Yudelson expects that third-party financing offerings will continue to grow and provide capital for larger rooftop systems on low-rise commercial buildings, parking garages, warehouses, and retail stores, as well as on homes.
10. Awareness of the coming crisis in freshwater supply, both globally and in the U.S., will increase, as global climate change affects rainfall and water-supply systems worldwide. In his 2010 book about water conservation, Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis, Yudelson discusses how this is being done in green buildings all over the developed world.
“Even without new laws,” the Wharton report notes, “forward-looking companies find options, such as the use of energy-services companies, green leasing, and affordable approaches to solar and other renewables. They’re motivated by more than ‘eco-correctness’; adding sustainable features reduces operating costs and often increases a building’s value and the rent levels it can command, though payback periods can be long.”
In fact, the report says, some in the industry are increasingly looking beyond modest green standards to the ‘net-zero’ strategy of constructing buildings that generate as much energy as they use.
“Cities are developing their own audit and energy management procedures, often using software unavailable 10 years ago,” the authors note. “Clearly, green building has gone from a feel-good exercise to an impending baseline for all construction.”

— Compiled from various sources

People On the Move

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Dianne Fabrocini

Dianne Fabrocini

The Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield (ACCGS) announced that Dianne Fabrocini has joined the organization as Executive Director of the ACGCS affiliate, the East of the River Five Town Chamber of Commerce (ERC5).
Fabrocini will serve as the liaison between the ERC5 and the ACCGS and will be responsible for carrying out the direction set by the board of directors. She will also work with ACCGS staff in developing membership programs, benefits, and services; producing events; and enhancing municipal relations in the five communities served by the ERC5: East Longmeadow, Hampden, Longmeadow, Ludlow, and Wilbraham. Fabrocini brings to the organization nearly 20 years of experience in marketing, public relations, and management. Most recently, she served as office manager for Vulcan Products Co. in Enfield, Conn. Prior to that, she owned Fabro & Associates, a professional sports-management company providing event planning, promotions, player representation, and contract negotiations to various clients throughout Western Mass., where she founded the Legends Celebrity Golf Classic and brought the first United Soccer League professional men’s soccer team to the region. Fabrocini also served as general manager and owner of the Springfield Sirens women’s soccer team, now known as the New England Mutiny, and held the position of regional director for the National Kidney Foundation. Fabrocini is a graduate of the University of Akron in Ohio.
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The Board of Directors of the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce recently announced new officers for 2014, led by second one-year-term president Larry Archey, Director of Facilities and Grounds at Hampshire College. Archey will be joined by Nancy Buffone, UMass Executive Director of External Affairs and University Events, as First Vice President, and Julie Marcus, Director of Marketing at New England Environmental, as Second Vice President. Other new board members include:
• Mark Ellsworth, Center for Extended Care, treasurer;
• Jerry Guidera, Spanish Studies Abroad, secretary; and
• Jim Brassord, Amherst College, at large.
Kathryn Grandonico, Lincoln Real Estate, remains immediate past president. Returning board members include Aaron Jolly, the Pub; Meredith Schmidt, UMass Campus Center; Meghan Gregoire, PeoplesBank; Felicity Hardee, attorney; Niels la Cour, UMass Planning; Reza Rahmani, Lit and Moti; Barry Roberts, EV Realty Trust; G. Christopher Blauvelt, Innovara; John Kokoski, Mapleline Farm; and Youssef Fadel, New England Promotional Marketing. The appointments were effective Jan. 1 and formally ratified at the chamber’s annual meeting at the Lord Jeffery Inn on Jan. 15. The mission of the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce is to create, maintain, and promote a vital, thriving business climate throughout the Amherst area and to initiate and support the civic, educational, recreational, and economic well-being of the Amherst area.
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Benjamin Coyle

Benjamin Coyle

The Springfield-based regional law firm Bacon Wilson, P.C. recently announced that Adam Basch and Benjamin Coyle have been named shareholders of the firm. Basch, a member of the litigation department, practices in the areas of construction litigation, personal injury, general litigation, and commercial litigation. He is a former secretary of the Hampden County Bar Assoc., a six-time recipient of the SuperLawyers Rising Stars distinction, and serves as a member of the Wilbraham Planning Board and the United Way Allocation Committee. He teaches litigation and business law at Bay Path College and is the author of numerous construction and general litigation articles. Basch earned his JD from Western New England University School of Law and his B.A. from Union College. He is a member of the firm’s business and corporate, estate planning and elder, litigation, and municipal departments. He is a five-time recipient of the SuperLawyers Rising Stars distinction and a board member of the Western Mass. Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He earned his JD from Western New England University School of Law and his BSBA from Western New England University.
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William Fontes

William Fontes

Easthampton Savings Bank announced that William Fontes has joined the bank as Vice President Commercial Lending. Fontes has more than 30 years of banking experience in commercial lending and most recently was senior vice president, commercial banking team leader at United Bank and, prior to that, a commercial banking team leader at People’s United Bank. Fontes earned his bachelor’s degree in business management from the University of Massachusetts and his MBA, majoring in finance, from Bryant University.
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David Pinsky

David Pinsky

The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts recently elected President and CEO David Pinsky to its board of directors. His three-year term, serving the nonprofit organization that has been fighting hunger in Western Mass. for more than 30 years, began this month. Pinsky, who serves as Tighe & Bond’s President and CEO, has worked at the engineering firm since 1988.  He also serves on the board of directors for the American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts and the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts. A professional engineer for more than 25 years, Pinsky holds an MS in environmental engineering from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a BS in civil engineering from the University of New Hampshire. He is also an active member of numerous professional societies and organizations in the engineering profession, such as the American Water Works Assoc., the Massachusetts Water Works Assoc., and the New England Water Works Assoc.
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Thomas Dowling

Thomas Dowling

Thomas Dowling, CPA, MST, was recently hired by Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C. for the position of Senior Associate, where he will be responsible for guiding staff-level accountants in their duties and helping to manage the day-to-day operations of engagements. Dowling has worked in various capacities at small to mid-sized CPA firms for four years. He graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor in accountancy degree from Bentley University and continued at Bentley to earn his master’s in taxation, graduating with high distinction. He is a member of AICPA, MSCPA, and the Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society.
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Lydia Martinez

Lydia Martinez

Sarah Williams

Sarah Williams

The YMCA of Greater Springfield recently announced the addition of Lydia Martinez, Assistant Superintendent of Springfield Public Schools, to its corporate board of directors, and named Sarah Williams the new chairperson. Williams, the Vice President of Enterprise Risk Management at the Hartford Insurance, joined the YMCA of Greater Springfield board in 2011.
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Dr. Junie Baldonado

Dr. Junie Baldonado

Dr. Junie Baldonado recently joined Ludlow Family Dentistry and doctors R. Carl Szarlan, Joseph Wegiel, Frank Mitera, and Michelle Roberts in providing general dentistry to the families of Ludlow and the surrounding towns. Baldonado is a graduate of Loma Linda University School of Dentistry in Riverside, Calif. He attended NYU for his undergraduate work and majored in fine arts, while completing the pre-med requirements for entrance into dental school. Baldonado had been practicing in the Sacramento, Calif. area prior to joining the Ludlow dental practice and is now accepting new patients and in all phases of dentistry.
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M. Dale Janes

M. Dale Janes

Springfield-based NUVO Bank & Trust Co. recently announced that Chief Executive Officer M. Dale Janes was awarded the Sally Barnhart Leadership Award from the Assoc. for Community Living in appreciation for his voluntary leadership as president of the board of directors. Janes is the immediate past president and has been a member of the board of directors since 2006. He has also served on the finance and audit, investment, executive, and ad hoc committees, providing guidance throughout the purchase of a new headquarters, major renovations at the Inclusive Community Center located in Hadley, expansion of services for the medically challenged in Hampshire County, and developing a two-year strategic plan.
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Christopher Boino

Christopher Boino

Christopher Boino was recently appointed President of Western Builders, a construction management and general contracting firm, a subsidiary company of the O’Connell Companies, headquartered in Granby. Joining Western Builders as a project manager in 2013, Boino brings more than 14 years of experience in the construction industry and is now responsible for the successful day-to-day operation of the company. Boino earned his MBA from Bentley University and a bachelor of science in Construction Management from Arizona State University’s Del Webb School of Construction. Boino is a LEED-accredited professional and is a certified project-management professional. He was previously employed in the Boston area with Shawmut Design & Construction and Cafco Construction. Western Builders was established in 1975 and has successfully completed new construction and renovation projects throughout New England in the areas of academics, healthcare, and housing.

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EDC Head Blair to Step Down
SPRINGFIELD — Allan Blair will retire as president and CEO of the Western Mass. Economic Development Council at the end of 2014 after 18 years at the helm of the regional economic-development agency. A search committee, headed by Peter Straley, chairman and CEO of Health New England, will seek his replacement. The EDC provides support for companies looking to locate or grow in the region, through services including real-estate searches, workforce, manufacturing supply chain, data and demographics, incentives and financing, new market opportunities, service procurement, and academic research and development opportunities. The EDC also acts as an umbrella group for other business-oriented organizations, including the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield, the Greater Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Amherst Business Improvement District, the Westfield Business Improvement District, the Northampton Business Improvement District, the Springfield Business Improvement District, the Westmass Area Development Corp. and the Westover Metropolitan Airport and Westover Metropolitan Development Corp.

DevelopSpringfield Announces Grant for Façade Improvement
SPRINGFIELD — DevelopSpringfield, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) development corporation, announced that it has awarded a $10,000 grant for façade improvements to the New England Farm Workers Council for renovations to the International Bier Garten located at 1600 Main St. The grant is made possible under the organization’s Corridor Storefront Improvement Program, which provides grants of up to $10,000 for exterior improvements to first-floor storefronts located on State and Main streets in Springfield. The recently awarded funds were used to revitalize and repair the existing façade to meet building-code and safety standards, and to comply with Springfield Historic Commission requirements. The grant is supporting more than $70,000 in improvements on the façade alone. The full project is a partnership between the New England Farm Workers Council and the Fort Restaurant and is a key component efforts toward revitalization in downtown Springfield. The project partners estimate that the project will bring more than $2 million annually in economic benefit to the community. They also hope the project will be an example of how economic revitalization can spur downtown Springfield’s renaissance and support the city’s transformation into a thriving cultural and entertainment hub for Western Mass. For more information on the Corridor Storefront Improvement Program, visit www.developspringfield.com and click on ‘programs,’ or contact Jay Minkarah, DevelopSpringfield president and CEO, at (413) 209-8808 or [email protected].

Construction Employment Declines in December
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Construction employment declined by 16,000 in December, but the industry unemployment rate fell to 11.4%, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that the new employment data was likely impacted by cold weather, but also reflects underlying weakness in the construction sector. “Given the variability of weather, especially in winter, the downturn in December is not cause for alarm,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “The data does show how uneven the recovery remains with residential construction doing very well, but the public sector remains weak, and private nonresidential construction is mixed.” Construction employment totaled 5,833,000 in December, an increase of 122,000 from a year earlier, Simonson noted. But while employment grew by 2.1% during the past year, construction employment remains nearly 1.9 million below the sector’s April 2006 peak. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for workers actively looking for jobs and last employed in construction declined from 13.5% in December 2012 to 11.4% last month. Non-residential construction firms lost 22,900 new jobs in December, while residential firms added 6,200 jobs. Non-residential specialty trade contractors lost 12,900 jobs for the month, the most of any segment, while heavy and civil engineering firms — which are most likely to perform federal construction work — lost 8,800 jobs. Meanwhile, residential building contractors added the most new jobs during the past month, with 4,800. The number of unemployed construction workers dropped from 1,105,000 in December 2012 to 958,000 in December 2013, a decline of 147,000. Yet the industry added only 122,000 new jobs during the same time frame. The shrinking pool of available construction workers may be one reason so many firms report having a hard time finding qualified workers, Simonson noted. Association officials said the outlook for construction could be helped by new investments in infrastructure and other construction programs. They urged Congress to finalize Water Resources Development Act legislation to invest in ports and other waterways. They also said Congress and the Obama administration should work together to find a way to pay for needed repairs to aging roads and bridges before the current transportation legislation expires at the end of September. “If the economy continues to expand and Washington can work together to make needed infrastructure investments, firms should be able to add significantly more jobs in 2014,” said Stephen Sandherr, the association’s CEO. “But Congress and the administration need to set aside partisan differences and find a way to work together in the interest of our economy.”

Holiday Retail Sales Down in Massachusetts
BOSTON — Holiday retail sales in Massachusetts fell short of analysts’ expectations in 2013. Sales in November and December climbed just 2% from the same period in 2012, well below the 3.5% jump expected by the Retailers Assoc. of Massachusetts. There was one less weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and a snowstorm on the second weekend of December further limited the amount of time shoppers spent in stores and hurt impulse buying, which account for one-third of all department-store purchases. On the national level, the National Retail Federation said total U.S. holiday sales jumped 3.8% to $601.8 billion in November and December, up from a 3.5% increase recorded in the same two months of 2012. Meanwhile, the U.S. Commerce Department said retail sales, excluding auto purchases, climbed 3.7% in December over the same month in 2012. But department-store sales fell 3.3%, compared with December 2012.

New England Economy Showing Signs of Life
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The outlook for New England is “generally positive” as the economy continues to expand modestly and most industries report better sales and improving business conditions, according to a Federal Reserve survey. The report, known as the Beige Book, found manufacturers reporting increased sales, healthcare consulting booming as the industry grapples with the Affordable Care Act, and median prices for homes rising in most of the region. However, hiring remains subdued in most industries, and wage increases remain modest at best. Nationally, the survey found moderate or modest economic growth and increased hiring in most of the country. It noted that harsh winter weather in recent weeks had a minor impact on consumer spending, which accounts for about 70% of the nation’s economic activity. Although home sales in New England were lower than a year ago, real-estate markets in the region experienced increased prices for single-family homes, according to the survey. The Fed said the small sales decline could be the result of low inventories, a pause after strong sales earlier in the year, or uncertainty among consumers following the partial government shutdown in October. But “New England realtors agree that 2013 has been a good year overall,” the report says, “and they remain optimistic about sales increases.” Commercial real-estate leasing remained steady, while construction activity increased, boosting building in health, education, life sciences, and commercial sectors. Manufacturers reported increased or steady sales, and retailers also reported solid performances.”

Berkshire Bank Awards Scholarships for Service
PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Bank has announced it will honor 30 high-school seniors in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, and Southern Vermont through its annual Scholarship Awards Program. The program will award $45,000 in total scholarship dollars to students who have exemplified community service through their volunteer efforts, have been successful academically, and have a demonstrated financial need. Additionally, students must attend a school that is located in a community with a Berkshire Bank office. “Berkshire Bank believes that one of life’s most exciting moments is going to college, and we want to do our part to help make it more affordable for students in need, said Lori Gazzillo, director of the Berkshire Bank Foundation. “This program exemplifies our support of education and demonstrates our commitment to the communities we serve. Our employees rally around this program by serving as reviewers of all of the applications that we receive from so many well-deserving students.” Through the program, 30 $1,500 scholarships will be awarded to high-school seniors who will be attending a two- or four-year college in the fall. Applications will be evaluated based on demonstrated volunteerism in the community and through participation in extracurricular school activities. In addition, applicants must have a GPA of at least 3.0 and a financial need (total family income under $75,000). An independent panel of bank employee volunteers will review all applications and select this year’s winners. Students can apply online at www.berkshirebank.com/scholarships. To be considered, all applications must be submitted online by March 26 at 4 p.m. For additional information, contact the Berkshire Bank Foundation at [email protected].

Real Estate Transactions

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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

439 Huckle Hill Road
Bernardston, MA 01337
Amount: $120,474
Buyer: Paul L. Volungis
Seller: Wells Fargo Bank
Date: 12/17/13

34 School Road
Bernardston, MA 01337
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Christopher D. Rooney
Seller: John Sciandra RET
Date: 12/26/13

BUCKLAND

74 Upper St.
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $129,000
Buyer: Paul Bernier
Seller: Helene A. Smith
Date: 12/26/13

38 West Brown Road
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $370,000
Buyer: Christopher Seward
Seller: Erik Abend
Date: 12/26/13

CONWAY

136 South Shirkshire Road
Conway, MA 01341
Amount: $203,500
Buyer: Ana Rueda-Hernandez
Seller: Richard B. Chandler
Date: 12/23/13

GREENFIELD

10 Carol Lane
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $218,500
Buyer: Peter F.McLver
Seller: Kurkoski IRT
Date: 12/16/13

65 Cleveland St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $185,900
Buyer: Daniel Christenson
Seller: Philip R. Allard
Date: 12/20/13

234 Conway St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $169,000
Buyer: Dawn A. Roske
Seller: Peter F. McIver
Date: 12/16/13

86 High St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $185,500
Buyer: Kevin J. O’Neil
Seller: Horan, James, (Estate)
Date: 12/24/13

104 Silver St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: 104 Silver Street LLC
Seller: Maxine M. Gunn
Date: 12/16/13

256 Wisdom Way
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $143,000
Buyer: Terry J. Kimball
Seller: USA HUD
Date: 12/19/13

LEVERETT

49 Long Hill Road
Leverett, MA 01054
Amount: $211,000
Buyer: Benjamin D. Feeley
Date: 12/27/13

336 Long Plain Road
Leverett, MA 01054
Amount: $159,900
Buyer: Robart A. Weller
Seller: Pioneer Valley Red LLC
Date: 12/27/13

NEW SALEM

547 Daniel Shays Hwy.
New Salem, MA 01355
Amount: $148,000
Buyer: Shawn Chouinard
Seller: Marie Hess
Date: 12/16/13

ORANGE

95 Fairman Road
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Eric R. Amato
Seller: Jacos S. Balk
Date: 12/17/13

330 Sentinel Elm Road
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Joshuah C. Buell
Seller: Farm School Inc.
Date: 12/24/13

SHUTESBURY

14 Beechwood Lane
Shutesbury, MA 01072
Amount: $214,000
Buyer: Henry J. Allan
Seller: Mitchell D. Freund
Date: 12/20/13

SUNDERLAND

31 Garage Road
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $123,375
Buyer: Valley Building Co. Inc.
Seller: Robert W. Humphreys
Date: 12/23/13

19 Old Amherst Road
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Danica L. Messerli
Seller: William F. Snyder
Date: 12/16/13

WHATELY

14 Laurel Mountain Road
Whately, MA 01093
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Erik Abend
Seller: Victor S. Lisewski
Date: 12/26/13

223 State Road
Whately, MA 01093
Amount: $203,500
Buyer: Ronald Lavallee
Seller: Norman E. Young
Date: 12/19/13

HAMPDEN COUNTY

AGAWAM

70 Bailey St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Yelana Ivanov
Seller: Lorie L. Baker
Date: 12/23/13

52 Briarcliff Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Buyer: Michael J. Tufariello
Seller: Alexa C. McCabe
Date: 12/20/13

105 Butternut Dr.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $207,750
Buyer: Kathryn M. Carmody
Seller: Michael F. McKenna
Date: 12/18/13

95 Christopher Lane
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: David A. Wilkinson
Seller: Kathryn M. Carmody
Date: 12/18/13

46 Cottonwood Lane
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $287,500
Buyer: Chester S. Wojcik
Seller: Gary E. Nardi
Date: 12/27/13

48 Liquori Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Joshua J. Devine
Seller: Christopher J. Corriveau
Date: 12/20/13

1811 Main St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $550,000
Buyer: Riverside Properties LLC
Seller: John Eisenbeiser LLC
Date: 12/20/13

152 Mallard Circle
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Leslie A. Murphy
Seller: Laurie J. Vandergrift
Date: 12/20/13

386 Poplar St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $168,000
Buyer: Joshua D. Laporte
Seller: David W. Laporte
Date: 12/23/13

687 Silver St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $460,000
Buyer: Sandy Dollar LLC
Seller: Dorinne A. Rodriguez
Date: 12/18/13

134 Wagon Wheel Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: Patrick J. Moriarty
Seller: William D. Corbin
Date: 12/18/13

CHESTER

93 Blandford Road
Chester, MA 01011
Amount: $390,000
Buyer: Henry R. Frey
Seller: Kathryn Albanese
Date: 12/18/13

CHICOPEE

112 Academy St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $142,000
Buyer: Christopher S. Baker
Seller: Catherine A. Deska
Date: 12/20/13

54 Armanella St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $116,025
Buyer: Kevin J. Czaplicki
Seller: JP Morgan Chase Bank
Date: 12/27/13

206 Champagne Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $144,906
Buyer: John A. Ruyffelaert
Seller: Donald R. Benoit
Date: 12/20/13

262 Fairview Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Kara A. Supczak
Seller: Tony Monteiro
Date: 12/20/13

72 Jamrog Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $172,000
Buyer: Daniel M. Boutin
Seller: Mary A. Freeman
Date: 12/16/13

88 Leo Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Mark W. Sims
Seller: Daniel M. Boutin
Date: 12/16/13

59 Pajak St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Ralph H. Avery
Seller: Andrew J. Craven
Date: 12/27/13

14 Parker St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Wilmary Labonte
Seller: Ellen J. Labonte
Date: 12/20/13

29 Sullivan St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Kathleen M. Gay
Seller: Joseph W. Gay
Date: 12/17/13

47 Veterans Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01022
Amount: $1,123,500
Buyer: Chicopee Partners LLP
Seller: Willow LLC
Date: 12/19/13

18 West St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Daniel Branco
Seller: Brian P. Despard
Date: 12/24/13

1675 Westover Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $148,736
Buyer: Nationstar Mortgage LLC
Seller: Bobbie L. Teehan

153 Woodcrest Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Heather E. Locklin
Seller: Theodore L. Klekotka
Date: 12/19/13

EAST LONGMEADOW

43 Alpine Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $198,000
Buyer: Melissa Knott
Seller: Jeffrey A. Hastings
Date: 12/18/13

46 Highlandview Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $142,500
Buyer: Brian Palazzi
Seller: Teresa R. Frazier
Date: 12/27/13

30 Linden Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Dion Woods
Seller: Joseph J. Giannini
Date: 12/18/13

8 Melwood Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Amanda M. Kelly
Seller: Carl R. Swanson
Date: 12/19/13

18 Merriam St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $207,000
Buyer: Veronica P. Mickelson
Seller: Thomas F. Caldbeck
Date: 12/17/13

75 North Main St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $420,000
Buyer: CTB Realty LLC
Seller: Barry M. Stephens
Date: 12/27/13

32 Parker St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Ryan J. Callan
Seller: Reanne A. Burke
Date: 12/23/13

HAMPDEN

32 Ames Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $213,000
Buyer: Thomas E. Sutherland
Seller: Evelyn M. Parent
Date: 12/23/13

205 Chapin Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $198,229
Buyer: Wells Fargo Bank
Seller: Michael K. Campbell
Date: 12/17/13

53 Meadow Brook Lane
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $238,900
Buyer: Lauren E. Cusson
Seller: Timber Development LLC
Date: 12/20/13

211 South Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $116,000
Buyer: Paula A. Savoie
Seller: Sherry Himmelstein
Date: 12/23/13

HOLLAND

77 East Brimfield Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Peter M. Drake
Seller: Normand J. Corriveau
Date: 12/19/13

HOLYOKE

58 Brookline Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $159,900
Buyer: Michelle Monett
Seller: Majkowski, Christine, (Estate)
Date: 12/18/13

1245 Dwight St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Scott Family Props. LLC
Seller: Peluyera, Maximino, (Estate)
Date: 12/19/13

15 Ladd St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Rigoberto Serrano
Seller: Edward L. Senecal
Date: 12/24/13

37 Mountain Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $168,000
Buyer: Timblin Judy
Seller: Angela Perrotta
Date: 12/19/13

22 Orchard St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Daniel W. Sullivan
Seller: Cathleen M. Bradlee
Date: 12/23/13

15 Prew Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $153,820
Buyer: Beneficial Mass. Inc.
Seller: Jose C. Alvarez
Date: 12/24/13

466 South St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $172,500
Buyer: Peter D. Hotz
Seller: Mark O. Bergeron
Date: 12/20/13

92 Sycamore St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Nancy K. Sachs
Seller: Tammy J. Daysh
Date: 12/20/13

35 Steiger Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: John S. Weathers
Seller: T. P. Kennedy
Date: 12/16/13

LONGMEADOW

36 Chatham Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: Peter M. Payson
Seller: Frank J. Anzalotti
Date: 12/18/13

348 Emerson Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Gregory L. Burt
Seller: Douglas E. Burt
Date: 12/16/13

378 Emerson Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Douglas E. Burt
Seller: Gregory L. Burt
Date: 12/16/13

131 Maple Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $249,000
Buyer: Jason N. Tsitso
Seller: Stephen Foster
Date: 12/27/13

77 Massachusetts Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $167,066
Buyer: Deutsche Bank
Seller: Robert C. Homon
Date: 12/23/13

62 Pinewood Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $394,000
Buyer: Anil Inamdar
Seller: Janet A. Weiss
Date: 12/16/13

97 Roseland Terrace
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $287,500
Buyer: Christopher V. Maglio
Seller: Mica LLC
Date: 12/16/13

148 Warren Terrace
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Rebecca G. Feinberg
Seller: Russell H. Webster
Date: 12/20/13

LUDLOW

35 Eden St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $189,100
Buyer: Wendy M. Pereira
Seller: Benjamin M. Paquette
Date: 12/16/13

300 Winsor St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $138,000
Buyer: Deidra M. Thompson
Seller: Andrea Silva
Date: 12/19/13

333 Winsor St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Corrinne A. Mercier
Date: 12/19/13

MONSON

134 Wales Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $186,000
Buyer: Steven D. Pelletier
Seller: Glenn R. Davey
Date: 12/16/13

164 Wales Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $251,000
Buyer: Kevin M. Brown
Seller: Donald C. Demers
Date: 12/20/13

PALMER

1084 Central St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $137,000
Buyer: Amanda L. Ellithorpe
Seller: Bonny B. Rathbone
Date: 12/18/13

56 Edgewood St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $174,900
Buyer: Brian K. Sutherland
Seller: Donna L. Martin
Date: 12/23/13

1330 Ware St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: William M. Kinney
Seller: Robert A. Roy
Date: 12/17/13

SPRINGFIELD

70 Barrington Dr.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Shoukat Hussain
Seller: Michael D. Akers
Date: 12/20/13

1274 Berkshire Ave.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Amanda A. Staubin
Seller: Janina Czupryna
Date: 12/23/13

1780 Boston Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Marks Realty LLP
Seller: Colonial Pacific Leasing
Date: 12/20/13

48 Burdette St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $148,000
Buyer: Kristen M. Culver
Seller: Matthew A. Charpentier
Date: 12/20/13

Cadwell Dr. (WS)
Springfield, MA 01101
Amount: $975,000
Buyer: Palmer Paving Corp.
Seller: 8712 LLC
Date: 12/23/13

16 Calley St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $182,500
Buyer: Alan D. Cook
Seller: Suzie G. Ice
Date: 12/17/13

36 Calley St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Ashlee Hyland
Seller: Tara Manzi
Date: 12/18/13

37 Chilson St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Lisa S. Kane
Seller: Lynn Makara
Date: 12/24/13

100 Colorado St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $158,900
Buyer: Nicholas Melikian
Seller: Howard C. Eldridge
Date: 12/20/13

649 Cottage St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $1,000,000
Buyer: Pioneer Valley Transit Authority
Seller: H&S Truck Leasing Inc.
Date: 12/26/13

Cottage St (SS)
Springfield, MA 01101
Amount: $600,000
Buyer: Pioneer Valley Transit Authority
Seller: R. M. Sullivan Transportation Inc.
Date: 12/26/13

47 Denwall Dr.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: William M. O’Malley
Seller: Omalley, Lillian M., (Estate)
Date: 12/27/13

116 Donbray Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $134,000
Buyer: Antonieta Ferreira
Seller: Tarpey, Philip J. Jr., (Estate)
Date: 12/20/13

59 Edendale St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $119,900
Buyer: Sergey Kuropatkin
Seller: Wayne R. Bettinger
Date: 12/20/13

16 Eton St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $183,000
Buyer: David Ha
Seller: Lee Lepouttre
Date: 12/23/13

39 Fenway Dr.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $134,000
Buyer: Jorge H. Bordonhos
Seller: Yen K. Lee
Date: 12/18/13

103 Fern St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: James G. Ndungu
Seller: James Mugwanja
Date: 12/17/13

137 Homestead Ave.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $122,500
Buyer: Jacqueline E. Farrow
Seller: Eugene H. Marceau
Date: 12/24/13

41 Hyde Ave.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $136,000
Buyer: Omar Almodovar
Seller: Ana L. Mattey
Date: 12/19/13

91 Jeffrey Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $138,000
Buyer: Abram Aviles
Seller: Brenda B. Forbes
Date: 12/17/13

28 Jennings St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $129,900
Buyer: D. Callands-Robinson
Seller: JV Properties Inc.
Date: 12/20/13

87 Lloyd Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: David Nieto
Seller: Jason Balut
Date: 12/23/13

142 Merrimac Ave.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Jessica Berrios
Seller: Lois F. Zdroykowski
Date: 12/20/13

134 Monrovia St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $131,000
Buyer: Bret W. Biram
Seller: Olga Pineiro
Date: 12/24/13

133 Oklahoma St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $123,900
Buyer: Carly O. Eaton
Seller: David M. Kane
Date: 12/20/13

106 Packard Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $242,000
Buyer: Anthony T. Kelliher
Seller: Patrick J. Moriarty
Date: 12/18/13

740 Parker St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $144,500
Buyer: Sharroya Charles
Seller: AMP Real Estate Group LLC
Date: 12/20/13

524 Plainfield St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $122,000
Buyer: Nolava LLC
Seller: Kenneth L. Fitzgibbon
Date: 12/20/13

170 Powell Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Vicki Soditis-Blanchard
Seller: Diane M. Soditis
Date: 12/17/13

2001 Roosevelt Ave.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $550,000
Buyer: Polman Realty LLC
Seller: Envelope Product Group LLC
Date: 12/23/13

58 San Miguel St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $129,700
Buyer: Maria L. Adorno
Seller: Ara Degray
Date: 12/19/13

16 Sedgewick St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Jessica W. Maury
Seller: Gerald Hamburg
Date: 12/27/13

68 Virginia St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Thyda Huynh
Seller: Richard C. Olson
Date: 12/19/13

68 Washington Road
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Harry D. Seymour
Seller: Paul J. Riendeau
Date: 12/18/13

2132 Wilbraham Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Kenneth C. Wood
Seller: US Bank
Date: 12/24/13

66 Willowbrook Dr.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Latania Johnson
Seller: Keefe, Rosemary A., (Estate)
Date: 12/23/13

1138 Worthington St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Janell S. Haulsey
Seller: Carlo J. Dilizia
Date: 12/19/13

SOUTHWICK

26 Pineywood Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $142,000
Buyer: Roy A. Crockwell
Seller: Gary R. Allen
Date: 12/18/13

84 Point Grove Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $229,900
Buyer: Michael T. Panella
Seller: Teresa R. Caronna
Date: 12/17/13

12 Renny Ave.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $187,124
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Stuart R. Rowley
Date: 12/27/13

WEST Springfield

472 Brush Hill Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Daniel J. Garrity
Seller: Trisha Guiel
Date: 12/19/13

195 Falmouth Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: Jeffrey R. Krok
Seller: Jason D. Favreau
Date: 12/16/13

36 George St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Budhiman Subedi
Seller: Dzemal Jusufbegovic
Date: 12/20/13

16 Jensen Circle
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $239,900
Buyer: John Bielanski
Seller: Vincent J. Brozini
Date: 12/18/13

1304 Morgan Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: David Sutherland
Seller: Peter K. Fritz
Date: 12/17/13

84 Myron St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $615,000
Buyer: Salamon Realty LLC
Seller: Bruce D. Aldo
Date: 12/23/13

61 Pheasants Xing
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $469,900
Buyer: Jason D. Favreau
Seller: Donald R. Felix
Date: 12/16/13

102 Westwood Dr.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Glenn Grabowski
Seller: Barbara A. Grabowski
Date: 12/27/13

WESTFIELD

100 Acres Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $135,133
Buyer: Stuart Arnold Real Estate
Seller: DA Farms LLC
Date: 12/17/13

26 Clinton Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Amber R. Sayer
Seller: Wallis, Marguerite P., (Estate)
Date: 12/19/13

28 Crown St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Matthew J. Romano
Seller: Mark A. Pires
Date: 12/20/13

316 Falley Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $237,000
Buyer: Christopher Mitchell
Seller: Ian C. Plakias
Date: 12/16/13

80 Knollwood Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $170,000
Seller: Deborah A. Ashton
Date: 12/23/13

170 Lockhouse Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $2,700,000
Buyer: Rail Realty Development
Seller: Ronald E. Schortmann
Date: 12/19/13

416 North Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $187,500
Buyer: Jeffrey S. Slater
Seller: Jean M. Parker
Date: 12/18/13

13 Spring St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Alexsander Bloom
Seller: Ralph C. Royland
Date: 12/16/13

95 Westwood Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $186,500
Buyer: Torry R. Gajda
Seller: Madeline T. Marshall
Date: 12/20/13

WILBRAHAM

4 Brainard Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Paul M. Pereira
Seller: Nermin Hodzic
Date: 12/17/13

971 Main St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Joseph A. Moran
Seller: Jean-Guy Girard
Date: 12/19/13

28 Old Boston Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $159,000
Buyer: Jose M. Martins
Seller: Kathryn P. Kogut
Date: 12/18/13

3 Pleasant View Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $206,500
Buyer: Gail Harris
Seller: Laura K. Syron
Date: 12/23/13

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

AMHERST

Gray St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $340,000
Buyer: Amherst Community Television
Seller: Barbara L. Guidera
Date: 12/19/13

29 Harris St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $329,000
Buyer: Diana C. Scriver
Seller: Debra L. Beturney
Date: 12/27/13

209 Rolling Ridge Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $365,000
Buyer: Lie Wang
Seller: Lawrence Orloff
Date: 12/23/13

652 South East St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: RGC LLC
Seller: Greenfield Savings Bank
Date: 12/23/13

BELCHERTOWN

47 Cottage St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $500,000
Buyer: Charles W. True
Seller: Peter S. Landry
Date: 12/20/13

28 Emily Lane
Belchertown, MA 01002
Amount: $363,300
Buyer: David R. Boisjolie
Seller: JP Builders Inc.
Date: 12/20/13

56 N. Main St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Shannon M. Kurzeski
Seller: UMass Five College Credit Union
Date: 12/20/13

68 North St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Miloslava Waldman
Seller: Kevin P. Gustafson
Date: 12/23/13

43 Pondview Circle
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $395,000
Seller: Brian K. Douglas
Date: 12/23/13

11 Rita Lane
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $209,000
Buyer: Shoshana Y. Wirth
Seller: Gail M. Harris
Date: 12/20/13

CHESTERFIELD

72 Bray Road
Chesterfield, MA 01012
Amount: $228,500
Buyer: Cynthia J. Davis
Seller: Lisa C. Rollins
Date: 12/16/13

EASTHAMPTON

15 Cottage St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $328,000
Buyer: Cottage Square Apts. LP
Seller: Jefferson Development Partners LLC
Date: 12/17/13

62 Florence Road
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: Joseph W. Simanis
Seller: Raymond & C. Lyman RT
Date: 12/20/13

33 Hendrick St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Thomas A. Briotta
Seller: Jonathan A. Letourneau
Date: 12/27/13

92 Line St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $120,750
Buyer: Ashtons Acquisition LLC
Seller: Kevin P. Dostaler
Date: 12/23/13

253 Main St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $213,000
Buyer: Maria S. Held
Seller: Julie M. Flahive
Date: 12/20/13

27 Paul St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $357,400
Buyer: Brad R. Bullough
Seller: David Garstka Builders LLC
Date: 12/19/13

51 Pomeroy St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $179,900
Buyer: Robert L. Kwiatkowski
Seller: Debra A. Collins
Date: 12/17/13

35 Treehouse Circle
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $338,095
Buyer: Jonathan Y. Loh
Seller: EH Homeownership LLC
Date: 12/20/13

GOSHEN

2 Washington Road South
Goshen, MA 01032
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: Michael A. Woolf
Seller: Peter J. Contuzzi
Date: 12/17/13

GRANBY

151 Carver St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: Kevin D. Rolfe
Seller: Joseph V. Zwirko
Date: 12/18/13

144 Porter St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $385,000
Buyer: Michael T. Simpson
Seller: Eva M. Sartori
Date: 12/19/13

HADLEY

42 East St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $324,000
Seller: Marrion A. Waskiewicz
Date: 12/16/13

12 Farm Lane
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $177,500
Buyer: Katie A. Szelewicki
Seller: Kelly Anne Tedford
Date: 12/24/13

203 River Dr.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Erin F. Doherty
Seller: Carol Ryan
Date: 12/18/13

HATFIELD

42 West St.
Hatfield, MA 01088
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Michael P. Laude
Seller: Chandler FT
Date: 12/20/13

HUNTINGTON

124 Goss Hill Road
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: James Stoudenmire
Seller: Wayne C. Englosh
Date: 12/18/13

NORTHAMPTON

93 Bridge Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $247,000
Buyer: Jeffrey Robertson
Seller: N. P. Nangle
Date: 12/16/13

35 Chestnut Ave.
Northampton, MA 01053
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Jesse C. Montgomery
Seller: Isabelle B. Himmelman
Date: 12/20/13

31 Elizabeth St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $295,500
Buyer: D. Murphy Properties LLC
Seller: Bizzy Street LLC
Date: 12/20/13

399 Elm St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Susan F. Rice
Seller: Kristen A. Cole
Date: 12/17/13

4 Ford Xing
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $601,659
Buyer: Sally H. Kahn
Seller: Wright Builders Inc.
Date: 12/20/13

9 Massasoit St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $460,000
Buyer: Harry Keith Johnson RET
Seller: Johnson Childrens GSTE TR
Date: 12/23/13

100 Moser St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $530,977
Buyer: Ranjan A. Mehta
Seller: Kent Pecoy & Sons Construction
Date: 12/20/13

120 Moser St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $494,769
Buyer: Susan C. Breines
Seller: Kent Pecoy & Sons Construction
Date: 12/27/13

202 North Main St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Robert G. Cromley
Seller: Bill & Marie G. Emerson RET
Date: 12/20/13

906 Ryan Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Thomas E. Dawson-Greene
Seller: Cheryl A. Major
Date: 12/18/13

54 Sherman Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $254,900
Buyer: Ann J. Thomas
Seller: Samuel W. Craig
Date: 12/24/13

275 State St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Christopher L. Leclerc
Seller: Jan Janusz
Date: 12/23/13

17 Stilson Ave.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $371,000
Buyer: Robyn B. Coady
Seller: Barbara F. Storper
Date: 12/18/13

83 Sylvester Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $340,000
Buyer: Rebel A. McKinley
Seller: Michelle L. Sauve
Date: 12/20/13

105 Turkey Hill Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $390,000
Buyer: John Fortier
Seller: David G. Cohen
Date: 12/20/13

134 Williams St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Matthew B. McConkey
Seller: Susan M. Nicastro
Date: 12/20/13

48 Willow St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $238,000
Buyer: Kate Lepore
Seller: Cathleen Lepore
Date: 12/23/13

SOUTH HADLEY

127 Granby Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Francis A. Diratanto
Seller: Victor J. Solano
Date: 12/20/13

68 Hadley St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Sam S. Lemanski
Seller: Hilly A. Delphia
Date: 12/27/13

46 High St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $182,000
Buyer: Jeffrey C. Meon
Seller: David R. Masse
Date: 12/20/13

28 Mountain View St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Kathleen A. Reardon
Seller: Belliveau, Robert N., (Estate)
Date: 12/27/13

16 Pheasant Run
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $399,900
Buyer: Benjamin B. Morgan
Seller: Mary A. Kedzior
Date: 12/27/13

SOUTHAMPTON

139 College Hwy.
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $274,000
Buyer: Maya L. Leiva
Seller: Richard Debonis
Date: 12/16/13

26 Fomer Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $193,000
Buyer: Wendy Fournier
Seller: Jeffrey M. Golas
Date: 12/27/13

60 Gunn Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $750,000
Buyer: James R. Labrie
Seller: Adelia Derwiecki
Date: 12/20/13

84 Gunn Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Walter J. Hudzikewicz
Seller: Mary A. Chicone
Date: 12/20/13

WARE

13 Cummings Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $142,000
Buyer: Jill E. Berthiaume
Seller: Country Bank For Savings
Date: 12/23/13

139 North St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Brendan T. O’Niel
Seller: Paul P. Benoit
Date: 12/20/13

61 Old Poor Farm Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $185,154
Buyer: Bank Of America
Seller: Keith J. Bordeau
Date: 12/17/13

41 Pine St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $119,500
Seller: Luszcz, Ronald J., (Estate)
Date: 12/20/13

WESTHAMPTON

121 Kings Hwy.
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Barbara L. Brillon
Seller: Glenn A. Williams
Date: 12/27/13

348 Southampton Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $500,000
Buyer: Kimberly A. Pedigo
Seller: Laurie E. Wilga
Date: 12/18/13

WILLIAMSBURG

61 South St.
Williamsburg, MA 01096
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Julie A. Sylvester
Seller: C. C Neely
Date: 12/16/13

WORTHINGTON

140 Cudworth Road
Worthington, MA 01098
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Val Production Ltd
Seller: Gerald L. Bartlett
Date: 12/18/13

496 Old Post Road
Worthington, MA 01098
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Patricia A. Lapointe
Seller: Susan T. Romanowski
Date: 12/27/13

210 Williamsburg Road
Worthington, MA 01098
Amount: $157,000
Buyer: James R. Bowles
Seller: Carol A. Wrobleski
Date: 12/16/13

Doing Business as Certificates

By
DBA Certificates Departments

The following Business Certificates and Trade Names were issued or renewed during the month of and January 2014.

AGAWAM

EZ Life Ideas
37 Overlook Dr.
Newton Vezina

My Dance Pants
471 Meadow St.
Lorrie A. Rousseau

Silver Linings Home Care
159 Main St.
Tania Spear

UBU Hair Design
322 Cooper St.
Sherri Laflamme

CHICOPEE

Cosgrove Remodeling
99 Grape St.
Thomas Hodsdon

Graphics Your Way
225 Tolpa Circle
Terry L. Messier

Paquette Construction
175 Montgomery St.
David Paquette

GREENFIELD

Alliance Group
13 Cedar St.
John Michelson

Big Y Foods Inc.
237 Mohawk Trail
Michael Gold

Child at Heart Art Gallery
54 Briar Way
Paul McDonough

China Gourmet
78 Mohawk Trail
Hsien F. Chang

Community 911 Training Inc.
38 Haywood St.
Matthew Wolkendreit

Greenfield Grille
40 Federal St.
Joseph Poirier Sr.

Radical Self-Care Now
34 Glenbrook Dr.
Katherine Golub

Synergy Transportation Service
25 Park Ave.
Jason Markwell

The Lunch Box
221 Main St.
Joseph Motika

HOLYOKE

Goodfellas Barbershop
665 High St.
Ferdinand Rivera

Holyoke Heating & Air
43 Woodland St.
Ronald Theriault

Oakdale Property Services
78 Calumet Road
Jonathan Hilchey

Portal Del Cielo
285 High St.
Lillian Calvo

PALMER

Country Corner Citgo Inc.
5 Springfield St.
Peter McKearney

Dominick’s Family Restaurant
2047 Main St.
Edward Glaszcz

Historical Nipmuc Tribe
189 Breckenridge St.
Tracy Riley

Miss Trans-America Pageant
1037 Pleasant St.
Christa Hilfers

Palmer Restaurant
1376 Main St.
Elias Poupopoulos

SPRINGFIELD

Mommy’s
324 Wilbraham Road
Henry B. Ogirri

Nicoletti & Brown
15 Colfax St.
James T. Brown

Oriental Gift and More
1714 Boston Road
Chun F. Yang

Plink Plunk Play
63 Lakevilla Ave.
Rita F. Bartholomew

Ray’s Auto Repair & Towing
3 Fountain St.
Ramon L. Rivas

S & S Renovation
127 Balfour Dr.
Stephanie L. Goggin

Serenev Affordable Tax
67 Suffolk St.
Angella D. Martin

Superior Home Health
83 Hazen St.
Shari Anglin

The Sports Shack
152 Main St.
Sandra A. Babbie

Tower Convenience Store
10 Chestnut St.
Zahid Farooqui

Tranquility Day Spa & Salon
1655 Boston Road
Charles Tran

Universal Caulking
42 Kimberly Ave.
Anthony M. Dewdney

Westside Pizza
1291 Boston Road
Vedat Kan

Wheeler’s Convenience
597 Dickinson St.
Faiz Rabbani

WESTFIELD

Aura Nails and Spa
261 East Main St.
Youngran Chang

Boss’ Business
19 Parkside Ave.
Petro M. Makarchuk

Dorsey Installations
25 State St.
Anthony Dorsey

Elite Tanning by Jennifer Amy Inc.
16 Union Ave.
Jennifer A. Pasterkiewicz

Florek Family Farm
840 Granville Road
Christopher J. Florek

Hickory Hill Farm
325 Montgomery Road
Dennis L. Bishop

Max Sound
50 Pleasant St.
Maxim Cravet

Vivid Hair Salon & Spa
99 Elm St.
Basia Belz

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Belar US
105 River St.
Michael Vasilyev

Metal Craft Manufacturing
54 Myron St.
Peter Urbanek

Morales Flooring
309 Park St.
Enis E. Morales

Music Sound
20 Labelle St.
Mikala Filistovich

Pizza Hut
1048 Riverdale St.
Pizza Hut of America

Promoter
38 Humphrey Lane
Aleksander Vasilyev

Rainbow Accessories
39 Rochelle St.
Sara Arshad

Ram Sia, LLC
1500 Riverdale St.
Dilip Rana

Superior Painting & Renovation
64 Prince Ave.
Sean Kearney

Trend Sound Promoter
457 Union St.
Mykhaylo Onulyak

Vilo
116 Almon Ave.
Vitali Loban

Running Strong

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Sections Women in Businesss
Carol Campbell Thrives in the Male-dominated Construction Field

CampbellAs she spoke with BusinessWest last week, Carol Campbell was preparing to head down to Walt Disney World to run in her fourth half-marathon.
“I have to be competitive in business, but I’m not a good runner,” she laughed. “You’ll never see me in the top 100; my goal is to finish. But the training keeps me healthy, which allows me to do everything else I do. And it’s a good time for thinking.”
Of course, a few days in Florida in January — while much of the northern U.S. deals with something ominously called the polar vortex — isn’t a bad thing in itself. Or, as Campbell put it, “I’ll go run anywhere that’s flat and warm.”
But running isn’t the same thing as running a company, and she’s thrilled that her firm, Chicopee Industrial Contractors (CIC), has largely recovered from a very flat period that began in late 2009 and lingered through a crippling recession. “We’re good,” she said. “We’ve had better years, but I’m happy that we’re on a nice, steady incline.”
To get to this point, however, the company endured what she called the first crisis of morale in its 22-year history.
“We have had great years, and we have had OK years. Then, in 2009, I experienced something I had never seen in business — we just hit a brick wall,” Campbell said. While other types of businesses had been struggling since early 2008, CIC — whose services include rigging, millwrighting, plant and machine relocation, and structural steel installation — benefited, sadly, from a number of area plant closings.
“We were quite busy. We had a great year in 2008 and most of 2009, and then in December, I knew what everyone else was talking about.”
That began a period of downsizing and relative inactivity so severe that CIC essentially had to return to the infancy stage of its business to recover.
“We still had an infrastructure, but it had been chipped away because we had dealt with layoffs, dealt with downsizing, and lost some positions to attrition, and then, as the market started to increase, we were expected to do everything we had done before. We had the bones, but just the bones.”
And she’s not talking about the milk bones that Abigail, her 10-year-old llasa apso, snacks on when she accompanies Campbell to work every day. She’s long joked that Abigail has a role at CIC just like any other employee, even if it’s just providing stress relief through a few moments of therapeutic petting.
Hopefully the next several years will bring less stress than the last few, but if not, well, she and her team have overcome plenty of challenges before.

Moving Parts
Before launching CIC in 1992, Campbell was working as director of marketing and development for the UMass Fine Arts Center, but looking for an entrepreneurial challenge.
The recession of the early ’90s had taken a toll on various sectors of the economy, and three area rigging plants had shut down. CIC was a way to rescue many of those workers — including Campbell’s now-ex husband — and hit the ground running with a skilled team and equipment bought on the cheap.
“Some other businesses were not surviving, so there was a ready workforce for us. We were also able to get a lot of equipment at 50 cents on the dollar because of the auctions happening in the companies that closed,” she recalled. “So our entry into the market was a reasonably easy one.”
The economic landscape was still challenging, though, and Campbell faced personal trials as well, including a difficult divorce. But she gradually grew CIC’s client base to close to 1,500, with the majority of work coming form a core of a couple hundred repeat customers.

invest more heavily in personnel and equipment

Carol Campbell says CIC’s rebound from the recession has allowed it to invest more heavily in personnel and equipment.

“We have some good strategic alliances with local businesses that share our same vision of quality and how we treat employees, and they’ve been long-standing relationships,” she said. “We do a lot of repeat work, and we don’t sell based on price, but we give the highest level of service.” But the recession that exploded in 2008 taxed that business model.
“We had the same customer base, but they were dealing with their own issues from the recession,” she said. “All of a sudden, price just became the number-one driver in sales — whoever could provide the best price. Also, some businesses were trying to do their own rigging in house, as opposed to taking on that extra cost.”
She said it was “many months” before CIC got to the point where it could start investing in new equipment and regrowing the business — and to start rebuilding morale.
“One of the hardest things that came from the recession — and you find a thread of this with everyone you talk to — is, when there’s such uncertainty about work, there’s a change in morale,” she told BusinessWest. “We never had issues with morale prior to this; we had always been very solid. That’s why we spend so much of our resources on our workforce, training our workforce and keeping them at the level they need to be able to perform.”
That focus on rebuilding from within, Campbell said, has helped coax CIC back onto a steady incline of growth.
“We’ve been working with a grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to educate our workforce on computers — we’ve had a big difference in the level of knowledge about computers — and we’ve brought in outside facilitators and also had training from within,” she explained. “We’ve invested in a lot of new equipment, too; over the last couple of years, we’ve really increased our equipment inventory.”
Campbell repeatedly came back to the value she places on her workers — “we’ve been very fortunate, and many of our employees have stayed here many years,” she noted — partly because such a specialized field of construction faces a regional skills gap.
“We need to find programs to educate the workforce,” she said. “Having the desire to do this is not enough. You have to have experience. We do a lot of on-the-job training, but you still have to come in with years of experience.”
To that end, she’s teaming with other firms to develop more training programs in the community, as well as trying to create smoother career paths from technical schools into her industry.
“It all comes back to the same thing — we want to expand the company and offer new services, but we still need the workforce,” she said. “They say unemployment is high, but we don’t see that here.”

Growth Plans
That said, rigging, millwrighting, and CIC’s other specialties don’t tend to follow a specific business cycle, as evidenced by the flurry of plant-shutdown activity of 2008 and that figurative brick wall in late 2009. “It’s a feast-or-famine type of business,” Campbell noted.
But while the Great Recession might have changed the bar, she told BusinessWest she’s happy with where the company is right now, despite the fact that major expansion plans in Louisiana several years ago didn’t come to fruition — partly because of the difficulty penetrating a stubborn old-boys network.
“Our goal had always been to open up down south,” she said. “But we’re looking at some other opportunities up here for expanding our services. In the ’90s, everyone was, ‘do what you do best and outsource the rest.’ Now, everyone is looking for that one-stop shop. We’re pretty turnkey — from concrete and foundation installation to some structural steelwork to rigging and assembling — but we want to expand on that.”
She says being a female CEO in a male-dominated industry is neither the challenge nor benefit some might believe. Rather, what Campbell brings to the table is far more than her gender, as evidenced by an embroidered pillow in her office bearing the expression, “behind every successful woman is … herself.”
“There’s certainly no advantage to being a woman in this business,” she said. “Certainly we have all the certifications [as a woman-owned company], but I can count on one hand how many times we were hired because of those. It’s just not part of the hiring process for us. When they need our skills, they need our skills.”
And companies really do need those skills. She recalled one recent project where the client said CIC made the work look easy.
“But the next time they try it themselves, they get in trouble, and we get a last-minute call,” she said. “It’s a skill, and it’s an art. Sometimes it can be enjoyable to watch, like a ballet, watching someone set this large, awkward, heavy piece almost on a dime. I saw someone today who did not have an eighth of an inch of clearance as he moved the piece around. It’s a touch; it’s a feel.”
At the same time, she has a feel for the community around her, long making civic involvement a key part of her life.
“I feel Chicopee Industrial Contractors has an obligation to give back to the community,” said Campbell, who serves on the board and executive committee of Westmass Development, the executive board of the Women’s Fund of Western Mass., the board of Associated Industries of Mass., and the board of directors for the Chicopee Chamber of Commerce, as well as recently being invited to the Dress for Success board of directors, just to name a few activities.
“It’s a way I can give back, but I’d be foolish not to say it’s a good way to network, too,” she told BusinessWest. “There’s a good feeling of pride and self-worth in being able to use the skills and knowledge and experience that you just take for granted to help your peers, to help their organizations meet their goals.”

Bottom Line
It’s not much different, after all, than helping CIC’s clients reach their goals.
“The follow-up calls with customers are always positive,” Campbell noted. “That’s because we work hard to meet and exceed our customers’ expectations, and I think we’ll continue to do that.”
After all, running a successful business is a marathon, not a sprint. Well, a half-marathon, at least.

Joseph Bednar can be reached at [email protected]

Briefcase

By
Briefcase Departments

State Touts Benefits of Energy-efficiency Projects
BOSTON — State Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rick Sullivan recently announced that energy-efficiency improvements by homeowners, businesses, and government agencies across the Commonwealth from 2010 through 2012 resulted in significant electric and natural-gas savings, as well as reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions. In total, the Commonwealth’s three-year statewide energy-efficiency plans delivered 2,390 gigawatt hours, 49 million therms, and nearly 1.4 million metric tons of energy savings and greenhouse-gas reductions. These reductions are equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of more than 314,000 homes, the natural-gas usage of 52,000 homes, and, in terms of greenhouse-gas reduction, the equivalent of taking nearly 290,000 cars off the road. The plans were authorized by the Green Communities Act of 2008 (GCA) and approved by the Department of Public Utilities in January 2010. “This year’s report shows that more than 14,000 small businesses and 6,000 large businesses engaged in energy-efficiency efforts in 2012, proving once again that efficiency is a win-win with economic and environmental benefits alike,” said Sullivan. “By implementing these three-year plans, the Patrick administration is reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, cutting energy use, and creating jobs.”  Under the three-year plan, Massachusetts committed to one of the most ambitious energy-efficiency efforts in the nation, investing more in energy efficiency per capita than any other state. The 2013-15 plans, underway now, are equally ambitious, projected to deliver nearly $9 billion in benefits from an investment of $2.2 billion. The electric savings are projected to reduce retail sales of electricity by 2.6% in 2015. These results are significant enough to be included in long-term load forecasting by the Independent System Operator New England (ISO-NE), the organization responsible for determining New England’s grid reliability. “Massachusetts’ energy-efficiency programs are delivering nation-leading economic and environmental benefits to residents and businesses throughout the Commonwealth,” said Department of Energy Resources Commissioner Mark Sylvia. “I thank the EEAC members, the utilities, and energy-efficiency service providers that deliver the Mass Save programs for continuing to push the envelope in making energy efficiency our first fuel.” The Global Warming Solutions Act, signed by Gov. Deval Patrick in 2008, made the Clean Energy and Climate Plan for 2020 a requirement. The plan mandates a gradual greenhouse-gas emissions reduction and a scheduling of emissions goals that is designed to spur innovation and promote research and development in the clean-energy industry. The Commonwealth has set a 2020 reduction target of 25% below 1990 levels, and has released a plan outlining a portfolio of policies and programs to meet the goal. This year, Patrick set a new solar goal after reaching the previous goal of 250 megawatts four years early. The Commonwealth now aims to install 1,600 megawatts of solar capacity by 2020. The clean-energy revolution is yielding economic benefits as well, with 11.8% job growth in the last year and 24% growth in the last two years; nearly 80,000 people are employed in the clean tech industry in Massachusetts.

Construction Spending Increases as Private-sector Demand Grows
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Total construction spending increased between October and November, and for the year, amid growing private-sector demand, according to an analysis of new Census Bureau data by Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted, however, that the spending levels were held back by declining public-sector investments for both the month and the year. “The non-residential construction spending figures are even more positive than they appear, with most categories now positive year over year,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “The outlook appears favorable for many types of private non-residential and multi-family construction, but remains flat or negative for public spending.” Construction put in place totaled $934 billion in November, rising 1.0% since October and 5.9% since November 2012. Private residential construction spending increased by 1.9% in November and jumped 17% from a year earlier. Private non-residential spending climbed 2.7% for the month and 1.0% year over year. Public construction spending dropped 1.8% for the month and 0.2% over 12 months. Over the past 12 months, the biggest jump in construction spending has occurred in new multi-family construction, which rose 0.9% for the month and 36% year over year. The lodging sector recorded the second-highest annual gain, with spending rising 32.7% for the year and 0.3% for the month. Spending on communications facilities experienced the largest monthly increase, jumping 11.2% in November, although it is still down 10.5% for the year. The largest private non-residential category, power construction — which includes oil and gas field and pipeline projects as well as power plants, renewable power, and transmission lines — increased by 3.3% in November but is actually down 24.2% for the year. Simonson noted, however, that there was a surge in power construction during the last quarter of 2012 as contractors rushed to finish wind projects before the expected expiration of the wind-production tax credit at the end of 2012. Those credits were extended for projects that broke ground by the end of 2013, explaining the more recent surge. “Both the electricity and oil and gas components of power construction should do well in 2014,” he added.

MMS, AMA Oppose E-cigarettes for Youth
WALTHAM — A resolution on electronic cigarettes led the list of the policies adopted by physicians of the Mass. Medical Society (MMS) at its interim meeting held last month. The interim meeting brings together hundreds of Massachusetts physicians from across the state to consider specific resolutions on public-health policy, healthcare delivery, and organizational administration by the society’s House of Delegates, its policy-making body. Resolutions adopted by the delegates become policies of the organization. Delegates voted for a resolution stating that the MMS opposes the marketing, sales, and use of e-cigarettes and other nicotine-delivery products among youth, particularly for people under the age of 18, and urging the MMS top keep working with state lawmakers and officials to develop strategies to prevent the marketing, sale, and use of those products for individuals within that age group. In voting for the policy, MMS noted that the use of electronic cigarettes by U.S. middle- and  high-school students (grades 6-12) more than doubled from 3.3% in 2011 to 6.8% in 2012, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. The society also expressed concern that the nicotine-containing vapor generated from the battery-powered e-cigarettes is often flavored, which can make them more appealing to young people, and that the use of e-cigarettes has the potential negative impact of nicotine on adolescent brain development and may encourage young non-smokers to become users of conventional cigarettes or other tobacco products. The statement coincides with the American Medical Society’s similar concern over e-cigarettes. At the recent interim meeting of its own House of Delegates, the AMA adopted policy advocating for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to extend its tobacco regulations to include all non-pharmaceutical tobacco and nicotine products, including e-cigarettes, pipes, cigars, and hookahs. The AMA said FDA oversight of these products is necessary in order to ensure safety and proper labeling, and to deter adulteration and the sale of tobacco products to minors. The AMA’s existing policy on e-cigarettes from 2010 recommends that they be classified as drug-delivery devices, subject to the same FDA regulations as all other drug-delivery devices, and supports prohibiting the sale of e-cigarettes that are not FDA-approved. “This policy recommendation for FDA could help ensure that e-cigarettes and other tobacco products have proper oversight and regulation to limit the detrimental health consequences that come from these products,” said AMA board member Dr. Albert Osbahr III. “Very little data exists on the safety of these tobacco and nicotine products, and the FDA has warned that they are potentially addicting and contain harmful toxins.”

Massachusetts Adds 6,500 Jobs in November
BOSTON — The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported that the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) preliminary estimates show that Massachusetts added 6,500 jobs in November, and the total unemployment rate was 7.15%. Over the year, the unemployment rate was up 0.4% from the November 2012 rate of 6.7%.  The private sector added 4,900 jobs in November, particularly in professional, scientific, and business services; manufacturing; financial activities; education and health services; information; and construction.  Since December 2012, Massachusetts has gained 46,600 jobs. Over the year, from November 2012 to November 2013, Massachusetts added 55,300 jobs in total, 53,800 of which were in the private sector. Revised BLS estimates show that 9,400 jobs were added in October. The unemployment rate is based on a monthly sample of households. Job estimates are derived from a monthly sample survey of employers.

Doing Business As Certificates

By
DBA Certificates Departments

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

AGAWAM

Brady Mechanical Services
147 Maple St.
Nicole Brady

Country Flowers & Gifts
501 Springfield St.
Linda King

Coverting Solutions
77 James St.
Jonathan Long

Crown Gutters, LLC
600 Cooper St.
Sergey Bratnichenko

Drewnowski Pools & Spas
1815 Main St.
Brian Juliano

Feeding Hills Pawn
762 Springfield St.
Luis Lopez

Simple Reef
1 Michael St.
Michael Kent

CHICOPEE

Bourdeau & Son Flooring
20 Patrick St.
Christopher Bourdeau

Denicki Cleaning
94 Walter St.
Diane Gallier

KLM Auto Repair
600 Front St.
Maria Christy

Polished a Salon
1263 Granby Road
Marisol Figueroa

EAST LONGMEADOW

Capital Butane
782 Parker St.
Kenneth J. Lucas

CMJ Advocates
75 Hanward Hill
Christine McNary

Countryside Store
334 Somers Road
Ramesh Patel

Gifted Tones
60 Shaker Road
Alberto Navarro

JL Communications
67 Nottingharri Dr.
Janet Lupacchino

Joseph Remodeling
58 Bond Ave.
Robert Tariff

Kenia Permanent Cosmetics
280 North Main St.
Kenia M. Caputo

Pioneer Valley Painting
149 Braeburn Road
Vincent Settembre

Springfield Valley Hypnosis Center
280 North Main St.
Sandra Newmann

Subway
24 Shaker Road
John L. Moylan

The Cashmere Sale
41 Maple St.
Janice Lattell

Veritech Corporation
80 Denslow Road
Steven Graziano

HOLYOKE

Cleanin
1073 Dwight St.
Emmanine Guiteau

Holyoke Market
648 High St.
Priya D. Parker

K & D Auto Sales
18 Kay Ave.
Alexander Oquendo

Ulta Beauty
15 Holyoke St.
Jodi Snedigar

LUDLOW

KJA Associates
20 Longfellow Dr.
Jose Castro

Sweet Seconds
61 East St.
Amanda Farace

Walgreens
54 East St.
Walgreens Eastern Company

NORTHAMPTON

All About You
2 Conz St.
Maria Tranghese

Auto Plus
125 Carlon Dr.
Frederick Pitzer

Filos Greek Tavern
279 Main St.
Konstantine Sierros

Pete’s Property Maintenance
304 Damon St.
Peter Lucia

Unbounded Growth
90 Conz St.
Jane Katz

Valley Green Events
15 Park Ave.
Elizabeth Wabham

PALMER

Blushed
9 Springfield St.
Amy Felicetty

Essentials
1022 Central St.
Erica Enos

Junction Variety Store
4279 Church St.
Bharat Patel

Saporito’s Pizza
2022 Main St.
Michael Sabourin

SOUTHWICK

Gatalyst
183 Feeding Hills
Constance Ocrutt

Totally You Hair Studio
208 College Highway
Malin Cannon

SPRINGFIELD

Jimmy’s Auto Services
199 Laconia St.
Jimmy C. Pantoja

Los Bravos Restaurant
1003 St. James Ave.
Miguel A. Santiago

Michael Vumbaco Construction
92 Pidgeon Dr.
Michael Vumbaco

Michael’s Auto Body
1207 Worcester St.
Michael J. Partynski

New England Fit
340 Main St.
Milton L. White

Ogirri Corporation
324 Wilbraham Road
Henry B. Ogirri

Ronald R. DeSellier Elect
97 Goodwin St.
Ronald R. DeSellier

Rosegar Inc.
590 Boston Road
Tahmina Kausar

Sunrise Painting
118 Cardinal St.
Liliya Dudrova

The Picky Diva Catering
92 Kenyon St.
Mari L. Graves

Traveling Mall, LLC
914 State St.
Nikki D. Johnson

United Personnel Services
1331 Main St.
Patricia Canavan

Washington Inventory Services
603 Sumner Ave.
Tom Compogiannis

WESTFIELD

Ed’s TSP Company
45 Parker Ave.
Eduard Doroshenko

IM Promoting Services
123 Prospect St.
Ion Mata

Journey Massage
33 Phillip Ave.
Jean Fisher

Promoting Home Improvement
43 Mechanic St.
Ivan Mokan

WEST SPRINGFIELD

A2 Business Services
5 Sunnyside St.
Jeanette M. Brennan

Camp Collectibles
23 Bonnie Brae Dr.
David S. Camp

Donut Dip Inc.
1305 Riverdale St.
Paul C. Shields

Fred Astaire Dance Studio
54 Wayside Ave.
R.K.R. Dance Studio

Joe’s Landscaping
62 Worthen St.
Joseph Schmidt

Kelly Bouchard
103 Van Deene Ave.
Kelly Bouchard

Lincare Inc.
181 Park Ave.
Theresa Perry

Liz’s Hair Care
242 Westfield St.
Elizabeth Porter

Mercy Companions
2112 Riverdale St.
Kevin Jourdain

Music Sound
105 Hampden St.
Svetlana Paliy

R and D Marine, LLC
1654 Riverdale St.
Harold H. Demarco Jr.

Riverdale Imports
1497 Riverdale St.
Joseph Spano

TJ Maxx
239 Memorial Ave.
Kristin Adams

Real Estate Transactions

By
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

77 Martindale Road
Bernardston, MA 01337
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Sarah M. Burnap
Seller: Robert J. Stetzel
Date: 12/02/13

BUCKLAND

19 Bray Road
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $116,235
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Paul B. Gray
Date: 12/12/13

CONWAY

42 Delabarre Ave.
Conway, MA 01341
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: JP Morgan Chase Bank
Seller: Abigail A. Brahms
Date: 12/03/13

DEERFIELD

85 North Main St.
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Laurie Cuevas
Seller: Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield
Date: 12/05/13

30 Old Main St.
Deerfield, MA 01342
Amount: $437,500
Buyer: Richard W. Wilby
Seller: Katharine Wilby
Date: 12/11/13

ERVING

4 Goodell Place
Erving, MA 01344
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Steven A. Miss
Seller: Kevin S. Dubreuill
Date: 12/06/13

GILL

52 Center Road
Gill, MA 01354
Amount: $249,900
Buyer: Jason A. Coombs
Seller: Marlee E. Kaplan
Date: 12/02/13

67 Mount Hermon Road
Gill, MA 01354
Amount: $269,000
Buyer: Northfield Mt. Hermon School
Seller: Christine T. Scace
Date: 12/13/13

GREENFIELD

40 Mary Potter Lane
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $218,000
Buyer: William C. Whiteman
Seller: Viola M. Knowlton RET
Date: 12/06/13

106 Meadow Lane
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $322,000
Buyer: Robert K. Moorhead
Seller: Joseph R. Charron
Date: 12/06/13

148 Montague City Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Center for Human Development Inc.
Seller: Jorden Quinn Consult LLC
Date: 12/09/13

20 Prentice Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $182,500
Buyer: Jessie L. Graham
Seller: Kara W. McCormic
Date: 12/04/13

7 Raingley Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $118,000
Buyer: Andrea S. Martin
Seller: Alice E. Melaven
Date: 12/03/13

19 Shattuck St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $189,000
Buyer: Bernard V. Mann
Seller: Valerie P. Widdison
Date: 12/05/13

28 Wunsch Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Andrew M. Cloutier
Seller: Paul Eldridge
Date: 12/06/13

LEVERETT

53 Richardson Road
Leverett, MA 01054
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Rosemarie Lega
Seller: Carol S. Hetrick
Date: 12/09/13

MONROE

Main Road
Monroe, MA 01350
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: John T. Hasenjaeger
Seller: James A. Natta
Date: 12/09/13

10 Willey Road
Monroe, MA 01350
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Erich Hasenjaeger
Seller: Daniel J. Cassidy
Date: 12/09/13

MONTAGUE

90 5th St.
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Rich Young Property Mgmt.
Seller: John D. Campbell
Date: 12/04/13

9 Clark Ave.
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Angela M. Amidon
Seller: Parker, Helen F., (Estate)
Date: 12/06/13

7 Madison Ave.
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $152,500
Buyer: Christopher M. Fisk
Seller: Jeol A. Burnap
Date: 12/02/13

74 Park St.
Montague, MA 01349
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Tim A. Dusenberry
Seller: Leslie G. Cromack
Date: 12/06/13

NORTHFIELD

78 Main St.
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: David G. Quinn
Seller: A. R. Sandri Inc.
Date: 12/11/13

50 Warwick Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Adam T. McCarthy
Seller: Samuel J. Browning
Date: 12/06/13
ROWE

312 Zoar Road
Rowe, MA 01367
Amount: $385,000
Buyer: Unitarian Universalist
Seller: John N. Hoffman
Date: 12/05/13

SUNDERLAND

351 Montague Road
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Susan A. Ahulman
Seller: Robert A. Shotwell
Date: 12/12/13

215 North Silver Lane
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $189,000
Buyer: Meegan L. Schreiber
Seller: Wood, Janice, (Estate)
Date: 12/06/13

66 Old Amherst Road
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Valley Building Co. Inc.
Seller: Servicenet Inc.
Date: 12/09/13

HAMPDEN COUNTY

AGAWAM

46 Country Road
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $164,809
Buyer: Gary R. Couture
Seller: Raymond E. Provost
Date: 12/09/13

176 Forest Hill Road
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $138,135
Buyer: Beneficial Mass. Inc.
Seller: Maryann A. Ferrigno
Date: 12/05/13

33 Forest Ridge Lane
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $319,000
Buyer: Scott E. Stuckenbruck
Seller: Francis J. Campbell
Date: 12/02/13

20 Princeton Ave.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $199,900
Buyer: Susan M. Murray
Seller: Stanley H. Skorupski
Date: 12/03/13

425 South Westfield St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $190,900
Buyer: Ashley E. Jacobs
Seller: Geraldine Waniewski
Date: 12/06/13

253 School St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Danielle Korona
Seller: Robert G. Dellagiustina
Date: 12/03/13

235 Silver Lake Dr.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $321,000
Buyer: Palmarina L. Ochoa
Seller: Daniel F. Walsh
Date: 12/03/13

44 Wilson St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $146,000
Buyer: Jessica D. Darosa
Seller: Ann E. Levenson
Date: 12/06/13

CHICOPEE

68 Bernard St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Colleen A. Zemrock
Seller: Labonte, Gertrude M., (Estate)
Date: 12/11/13

7 Bunker Lane
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $468,000
Buyer: James C. Leonard
Seller: Country Club Estates NT
Date: 12/13/13

74 Daniel Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Edward L. Senecal
Seller: Joseph C. Paulo
Date: 12/03/13

29 Elliot St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $172,000
Buyer: Joseph Chmielewski
Seller: Joseph W. Fagan
Date: 12/04/13

147 Fairview Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $124,900
Buyer: Mary A. Anderson
Seller: Jacqueline A. Mortell
Date: 12/06/13

Hampden St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Jorge V. Santos
Seller: Richard A. Grabiec
Date: 12/12/13

81 Laclede Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $237,156
Buyer: James B. Nutter & Co.
Seller: Jean A. Tougas
Date: 12/03/13

56 Marble Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $142,000
Buyer: Seamus P. Cullen
Seller: Kelly J. Bartolo
Date: 12/09/13

106 Medford St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Ali Y. Alatea
Seller: Noga RT
Date: 12/11/13

84 Oakwood St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Scott M. Martin
Seller: Timothy B. Martin
Date: 12/02/13

19 Post Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $274,000
Buyer: Richard W. Leduc
Seller: Kenneth R. Willette
Date: 12/11/13

18 Robert St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $142,500
Buyer: 18 Robert Street RT
Seller: Sheri A. Hayes
Date: 12/11/13

11 Veterans Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01022
Amount: $1,150,000
Buyer: Apex Realty Holdings LLC
Seller: JFM Realty LLC
Date: 12/13/13

EAST LONGMEADOW

20 Betterley Lane
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $465,000
Buyer: Floyd J. Young
Seller: Bretta Construction LLC
Date: 12/03/13

31 Birchland Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Michael Araujo
Seller: Stefania Raschilla
Date: 12/03/13

29 Fenway Lane
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $355,000
Buyer: Margaret A. Blais
Date: 12/05/13

23 Glynn Farms Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $367,000
Buyer: Michael D. Bareiss
Seller: Anne M. Rideout
Date: 12/05/13

35 Industrial Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $2,050,000
Buyer: Garden Park LLC
Seller: Kimball Brothers Realty LLP
Date: 12/10/13

126 Prospect St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $211,000
Buyer: Paul C. Spedero
Seller: Stephen Beek
Date: 12/12/13

310 Prospect St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Jeffrey M. Cabral
Seller: Donatelle FT
Date: 12/13/13

9 Westminster St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $189,900
Buyer: Evelyn Paige
Seller: Robert J. Peskin
Date: 12/03/13

HOLLAND

30 Hamilton Dr.
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $199,500
Buyer: Thomas P. Wilhelm
Seller: Joanne M. Roberts
Date: 12/06/13

HOLYOKE

Cherry St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Cade M. Jerome
Seller: William C. Phaneuf
Date: 12/12/13

1632 Northampton St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Almark Realty LLP
Seller: Fredric P. Sellica

32 Ridgeway St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $169,000
Buyer: Alexander I. Temkin
Seller: Andrew B. Madera
Date: 12/09/13

11 Scott Hollow Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Bruce Richardson
Seller: Jason D. Canaway
Date: 12/13/13

246 Suffolk St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Terrence D. Bernard
Seller: James P. Hobert
Date: 12/12/13

LONGMEADOW

28 Edgemont St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Soennato RT
Seller: Richard H. Theriault
Date: 12/05/13

33 Summit Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $234,000
Buyer: Melissa M. Contois
Seller: Denise M. Greenberg
Date: 12/03/13

81 Windsor Place
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $242,000
Buyer: Linda A. Magnani
Seller: William M. Lafrance
Date: 12/12/13

LUDLOW

600 Center St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $253,000
Buyer: Gen E. Battistini
Seller: Ann Parrini
Date: 12/03/13

42 Deroche Circle
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Fernando A. Pereira
Seller: Paulo L. Roxo
Date: 12/13/13

306 Lyon St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Stephen Santos
Seller: Anthony W. Schabowski
Date: 12/11/13

204 Prospect St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Amy M. Laberge
Seller: Barbara J. Picard
Date: 12/06/13

228 Sewall St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $132,215
Buyer: HSBC Mortgage Services Inc.
Seller: Romeo Costea
Date: 12/04/13

93 Tilley St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Westover Metropolitan Development Corp.
Seller: Richard W. Leduc
Date: 12/10/13

MONSON

7 Old Stagecoach Dr.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Arthur T. Wnuk
Seller: Ann E. Eckl
Date: 12/11/13

230 Silver St.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $247,500
Buyer: Matthew G. Shiel
Seller: Ronald L. Hasenjager
Date: 12/03/13

PALMER

23 Birch St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: Michael J. Skozylas
Seller: Bruce J. Charwick
Date: 12/12/13

1 Bowden St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $159,900
Buyer: Richmond E. Young
Seller: Mary J. Heede
Date: 12/13/13

6 Fieldstone Dr.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Steven Weigel
Seller: Mark Olson
Date: 12/13/13

4137 High St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $124,000
Buyer: Nathan A. McClain
Seller: Tamara L. Ketchum
Date: 12/03/13

28 Juniper Dr.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $212,000
Buyer: Andrew D. Sullivan
Seller: Pamela Outhuse
Date: 12/13/13

57 North St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $133,000
Buyer: Rafal D. Grabarski
Seller: John A. Kislo
Date: 12/06/13

8 Old Farm Road
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Daniel P. King
Seller: Michael R. Freeman
Date: 12/03/13

1076 Overlook Dr.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $228,454
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Todd A. Goulet
Date: 12/04/13

4024 School St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Richard A. Lavigne
Seller: Lorraine Novak
Date: 12/02/13

RUSSELL

286 Woodland Way
Russell, MA 01071
Amount: $333,000
Buyer: Albert Grimaldi
Seller: George S. Turner
Date: 12/13/13

SPRINGFIELD

110 Arnold Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $137,000
Buyer: Norma I. Lopez-Reyes
Seller: Joseph Basile
Date: 12/06/13

112 Bellamy Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Katia B. Gonzalez
Seller: Rita M. Letendre
Date: 12/10/13

501 Belmont Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Vincenzo Amore
Seller: JC Consulting Corp.
Date: 12/13/13

180 Benz St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $129,500
Buyer: Highridge Real Estate LLC
Seller: Dawn W. Rodgers
Date: 12/03/13

117 Bremen St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $143,000
Buyer: Andreas G. Groussis
Seller: Joseph Norton
Date: 12/03/13

672 Chestnut St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Yellowbrick Property LLC
Seller: Yellowbrick Property LLC
Date: 12/12/13

149 Cooley St.
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $191,427
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Kim M. Santinello
Date: 12/11/13

109 Eddywood St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $129,000
Buyer: Matthew J. Foley
Seller: Scheehser, E. J., (Estate)
Date: 12/03/13

111 Emerson St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Alex E. Ortiz
Seller: Leonard J. Simmonds
Date: 12/02/13

131 Florida St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Mister Mister LLC
Seller: T&T Florida Street LLC
Date: 12/10/13

73 Holly St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Andre B. Martins
Seller: Albert O. Stonge
Date: 12/13/13

28 Huron St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Wanda I. Rivera
Seller: Lalonde, Mary E., (Estate)
Date: 12/13/13

61 Irene St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Gendron FT
Seller: Callahan, Jeremiah C., (Estate)
Date: 12/13/13

364 Main St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $178,000
Buyer: JPMT Realty LLC
Seller: Hispanic Resources Inc.
Date: 12/02/13

98 Manchester Terrace
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $174,000
Buyer: Barbara Y. Damato
Seller: Celeste A. Asikainen
Date: 12/04/13

53 Mayflower Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $160,500
Buyer: Joel Padilla
Seller: Robert F. Kirchherr
Date: 12/10/13

132 Merrimac Ave.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $122,750
Buyer: Christine M. Wood
Seller: Campagnari Construction LLC
Date: 12/13/13

55 Old Farm Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $169,063
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Patricia A. Donovan
Date: 12/04/13

619 State St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: 619 State Street LLC
Seller: Bronson Inc.
Date: 12/09/13

154 Tremont St. #223
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $179,900
Buyer: Leishla Dones-Ayala
Seller: Bretta Construction LLC
Date: 12/11/13

196 Wachusett St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $156,000
Buyer: Vincent Desantis
Seller: Joseph A. Barbieri
Date: 12/06/13

24 Wait St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Eliezer Soto
Seller: Terri L. Casiano
Date: 12/10/13

127 Winton St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $115,500
Buyer: Mary K. Frodema
Seller: Mark G. Leonard
Date: 12/03/13

SOUTHWICK

10 Grandview St.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $236,000
Buyer: Anthony A. Rotondo
Seller: Mary E. Ripley
Date: 12/03/13

301 Granville Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $162,900
Buyer: Andrew J. White
Seller: Dennis W. Russell
Date: 12/06/13

91 Granville Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $223,000
Buyer: Sage R. Fury
Seller: Michael F. Ruccio
Date: 12/13/13

159 Klaus Anderson Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Brenna L. Comee
Seller: Brian P. Houlihan
Date: 12/13/13

6 Maple St.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $182,000
Buyer: Kenneth M. Parentela
Seller: James J. Comee
Date: 12/12/13

WESTFIELD

20 Fairview Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Richard H. Theriault
Seller: Eileen Scagliarini
Date: 12/05/13

17 Knox Circle
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $575,000
Buyer: Douglas A. Reed
Seller: Richard D. Frost
Date: 12/06/13

180 Loomis Ridge
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $389,900
Buyer: Daniel H. Estee
Seller: Angelo Correa-Denoncourt
Date: 12/11/13

28 Mechanic St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Joshua A. Toomey
Seller: Benjamin Aspinall
Date: 12/02/13

76 Orange St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $127,000
Buyer: William F. Barry
Seller: Tina M. Polley
Date: 12/13/13

28 Otis St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Anatoliy Ivanenko
Seller: Lynn M. Markel
Date: 12/06/13

48 Pineridge Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Charles E. Fuller
Seller: Arthur A. Natella
Date: 12/06/13

7 Pinewood Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $172,500
Buyer: Travis B. Fanion
Seller: Regina D. Zalenski
Date: 12/12/13

168 Prospect St. Ext.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Stephen Foster
Seller: FNMA
Date: 12/13/13

23 Russellville Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Sergey Gut
Seller: Aleksandr Gut

40 Waterford Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $376,500
Buyer: Lynn M. Poulin
Seller: John J. Parrow
Date: 12/05/13

79 Westwood Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $258,000
Buyer: Michael J. Gibbons
Seller: Daniel H. Estee
Date: 12/12/13

12 Woodcliff Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $269,000
Buyer: Kelly J. Bartolo
Seller: Neil M. Gibree
Date: 12/09/13

WILBRAHAM

12 Carla Lane
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $359,900
Buyer: Raymond E. Antaya
Seller: Black River RT
Date: 12/11/13

12 Devonshire Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Norman D. Dudley
Seller: Irene F. Gendron
Date: 12/13/13

7 Laurel Lane
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $525,000
Buyer: Jules O. Gaudreau
Seller: Edmond Akubuiro
Date: 12/04/13

22 Manchonis Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $185,773
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Tyron J. Zaitshik
Date: 12/10/13

55 Soule Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $136,000
Seller: Tammy A. Boland
Date: 12/03/13

1 Sunnyside Terrace
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $177,000
Buyer: Vitor M. Tavares
Seller: Raymond E. Antaya
Date: 12/03/13

WEST SPRINGFIELD

57 Armstrong St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Elliot A. Szlachetka
Seller: Tags Asset Management LLC
Date: 12/12/13

135 Chestnut St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Pasquale G. Albano
Seller: Donna J. Viens
Date: 12/02/13

389 Gooseberry Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Ellen R. Dagostino
Seller: Diane L. Ansty
Date: 12/12/13

88 Janet St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $159,000
Buyer: Auri M. Gibbons
Seller: Lynch FT
Date: 12/10/13

86 Jensen Circle
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: David A. Congo
Seller: Vincent Desantis
Date: 12/06/13

57 Maple Terrace
West Springfield, MA 01089
Buyer: Cynthia Capella
Seller: RSP Realty LLC
Date: 12/13/13

101 Norman St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Jibber Holdings LLC
Seller: Domenic V. Battista
Date: 12/06/13

321 Prospect Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $253,000
Buyer: Leo H. Blain
Seller: Richard F. Seidell
Date: 12/12/13

57 Russell St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Elmira Afrailova
Seller: Dmitriy Shapovalov
Date: 12/05/13

380 Westfield St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: MOR Services Inc.
Seller: Adolf O. Kastel
Date: 12/06/13

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

AMHERST

40 Dickinson St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $474,000
Buyer: Amherst College
Seller: Todd Volk
Date: 12/06/13

12 Duxbury Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Arthur W. Berg
Seller: Claire Christopherson
Date: 12/10/13

233 East Pleasant St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Stephen J. Payne
Seller: Trachy, Kathryn M., (Estate)
Date: 12/13/13

31 Maplewood Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $390,000
Buyer: Kurt C. Wise
Seller: Joyce M. Conlon
Date: 12/03/13

8 Whippletree Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $530,000
Buyer: Deepak K. Ganesan
Seller: David M. Graham
Date: 12/13/13

BELCHERTOWN

5 Dogwood Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $372,000
Buyer: James E. Tisdell
Seller: J. N. Duquette & Sons Construction
Date: 12/06/13

1111 Federal St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Michael T. Frangakis
Seller: Earlef F. Shumway
Date: 12/13/13

25 Old Sawmill Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Edward R. Heroux
Seller: Peggy J. Battaini
Date: 12/05/13

27 Tucker Lane
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Robert R. Saltis
Seller: Gilles A. Gagnon
Date: 12/13/13

CUMMINGTON

13 Jordan Road
Cummington, MA 01026
Amount: $179,000
Buyer: Deborah R. Gavito
Seller: Maryanne Pacitti
Date: 12/13/13

17 West Main St.
Cummington, MA 01026
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Phillip Perrault LT
Seller: Mary E. Heon
Date: 12/03/13

EASTHAMPTON

32 Brook St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $264,000
Buyer: Shawn O’Brien
Seller: Gloria F. Tremblay
Date: 12/06/13

97 Ferry St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $291,550
Buyer: Colby E. Quinn
Seller: Alicia E. Hackerson
Date: 12/12/13

2 Grant St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $208,500
Buyer: Stephen C. Robinson
Seller: Stanley F. Perzan
Date: 12/05/13

80 Maple St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $191,888
Buyer: Shelley E. Kaluche
Seller: Robert E. McCarthy
Date: 12/09/13

12 River Valley Way
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $299,900
Buyer: Michele A. Cooper
Seller: EH Homeownership LLC
Date: 12/06/13

8 Robin Road
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $262,700
Buyer: Suzanne O’Donnell
Seller: James M. Moynihan
Date: 12/02/13

100 Strong St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $284,000
Buyer: Brian R. Sorel
Seller: Robert R. Saltis
Date: 12/13/13

20 Underwood Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $134,000
Buyer: Richard M. Zafft
Seller: US Bank
Date: 12/06/13

48 Williston Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $204,900
Buyer: Diana Mendrek
Seller: Cleary, Arnold V., (Estate)
Date: 12/12/13

17 Willow Circle
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $349,900
Buyer: Allison B. Thorpe
Seller: James Splain
Date: 12/13/13

GOSHEN

153 Berkshire Trail East
Goshen, MA 01096
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: H. L. Crocker-Aulenback
Seller: Ann M. Hennessey
Date: 12/11/13

GRANBY

159 Carver St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Cory D. Lawler
Seller: Michael J. Rogalski
Date: 12/13/13

104 Munsing Ridge
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: UB Properties LLC
Seller: Jeffrey J. Picard
Date: 12/13/13

9 Norman Ave.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Eric M. Baldwin
Seller: Matthew Dibartolomeo
Date: 12/06/13

HADLEY

107 Middle St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Shane R. Conklin
Seller: Richard J. Niedbala
Date: 12/06/13

78 Russell St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Pioneer Valley Rental Mgmt.
Seller: Gelibean LLC
Date: 12/03/13

84 Russell St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Pioneer Valley Rental Mgmt.
Seller: Gelibean LLC
Date: 12/03/13

2 Sylvia Hts.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $405,000
Buyer: Michael Dibartolomeo
Seller: Valley Building Co. Inc.
Date: 12/06/13

HATFIELD

343 West St.
Hatfield, MA 01066
Amount: $203,000
Buyer: Michael D. Sucharzewski
Seller: Michael A. Lowry
Date: 12/11/13

NORTHAMPTON

20 Bridge Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $496,741
Buyer: Nettler Green LT
Seller: Bridge Road LLC
Date: 12/03/13

137 Damon Road
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $3,780,000
Buyer: Easthampton Mahadev LLC
Seller: Richard R. Boyle
Date: 12/05/13

66 Franklin St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $480,000
Buyer: David A. Caruso
Seller: Donald W. Miner
Date: 12/13/13

36 Holyoke St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $239,000
Buyer: Charline Cauley
Seller: Barry Kozaczka
Date: 12/13/13

22 Hooker Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Valley Building Co. Inc.
Seller: Servicenet Inc.
Date: 12/09/13

48 Lexington Ave.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $244,500
Buyer: Cory E. Mescon
Seller: Marcia A. Kennick
Date: 12/13/13

534 North Farms Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: N. P. Nangle
Seller: Matthew G. Martin
Date: 12/06/13

45 Park St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Alexia Manin
Seller: Janice E. Frey
Date: 12/12/13

117 Riverbank Road
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $145,000
Seller: Eva S. Weber
Date: 12/06/13

430 Rocky Hill Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $243,000
Buyer: Rebekah E. Madera
Seller: Michael St.Martin
Date: 12/09/13

228 State St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $428,000
Buyer: Mary C. Higgins
Seller: Donald R. Lamica
Date: 12/05/13

SOUTH HADLEY

33 Dale St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Dyanne M. Rousseau
Seller: Wesley C. Harnois
Date: 12/03/13

5 Greenwood Lane
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Ronald W. McMahon
Seller: Karen Foss
Date: 12/03/13

78 High St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $237,000
Buyer: Shawn R. McFarland
Seller: Pamela D. Estes
Date: 12/09/13

N/A
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $184,500
Buyer: Matthew T. Parent
Seller: Sheila A. Parker
Date: 12/13/13

54 North Main St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Jason G. Estes
Seller: Linda Anderson
Date: 12/09/13

136 Woodbridge St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: George R. Dempsey
Seller: David J. Fitzgerald
Date: 12/03/13

140 Woodbridge St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $284,000
Buyer: Valerie Ypung
Seller: R. A. Ryan
Date: 12/13/13

SOUTHAMPTON

250 College Hwy.
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: William G. Pfau
Seller: Myrna J. West RET
Date: 12/11/13

WARE

83 Church St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: John E. Carroll
Seller: Kmon, Michael M., (Estate)
Date: 12/06/13

104 West St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $7,152,542
Buyer: CPI Ware LLC
Seller: JSD RT
Date: 12/09/13

WESTHAMPTON

54 Laurel Hill Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $201,500
Buyer: Jessica Henry
Seller: Taylor, Harold G., (Estate)
Date: 12/10/13

WILLIAMSBURG

146 Main St.
Williamsburg, MA 01096
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Haydenville Gas & Electric
Seller: Sandri Realty Inc.
Date: 12/05/13

Building Permits

By
Building Permits Departments

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

AGAWAM

BFP Massachusetts
30 General Abrams Dr.
$34,000 — Construct an addition to house a new chiller unit

Mei Nuan Li
270 Main St.
$10,000 — Handicap accessible walkway

Stop n’ Shop
1282 Springfield St.
$10,000 — Addition

CHICOPEE

Default Service Inc.
45 McKinstry Ave.
$8,000 — Strip and re-roof

Holyoke Health Center
601 Memorial Marketplace
$85,000 — Renovations to existing office

Prima Electro
711 East Main St.
$25,000 — Create new office space

Rite Aid Corporation
1-5 St. James Ave.
$92,000 — Interior remodel of store

Sunshine Village
75 Litwin Lane
$18,000 — Construct steel catwalk for HVAC access

GREENFIELD

Country Club of Greenfield
244 Country Club Road
$15,000 — Interior renovations

First United Methodist Church
25 Church St.
$14,000 — Remove and rebuild chimney

Jeffrey Denny
77 Mohawk Trail
$26,000 — Install 28 solar panels

NORTHAMPTON

Arnold Levinson
176 Pine St.
$7,000 — Fabricate basement stairway

Dylan Esworthy
117 South St.
$3,600 — Strip and shingle roof

Hampden, Franklin, and Hampshire Agricultural Society
Fair Street Fairgrounds
$20,000 — Repairs

Holyoke Street, LLC
19 Holyoke St.
$11,500 — Install new TPO roof system

Northampton Brewery
11 Brewster St.
$3,000 — Open wall to remove large equipment

Northampton Housing Authority
143 West St.
$16,000 — Replacement doors and windows at Grace House

Peter Whalen
49 Gothic St.
$11,000 — Create office space

Peter Whalen
49 Gothic St.
$20,000 — Subdivide offices

Suher Properties, LLC
28 Center St.
$30,000 — Interior renovations

Tobin Manor
56 Maple St.
$16,000 — Install replacement front and vestibule door

Todd Barron
211 North St.
$20,500 — Install partitions for private entry

SOUTH HADLEY

Mount Holyoke College
50 College St.
$18,000 — Renovation at Reese Hall

Town of South Hadley
123 Willimansett St.
$396,000 — Renovation at Buttery Brook Park

SOUTHWICK

Dollar Store
691 College Highway
$650,000 — Construction of a new store

SPRINGFIELD

Baystate Health
300 Carew St.
$75,000 — Renovate space creating individual offices

Baystate Health
759 Chestnut St.
$552,000 — New roof

Birnie Medical, LLC
300 Birnie Ave.
$100,000 — First-floor renovation

Commonwealth Academy Holdings, LLC
6 Ames Hill Dr.
$13,500 — Roof and chimney repair

Riverbend Medical
305 Bicentennial Ave.
$69,000 — Interior renovation

St. Peter & Paul Church
118 Carew St.
$8,000 — Install wheelchair ramp

WESTFIELD

Liberty Manor Inc.
74 Russellville Road
$841,000 — Construction of a senior facility

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Reds Towing
1554 Riverdale St.
$3,000 — Installation of a handicap ramp

Entrepreneurial Energy

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Cover Story Sections Top Entrepreneur
Tim Van Epps Fuels Growth at Sandri

COVER0114aMike Behn was in Boston, “on a mission.”
His assignment in that spring of 2005 was to essentially finish the work started by his boss, Bill (W.A.) Sandri, the previous Christmas to recruit Sandri’s son-in-law, Tim Van Epps, to be the next leader of the Greenfield-based Sandri family of companies. At the time, the enterprise was known for its gas stations stretched across Western Mass., New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire, but was also dabbling in everything from golf courses to real estate.
Behn, who was then running the motor-fuels division for the company and is now COO, didn’t believe this would necessarily be a hard sell, but he understood that he had some work to do to bring Van Epps west. After all, the then-29-year-old had a highly lucrative job managing a portfolio for Mellon Financial, and was clearly enjoying life in New England’s largest city.
“I was out in Boston finding my way, and I think I was doing pretty well,” Van Epps recalled. “My wife and I just bought our first condo right in the Back Bay — we were right where we wanted to be. And I had the best job in the world; I was probably putting in a total of 30 hours a week, and I had things on autopilot. Everything was going great.”
But Van Epps was admittedly getting bored with this life, and this mindset dovetailed nicely with the two things Behn said he had to sell to his recruit: lifestyle — meaning both quality of life and the rewards that would eventually come to the president of such a company — and, especially, opportunities.
Elaborating, he said the latter came in the form of waking up a company that he called a “sleeping giant.”
Indeed, while Sandri was, by most accounts, doing well, with more than 100 gas stations in its portfolio and an exclusive agreement with Sunoco that covered New York and New England, it was not growing, said Behn, adding quickly that, in this business, that means it was going backward.
“We were in a corporate coma,” he told BusinessWest. “I told Tim there were so many things we could do to make more money for this company and make it bigger and better than it was; it had been sleeping for years. I think that kind of talk definitely had an impact.”
So much so that Van Epps took his father-in-law’s offer, which amounted to a 60% pay cut — “I thought my wife was going to kill me at the time” — and came to Sandri as executive vice president.
To say that he woke up the company — and that he was certainly not bored as he did so — would be huge understatements.
He grew Sandri from an oil company into a $250 million, full-service energy firm, dealing in everything from wood pellets to photovoltaics. He has also expanded the main businesses, gas stations, through imaginative initiatives that have produced a 60% increase in the total number of gallons sold (the main measuring stick in this industry) to more than 70 million, with plans to get to 100 million in the near future.
One of his latest endeavors has been a push into the highly competitive convenience-store market. The Sandri name is now on five such facilities, and the ambitious goal is to increase that number to 25 or 30 over the next five years.

convenience-store market

Movement into the convenience-store market, including this location in Orange, is one of the many new business ventures launched by Tim Van Epps since he joined Sandri nearly a decade ago.

Not everything has worked according to the script, though. For example, a foray into car washes was scuttled when Sandri officials came to the conclusion that those facilities, while profitable, were ultimately less valuable to the company than the parking spaces they took up. Meanwhile, another investment in tire-pressure valves that would light up when the pressure was low produced only boxes of unwanted inventory and was quickly halted.
And there has been some divestiture in recent years, most notably selling off Fox Hollow, the company’s golf course in Tampa, Fla. — “it just didn’t fit into the portfolio anymore,” said Van Epps — as well as its lubricants business and some underperforming real estate, with the proceeds from those sales funneled into other ventures, or “redeployed,” as he put it.
But overall, Van Epps has brought needed energy, of a different kind, to this company, and for his efforts he has been chosen as BusinessWest’s Top Entrepreneur for 2013, thus joining an eclectic mix of business leaders and organizations that have received the award since it was launched in 1996.
“Like those honored before him, Tim personifies the entrepreneurial spirit that has defined this region for more than 200 years,” said BusinessWest’s publisher, John Gormally. “He has fueled the imagination of the Sandri company and positioned it for continued growth.”

Entrepreneurial Drive
Van Epps said his grandfather-in-law, Acilio Remo (A.R.) Sandri, was a colorful character with a keen mind for business, a healthy appetite for real estate, and a way with words.
“One of the things he used to say to me was, ‘we don’t sell dirt, son,’” recalled Van Epps, adding that A.R.’s M.O. was to buy property — he acquired a lot of it on or near Route 91 in the ’60s and ’70s, for example — and hold onto it, on the theory that someday it would prove itself worthy of the investment.
Well, Van Epps does sell dirt — he’s unloaded a number of parcels in recent years, on the theory that the proceeds from unused or underutilized property, on which the company had been paying taxes, could help Sandri grow some of its other ventures.
And that’s just one of the ways he’s distinguished himself from previous generations of company leadership. Van Epps said that, when he arrived, he had little appetite for standing pat — which is essentially what the company had been doing for several years — and went about his business with what he called a “day trader’s mentality.”
Before getting into what he meant by that, it’s necessary to set the stage for his arrival and chronicle the first 78 years of the company.
Our story starts with A.R. Sandri, who was born in Barre, Vt., but grew up in Greenfield. Soon after graduating from high school, he took a job working as a clerk for the Pan-Am Oil Co., and in 1930, he was offered a lease on a gas station at 155 Main St. in Greenfield, and subsequently started the A.R. Sandri Co. Recently renovated, that station is still in the company’s portfolio, and a landmark of sorts in a service area created and then greatly expanded by A.R. and W.A. that came to be known within the corporation simply as ‘Sandri Land.’
Its borders were broadened greatly in the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s, as A.R. began buying up real estate along what would become the I-91 corridor. At the same time he was bulking up his portfolio, A.R. was expanding the company into a fuel distributor and seller of heating oil, lube oil, and other related products. In 1964, he inked a deal with Sunoco to fly that company’s flag exclusively over the stations he was acquiring, and by 1969, he had 50 stations, as well as 2,200 heating-oil customers and 230 commercial and farm gasoline accounts.
In 1973, W.A. took the reins of the company, and within a few years he would launch initiatives that would achieve explosive growth. The most significant of these came in 1976, with the buyout of all Sunoco’s stations in Vermont and Southern New Hampshire, as well as New York, making Sandri, then with about 140 stations, the largest distributor of Sunoco gasoline, fuels, and lubes in the country.
Under W.A., the company bought a number of home-heating-oil companies, while also growing the lubricants business and developing some related ventures. And in 1987, he took Sandri in a completely new direction — golf.
Bernardston’s Crumpin-Fox

While the company has sold its golf course in Florida, it remains an aggressive player in the golf business and plans more improvements to Bernardston’s Crumpin-Fox, seen here.

He purchased the Crumpin-Fox Club in Bernardston from a friend when it was still a nine-hole layout, built a second nine, and then eventually added more layouts to what became known as the Fox family of courses within the company. Fox Hollow was opened in 1993, and in 2001, Fox Hopyard, in East Haddam, Conn., was added to the portfolio.
A few years into the new millennium, W.A., who passed away just over a year ago, started to get serious about succession planning and transitioning the company to the next generation of ownership, whomever that might be. Behn said there was no one in the Sandri family ready or willing to take over, and as a result there was actually talk of selling the enterprise. But eventually, W.A. set his sights on his son-in-law.
Van Epps remembers Christmas 2007 and, in particular, a discussion with W.A. over a single-malt scotch.
“We were sitting by the fire, and he said, ‘it’s becoming very common for in-laws to join family businesses,” he recalled. “He asked me if I would be interested in having a chat about the Sandri family of companies. And then he dropped it. A few weeks later, I was out skiing at Tahoe, and he called and asked if I wanted to come to Florida and meet his team.
“I liked what they were doing — I was curious about it,” he went on, adding that this curiosity turned into hard interest. “Then Mike came out, and we talked brass tacks.”

Burning Desires
Van Epps said the ensuing transition in leadership was a somewhat difficult time for both him and the company. “Stressful” was a word he used more than a few times to describe it, and “culture shock” was a phrase he borrowed to sum up what both he and most of his employees were going through.
He said the company was pretty set in its ways by the time he arrived, which meant, in his estimation, that it had lost a good bit of its entrepreneurial zeal.
He didn’t waste any time trying to find it again, and admits that this abrupt shifting of gears didn’t sit well with everyone. Meanwhile, Van Epps wanted to create his own team, rather than inherit one, and this resulted in some additional stress.
“You had people who were used to working for the former COO, and they were used to doing things their way,” he said. “I came in, and I wanted to change pretty much everything in the company, and when you have new blood that comes in and you have change, it’s stressful.
“From 2005 to 2008, it was pretty stressful to work at Sandri with all the changes that were happening,” he continued. “We lost some employees — I wanted some new blood in here, and I knew, when I came in here as an in-law, that I was going to have to operate this company as if it was my own money, and that’s exactly what I did.
“I had the mentality of a day trader — I guess I wanted instant gratification,” he went on. “And then you come to a company that’s been around for 80 years, and that’s not how it works.”
Moving quickly amid this culture shock, Van Epps put most of his focus on transitioning Sandri into a diversified energy company, a move that might seem to run counter to logic if one of the main products it sold was heating oil, but Van Epps believed it made perfect sense.
And he cited the move into the wood-pellets business — the company is now the largest marketer of bulk and bagged wood pellets in the country — as one example.
“In 2009, when the price of fuel oil went to $5 a gallon, we saw a runoff of our gallons of about 20%,” he recalled. “We wanted to know where those folks were going, and we soon discovered they were going to wood pellets, so we decided to get into that business.”
In March 2010, the company was awarded a $3.2 million grant from the Mass. Department of Energy Resources, which has been used for a variety of purposes, including the purchase of a small fleet of wood-pellet delivery trucks and the installation of several institutional, commercial, and residential renewable-energy systems, including facilities at Greenfield Community College, the Greenfield fire station, and other locations.
The company has made similar forays into solar and geothermal systems, and has met Van Epps’s goal of becoming what he called a “one-stop shop and energy company of the future.”

Getting Pumped
Beyond this diversity, though, Van Epps and his team have also fueled growth of the company’s core business — gasoline and gas stations — and recorded that aforementioned surge in the number of gallons sold.
That jump has come through some imaginative initiatives, including a partnership with the grocery store chain Price Chopper, which is a major player in New York and has a few stores in Massachusetts and other New England states.
Price Chopper teamed with Sunoco in one of the early rewards programs that have become prevalent in recent years, said Behn, adding that the lure of becoming one of the redemption stations for the program has prompted a number of formerly competing distributors to become Sandri partners.
“People could get 10 cents a gallon off for every $50 in groceries they purchased, with no limit on how much this could accumulate,” he explained. “We did a test in Keene, N.H., and the results were phenomenal. At that point, Tim and I went to Sunoco and said, ‘can we expand this program throughout our marketing area?’”
Sunoco agreed, and the program expanded first into New York state and then other regions, including Western Mass.
“We said, ‘we’ll give you coverage wherever you have a Price Chopper store; if we don’t have a Sunoco station, we’ll find one,’” Behn went on. “Tim and I hit the road, and in 2008, we convinced a number of distributors that are similar in structure to Sandri to take down their existing brand sign and put up a Sunoco sign, because they saw the power of the Price Chopper program.
“We’d go in with a PowerPoint and say, ‘here’s the program … you’re our first choice, and if you don’t want it, we’ll go to our second choice,’” he continued. “We didn’t miss on one, and now we have several distributors that used to be competitors that we’ve made into partners; it’s been a win-win for both of us.”
Another contributor to that surge in volume for the company has been its ability to convince independent station owners to take down rival fuel company flags and convert to Sunoco, said Behn, adding that, while the Price Chopper program is certainly a factor in the company’s success with conversions, Sandri’s quality of service and the fact that station owners can get the president of the company on the phone also play a big part in what is an ongoing source of growth.
Meanwhile, the company has been changing the nature of its portfolio in some respects, said Van Epps, as he returned to A.R.’s quote about dirt — and how he doesn’t agree with that sentiment.
Over the past several years, Sandri has sold many of its gas stations, redeployed that capital into other pursuits, and gained new wholesale customers in the process. In so doing, the company that once owned 140 stations now owns roughly 80 and supplies another 80, said Van Epps, adding that this shift toward becoming more of a wholesale company creates greater balance of fixed and variable margins.

A Matter of Convenience
Looking ahead, Van Epps said he still has that day-trader mentality, and is looking at ways to both geographically expand Sandri Land and, especially, make it more densely populated with business opportunities.
One of those ventures is the push into the highly competitive world of convenience stores, he said, adding that the company began to explore options in this realm roughly two years ago.
The initial thought was to embrace what Van Epps called the “urban model” of convenience stores, with the company leasing out its locations to a regional or national operator.
“We had meetings with some of these people, but at the 23rd hour, I decided that we could do this ourselves, and do it better ourselves,” he explained, adding that the Sandri name first went on such a facility early last year, and the current business plan calls for investing $25 to $30 million in what might eventually be 35 to 45 more stores.
“We’re calling these our ‘convenience stores of the future,’” said Van Epps, with four now operational — in Orange, Lee, Greenfield, and West Lebanon, N.H. — and more in the pipeline, with both new construction and rehabbing of existing facilities planned.
The challenge moving forward is to differentiate these stores in a very crowded market, said Behn, adding that Sandri intends to do that with such amenities and programs as free ATMs, 99-cent coffee, and customer-service representatives that reflect the company’s values.
And while the company sold its Florida golf course, it is by no means getting out of the golf business, said Van Epps, adding that it is essentially regrouping at a time of growing competition and challenge in this industry.
Elaborating, he said that when Crumpin-Fox was launched, there was very little competition in the high-end side of the business, both in this region and across the state, and as a result, golfers from around New England found remote Bernardston and made at least once-a-year pilgrimages.
But over the next two decades, the landscape changed considerably, with new courses such as the Ranch in Southwick and clusters of layouts — in Plymouth, for example — that gave the golfing public more options, which they have exercised.
This new environment has prompted Sandri to invest more than $1 million in the course, said Van Epps, adding that the immediate goal is to prompt golfers to “rediscover Crumpin-Fox.” Meanwhile, the company will look to sell more of that aforementioned dirt — some of the 600 acres the course sits on — for housing developments.
Looking back, and also ahead, Van Epps believes he and his team have the company positioned for stability and steady growth.
“Did we do everything right in the beginning? Absolutely not, but we’re at the point where I think we’re on the right track,” he told BusinessWest. “There’s no question that this company, which is operating in Franklin County, is going to be a lot bigger and a lot more successful than it’s ever been.
“We’re able to do some things now that we weren’t able to do in the past,” he went on. “We have a lot of pretty neat things going on here.”

Pedal to the Metal
Returning to that mission he went on in Boston to both recruit and “vet” Van Epps, Behn remembers meeting him at a Back Bay restaurant for lunch.
“This was his turf — it was a really exciting restaurant with a lot of young executives going in and out,” he recalled. “I said to myself, ‘I don’t think he’s going to want to leave this.’”
To make a long story short, he did. And the rest, you might say, is history very much still in the making.
Indeed, this is a story where some of the chapters have been written, but many are still in Van Epps’s imagination, waiting for the day trader to bring them to fruition.
“Bill and A.R. both wanted to see this company go on for five or six generations, probably more,” he said. “Five years from now, this company may not look like it does today, and that excites me; it gets me out of bed every morning and keeps me coming in here — the ability to go in any direction that we see fit to create growth and vibrancy.”
In other words, the sleeping giant is now wide awake.

Previous Top Entrepreneurs

• 2012: Rick Crews and Jim Brennan, franchisees of Doctors Express
• 2011: Heriberto Flores, director of the New England Farm Workers’ Council and Partners for Community
• 2010: Bob Bolduc, founder and CEO of Pride
• 2009: Holyoke Gas & Electric
• 2008: Arlene Kelly and Kim Sanborn, founders of Human Resource Solutions and Convergent Solutions Inc.
• 2007: John Maybury, president of Maybury Material Handling
• 2006: Rocco, Jim, and Jayson Falcone, principals of Rocky’s Hardware Stores and Falcone Retail Properties
• 2005: James (Jeb) Balise, president of Balise Motor Sales
• 2004: Craig Melin, president and CEO of Cooley Dickinson Hospital
• 2003: Tony Dolphin, president of Springboard Technologies
• 2002: Timm Tobin, then-president of Tobin Systems Inc.
• 2001: Dan Kelley, then-president of Equal Access Partners
• 2000: Jim Ross, Doug Brown, and Richard DiGeronimo, then-principals of Concourse Communications
• 1999: Andrew Scibelli, then-president of Springfield Technical Community College
• 1998: Eric Suher, president of E.S. Sports in Holyoke
• 1997: Peter Rosskothen and Larry Perreault, then-co-owners of the Log Cabin Banquet and Meeting House
• 1996: David Epstein, president and co-founder of JavaNet and the JavaNet Café

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

Community Profile: Granby

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Granby Officials Master a Difficult Balancing Act

CommunityProfilesMAPgranbyFour decades.
One could say that’s how long it took to get a new municipal library built in Granby, said Virginia Snopek, a retired teacher in the town’s school system who chaired the building committee that finally got the job done and then orchestrated the elaborate ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 16 that drew more than 1,000 residents.
But while serious talk of replacing the quaint, one-room structure built in 1917 officially began in 1973, active work to build a new facility was sporadic, said Snopek, who counted five different attempts to break ground in the ensuing years, the last, and ultimately successful, one coming in 2010, after town voters turned down a school-building project that would have included a new library, a development that effectively re-energized efforts to get a new facility built.
The elegant, $4.6 million, 12,062-square-foot library came to fruition thanks to an aggressive capital campaign that raised more than $3 million, said Snopek, adding that the successful end to this endeavor provides evidence of this rural community’s patience and resiliency, and offers another example of how change often comes slowly here.

Virginia Snopek

Virginia Snopek says the successful campaign to build a new public library is a good example of the community spirit that exists in Granby.

But not always. Indeed, thanks in large part to more than $15 million in ‘host fees’ generated by the regional landfill built and operated by Waste Management within the town’s borders, Granby was able to undertake a number of municipal projects, including the library, in the past decade or so. Others included a new police/fire complex, and Highway Department building, and relocation of the Council on Aging, said Louis Barry, former town police chief and current chair of the Board of Selectmen, adding that this unique revenue source has enabled the town to do all that without incurring costly debt.
“We owe nothing on the police station, the library, the Council on Aging, or the Highway Department building,” he noted. “We’ve done an incredible amount of construction in a short amount of time and don’t owe a dime, all because of that trash fund.”
But soon, that fund, or “cash cow,” as Barry called it, will be referenced only in the past tense. Indeed, the landfill is scheduled to close Dec. 31, leaving the town with both short- and long-term challenges. In the first category is the simple matter of how and where the town will now dispose of its trash, while the second includes the need to find new, and equally creative, ways to fund municipal projects.
And that challenge comes as the community’s leaders are moving to balance residential growth and those aforementioned municipal improvements with the growth of a business sector still dominated mostly by very small businesses and agricultural ventures.
The MacDuffie School recently relocated from Springfield to the former St. Hyacinth’s Seminary property off School Street, giving Granby a new second-largest employer (behind the municipality itself), but officials are eyeing more commercial development. To encourage it, discussions have been commenced about rezoning Route 202, the main throughway, enabling different types of businesses to locate there, and also about the possibility of infrastructure improvements, such as municipal water and sewer services, which would make the town much more attractive to businesses in several sectors.
“A new sewer line, and possibly town water, isn’t part of rezoning for business, but together, they could enable Granby to lay down a plan for the future, and that’s been one of the missions for the Granby Planning Department,” said Pam Desjardins, chair of the Planning Department.
For this, the final installment of its Community Profile series in 2013, BusinessWest takes an in-depth look at Granby, its recent history, and emerging plans to make this bedroom community a more business-friendly address.

A New Chapter
Granby Free Public Library

A November ribbon cutting celebrated the new $4.6 million, 12,062-square-foot Granby Free Public Library, an effort 40 years in the making.

When visiting a neighboring community’s library, Snopek said, she came across a plaque that read, “communities build libraries; libraries build communities.”
“And that really was what happened with our project,” she went on, adding that the initiative was truly a community-wide effort that not only gave the town a 21st-century facility with a host of amenities — including a children’s programming room, a community room that seats 60, and an area dedicated to teens — but also gave it a source of pride and sense of accomplishment, even if it took 40 years to realize the dream.
Elaborating, she said the long and varied list of donations for the project drives home that notion of a community endeavor. That list includes the gift of land on which the facility was built — made by the Alice and Fred Stewart family — as well as a large challenge grant by the Fowler-Bombardier Family Charitable Trust, and even an in-kind donation of services by a local landscape-design student.
This sense of community has been a trademark of the town since it was settled in 1727 as part of South Hadley. Incorporated in 1768, Granby, which also shares borders with Ludlow, Belchertown, Amherst, and Chicopee, has been a farming community for most of its existence, and there are several agricultural ventures still in operation.
The Dickinson Farm & Greenhouse is one of them. Operated by members of the LaFlamme family — Leonard and his sons, Marc, Mike, and Bruce — the 265-acre farm focuses on produce and flowers. And this time of year, that means poinsettias.
“We sell roughly 15,000 a year,” said Marc as he gestured to one recently emptied greenhouse and another that was reaching that state, noting that many of the festive plants are bound for other florists and churches in the region.
The 70-year-old business also includes several pick-your-own fields planted with strawberries, blueberries, and apples, as well as a second retail location (the original) in Chicopee called LaFlamme’s Garden Center. Like other businesses in town, it has benefited greatly from the loyalty of those who grew up in Granby and surrounding communities and want to buy local.
“We’re a family here, and we take the brunt of everything,” LaFlamme said, adding that, instead of laying off employees during the recent recession, the family remained conscious of each season’s sales, planning for each year based on the year before. “And some people really do understand that ours is fresher, and the Buy Local campaign is helping us.”
When asked about the business climate in the town, he said most businesses have weathered the recent fiscal storms and are holding their own.
“Things aren’t much different than they were 10 years ago,” he noted. “People still have jobs; they’re still working. Things aren’t necessarily getting better, but they aren’t getting any worse, either.”
But there are signs of improvement and new vibrancy, said Barry, who cited the relocation of MacDuffie as an indication that the community can attract new businesses.
Tom Addicks, MacDuffie’s assistant head of school, said the institution, which was founded in Springfield in 1890, was hampered in its ability to grow by the land-locked nature of the campus, located just a few blocks from that city’s central business district. Space is not an issue in Granby — the school’s footprint covers 26 of the seminary’s 500 acres — and he said there are plans in place for further construction.
“MacDuffie is planning to increase its enrollment as soon as possible, and we hope to break ground on an arts facility as soon as the funds are raised,” said Addicks, adding that further expansion of the institution would be greatly aided by infrastructure improvements such as municipal water and sewer services.
Barry concurred, but noted that such a significant step could alter the town’s fortunes — and character — in many ways, if growth is not carefully controlled.
“We don’t have sewer or town water, and that’s a double-edged sword,” he said. “It has limited our development, which is a good thing, if you like rural living, but the limited development is also a bad thing because it limits tax revenue.”

Footnotes
Ultimately, the community, like many in this region, would like to achieve a greater balance between residential and commercial growth, said Barry, adding that, with the library project now in the books, it’s time to focus on the next chapters in this town’s history.
Whatever those new developments are, they probably won’t take 40 years to come to fruition. But they will be community projects, in every sense of that phrase, because that’s how it’s always been in this town, and that’s one thing that won’t change.

Elizabeth Taras can be reached at [email protected]

Editorial

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Some Things We’d Like to See in 2014

It’s time to say goodbye to 2013.
It was an interesting year in many respects — especially with regard to the casino-gambling picture, which changed in ways that probably couldn’t have been imagined just one year ago when there were four projects still in the running for the Western Mass. license — but one that was not very remarkable from a business standpoint.
Indeed, with the exception of a soaring stock market, which had climbed nearly 25% for the year at press time, this was a year of relative stagnancy, in terms of everything from employment to the overall economy, although there were signs of life toward the end of the year (more on that in a bit).
So, without further ado, it’s time to look ahead and identify some of the things we’d like to see happen in 2014. If all or even most of them come to fruition, it could be quite a year.
• Game On. Let’s start with the casino. As the voters in West Springfield, Palmer, East Boston, and other communities voted thumbs down to casino plans for their communities — dramatically changing and diminishing the competition for coveted licenses as they did so — many began to question whether this state really wants or needs such facilities.
Pollsters would tell you that the numbers show that the majority of state residents still support casinos, but don’t want one in their community. Springfield, in fact, was one of the few communities that said yes, and we hope that cranes start to appear in the city’s South End by the end of next year and that MGM Springfield becomes reality a few years later.
As we’ve said many times, a casino will not, by itself, change the city’s fortunes. But it can become part of the process of bringing new vitality, new jobs, and a new attitude about Springfield. Let’s hope it happens.
• It’s About Time. For close to half a decade now, people have been saying, “this could be the year the economy finally breaks out of its funk.” Well, people are saying it again, and this time, there’s more reason to believe them. Indeed, there are some actual signs — falling unemployment and a rise in state GDP among them — that indicate better times ahead.
We hope those reading these tea leaves are on the money — literally and figuratively — because there hasn’t been much of a recovery in this region, and businesses that have fought through this time deserve some sustained momentum and a year when the books become truly good reading.
• Class Act. Several months ago, the talk about whether UMass would create a downtown Springfield ‘satellite facility’ (the school eschews the word ‘campus’) officially shifted to when it would. School officials announced that UMass Springfield would soon start to take shape on the second floor of Tower Square. As the new year begins, we hope that this news alone starts to create momentum in a downtown that sorely needs a spark, and that, as 2014 unfolds, the construction work and then the facility itself will become a catalyst for more retail development and other forms of progress in the city’s central business district.
• Getting Things Started. Lastly, we hope to see work in 2014 in the broad realm of promoting entrepreneurship and getting new ventures off the ground or to that proverbial next level. There are several programs in place that are addressing this challenge — from Valley Venture Mentors to the Grinspoon Foundation’s Entrepreneurship Initiative to the Business Growth Center at the Technology Park at STCC (see story on age 45)— and this work needs to continue and expand in 2014 and the years to follow.
As we’ve said on many occasions, while it is still possible that a major employer will decide to make Western Mass. home and thus create hundreds or perhaps thousands of new jobs, the more likely scenario is that growth in this region will come organically, through new startups that mature and eventually add to their payrolls.
There are many challenges facing this region, but perhaps the biggest is creating more fuel for the economy. Programs that encourage entrepreneurship and help young businesses grow are a vital part of that equation.

Star Search

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Nominations Are Being Accepted for the 40 Under Forty Class of 2014

40under40-LOGO2012Jeff Fialky called it “quality control.”
That’s how he chose to describe the third and final phase of his process for scoring the more than 100 nominees for BusinessWest’s 40 Under Forty Class of 2013.
Fialky, a member of the Class of 2008 and one of five judges of last year’s candidates, said he started his assignment by simply reading each of the nominations in their entirety, without assigning any scores, to get what he called a “flavor, and basis of comparison.”
“I then flipped the stack back over and went through them again,” he went on, adding that he did so with some gauges, or barometers, that would help him assign a number — 1 through 10 — to each of those nominations. The so-called quality-control work came the following morning, after a good night’s sleep and with some fresh perspective, when he went through the pile one more time to assess the numbers he assigned to each candidate to make sure he was totally comfortable with each one.
“I think I probably changed a dozen scores — not significantly, maybe one number up or down, based upon comparisons with the other nominees,” he said, adding that he’s not sure how the other judges went about their work last February, but he’s quite sure that the subjectivity that is part and parcel to the judging process is one of the things that makes the 40 Under Forty competition unique and what he called a “perfectly imperfect” undertaking.
“This 40 Under Forty program is about distinguishing oneself in the community,” he noted. “Whether it’s personally or professionally, it is truly a comparative exercise, and the fact that judges come at it in different ways makes it more compelling.  And while those approaches are different from each other, the end result is a great compilation of leadership in the Valley.”
Mark O’Connell agreed. The managing partner of Wolf & Co., with offices in Boston and Springfield, he also judged the Class of 2013, and took a decidedly different tack, what he called a more “analytic approach.”
Elaborating, he said he assigned hard numbers to certain aspects of candidates’ résumés — with a specific total of points awarded for such things as owning one’s business, getting involved with area nonprofits, and earning acclaim within one’s profession. The process, he said, took some of the subjectivity out of the equation.
“It became a mathematical process, essentially, and I was able to draw a line under the first 40,” he said, noting that, while his method may have been different from those used by others, he believed it worked, because only a handful of “his” top 40 were not eventually identified as winners.
By mid-February, another group of five judges (they’re profiled on page 18) will be developing their own strategies for assigning scores for what will likely be another 100 or so candidates in this, the eighth edition of the 40 Under Forty competition.
It all began in late 2006, said BusinessWest Associate Publisher Kate Campiti, when the magazine decided to embrace a concept used by a number of business publications across the country to identify, profile, and celebrate rising young stars in a given community.
Over the years, individuals from nearly every sector of the economy — from healthcare to retailing; technology to law; banking to nonprofit management — have made the list and climbed to the podium in late June to accept their plaque and the applause of friends, family, colleagues, and fellow recipients past and present.
The Class of 2013 was especially diverse, with the list of winners including a charter school founder, a construction company owner, several lawyers, an environmental scientist, and the vice president of sales for a company making next-generation hand dryers.
It was a class that surprised Fialky in some respects, and in a positive way.
“What I really enjoyed about my experience judging was seeing all the talent potential in the valley,” he explained. “You know that there’s been so many honorees over the prior years, and you intuitively think that the talent pool has been exhausted. But then you look at all the nominations, and you realize that it’s only the tip of the iceberg that’s been tapped.
“Some years favor service providers, some years favor nonprofit managers, some favor entrepreneurs, and some favor strength of character,” he went on, referring to the general makeup of the previous six classes. “I think last year’s class had an element of all four of those things.”
O’Connell concurred. “I think this was a great class — I came away very impressed,” he said, “and also feeling very good about the future of this region.”
There are now 280 people in the unique fraternity that is 40 Under Forty, said Campiti, noting that many of them have moved on to different jobs and different challenges, and some of them now have a different area code on their cell phones, but their 40 Under Forty plaque usually goes with them wherever they go.
Fialky agreed.
“It’s become a symbol of excellence, a symbol of leadership, if you will,” he said, adding that 40 Under Forty has become both a brand and something to aspire to.
The popularity — and importance — of the 40 Under Forty program has been driven home by the steady growth and evolution of the annual 40 Under Forty gala, this year to be staged on June 19 at the Log Cabin Banquet & Meeting House in Holyoke. Last year, the event drew a sellout crowd of more than 650 people, who were treated to fine food, perfect weather, and an eclectic array of music, chosen by the winners to accompany their ascension to the stage.
“The gala has become a happening, a not-to-be missed gathering that is also the year’s best networking opportunity,” said Campiti, adding that those who wish to attend must act quickly, because the gala traditionally sells out weeks before the event.
Before anyone can move to the stage to get their plaque, however, they must be nominated. And both Campiti and Fialky, who has been on both sides of the equation — as both candidate and judge — stressed repeatedly that 40 Under Forty is a nomination-driven process, something that is still lost on many who wish to forward a name and résumé for consideration.
“That’s where it starts, with the nomination,” said Campiti. “It needs to be complete, it needs to be thorough, and it needs to essentially answer the question, ‘why is this individual worthy of a 40 Under Forty plaque?’”
The nomination form requests the basic information on an individual, said Campiti, and can be supported with other material, such as a résumé, testimonials, and even press clippings highlighting an individual’s achievements in their chosen profession or within their community.
Nominations must be received by the end of the business day (5 p.m.) on Feb. 7. Judges will then score those nominations, and the winners will be notified by mail by the end of the month.
The chosen 40 will be profiled in the magazine’s April 21 edition, with gala tickets going on sale soon thereafter. For more information, call (413) 781-8600, ext. 100.

Fast Facts
What: The 40 Under Forty nomination process
Deadline: Feb. 7 at 5 p.m.
How to Nominate: Use the form in BusinessWest (it will also appear in subsequent editions), or go here.
For More Information: Call (413) 781-8600, ext. 100, or visit www.businesswest.com.
The 40 under forty Gala: June 19
Where: The Log Cabin Banquet & Meeting House
Tickets: They’ll go on sale in late April and will first be made available to winners and their families and employers.

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Lists of the previous seven 40 Under Forty classes

Class of 2013

Timothy Allen, South End Middle School
Meaghan Arena, Westfield State University
Adrian Bailey Dion, Harold Grinspoon Foundation
Jason Barroso, Tighe & Bond
Elizabeth Beaudry, NUVO Bank & Trust Co.
Melyssa Brown, Meyers Bothers Kalicka, P.C.
Kam Capoccia, Western New England University College of Pharmacy
Jeremy Casey, Westfield Bank
Tommy Cosenzi, TommyCar Auto Group
Erin Couture, Florence Savings Bank
Geoffrey Croteau, MassMutual Charter Oak Insurance and Financial Services
William Davila, The Gandara Center
Ralph DiVito Jr., Yankee Candle Co.
Shaun Dwyer, PeoplesBank
Erin Fontaine Brunelle, Century 21 Hometown Associates
William Gagnon, Excel Dryer Inc.
Allison Garriss, Clinical & Support Options Inc.
Annamarie Golden, Baystate Health
L. Alexandra Hogan, Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, P.C.
Samalid Hogan , City of Springfield
Xiaolei Hua, PeoplesBank
Mark Jardim, CMD Technologies
Danny Kates, Wealth New England and MassMutual Charter Oak Insurance and Financial Services
Jeremy Leap, Country Bank
Danielle Letourneau-Therrien, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Franklin County
Isaac Mass, Law Office of Isaac J. Mass
Kelvin Molina, HAPHousing
Brenna Murphy McGee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts/City of Holyoke
Vanessa Pabon, WGBY-TV
John Pantera, Fitness Together Franchise Corp./Elements Therapeutic Massage
Justin Pelis, North Country Landscapes & Garden Center
Shonda Pettiford, Commonwealth Honors College, UMass Amherst
Shannon Reichelt, S. Reichelt & Co., LLC.
N. Andrew Robb, Burgess, Schultz & Robb, P.C.
Stacy Robison, CommunicateHealth Inc.
Rachel Romano, Veritas Preparatory Charter School
Jennifer Root, Center for Human Development,Terri Thomas Girls Program
Jonathan Stolpinski, Westfield Electroplating Co.
Walter Tomala Jr., TNT General Contracting Inc.
Mark Zatyrka, American Homecare Federation Inc.

Class of 2012

Allison Biggs, Graphic Designer
Christopher Connelly, Foley/Connelly Financial Partners
Scott Conrad, Center for Human Development
Erin Corriveau, Reliable Temps Inc.
Carla Cosenzi, Tommy Car Corp.
Ben Craft, Baystate Medical Center
Jessica Crevier, AIDS Foundation of Western Mass.
Michele Crochetiere, YWCA of Western Mass.
Christopher DiStefano, DiStefano Financial Group
Keshawn Dodds, 4King Edward Enterprises Inc.
Ben Einstein, Brainstream Design
Michael Fenton, Shatz, Schwartz, and Fentin, P.C.
Tim Fisk, The Alliance to Develop Power
Elizabeth Ginter, Ellis Title Co.
Eric Hall, Westfield Police Department
Brendon Hutchins, St. Germain Investment Management
Kevin Jennings, Jennings Real Estate
Kristen Kellner, Kellner Consulting, LLC
Dr. Ronald Laprise, Laprise Chiropractic & Wellness
Danielle Lord, O’Connell Care at Home & Staffing Services
Waleska Lugo-DeJesus, Westfield State University
Trecia Marchand, Pioneer Valley Federal Credit Union
Ryan McCollum, RMC Strategies
Sheila Moreau, MindWing Concepts Inc.
Kelli Ann Nielsen, Springfield Academy Middle School
Neil Nordstrom, Pediatric Services of Springfield
Edward Nuñez, Freedom Credit Union
Adam Ondrick, Ondrick Natural Earth
Gladys Oyola, City of Springfield
Shardool Parmar, Pioneer Valley Hotel Group
Vincent Petrangelo, Raymond James
Terry Powe, Elias Brookings Museum Magnet School
Jennifer Reynolds, Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C.
Dan Rukakoski, Tighe & Bond
Dr. Nate Somers, Center for Human Development
Joshua Spooner, Western New England University College of Pharmacy
Jaclyn Stevenson, Winstanley Partners
Jason Tsitso, R & R Windows Contractors
Sen. James Welch, State Senator, First Hampden District
Karen Woods, Yankee Candle Co.

Class of 2011

Kelly Albrecht , left-click Corp.
Gianna Allentuck , Springfield Public Schools
Briony Angus , Tighe & Bond
Delania Barbee , ACCESS Springfield Promise Program
Monica Borgatti , Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity
Nancy Buffone , University of Massachusetts
Michelle Cayo , Country Bank
Nicole Contois , Springfield Housing Authority
Christin Deremian , Human Resources Unlimited/Pyramid Project
Peter Ellis , DIF Design
Scott Foster , Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas, LLP
Stephen Freyman , Longmeadow High School
Benjamin Garvey , Insurance Center of New England
Mathew Geffin , Webber and Grinnell
Nick Gelfand , NRG Real Estate Inc.
Mark Germain , Gomes, DaCruz and Tracy, P.C.
Elizabeth Gosselin , Commonwealth Packaging
Kathryn Grandonico , Lincoln Real Estate
Jaimye Hebert , Monson Savings Bank
Sean Hemingway , Center for Human Development
Kelly Koch , Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas, LLP
Jason Mark , Gravity Switch
Joan Maylor , Stop and Shop Supermarkets
Todd McGee , MassMutual Financial Group
Donald Mitchell , Western Mass. Development Collaborative
David Pakman , Vivid Edge Media Group/The David Pakman Show
Timothy Plante, City of Springfield/Springfield Public Schools
Maurice Powe , The Law Offices of Brooks and Powe
Jeremy Procon , Interstate Towing Inc.
Kristen Pueschel , PeoplesBank
Meghan Rothschild , SurvivingSkin.org
Jennifer Schimmel , Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity
Amy Scott , Wild Apple Design Group
Alexander Simon , LogicTrail, LLC
Lauren Tabin , PeoplesBank
Lisa Totz , ITT Power Solutions
Jeffrey Trant , Human Resources Unlimited
Timothy Van Epps , Sandri Companies
Michael Vedovelli , Mass. Office of Business Development
Beth Vettori , Rockridge Retirement Community

Class of 2010

Nancy Bazanchuk , Disability Resource Program, Center for Human Development
Raymond Berry , United Way of Pioneer Valley
David Beturne , Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampden County
Maegan Brooks , The Law Office of Maegan Brooks
Karen Buell , PeoplesBank
Shanna Burke , Nonotuck Resource Associates
Damon Cartelli , Fathers & Sons
Brady Chianciola , PeoplesBank
Natasha Clark , Springfield School Volunteers
Julie Cowan , TD Bank
Karen Curran , Thomson Financial Management Inc.
Adam Epstein , Dielectrics Inc.
Mary Fallon , Garvey Communication Associates
Daniel Finn , Pioneer Valley Local First
Owen Freeman-Daniels , Foley-Connelly Financial Partners and Foley Insurance Group
Lorenzo Gaines , ACCESS Springfield Promise Program
Thomas Galanis , Westfield State College
Anthony Gleason II , Roger Sitterly & Son Inc. and Gleason Landscaping
Allen Harris , Berkshire Money Management Inc.
Meghan Hibner , Westfield Bank
Amanda Huston , Junior Achievement of Western Mass. Inc.
Kimberly Klimczuk , Royal, LLP
James Krupienski , Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C.
David Kutcher , Confluent Forms, LLC
James Leahy , City of Holyoke and Alcon Laboratories
Kristin Leutz , Community Foundation of Western Mass.
Meghan Lynch , Six-Point Creative Works
Susan Mielnikowski , Cooley, Shrair, P.C.
Jill Monson , Adam Quenneville Roofing & Siding Inc. and Inspired Marketing & Promotions
Kevin Perrier , Five Star Building Corp.
Lindsay Porter , Big Y Foods
Brandon Reed , Fitness Together
Boris Revsin , CampusLIVE Inc.
Aaron Vega , Vega Yoga & Movement Arts
Ian Vukovich , Florence Savings Bank
Thomas Walsh , City of Springfield
Sean Wandrei , Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C.
Byron White , Pazzo Ristorante
Chester Wojcik , Design Construction Group
Peter Zurlino , Atlantico Designs and Springfield Public Schools

Class of 2009

Marco Alvan, Team Link Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Gina Barry, Bacon Wilson, P.C.
Maggie Bergin, The Art of Politics
Daniel Bessette, Get Set Marketing
Brandon Braxton, NewAlliance Bank
Dena Calvanese, Gray House
Edward Cassell, Park Square Realty
Karen Chadwell, Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury and Murphy, P.C.
Kate Ciriello, MassMutual Financial Group
Kamari Collins, Springfield Technical Community College
Mychal Connolly Sr., Stinky Cakes
Todd Demers, Family Wireless
Kate Glynn, A Child’s Garden and Impish
Andrew Jensen, Jx2 Productions, LLC
Kathy LeMay, Raising Change
Ned Leutz, Webber & Grinnell Insurance Agency
Scott MacKenzie, MacKenzie Vault Inc.
Tony Maroulis, Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce
Seth Mias, Seth Mias Catering
Marjory Moore, Chicopee Public Schools
Corey Murphy, First American Insurance Agency Inc.
Mark Hugo Nasjleti, Go Voice for Choice
Joshua Pendrick, Royal Touch Painting
Christopher Prouty, Studio99Creative
Adam Quenneville, Adam Quenneville Roofing
Michael Ravosa, Morgan Stanley
Kristi Reale, Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C.
Amy Royal, Royal & Klimczuk, LLC
Michelle Sade, United Personnel
Scott Sadowsky, Williams Distributing Corp.
Gregory Schmidt, Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury & Murphy, P.C.
Gretchen Siegchrist, Media Shower Productions
Erik Skar, MassMutual Financial Services
Paul Stallman, Alias Solutions
Renee Stolar, J. Stolar Insurance Co.
Tara Tetreault, Jackson and Connor
Chris Thompson, Springfield Falcons Hockey Team
Karl Tur, Ink & Toner Solutions, LLC
Michael Weber, Minuteman Press
Brenda Wishart, Aspen Square Management

Class of 2008

Michelle Abdow, Market Mentors
Matthew Andrews, Best Buddies of Western Mass.
Rob Anthony, WMAS
Shane Bajnoci, Cowls Land & Lumber Co.
Steve Bandarra, Atlas TC
Dr. Jonathan Bayuk, Hampden County Physician Associates
Delcie Bean IV, Valley Computer Works (Paragus Strategic IT)
Brendan Ciecko, Ten Minute Media
Todd Cieplinski, Universal Mind Inc.
William Collins, Spoleto Restaurant Group
Michael Corduff, Log Cabin Banquet and Meeting House
Amy Davis, New City Scenic & Display
Dave DelVecchio, Innovative Business Systems Inc.
Tyler Fairbank, EOS Ventures
Timothy Farrell, F.W. Farrell Insurance
Jeffrey Fialky, Bacon Wilson, P.C.
Dennis Francis, America’s Box Choice
Kelly Galanis, Westfield State College
Jennifer Glockner, Winstanley Associates
Andrea Hill-Cataldo, Johnson & Hill Staffing Services
Steven Huntley, Valley Opportunity Council
Alexander Jarrett, Pedal People Cooperative
Kevin Jourdain, City of Holyoke
Craig Kaylor, Hampden Bank / Hampden Bancorp Inc.
Stanley Kowalski III, FloDesign Inc.
Marco Liquori, NetLogix Inc.
Azell Murphy Cavaan, City of Springfield
Michael Presnal, The Federal Restaurant
Melissa Shea, Sullivan, Hayes & Quinn
Sheryl Shinn, Hampden Bank
Ja’Net Smith, Center for Human Development
Diana Sorrentini-Velez, Cooley, Shrair, P.C.
Meghan Sullivan, Sullivan, Hayes & Quinn
Michael Sweet, Doherty Wallace Pillsbury & Murphy
Heidi Thomson, Girls Inc.
Hector Toledo, Hampden Bank
William Trudeau Jr., Insurance Center of New England
David Vermette, MassMutual Financial Services
Lauren Way, Bay Path College
Paul Yacovone, Brain Powered Concepts

Class of 2007

William Bither III, Atalasoft
Kimberlynn Cartelli, Fathers & Sons
Amy Caruso, MassMutual Financial Group
Denise Cogman, Springfield School Volunteers
Richard Corder, Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Katherine Pacella Costello, Egan, Flanagan & Cohen, P.C.
A. Rima Dael, Berkshire Bank Foundation of Pioneer Valley
Nino Del Padre, Del Padre Visual Productions
Antonio Dos Santos, Robinson Donovan, P.C.
Jake Giessman, Academy Hill School
Jillian Gould, Eastfield Mall
Michael Gove, Lyon & Fitzpatrick, LLP
Dena Hall, United Bank
James Harrington, Our Town Variety & Liquors
Christy Hedgpeth, Spalding Sports
Francis Hoey III, Tighe & Bond
Amy Jamrog, The Jamrog Group, Northwestern Mutual
Cinda Jones, Cowls Land & Lumber Co.
Paul Kozub, V-1 Vodka
Bob Lowry, Bueno y Sano
G.E. Patrick Leary, Moriarty & Primack, P.C.
Todd Lever, Noble Hospital
Audrey Manring, The Women’s Times
Daniel Morrill, Wolf & Company
Joseph Pacella, Egan, Flanagan & Cohen, P.C.
Arlene Rodriquez, Springfield Technical Community College
Craig Swimm, WMAS 94.7
Sarah Tanner, United Way of Pioneer Valley
Mark Tanner, Bacon Wilson, P.C.
Michelle Theroux, Child & Family Services of Pioneer Valley Inc.
Tad Tokarz, Western MA Sports Journal
Dan Touhey, Spalding Sports
Sarah Leete Tsitso, Fred Astaire Dance
Michael Vann, The Vann Group
Ryan Voiland, Red Fire Farm
Erica Walch, Speak Easy Accent Modification
Catherine West, Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C.
Michael Zaskey, Zasco Productions, LLC
Edward Zemba, Robert Charles Photography
Carin Zinter, The Princeton Review

Building Permits

By
Building Permits Departments

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

AGAWAM

Dental Group
340 Walnut Street Ext.
$25,000 — Renovate 1,500 square feet for dental practice

Frank Decaro
1226B Springfield St.
$14,000 — Interior renovation for a coffee shop

Six Flags New England
1623 Main St.
$450,000 — Construction of new Sky Screamer ride

CHICOPEE

B-G Mechanical Contractors
6 2nd Ave.
$561,000 — Construct a 12,690-square-foot pre-engineered metal building

Birch Manor
455 Burnett Road
$8,500 — Re-roof

David Pulcini
747 Memorial Dr.
$4,000 — Install exhaust fan for pizza oven

Pioneer Valley Condo Assoc.
99-111 Colonial Circle
$23,500 — Strip and re-roof

GREENFIELD

Greenfield Housing Authority
1 Elm St.
$187,000 — Construct egress stair addition for basement offices

Shahid Habib
124 Conway St.
$13,000 — Exterior renovations

Patricia Wood
303 Wisdom Way
$214,000 — Construct two self-storage buildings

NORTHAMPTON

298 Main Street, LLC
298 Main St.
$314,000 — Interior renovation and elevator

Gere & Son Inc.
115 Conz St.
$8,500,000 — Construct a four-story Fairfield Inn-Marriott Hotel

Glandore, LLC
766 North King St.
$88,000 — Repair automobile damage

Harmonic Rock
125 Pleasant St.
$55,000 — Re-roof

Liberty Mutual Insurance
11 Village Hill Road
$263,000 — Construct partitions for tenant build out

Lloyd Tarlin
228 King St.
$54,000 — Interior fit out for Great Clips

Northampton Co-Operative Bank
65 King St.
$73,000 — Interior renovations

Northampton Housing Authority
96 Bridge St.
$32,000 — Replacement doors and accessible sidewalk

Pioneer Valley Transit Authority
54 Industrial Dr.
$1,110,000 — Interior renovations

Robert Curran
244 Main St.
$50,000 — Interior renovations

Smith College
Belmont Ave.
$4,112,000 — Construct two-story Wellness Health Center

William Phillips
149 Easthampton Road
$162,000 — Install 182 roof mounted solar panels

SOUTH HADLEY

Marois Construction
470 Granby Road
$1,399,000 — Medical office remodel

SOUTHWICK

Roof Diagnostics
6 Sterrett Dr.
$27,000 — Install 27 solar panels

SPRINGFIELD

3640 Main Street, LLC
3640 Main St.
$63,000 — 1582-square-foot office build-out

Baystate Health
298 Carew St.
$274,000 — Fit-out space for new pharmacy

Carpe Diem Apartments
1228-1240 Carew St.
$5,000 — Interior repairs

City of Springfield
773 Liberty St.
$80,000 — Convert library to social center

Mass Development Finance Agency
1550 Main St.
$122,000 — Tenant fit-out

New North Professional Condo Association
1795 Main St.
$144,000 — New roof

Pearson ADAP Development Co.
1322 Liberty St.
$35,000 — New roof

WP Realty, Inc.
1387 Liberty St.
$550,000 — Interior fit-out for gymnasium

WESTFIELD

Cumberland Farms
1134 Southampton Road
$569,000 — Construction of convenience store

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Bank of America
99 Westfield St.
$25,000 — Convert existing window to drive thru ATM

O’Connell Convenience Plus
2044 Riverside St.
$28,000 — Renovations

Real Estate Transactions

By
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

19 Chapin Road
Bernardston, MA 01337
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Samantha A. Fabian
Seller: Timothy W. Artus
Date: 11/26/13

CHARLEMONT

80 Warner Hill Road
Charlemont, MA 01339
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Brian C. Rose
Seller: Lorraine C. Cetto
Date: 11/27/13

DEERFIELD

Greenfield Road
Deerfield, MA 01342
Amount: $247,000
Buyer: Walter Of Hadley Inc.
Seller: Gregory M. Gardner
Date: 11/14/13

640 Greenfield Road
Deerfield, MA 01342
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Lucas G. Hanks
Seller: Michael A. Urkiel
Date: 11/27/13

33 Upper Road
Deerfield, MA 01342
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: John F. Dubino
Seller: Jacqueline A. Hanlon
Date: 11/15/13

49 Whitmore Ferry Road
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $495,000
Buyer: Eric Lichter
Seller: Tatiana Scott
Date: 11/25/13

GILL

14 South Cross Road
Gill, MA 01354
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Karen Ross
Date: 11/26/13

GREENFIELD

20 Albert Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Carl Silver
Seller: Warren C. Pittenger
Date: 11/25/13

1035 Bernardston Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $138,000
Buyer: Ann M. Hall
Seller: Dashiell, Florence S., (Estate)
Date: 11/12/13

29 Brookside Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $181,000
Buyer: Allen M. Baker
Seller: Barbara S. Thomas
Date: 11/26/13

278 Conway St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $182,243
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Mark Duncan
Date: 11/14/13

427 Davis St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Paul F. Sirum
Seller: Francis G. Sirum
Date: 11/15/13

28 Linden Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $162,500
Buyer: Jovonna L. Pelt
Seller: Lyle F. Williams
Date: 11/15/13

40 Lovers Lane
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $209,000
Buyer: Shanna L. Burke
Seller: William R. Hazlett
Date: 11/15/13

13 Oak St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $129,000
Buyer: John R. Martin
Seller: Betty Snow
Date: 11/18/13

55 Riddell St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Buyer: Beth M. Reynolds
Seller: Marjorie E. Faneuf
Date: 11/20/13

72 Vernon St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $136,300
Buyer: Matthew E. Hall
Date: 11/27/13

HEATH

230 Number 9 Road
Heath, MA 01346
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Michael C. Shattuck
Seller: Caracciolo, Jean F., (Estate)
Date: 11/25/13

LEVERETT

159 Long Plain Road
Leverett, MA 01054
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Jessica M. Rocheleau
Seller: Margery M. Noel
Date: 11/20/13

108 Old Mountain Road
Leverett, MA 01054
Amount: $395,000
Buyer: Jonathan R. Thompson
Seller: Juan C. Arean
Date: 11/12/13

LEYDEN

63 West Leyden Road
Leyden, MA 01301
Amount: $160,986
Buyer: Michael Dagilus
Seller: Christopher J. Morin
Date: 11/15/13

12 Zimmerman Hill Road
Leyden, MA 01337
Amount: $530,000
Buyer: Franklin Land Trust Inc.
Seller: Phillip H. Zimmerman
Date: 11/15/13

MONTAGUE

4 9th Ave.
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $127,000
Buyer: Catherine M. Cronk
Seller: Robert L. Adams
Date: 11/22/13

25 Montague St.
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $207,500
Buyer: Jonathan B. Scully
Seller: Nathaniel J. Malloy
Date: 11/22/13

83 Montague St.
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Paul A. Thayer
Seller: Harrington, Sharon, (Estate)
Date: 11/25/13

50 Prospect St.
Montague, MA 01349
Amount: $243,000
Buyer: John E. Cagle
Seller: Edward F. Wilcox
Date: 11/26/13

108 South Prospect St.
Montague, MA 01349
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Leon R. Laster
Seller: Sarah E. Hammond
Date: 11/14/13

41 Turners Falls Road
Montague, MA 01301
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Jeremy M. Toal
Seller: Jeannine Huey
Date: 11/15/13

NORTHFIELD

233 Old Wendell Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Robert Girard
Seller: Helen L. Johnson
Date: 11/22/13

SHELBURNE

Bardwells Ferry Road
Shelburne, MA 01370
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: Franklin Land Trust Inc.
Seller: Madeline C. McKinnon IRT
Date: 11/20/13

452 Colrain Shelburne Road
Shelburne, MA 01370
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: John N Hoffman
Seller: Richard H. Easton
Date: 11/13/13

1089 Mohawk Trail
Shelburne, MA 01370
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: David A. Healey
Seller: William M. Smith
Date: 11/15/13

64 Water St.
Shelburne, MA 01370
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Emily D. Howe
Seller: Nathalie A. McCormack
Date: 11/15/13

SUNDERLAND

153 Amherst Road
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $135,807
Buyer: RBS Citizens
Seller: Stephen R. McPheters
Date: 11/15/13

HAMPDEN COUNTY

AGAWAM

13 Barn Road
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Jeffrey J. Fay
Seller: Uwe H. Porth
Date: 11/27/13

51 Federal St. Ext.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $162,500
Buyer: Tracy Word
Seller: Terrence A. Cabey
Date: 11/26/13

66 Highland St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $184,000
Buyer: Jessica C. Nieves
Seller: Darrell M. Myco
Date: 11/25/13

42 Reed St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Anthony J. Grillo
Seller: Charles F. Denison
Date: 11/26/13

25 Seymour Ave.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Vladimir Kindzerskiy
Seller: Audrey W. Besaw
Date: 11/27/13

41 Plumtree Way
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $387,500
Buyer: Igor Palgi
Seller: Kopatz Construction Inc.
Date: 11/21/13

86 Silver St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Jonathan Allard
Seller: Christopher Mastroianni
Date: 11/21/13

97 Silver St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $173,000
Buyer: Jean-Pierre Wood
Seller: Jules J. Lavalley
Date: 11/15/13

917 Suffield St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $184,900
Buyer: Bernard W. Wangamati
Seller: Viktor Lysenko
Date: 11/25/13

BLANDFORD

9 Woronoco Road
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $152,886
Buyer: FHLM
Seller: Kathleen R. Gilbreath
Date: 11/25/13

BRIMFIELD

10 Dearth Hill Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: David J. Hirsch
Seller: Paul Rugani
Date: 11/27/13

68 Holland Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $224,000
Buyer: Daniel G. Ryan
Seller: Gary M. Wood
Date: 11/21/13

53 Prospect Hill Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Andrew P. Rolinger
Seller: Dorothy H. Gerrish
Date: 11/29/13

166 Warren Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $212,500
Buyer: Eric D. Carley
Seller: Christopher C. Dorr
Date: 11/22/13

CHESTER

110 Emery St.
Chester, MA 01011
Amount: $183,149
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Thomas R. Ouellette
Date: 11/15/13

CHICOPEE

223 Asselin St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Wallace E. Kluza
Seller: Barbara D. Williams
Date: 11/15/13

306 Bostwick Lane
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Kenneth A. Stacy
Seller: Mike Fregeau
Date: 11/15/13

106 Clark St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Rebecca A. Kessler
Seller: Kevin M. Klosek
Date: 11/26/13

112 Cobb Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Kevin M. Bradway
Seller: Barbara J. Frederick
Date: 11/22/13

47 Crestwood St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: James C. Pion
Seller: Mark S. Pion
Date: 11/19/13

34 Deslauriers St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $152,000
Buyer: Patrick J. Keefe
Seller: Patricia T. Novak
Date: 11/19/13

35 Edbert St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Timothy S. Geary
Seller: Carol C. Rogalski
Date: 11/26/13

228 Fairview Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Christopher P. Jurkowski
Seller: Dennis Jurkowski
Date: 11/13/13

60 Hawthorn St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Duane E. Sivard
Seller: Cheryl A. Peters
Date: 11/27/13

145 Holyoke Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Szymon P. Wolanczyk
Seller: Gladu, Claire R., (Estate)
Date: 11/13/13

16 Hyde Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Walter R. Lahair
Seller: Cindy F. Carabetta
Date: 11/15/13

277 Irene St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $159,900
Buyer: Nathan A. Hall
Seller: William Devine
Date: 11/22/13

164 Lukasik St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Sergei Cheremushkin
Seller: DGL Properties LLC
Date: 11/27/13

131 Manning St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $152,000
Buyer: Lori A. Letendre
Seller: Stephen E. Kamienski
Date: 11/26/13

232 McCarthy Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $164,500
Buyer: Heidi M. Heisler
Seller: Madeleine G. Jacques
Date: 11/26/13

105 Meadow St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $132,900
Buyer: Anmar Khalil
Seller: Hector Rivera
Date: 11/12/13

319 Montgomery St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $127,500
Buyer: Deborah A. Farrar
Seller: Clement M. Poitras
Date: 11/27/13

105 Northwood St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $156,400
Buyer: Andrew J. Potts
Seller: Maralee A. Smith
Date: 11/27/13

196 Nonotuck Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $127,000
Buyer: Joseph F. Chessey
Seller: John J. Regan
Date: 11/15/13

35 Orchard St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $191,100
Buyer: Philip Roberts
Seller: Mark W. Sims
Date: 11/27/13

851 Prospect St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Roger J. Martin
Seller: Jessica Dubois
Date: 11/27/13

32 Rimmon Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Julia Romero
Seller: Joshua Klein
Date: 11/26/13

85 Ruskin St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $169,000
Buyer: Roger J. Hannigan
Seller: Maria M. Gauthier
Date: 11/15/13

143 Sesame Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Alex B. Devivo
Seller: James E. Hogan
Date: 11/25/13

318 Springfield St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Dean F. Parker
Seller: Stanley F. Lusnia
Date: 11/15/13

62 Stedman St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $119,000
Buyer: Melissa Sueiras
Seller: Morrissette, Andrew N., (Estate)
Date: 11/18/13

EAST LONGMEADOW

191 Chestnut St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $129,000
Buyer: Tomroc Holdings LLC
Seller: Scott Pattenaude
Date: 11/22/13

87 Edmund St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $187,000
Buyer: Stephanie J. Dunaj
Seller: Benjamin Witruk
Date: 11/22/13

45 Gerrard Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $160,127
Buyer: Santander Bank
Seller: Christina A. Braska
Date: 11/12/13

90 Maple St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: MBQ Realty LLC
Seller: WJQ Realty LLC
Date: 11/13/13

38 Pleasant St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Kerri A. Cicia
Seller: An Dinh
Date: 11/21/13

335 Prospect St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Ashley McCarthy
Seller: Dylan E. Bond
Date: 11/26/13

45 Saint Joseph Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $179,000
Buyer: Shannon M. Murphy
Seller: Gemma A. Balukonis
Date: 11/26/13

341 Shaker Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $750,000
Buyer: KRM Real Estate LLC
Seller: Gulf Printing Co.
Date: 11/21/13

HAMPDEN

27 Greenleaf Dr.
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: John W. Thompson
Seller: J. A. Comprone-Weber
Date: 11/18/13

97 Scantic Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Buyer: Benjamin R. Witruk
Seller: Timothy J. O’Brien
Date: 11/22/13

31 South Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $373,700
Buyer: James E. Arooth
Seller: Charlotte M. Thomas
Date: 11/12/13

198 Stafford Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $354,000
Buyer: Jeffrey N Schneider
Seller: Marc A. Pasteris
Date: 11/26/13

HOLYOKE

141 Cabot St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $242,500
Buyer: Holyoke Apartments LLC
Seller: Bayview Loan Servicing
Date: 11/18/13

17 Forestdale Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $157,500
Buyer: Consurgo Properties LLC
Seller: Scott M. Tundermann
Date: 11/15/13

18 Knollwood Circle
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $165,900
Buyer: Michael J. Haas
Seller: Susan C. Seitz
Date: 11/27/13

26 Knollwood Circle
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $211,345
Buyer: Edmond Dupont
Seller: David Edelman
Date: 11/15/13

1125 Main St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $126,500
Buyer: Joshua Beauregard
Seller: Gary J. Provost
Date: 11/27/13

149 Morgan St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $269,000
Buyer: Bryan R. Horch
Seller: Robert W. Humphreys
Date: 11/15/13

66 Sherwood Terrace
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $145,915
Buyer: Aurelio Colon
Seller: Nsp Residential LLC
Date: 11/22/13

645 West Cherry St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Stuart G. Lempke
Seller: Ronald A. Fraser
Date: 11/12/13

316 Westfield Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $159,900
Buyer: Huel Fritz
Seller: Didonato, Marcella E., (Estate)
Date: 11/26/13

LONGMEADOW

8 Brookwood Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $259,900
Buyer: Geoffrey P. Adams
Seller: Ira M. Schoenberger
Date: 11/15/13

580 Frank Smith Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $446,500
Buyer: Andrew G. Fenster
Seller: Curtis G. Wohlers
Date: 11/15/13

64 Hawthorne St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $251,250
Buyer: Anthony J. Marchetta
Seller: Kristin L. Capell
Date: 11/12/13

190 Kenmore Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $239,000
Buyer: Joanne Leboeuf
Seller: Bethany L. Bollerman
Date: 11/15/13

635 Laurel St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $282,500
Buyer: Gregory Dumeny
Seller: Matthew W. MacDonald
Date: 11/14/13

80 Meadow Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $159,000
Buyer: Andrea M. Kureczka
Seller: Vera L. Scanlon
Date: 11/15/13

114 Riverview Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $254,117
Buyer: David J. Loonie
Seller: Timothy S. Tehan
Date: 11/27/13

91 Williston Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: Ira M. Schoenberger
Seller: Seymour M. Frankel
Date: 11/15/13

LUDLOW

70 Eden St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: James J. Manewich
Seller: Denise Stuart
Date: 11/26/13

77 Gamache Dr.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: William J. Musiak
Seller: Alfred F. Meher
Date: 11/15/13

24 Higher St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $132,886
Buyer: Michael Genereux
Seller: Alfred Lopes
Date: 11/22/13

107 Lakeview Ave.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Vera L. Scanlon
Seller: Jennie Brodowski
Date: 11/27/13

Parker Lane
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Antonio A. Dias
Seller: Whitetail Wreks LLC
Date: 11/18/13

210 Prospect St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $129,900
Buyer: Edward N. Deragon
Seller: Wesley Blask
Date: 11/26/13

98 Tilley St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $565,000
Buyer: Westover Metropolitan Development Corp.
Seller: James J. Manewich
Date: 11/25/13

6 Warwick Dr.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $249,999
Buyer: Erin K. Wasik-Gutierrez
Seller: James M. Wojnar
Date: 11/12/13

191 West St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Partyka Partners LP
Seller: Emile A. Pelletier
Date: 11/14/13

319 West Ave.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Shawn Gomes
Seller: Fernando Vital
Date: 11/27/13

159 Whitney St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Ronald M. Hudon
Seller: Maria A. Soares
Date: 11/25/13

MONSON

119 Butler Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $187,000
Buyer: Holden C. Harlow
Seller: Martin, Katherine E., (Estate)
Date: 11/14/13

216 East Hill Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $272,500
Buyer: Edward J. Veneto
Seller: Wayne A. Evans
Date: 11/15/13

79 Silver St.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Carrie E. Franck
Seller: Marguerite Cusson
Date: 11/27/13

28 Waid Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Thomas E. Ballou
Seller: Donald J. Lemon
Date: 11/15/13

27 Zuell Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $256,000
Buyer: Tania Chrzanowski
Seller: Mark R. Hamel
Date: 11/27/13

MONTGOMERY

162 Pitcher St.
Montgomery, MA 01085
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Julia A. Connolly
Seller: Helga M. Sinhart
Date: 11/22/13

PALMER

92 Boston Road
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $299,900
Buyer: Joseph F. Gulluni
Seller: Marilyn J. Synder
Date: 11/20/13

34 Forest Lake Road
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $207,000
Buyer: Elaine McNeill
Seller: Alexander G. Larosa
Date: 11/15/13

51 Fuller Road
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Nicholas Kalogeras
Seller: Jason Keegan
Date: 11/26/13

20 Glenn St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $183,000
Buyer: Holly A. Farrar
Seller: Sheila Rivest
Date: 11/18/13

36 Grove St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $145,873
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Laurie A. Rocco
Date: 11/15/13

30 King St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Francesco Cardaropoli
Seller: Legacy Strategic Inv. LP
Date: 11/15/13

4038 Pleasant St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $164,000
Buyer: Anthony J. Jianaces
Seller: Scott W. Flowers
Date: 11/19/13

26 South St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Wayne S. Schofield
Seller: Gerald F. Flynn
Date: 11/13/13

SPRINGFIELD

16 Alden St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $600,000
Buyer: Fathima LLC
Seller: BDMG LLC
Date: 11/26/13

1033 Allen St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $143,000
Buyer: Nercy Rodriguez
Seller: Minh Lam
Date: 11/13/13

50 Alsace St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Iris Martinez
Seller: Edwin Cartagena
Date: 11/25/13

55 Alvin St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $151,000
Buyer: David Valentin
Seller: William C. McEwan
Date: 11/13/13

42 Amos Dr.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $129,900
Buyer: Kelly M. Worthen
Seller: Ana Muller
Date: 11/19/13

61 Ashbrook St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $142,000
Buyer: Tasha J. Ellison
Seller: Visneau, Beverly F., (Estate)
Date: 11/15/13

213 Ashland Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $123,500
Buyer: Jonathan P. Florian
Seller: Sarah J. Messier
Date: 11/14/13

12 Baird Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: Deutsche Bank
Seller: Erika A. Colon
Date: 11/20/13

313 Belmont Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $640,000
Buyer: Stoneridge Realty LLC
Seller: Robert T. Knight RE Inc.
Date: 11/13/13

383 Belmont Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $147,000
Buyer: Stoneridge Realty LLC
Seller: Robert T. Knight RE Inc.
Date: 11/13/13

406 Belmont Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: Stoneridge Realty LLC
Seller: Robert T. Knight RE Inc.
Date: 11/13/13

892 Belmont Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $133,000
Buyer: Sabrina S. Swinton
Seller: Wini L. Mercure
Date: 11/14/13

24 Bucholz St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: MA Mutual Life Insurance
Seller: Anita J. Hodges
Date: 11/19/13

11 Carlton St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $117,900
Buyer: Giselle M. Pica
Seller: Anthony Carnevale
Date: 11/22/13

126 Clarendon St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $266,280
Buyer: Walter W. Bigelow
Seller: Kenneth P. Freundt
Date: 11/15/13

66 Clearbrook Dr.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $156,000
Buyer: Jonathon Nunez
Seller: Michael Porcello
Date: 11/14/13

144 Colorado St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $171,000
Buyer: Robert R. Balicki
Seller: Nolava LLC
Date: 11/15/13

37 Commonwealth Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Kenrick Ngo
Seller: Daniel M. Glick
Date: 11/12/13

95 Corona St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $126,000
Buyer: Melissa A. Molina
Seller: Christine M. Burnett
Date: 11/27/13

39 Dorset St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Laura M. McTigue
Seller: Anthony Maloni
Date: 11/20/13

36 Ellendale Circle
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: Mark Coffey
Seller: Albano, Pasquale, (Estate)
Date: 11/12/13

38 Emmet St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $129,799
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Noemi Diaz
Date: 11/29/13

45 Gerald St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $118,500
Buyer: Chanon C. Palm
Seller: Timothy M. Guilmain
Date: 11/26/13

254 Hartwick St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Nicola Liquori
Seller: Jack D. Warren
Date: 11/26/13

14 Inglewood Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Jacob Roy
Seller: Anita Allard
Date: 11/25/13

120 Leyfred Terrace
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Suanne A. Murrell
Seller: Martin Johnson
Date: 11/20/13

44 Mazarin St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Joao M. Pereria TR
Seller: Wieslaw Sokolowski
Date: 11/13/13

21 Nathaniel St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Yolma E. Ortiz
Seller: David A. Wilkinson
Date: 11/27/13

66 Newton Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Toghlob H. Mourad
Seller: Ethel M. Merchant
Date: 11/12/13

113 Old Brook Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $169,900
Buyer: Jennifer Martin
Seller: Margaret E. Murray
Date: 11/22/13

79 Parker St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $115,200
Buyer: Bank New York Mellon
Seller: Galen Keller
Date: 11/14/13

67 Pennsylvania Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Ashley J. Gagne
Seller: Kathleen A. Goodwin
Date: 11/20/13

184 Powell Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $148,500
Buyer: Joanne Harney
Seller: Elaine R. Hastings
Date: 11/19/13

25 Rock Hill Lane
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $141,200
Buyer: Gilbert R. Barton
Seller: Edna E. Donegan
Date: 11/18/13

17 Slater Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $156,000
Buyer: Maple Tree Investments
Seller: Diane Manicki
Date: 11/22/13

16 Sumner Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $576,000
Buyer: Stoneridge Realty LLC
Seller: Robert T. Knight RE Inc.
Date: 11/13/13

24 Sumner Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $232,000
Buyer: Stoneridge Realty LLC
Seller: Robert T. Knight RE Inc.
Date: 11/13/13

831 Sumner Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Jose L. Cuevas
Seller: Carlos A. Lopes
Date: 11/12/13

44 Thorndyke St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $140,399
Buyer: Lisa A. Moriarty
Seller: Hedge Hog Industries Corp.
Date: 11/22/13

26 Tioga St.
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Lauren S. Gougeon
Seller: Allie S. Hudroge
Date: 11/15/13

184 Tyler St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $201,981
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Antonio D. Grandoit
Date: 11/25/13

122 West Allen Ridge Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Angel L. Ramos
Seller: Kenneth W. Ralph
Date: 11/25/13

115 White Birch Dr.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Carlos A. Palacio
Seller: William M. Wagner
Date: 11/15/13

55 Wing St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Daniel R. Alpiarca
Seller: HSBC Bank USA NA
Date: 11/27/13

SOUTHWICK

95 Berkshire Ave.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $317,000
Buyer: William M. Pike
Seller: James Bona
Date: 11/22/13

105 Coes Hill Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $279,000
Buyer: Tracy L. Gorman
Seller: Richard K. Seaver
Date: 11/12/13

15 Crystal Dr.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $271,000
Buyer: Joseph J. Bailey
Seller: Timothy M. Zabik
Date: 11/15/13

49 Feeding Hills Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $168,000
Buyer: Eugene A. Kube
Seller: Tonga A. York
Date: 11/26/13

3 Iroquois Dr.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $231,000
Buyer: Amanda L. Manzi
Seller: David A. Thimmesh
Date: 11/27/13

12 Lexington Circle
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $437,000
Buyer: Andrew W. Sexton
Seller: William R. Tynan
Date: 11/15/13

8 Reservoir Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $333,500
Buyer: Travis T. Keiderling
Seller: Jeffrey J. Fay
Date: 11/26/13

90 Will Palmer Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $450,000
Buyer: Bradford W. Fleming
Seller: Basista, Theodore J., (Estate)
Date: 11/26/13

TOLLAND

218 South Village Road
Amount: $232,900
Buyer: Roy P. Torzullo
Seller: Edward Zakowicz
Date: 11/12/13

219 Slope Road
Tolland, MA 01034
Amount: $163,250
Buyer: Salvatore J. Correnti
Seller: Schroeder TR
Date: 11/13/13

WALES

57 Monson Road
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $198,000
Buyer: Anatoliy A. Komarov
Seller: George P. Goulas
Date: 11/26/13

161 Stafford Road
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $133,900
Buyer: Elizabeth M. Besaw
Seller: John Paolucci
Date: 11/15/13

WESTFIELD

211 Barbara St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Matthew J. Rinaldi
Seller: Dennis F. Dalton
Date: 11/15/13

69 Deer Path Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Steven J. Beagle
Seller: Robert M. Jacques
Date: 11/22/13

6 Evergreen Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Richard E. Fuller
Seller: Kevin R. Fuller
Date: 11/21/13

8 Gold St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $181,000
Buyer: Carlos L. Matos
Seller: Jennie M. Kowalczyk
Date: 11/15/13

7 Laurel Terrace
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $179,000
Buyer: Chad C. Patterson
Seller: Jason W. Adams
Date: 11/15/13

11 Livingstone Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $217,242
Buyer: JP Morgan Chase Bank
Seller: Kristin A. Jachym

85 Mechanic St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $155,878
Buyer: USA HUD
Seller: Lisa E. Gonzales
Date: 11/14/13

265 Montgomery Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Steven P. Beals
Seller: Bent Tree Development LLC
Date: 11/13/13

38 Mountain View St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $224,900
Buyer: Sarah E. Warn
Seller: Catherine A. Harrington
Date: 11/25/13

422 North Elm St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $370,000
Buyer: Pumphrey RT
Seller: Wayne Fowles
Date: 11/29/13

2 Overlook Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: George J. Michael
Seller: Wied, William H., (Estate)
Date: 11/15/13

146 Sackett Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $183,000
Buyer: Christopher Adamczyk
Seller: William R. Gorman
Date: 11/12/13

37 Sackett Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Keith J. Lemon
Seller: Charles A. Smith
Date: 11/18/13

130 Southampton Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $2,275,000
Buyer: Saremi LLP
Seller: Westfield N. Realty LLC
Date: 11/18/13

11 West School St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $126,500
Buyer: Barbara J. Oleksak
Seller: Rita D. Rodden
Date: 11/14/13

43 West Silver St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $156,300
Buyer: Roberto Deleon
Seller: Wilfredo V. Estrada
Date: 11/22/13

23 Wieser Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $187,000
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Kimberly A. Morin
Date: 11/25/13

WEST SPRINGFIELD

38 Ames Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Mihail Orlov
Seller: Kathleen D. Wuesthoff
Date: 11/25/13

232 Ashley Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $178,000
Buyer: Patricia A. Damato
Seller: Joseph J. Deedy
Date: 11/29/13

55 Circuit Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $866,250
Buyer: HR Massachusetts LLC
Seller: CT Valley Block Co. Inc.
Date: 11/18/13

13 Cora St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: John T. Langlois
Seller: Steven S. Follett
Date: 11/15/13

59 Druids Lane
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $213,553
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Jacqueline C. Moody
Date: 11/15/13

40 Elm Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Gerald Triggs
Seller: Phillips, Rita J., (Estate)
Date: 11/15/13

56 Hanover St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Glenn G. Rocheleau
Seller: Maria A. Lombardi
Date: 11/27/13

206 Hillcrest Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $159,900
Buyer: Luuy Hoang
Seller: Kerri A. Cicia
Date: 11/19/13

60 Labelle St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: Pavel Khodunov
Seller: FNMA
Date: 11/27/13

297 Morgan Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $150,200
Buyer: Nicole B. Montminy
Seller: Robert Holmes
Date: 11/21/13

40 Piper Cross Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $188,000
Buyer: Adam C. Belson
Seller: Lauren M. Krok
Date: 11/27/13

1461 Riverdale St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $700,000
Buyer: 635 Riverdale Street LLC
Seller: Barbara E. Doty
Date: 11/15/13

702 Rogers Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Marianna Cosentini
Seller: Patricia E. Stamand
Date: 11/15/13

110 Sawmill Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $259,000
Buyer: Scott Joubert
Seller: Shalu George
Date: 11/15/13

58 Thomas Dr.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Kazbek Aldabayev
Seller: Timothy J. Lynch
Date: 11/22/13

697 Union St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Union St. Auto Sales LLC
Seller: Richard D. Rindels
Date: 11/15/13

43 Virginia Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $208,500
Buyer: William A. Moynihan
Seller: Elizabeth A. Cilley
Date: 11/15/13

35 Woodbrook Ter
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Sanjay A. Patel
Seller: Frank J. Capuano
Date: 11/26/13

WILBRAHAM

6 Decorie Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $171,000
Buyer: Tanya M. Basile
Seller: Virginia R. Swallow
Date: 11/14/13

400 Dipping Hole Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Mohsen Shabani
Seller: Gary R. Tallman
Date: 11/13/13

45 East Longmeadow Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Patrick R. Farrow
Seller: Michael D. Mirakian
Date: 11/15/13

8 Meadowview Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Jose N Diniz
Seller: Michelle Y. Jacques
Date: 11/14/13

5 Ronald Circle
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $190,887
Buyer: RBS Citizens NA
Seller: Verna L. Ledoux
Date: 11/20/13

15 Ruth Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $276,500
Buyer: Jaime A. Lopez
Seller: Magarian, Mary E., (Estate)
Date: 11/18/13

10 Stirling Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Clifford W. Zimmer
Seller: Emily R. Gralia
Date: 11/22/13

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

AMHERST

209 Alpine Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $404,000
Buyer: Douglas Salvador
Seller: Navneet Marwaha
Date: 11/15/13

Kingman Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Prashant J. Shenoy
Seller: Bruce H. Patterson
Date: 11/20/13

30 Main St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $1,400,000
Buyer: Amherst Building LLC
Seller: Amherst Realty Co. Inc.
Date: 11/15/13

20 Overlook Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $312,000
Buyer: Kathleen A. Lazdowski
Seller: Schiller RET
Date: 11/18/13

Potwine Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Town Of Amherst
Seller: Lorraine H. Brunelle
Date: 11/25/13

233 Stanley St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $207,000
Buyer: John J. Driscoll
Seller: Erin E. Jacque
Date: 11/21/13

65 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $372,000
Buyer: Javad Moshfegh
Seller: Anne M. Mcintosh
Date: 11/22/13

BELCHERTOWN

91 Eskett Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $187,000
Buyer: Eliza A. Summers
Seller: Robert S. Allard RET
Date: 11/14/13

233 Federal St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $149,900
Buyer: John A. Nally
Date: 11/15/13

590 North Washington St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Michael Teixeira
Seller: Daniel J. O’Connor
Date: 11/25/13

43 Old Bay Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $222,800
Buyer: Lee C. Larcheveque
Seller: Jeffrey A. Dauber
Date: 11/19/13

19 Robin Lane
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Joydell Cebula
Seller: Donald S. Carano
Date: 11/15/13

581 State St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Stephanie St.Denis
Seller: Elaine L. English
Date: 11/15/13

24 Wilson Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $261,500
Buyer: Nina R. Sossen
Seller: Seamus A. Decker
Date: 11/25/13

CHESTERFIELD

242 Bryant St.
Chesterfield, MA 01012
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Lauren R. Guilmette
Seller: Joseph L. Guerin
Date: 11/26/13

CUMMINGTON

58 Nash Road
Cummington, MA 01026
Amount: $159,900
Buyer: Edward S. Konieczny
Seller: David F. Robb
Date: 11/15/13

EASTHAMPTON

10 Bryan Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $219,000
Buyer: Koni F. Denham
Seller: James P. Wales
Date: 11/21/13

301 East St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: F&G LLC
Seller: Harriet R. Kulig
Date: 11/22/13

62 Garfield Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $228,000
Buyer: Benjamin M. Nardone
Seller: Beth A. Castaldo
Date: 11/21/13

10 Grove St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $189,000
Buyer: Michael C. McGuire
Seller: Demarais FT
Date: 11/25/13

193 Northampton St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $515,000
Buyer: John Morin
Seller: 94 Industrial Drive LLC
Date: 11/27/13

9 Oakdale Place
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $172,500
Buyer: Juan S. Suarez
Seller: Golash, Celia, (Estate)
Date: 11/26/13

27 Pine Hill Road
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $380,000
Buyer: Wendy Lass-Luzi
Seller: Alexander D. Prado
Date: 11/26/13

9 Stanley St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $168,000
Buyer: Katie M. Houle
Seller: Maureen S. Parker
Date: 11/22/13

GOSHEN

102 Bissell Road
Goshen, MA 01096
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Colleen E. Culver
Seller: Dana M. Culver
Date: 11/19/13

65 Pond Hill Road
Goshen, MA 01096
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Jonathan R. Bean
Seller: Dylan G. Mailloux
Date: 11/25/13

48 Sears Road
Goshen, MA 01032
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Melanie A. Kourbage
Seller: Elizabeth L. Labier
Date: 11/18/13

GRANBY

374 Batchelor St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $258,000
Buyer: Alice Vlasanko
Seller: Susan P. Perrailt
Date: 11/13/13

East St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $565,000
Buyer: Westover Metropolitan Development Corp.
Seller: James A. Manewich
Date: 11/25/13

101 Easton St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Dianna L. Richard
Seller: Sanford Grenier
Date: 11/25/13

7 Grandview Ave.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Kevin M. Kane
Seller: USA HUD
Date: 11/18/13

South St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Audrey G. Walker
Seller: George N Galusha
Date: 11/13/13

HADLEY

55 Chmura Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Robert C. Pelis
Seller: Steinberger, Marion M., (Estate)
Date: 11/26/13

55 Huntington Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $317,500
Buyer: Shasta Kielbasa
Seller: Eileen F. Monopoli
Date: 11/29/13

127 Rocky Hill Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $268,000
Buyer: Toni L. Morelli
Seller: Dirck L. Dimock
Date: 11/15/13

3 Sylvia Hts.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Andre R. Laflamme
Seller: Valley Buillding Co. Inc.
Date: 11/27/13

1 Szafir Lane
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: James T. Henderson
Seller: Buckowski, Florence C., (Estate)
Date: 11/22/13

26 West St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $520,000
Buyer: John P. Regish
Seller: Robert J. McQueston
Date: 11/22/13

HATFIELD

West St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Southland Log Homes Realty
Seller: Richard F. Thayer
Date: 11/19/13

HUNTINGTON

3 Allen Coit Road
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Donna Perzan
Seller: Dominic C. Nett
Date: 11/15/13

5 Allen Coit Road
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Donna Perzan
Seller: Dominic C. Nett
Date: 11/15/13

21 Old Chester Road
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $229,000
Buyer: Gary L. Hamel
Seller: Gergory R. Nuttelman
Date: 11/26/13

27 Searle Road
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $131,969
Buyer: David E. Collette
Seller: Deutsche Bank
Date: 11/26/13

61 Searle Road
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $208,900
Buyer: Kyle Colby
Seller: Joseph G. Bergeron
Date: 11/15/13

NORTHAMPTON

25 Arlington St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $530,000
Buyer: Mark Wineburg
Seller: Jodi M. Kirchner LT
Date: 11/25/13

43 Beattie Dr.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: William Z. Forray
Seller: Peter F. Kistenmacher
Date: 11/18/13

62 Bliss St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Scott D. Bertrand
Seller: Joyce C. Bertrand
Date: 11/15/13

76 Bliss St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $167,500
Buyer: Evan T. Vaine
Seller: Jean M. Bayer
Date: 11/15/13

19 Columbus Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $425,000
Buyer: Peter A. Pacosa
Seller: Edward S. Zuchowski
Date: 11/22/13

13 Dimock St.
Northampton, MA 01053
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Diane M. Drohan
Seller: Georgiann Kristek LT
Date: 11/27/13

37 Drewsen Dr.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $230,500
Buyer: Robert Baird
Seller: George B. Scheurer
Date: 11/26/13

111 Emerson Way
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $487,850
Buyer: Harris B. Shaffer
Seller: Hampshire Property Management Group

17 Hickory Dr.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Thomas J. Tuperkeizsis
Seller: Gallup, Shirley M., (Estate)
Date: 11/12/13

106 Industrial Dr.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Hytech Park Properties LLC
Seller: William T. Baird
Date: 11/22/13

194 Jackson St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Dustin A. Cote
Seller: Grimes, Joanna A., (Estate)
Date: 11/22/13

51 Jackson St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $264,000
Buyer: Caren Bendror
Seller: Emily K. Bowden
Date: 11/18/13

51 Phillips Place
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $299,000
Buyer: Linda S. Muerle
Seller: June Turcotte
Date: 11/18/13

125 Pleasant St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $2,555,000
Buyer: Harmonic Rock Realty LLC
Seller: Union Square RT
Date: 11/14/13

58 South Park Terrace
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $189,800
Buyer: W&N Summer LLC
Seller: Packard, Helen B., (Estate)
Date: 11/12/13

PELHAM

136 Amherst Road
Pelham, MA 01002
Amount: $227,000
Buyer: Amanda L. Huhmann
Seller: Flavio Risech
Date: 11/15/13

SOUTH HADLEY

84 Alvord St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Buyer: John B. Hughes
Seller: Maria R. Antonio
Date: 11/15/13

478 Amherst Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: Gerald Lorenz
Seller: Jefferey Bessette
Date: 11/22/13

37 Ashton Lane
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $314,000
Buyer: William D. Williams
Seller: John R. Hyde
Date: 11/15/13

139 Brainerd St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Martin M. Mendes
Seller: Richard S. Maldanis
Date: 11/25/13

64 Charon Terrace
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: James W. Graves
Seller: Constance F. Odell
Date: 11/15/13

27 Foch Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Melissa A. Aslin
Seller: Investment Enterprise LLC
Date: 11/27/13

495 Granby Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Brian Trompke
Seller: Arthur R. Lemire
Date: 11/19/13

475 Hadley St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $189,400
Buyer: James D. Bothwell
Seller: Edward P. Dechellis
Date: 11/22/13

168 Lathrop St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Adam K. Boyer
Seller: Ciesluk, Paul J., (Estate)
Date: 11/15/13

110 Mosier St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $635,137
Buyer: Bank New York
Seller: Daniel A. Champagne
Date: 11/18/13

351 Newton St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Property Management LLC
Seller: Bruce T. Carl
Date: 11/20/13

27 Silver St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $382,000
Buyer: Todd F. Bachelder
Seller: Jeanne P. Brownlow
Date: 11/15/13

36 Westbrook Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $198,500
Buyer: Jeffrey Chmiel
Seller: Eleanor A. Perreault
Date: 11/27/13

SOUTHAMPTON

38 Cottage Ave.
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Carl E. Scheinost
Seller: Gregory H. Boisvere
Date: 11/27/13

14 Crooked Ledge Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Joseph W. Marcoux
Seller: Mickey J. Willis
Date: 11/22/13

100 Fomer Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Jim Hornickel
Seller: Michael J. Kent
Date: 11/22/13

5 Katelyn Way
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $490,000
Buyer: Anthony F. Gleason
Seller: Ronald J. Gordon
Date: 11/26/13

WARE

712 Belchertown Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Guy P. Savoie
Seller: Gary S. Pfisterer
Date: 11/18/13

16 Elm St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $312,500
Buyer: Robert S. Shurtleff
Seller: Frederick A. Lotuff
Date: 11/26/13

WESTHAMPTON

21 Pine Island Lake
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: Nancy Bals
Seller: Joseph J. O’Hare
Date: 11/27/13

WILLIAMSBURG

84 Petticoat Hill Road
Williamsburg, MA 01096
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: Joan Muellner
Seller: Michael S. Gove
Date: 11/15/13

Doing Business as Certificates

By
DBA Certificates Departments

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

AGAWAM

A & B Properties
134 Tobacco Farm Road
Alan Betournay

Air Duct Cleaning
31 St. Jacques Ave.
Eric Vieu

DD Appliances & More
766 Springfield St.
David Roman

Prime Construction
1004 North St.
Vladislav Vorobel

Sullivan Consulting
94 Dogwood Lane
Michael Sullivan

Tech Bootcamps
503 Silver St.
Tatiana DiDonato

CHICOPEE

Cordero Digital Consulting
91 Providence St.
Felix Cordero

Flowers by Andre
24 Billings St.
Andre Palatino

Jess Daycare
165 Szetela Dr.
Jessica Thornton

Music Sound
57 Larchmont St.
Natalya Arbuzov

Tree of Life Journeys
188 Chicopee St.
Kathi Munson

EAST LONGMEADOW

Advanced Urology of New England
40 Crane Ave.
Jacqueline Brecht

All Hose Inc.
341 Shaker Rd.
Timothy J. McCoy

Baystate Rug Distributors Inc.
55 North Main St.
Joseph Montemagni

Danny’s PC Repair
624 North Main St.
Minh Vien

Erin Chrusciel Photography
28 Country Club Dr.
Erin Chrusciel

Logo Effect
21 Redstone Dr.
Bonnie Pellerin

Nail Party
628 North Main St.
Jong K. Lee

The Ideal Way
280 North Main St.
Dierdre Pizzoferrato

Shosana P. Fitness
576 North Main St.
Shoshana Porter

The Spa of Eden Skin & Body
51 Prospect St.
Yelena Ivanov

Toner Plastics Inc.
35 Industrial Dr.
Steven Graham

HOLYOKE

Holyoke Works
100 Front St.
Larry Bay

Plumtree Products
48 Jefferson St.
Amy V. Meo

Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt
50 Holyoke St.
Huot Ang

LUDLOW

Nutritional Services Consulting
54 Owens Way
Lynn Moylan

Palatino Auto & Truck Repair
110 Moody St.
Adelino Palatino

Roberts Auto Body
119 Carmelino Circle
Miroslaw Kopec

NORTHAMPTON

Finding Earth Works
29 Columbus Ave.
Alexandra Schroeder

Haven Body Arts, LLC
108 Main St.
Penelope Silverstein

Ken Hobby Design Build
95 South St.
Ken Hobbs

Main Street Haircuts
17 Main St.
Jessy Kaminski

Ninth Amulet
225 Elm St.
Elizabeth Beller

Sunnyside Childcare
557 Easthampton Road
Shelley Hinderbaker

PALMER

Motyka Funeral Home
2186 Main St.
George Motyka

Tang’s Chinese Restaurant
1581 North Main St.
Xiu Z. Chi

The Turtle Pond Tavern
349 Wilbraham St.
Karl Benware

Tricia’s Techniques
1461 North Main St.
Patricia Woffenden

SOUTHWICK

D & S Manufacturing
10 Hudson Dr.
Richard Sosnowich

Mark’s Property Services
45 Hillside Road
Mark Kuchachik

SPRINGFIELD

A & S Convenience Store
276 Oakland St.
Muhmmad Ashraf

ABA General Contracting
251 Senator St.
Olga Jagiello

Baystate Health System
345 Page Blvd.
Dennis Chalke

Centro de Nutricion
181 Chestnut St.
Clemente Orlando

China Bo Express
762 Boston Road
Tok Chang

Concentra
140 Carando Dr.
Baystate, LLC

Energizing N’ Touch Massage
529 Main St.
Hermenia Grayson

ETL’s Pharaohs Realm
691 State St.
Eddie T. Long

Family Pawn
461 Main St.
Hai D. Duong

Gordo Wireless World
856 Main St.
Maringel Benitez

Jay’s Nest, LLC
884 Sumner Ave.
Janette Ortiz

WESTFIELD

A Dream Come True Learning Centers
1029 North Road
Monica Crimmins

Avery Bats
77 Mill St.
Matthew Avery

Berkshire Product Group, LLC
16 Union Ave.
Scott Renius

Sisters Canvas & Custom Sewing
24 Elm St.
Kelly B. Houlihan

Trend Sound Promoter
176 Springdale Road
Lidia A. Grusetchi

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Dante Club Inc.
1198 Memorial Ave.
Harry Willey

Friendly’s
1094 Riverdale St.
Shanna Rhoades

Healthtrax Fitness
155 Ashley Ave.
Marina Lebo

Integrated Marketing
117 Upper Beverly Hills
Page One Productions

K and C Associates, LLC
92 Cataumet Lane
Catherine R. Hedges

Keuco Group of Bernardston
1299 Riverdale St.
Kevin Pernice

Paint Nite Springfield
93 Bonair Ave.
Christina Udas

River Inn Motel
55 Main St.
Ohm Namoshiray

Sibley Property Services
101 Sibley Ave.
John Alexander

U-Haul Company of Mass
380 Union St.
Emma Gilsdorf

Wicked Salon
338 Westfield St.
Michaela M. Murray

Worldwide Staffing
425 Union St.
KWLS Inc.

Yolanda Landscaping
596 Main St.
Maria Rodriguez

Incorporations

By
Departments Incorporations

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

EAST LONGMEADOW

Verendus Holdings Inc., 444A North Main St., Suite 234, East Longmeadow, MA 01028. Dominic Kirchner II, same. Management and consulting.

FEEDING HILLS

Rick’s Pools Inc., 507 Springfield St., Feeding Hills, MA 01030. Robert Fleming, 418 Wilbraham Street, Palmer, MA 01069. Swimming pool maintenance and repair.

The JW Academy High School Inc., 404 Barry St., Feeding Hills, MA 01030. Trina Linette Davis, same. Charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes.

NORTHAMPTON

Citysprout Inc., 136 West St., Suite 102B, Northampton, MA 01060. William J. Trienens, same. Connecting consumers through web and mobile social commerce platforms.

Florence Medical Uniforms Inc., 64 Gothic Suite 8, Northampton, MA 01060. Christopher Gentili MR, 51 Edencrest Dr., Cranston, CT 02920. Retail sales of medical uniforms and accessories.

PITTSFIELD

Financial Accounting Services Inc., One Pheasant Way, Pittsfield, MA 01201-9123. T. Neal Burton II, same. Accounting service for small businesses.

SOUTHAMPTON

Classic Burgers Inc., 114 White Loaf Road, Southampton, MA 01077. Barry G. Parker, same. Restaurant.

Laurin Builders Inc., 317 College Highway, Southampton, MA 01073. Ronald D. Laurin, same. Construction.

SPRINGFIELD

Conde Tech Systems Inc., 58 Edwards St., Suite #402, Springfield, MA 01105. C. Whitaker Battle, same. SIP manufacturing.

Mi Pais Restaurant Corporation, 344 Bay St., Springfield, MA 01109. Juan Carmelo Rodriguez, 95 Beaumont St., Springfield, MA 01109. Restaurant and take out.

Springfield Bone & Joint, P.C., 299 Carew St., Suite 305, Springfield, MA 01104. Michael J. Craig, same. Professional services specializing in orthopedics surgery and medicine.

WEST SPRINGFIELD

West Springfield Veterans Council Inc., 63 Morton St., West Springfield, MA 01089. Jose Irizarry, 182 Greystone Ave., West Springfield, MA 01089. To promote the welfare of honorably discharged members of the US military services.

WESTFIELD

Westfield-West Springfield Lodge of Elks Inc. #1481, 56 Franklin St., Westfield, MA 01085. Christopher J. Chistolini, 48 Colony Circle, Westfield, MA 01085. Non-profit fraternal organization.

Rhapsody in Bloo

By
Sections Technology
Jeremiah Beaudry Colors in a Successful Story of Entrepreneurship

By MICHAEL REARDON

Jeremiah Beaudry

Jeremiah Beaudry took his youthful passion for computer repair and turned it into a successful business.

By the time Jeremiah Beaudry was 10 years old, he was building computers.
By the time he was 14, he was running his uncle’s computer repair shop, and by the time he turned 15, he had started his own computer business.
Call him a prodigy. Call him a wunderkind. The bottom line is, the owner of Bloo Solutions in Chicopee knew exactly what he wanted to do in life, and was very good at it from a young age.
“My uncle, Len Beaudry, had his own computer shop in Leominster called Computer HMO,” Beaudry told BusinessWest. “He would drop off broken computers at our house, and my Dad would put them in the basement, and I would go down there and play with them. They were like Lego sets to me.”
When he was 13, Beaudry worked summers repairing computers in his uncle’s shop. The next summer, he ran the business while Len was away. Beaudry mostly taught himself about computers, as he scoured the Internet for instructional videos and any other resources he could find.
“I broke things constantly,” he said. “I’d spend days figuring out what I did wrong. I learned by getting my hands on it and why I did what I did.”
At 15, he opened his business, initially called CBOS Computers, out of his basement at home.
“It was a silly name; it stood for Can’t Beat Our Service,” Beaudry said with a chuckle.
Beaudry, now 30, recently sat in his small computer shop on Grattan Street in Chicopee, surrounded by computers in various stages of assembly and repair, to talk about his business and his formula for success. He was relaxed in blue jeans and a T-shirt, and takes a genuine interest in other people, asking a visitor how he got started in his business.
The choice of the name Bloo Solutions, with the unconventional spelling of the word ‘blue,’ was simple. Beaudry loves the color and designed many websites using different variations of blue. When he went to register the domain name, he found another company called Blue Solutions existed, so he simply changed the spelling.
The venture has carved out a niche as a resource for small businesses throughout the region seeking information-technology solutions. Beaudry provides a wide range of services, including website design, repairs and troubleshooting, virus removal, network and security setup, and more.
He has also offered advice to clients on the right computer or entertainment center to buy, and even on how best to market their products or services.
“What I like most is solving problems for people,” Beaudry explained. “I like to know I’m doing something to make a positive difference in somebody’s business.”

Web of Intrigue
A native of South Hadley, Beaudry graduated from South Hadley High School in 2001. Before earning that diploma, though, he was earning a salary with his own business, one focused mostly on repairing computers owned by clients of his father, an independent financial manager.
“I learned a lot … they were patient with me,” he said, adding that having a father who worked for himself had a big influence on him. “Having flexibility is more important than having stability sometimes.”
In the beginning, Beaudry would make cold calls to area business owners trying to  grow his client roster. In 1999, he scored his first big website-design job when he was hired by Tekoa Country Club in Westfield.
“I got a $4,000 contract to do their website,” he said. “It was unbelievable to me. Since then, I’ve never advertised. Business has been all word of mouth. It’s grown organically.”
Beaudry took a break from the business to attend Bentley College in Waltham. While at school, he worked at a local Radio Shack, which he hated. Indeed, that experience only reinforced his resolve to work for himself and enjoy both the freedom and responsibilities that come with being an entrepreneur.
“I was working someone else’s schedule,” Beaudry said of his time at Radio Shack. “It was the same thing every day. I wasn’t helping anyone; I was just selling things. I probably lasted there only four to six months.”
Bentley College didn’t take either. Beaudry found a client in Hingham, a retail store called Beauty and Main, that was expanding and needed help with updating its computer system to accommodate the move.
“They expanded from one to eight stores, and my job was to install software in all of their stores all over New England,” Beaudry said. “They were 80% of my revenue. I had a couple of people working for me at the time, helping with that project.”
That’s when Beaudry decided to leave Bentley behind and move back to South Hadley. He worked out of his house for 10 years before getting married and starting a family. Beaudry, his wife Chelsea, and son Daxton, who was born in June, live just over a mile away from his shop.
“Having a home office did the trick for a long time,” he said. “But then you start a family, and the office becomes the baby’s room. Plus, I needed a place to meet clients or where they could drop off their computers.”
Bloo Solutions has been at the Grattan Street location for about three and a half years. Beaudry has one employee, his South Hadley High School friend, Joshua Charland, an IT consultant, and more than 100 clients, about 25 of them steady.
“We try to be a one-stop shop,” Beaudry explained. “We target small businesses. We can be their outsourced IT department; they can come to us with all of their questions.”
Chicopee attorney Robert Lefebvre of Gelinas & Lefebvre has been a client of Bloo Solutions for about 10 years, from the time he met Beaudry through a marketing group. At the time, his four-attorney office needed help replacing equipment and updating its system. Since then, Beaudry has been like the office’s own IT department.
“Jeremiah has provided many services for us,” Lefebvre said. “He’s been phenomenal in helping our practice.”
The services provided by Bloo Solutions to Lefebvre’s law firm have evolved over the years to everything from designing the website to updating equipment; from installing backup systems to online marketing, and more.
“Jeremiah is indispensible,” Lefebvre said. “I’ve referred him to many different clients and businesses, and they’ve gotten the same great results that we have. For what he does, you usually have to hire a larger company that would cost you much more money. He provides a unique service to small companies.”
According to Lefebvre, what really impressed him about Beaudry was his commitment to getting to know how the law firm was run so he could better determine exactly the kind of services it would need.
“He’s reliable,” Lefebvre said. “He would research what other, similar firms are doing on issues involving security, and he would come back with recommendations so he could adequately structure our systems.”
Another Chicopee client, A. Crane Construction, retains Bloo Solutions for several IT projects, including the redesign of the company’s website, social-media marketing, IT solutions, and other work.
“Jeremiah is extremely detail-oriented,” said A.J. Crane, owner of the company. “He’s very serious about his business, which is not a common trait among many young business people. He treats his business like we treat ours. He’s very personable, very respectful.”
If Beaudry doesn’t have the answer, he has other experts he can recommend to do the job, he noted. And he is willing to refer his clients to someone who can help with a problem that is out of his area of expertise.
“He always finds the solution for us, even if it doesn’t make money for him,” Crane said.

Technically Speaking
Beaudry told BusinessWest that he’s diligent about keeping up with the ever-changing high-tech landscape. Computer viruses and other destructive bugs are getting more sophisticated and stealthy, and that keeps him busy educating his clients and installing or updating preventative solutions.
“One of the biggest things we do is to make sure clients’ network and security protocol are consistent so viruses won’t infect their computers,” he said. “It’s important to put protections in place so that, if a virus gets into your system, you won’t have much downtime. Downtime costs money, so we try to minimize it so you’re up and running in hours, not days. Nothing is more vital than having backups to your computer system.”
By providing such solutions, Beaudry has kept his clients from feeling blue — or, in this case, bloo, which has become the color of success.

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HCC to Receive $20.3M to Renovate Campus Center
HOLYOKE — Holyoke Community College will receive more than $20 million over the next few years to renovate its Campus Center. Massachuetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced a plan earlier this month to spend $1.8 billion on capital-improvement projects throughout the state. HCC’s share will be $300,000 in the current fiscal year, FY 2014, and an additional $20 million over the next few years. “We are most appreciative of this commitment by the state,” said HCC President William Messner in a message to the HCC community, “as it will address a critical need and be a significant step in alleviating deferred maintenance issues on our campus.” The $300,000 will be used for planning, with the $20 million to be spent on renovations and improvements. The main priority for the Campus Center project is to waterproof the building, said Bill Fogarty, vice president of Administration and Finance. The Campus Center, or G building, was the last of the original campus buildings to be constructed after HCC moved to Homestead Avenue, opening in 1981. The third floor was renovated in 2009 and turned into a center for Electronic Media Arts. The building has long been plagued by leaks, and makeshift internal drainage systems constructed from aluminum, housing gutters, garden hoses, and buckets, are evident throughout the building. “There is a serious water-infiltration issue that needs to be addressed,” Fogarty said. “We have plastic bags over expensive equipment over there. It’s ridiculous.” Beyond the waterproofing, administrators are considering a number of different options for renovations, including possible expansion. One idea is to move the Campus Bookstore from the first floor to the second floor and the Student Activities Office from the Donahue Building to be closer to the Food Court, “so we can have some synergy and build more instructonal space on the first floor,” said Fogarty. Another option is to move the HCC Welcome Center, which houses Admissions and Student Account Services, from the second floor of the Frost Building to the Campus Center. Fogarty said he favors moving the Culinary Arts program from the Frost Building to the Campus Center to be closer to HCC’s food-service operation. Expanding kitchen space would allow HCC to offer an associate degree in Culinary Arts. Currently, HCC offers Culinary Arts as a one-year certificate program.

Monson Savings Bank Is SBA Lender of the Year
MONSON — Monson Savings Bank has been named the Western Mass. “7a Lender of the Year” by the Small Business Administration (SBA). Robert Nelson, SBA district director for Massachusetts, and Anne Hunt, SBA lead lending specialist, presented Steve Lowell, president of Monson Savings Bank, with the Lender of the Year Award at the bank’s Loan Center on Nov. 18. Monson Savings earned the award by closing on more of the SBA’s flagship small-business 7a loans in Western Mass. than any other bank during the SBA’s 2013 fiscal year. The bank made these loans to a wide variety of retail, professional, and consumer-service-oriented businesses in more than 10 different industries from transportation to construction; childcare to healthcare. “This is a very exciting award for us,” Lowell said, “because it goes to the heart of our brand promise to help small businesses prosper. These are the businesses that drive our local and regional economies, and it feels great to play a role in this economic activity.” Lowell accepted the award on behalf of the entire commercial-lending and loan-servicing departments at the bank, most of whom were present at the ceremony.  “It was great for the SBA officials to come to our offices to present the award because it’s so important to recognize the people who work so hard for and care so much about our business customers,” said Lowell.

Chick-fil-A to Open Restaurant in Chicopee
CHICOPEE — Chick-fil-A will open its first restaurant in Chicopee in early 2014. To be located at 501 Memorial Dr., the 4,976-square-foot restaurant is project to open in the first quarter of the year, and create roughly 80 new jobs. The restaurant will seat 135 people and offer wi-fi, a drive-thru, and an indoor play area. As it does at every grand opening, Chick-fil-A will celebrate its arrival in Chicopee by giving away a one-year supply of free Chick-fil-A meals (52 certificates) to the first 100 adults in line on opening day. Owner/operator Robert Hewes has been selected to operate the Chicopee restaurant.

MGM Springfield, Ludlow Announce Surrounding-community Agreement
LUDLOW — MGM Resorts International announced that it has finalized the first surrounding-community agreement for its MGM Springfield proposal with the town of Ludlow. Earlier this month, members of the town’s board of selectmen unanimously endorsed the agreement. Mike Mathis, MGM Resorts Vice President of Global Gaming Development, said that “the first agreement is an important one. It has energized us, and demonstrates that, with good communication and an open mind, there is a way forward for all parties involved. We thank the Ludlow town leaders for their hard work and cooperation leading up to today.” The agreement will pay Ludlow $50,000 upfront and a minimum of $100,000 annually based on a third-party impact analysis. Collaboratively, MGM and designated surrounding communities will work to select a third-party analyst. Additionally, the agreement includes a look-back period on the first- and fifth-year anniversaries so that the actual impacts can be measured and addressed. In addition to the mitigation dollars that have been agreed upon between Ludlow and MGM, the company will contribute, through state-tax payments, to certain funds set up by the Massachusetts gaming law. Surrounding communities can go through the Mass. Gaming Commission to draw upon these funds for additional unforeseen impacts. MGM has been working with officials from eight communities to better understand their questions and concerns around the MGM Springfield project. As a result of these meetings and communications, the MGM team hopes to come to similar agreements before its application is due on Dec. 31. MGM Springfield, an approximately $800 million resort, is proposed for 14.5 acres of land between Union and State streets, and between Columbus Avenue and Main Street. MGM is seeking the sole gaming license in Western Mass.

FSB Receives SBA Award for Lending Program
FLORENCE — Florence Savings Bank has received the 2013 Western Massachusetts SBA 504 Lender of the Year by Dollars Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The SBA 504 Loan Program is available to help startup and existing businesses with a wide range of activities, including working capital and to purchase, renovate, or construct real estate. The award was presented at a ceremony at the SBA offices in Boston in mid-November. We are very proud to have won this award,” said Joseph Traczynski, senior lending executive and senior vice president of FSB. “Our bank is committed to helping local business get access to the resources they need to grow and compete, and the SBA loan programs allow us to expand our lending to more businesses and help create jobs for our area.” Massachusetts small-business owners received 1,869 loans supporting $605 million from the SBA in fiscal year 2013 (Oct. 1, 2012 through Sept. 30, 2013), according to an announcement made by Massachusetts SBA Director Robert Nelson. More than 18,000 jobs were supported across the state, including 8,375 newly created jobs, as a result of SBA’s lending activity. “We are very fortunate to have lending partners like Florence Bank that are so committed to the communities they serve and utilize the SBA programs to service the needs of their small-business customers. Congratulations to Florence Bank on this award,” Nelson said. Previously, Florence Savings Bank received an SBA award for the most loans to women-owned businesses in Massachusetts. Florence Savings Bank was founded in 1873 and has nine offices in Hampshire County, as well as loan offices in Greenfield and West Springfield. The bank currently employs 200 people.

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Tolosky Steps Down as Baystate President, CEO
SPRINGFIELD — Mark Tolosky has decided to end his tenure as president and CEO of Baystate Health effective July 1, 2014. Tolosky, who has served in that role since 2004, will be succeeded by Dr. Mark Keroack. “It is an extraordinarily difficult decision to give up the privilege of serving so many people in our community and touching so many lives,” said Tolosky, whose decision culminates a longstanding personal and professional plan to transition his leadership of Baystate. “But I’m confident that now is the right time to move on to my next phase, as my Baystate colleagues continue to lead the way in transforming healthcare toward greater quality, accessibility, and affordability.” The Baystate Health board of trustees has unanimously approved the appointment of Keroack, a native of Springfield, to assume the role of president and CEO of Baystate Health next year. As an interim step, on Jan. 1, 2014, Keroack will assume the additional title and authority of president and CEO of Baystate Medical Center.
“It is a great honor to be selected as the next leader of this wonderful organization,” said Keroack. “The new healthcare world will require an unprecedented level of connectedness between nurses, doctors, and allied health professionals; between specialty and primary care providers; between those who touch our patients and those who support them; between health plan and delivery system; and across all the communities and regions that we serve. I am excited to continue this great work, here in the town where I grew up, and across all of Western Mass., to achieve a higher state of caring for the people we serve.” 
Keroack’s father, Dr. Alvin Keroack, served the Sixteen Acres community of Springfield for many years as a general practitioner and occasionally brought his son, Mark, to what was then Springfield Hospital (now Baystate Medical Center) for rounds. Keroack’s mother, Mary Phaneuf Keroack, was a nurse and graduate of the Springfield Hospital School of Nursing, which became the Baystate School of Nursing. Tolosky joined Baystate in 1992 as executive vice president of Baystate Health and CEO of Baystate Medical Center. In 2004, he was promoted to president and CEO of Baystate Health. Under Tolosky, Baystate has been named one of the nation’s top 15 integrated health systems, and its hospitals, services, and employees have received multiple prestigious healthcare-quality honors. “Mark’s vision has been not only to transform the quality of our care, but our presence across the region as well,” said Victor Woolridge, chair of the board of trustees. “In the last 15 years, we have reinvested over $750 million into our communities and dramatically improved the facilities and services available to patients across Western Mass.” Baystate’s facility investments during Tolosky’s tenure include the $300 million expansion of Baystate Medical Center in 2012, comprising the MassMutual Wing, the Davis Family Heart & Vascular Center, the Harold Grinspoon and Diane Troderman Adult Emergency Department, and the Sadowsky Family Pediatric Emergency Department; recent renovations at Baystate Franklin Medical Center and Baystate Mary Lane Hospital; the construction of the Chestnut Surgery Center, the 3300 Main St. outpatient center, the D’Amour Center for Cancer Care, the Baystate Orthopedic Surgery Center, and the Baystate Children’s Specialty Center, all in Springfield, where a formerly underused stretch of Main Street in the North End is now a burgeoning ‘Medical Mile’; as well as many other upgrades in facilities and clinical capabilities across the Baystate Health system. After the July transition, Tolosky will assume the title of president emeritus and support his successor Keroack as needed. “I look forward to working closely with Dr. Keroack over the next six months to continue to advance relationships critical to the success of our organization and the health of our community, while transitioning the duties of CEO,” said Tolosky. Prior to joining Baystate Health, Keroack served on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts for 12 years. During that time, he was a busy practitioner focusing on HIV and AIDS care and won five annual teaching awards. He subsequently provided executive leadership at UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester as vice president for Medical Management and later as the first executive director of the 700-physician UMass Memorial Medical Group. He then joined University Health System Consortium (UHC) in Chicago, where he served as senior vice president and chief medical officer. There, he oversaw programs for clinical and operational performance improvement, faculty group practice management, patient safety, and accreditation. Keroack graduated from Amherst College and Harvard Medical School, and received his MPH from Boston University. He trained in internal medicine and infectious diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Construction Adds 17,000 Jobs in November
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Construction employers added 17,000 jobs in November as the sector’s employment hit the highest level since August 2009, and the industry unemployment rate fell to 8.6%, according to an analysis of new government data by Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that the new employment figures come as construction spending levels hit a four-year high in October. “While these new employment figures are very encouraging, growth remains uneven by segment, region, and time period,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “There are likely to be continuing variations in growth between home building, private non-residential, and public sector.” Construction employment totaled 5,851,000 in November, an increase of 178,000 from a year earlier, Simonson noted. But while employment grew by 3.1% during the past year, construction employment remains nearly 1.9 million below the sector’s April 2006 peak. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for workers actively looking for jobs and last employed in construction declined from 12.2% in November 2012 to 8.6% last month. Non-residential construction firms added 7,900 new jobs in November, while residential firms added 8,400 jobs. While every segment of the construction industry added jobs in November, heavy and civil engineering firms — which are most likely to perform federal construction work — added the least amount, only 200 jobs. Meanwhile, residential specialty trade contractors added the most new jobs during the past month, 7,100. The number of unemployed construction workers dropped from 988,000 in November 2012 to 706,000 in November 2013, a decline of 282,000.

Unemployment Rates Fall for Both Women, Men
WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), due to continued job growth in November, women hold more jobs on payrolls than ever before, while men have regained 75% (4.5 million) of the jobs they lost during the recession. Of the 2.3 million jobs added to payrolls in the last year, 51% were filled by women, and 49% were filled by men. Nonetheless, men held 1.6 million more jobs than women in November.
IWPR’s analysis of the December employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) finds that, of the 203,000 total jobs added in November, women gained 94,000 of those jobs (46%), while men gained 109,000 jobs (54%). Women’s employment growth was strongest in education and health services (39,000 jobs gained by women), professional and business services (17,000 jobs), and retail trade (15,600 jobs). If the number of jobs had grown as fast as the working-age population since the start of the recession, women would hold 3.8 million more jobs in November 2013, and men would hold an additional 5.4 million.
“While unemployment is dropping and men are steadily regaining the jobs they lost during the recession,” said IWPR Study Director Jeffrey Hayes, “employment growth for both men and women hasn’t caught up with population growth. We still need to focus on creating jobs — especially jobs that pay well and provide benefits.”
According to the household survey data reported by the BLS, the unemployment rate decreased to 6.7% in November for women and 7.3% for men. Among single mothers, however, the unemployment rate increased slightly to 9.7%.
The November data builds on IWPR’s analysis of trends that emerged in the first four years of the recovery, notably the relative growth in industries — such as education and health services — with high concentrations of women workers, and the contraction in government jobs and their effects on job growth for both men and women. The Institute for Women’s Policy Research conducts research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women and their families, promote public dialogue, and strengthen communities and societies.

MGM Resorts Found Suitable for Casino License
BOSTON — Investigators for the Massachusetts Gaming Commission recently recommended that MGM Resorts International be found suitable to apply for a casino license, subject to certain conditions. MGM is planning an $800 million casino project in Springfield’s South End. Among the conditions investigators posed, MGM must satisfy the commission that its business practices in Macau meet a legal standard of “responsible business practices” in any jurisdiction, and must also satisfy the commission regarding Terry Christensen, a former member of the MGM board who resigned after a federal indictment for wiretapping and conspiracy. MGM is the sole remaining applicant for a casino license in Western Mass. after voters in West Springfield and Palmer rejected casino proposals earlier this year. Springfield voters approved a casino by a 58-42 margin. At press time, the five-member Gaming Commission was expected to vote on whether MGM is suitable to apply for a casino license in Springfield. MGM owns 99% of the Springfield project, and local hotel owner Paul Picknelly owns 1%, investigators reported.

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Departments Incorporations

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

AMHERST

New Energy Regeneration Inc., 173 Pondview Dr., Amherst, MA 01002. Irvin Rhodes, same. Management of companies and enterprises.

CHICOPEE

Performance Mechanical Inc., 944 Sheridan St., Chicopee, MA 01022. John S. Dickson, 145 Stonehill Road, East Longmeadow, MA 01028. HVAC.

EASTHAMPTON

Easthampton Dollars For Scholars Inc., 34 1/2 Clark St., Easthampton, MA 01027. Stephen J. Zavisza, same. Charitable and educational purposes.

EAST LONGMEADOW

Landmark Management Group Inc., 444A North Main St., Suite 234, East Longmeadow, MA 01028. Matthew J. Kearney, same. Management and consulting.

FEEDING HILLS

Heather-Jill Williams Family Law, PC., 850 Springfield St., Suite 3, Feeding Hills, MA 01030. Healther-Jill K. Williams, same. Law office.

HADLEY

Valley Construction Company Inc., 39 Shattuck Road, Hadley, MA 01035. Peter A. Gelinas, same. Invest, hold, develop, renovate, and sell real estate

NORTHAMPTON

Drozdal Funeral Home Inc., 120 Damon Road, Northampton, MA 01060. Lindsey A. Akers, 27 Ladd Avenue, Florence, MA 01062. Funeral home.

Lyme Disease Resource Center Inc., 37 Butler Place #1F, Northampton, MA 01060. Maria T. Malaguti, same. Non-profit providing education and information to individuals with Lyme Disease

PITTSFIELD

Barnaby Plumbing & Heating Inc., Wabasso Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201. Timothy P. Barnaby, same. Plumbing and heating service.

SPRINGFIELD

Betty Laws Fights Back Inc., 120 Fenwick St., Springfield, MA 01109. Aleana M. Laster, same. To write, publish, and distribute educational materials to benefit young people.

JR Cummings Corp., 56 Margerie St., Springfield, MA 01109. James Richard Cummings Jr., same. Corporate holding company.

Miramar Quick Service Restaurant Corp., 603 Sumner Ave., Springfield, MA 01108. Khalid Drihmi, 22 Sorrento St., Springfield, MA 01108. Quick service food and restaurant business.

Springfield Auto Recyclers Inc., 148 Temby St., Springfield, MA 01119. Allan M. Bartlett, same. Motor vehicle recycling and sales.

Veterans In Packaging Inc., 48 Zypher Lane, Springfield, MA 01128. Ed
Peplinski, same. To construct, acquire, sell, and convey packaging and packaging supplies.

WEST SPRINGFIELD

The Friends of the Springfield Vet Center Inc., Springfield Vet Center 95 Ashley Street, West Springfield, MA 01089. Diane Marie Snow, 13 Country Club Dr., Westfield, MA 01085. Promote interest for veterans associated with Springfield Vet Center

WESTFIELD

Safety Restore Inc., 45 Meadow St., Westfield, MA 01085. Artem Martynyuk, 111 Pineview Dr., Springfield, MA 01119. Auto parts repair.

Doing Business as Certificates

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

AGAWAM

Antique Aces
704 Springfield St.
William LeClair

Bittersweet
1325 Springfield St.
Kyu Lee

Heather Jill-Williams
850 Springfield St.
Heather Jill-Williams

L & A Transportation
3 Beekman Dr.
Lutvija Katica

Marzano Smith, LLC
346 Rowley St.
Josephine Smith

Sergey Savonin
30 Clifton Dr.
Sergey Savonin

St. John’s Travelers
2 Meadowbrook Manor
Joseph E. Cote

CHICOPEE

Being Well Therapeutic Massage
1263 Granby Road
Alina Zielinski

Jude Craft Specialties
88 Old Fuller Road
Judith Bourne

Poor Boys Closeouts
460 Chicopee St.
Cody Gregoire

Western Mass. Emergency Electric
117 Sunny Meade Ave.
Brian Riddle

EAST LONGMEADOW

Springfield Valley Hypnosis Center
280 North Main St.
Sandra Newmann

Toner Plastics Inc.
35 Industrial Dr.
Steven Graham

Veritech Corporation
80 Denslow Road
Steven Graziano

GREENFIELD

Aerus Electrolux
40 Bank Row
MMB Marketing Inc.

BK Tile & Stone
50 Federal St.
Billy Whittaker

CAB Transportation
76 Vernon St.
Cynthia Aldrich

Dollar General
367 Federal St.
DG Retail, LLC

Grover Home Improvement
245 Friar Way
Michael Grover

Martin’s Farm
341 Plain Road
Adam Martin

HOLYOKE

CVS Pharmacy
325 Pine St.
Linda M. Cimbron

Harting Associates
11 Grant St.
Carl F. Harting

Ilevis Hair and Salon
171 High St.
Isadeliz Rivera

Mercy Recovery Services
1233 Main St.
Kevin Jourdain

Vape and Hookah Emporium
50 Holyoke St.
Keycha Mastey

PALMER

JMP Environmental Consulting
116 Main St.
John Prenosil

Tenczar’s Food Town
2004 Main St.
Malik Saghir

SPRINGFIELD

Aastha Inc.
459 Main St.
Chandresh S. Patel

American Handyman
104 Seymour Ave.
Jean Wunch

Andrew L. Woods Ties
140 Bowles St.
Andrew L. Woods

Boutique Paris
36 Hillside Dr.
Yunier Rusinque

Brace Cleaning Service
163 Old Farm Road
Jeffrey S. Brace

Bruno & Albano Property Management
261 Oakland St.
Alexis A. Bruno

Cristal’s Market
261 Oakland St.
Pedro T. Perez

Crystal’s Z and R Lawn Care
73 Navajo Road
Crystal Kelly-Reid

D & F Food Services Inc.
355 Belmont Ave.
Aleandro Mirabal

Dream Décor Inc.
756 State St.
Abdul Sattar

Game Boyz
904 Carew St.
Thu T. Nguyen

Grannies, LLC
174 Wollaston St.
Joy N. Owens

J.G. Barber Shop
176 Oakland St.
Gerardo Antonio

James Scurry Home Improvement
87 Duryea St.
James Scurry

Jasran Construction
252 Parker St.
Randy E. Wilson

JSG
22 Dunbar St.
Joanna S. Gawron

K Financial Services
569 Page Blvd.
Patricia M. Korman

K.O.C. Construction
11 Gold St.
Nelson Menjivar

Latin Gourmet
1655 Main St.
Juan J. Roldan

WESTFIELD

Bright Cloud Studio
102 Elm St.
Robert F. Burch III

M & K Lighted Cemetery Wreaths
33 Stuart Place
Carol Tessier

Sharon Morley Photography
730 Montgomery Road
Sharon A. Morley

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Beacon Aba Services
59 Interstate Dr.
Robert F. Littleton

Big Time Cuts Barbershop
2009 Riverdale St.
Victor M. Lopez

Bio Green Existence
119 Highland Ave.
Jonathan Karas

First Chance Life Coaching
51 Van Deene St.
Kency Gilet

Galleria 11:32
715 Main St.
Gabriel Martinez

Khan Heating Oil
2383 Westfield St.
David K. Frasco

Willett Quality Jobs
1350 Morgan Road
Denis M. Willett

Bankruptcies

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

ACS, Inc.
Architectural Construction
Tavernia, Lee Francis
PO Box 254
East Otis, MA 01029
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/13/13

Arruda, Edmund S.
Arruda, Laura B.
572 Old Stage Road
Ashfield, MA 01330
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/23/13

Asante, Lana
6 Acton St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/06/13

Barnett, Mychael
14 Berkeley St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 10/22/13

Baum, Alan L.
30 Miller Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/31/13

Bedore, John P.
262 Amostown Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 10/31/13

Bielunis, Alexander John
8 Sequoia Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/12/13

Bixby, Jane C.
372 Page Blvd.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/25/13

Boucher, Robin M.
245 Sand Springs Road
Williamstown, MA 01267
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/01/13

Bresnahan, Alyssa M.
P.O. Box 464
Holyoke, MA 01041
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/31/13

Brooks, Tara M.
999 Hampden St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/14/13

Brown, Donna M.
16 Lawndale St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/11/13

Butler, George W.
Butler, Esther A.
PO Box 25
Oakham, MA 01068
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/30/13

Campbell, Lori A.
44 May Hill Road
Monson, MA 01057
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 10/22/13

Caney, Verna M.
269 Stony Hill Road
Apt. G3-108
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/28/13

Cassidy, Mary Catherine
44 Maple St. #1
Florence, MA 01062
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/29/13

Collins, Todd W.
653 Russell Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/05/13

Core Fitness
St. Sauveur, John
27 Chapin Circle
Ludlow, MA 01056
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/22/13

Crespo Negron, Carlos Alverto
Baez Alvarado, Maritza
134 Union St. Apt 35
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/21/13

Crow, Karen A.
a/k/a Moorhouse, Karen
394 Chapin St.
Apartment 12
Ludlow, MA 01056
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/06/13

DAS Construction
Stein, Yanir
a/k/a Stein Schabes, Yanir
Ban Stein, Rachel Ina
Stein, Rachel
18 Fort Hill Road
Haydenville, MA 01039
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/25/13

Daviau, David E.
111 Adelaide Ave.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/18/13

DeJesus, Erica Ann-Marie
a/k/a Williamsen, Erica Ann-Marie
74 Newhall St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/29/13

Dembinske, Paula
53 Beacon St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/25/13

Depalma, Brooke N.
56 Elm St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/31/13

Drinkwine, Kathy A.
118 Kensington Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/11/13

Dufraine, Tammy J.
77 Skyridge Dr.
Springfield, MA 01102
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/31/13

Faulkner, Donald W.
4 Marshall St.
Turners Falls, MA 01376
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 11/09/13

Fehily, Thomas G.
Fehily, Kathryn M.
23 Tom St.
Feeding Hills, MA 01030
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/21/13

Fila, Christopher E.
1331 East Columbus Ave.
Springfield, MA 01105
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/08/13

Flahive, Ted M.
105 Amherst Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/24/13

Flis, John M.
Flis, Helen E.
670 Pendleton Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/31/13

Fortier, Jean R.
76 Mitchell Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01022
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/13/13

Francisco, Pascual M.
P.O. Box 1089
Great Barrington, MA 01230
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 11/01/13

Gentile, Dominick Joseph
Gentile, Lori Jean
359 South Branch Parkway
Springfield, MA 01118
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/28/13

Germain, Jeffery L.
29 Agnes St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/22/13

Gibbons, Matthew S.
159 Pleasant St.
Uxbridge, MA 01569
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/17/13

Gilliam, Thomas F.
Gilliam, Jessica R.
a/k/a Shaw, Jessica
a/k/a Tower, Jessica
P.O. Box 87
Lee, MA 01260
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/08/13

Girly’s Grill Inc.
Lind, Loribeth
11 Valley View Heights
Monson, MA 01057
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/21/13

Glace, Andrew J.
97 Van Meter Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 10/20/13

Gomes, Victor G.
Gomes, Jennifer J.
42 Kittredge Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 10/31/13

Gornall, Justin M.
Gornall, Theresa A.
5 Ingersoll Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/17/13

Green, Gordon C.
7 Nelson St.
North Adams, MA 01247
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/14/13

Griffin, Brian Patrick
7 Evangeline Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/12/13

Hampshire Computer Service
Brosseau, Daryl W.
6 Parc Place Apt. 7
Southampton, MA 01073
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/24/13

Hanson, Deanna H.
8 Acorn St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/25/13

Harrington, Brian K.
10 Lakewood Dr.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/15/13

Heston, Cheryl A.
35 Hadely Road, Apt. 222
Sunderland, MA 01375
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/25/13

Heywood, David
PO Box 675
Hadley, MA 01035
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/29/13

Hill, Stephen T.
4 Warren Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/08/13

Jarvis, Richard T.
62 Thornton St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/01/13

Jones, Jacque L.
P.O. Box 63
Great Barrington, MA 01230
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/17/13

Jose, Ramon E.
25 Talcott Ave.
Springfield, MA 01107
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/24/13

Jozefowicz, Lynn A.
120 Acrebrook Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/24/13

Jurczyk, Thomas J.
97 Simonich Circle
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/04/13

Kelleher, Timothy G.
Kelleher, Louise D.
33 Pleasantview Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/17/13

Kenyon, Mary-Lou J.
a/k/a Dronzek, Marylou J.
a/k/a Kenyon, Marylou
a/k/a Dronzek, Marylou
2038 Oak St.
Three Rivers, MA 01080
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/28/13

Kingsbury, James R.
7 Sefton Dr.
Southwick, MA 01077-9746
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 10/30/13

Kokoski, Christine Lucia
358 River Dr.
Hadley, MA 01035
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/29/13

Kumiega, Amber R.
51A Oak St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/25/13

LaFountain, Donna J.
439 Crane Ave., Apt. #4
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/06/13

Lane, Allison T.
47 Emmet St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/24/13

Lasorsa, Anthony J.
Lasorsa, Laura M.
10 Gary Place
Feeding Hills, MA 01030
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/29/13

Lavelle, Sandra G.
28 Russell St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/13/13

Lenkowski, Farilyn E.
25 Strong St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/19/13

Leonard, Joseph Robert
8C Elm St.
South Deerfield, MA 01373
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/21/13

Lockwood, Lydia E.
148 Riviera Dr.
Agawam, MA 01001
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/29/13

Manzi, Philip
100 Beech St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/15/13

Manzi, Diane M.
11 Buckingham Drive
Southwick, MA 01077
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/15/13

Marie, Leticia
99 Lawrence St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/14/13

Martinez, Margarita
116 Barre St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/29/13

Marusarz, Laurie J.
240 Lenox Ave.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/15/13

Masterjohn, Nicholas
Masterjohn, Ligia
10 Burbank Ave.
Warren, MA 01083
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/24/13

McLean, Bruce T.
McLean, Dawn L.
111 Stevenson St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/29/13

Mieltowski, John S.
PO Box 686
Palmer, MA 01069
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/17/13

Miner, Bradford L.
Miner, Virginia P.
a/k/a Perrier, Virginia L.
PO Box 1176
Warren, MA 01083
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/01/13

Molina, Marisol
a/k/a Molina, Marie D.
18 Littleton St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/13/13

Morrow, James M.
34 Cross Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/21/13

Murray, Velikia V.
33 Massachusetts Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 10/30/13

Nolin, Jennifer
P.O. Box 39
Warren, MA 01083
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/23/13

O’Neil, Todd M.
34 Nantasket St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/07/13

Opalenik, Stephen
5 Bach Lane
South Hadley, MA 01075
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 11/03/13

Orr, Sterling W.
146 Sawmill Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 11/01/13

Parker, Roger
29 Cambridge St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/31/13

Pelletier, Lori A.
34 Cross Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/21/13

Pennell, Daisy C.
2 Carver St.
Granby, MA 01033
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/25/13

Perez, Evelyn E.
5 Belli Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/14/13

Rafferty, Maureen
139 New Ludlow Road
Granby, MA 01033
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/26/13

Roberts, Darryll T.
152 Casey Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/31/13

Rodriguez, Cesar Guillermo
124 Kirkland Ave.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/06/13

Rose, Kathleen P.
16B Hampshire Heights
Northampton, MA 01060
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/13/13

Rouillard, Roger J.
Rouillard, Shannon A.
a/k/a Zachary, Shannon
20 Ward St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/31/13

Rovatti-Leonard, Angela Eileen
8C Elm St.
South Deerfield, MA 01373
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/21/13

Ruddeforth, Thomas H.
Ruddeforth, Debra J.
468 Amostown Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/12/13

Russell, Sharon L.
298 School St.
Athol, MA 01331
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/10/13

Russo, Gasparino M.
Russo, Christine M.
214 Lawton St
Ludlow, MA 01056
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/22/13

Salem, Joseph G.
65 Westfield Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/04/13

Salgado-Agosto, William
372 Linden St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/21/13

Santaniello, Catherine V.
7 Plumtree Circle
Springfield, MA 01118
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/24/13

Santiago, Joanne
70 Broadway St., Apt 1
Chicopee, MA 01020
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/06/13

Sayles, Kimberly A.
a/k/a Childs, Kimberly A.
139 Elm St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/29/13

Serrato, Joseph V.
Serrato, Kathleen S.
10 Town Farm Road
Monson, MA 01057
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/05/13

Sivard, Michelle F.
264 Huntington Road
Chester, MA 01011
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/28/13

Smith, Dakota L. Cotton
PO Box 60311
Longmeadow, MA 01116-0311
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 10/18/13

Smith, Vincent Matthew
53 Sanford St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/22/13

Snow, Brian J.
102 South Main Road
Otis, MA 01253
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/08/13

St. Sauveur, Susan
319 West Ave
Ludlow, MA 01056
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/22/13

Stanton, Leslea L.
906 George Carter Road
Becket, MA 01223
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/01/13

Stone, Cindy C.
36 South St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/14/13

Storer, Michael L.
Lafountain, Nancy R.
12 George St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/06/13

Tatro, Timothy F.
20 Biltmore Ave.
North Adams, MA 01247
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/07/13

Thayer, Virginia E.
786 Pleasant St.
Athol, MA 01331
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/04/13

Thibault, Yvette
P.O. Box 1242
West Springfield, MA 01089
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/30/13

Thomas, Jermey L.
64 West St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/28/13

Thompson, Ronald W.
Thompson, Kim A.
117 Athol Road
Royalston, MA 01368
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/04/13

Torres, Wilson
70 Walnut St., Apt. 70
Holyoke, MA 01040
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/31/13

Trinidad, Felix R.
43 Bristol St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/31/13

Vallecillo, Jessica P.
84 Fuller St., Unit 12
Ludlow, MA 01056-2310
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/24/13

Vancini, Mona A.
146 Kathleen St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Chapter: 13
Filing Date: 11/05/13

Vazquez, Angel J.
764 Allen St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/21/13

Watson, Richard W.
Watson, Ann E.
40 East Myrtle St.
Orange, MA 01364
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/31/13

Wood, Brian C.
Wood, Amy
74 River St.
Bernardston, MA 01337
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 10/23/13

Zina, Jovita B.
P.O. Box 148
Ludlow, MA 01056
Chapter: 7
Filing Date: 11/07/13

Real Estate Transactions

By
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

81 Baptist Corner Road
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Hoff FT
Seller: Scott G. Lesure
Date: 11/08/13

50 Whitney Acres
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Scott G. Lesure
Seller: Whitney, Walter A. Jr., (Estate)
Date: 11/08/13

BERNARDSTON

78 Church St.
Bernardston, MA 01337
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Celt C. Grant
Seller: Jacques A. Lamuniere
Date: 11/08/13

51 West Mountain Road
Bernardston, MA 01337
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Keir IRT
Seller: Elizabeth L. Thurston
Date: 11/07/13

COLRAIN

340 Wilson Hill Road
Colrain, MA 01340
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Jill Horton-Lyons
Seller: Priscilla A. Merritt
Date: 11/08/13

GILL

33 Atherton Road
Gill, MA 01354
Amount: $176,000
Buyer: Raymond E. Purington
Seller: Scott R. Miller
Date: 11/06/13

GREENFIELD

33 Birch St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Susan K. Farber
Seller: Janet E. Robert
Date: 11/08/13

37 Congress St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: MBM Congress Street LLC
Seller: Paul E. Conway
Date: 11/06/13

77 Congress St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: MBM Congress Street LLC
Seller: Paul E. Conway
Date: 11/06/13

102 Thayer Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: David M. Hyde
Seller: Andre I. Melcuk
Date: 11/06/13

MONTAGUE

166 Avenue A
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Stage 2 Enterprises Inc.
Seller: Dot & Dip LLC
Date: 11/07/13

40 Main St.
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Eric J. Wapner
Seller: Donald R. Loveland
Date: 11/04/13

NORTHFIELD

34 East St.
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $173,000
Buyer: Christina A. Pike
Seller: Marian A. Holbrook RET
Date: 11/07/13

302 Warwick Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $182,000
Buyer: Jonathan T. Heydenreich
Seller: Corinne Burnham
Date: 11/08/13

SHUTESBURY

24 Lake Dr.
Shutesbury, MA 01072
Amount: $173,000
Buyer: Kent A. Whitney
Seller: David Mitchell
Date: 11/07/13

HAMPDEN COUNTY

AGAWAM

533 Mill St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Mikhail Ashlaban
Seller: Mercadante, Gaetano L., (Estate)
Date: 11/07/13

188 South Westfield St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $196,000
Buyer: Ilya Shamir
Seller: Christopher Petropoulos
Date: 11/08/13

24 Zacks Way
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $389,300
Buyer: George F. Hagan
Seller: T. Russo Construction Corp.
Date: 11/08/13

CHICOPEE

24 Beesley Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $154,000
Buyer: Meghan K. Sullivan
Seller: Robert Nowicki
Date: 11/06/13

461 East St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Vincent Moreira
Seller: Robert E. Dupuis
Date: 11/08/13

EAST LONGMEADOW

45 Deer Park Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: GB Real Estate LLC
Seller: Raymond C. Legary
Date: 11/07/13

41 Evergreen Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $475,000
Buyer: Corey R. Lucier
Seller: John C. Tranghese
Date: 11/04/13

42 Gates Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $138,087
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Jason G. Peskurich
Date: 11/04/13

Industrial Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: East Longmeadow Self Storage
Seller: Rugby Properties LLC
Date: 11/05/13

17 Maynard St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $181,000
Buyer: Ming Chen
Seller: Richard M. Quackenbush
Date: 11/04/13

25 Parker St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Bruce B. Bouchard
Seller: Bernadette Haskins
Date: 11/08/13

162 Pease Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $407,000
Buyer: Gary S. Allen
Seller: Favorita Realty LLC
Date: 11/08/13

178 Vineland Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $175,510
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Barbara L. Punis
Date: 11/08/13

HOLYOKE

23 Gary Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Peter J. Higgins
Seller: Helen T. Shea
Date: 11/07/13

67 Lynch Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Martin J. Bryant
Seller: Patrick T. McKenna
Date: 11/08/13

24 Thomas Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $173,697
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Amanda K. Ezold
Date: 11/07/13

21 Vadnais St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $277,000
Buyer: Patrick McKenna
Seller: Mary A. McDonough
Date: 11/08/13

LONGMEADOW

53 Bel Air Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: James J. Fitzgerald
Seller: Mary Kelleher
Date: 11/08/13

93 Green Willow Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $305,000
Buyer: Marc J. Zerbe
Seller: Glazier, Ruth E., (Estate)

158 Wenonah Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $296,000
Buyer: Stewart E. Creelman
Seller: Barbara H. Armstrong
Date: 11/04/13

41 Woolworth St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Matthew J. Miranda
Seller: Joseph E. Pelletier
Date: 11/04/13

LUDLOW

209 Alden St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Cheryl A. Misterka
Seller: Susan M. Moffett
Date: 11/07/13

Rosewood Dr. #2
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $118,000
Buyer: George D. Rosa
Seller: Rosewood Meadows Inc.
Date: 11/05/13

385 West St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Jessica Bashaw
Seller: RRR Homes LLC
Date: 11/06/13

128 Williams St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Sally A. Zielinski
Seller: Maria Carvalho
Date: 11/05/13

MONSON

147 Bumstead Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Rahkonen IRT
Seller: John N Rahkonen
Date: 11/06/13

Macomber Road #MULTI
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $1,881,000
Buyer: Sune Monson 1 LLC
Seller: John M. Arooth
Date: 11/04/13

73 Woodhill Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $273,000
Buyer: Katherine Silver
Seller: Costello, John D. Sr., (Estate)
Date: 11/08/13

PALMER

3013 Pleasant St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $182,500
Buyer: David R. O’Keefe
Seller: John Sullivan
Date: 11/08/13

SPRINGFIELD

48 Bevier St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $146,714
Buyer: Timothy V. Flouton
Seller: Stanley S. Wiater
Date: 11/08/13

343 Evergreen Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $127,000
Buyer: Thomas Belliveau
Seller: Noreen P. Collett
Date: 11/04/13

5 Fayette St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Jean E. Frazier
Seller: Thomas P. Libiszewski
Date: 11/07/13

100 Garvey Dr.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Anibal C. Rivera
Seller: Charles R. Calabrese
Date: 11/05/13

72 Melville St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $129,500
Buyer: Maria D. Ramos
Seller: Richard Harty
Date: 11/08/13

86 Paulk Ter.
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $206,369
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Celia E. Lacroix
Date: 11/08/13

1570 Plumtree Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $150,360
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Esther Fletcher-Cruz
Date: 11/08/13

204 Roosevelt Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $145,400
Buyer: Laurie J. Thomas
Seller: Gilmore, Diana M., (Estate)
Date: 11/08/13

85 Shady Brook Lane
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $122,000
Buyer: Justin D. Roberts
Seller: Clifford W. Zimmer
Date: 11/05/13

254 Shawmut St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $125,500
Buyer: Daniel C. Hankins
Seller: Lakeisha Norris
Date: 11/05/13

95 Upton St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $167,505
Buyer: Citimortgage Inc.
Seller: Elizabeth A. Focosi
Date: 11/05/13

SOUTHWICK

111 Feeding Hills Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $168,500
Buyer: Michael Abelin
Seller: Joseph T. Legein
Date: 11/07/13

13 Hunters Ridge Circle
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $340,000
Buyer: Eric A. Ellison
Seller: Cheryl C. Clapprood
Date: 11/07/13

7 Tammy Lane
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $213,000
Buyer: William J. Chapman
Seller: Keith J. Mead
Date: 11/07/13

WALES

37 Shore Dr.
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $189,000
Buyer: Matthew J. Meldrim
Seller: Walter Wallace
Date: 11/05/13

WESTFIELD

11 Carole Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: Ryan A. Schnopp
Seller: Margaret P. Schnopp
Date: 11/08/13

31 Crown St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $157,500
Buyer: William Foxe
Seller: Dawn Blanchette-Labarre
Date: 11/04/13

273 Paper Mill Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $232,000
Buyer: Benjamin L. Quackenbush
Seller: Donald S. Bozek
Date: 11/07/13

480 Southampton Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Rui M. Baltazar
Seller: Kelemen, Renate H., (Estate)
Date: 11/07/13

422 Southwick Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $152,500
Buyer: Matthew E. Fontanilles
Seller: Richard J. Armstrong
Date: 11/08/13

99 Springfield Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Buyer: N&J LLC
Seller: Balise Automotive Realty LP
Date: 11/08/13

48 Yankee Circle
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $245,807
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Katherine A. Godbout
Date: 11/07/13

WILBRAHAM

14 Oldwood Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $339,000
Buyer: Kyle B. Laflamme
Seller: Dominic D. Maloni
Date: 11/08/13

21 Shady Lane
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Toyoko Yoshida
Seller: Rebecca Zorin
Date: 11/05/13

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

AMHERST

211 Grantwood Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Dmitri Robbins
Seller: Ephraim Robbins
Date: 11/04/13

263 Grantwood Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $210,070
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Esworth M. James
Date: 11/06/13

BELCHERTOWN

9 Dogwood Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $364,900
Buyer: Christopher S. Sweeney
Seller: J. N Duquette & Son Construction
Date: 11/04/13

50 North Liberty St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Jonathan M. Pitoniak
Seller: Moore Contractors Inc.
Date: 11/07/13

EASTHAMPTON

311 East St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $226,000
Buyer: Joan M. Cinner
Seller: Thomas Kierzek
Date: 11/05/13

Hendrick St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: David M. Lepine
Seller: E.T. & S.A. Zachazewski IRT
Date: 11/08/13

211 Park St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Anna Paskausky
Seller: Peter Vogel
Date: 11/07/13

36 Treehouse Circle
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Robert K. Eckert
Seller: EH Homeownership LLC
Date: 11/05/13

GRANBY

33 Pleasant St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $207,500
Buyer: James D. Damours
Seller: Stephen F. Marion
Date: 11/04/13

HADLEY

379 Russell St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $750,000
Buyer: Hadley Mall Outparcel LLC
Seller: ZEE Realty LLC
Date: 11/08/13

HUNTINGTON

4 Rockybrook Dr.
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Brian A. Wagner
Seller: Sharon A. Lamoureux
Date: 11/08/13

MIDDLEFIELD

25 Reservoir Road
Middlefield, MA 01243
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Mary D. Doyle
Date: 11/06/13

NORTHAMPTON

392 Bridge St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Ronald T. Blechner
Seller: Ann M. Hall
Date: 11/08/13

198 Nonotuck St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $214,000
Buyer: Louise M. Martindell
Seller: Jesse C. Montgomery
Date: 11/04/13

239 Ryan Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Shonna M. Hatoum
Seller: James A. North
Date: 11/08/13

298 Ryan Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Irven A. Gammon
Seller: Theodore J. Farrie
Date: 11/04/13

721 Westhampton Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $173,726
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Tara M. Dennis
Date: 11/06/13

PELHAM

14 King St.
Pelham, MA 01002
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Tristan D. Boscardin
Seller: Donald A. Weaver
Date: 11/08/13

SOUTH HADLEY

3 Edison Dr.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $220,080
Buyer: Mark S. Kendall
Seller: Stanley M. Jordan
Date: 11/06/13

37 Haig Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: ZCG Properties LLC
Seller: Gerald E. Price
Date: 11/06/13

660 Newton St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Jorge B. Gomez
Seller: Philip J. Sheridan
Date: 11/08/13
23 Park Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $329,000
Buyer: Lisa M. Dame
Seller: Sean M. Dean
Date: 11/06/13

34 Woodbridge Terrace
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $267,500
Buyer: Joseph E. Lynch
Seller: First Cong Church
Date: 11/08/13

SOUTHAMPTON

195 Brickyard Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Patrick J. Cadigan
Seller: Thomas M. Bacis
Date: 11/08/13

96 Valley Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: William T. Labrie
Seller: John & Alice Slabinski LT
Date: 11/08/13

WARE

20 Beaver Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $186,000
Buyer: Melissa A. Whitham
Seller: Tomothy C. Norwood
Date: 11/06/13

9 Skyview Dr.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $174,900
Buyer: Jane E. Quimby
Seller: Lori A. Cebula
Date: 11/04/13

WESTHAMPTON

15 North Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $119,000
Buyer: Mathew W. Clement
Seller: Nationstar Mortgage LLC
Date: 11/06/13

Community Profile: Hampden

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Community Profile Features
Hampden Thrives on Community Partnerships

CommunityProfilesMAPhampdenRebecca Moriarty, executive director of the Hampden Senior Center for the past 11 years, equates this small, rural community to the TV show Cheers: a place where everybody knows your name.
“Everybody just knows everybody, and everybody pulls together,” she told BusinessWest. “If somebody gets sick, it’s phone calls, letters, cards; everybody is asking what they can do to help. It’s just a great community.”
That last phrase is one heard often in this town, which borders Connecticut, East Longmeadow, and Monson, but is most closely associated with the community just to the north. If fact, the town was originally known as South Wilbraham when settled in 1878; it would eventually take its own name, but the history — and the links — to Wilbraham run deep.
Even after Hampden became its own entity, separate from Wilbraham, “we’ve always been joined at the hip,” said John Flynn, chairman of the Hampden select board and co-owner of Hampden Engineering Corp. in East Longmeadow. “And we enjoy a terrific relationship with Wilbraham. In fact, we were invited to be a part of their recent 250th celebration because, for a number of those years, we were part of them.”
The towns, through the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District, share grades K through 12 (Hampden funds approximately 25%, while Wilbraham funds 75%), including the new Minnechaug Regional High School, which opened its doors in 2012.
Hampden currently has a three-member select board, planning board, and other boards that, in addition to paid department heads, run the town through elected and appointed volunteer roles. The selectmen oversee a $10 million budget, a single tax rate, and a recent bond to cover road improvements. The population, roughly 5,000, has remained steady for the past few decades, following a surge in the mid- and late ’80s with the construction of several new subdivisions.

Gary Mayotte

Gary Mayotte has seen his small grocery store and popular meat department grow due to assistance from IGA and a loyal customer base.

Steady is a word that also applies to the business community, which boasts few large players — the town itself is the largest employer, and Rediker Software Inc., a school-administration software company, is a close second — but a number of service businesses that thrive by meeting specific needs.
One such enterprise — the currently shuttered Hampden Country Club — has become a source of speculation and anticipation. The club has been closed for nearly two years now as new ownership undertakes a broad renovation and new-building project, with all eyes focused on the spring of 2015 and the start of a new era for one of the town’s landmark businesses.
For this installment of its Community Profile series, BusinessWest turns the spotlight on a quiet town that is a community in every sense of that word.

Room with a View
One of the most visible business ventures — literally, because it sits high on a mountain, and figuratively, because everyone’s watching it — is the 295-acre Hampden Country Club purchased at auction for $1.4 million in early 2012 by the Antonacci family, owners of USA Hauling & Recycling Inc. of Enfield, Conn.
Guy Antonacci, a golf pro and now owner and general manager of the 18-hole course, told BusinessWest that what first caught his attention, and that of this father, were the stunning views from the clubhouse. But what they could also see was vast potential in a club that had been struggling in the years prior to this acquisition, and thus what had been an eight-year search for a golf operation to add to the family’s business portfolio came to an end.
The process of writing the next chapter in the club’s history has been long and sometimes challenging, said Antonacci, but Hampden officials have been instrumental in moving the plans forward.
“The town has been awesome, very open about it, and it seems they can’t wait for it to go up,” he said, adding, with a laugh, that “it seems that everybody I talk to was married here.”

Guy Antonacci

Guy Antonacci says the millions of dollars of improvements to the Hampden Country Club hold the potential for a private world-class golf destination.

The course is undergoing millions of dollars in improvements to all 18 holes and accompanying facilities, including construction of a new, 6,500-square-foot post-and-beam banquet facility that will entertain up to 200 guests, and a 24,000-square-foot clubhouse with a private restaurant and lounge, slated to open to private membership in the spring of 2015.
“So far we have 100% of 12 holes completed, two are partially done, and the other four will be finished next year,” said Antonacci, adding that other amenities will include a pool, tennis courts, paddle tennis, and a driving range.
“The golf course has the potential to become something very special,” he told BusinessWest. “In my mind, it can be one of the top golf clubs in the state, maybe even better.”
As the course construction continues, the mild-mannered Gary Mayotte, owner of Village Food Mart in the center of Hampden, is content to provide what he calls the freshest and most competitively priced meats and deli products in his small grocery store. He is a member of the Independent Grocers Alliance (IGA), an organization of independent grocers across the U.S. dedicated to helping local, family-owned grocery stores remain strong in the face of growing chain competition.
Mayotte, who has owned and managed the 4,500-square-foot store for the past 27 years, describes the IGA as a “company with a conscience.” And a loyal clientele eases his concerns about big-box competition.
“I can’t stress enough how much they’ve helped a small guy like me,” he said, referring to town residents, adding that he really has little competition with larger grocery stores, with none within a six-mile radius. He employs 25, including three full-time butchers for his popular meat department, and purchases as much locally produced and in-season food as possible.
Mayotte gives back in a variety of ways, but the most popular vehicle has been the Minnechaug Booster Club card, which sells for $10 (with all of that going to the school) and entitles holders to discounts with a number of participating businesses.
The 5% discount that the card brings at the Village Food Mart amounts to hundreds of dollars in savings a year for the store’s regular customers, said Mayotte, who said his participation allows him to reward those patrons and help the town at the same time.
“It allows me to offer a customer-appreciation card and still support the school,” he noted. “And I think it’s important to reward our loyal customers.”
What Mayotte is far less willing to talk about are his Good Samaritan efforts that get less press or attention, but that many in town have personally witnessed.
“He’s one of those businesses that goes above and beyond,” Moriarty told BusinessWest. “He has a schedule for deliveries on a certain day of the week, but if someone calls and they’ve been sick or broken their leg, he’ll say, ‘no problem’ and pick what they need off the shelf and deliver it to them. His last-minute help is really personal.”
Moriarty offered another example of good-neighbor relations. She’s received a few calls over the years from the Village Food Mart about seniors who are in need for someone to help get them home. “It’s this community partnership in which we all work together that makes Hampden what it is.”
She also described Hampden as a small community with a very vibrant older adult population. “We keep the senior center in a ‘home-away-from-home’ feel with the fireplace and the library, and we have people come in and have their coffee and read the morning paper. It’s a place to have a routine.”
Moriarty said there is not much she’d change about Hampden, but admits that, due to its almost 20 square miles of rural territory, getting around can be challenging for those seniors who can no longer drive.
Without a PVTA bus route, she explained, many of those older adults have to rely on volunteers or the generosity of residents to help. However, the town has partnered with the East Longmeadow Senior Center for a regionalized transportation program called the Two Town Trolley. That does help a bit, but funding is always an issue.

All for One
Flynn, who could be called a third-generation selectman — his grandfather served on the board for 22 years, and his father for 33 — said the ongoing challenge for Hampden, and most all communities like it, is balancing needs with available tax revenue and keeping the community both affordable and livable.
“Our biggest challenge is balancing our needs versus the revenue. Everybody has a need, which is valid, but the reality is, we also have taxpayers who are just coming out of the biggest recession in 70 years, so we cannot be increasing the bill on them,” he told BusinessWest. “Everybody wants more services, but you have to be pragmatic and run the town like you do your home.”
Elaborating, he said this is possible with the town-meeting format of governance, a system he called the “purest form of democracy,” and one that has served the town well for nearly 140 years.
“It’s their [residents] choice of how they want to spend the money,” said Flynn. “We tell them, ‘here’s our plan,’ and they can accept it or amend it, but we back it 100%.”
During those important discussions — some more difficult than others — good neighbors reach for the same goals, he said. And it certainly helps that everybody knows your name.

Elizabeth Taras can be reached at [email protected]

Editorial

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Opinion
Maybe 2014 Will Be the Year

EditorialPenWSJThe recession of the late ’80s and early ’90s was memorable for many reasons.
For starters, there was the swiftness with which it brought an end to the go-go ’80s and the real-estate boom that changed this region in so many ways. The building stopped, the for-sale signs went up (and stayed up), and the properties eventually went to foreclosure and back to the banks and their OREO (other real estate owned) portfolios to wait for a better day.
As for those banks, some of them disappeared from the landscape entirely, while others were absorbed by larger institutions, with their names lost to history. For those that survived, it was a difficult time of intense scrutiny and tighter regulation that made day-to-day life exponentially more difficult.
There was also the collapse of the minicomputer and the end of the so-called Massachusetts Miracle, and a prolonged residential real-estate slump.
But for most who were in business then, the recession will be remembered for the recovery — if one could call it that — that followed and how painfully slow and meager it was. The common refrains were, alternately, ‘when are things going to get better?’ and ‘are things ever going to get better?’
The current recovery hasn’t been quite that bad, although we would say it comes close. Things are certainly better than they were in 2008 and early 2009, and conditions have improved from just a few years ago — they just haven’t improved as much as business owners would like.
There are many reasons why, but it boils down to two things. First, there’s general uncertainty about what will come next, which is still causing hesitation on the part of many when it comes to expansion, new initiatives, and projects that can absorb space in the region’s many industrial parks. Second, there has been only marginal improvement in the employment picture, especially in many of the larger communities in this region, such as Springfield and Holyoke.
We all know from our history, especially as it pertains to the Great Depression, that when people are not employed, they are not spending money. When they are employed, well, they’re more inclined to spend, which helps companies grow, which prompts investments and expansion, which puts more people to work, which prompts more spending … you know the cycle, and you watched it happen in the mid-’80s and again in the late ’90s.
As 2013 draws to a close, it appears that we’re perhaps, and finally, on the cusp of recovery that might prompt people to bring out the word ‘real.’ The economists we spoke with (see story, page 15) were careful to hedge their bets and offer caveats, especially those related to the dysfunctional government in Washington and a still-shaky global economy.
But there are ample signs, including an improved housing market, a solid November jobs report, and modest payroll growth in the Bay State, to indicate that the economy is in fact getting healthier, and this trend will continue and likely accelerate in the year to come.
Let’s hope the projections are right. This recovery hasn’t been quite as bad as the one in the early ’90s, but it has been long, slow, and for the most part unremarkable.
The year ahead will likely see the start of construction of an $800 million casino in the South End of Springfield, creation of a UMass satellite facility in Springfield, real progress on Union Station, and other initiatives. It would be helpful if all that was accompanied by an economic expansion that touched all sectors.
There’s still a great deal of uncertainty and turmoil to deal with, but it looks like it’s time to change the music to something a little more upbeat.
Let’s hope so.

Picking Up Steam?

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Cover Story Economic Outlook Sections
Economy Gains Momentum, but There Are Still Some Hills to Climb

COVER1213b3As the director of Economic and Public Policy Research for the Donohue Institute at UMass, Dan Hodge has been involved in a number of initiatives in — and involving — Springfield.
He had a role in the post-tornado initiative called Rebuild Springfield, for example, and has been both a close observer and color commentator of sorts with regard to the many different types of development that have emerged over the past several years.
Summing up the mood, or attitude, he believes is taking shape in the City of Homes, he said, “people are asking, ‘when are things going to happen here?’”
The answer, he went on, is now, or very soon.
Indeed, 2014 could be a watershed year, especially for Springfield, but also for the surrounding region, he said, noting such initiatives as the long-awaited redevelopment of Union Station and the recent announcement that UMass Amherst will proceed aggressively with establishment of a so-called satellite center at Tower Square, a $25 million undertaking.
And then, there’s that casino project that MGM Resorts International wants to build in the city’s South End. It is, at the moment, the only bidder for the coveted Western Mass. casino license still on the table. If MGM’s plan wins the favor of the Mass. Gaming Commission, and if the entire gaming initiative isn’t delayed — or waylaid — by a statewide referendum question now picking up speed (two big ‘ifs’), then cranes could start appearing on Main Street by next fall.

Dan Hodge

Dan Hodge says 2014 could be a year when things start to pick up, not only in Springfield, where many projects are expected to get underway, but with the economy in general.

“I think we could move from hearing people say, ‘it’s never going to happen,’ to ‘I think it’s going to happen,’ to ‘hey, it’s really happening,’” he noted, referring specifically to long-discussed projects like Union Station, but also to the city’s recovery in general.
And in some ways, the same can be said for the economy itself, said Hodge, noting that after four and a half years of tepid — at best — recovery, this region, and the state as a whole, is poised for something more substantial.
In fact, things started to improve late this year, said Alan Clayton-Matthews, senior contributing editor for MassBenchmarks and an associate professor of Economics and Public Policy at Northeastern University.
Massachusetts gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annual rate of 3.5% in the third quarter of 2013, nearly a percentage point higher than the country as a whole, he noted, adding that this improvement (the state grew at only 1.7% in the second quarter) was due to slow but better job growth, rising wages and salary incomes, and a higher rate of spending on items subject to sales taxes. A recovering housing market and more robust consumer and business spending are driving economic growth and providing much-needed relief from what he called “considerable fiscal drag” in the form of mandated sequestration spending cuts and higher payroll taxes than last year.
Fourth-quarter numbers won’t be out for a few weeks, but Clayton-Matthews expects those trends to continue into next year, for which he projects further improvement to the employment picture, which is the real driver of additional spending.
“There are positive signs that private demand is picking up, and there is some backlog in demand that is now being felt in the market because of improving employment and household incomes, and improving wealth in households thanks to rising home prices and rising stock markets,” he said. “The net effect is that the economy is growing, and that will probably continue.”
However, discussion of the state and national economy and projections for brightening skies have come with a host of caveats in recent years, and 2014 will be no exception, said Michael Goodman, co-editor of MassBenchmarks and associate professor of Public Policy and chair of the Department of Public Policy at UMass Dartmouth.
Such caveats include the global economy, which continues to be weak, with several European countries still struggling with massive debt issues, and especially that aforementioned ‘drag,’ which has the potential to become significant and slow the pace of progress, he said, before using some terms more suited for driving to effectively get his points across.
Michael Goodman

Michael Goodman says the ecomic skies seem to be brightening, but several forces — some of them well out of the state’s control — could impede progress.

“When it comes to monetary policy, we have the pedal to the metal,” he told BusinessWest, referring to Federal Reserve policies intended to fuel confidence, bolster the markets, and generate growth. “But with fiscal policy, we have the emergency brake on.”
Indeed, while a year that gave us the dreaded fiscal cliff, sequestration, and a government shutdown is drawing to a close, he noted, the turmoil, partisan politics, and what he called “brinksmanship” on Capitol Hill remain, and there will be more recovery-threatening decisions to be made in the weeks and months to come.
“So how far is that car going to go?” he asked, returning to his analogy. “Given the recent track record, which isn’t incredibly encouraging, I think more of the same is the most sensible outlook.”
For this issue, BusinessWest takes its annual year-end look at the economy and the prospects for the future. The consensus is that, while this region appears to be picking up steam, there are still some big hills to climb.

On-the-money Analysis
As he talked with BusinessWest about the economy, the ongoing but limited recovery, and the forces that will shape the foreseeable future, Goodman summoned that old Chinese proverb (some would call it a curse): ‘may you live in interesting times.’
Some would use a different adjective to describe this period, but that term works, he said, adding that this has certainly been an intriguing time in which to watch the economy, discuss developments in the classroom, and attempt to make projections about what will happen next.
Clayton-Matthews agreed, and set the tone for his analysis by saying, “this has been a nightmare of a recession.”
And by that, he meant both the actual downturn, the so-called Great Recession, which officially ended toward the middle of 2009, and the often-painfully slow recovery that followed.
In many respects, it has been like the recession of the late ’80s and early ’90s — noted in Massachusetts for the loss of an entire industry (minicomputers), multiple bank failures, a 12% reduction in GDP, and an equally long and slow recovery period — but in some ways, especially the force of the turbulence confronting progress, it’s been worse.
But is the nightmare over?
That’s the $64,000 question, said Clayton-Matthews, adding that there are definitely signs that it might be.
These include three consecutive months of payroll growth registered in August, September, and October, he said, adding that, while the gains were outwardly not significant (perhaps 1.5%), they are made more impressive by the “significant headwinds coming from the federal government,” as he called them, referring to everything from sequestration to the shutdown.
“Considering all that, it’s nice that we’re having any payroll growth,” he said. “This is much faster growth than I was expecting.”
Clayton-Matthews said the payroll figures contradict, to some extent, household-survey results, which indicate that that there are fewer Massachusetts residents working now than at this time last year, but overall, he considers the payroll numbers more reliable, and he believes they translate into improving confidence and increased spending.
“It appears that both the national and state economies have been growing — not at a rapid rate, but they’ve been growing,” he said. “And that has been resulting in higher levels of employment and, therefore, household income, and the ability to spend and the willingness to spend.”
Cliff Noreen, president of Babson Capital, which has more than $188 billion in assets under management, agreed, offering this broad summation: “the U.S. economy continues to heal, but is not yet healthy.”
Elaborating, he said he has a host of numbers he can summon that would seem to justify optimism about the economy and where it’s heading, but also give credence to his belief that the healing process is far from over.

Cliff Noreen

Cliff Noreen says the economy is healing, but is not yet healthy, although it is likely to get healthier in 2014.

Start with those concerning corporate profits, which have reached record levels — $1.83 trillion — and are outperforming a stock market that is up more than 25% for the year, although this growth is attributable far more to cost-cutting and other efficiencies rather than climbing revenues.
Meanwhile, government debt, which exceeded more than $1 trillion a year ago, is now down to $650 billion, he noted, adding that, while this number is still historically high, the drop is encouraging. Meanwhile, there was more good news in the November jobs report, which revealed that the economy is up 2.1 million jobs this year and unemployment fell to 7% for the first time in five years.
“It does seem like the economy is finally getting stronger,” he told BusinessWest. Every year, we sit here and we hear that the economy will be stronger next year, and it doesn’t get stronger. But this year, it appears the economy is actually strengthening, and we should be into a better economic environment in 2014.”
Looking ahead, based on data in the New England Economic Partnership forecast for Massachusetts, Clayton-Matthews expects employment growth to continue and accelerate through 2014 into 2015, largely because of those rising numbers for employment and income and the resulting trickle-down effect, and expectations that the drag from the federal government, while still a factor, will be less impactful.
By 2015, payroll growth in the Bay State is expected to hit 2%, he went on, adding that the growth will come across many sectors of the economy, but especially construction (especially as the housing market improves), professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, education, healthcare, and the ‘information,’ or technology, sector.
After 2015, payroll growth is expected to taper off, due mostly to the escalating number of retiring Baby Boomers (a phenomenon that presents another challenge for the Commonwealth and its employers), but the immediate future is looking more promising.

Work in Progress
But while the economic skies would seem to be brightening, there are many forces that could impede progress, said Goodman, adding quickly that many of these forces originate outside the borders of this state, and the country, for that matter.
And with that, he returned to what he called “ongoing political shenanigans” on Capitol Hill, and his analogy to hitting the gas at the same time the emergency brake is on.
“The Fed is doing everything in its power to encourage growth,” he said. “It’s keeping interest rates low, it’s making it more attractive to borrow, it’s increasing the monetary supply through quantitative easing … the Fed is just trying to snap us out of this by encouraging investment and sparking economic growth.
“But at the same time, we’ve been engaging in these austerity-related budget policies,” he went on. “We have sequestration, the inability of the federal government to even pass a budget, moving from continuing resolution to continuing resolution, which injects all kinds of uncertainty into important parts of the economy, and the periodic brinksmanship, which has had such a demonstrably negative impact on economic activity in the periods leading up to those moments of truth.”
Although the Senate eventually passed a budget last week, other challenges loom. In another eight to 10 weeks, the latest continuing resolution that allows the federal government to continue operating will come to an end, said Goodman, adding that the debt ceiling is also nearing its limit. Which means there are more moments of truth to come, and they make it extremely difficult to project what will happen nationally and regionally.
Meanwhile, the same is true for what’s happening — or not happening — overseas, he said, adding that the international economy remains weak, and its overall health is certainly something well beyond the control of state and national leaders.
But it bears watching because of the Bay State’s strong export economy and its vulnerability to adverse conditions in Asia and especially Europe, where more than 40% of the state’s exports wind up.
“That’s been a growth driver for the entire state, and it has allowed us to do, until quite recently, a bit better that the country as a whole,” he said, referring to what’s generally referred to as the ‘innovation economy.’ “We’ve grown a bit faster until very recently, and we’ve had quite a difficult time with employment, housing, and other areas, even though we’ve certainly had challenges.
“All of that is driven by businesses and consumer markets around the world purchasing our products and services,” he continued, listing everything from healthcare to computer technology. “All of these things have been driven by demand from around the world, and we don’t know what’s going to happen with that demand.”
Compounding this vulnerability is the general uncertainty, not to mention actual cutbacks, in federal spending resulting from sequestration and other austerity measures, he went on.
“The fuel for the innovation economy has been not just that international and national private demand, but also federal funds in the form of research dollars, government contracts, and government expenditures,” Goodman explained. “When we think about the Pioneer Valley and its precision-manufacturing base and its reliance on government funding, the changes that are taking place, with many of them resulting from government policy choices, are putting some downward pressure on demand and creating a lot of uncertainty.”
At the same time, there are some other forces at play with regard to the economy, he went on, noting, for example, that many of those aforementioned products and services being exported but also sold in this country are enabling businesses to effectively do more with less, meaning fewer employees, which is certainly contributing to tepid gains in employment.
Also, noted Hodge, Massachusetts is facing the difficult challenge of creating employment opportunities for those without a college education, who increasingly face the prospect of being left behind in this innovation economy.
Elaborating, he said the state’s unemployment rate is at essentially the same level as the rest of the country — 7%. But because this state has a higher percentage of people with college degrees than other states, its unemployment numbers are skewed toward those who are less educated.
“This is a big challenge for the state,” he said, adding that there are several initiatives being undertaken, and a workforce study involving the Donahue Institute and the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission has been launched in an effort to identify strategies for enabling more members of this demographic to enter the workforce and stay in it. “One of the things we keep hearing is that there are some good programs out there, but they’re just not reaching enough people.
“The unemployment rate in Springfield is still over 10%, and it’s the same in Holyoke,” Hodge went on. “And the longer people are detached from the workforce, the less they see a future, and the harder it’s going to be for them. This is a big segment of the population, and it’s a largely untapped resource.”

The Bottom Line
When asked if it’s difficult to make a projection for the future of the regional and state economies, Clayton-Matthews laughed.
“It’s not difficult to make a projection,” he said, responding to the specific wording of the question. “But it is difficult to make an accurate projection.”
That’s because, while many arrows are pointing up, there are those headwinds to consider, as has been the case since the recession officially ended and the recovery, such as it is, began.
If all goes well — or at least better than it has — then that emergency brake Goodman mentioned may finally be taken off, and if it does, then the economy might actually be able to pick up some speed.

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

Real Estate Transactions

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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

642 Bear Swamp Road
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $144,000
Buyer: Sarah Curry
Seller: Andrew S. Clarke
Date: 11/01/13

Bug Hill Road
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Diana B. Taylor
Seller: Kathleen B. Kerovan
Date: 10/29/13

1771 Cape St.
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $475,000
Buyer: George Stephan
Seller: Savino J. Basile
Date: 10/29/13

1330 Spruce Corner Road
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Mathew R. Russell
Seller: Joan H. Lanoue
Date: 10/22/13

BERNARDSTON

169 Shaw Road
Bernardston, MA 01337
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Jillsen M. Deignan
Seller: Camilla V. Thacher
Date: 10/22/13

BUCKLAND

2 Harmony Lane
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $140,661
Buyer: Greenfield Savings Bank
Seller: Tenee L. Wetterwald
Date: 10/28/13

COLRAIN

78 Greenfield Road
Colrain, MA 01340
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Daniel J. Fallon
Seller: Debra J. Wysocki
Date: 11/01/13

48 Reils Road
Colrain, MA 01340
Amount: $223,700
Buyer: William K. Spencer
Seller: Roberts, Sheila S., (Estate)
Date: 10/30/13

CONWAY

146 North Hill Dr.
Conway, MA 01341
Amount: $650,000
Buyer: Michael Levine
Seller: John R. Schwartz
Date: 10/31/13

2101 Roaring Brook Road
Conway, MA 01341
Amount: $382,500
Buyer: Alan Singer
Seller: Douglas A. Hay
Date: 10/31/13

143 Williamsburg Road
Conway, MA 01096
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Gregory J. Gagnon
Seller: Nicholas W. Mizula
Date: 10/21/13

DEERFIELD

136 North Main St.
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $185,800
Buyer: Stacy M. Martin
Seller: Stephen C. Huntley
Date: 11/01/13

96 Sugarloaf St.
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $194,900
Buyer: Ryan C. Vielmetti
Seller: Rogerleski IRT
Date: 10/28/13

GILL

93 Barney Hale Road
Gill, MA 01354
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Ann M. McCune
Seller: CJD Designs LLC
Date: 10/30/13

70 Munns Ferry Road
Gill, MA 01354
Amount: $234,900
Buyer: Raymond F. Steele
Seller: Paul T. Seamans
Date: 10/24/13

GREENFIELD

21 Abbott St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Lewis S. Breitner
Date: 10/25/13

41 Abbott St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $182,000
Buyer: Allyson L. Mount
Seller: Richard A. Baker
Date: 10/21/13

46 Birch St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Alden Booth
Seller: Carl Silver
Date: 10/31/13

88 Ferrante Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Anthony J. Worden
Seller: Marsha Browning
Date: 10/28/13

25 Hastings St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Emily J. Bak
Seller: Donald L. Drowski
Date: 10/31/13

74 Lunt Dr.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $177,700
Buyer: Kevin P. Welch
Seller: Ralph L. Ellis
Date: 10/25/13

LEVERETT

196 Pratt Corner Road
Leverett, MA 01054
Amount: $364,000
Buyer: J. P. Spurlock
Seller: Ashcraft, John B., (Estate)
Date: 10/23/13

21 Teawaddle Hill Road
Leverett, MA 01054
Amount: $269,500
Buyer: Daniel S. Smith
Seller: James C. Lyons
Date: 11/01/13

MONTAGUE

4 9th Ave.
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $127,000
Buyer: Catherine M. Cronk
Date: 10/30/13

70 Davis St.
Montague, MA 01301
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: Gary S. Thornton
Seller: Robert G. Cooper
Date: 10/31/13

Industrial Blvd.
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: River Bluff Realty LLC
Seller: Town Of Montague
Date: 10/23/13

23 Randall Wood Dr.
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Ann E. Dyke
Seller: Linda D. McPartlan
Date: 10/22/13

24 Randall Wood Dr.
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Brian L. Adams
Seller: Julie A. Fallon
Date: 10/31/13

101 Turners Falls Road
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $197,000
Buyer: Jenifer L. Cash
Seller: Mark T. Bailey
Date: 10/21/13

NORTHFIELD

737 Millers Falls Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $172,500
Buyer: Manuel J. Mitchell
Seller: Frank J. Rockwell
Date: 10/22/13

ORANGE

44 Meadow Lane
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $167,516
Buyer: MHFA
Seller: Alan Notre
Date: 11/01/13

SUNDERLAND

25 Plumtree Road
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Frontier Properties LLC
Seller: Jenny H. Tran
Date: 10/31/13

250 Plumtree Road
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Cody D. Jones
Seller: HAP Inc.
Date: 10/28/13

WARWICK

165 Hockanum Road
Warwick, MA 01378
Amount: $207,000
Buyer: Paul Robbins
Seller: Helene N. Scott
Date: 10/30/13

655 Winchester Road
Warwick, MA 01378
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: Kevin L. Alden
Seller: Marian J. Ekstrand
Date: 10/24/13

WHATELY

183 Chestnut Plain Road
Whately, MA 01093
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Baystate Blasting Inc.
Seller: Katherine E. Fleuriel
Date: 10/30/13

114 Christian Lane
Whately, MA 01093
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Timothy P. Lamontagne
Seller: William B. Mizula
Date: 10/25/13

87 Westbrook Road
Whately, MA 01093
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: John T. Reilly
Seller: Gregory J. Gagnon
Date: 10/21/13

HAMPDEN COUNTY

AGAWAM

130 Adams St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Buyer: Jean L. Degray
Seller: Donna Ryiz
Date: 10/31/13

58 Channell Dr.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $156,500
Buyer: Luis G. Saenz
Seller: Arthur Vonmaluski
Date: 10/30/13

115 Corey Colonial
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Judith M. Basilone
Seller: Carl V. Franqueza
Date: 11/01/13

72 Elizabeth St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Cynthia A. Sutter
Seller: Michael A. Casimiro
Date: 10/30/13

4 Farmington Circle
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $339,000
Buyer: Julie I. Siciliano
Seller: Hillside Development Corp.
Date: 10/25/13

107 Forest Hill Road
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Melissa Elias
Seller: James P. Murphy
Date: 10/31/13

27 Highland St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Valentina Karcha
Seller: FNMA
Date: 10/25/13

769 Main St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $244,000
Buyer: Darren G. Longo
Seller: Anthony R. Brodowski
Date: 10/22/13

34 Mallard Circle
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Julie E. Pontz
Seller: Carl A. Knodler
Date: 10/30/13

772 Mill St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $142,000
Buyer: Jessica H. Tudryn
Seller: Lissa A. Menard
Date: 10/31/13

N/A
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Wayne J. Allen
Seller: Oleg Trocin
Date: 10/25/13

20 Oak Lane
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Eric W. Gaylord
Seller: Susan E. Fober
Date: 10/31/13

77 Parkedge Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $282,000
Buyer: Brian J. Sojkowski
Seller: Robert J. Carey
Date: 10/31/13

117 Sheri Lane
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $277,500
Buyer: Michael F. Peters
Seller: Jay Passerini
Date: 10/28/13

393 Silver St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $184,000
Buyer: Maria Carrion
Seller: James M. Martel
Date: 10/25/13

1040 Springfield St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $179,900
Buyer: Rejean J. Remillard Insurance
Seller: Roger S. Gosselin
Date: 10/22/13

BLANDFORD

62 Main St.
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $148,000
Buyer: Sarah L. Labonte
Seller: Franklin D. Cardinal
Date: 10/28/13

BRIMFIELD

395 Brookfield Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $282,500
Buyer: Alyssa Bochicchio
Seller: Deborah M. Faryna
Date: 10/25/13

1018 Dunhamtown Brimfield Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Wells Fargo Bank
Seller: James D. Dunn
Date: 10/23/13

101 Little Alum Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $385,000
Buyer: Paul E. Paradis
Seller: Roger I. Pellaton
Date: 10/22/13

CHESTER

80 Old State Hwy.
Chester, MA 01011
Amount: $236,000
Buyer: Jamie R. Cincotta
Seller: Leigh A. King
Date: 10/30/13

CHICOPEE

146 Blanchard St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $159,900
Buyer: Daniel S. O’Connor
Seller: Larry A. Helmer
Date: 10/31/13

159 Casey Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $119,324
Buyer: Michael E. Fregeau
Seller: HSBC Bank USA
Date: 10/23/13

35 Clarendon Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $168,000
Buyer: Amber L. Fink
Seller: Leclerc Brothers Inc.
Date: 10/29/13

120 Cobb Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $147,900
Buyer: Aimee I. Desrochers
Seller: Maryann E. Kulas
Date: 10/31/13

303 College St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $169,900
Buyer: Ryan Murphy
Seller: Todd J. Fitch
Date: 10/28/13

150 Fairview Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $205,900
Buyer: Abdullah S. Nassir
Seller: Cabot Realty LLC
Date: 10/22/13

25 Fisher St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Rudolfo R. Fossa
Seller: Revampit LLC
Date: 10/25/13

5 Highland Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $199,000
Buyer: Joseph H. Ely
Seller: John A. Moriarty
Date: 11/01/13

37 Jackson St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $208,900
Buyer: Miguel F. Ribeiro
Seller: Ben E. Williamson
Date: 10/23/13

291 Langevin St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: JKAG Realty LLC
Seller: O&G Properties LLC
Date: 11/01/13

74 Lawrence Road
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: Chicopee Saving Bank
Seller: Sandra E. Parente
Date: 10/31/13

40 Old James St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: Garland Construction Corp.
Seller: Edward L. Orwat
Date: 11/01/13

78 Sherman Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $147,500
Buyer: Terence P. Lyons
Seller: John A. McDonough
Date: 10/24/13

21 Social St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $173,692
Buyer: PHH Mortgage Corp.
Seller: Sarah A. Reynolds
Date: 10/31/13

40 Thornwood St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $192,000
Buyer: Mary Jane C. Santamaria
Seller: James Liritzis
Date: 10/31/13

1628 Westover Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $224,000
Buyer: Douglas R. Narkiewicz
Seller: Mary J. Furr
Date: 10/28/13

188 Wheatland Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $142,300
Buyer: Brenda A. Purdy
Seller: Mary C. Manning
Date: 10/30/13

189 Wilson Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $141,000
Buyer: Aneudi J. Ortiz
Seller: Quality Renovations Group
Date: 10/31/13

EAST LONGMEADOW

Bond Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $156,000
Buyer: T&K Realty LLC
Seller: William E. Donovan
Date: 10/28/13

5 Chatham Circle
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $465,000
Buyer: Michael A. Casimiro
Seller: Michael S. Przybylowicz
Date: 10/30/13

38 Colony Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Holly C. Wensley
Seller: Janice A. Blanchard
Date: 10/29/13

141 Country Club Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $577,200
Buyer: Keun S. Han
Seller: William P. Brunelle
Date: 10/30/13

38 Donald Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Anthony J. Disa
Seller: David G. Radway
Date: 11/01/13

35 Donamor Lane
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $178,000
Buyer: Kevin A. Crouse
Seller: Peter J. Andrusko
Date: 10/29/13

24 Deerfoot Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $302,000
Buyer: Rod J. Lavallee
Seller: Kevin J. Sullivan
Date: 10/24/13

111 Gates Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $2,000,000
Buyer: Phuong Nguyen
Seller: John Potorski
Date: 10/25/13

61 Hanward Hill
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $179,000
Buyer: Steven M. McCombe
Seller: Earl L. Robinson
Date: 10/31/13

72 Helen Circle
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $141,000
Buyer: Richard Berthiaume
Seller: Lynda M. Daniele
Date: 10/29/13

10 Hillside Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $247,500
Buyer: John F. Sullivan
Seller: Matthew J. Harris
Date: 10/29/13

4 Jennifer Lane
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $214,900
Buyer: Lee Jay Henry-Thompson
Seller: Rod Lavallee
Date: 10/24/13

264 Kibbe Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Buyer: Chad E. Mooneyham
Seller: Joan M. O’Shaughnessy
Date: 10/25/13

44 Linden Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $192,000
Buyer: Andrew J. Cimino
Seller: Brian R. Duffey
Date: 10/25/13

95 Nottingham Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $560,000
Buyer: Phung M. Le
Seller: Edward D. Polanek
Date: 10/21/13

130 Orchard Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $484,000
Buyer: Gaurav Narula
Seller: Frank A. Iennaco
Date: 10/28/13

276 Parker St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $186,000
Buyer: Koren D. Baughn
Seller: Ryan M. Conway
Date: 10/30/13

8 Pioneer Circle
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $206,000
Buyer: Andrew C. Bordoni
Seller: Bordoni, Larry F., (Estate)
Date: 11/01/13

115 Prospect St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $312,000
Buyer: Ryan M. St.Germain
Seller: Joseph Katz
Date: 10/25/13

887 Somers Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $204,000
Buyer: Robert R. Driscoll
Seller: Adam R. Noonan
Date: 10/30/13

172 Vineland Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Frank Vecchiarelli
Seller: Margaret A. Guzzo
Date: 11/01/13

4 West Allen Ridge Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Manuel Garcia
Seller: Dorene A. Archambault
Date: 10/31/13

GRANVILLE

1406 Main Road
Granville, MA 01034
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: William A. Fluhr
Seller: Ronald W. Haskell
Date: 10/31/13

14 West Hartland Road
Granville, MA 01034
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Jay G. Williams
Seller: Michelle J. Meyer
Date: 10/31/13

HAMPDEN

551 Main St.
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $172,500
Buyer: Anthony P. Restivo
Seller: Ronald J. Lech
Date: 10/31/13

11 Maple Grove Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $364,000
Buyer: Jerry Ago
Seller: Joseph A. Boyd
Date: 11/01/13

South Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Sheryl Kosakowski
Seller: Morton, Garfield W., (Estate)
Date: 11/01/13

HOLLAND

40 Forest Park Dr.
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $165,500
Buyer: John Gasparrini
Seller: Glenn R. Snay
Date: 11/01/13

197 Mashapaug Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Brian J. Martin
Seller: Todd O. Coon
Date: 11/01/13

46 Wales Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Nicholas B. Lafauci
Seller: Jason R. Gervickas
Date: 10/30/13

HOLYOKE

33 Clark St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Ruth Silva
Seller: Kenneth R. Stiles
Date: 10/29/13

948 Dwight St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: 948 Dwight Street RT
Seller: Michael A. Noble
Date: 10/31/13

502 Homestead Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Christopher A. Bresnahan
Seller: Karen M. Blanchard
Date: 10/25/13

50 Knollwood Circle
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $1,745,000
Buyer: Sarah E. Stiles
Seller: Susanna Rosa
Date: 10/25/13

111 Lincoln St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Scott A. Whitney
Seller: Enola Nelson
Date: 11/01/13

139 Madison Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $340,000
Buyer: Richard W. Kowalkski
Seller: Linda K. Rahm
Date: 11/01/13

161 Suffolk St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $200,000
Seller: Hemant K. Patel
Date: 11/01/13

8 Williams St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Jesse O. Kerman
Seller: Joan M. Poutre
Date: 10/25/13

LONGMEADOW

40 Brooks Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $534,500
Buyer: Yevgeniy Norkin
Seller: Marguerite B. Lundy
Date: 10/31/13

28 Canterbury Lane
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Terry Ditmar
Seller: Kathleen A. Mahoney
Date: 10/25/13

214 Captain Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $332,000
Buyer: Chi Ping Wang
Seller: Thomas A. Browne
Date: 10/30/13

117 Duxbury Lane
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $490,000
Buyer: Jerome E. Noonan
Seller: Judith S. Brennan
Date: 10/28/13

28 Ellington St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $455,000
Buyer: Brian M. Keller
Seller: William J. McMahon
Date: 10/25/13

93 Jonquil Lane
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Sundar Shanmuganathan
Seller: Charlotte Zeller
Date: 11/01/13

579 Laurel St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Michael C. Paul
Seller: Laurel St. NT
Date: 04/17/13

193 Longmeadow St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $455,000
Buyer: David A. Runge
Seller: Jonathan P. Longo
Date: 10/30/13

129 Meadowlark Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Nathan R. Larkin
Seller: Walter E. Sattler
Date: 10/25/13

52 Shady Knoll Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $168,000
Buyer: Gina M. Gilday
Seller: Andrew J. Russo
Date: 10/25/13

60 Westmoreland Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $327,000
Buyer: Maria L. Davis
Seller: Lori Byrne
Date: 10/30/13

LUDLOW

9 Applewood Dr.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Michael Vallee
Seller: Nuno M. Pereira
Date: 10/29/13

56 Beachside Dr.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $129,900
Buyer: Susan J. Gamelli
Seller: Ernest M. Mittelholzer
Date: 10/31/13

45 Cady St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $183,000
Buyer: Daryl Robinovitz
Seller: Marcia G. Chwalek
Date: 10/29/13

36 Carmelinas Circle
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $550,000
Buyer: Pauldin LLC
Seller: Irenue Freitas
Date: 10/29/13

105 Cislak Dr.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $467,000
Buyer: James Liritzis
Seller: MCA C&M C LLC
Date: 10/31/13

51 Glenwood St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Michelle E. Mateus
Seller: Jose F. Mateus
Date: 10/31/13

48 Grandview Ave.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Tara L. Dasso
Seller: Lawrence A. Tomaskovic
Date: 10/23/13

Howard St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Kristine M. Midura
Seller: Richard Z. Budzyna
Date: 10/29/13

116 John St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $209,000
Buyer: Edward C. Denette
Seller: Kevin Czaplicki
Date: 10/25/13

102 Miller St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Stephen O. Lamoureux
Seller: Edward F. Lamoureux
Date: 10/25/13

442 Miller St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $176,000
Buyer: Melissa A. Graves
Seller: Fillion FT
Date: 10/29/13

N/A
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $196,500
Buyer: Matthew R. Bettencourt
Seller: Joseph R. Jorge
Date: 11/01/13

148 Pinewood Road
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $342,500
Buyer: Joseph R. Jorge
Seller: Janice M. Sullivan
Date: 11/01/13

Rosewood Dr. #3
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Heather M. Peek
Seller: Rosewood Meadows Inc.
Date: 10/28/13

80 West Akard St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $149,500
Buyer: Pedro N. Mena
Seller: Wehner, Elizabeth A., (Estate)
Date: 10/25/13

177 Whitney St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Gregg J. Villeneuve
Seller: Jeffrey T. Braese
Date: 10/29/13

68 Yale St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Jeffrey Newell
Seller: John R. Forkey
Date: 10/24/13

MONSON

66 Bradway Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $319,000
Buyer: Paul R. Brandt
Seller: James W. Pennington
Date: 11/01/13

8 Crest Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Gary E. Spear
Seller: Richard C. Rodrigues
Date: 10/31/13

3 Ely Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $1,000,000
Buyer: Parker D. Brown
Seller: Duane R. Pray
Date: 10/25/13

MONTGOMERY

71 New State Road
Montgomery, MA 01085
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Jonathan J. Lorenzatti
Seller: Stelle, John D., (Estate)
Date: 10/23/13

PALMER

104 Beech St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $224,000
Buyer: James R. Lessard
Seller: Judy M. Quintin
Date: 10/30/13

202 Burlingame Road
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $161,000
Buyer: Jason K. Stutz
Seller: Anna Feigelman
Date: 10/31/13

25 Charles St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Denise F. Davey
Seller: Charles McCabe
Date: 10/24/13

7 Crawford St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Vision Investment Properties LLC
Seller: ELB Rentals LLC
Date: 11/01/13

9 Crawford St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Vision Investment Properties LLC
Seller: DWG LLC
Date: 11/01/13

49 Elizabeth St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Matthew G. Guberow
Seller: Ana G. Serrazina
Date: 10/23/13

8 Holbrook St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $229,000
Buyer: William H. Bulman
Date: 10/31/13

49 Longview St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Sarah M. Okseniak
Seller: Marion C. Stephenson
Date: 10/25/13

SPRINGFIELD

64 Amos Dr.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $187,000
Buyer: Bandhu Adhikari
Seller: Global Homes Props. LLC
Date: 11/01/13

226 Arnold Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Israel Maldonado
Seller: Dorothy I. Almeida
Date: 10/28/13

49 Ashland Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $141,500
Buyer: Michael J. Fijal
Seller: Carol A. Fijal
Date: 10/24/13

46 Aspen Road
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Thomas E. Dunn
Seller: Jessica M. Brown
Date: 10/28/13

111 Belvidere St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Heyda Martinez
Seller: Christi A. Seiple-Cole
Date: 10/31/13

1245 Bradley Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $178,900
Buyer: Timber L. Pierce
Seller: Daniel J. Molta
Date: 10/31/13

72 Cara Lane
Springfield, MA 01028
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Heather R. Magnus
Seller: David A. Runge
Date: 10/29/13

1663 Carew St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $183,706
Buyer: Freedom Mortgage Corp.
Seller: Marta N. Aponte
Date: 10/29/13

292 Centre St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Julie E. Belniak
Seller: Scott, Andrew R., (Estate)
Date: 10/31/13

66 Chesterfield Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $164,000
Buyer: Shawn R. Iennaco
Seller: William N. Baxter
Date: 10/29/13

5 Copeland St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Erick H. Santiago
Seller: John Walsh
Date: 10/28/13

109 Dewitt St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $159,500
Buyer: Anthony J. Zalowski
Seller: Jason D. Charpentier
Date: 10/25/13

652 Dickinson St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Huang Family Property LLC
Seller: JJS Capital Inv. LLC
Date: 10/29/13

112 Fountain St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $139,000
Buyer: Luis R. Ulloa
Seller: Wendy F. Rojas
Date: 10/24/13

44 Gail St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $144,000
Buyer: Yisroel Gesin
Seller: Saw Construction LLC
Date: 11/01/13

390 Gillette Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $169,900
Buyer: Kristin Duke
Seller: Michael D. Maynard
Date: 10/24/13

84 Governor St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $138,000
Buyer: Jacqueline Perez
Seller: Zhenhua Li
Date: 11/01/13

22 Gowey St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Robert Velez
Seller: John A. Robertson
Date: 10/28/13

100 Green Lane
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Christopher E. Johnsen
Seller: Fortsch, John J. Jr., (Estate)
Date: 11/01/13

35 247 Hanson Dr.
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $117,500
Buyer: Brittney C. Patrie
Seller: Eleanor M. Sullivan

Island Pond Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $303,675
Buyer: Jill M. Giard
Seller: John F. Daniele
Date: 10/31/13

102 Kirk Dr.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $172,000
Buyer: Ashley A. Pietras
Seller: Richard S. Silvester LLC
Date: 10/30/13

15 Litchfield St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Grace James Realty LLC
Seller: Anndor Properties LLC
Date: 10/28/13

206 Mazarin St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $180,200
Buyer: Grahams Construction Inc.
Seller: Merigian, Anne Z., (Estate)
Date: 10/23/13

66 Midway St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $117,000
Buyer: Leshawn A. Polk
Seller: Holly A. Gray
Date: 10/24/13

80 Milford St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Kenardo H. Douglas
Seller: Victoria J. Pierce
Date: 10/22/13

139 Moss Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Timothy J. Fitzgerald
Seller: Michael A. Vallee
Date: 10/22/13

48 Oregon St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $134,000
Buyer: Warren R. Tanguay
Seller: Beth Adams
Date: 10/29/13

40 Pecousic St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $134,900
Buyer: Nicholas A. Laferriere
Seller: Steven D. Dzubak
Date: 10/22/13

18 Porter St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $138,775
Buyer: Donville Riley
Seller: Tilley, Doris, (Estate)
Date: 10/25/13

15 Rosella St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $122,150
Buyer: Nydia E. Crespo
Seller: Steven J. Raucci
Date: 10/31/13

58 Sherbrooke St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $116,500
Buyer: William J. Lapponese
Seller: Anthony Mbagara
Date: 10/25/13

16 Varney St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Russell C. Pecenak
Seller: Scott D. Rumplik
Date: 10/25/13

156 West Canton Circle
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $127,500
Buyer: Roberto L. Maymi
Seller: Lloyd R. Bredenbeck
Date: 10/29/13

191 Westford Circle
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Richard Rodriguez
Seller: Leila M. Holness
Date: 10/30/13

55 Wing St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $141,500
Buyer: Shawn M. Jiles
Seller: Daniel R. Alpiarca
Date: 10/31/13

137 Winton St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $125,063
Buyer: Jeffrey E. Fritz
Seller: Aimee J. Mooneyham
Date: 10/25/13

SOUTHWICK

96 Point Grove Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $420,000
Buyer: Christopher Allen
Seller: Lakeside Motors Inc.
Date: 10/28/13

87 Powder Mill Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $148,000
Buyer: Xavier Cody
Seller: Robert R. Ferreira
Date: 11/01/13

35 Ranch Club Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $585,000
Buyer: Aaron B. Gorvine
Seller: Steven P. Beals
Date: 11/01/13

WALES

79 Mount Hitchcock Road
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $157,250
Buyer: Ruth Curboy
Seller: FNMA
Date: 11/01/13

31 Shore Dr.
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Henry F. Decoteau
Seller: Wilfred J. Anair
Date: 10/25/13

WEST SPRINGFIELD

304 Edgewood Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Jonathan H. Frost
Seller: Katherine S. Laposta
Date: 10/24/13

116 Garden St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $154,000
Buyer: Miguel A. Albert
Seller: Kathleen Riley
Date: 10/23/13

22 Hill St.
Amount: $130,100
Buyer: Alim Radzhabov
Seller: James C. Durand
Date: 10/31/13

123 Jensen Circle
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $188,500
Buyer: Stephen J. Hutton
Seller: William F. Balicki
Date: 11/01/13

57 Maple Terrace
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $181,613
Buyer: RSP Realty LLC
Seller: Robert W. Castor
Date: 10/29/13

10 Sherwood Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Lindsay A. Giaquinto
Seller: Joseph E. Lynch
Date: 10/31/13

40 Worthy Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $169,000
Buyer: Danny Silva
Seller: Debra Himmen
Date: 10/29/13

WESTFIELD

16 Berkshire Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $142,000
Buyer: Robert A. Kulas
Seller: FNMA
Date: 10/24/13

36 Camelot Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $470,000
Buyer: Ralph P. Megliola
Seller: Cynthia A. Sutter
Date: 10/30/13

10 Carroll Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $182,400
Buyer: Robert Martin
Seller: Susan M. Sawyer
Date: 10/22/13

10 Columbia St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $143,833
Buyer: FHLM
Seller: Carrie S. Dearing
Date: 10/21/13

41 Day Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Anna Michael
Seller: Stuart B. Gordon
Date: 10/30/13

10 Dubois St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $117,750
Buyer: Karl L. Scholpp
Seller: Gary D. Hagar
Date: 10/29/13

41 Flynn Meadow Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $379,900
Buyer: Robert W. Castor
Seller: RSP Realty LLC
Date: 10/29/13

6 Hickory Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Kimberly P. Michaud
Seller: Frederick R. Benda
Date: 11/01/13

6 King Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $143,900
Buyer: Matthew P. Rolfe
Seller: Adrian B. Dion
Date: 10/31/13

15 Lawton Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Richard F. Tirrell
Seller: Mary Gayle Ahearn
Date: 10/31/13

28 Linden Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $187,200
Buyer: Jon Randel Quarles
Seller: Kimberly A. Douglas
Date: 10/25/13

68 Old Quarry Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $180,500
Buyer: Christopher M. Bush
Seller: Marciano Rodriguez
Date: 10/31/13

61 Overlook Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $349,000
Buyer: Robert J. Carey
Seller: William V. Ashton
Date: 10/31/13

47 Pequot Point Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Linda M. Keeler
Seller: Saris Resources LLC
Date: 10/25/13

239 Springdale Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: B. R. Jarvis-Sipitkowski
Seller: Peter A. Lemieux
Date: 10/21/13

67 Susan Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Ruslan V. Mukha
Seller: Henry J. Stebbins
Date: 10/30/13

234 Union St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $197,000
Buyer: Jennifer Sears
Seller: David M. Jez
Date: 10/28/13

WILBRAHAM

123 Beebe Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Donald E. Libiszewski
Seller: Robert G. Skinner
Date: 10/31/13

15 Highridge Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $490,000
Buyer: James E. Rooks
Seller: Andrew F. Sears
Date: 11/01/13

7 Pidgeon Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Scott Barrus
Seller: Henry W. Lis
Date: 10/28/13

870 Stony Hill Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Matthew N. Chaplin
Seller: Silver Key Properties LLC
Date: 10/25/13

22 Tinkham Glen
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $288,000
Buyer: William J. Lapalm
Seller: Gregory W. Eaton
Date: 11/01/13

13 Wellfleet Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Elliott T. Eady
Seller: Paul R. Falvey
Date: 10/30/13

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

AMHERST

74 Blue Hills Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $332,000
Buyer: Henry E. Whitlock
Seller: Elaine P. Bowditch
Date: 11/01/13

2 Carriage Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $137,500
Buyer: Jon L. Alix
Seller: Mark A. Matasavage
Date: 10/21/13

125 Cottage St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Daniel J. Hall
Seller: Goddard, Helen B., (Estate)
Date: 11/01/13

337 East Hadley Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Zhenhua Liu
Seller: Fretsaul LP
Date: 10/25/13

37 Harris St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Nicola M. Usher
Seller: John H. Fanton
Date: 10/31/13

6 Lawrence Circle
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $559,000
Buyer: Christopher Blount
Seller: Saddle River Partners
Date: 10/31/13

35 Newell Court
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $309,000
Buyer: Molly R. Strehorn
Seller: Marian H. Ware
Date: 10/24/13

49 Owen Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $770,000
Buyer: John H. Fanton
Seller: David R. Coulombe
Date: 10/31/13

517 Pine St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $312,000
Buyer: Daniel Berry
Seller: John H. Martin
Date: 10/29/13

50 Station Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $313,000
Buyer: Alison E. Wilson
Seller: Mares In Charge Ltd
Date: 10/30/13

395 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Donald A. Laverdiere
Seller: HAP Inc.
Date: 11/01/13

BELCHERTOWN

33 2 Ponds Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Jane A. Taubman
Seller: William J. Morrissey
Date: 10/30/13

344 Amherst Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $204,000
Buyer: Carl J. Morin
Seller: Robert V. Letourneau
Date: 10/30/13

13 Dogwood Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Mark E. Burdzy
Seller: J. N. Duquette & Son Construction
Date: 10/29/13

Hickory Hill
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $343,700
Buyer: James P. O’Connor
Seller: J. N. Duquette & Son Construction
Date: 10/25/13

59 Maple St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Ivy A. Lenihan
Seller: Brian L. Adams
Date: 10/31/13

30 North St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Jeri Baker
Seller: Thomas H. Carmean
Date: 10/25/13

233 Old Enfield Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $219,000
Buyer: Matthew E. Lavallee
Seller: Leroy W. Flohr
Date: 10/29/13

22 Rimrock Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $272,500
Buyer: Michael W. Forcum
Seller: Ivy A. Lenihan
Date: 10/31/13

142 Rockrimmon St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $292,000
Buyer: Haiying Gao
Seller: Suzanne M. Smith
Date: 10/21/13

CHESTERFIELD

79 Indian Hollow Road
Chesterfield, MA 01012
Amount: $117,500
Buyer: Alice J. Williams
Seller: Grace A. Kingsbury
Date: 10/23/13

215 Willicutt Road
Chesterfield, MA 01012
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Jaime M. Berrian
Seller: Clark, Merwin S., (Estate)
Date: 10/25/13

CUMMINGTON

38 Trouble St.
Cummington, MA 01026
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Raymond R. Rex
Seller: Helen Chillman
Date: 10/31/13

80 West Main St.
Cummington, MA 01026
Amount: $605,000
Buyer: Wood Eye LLC
Seller: Scott E. Magoon
Date: 10/21/13

EASTHAMPTON

1 Autumn Dr.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Mary C. Coyle
Seller: Summit Ridge Builders Inc.
Date: 10/24/13

1 Beechwood Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Raj Kumar
Seller: Priscilla M. Hatch
Date: 10/29/13

59 Briggs St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $131,250
Buyer: Mark Delisle
Seller: Lyla L. Durant
Date: 10/31/13

78 Highland Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Walfredo Rolon
Seller: Christopher J. Lyons
Date: 10/22/13

12 Keddy St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $178,000
Buyer: Amanda Barrow
Seller: Daniel L. Routhier
Date: 10/30/13

43 Knipfer Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $242,000
Buyer: Marianne F. Foote
Seller: Stanislawa Ciborowski
Date: 10/25/13

GOSHEN

4 Highland Road
Goshen, MA 01032
Amount: $218,000
Buyer: James F. Heroux
Seller: Alyssa N. Dawson
Date: 11/01/13

174 Loomis Road
Goshen, MA 01032
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Peter F. Lafogg
Seller: Polansky FT
Date: 10/25/13

GRANBY

126 Batchelor St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Ealine M. Bergeron
Seller: Wilson, Barbara R., (Estate)
Date: 10/30/13

HADLEY

27 Middle St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $450,000
Buyer: Christian Stanley
Seller: John A. Edwards

35 Newton Lane
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Marian Chapman
Seller: Clara L. Chapman
Date: 10/21/13

298 Russell St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Buyer: Hollrock Realy LLC
Seller: Chun S. Yoon
Date: 10/29/13

111 West St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: Mark J. Krause
Seller: PDV Inc.
Date: 10/30/13

HATFIELD

145 Main St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Raymond C. Laflamme
Seller: Angela Borer
Date: 11/01/13

73 Main St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Judith A. Strong
Seller: Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield
Date: 10/30/13

HUNTINGTON

58 Harlow Clark Road
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Michael D. St.Martin
Seller: Thomas A. Luppi
Date: 11/01/13

NORTHAMPTON

30 Avis Circle
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: James A. North
Seller: Daniel A. Gingras
Date: 11/01/13

73 Bridge St.
Northampton, MA 01039
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Tamar Shadur RET
Seller: JEM RT
Date: 10/29/13

145 Chestnut St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $369,000
Buyer: Marie Helene Charlap
Seller: Katheleen F. Jerome
Date: 10/25/13

149 Elm St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $823,526
Buyer: ADB 1 Properties LLC
Seller: Noho Partners LLP
Date: 10/31/13

36 Highland Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $297,000
Buyer: Andrea L. Garon
Seller: Elizabeth B. Fitzpatrick
Date: 10/25/13

Moser St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Wright Builders Inc.
Seller: Hospital Hill Development LLC
Date: 10/24/13

86 Moser St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $504,172
Buyer: K. M. Pastrich-Klemer
Seller: Kent Pecoy & Sons Construction
Date: 10/29/13

139 Nonotuck St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Lisa H. Henderson
Seller: Kregg C. Strehorn
Date: 10/24/13

184 North Elm St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $391,800
Buyer: Brian A. Hagan
Seller: James J. Young
Date: 10/31/13

15 Nutting Ave.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Jonathan D. Weil
Seller: Shirley M. Rodgers
Date: 11/01/13

247 Riverside Dr.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Daniel K. Dacri
Seller: Philip Perrault LT
Date: 10/25/13

334 Spring St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $241,000
Buyer: Jonathan Langmuir
Seller: Weigele, Louis C., (Estate)
Date: 10/25/13

74 Straw Ave.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $309,000
Buyer: Jane Myers
Seller: Brian A. Hagan
Date: 10/31/13

SOUTH HADLEY

47 Boynton Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $162,500
Buyer: David R. Michaud
Seller: Tammy Koske
Date: 10/31/13

96 College St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $322,500
Buyer: Susan R. Carson
Seller: Pitt, Sallie H., (Estate)
Date: 10/28/13

24 High St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Allen G. Croteau
Seller: Jeffrey Labrecque
Date: 10/31/13

9 Hunter Terrace
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $182,000
Buyer: Sara J. Whitcomb
Seller: Matthew P. Ryczek
Date: 10/30/13

31 Lathrop St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Alan J. Anischik
Seller: Michael Forcum
Date: 10/31/13

4 Los Angeles St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Joshua H. Cloutier
Seller: Bocon, Frances, (Estate)
Date: 10/31/13

29 Queen Circle
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Lorraine R. Bail
Seller: Carlotta D. Michel
Date: 11/01/13

303 River Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Richard F. Marjanski
Seller: Wallace, Karen A., (Estate)
Date: 10/25/13

26 River Lodge Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $343,000
Buyer: Kari B. Kastango
Seller: Patrick J. Spring
Date: 10/29/13

29 San Souci Dr.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Buyer: Sean M. Dean
Seller: Carolyn J. Anischik
Date: 10/25/13

72 School St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Brian Duffey
Seller: Viviane A. Wailgum
Date: 10/24/13

57 Searle Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $207,000
Buyer: Cheryl C. Danek
Seller: Vincent M. Muto
Date: 10/25/13

18 Waite Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $299,900
Buyer: John Courtney
Seller: Daniel R. Cantin
Date: 11/01/13

SOUTHAMPTON

42 Bissonnette Circle
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $439,900
Buyer: Robert P. Korpela
Seller: G&F Custom Built Homes
Date: 10/22/13

30 Gilbert Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $312,000
Buyer: Paul M. Furgal
Seller: Jacinthe Giroux-Slavas
Date: 10/25/13

27 Helen Dr.
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Anthony Fedirko
Seller: Barcomb & Buteau FT
Date: 10/30/13

74 Pleasant St.
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $146,000
Buyer: Nicholas M. Simonich
Seller: Robert Barcomb
Date: 11/01/13

85 Pleasant St.
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $529,900
Buyer: Vanderberghe FT
Seller: James F. Boyle
Date: 10/31/13

153 Pomeroy Meadow Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: James Boyle
Seller: Daniel H. Kowal
Date: 10/24/13

WARE

136 Church St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Natasha Bourdeau
Seller: Beatrice L. Pajak
Date: 11/01/13

2 Desantis Dr.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $223,000
Buyer: Christopher Proulx
Seller: Daniel D. Slattery
Date: 10/31/13

83 Fisherdick Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Michael Jackson
Seller: Frederick J. Shea
Date: 10/30/13

33 Greenwich Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $167,900
Buyer: Tyler J. Siegel
Seller: Mary E. Stelmokas
Date: 10/30/13

86 Greenwich Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Aileen R. Kelly
Seller: Stasia Wroblicki
Date: 10/25/13

258 Malboeuf Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $425,000
Buyer: Hampshire East Properties LLC
Seller: D. C. Fontaine-Pincince
Date: 11/01/13

WESTHAMPTON

77 Laurel Hill Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $372,000
Buyer: Patricia L. Reidhead
Seller: Barbara Suddaby
Date: 10/28/13

56 Reservoir Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Rebecca Cummings
Seller: UMass Five College Credit Union
Date: 10/31/13

56 Reservoir Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $277,273
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Jeremy J. Majewski
Date: 10/25/13

WILLIAMSBURG

94 Mountain St.
Williamsburg, MA 01062
Amount: $534,000
Buyer: Glen W. Moon
Seller: Brian B. Alstadt
Date: 10/23/13

WORTHINGTON

44 Old Main Road
Worthington, MA 01098
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Brian G. Longley
Seller: Zenon J. Dastous
Date: 10/30/13

Doing Business as Certificates

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DBA Certificates Departments

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

AGAWAM

Almighty Sports
322 Meadow St.
Larry Garlington

Annie Lou’s Bungalow Chic
347 North Westfield St.
Judy Cusano

Crossfit Blue Diamond
270 Main St.
Jennifer Matos

Division 7 Management
39 Tanglewood Lane
Michelle Heim-Balch

JM Contractors
83 Fairview St.
Justin Mercieri

Mary Kay
172 School St.
Karen Melloni

Rick’s Pools Inc.
507 Springfield St.
Robert A. Fleming

Western Mass Vinyl Siding
430 Main St.
Paul Lafromboise

CHICOPEE

Happy Green Clean
80 Billings St.
Amber N. Deshaies

Lacasse Document Service
40 Mount Vernon St.
Margaret Lacasse

Lynch Service
12 Wawel St.
Edward Lynch

T.J.N. Entertainment
51 Lincoln St.
Timothy Noonan

EAST LONGMEADOW

Danny’s PC Repair
624 North Main St.
Minh Vien

Nail Party
628 North Main St.
Kwan Jong

The Spa of Eden Skin & Body
51 Prospect St.
Yelena Ivanov

GREENFIELD

Andy’s & The Oak Shoppe
352 Deerfield St.
Easton Finn Moore, Inc.

Facey Plumbing & Heating Inc.
305 Wells St.
David Facey

Funeral Consumers Alliance
174 Wells St.
Carol Coan

Plum
192 Main St.
Carrie Timberlake

Stebbins Construction
14 Chapman St.
Joshua Stebbins

Taproot Psychotherapy
25 Bank Row
Alexandra Osterman

HOLYOKE

Calendar Store
50 Holyoke St.
Saira Chaudhry

Colorful Loom
50 Holyoke St.
Galib Musallimov

M’s Essentials
50 Holyoke St.
Emilie Brodeur

One Stop Liquor Store
161 Suffolk St.
Mita Patel

Perennial Solution
145 Brown Ave.
Eric Toensmeier

Sam’s Food Store
515 High St.
Niles E. Waller

PALMER

American Woodworks
4022 Main St.
Roger Barnes

Joyce Skowyra Photography
5 Robinson Road
Joyce Skowyra

SPRINGFIELD

Linguistic Line
32 Ashmun St.
Lydia Lopez

Lozada’s Auto Sales
86 Boston Road
Daniel Lozada

Majestic Wireless
444 Chestnut St.
Felipe DeJesus

Maria’s Cleaning
36 Kensington Ave.
Maria O. Gonzalez

Mars Real Properties
249 Cooley St.
Mario Tascon

Miramar Quick Service
1762 Boston Road
Khalid Drihmi

Mundo Mobile 2 Wireless
712 Boston Road
Rafael Dominguez

O.F. Welker Inc.
1800 Allen St.
Otto F. Welker

Oral Shades Center
1795 Main St.
Imad Awkal

Perez Cleaning Services
855 Liberty St.
Petronila Perez

Precision Numerics
101 Cliftwood St.
Robert W. Drago

Professional Meats of New England
100 Brandon Ave.
David J. Smith

Riya Bansri Inc.
969 Berkshire Ave.
Chandresh S. Patel

RevStar Bowling Universal
41 Amherst St.
Edrian D. Singleton

T & S Professional Service
668 Dickinson St.
Son T. Vo

The Spot
445 Main St.
Michael Ortiz

Value Discount Inc.
794 Sate St.
Abdul Sattar

White Glove Cleaning
28 Beaumont Terrace
Chandler Daniels

WESTFIELD

2 Owls LAX
85 Hillcrest Circle
Richard Gendreau

Ambient Conditions
11 Day Ave.
Glenn Farrelly

United American Muslim Association of Western Mass.
246 Elm St.
Farzaan Mufeed

Walter’s Fin Frames
55 North Elm St.
Walter C. Samwell

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Advanced Towing
174 Kings Highway
Andrew Conner

Backyard Bar & Grille
1506 Riverdale St.
Jeanette Norman

Cassandra Murray
10 Central St.
Cassandra Murray

Dunamis Express
20 Hampden St.
Elmira Usmonova

Maids on Call, LLC
1680 Riverdale St.
Maryann Scussel

Rossen & Sons Landscaping
37 Squassick Road
Ronald O. Rossen

Westside Cuts
84 Westfield St.
Erik J. Berrios

Incorporations

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Departments Incorporations

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

AMH2ERST

From A Birdie Inc., 87 East Pleasant St., Apt. B, Amherst, MA 01002. Agustin Schapira, same. Development, marketing and sale of consumer goods.

CHICOPEE

Confraternidad De Iglesias Del Salvador: Nueva Jerusalen, 237 Hampden St., Chicopee, MA 01013. Saul Ramos, 4711 West 125th St., Cleveland, OH 44135. A fraternity of churches.

EAST LONGMEADOW

Jelescheff Law, P.C., 337 Somers Road, East Longmeadow, MA 01028. Scott Jelescheff, same. Law office.

FEEDING HILLS

Bluestone Insurance Inc., 1325 Springfield, St. Unit 15(6), Feeding Hills, MA 01030. Brett Ralph, 233 North Stone St., West Suffield, CT 06093. Insurance agency.

HOLYOKE

Bialas Custom Interiors Inc., 68 Winter St., Holyoke, MA 01040. Adam Bialas, same. Interior construction and finish work.

NORTHAMPTON

Mayflower Naturals Corp., 10 Highland Ave., Northampton, MA 01060. Joshua Bell, same. Antiquarian, historical, literary, scientific, medical, chiropractic, artistic, monumental or musical purpose.

Mayflower Organix Corp., 10 Highland Ave., Northampton, MA 01060. Jana Edelbaum, 17 East 80th St., New York, 10075. Antiquarian, historical, literary, scientific, medical, chiropractic, artistic, monumental, or musical purpose.

PITTSFIELD

MPS Media Inc., 75 Sherwood Dr., Pittsfield, MA 01201. Andrew Schneider, same. Television production, management, and consulting.

Pittsfield Engineering Corporation, 777 West St., Pittsfield, MA 01201. Christine McCrery, same. Industrial services.

Star Tag Inc., 26 Dunham Mall, Pittsfield, MA 01201. Bi Wang, same. Transportation.

SOUTH HADLEY

Construction Labor Unlimited Inc., 17 Forest Dr., South Hadley, MA 01075. Jesus Rodriguez, 273 Roger St., South Hadley, MA 01075. Commercial construction contractor.

SOUTHAMPTON

Pizza 99 Co. Inc., 15J College Highway, Southampton, MA 01073. John Diamandakis, same. Bar and restaurant.

SPRINGFIELD

The Law Offices of David J. Lemasa P.C., 83 State St., Springfield, MA 01103. David Lemasa, 1409 Sunfield Dr., South Windsor, CT 06074. Law.

TSMD Consulting Inc., 73 State St., Suite 310, Springfield, MA 01103. Thomas Spencer, 22 Myrtle Ave., Holyoke, MA 01040. Consulting for horticulture industry.

Way Community Baptist Church, 18 East Alvord St., Springfield, MA 01108. Rev. Viola McCoy Pastor, same. To preserve the Baptist faith, through worship service, Christian education, choir, and community outreach ministry.

World Concrete Contractors Inc., 1655 Main St., Springfield, MA 01103. Santos Rodriguez Gonzalez, same. Concrete solution and construction.

Xtrem Radio Victoria Inc., 26 Haskin St., Springfield, MA 01109. Wilfred Hernandez, same. Civic social education of religion.

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Pioneer Flooring Solutions, 116 Grandview Ave., West Springfield, MA 01089. John Spano, same. Construction and flooring contractor.

Wise Truck Inc., 202 Day St., West Springfield, MA 01089. Sergey Mudry. 900 Morgan Road, West Springfield, MA 01089. Truck service.

WILBRAHAM

Paramount Construction ABC Inc., 35 Springfield St., Wilbraham, MA 01095. John Pappanikou, same. Construction and contractor.

Briefcase

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Briefcase Departments

State’s Jobless Rate Remains Above 7%
BOSTON — The state’s unemployment rate remained above 7% for the fourth consecutive month in October as the Commonwealth’s expansion continued what has been a slow advance. The jobless rate rose to 7.2% in October, compared with 7.1% in September and 7.2% in August, according to the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. The U.S. unemployment rate was 7.3% for October. Massachusetts added 9,100 jobs in October after increasing payrolls by 9,400 positions in September, the state reported. However, those gains were not enough to put a dent in unemployment, analysts said. The automatic federal budget cuts known as sequestration, which went into effect earlier this year, have disproportionately hurt Massachusetts, due to its high concentration of industries that rely on such funding, such as defense, healthcare, and scientific research, experts noted. The leisure and hospitality sector, which includes hotels and restaurants, led October’s job gains, adding 3,200 positions. Trade, transportation, and utilities gained 2,500 jobs, and the education and health services sector added 1,900 jobs. Construction jobs have grown steadily, adding 1,300 jobs in the month and 6,300 over the past year, a 5.5% increase. The financial activities sector added 600 jobs in October, and the professional, scientific, and business services sector gained only 600 jobs. Manufacturing lost 1,400 jobs over the month, and government employers cut 200 jobs.

Senate Backs Minimum-wage Hike; House Considering Vote
BOSTON — The state Senate voted overwhelmingly late last month to raise the state’s minimum wage from $8 per hour to $11 per hour over three years, putting the Commonwealth on track for the highest such pay in the nation. The Senate voted 32-7 to approve the increase. The measure calls for $1 increases on July 1 in the next three years. House leaders are balking at the proposal, however, warning that it would be a mistake unless the state also cuts costs for businesses by overhauling the state’s unemployment-insurance system. “Right now, the whole proposal, as far as we’re concerned, is in flux,” Speaker Joe DeLeo told the Boston Globe, adding that he expects a vote in the House will wait until at least January.

Governor Pledges $200m for I-91 Viaduct Work
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Deval Patrick announced $200 million late last month to replace a section of the I-91 viaduct in downtown Springfield, but told the audience at an Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield luncheon that the 2½-year project is only one step toward taking that section of the highway to grade level — or below. “It’s a great opportunity for the city and region to restore the connection of the downtown and riverfront,” Patrick told those assembled. The city’s mayor, Domenic Sarno, said the project could have a potentially huge impact on the city, and said he’s asked the state to think big. “Stay tuned,” he told the audience. “I want something bold and visionary.”

Millford Voters Latest to Say ‘No’ to a Casino
MILFORD — Voters in Milford became the latest in the state to turn thumbs down to a casino plan late last month, rejecting a $1 billion proposal involving Foxwoods by a nearly 2-1 margin. The agreement, which would have allowed the casino giant access to a resort on 187 acres off Interstate 495, was defeated by a vote of 65% to 35%. Voters in Milford thus joined those in West Springfield, Palmer, East Boston, and other cities and towns that have rejected casinos in their communities.

Tower Square Chosen for UMass Satellite Facility
SPRINGFIELD — UMass Amherst officials have chosen Tower Square in downtown Springfield as the site of what’s being called a “satellite center,” which is due to be open for the start of the fall semester in 2014. The facility will be known as “UMass Springfield.” At an elaborate press conference staged in the Tower Square concourse, university, state, and city officials announced that the MassMutual-owned facility had prevailed in a months-long competition to host the satellite facility. The other locations to submit bids were Harrison Place, 1350 Main St. (One Financial Plaza), and the Peter Pan bus terminal. The center will include academic programs to be offered by the UMass campuses in conjunction with UMass Online and UMass Amherst’s Springfield programs.

WSU Trustees Name Interim President
WESTFIELD — Westfield State University trustees have named Elizabeth Preston, vice president of Student Affairs, as the school’s interim president, following the resignation early last month of embattled president Evan Dobelle.  Preston will serve until a permanent president is selected, a process that university board of trustees chairman John Flynn expects will take at least until the end of the school year to complete.

Mohegan Sun, Suffolk Downs to Team Up for Revere Casino Bid
BOSTON — Connecticut casino giant Mohegan Sun has agreed to join a Suffolk Downs casino bid in Revere, giving both parties in that entity a second chance to win big in the competition for coveted casino licenses. Mohegan Sun had spent the past five years trying to win the rights to build a casino off the Mass. Turnpike exit in Palmer, but voters there rejected a host-community agreement at a Nov. 5 referendum vote. Meanwhile, Suffolk Downs saw voters in East Boston reject plans to build a casino on track-owned land in that community. Track officials later reworked their plans — placing the casino entirely on land in neighboring Revere, which approved a casino referendum — and commenced a search for a new partner after Caesars Entertainment was asked to bow out amid questions and concerns posed by the Mass. Gaming Commission.

Season of Hope

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Restaurants Sections
Despite Challenges, Local Restaurateurs Have a Positive Outlook for the Holidays

Victor Bruno

Victor Bruno has successfully paired meet-and-greet and food-sampling efforts to bolster his restaurant’s promotional card program.

Victor Bruno has never run from hard work.
As a young boy, he sold cans of soda at the Italian Festival in Springfield’s South End, making a nice profit for pocket change. Fast-forward 30 or so years to 2011, when he used the most basic form of grass-roots marketing — the meet and greet, and food sampling — to brand his barely year-old Worthington Street restaurant, Adolfo’s Ristorante, an homage to his late father.
Bruno and two of his employees spent four weekends in the West Springfield and Enfield Costco locations offering samples of his stuffed mushrooms to promote his new venture through the Costco discount gift-card program.
“I was there from when the store opened until I ran out of mushroom caps each time, and I met thousands, and I mean thousands, of people, and we would talk about the restaurant and downtown Springfield,” Bruno recalled.
He heard it all, and the most pervasive issue was the perception that Springfield isn’t safe anymore. “But I told them, it’s the entertainment district, and we have valet parking and good lighting; you’ll have a great meal — and I’ve seen thousands of those cards come back.”
Bruno knows the restaurant business is one barometer of how willing the public is to indulge in discretionary spending. With the all-important holiday shopping season just beginning, there is some cautious optimism among the restaurateurs that BusinessWest spoke with, although it was tempered with concern about what will be a short holiday shopping season.
“Sadly, this was the latest Thanksgiving possible; we’ve lost a week of shopping time, and that hurts all restaurants,” said Robert Luz, president and CEO of the Mass. Restaurant Association (MRA). “But we continue to extricate ourselves from the Great Recession, and generally speaking, we’re starting to come out of this, and consumers are a little bit more confident about spending dollars.”
Bob Luz

In spite of a shortened selling season due to a late Thanksgiving, Bob Luz says, consumers are more confident to spend.

Luz expects holiday sales to be flat or in the negative, mostly due to that lost week. His organization offers business assistance to restaurant-industry members — most importantly legislative advocacy. According to Luz, as restaurateurs get through this shorter holiday season, they have a potentially disparaging issue looming with a recent bill that just passed the Senate and is headed toward the House that could raise not only the minimum wage for all industries, but also the base of tipped wages for waiters and waitresses in the restaurant industry, increasing their minimum wages by 71% (more on this later).
For the restaurateur, food-price increases are only the beginning; city taxes, property insurance, workers’ comp, and liquor-liability costs are also increasing. “There’s only so much you can get from a stone,” said Bruno. “And all businesses have some of these costs, too. But in the restaurant business, we’re working with a profit margin of nickels and dimes.”
For this issue’s focus on restaurants, BusinessWest talked with some industry veterans about the holiday season ahead, as well as the much bigger picture — the challenging environment in which they’re operating and the prospects for improvement.

Main Menu
As if the Great Recession and recent food-price increases weren’t enough for local restaurateurs, a week before Thanksgiving, Senate President Therese Murray advanced a plan to raise the minimum wage from $8 to $11 per hour over the next three years. The Senate voted for that wage increase, and Luz of the MRA was prepared for that hike, which would certainly affect any business owner.
But in the same session, the Senate also voted to increase the minimum wage for tipped employees to half the minimum wage. With the tipped wage currently at $2.63 per hour, it would now force restaurateurs to pay them $4.50 per hour this year, a 71% increase, which will continue to increase over the next two years.
“It’s been frozen since 1999, because it works,” Luz said. “Over that time period, waiters’ and waitresses’ wages naturally increased because of menu inflation and because we educated our members’ employees to declare all of their tips.”
Technically, Luz said, employers have to meet the current minimum wage for those waiters and waitresses whose declared tips don’t equal current minimum wage, but that is rare because they usually do make solid tips. Waiters and waitresses in Massachusetts, he went on, are already paid the most in the country, as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that they earned an average hourly wage of $13.13 in 2012, when tips are factored in. Should this new increase for tipped employees pass, employers will be footing yet another increase for something that Luz said doesn’t need a separate increase.
The MRA offers its members information sharing, education and training, forums for networking, cost-cutting group-discount opportunities, and, most importantly, legislative advocacy.
“The restaurant business is highly labor-intensive, and when you affect wages like that, it’s dramatic,” Luz said. “We’re the entry-level point for a lot of jobs, but the business has a razor-thin bottom line.”
Luz added that the MRA is working to finalize a formal strategy to fight this matter in the Legislature.  But heading into the holiday season, there are significant issues that already exist for the network of Western Mass. restaurateurs.
For the past 14 years, Chris Brunelle has been the owner of Pinocchio’s Ristorante (formerly in Amherst, now in Three Rivers), and is also general manager of the new Bistro 21 at the Cold Spring Country Club in Belchertown. Through those two businesses, he’s come to the formal conclusion that there may be no bounce back to where things used to be pre-Great Recession.
“This is the new norm; the cost of doing business in the last year to two years for food alone has gone up 6% to 22%, and everybody is paying for the October snowstorm from two years ago because our insurance prices have gone up another 20%,” added Brunelle.  “That’s just the cost of doing business, and you can’t pass that cost down to your customer.”
Judie Teraspulsky, owner for the past 36 years of Judie’s restaurant in the center of the vibrant college town of Amherst, said her professional life revolves around when students are in town; she’s survived the Great Recession by streamlining every area that she can, and running the restaurant, from purchases to staffing shifts, with extreme efficiency.
“We are tight, tight, tight,” said Teraspulsky. “We don’t lay off employees, because they are the most important factor in our business.”
As hard as things get for Brunelle, his philosophy, year-round, is the same as Teraspulsky’s: he’s staying strong due to his allegiance to his employees, many of whom have families, and four specifically who have been with him for the full 14 years.

Gifting Limit
Rudi Scherff, manager of the Student Prince, a landmark eatery in downtown Springfield that just celebrated 78 years in business, is used to the ups and downs of the hospitality business. Scherff, who undoubtedly has one of the strongest and most affluent regular clienteles in the Pioneer Valley, said he’s getting the sense that, while there is apprehension and concern, people are a bit happier with at least the regional economic situation than they were a year ago.
Scherff told BusinessWest that the holidays are “huge” for his restaurant, which does a solid 20% of the year’s business from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve, and half of the gift certificates sold are during that same time span.

Rudi Scherff

Rudi Scherff says the holidays are a very busy time, when half of the year’s gift certificates are sold for the Student Prince.

“We’re going to be busy this season, and the eight days before Christmas are as much as we can handle,” Scherff noted, adding that banquets and events, entertaining up to 90, are a big part of that equation.
While Teraspulsky may not be as straight out as Scherff this time of year, she still sees the holiday season as very important to her business.
“Where I shine during the holidays is that you can come in and do just a dessert or a popover, or one of our great cocktails,” she said, adding that her menu, from the beginning, has afforded her customers the ability to have whatever they want, when they want it.
Teraspulsky and her staff of 90 push the gift certificates hard to get that return that will pick up the cash flow once the 50/50 percentage of college students and traditional customers returns.
Bruno is also looking forward to this season, not only to see those Costco cards come back, but to sell more gift certificates in the restaurant, and he’s already booked early corporate parties in his private room upstairs, seating up to 45 people.
“There’s still that caution with spending,” said Bruno, recalling the days in his former restaurant, Caffeine’s, in the same location, where customers used to spend $100 on a bottle of wine.
“Now they’re only spending $25 to $30 on a bottle of wine, but at least they’re spending it here.”

The Garnish
The potential of a downtown Springfield casino complex in the years ahead provides holiday conversation and a giant question mark for many restaurateurs; while they are not sure if it will help or hurt them personally, ultimately, they hope that the pledge of far more people will materialize.
“We’re always optimistic come January, and for the [prospective] casino, during the construction phase — it’s going to be great for downtown,” said Scherff.  “And once it opens, it’s going to help some, hurt others, but hopefully it puts more feet on the street and gets more people down here.”
Bruno agreed, adding, “the perception of downtown is far, far worse than it actually is, but with a casino, there will be people, and people bring safety; my position has always been that we’ll be the safest downtown around.”
Until a decision is made, Bruno is doing everything in his power to overcome the challenges that all restaurateurs are facing this holiday season. His greatest compliments thus far have been from those who tell him that Boston’s North End, renowned for authentic Italian restaurants, has nothing on Adolfo’s.
“They tell me I should consider opening up another restaurant,” Bruno said, laughing as he explained, “because if you can make it in Springfield, you can make it anywhere.”

Elizabeth Taras can be reached at [email protected]

Editorial 2

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Opinion
Opportunity for UMass and Tower Square

On Nov. 26, UMass President Robert Caret and Gov. Deval Patrick made it official: the university will seek to create what’s being called a ‘satellite center’ in Tower Square in the heart of downtown.
Plans call for leasing 27,321 square feet of space on the second floor of the retail/office complex built in 1969 and known then as Baystate West, with the university also gaining rights to use 1,600 square feet on the first floor of the building. While the exact use of this space, from a programming perspective, is still to be finalized, the goal is to have this satellite facility in place for the start of the academic year next fall.
There were four proposals sent to the university for the center — the other three being space in 1350 Main St. (One Financial Plaza), square footage in Harrison Place (1391 Main St.), and space within the Peter Pan bus terminal. And while all of those locations might have worked, we believe the Tower Square site makes the most sense and offers the most potential for having real impact in the city’s central business district.
It offers the most visibility for the university, probably the most flexibility, and the best chance to spur economic-development activity. And it provides the best opportunity in many years to spark a rebirth at what was once a hub of activity and commerce in Springfield.
That was a long time ago, of course, a different era in many respects, but mostly those involving how people shop — and where. Those who have lived in this region for 40 years or more can certainly tell stories about how downtown Springfield was the place to be — especially on a Saturday morning — and Baystate West was the center of it all.
People could buy everything from clothes to books to sporting goods, and dine at one of several eateries in the complex.
Construction of first the Eastfield Mall and then the Holyoke Mall started to change the equation rapidly and profoundly, and by the late ’90s, most all of the retail space in what was by then Tower Square was vacant.
Some new signs of life have emerged in recent years. Several banks now have retail facilities in the complex, Cambridge College relocated into space on the first floor earlier this year, and there’s a successful restaurant operating in space along Main Street. Still, many of the shops are empty, their windows filled with artwork or promotional material for area arts organizations and nonprofits.
Bringing a UMass satellite office into this environment is not going to change things overnight. After all, there are already hundreds of people in the office tower and thousands working within a few blocks, and if this critical mass hasn’t changed the fortunes of Tower Square, how much can be expected from some students and perhaps a few dozen workers?
Well, more vibrancy can be expected, and perhaps more momentum for a landmark whose best days are clearly behind it, but that could — and hopefully will — play a prominent role in re-energizing Springfield’s downtown.
There’s no turning back the clock for Tower Square — it is very unlikely that it can ever again be what it was in the ’70s and early ’80s — but this planned UMass presence can help change the equation.
We don’t know what will develop at this satellite center, but for now, this looks like a smart choice for the university, the city, and its evolving downtown.

Incorporations

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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

Real Juice Vending Inc., 53 Beekman Dr., Agawam, MA 01001. Roman Radkovets, same. Freshly squeezed juice vending machines.

BELCHERTOWN

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

CHICOPEE

VB Corporation, 64 Emmett St., Chicopee, MA 01020. Volodymyr Boyko, same. Construction and sales.

FLORENCE

Phallacies Inc., 394 Spring St., Florence, MA 01062. Russell Bradbury-Carlin, 11 Stage Road, Deerfield, MA 01373. Health education, leadership development, and violence prevention for men via innovative theater, dialogue, and direct action.

GREENFIELD

Mr. Absolute Medical Resources Inc., 126 Deerfield St., Greenfield, MA 01301. Michael Ruggeri, same. Provide programs and services benefiting the public.

HADLEY

Shiki Asian Fusion, 48 Russell St., Hadley, MA 01035. Xinzhu Yang, same. Food service.

HOLYOKE

JB Engineering and Consulting Inc., 14 Ross Road, Holyoke, MA 01040. Daniel Cavanaugh, same. Consulting services.

LONGMEADOW

Critical Connections Inc.,  468 Inverness Lane, Longmeadow, MA 01106, Mehlaqa Samdani, same. Build resilient communities through analysis and outreach.

LUDLOW

Wintertreeproductions Inc., 31 Birch St., Ludlow, MA 01056. Ophelia West-Laurtes, same. Self-published literature marketing.

NORTHAMPTON

Last Call Media Inc., 244 Main St., Northampton, MA 01060. Kelly Albrecht, 15 Cowles Lane, Amherst, MA 01002. Internet and web services.

SPRIINGFIELD

Springfield Youth Christian Coalition Inc., 888 Sumner Ave., Springfield, MA 01118. Shoshana Porter, 430 Island Pond Road, Springfield, MA 01118. Conduct non-partisan research, education, and informational activities to increase public awareness of juvenile delinquency.

The Able Place Inc., 184 Bowdoin St., Springfield, MA 01109. Elaine Awand, same. Men’s halfway house with educational component.

WESTFIELD

K’s Japanese Restaurant, 318 East Main St., Westfield, MA 01085. Shong Chen, same. Restaurant.

Court Dockets

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Court Dockets Departments

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

HAMPDEN SUPERIOR COURT
Brixmor/IA Points West SC, LLC v. PCX Corp. and Steven Lee a/k/a Soo Bong Lee
Allegation: Breach of contract relating to lease for commercial property: $28,766.71
Filed: 9/26/13

Geeleher Enterprises Inc. v. RIV Construction Group and Home Depot, LLC
Allegation: Non-payment of construction services rendered: $62,242.93
Filed: 10/4/13

U-Name It Self Storage, LLC v. Vertrolysis, LLC
Allegation: Breach of commercial lease for failure to pay rent: $36,476.93
Filed: 9/26/13

HAMPSHIRE SUPERIOR COURT
Nancy and Robert Carrier v. Circle B Inc. and Phelan Engineering, LLC
Allegation: Improper construction design and failure to comply with building codes: $166,527.54
Filed: 10/4/13

NORTHAMPTON DISTRICT COURT
Alexander and Fay Gaspari v. TommyCar Corp. d/b/a Country Nissan
Allegation: Breach of contract for failure to provide remote truck release and failure to compensate: $1,500.
Filed: 9/18/13

PeoplesBank v. Ryder Funeral Home
Allegation: Money owed on note and guaranties: $98,866.07
Filed: 9/5/13

SPRINGFIELD DISTRICT COURT
Hale Trailer Brake & Wheel Inc. v. MEF Transportation, LLC
Allegation: Non-payment of rental equipment: $8,434.23
Filed: 9/23/13

J & E Roof Systems v. Craig McCarthy d/b/a Quality Renovations
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Community Profile

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Community Profile Features
Culture, Education Boost Business in Williamstown

Carl and Marilyn Faulkner

Carl and Marilyn Faulkner have survived myriad setbacks in the tourism industry to remain a regional draw.

Carl Faulkner has never played professional baseball.
His name, however, is engraved inside a New York Yankees World Series ring on display in an antique curio cabinet in the great room of the Williams Inn, on the green in the heart of Williamstown.
Faulkner and his wife, Marilyn, have been the inn’s proprietors since 1979, and the ring is just one of many mementos that validate just how respected the the couple is by thousands of tourists who have visited the area, famous thespians who have performed in the Williamstown Theater Festival, and students and alumni of Williams College, located mere yards away.
“I’ve never been to a Yankee game, but for 30 years I knew George Steinbrenner because he used to come for his college reunion. He said he was fed up with Cooperstown and wanted the fans here to be able to see and touch a real ring,” Faulkner said, adding with a sly smile that he believes Steinbrenner added Faulkner’s name to the ring to deter him from selling it.
All who know Carl Faulkner know he would never do such a thing, but the dry humor and easy demeanor are among the many reasons he and Marilyn have attracted so many return guests, both celebs and regular folks, to this small town on Route 2, the famous Mohawk Trail.
Whether for a Williams College reunion or commencement, a play at the famous Williamstown Theater, a visit to the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute — known affectionately as ‘the Clark’ — or an exhibit at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) in nearby North Adams, Williamstown isn’t easy to get to, but legions of alumni, and fans of culture and natural beauty, think the town and its unique attributes are well worth the trip.
In fact, those making the trek from the Mohawk Trail, or the Mass Pike and Route 7 from the south, can currently see economic development in progress on the Williams campus and at the Clark.
James Kolesar, vice president for public affairs at Williams College for the past 29 years, told BusinessWest that a new, three-story Sawyer Library, now under construction, will replace the original, soon-to-be-demolished library, located about 50 yards away, making way for a formal quadrangle. Throw in the massive, three-year, $50 million renovation and expansion project at the Clark, which should be complete by the end of 2014, and there is a firm foundation for economic growth in Williamstown.
“Our academic reputation is a draw, certainly, no question about it,” said Kolesar, noting that Williams stacks up well in stature with Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, and archrival Amherst College. “With our 1,000 employees and operating expenditures of more than $190 million, that’s $82 million in capital improvements from us, plus the Clark improvements.”
Williamstown is not without its issues, however. The Great Recession affected businesses here much the same as in other Western Mass. communities, and when Hurricane Irene struck in 2011, a popular mobile-home park was essentially wiped out, further shrinking an already-low inventory of affordable housing.
Meanwhile, the aforementioned new economic development and ongoing roadwork — courtesy of the federal stimulus program — will be positive for the town in the long run, but Faulkner calls the disruptions they cause in the meantime “medicine that has to be swallowed” (more on this later).
But the biggest challenge this town of 7,870 residents (2,000 of whom are Williams College students) faces, according to Town Manager Peter Fohlin, isn’t what one would expect — it’s a lack of land. Specifically, “we don’t have enough developable land for me to respond to inquires I get.”
The issue, he said, isn’t due to infrastructure or the mountainous terrain surrounding the town, but the fact that a collection of successful farms, producing mostly cattle for beef and not available for sale, comprises much of the usable land.
For this month’s Community Profile, BusinessWest ventured to the most northwestern point of the Commonwealth to learn more about the business life of Williamstown and how the community, even with the logistical challenges of its far-flung location and lack of buildable land, is making the most of its educational, cultural, and natural advantages.

Cultural Values
Like Carl Faulkner, Fohlin has his own sense of humor. He proudly states that Williamstown isn’t that remote, but, rather, “centrally located four hours from everywhere.”
Fohlin’s ability to make fun of himself in his municipal position — in which, he says, he’s often dodging verbal bullets — is on display each year for the Fourth of July parade.
“Instead of Peter being in front waving, he’s at the back behind the horses with a shovel and a broom,” said Marilyn Faulkner, laughing. “That’s the kind of guy he is.”
That upbeat attitude will help as Fohlin, the five-member select board, and other departments in town seek to replace its outdated high school and police and fire stations, among other issues. While citizens are “engaged in lively debate over priorities and affordability” when it comes to municipal needs, he said, Williamstown has a lot on its plate for a small community.

James Kolesar

James Kolesar says Williams Colleges provides an excellent educational and cultural anchor for business in Williamstown.

Also on that plate is the fate of those who used to live in the Spruces, a 100-acre planned mobile-home community. Fohlin said the park was a “showcase” when it was built in the 1950s. “It had a ferris wheel, a fountain, and a groundbreaking government structure in which the people in the park voted their own officials and managed their own rules,” a predecessor of the now-common ownership associations in many residential communities.
But the swift floodwaters from Irene severely damaged 160 of its 225 mobile homes; almost 5% of Williamstown’s non-student population was made homeless in a day. Fohlin said the remaining homes will ultimately be moved because they are in a flood plain, and the housing authority is working on a 40- to 60-unit project for those living temporarily with family or friends.
Kolesar said the loss of the park damaged the town’s socioeconomic diversity, which is already lacking for a combination of reasons, among them fewer jobs for young people, which keeps them from returning after high school or college graduation, as well as increasing real-estate costs.
The town does boast a significant percentage of second homeowners, and some, Faulkner said, are faces that might not be familiar, but as CEOs of major corporations or notable alumni, their names certainly are. “It’s such a desirable place to live, and that drives the property values up,” added Kolesar.

Road Well Traveled
The guest ledger at the Williams Inn, especially from Clark visitors, has been truncated for the past three years due to the massive expansion project. The final phase includes construction of a new visitor, exhibition, and conference center, as well as a comprehensive landscape plan for the 140-acre property. During this period, the Stone Hill Center on campus is housing some of the more famous works, but several others have been loaned out to other galleries across the nation for the duration of construction.
“It makes me cry,” Carl said, feigning the wipe of a tear from his cheek. “We are usually busy for lunch, but it’s been much less so over the past couple years, and with this most recent two-week closure, we had almost no one.”
But the Faulkners are no strangers to setbacks; it’s just part of the tourism industry. Hoteliers all their lives in New England, they suffered through the 1970s gas shortage, and 9-11 slowed all tourism in the U.S., but the tightening of the American and Canadian borders by Homeland Security has caused problems with bus tours, he said. Canadian bus-tour companies now encourage Americans to fly to Canada, skipping American border-security checks and, as a result, bypassing the Berkshires region, Williamstown businesses, and the Williams Inn.
Amid the recent Great Recession, visitorship was also down, and then the federal stimulus to create jobs offered many towns funds to improve roadways, which tore up Main Street and the green in front of the inn for almost two years. When Irene’s rains took out the Spruces, the Mohawk Trail — the most scenic route into town — was also massively damaged.
But the innkeepers remain upbeat, replacing those missing customers with tourists from Europe and Australia, and are focusing on the region’s residents with seasonal events like the German Oktoberfest they recently staged for hundreds of attendees over a two-week period. Next up is a month and a half of holiday programming, which has always proven popular.

Good Company
Fohlin and Kolesar both say Williamstown’s selling points reflect the American Dream — a town that is safe, has an excellent educational system (the Mt. Greylock Regional School District), and little traffic in the real sense of the word.
Certainly, Williams College remains one of the main draws in town, and Kolesar sees the institution as the main anchor of business in the Williamstown area — economically, culturally, and socially.
Yes, prospective students who appreciate city life might see four years in this remote area of the Northern Berkshires as a deal breaker. “But, for some students, it’s a plus,” said Kolesar. “By and large, students who end up coming here end up falling in love with the area, not just the college.”
Faulkner agrees. “The college is like having a good uncle in town,” he added. “And we do have a strong feeling that better days are ahead.”

Elizabeth Taras can be reached at [email protected]

Editorial

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Opinion
Life in a Changed Casino Landscape

What a difference a year makes.
At just about this time last year, there were five proposals for a Western Mass. resort casino on the drawing board — or close to being there — in Springfield, West Springfield, and Palmer, and there was potential for another taking shape in Holyoke.
And all this attention to the western portion of the state was resulting from the perception that the stars — politically and otherwise — were aligned for a casino at Suffolk Downs in East Boston and that it seemingly made little sense to enter that fray.
Today, there is one Western Mass. casino plan still on the table after the voters in West Springfield and Palmer said no to the proposals for their communities, and the Springfield competition was whittled from three to one. Meanwhile, the voters of East Boston turned thumbs down to the Suffolk Downs plan, leaving those developers faced with a long-shot (that’s an industry term) bid to shift the site of the planned construction to 51 acres they own in neighboring Revere, where voters actually said ‘yes.’
Quite the turn of events.
So, what are we to make of all this? For starters, it’s quite evident that while the Legislature finally came around to the idea of commencing the casino era in Massachusetts, the voters, except those in a few isolated communities, including Springfield, have said, in essence, ‘fine, but not in my town.’
This sentiment was not surprising in West Springfield, where the casino planned for the Big E seemed a stretch, and the concerns about traffic were considerable. But the Palmer vote was a shocker, because this was a community that seemingly wanted a casino and, much like Springfield, lacked anything approaching a plan B when it comes to job creation and economic development.
All this means that the competition the Mass. Gaming Commission and its chairman, Stephen Crosby, were so desperate to create 18 months ago has all but dissolved, especially here, in the four counties of Western Mass.
And this has us somewhat worried, because while MGM, the lone casino developer still standing in Western Mass. and the owner of an apparently free ride to the coveted license for this region, is a responsible company that has done just about everything right so far in this contest, this region would certainly benefit from having that competition.
That’s because competition always makes a company better. That’s the case in every other business sector, and it is certainly so with gaming. Had the voters of Palmer said ‘yes,’ the commission would have had an intriguing matchup to decide, a classic urban-versus-surburban contest that would have given the decision makers quite a bit to think about.
It is now incumbent upon the Gaming Commission to create this competition artificially, for lack of a better term.
There may be only one casino proposal for Western Mass., but it must still be a first-class operation that works for Springfield and, to the greatest extent possible, for the many impacted communities as well.
We have endorsed the MGM proposal as the best of the options for Springfield, and we still have confidence that this operator can and will build a facility that will help — that’s help — revitalize the city and especially its South End, but without negatively impacting existing cultural attractions and businesses in the hospitality sector.
In this now radically changed casino landscape where competition here no longer exists, it’s up to the Gaming Commission to make sure that’s what happens.