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Massachusetts Adds 13,000 Jobs in January

By BusinessWest Staff March 10, 2017

Daily News

BOSTON — The state’s total unemployment rate increased to 3.2% in January from the revised December rate of 3.1%, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced Thursday.

The preliminary job estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicate Massachusetts added 13,000 jobs in January. Over-the-month job gains occurred in trade, transportation, and utilities; financial activities; construction; leisure and hospitality; education and health services; information; and government.

From January 2016 to January 2017, BLS estimates Massachusetts has added 65,100 jobs. The January state unemployment rate remains lower than the national rate of 4.8% reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“Massachusetts continues to experience low levels of unemployment with the largest year-over-year percentage gains in jobs in the construction, education, and health services sectors. We remain focused on fostering an employment environment where businesses can grow and create jobs while having access to workers with the skills and training needed to fill them,” Labor and Workforce Development Secretary Ronald Walker II said.

The labor force increased by 1,600 from 3,561,700 in December, as 9,800 more residents were employed and 8,200 fewer residents were unemployed over the month.

Over the year, the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped 1.1% from 4.3% in January 2016. There were 40,400 fewer unemployed people over the year compared to January 2016.

The state’s labor-force participation rate — the total number of residents 16 or older who worked or were unemployed and actively sought work in the last four weeks — increased to 64.9% over the month. The labor-force participation rate over the year has decreased 0.1% compared to January 2016.

The largest private-sector percentage job gains over the year were in construction; education and health services; financial activities; professional, scientific, and business services; and leisure and hospitality.

Bert Gardner Named Principal at Caolo & Bieniek Associates

By BusinessWest Staff March 9, 2017

Daily News

CHICOPEE — Caolo & Bieniek Associates Inc., a full-service architecture, planning, and interior-design firm located in Chicopee, announced that Bert Gardner has become a principal. A graduate of Roger Williams University, Gardner is a registered architect in Massachusetts and New Jersey.

Since joining Caolo & Bieniek Associates in 1999, Gardner has served in key roles on numerous project teams with increasing levels of responsibility. Most recently, he has been the project architect for projects at Westfield State University, UMass, and the Dupont Middle School in Chicopee (former Chicopee High School), and is currently overseeing the Maple Street Elementary School project in Easthampton. He has been an active board member for the Chicopee Boys & Girls Club, serving as president in 2013 and 2014.

Caolo & Bieniek Associates has been providing architectural services since 1955. Its design process integrates a creative approach to problem solving with a sustained commitment to client needs. The firm’s scope of services includes renovations, adaptive reuse, new construction, facilities assessment, feasibility studies, master planning, interior design, historic preservation, and sustainable and ‘green’ design expertise.

Efforts to Boost South Hadley Falls Gain Steam

By BusinessWest Staff March 7, 2017

Community Spotlight Features

Community Spotlight

Frank DeToma and Mike Sullivan say the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge is the gateway into South Hadley Falls, where revitalization efforts are underway.

In two months, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge that leads from Holyoke into South Hadley Falls will be closed for a day for a “River Roll and Stroll” event.

The family festival is designed to promote healthy living and is being co-sponsored by the Holyoke Bike-Pedestrian Committee and the South Hadley Bike-Walk Committee, a grass-roots effort to help promote recreational opportunities for bicyclists and pedestrians.

“The River Roll and Stroll will give people a look at the Falls and allow them to see the potential that exists while providing an economic boost to businesses there,” said Mariann Millard, co-chair of the event steering committee and chair of the South Hadley Bike-Walk Committee.

One of their goals is to make people aware of the natural resources and hiking trails that wind through conservation land in the town, which will help to expand efforts by town officials who believe increasing recreational opportunities will foster the growth of economic investments.

“We don’t have a rail trail, but want to show the public what we have to offer,” Millard said, adding that the South Hadley Falls Neighborhood Assoc. has put together a walking map of the area that highlights historic buildings and the Bicentennial Canal Park that overlooks the Connecticut River.

The newly created map; River Roll and Stroll on May 7, which was initiated by Sean Condon of Holyoke; and upcoming annual FallsFest Music & Arts Festival on July 29 that attracts thousands of people are part of a growing force aimed at introducing newcomers to the Falls and promoting economic development there.

“We believe the strategic use of public funding and local enthusiasm will encourage more people to live, visit, and work in the Falls and become a catalyst for private investment,” said Frank DeToma, a selectman and chair of the Redevelopment Authority. “Our ultimate vision is to develop a ‘canal village’ that will consist of commercial and residential establishments that capitalize on our historic canal and adjacent riverfront as well as the architectural character of some of the original buildings.”

Town Administrator Mike Sullivan said that, although the Redevelopment Authority is concerned with the entire town, bringing new life to the Falls will provide a significant boost to South Hadley’s economy as a whole.

We believe the strategic use of public funding and local enthusiasm will encourage more people to live, visit, and work in the Falls and become a catalyst for private investment.”

Ira Brezinsky agrees and says collaborative efforts that include work by government officials and businesses have coalesced to shine a light on the Falls and attract people who might not otherwise visit the area.

“It’s an ideal time for business people who want to get a taste of the community and neighborhood to come here, and we will put our best foot forward to welcome people from throughout the region,” said the selectman, co-chair for the River Roll and Stroll, and president of Music and Arts South Hadley, a grass-roots effort that became a nonprofit last year and hosts the FallsFest.

The town has also partnered with the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission to map out walking trails that need improvement and places where bike lanes and chevrons are needed to increase recreational opportunities.

In addition, a five-year, $5 million infrastructure project that involves improving parks, adding benches, new landscaping, crosswalks, traffic-calming devices, and new sidewalks in the Falls is well underway. So far, $2.7 million has been spent, and this year another $1.2 million will be poured into the redevelopment effort.

For this, the latest installment of its Community Spotlight series, BusinessWest looks at what the Falls has to offer, plans for its future, and why officials and residents are bullish on the idea of redeveloping the area.

Planned Progress

Sullivan says the Falls is overdue for attention, and holds unlimited potential. It is less than a mile from the $4.3 million Holyoke passenger rail platform, and has centralized sewers and great access to the Connecticut River. In addition, South Hadley has its own municipal light plant, and work is being done to be able to offer secure, high-speed Internet in the future.

The Falls is also rich in history: the first navigable canal in the U.S. was built there in 1795, which made Falls Village (then South Hadley Canal) a busy shipping center and tourist attraction.

Unfortunately, its former vibrancy has been greatly diminished, mirroring what has occurred in many towns and cities across Western Mass., where businesses along riverfronts shut their doors or moved, and disinvestment slowly occurred.

But revitalization efforts began in earnest after a study of the area that was completed about five years ago became a springboard for change. As a result of recommendations in the final draft, the Falls Neighborhood Assoc. was formed, and in 2014 two important advances were made. The first was the long-awaited construction of a new $12 million public library on 2 Canal St. It was dedicated a year ago and contains meeting and reading rooms, and large banks of computers that businesses can use to conduct training classes.

The second advance occurred when a town meeting approved the creation of an advisory board to develop a comprehensive plan for the area.

The final draft is almost complete and will be presented to the public by the Redevelopment Authority, which is the name the advisory board was given, at a special town meeting held expressly for that purpose on June 7.

“A tremendous amount of work has gone into this,” Sullivan said, noting that the committee members are all unpaid volunteers.

There are many components to the plan, which include a focus on the east-west core of the area that is part of a larger, recently established ‘Smart Growth’ overlay district in the Falls.

“Developers who wish to construct relatively high-density housing in Smart Growth districts can do so by right, thus eliminating their need to apply for special permitting from a local planning authority,” DeToma told BusinessWest.

The proposed plan contains many other elements, including repurposing some town-owned properties and redeveloping a number of industrial properties.

But progress is already occurring, and the first residential construction project in decades is underway. Orange LLC is building 12 condominiums in three units directly across from the new library on 1 Canal St. that will each have their own garage and extra parking.

“This is a beautiful spot, and the Victorian look of the buildings is expected to enhance the neighborhood,” DeToma said, adding that Orange LLC also has plans to develop six other condominiums in the old library building on 27 Bardwell St. “The design is very imaginative and interesting, and there will be a great room in every unit.”

Sullivan told BusinessWest that condominiums in South Hadley have appreciated significantly over the past six months. “New ones are selling more quickly than they can be built,” he said, noting that construction on the Rivercrest Condominiums on Ferry Street began last year, and 16 of the proposed 28 units have already been sold.

Business growth has also taken place in the Falls. Over the past 18 months, Mohawk Paper and E Ink Corp. moved there, and South Hadley Fuel scrapped its plans to move out and expanded in town instead.

Sullivan explained that the decision came about in large part because Town Planner Richard Harris alerted South Hadley Fuel owner Steve Chase to an existing but unused underground tank farm near E Ink Inc., which he described as an “opportunity found.”

“As a result, they have opened one of the largest propane storage and distribution facilities in Western Mass,” the town administrator said. “We do all we can to introduce businesses to opportunities that exist here.”

Brezinsky agreed. “South Hadley and particularly the Falls has been very welcoming and engaging to businesses that want to move or expand there. We were able to steer Mohawk Paper through town meeting very quickly to get them what they needed to move here, and there are other examples like this,” he said, explaining that Mohawk Paper moved to the Falls two years ago into a group of buildings formerly known as the U.S. Gaylord properties, and opportunities exist for professional space, retail businesses, manufacturing, and incubator space.

“I believe one of the benefits of the Falls is its scale,” he continued. “It has a small footprint and is very walkable, unlike some former industrial areas where there are blocks of old buildings. The Falls never rose to those heights, so I don’t believe it will take much to get it to the tipping point where it can become a vibrant place again where people live, work, and play.”

DeToma said the northwest corner of the gateway Bridge/Main intersection is a prime location for redevelopment. It consists of three parcels owned by three different entities, but each lot is too small to be of interest to a developer.

“Our proposed redevelopment plan calls for the consolidation of those properties in order to increase their potential for private development,” he said.

Forward Movement

South Hadley recently lobbied to have Pioneer Valley Transit Authority’s Tiger Trolley change its route. Today, it runs over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge on Route 116 rather than the bridge on Route 202. Sullivan said that was important because the Falls is densely populated and town officials wanted to provide access to jobs in Holyoke and South Hadley, especially since Mohawk Paper and Mount Holyoke College are two of the largest employers. He added that the X90A Route that runs from Chicopee to Main Street in South Hadley is one of the fastest-growing routes in the area and also goes over the Route 116 bridge.

Parks in the town are also receiving attention. The town administrator told BusinessWest that Bicentennial Park, which is situated a quarter-mile away from the new library, will be renamed Belsky Park after Ted Belsky, a longtime member of the Select Board, and $97,000 will be spent to install lighting and a deck that will overlook the Connecticut River.

In addition, the town is creating a one-mile loop called the River to Range Trail that will begin in a field near Brunelle’s Marina and offer access to people of different abilities.

“We worked with the Pioneer Valley Planning Council on this,” Sullivan noted, adding that, eventually, the trail will connect to the Summit House on top of Mount Holyoke. “We see it becoming part of a recreational economy. That market is exploding, and we are getting requests for groups for camping areas. Although we are not proposing to open any right now, we have to be cognizant of opportunities as they present themselves.”

The Buttery Brook area is another area of focus. It runs east-west and roughly parallel to Gaylord and Bridge streets, crosses under Main Street via a culvert, and empties into the Connecticut River. DeToma said it is overgrown, but the Redevelopment Authority hopes to restore it to its original, attractive condition and install a multi-use recreational path along its bank.

“There will be two benefits to this,” he explained. “First, it will be a major recreational attraction in our Canal Village central area. Secondly, because this area is part of our Smart Growth district, it should stimulate the interest of developers in constructing affordable, higher-density housing nearby.”

Plans are also in place to build a new bridge over Bachelor Brook as well as a parking lot for 12 cars. The estimated cost is $2.1 million, and South Hadley has already received almost $1 million toward that amount from state and federal grants.

Concerted Efforts

Sullivan said major efforts are taking place to help people rediscover, reconsider, and reinvest in the Falls, and the Redevelopment Plan is the underpinning of the future.

“South Hadley has many opportunities; a lot of cool things are happening here,” he told BusinessWest, noting that South Hadley Electric is planning to create a hub for data storage and hired a new manager to help develop its high-speed Internet plan. “Their rates were key in bringing Mohawk Paper here, and enthusiasm about the area is growing. It has become an organic movement with its own energy, all for the benefit of the Falls.”

DeToma concurred. “The grass-roots efforts are taking on a life of their own. As we point out the value and potential of moving here, many groups are getting involved, and events like the River Roll and Stroll will help South Hadley and Holyoke to grow.”

Which bodes well for the future as residents and officials work together to bring new life to South Hadley in a way that will benefit generations to come.

South Hadley at a glance

Year Incorporated: 1775
Population: 17,663 (2017)
Area: 18.4 square miles
County: Hampshire
Residential and Commercial Tax Rate: $20.12 (Fire District 1); $20.66 (Fire District 2)
Median Household Income: $64,610
Median family Income: $76,679
Type of government: Town Administrator, Select Board, Town Meeting
Largest employers: Mount Holyoke College, Loomis Communities, Mohawk Paper
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Main Street Hospitality Group Wants to Be Part of the Community Heartbeat

By BusinessWest Staff March 7, 2017

Cover Story Sections Tourism & Hospitality

Everyone’s Living Room

Main Street Hospitality Group CEO Sarah Eustis

Sarah Eustis says the core mission of the Main Street Hospitality Group is to “create places that will enable people to connect in meaningful ways — not just to provide hospitality excellence.” The group is now doing that on a few Main Streets, with further expansion of the portfolio always on its mind.

The barstools in the Red Lion Inn’s rustic tavern creak a little, but Sarah Eustis says that’s part of the charm in a building that dates back to the late 18th century. The guests who crowded the place on a late weekday afternoon, as Eustis sat with BusinessWest and told the story of her family’s growing hospitality business, didn’t seem to mind.

It’s a story that actually begins almost 50 years ago, when Eustis’s grandmother, Jane Fitzpatrick, bought the Stockbridge hotel in 1969 with a couple of motivations in mind — to find a home for her growing curtain business, known today as Country Curtains, and to save the Red Lion from becoming a “parking lot.”

“It was a seasonal property — at the time, it was closed in the winter — and it was at risk of being taken down,” said Eustis, CEO of the Main Street Hospitality Group (MSHG). “She reopened the hotel and brought it to full operation, year-round, and the family has been running it ever since.”

Fitzpatrick had a specific vision for the 1773 landmark, Eustis added. “My grandmother set the standard of hospitality, maintaining the place as the ‘living room of the Berkshires.’ All our hotels have that identity and that spirit, meaning a place where all are welcome, a place where people can connect in meaningful ways, with the place and with each other.”

Those places now include four hotels around the Berkshires the MSHG currently owns or manages: the Red Lion Inn, Porches Inn in North Adams, Williams Inn in Williamstown, and, most recently, Hotel on North in Pittsfield, which collectively boast 350 rooms and almost as many employees.

Hotel on North was designed, like all of Main Street’s properties, to be the ‘living room’ of its community.

“People are coming through the doors with an entire range of human emotions,” Eustis went on, “and they’re wearing invisible signs around their necks, and we have to figure out what they say: ‘I’m in the middle of a divorce.’ ‘I have to impress my girlfriend.’ ‘I’m here with my first big client.’ ‘I’m worried about my child.’ ‘I’m exhausted and hungry.’ We have to figure that out; it’s our job to connect with people in a way that makes the experience good for them, where they are, in that particular moment. We’re not perfect, but it’s what we work toward.”

When they succeed in that task, downtown hotels can be the lifeblood of a town center, she said. “They are the heartbeat that pumps blood to the arteries of cities. Hotels are always there; the lights are always on, and someone is always there.”

Independent hotels, with their unique charms that aren’t based on a corporate template, are even better, she went on. “The Marriotts and Hiltons are great, but I do think there’s something about an independently designed hotel that is unique and that people are willing to pay for.”

Third Generation

Fitzpatrick passed the business to her daughter, Nancy Fitzpatrick — Eustis’s stepmother — who has overseen the operation for the past 20 years.

“I grew up around this place and started working here as a housekeeper when I was 14,” said Eustis, who lived with her mother in Philadelphia but spent plenty of time in the Berkshires as well. “I will always stand behind hospitality training early in one’s career is a great way to start. We have so many young people come through our hotels and go into all kinds of things. If they want a hospitality career, that’s great, too. I was here every summer growing up, getting experience in every aspect of the operation. I’ve cleaned every toilet in the place, and I make a mean hospital corner.”

But she didn’t see it as her career at first, moving instead to New York City to pursue a career in retail operations, marketing, design, and brand development for big clothing labels like Polo Ralph Lauren, Banana Republic, and Limited Brands. “I got good experience working for family businesses, because that’s what those companies are. And that was appealing to me.”

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Two of MSHG’s properties, Porches Inn opened in North Adams a decade and a half ago, followed by Hotel on North in Pittsfield in 2015.

When her father, Jack Fitzpatrick, passed away in 2010, Eustis started thinking about the family business, and decided to move back to Massachusetts in the summer of 2012, a time that unofficially began the family’s most recent chapter, with Eustis eventually setting in as CEO, and Nancy Fitzpatrick continuing as owner and chairman.

“The Main Street Hospitality Group did not exist before that point,” Eustis said. “My aim was to explore how we could evolve and take the resources we already had on the team and deploy them further — to take the ‘special sauce’ that happens here at the Red Lion, in terms of hospitality and graciousness, and spread it around, and also develop new revenue streams.”

The first expansion had already occurred a decade earlier in North Adams. Nancy Fitzpatrick and Jack Wadsworth were both founding board members of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, and decided to strike a deal.

“As the story goes, they were in the main gallery of MassMoCA, looking out across the street at these derelict houses originally designed for workers at the Sprague Electric factory. Nancy is a really creative visionary, and she said to Jack, ‘why don’t we do a hotel there?’ He said, ‘that’s the craziest thing I’ve ever heard.’ But they signed on a napkin and did the project.”

The result was Porches Inn, seven renovated Victorian-era buildings. Reflecting its artsy surroundings, the guest rooms and public spaces employ a synthesis of retro and contemporary designs, reflecting everything from the Mohawk Trail to paint-by-numbers art. Boston magazine praised its “hipster sensibility with downtown charm.”

“It’s been a remarkably successful venture,” Eustis said. “We wanted to instill part of our DNA into something that adds value to its landscape. It has to reflect the feeling of the place. It’s elegant, but with a sense of humor. Guests just rave about the place. We really haven’t changed it in 15 years; we just keep it polished and updated and fresh.”

City Life

Williams Inn came next, a 125-room hotel owned by Williams College that MSHG has managed for the past several years.

“The college bought it, but they don’t run hotels,” Eustis said. “They gave us our first big break as a management company. We provided return to the college on what I would call a tired asset.”

But that project, along with the Porches, gave Main Street experience working in educational and art settings, a niche it aims to further explore in the future. Hotel on North, on the other hand, became the company’s first foray into the city setting.

Around 2013, Eustis began talking with the family that owns Tierney Construction in Pittsfield, which had purchased the former Bessie Clark clothing store in the heart of that city. She’s intrigued by Pittsfield’s story as an industrial city that has struggled to reinvent itself but has launched a sort of renaissance over the past couple of decades.

“We’re very, very committed to Pittsfield. It’s right in the middle of our region — this urban center in this bucolic place — and it needs to thrive.”

A city’s renaissance is typically a 20-year process, she said, a cycle she believes Pittsfield is well into, starting with the Colonial Theatre renovation a decade ago.

“A lot has happened on North Street. We felt the momentum was there. Our partners bought the building and invited us to do a hotel with them; we worked on every aspect of the hotel together. We led the design, we staffed the hotel, we run the hotel … we’re accountable to the owners for agreed-upon results.”

Hotel on North was opened using historic tax credits in June 2015, with an eye toward being one of the key anchors downtown. Developers sought the same blend of local character, historical design flourishes, and modern amenities showcased at other MSHG properties, creating a place where, as Main Street’s marketing materials put it, “lightning-fast wi-fi beams through exposed brick from the 1880s.”

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Eustis said first-year projections may have been optimistic. “We really had to engage the community, engage the city, do a grass-roots sales campaign.” But, at the same time, the hospitality group was growing as an organization as well, and the family was learning how to leverage its economies of scale across the properties, including in Pittsfield. “We got stronger and stronger, and the hotel started to get its legs, too. Now it’s really thriving and making a lot of people happy.”

In fact, 15,000 people checked into the hotel last year as their home base to explore Pittsfield. “It’s a well-designed, thoughtful, genuinely hospitable face — it’s become the living room of Pittsfield,” she went on, again echoing her grandmother’s original vision for the Red Lion 15 miles south on Route 7. “You have to overcome the doubters and keep going and show them the positive outcomes that come from a project like this.

“Our core purpose, as we’ve developed it as a leadership group,” she went on, “is to create places that will enable people to connect in meaningful ways — not just to provide hospitality excellence, which we do anyway.”

What’s Next?

Beyond physical expansion, the company is branching out in other ways as well. Take food service, led by Brian Alberg, vice president of Culinary Development. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America who has been with MSHG for about a dozen years, he was at the forefront of the farm-to-table movement in the Berkshires and created a culture around that philosophy at all the group’s properties, as well as a growing niche in event catering.

In addition, Main Street recently formalized a partnership with Hancock Shaker Village — and its new director, Jennifer Trainer, herself a MASSMoCA veteran with a rich culinary background — to establish a café (opening April 15) and manage it, along with working with her on all the facility’s culinary events.

“We’re also expanding the retail piece here at the Red Lion, which is my background,” Eustis added. While the hotel has a gift shop, she envisions creating a line of tasteful logo items — think the Black Dog on Martha’s Vineyard as an example — that will expand the Red Lion brand beyond the Berkshires. “We’re thinking of things that reflect the warmth and genuine feeling of being at the hotel, whether it’s food, accessories, or home-related things. This is a part of our business that’s growing slowly this year and will grow further in 2018.”

After almost 50 years in the Fitzpatrick family, the Red Lion Inn remains the heart of Main Street Hospitality Group’s operations.

As for the next big property, the company is looking at a number of projects, representing both ownership and management models.

“A new project has to pass certain fundamental criteria for us — geography, size and scope, who are the people involved, is it a new build or a conversion,” Eustis said. “It’s not necessarily about rolling out the Hotel on North or Porches concept into different markets. I’m interested in responding to the needs of the community, the fact that there may be existing hotels that need to be refreshed or revitalized.”

Still, she went on, “the way Porches and Hotel on North, not to mention Red Lion, have resonated has led us to conclude that kind of hotel can be relevant in other places and can be successful and add value to landscapes like Springfield, like Buffalo, like Albany — cities that are re-emerging as secondary or tertiary cities and benefiting from migration out of big cities.”

Yes, Springfield is a possibility, reflected by the fact that Eustis has had conversations with planning leaders there.

“Springfield is right in our backyard, and the Pioneer Valley has been interesting to us for a number of years. There’s good stuff going on there, a lot of like-minded people collaborating. We’re looking for opportunities where we can add value and the city’s ready for it.

“It’s not a get-rich-quick scheme,” she added. “You do need patient investors that have some psychic investment in a place. You can make money; it just takes a while.”

In other words, Eustis noted, MSHG is not looking to become a 200-hotel group.

“Let’s be honest — we value our lifestyle and like to see our children from time to time. Our vision is to grow thoughtfully,” she said. “Hotels always used to be on Main Street. And we want to be the heart of a place.”

Joseph Bednar can be reached at [email protected]

Publick House Invests in New Hotel Rooms with Historic Charm

By BusinessWest Staff March 7, 2017

Sections Tourism & Hospitality

Past Is Prologue

Michelle Rondeau and Michael Glick say the addition to the Chamberlain House includes a patio and suite for wedding parties or groups holding functions in the Garden Tent.

Michael Glick says the Publick House Historic Inn and Country Lodge in Sturbridge is two miles — and two centuries — away from the Mass Pike.

“We have every modern amenity, but when people come here, they step back to a period in time when things weren’t so fast-paced. It’s a place where they can really relax,” said the general manager.

Throughout its 246-year history, the Publick House has been known for its hospitality, excellent food, and New England charm, and has become a popular venue for weddings, celebratory events, and family gatherings. Part of the draw is its central location: it is in close proximity to Route 20 and Interstates 90 and 84 and easy to get to from all of the New England states as well as New York and New Jersey.

The historic inn was built in 1771, houses two restaurants and a pub, sits directly across from the Town Common, and offers a retreat from stress on its 43-acre campus that contains more than eight buildings.

Michelle Rondeau says the multi-million-dollar investment in the hotel portion of the Publick House has led to an increase in corporate business.

During the fall and winter, guests lounge in comfortable chairs next to wood-burning fireplaces and spend hours reading or talking to co-workers, friends, or family members.

In the spring and summer, meanwhile, they stroll along meandering brick walkways through lush gardens, relax on patios with sweeping vistas, and enjoy outdoor fire pits.

Although its 11 event rooms can accommodate corporate gatherings of up to 200 people, in the past, marketing efforts were focused almost entirely on weddings and events in the dining room. The complex was never promoted as a place to stay overnight, and Glick says that was purposeful.

The reason was simple: the inn offered 17 rooms, and the Chamberlain House next door had six rooms outfitted with period furnishings and décor. But the remaining 80+ rooms were in the outdated Country Motor Lodge. It was built in the ’60s on a hill behind the inn, has drive-up entrances to each room, and falls short of offering the luxury and amenities people expect today.

Minor upgrades were made over the years, including installation of new hotel bedding, but the discrepancy between the rooms in the Motor Inn and the Publick and Chamberlain House next door was so great, they couldn’t market it as a place to hold multi-day business meetings or group gatherings.

“All of our rooms are sold out every weekend because we have so many weddings here,” said Rooms Division Manager Michelle Rondeau, adding that they hosted 183 weddings last year, and 179 nuptial celebrations have already been booked for 2017.

“But corporate groups were offended by the idea of having to put some of their participants in the old motor lodge,” she noted. “Everyone wanted to stay in the inn or the Chamberlain House, and in order to book multi-day events, we needed to be able to offer similar accommodations.”

In 2014 a decision was made to help resolve that discrepancy, and 15 months ago a $3.2 million renovation and addition to the Chamberlain House was completed that includes 20 new hotel rooms.

It has changed the focus of the Publick House from a quintessential New England restaurant to a charming hotel that can custom-tailor events for businesses and other large groups.

New jobs were created as a result of the project, and salespeople who were hired to market the rooms were successful in attracting businesses, craft-oriented groups, and more for multi-day stays.

The trend is continuing, and construction on a new $5 million to $6 million building is expected to start soon to replace more of the old rooms in the motor inn. It will be built on a site that houses an old barn originally built to store horse feed.

“We’re a boutique hotel, and we are not looking to grow larger,” Glick said, adding that town bylaws allow the facility to have only 125 hotel rooms on the campus. “We just want to replace the motel rooms with ones of a higher quality.”

For this issue and its focus on tourism and hospitality, BusinessWest looks at recent changes that have taken place at the Publick House Historic Inn and Meeting Lodge, what people can expect in the future, and the reasons behind the facility’s success.

New Focus

Glick said the Publick House first approached the town about six years ago with the idea of making changes, and in 2014 the architectural and landscape design firm Siemasko and Verbridge was hired to find a creative and appropriate way to add new guest rooms to the campus.

Its design plan involved retaining the exterior of the 1830 Chamberlain House with its wide columned porch, gutting the interior, replacing outdated plumbing and electrical wiring, adding a handicapped entrance, and building an addition onto the rear of the structure that would add 14 new rooms and blend in seamlessly with the neighboring historic buildings.

After the renovation and addition was complete, the rooms were decorated in a simple manner befitting the history of the home and Publick House. Window treatments were purchased from Country Curtains in Sturbridge, and the rooms were furnished with solid-wood bureaus and beds whose high wood posts are topped with pineapples, which are a sign of hospitality commonly seen at New England inns during the Colonial era.

In addition, an outdoor courtyard was built between the Chamberlain House and the Publick House that overlooks the bucolic area where the Garden Tent area is set up three seasons of the year. It can hold 200 guests and is a popular place for weddings.

The new hotel has been designed to meld with the architecture of the historic building on the Publick House campus.

A brick pathway leads directly from the Chamberlain House to the tent, and the suite that faces the area is used as a hospitality room for bridal parties, large gatherings, and corporate events, while the patio is often the setting for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres.

Two of the five buildings that make up the old motor lodge have been phased out, and more rooms will be closed when the new building is complete, but Glick said they plan to leave a few open for travelers seeking a modest price point.

“The addition and renovation of the Chamberlain House has definitely increased our corporate business,” Rondeau said, noting that companies that have held training sessions, seminars, meetings, and themed events in the country setting.

For example, a Hawaiian Luau in the Garden Tent was created for a business party and included carving a fully cooked pig in the patio area.

“We created a beautiful atmosphere. The outdoor fire pit was burning, tiki torches were lit around the perimeter of the area, and there were lush flowers blooming everywhere,” Glick said, explaining that the acreage allows the company to offer events that might not be possible in a downtown hotel in a large city.

He added that business guests who enjoy the atmosphere and hospitality the Publick House offers are returning for overnight stays with their entire families.

The investment in upgraded rooms proved so successful that Siemasko and Verbridge were rehired last year to create a design for the new hotel building. Its plans involve tearing down the white clapboard-style barn that sits next to the Publick House and replacing it with a 21,314-square-foot structure with 28 hotel rooms.

The building will face the street and resemble a Colonial home on a raised, red-brick foundation linked to a red-barn-style structure with a raised stone foundation.

“It will be nestled between the Publick House and Sadie Green’s,” said Rondeau, referring to the retail emporium, jewelry store, and curiosity shop housed in buildings on the property.

“The new lobby will become the hotel registration center and will feature a double-sided wood-burning fireplace with lots of comfortable seating,” she continued. “The design and layout have a lot of character that includes roof gables and a mock hayloft door. We can’t recreate the Publick House, but we’re doing our best to give the new building a historic feel.”

The town’s design review board approved the plan in November, and it will go before the planning board in April.

However, the project was delayed in December when the Historical Commission put the demolition of the existing barn on hold for a year, but Glick said they are working closely with the commission and hope to come up with a compromise that will allow them to move forward this year.

“But the Publick House will continue to serve as the hub of the property,” he said, noting that its two restaurants and historic pub are convenient for overnight guests.

Ongoing Traditions

The Publick House is known for its fine food, New England specialties, and bake shop, which does $700,000 in business annually.

Glick noted that the majority of dishes on the menu in the dining room never change and include pot roast, chicken pot pie, lobster pie, and a full turkey dinner with all of the fixings that is offered every day throughout the year.

“People come here and expect to be able to order the foods we’re known for,” he explained.

Indeed, families have been coming there for generations and expect things to stay the same. Glick told BusinessWest that the bakery offers a frosted sugar cookie with a smiley face, and when the chef altered the recipe to make it healthier, they received calls and letters of complaint even though there were no signs alerting people to the slight difference in taste. “So we went back to the original recipe,” he said.

Rondeau added that the Publick House is rooted in tradition, and many grandparents bring their grandchildren there to experience history in the same way they did when they were young.

But ultimately, what all of their guests look for and find is the service, attention to detail, and personal touch that Colonial New England inns were known for.

“We have all the luxuries of a downtown hotel, and the quality of our food drives business here. Until last year, we were never known as a hotel, but that is changing,” Glick said. “We’re targeting business groups of about 50 people, but no matter who our guests are, our focus will always remain on offering them true hospitality.”

Real Estate Transactions

By BusinessWest Staff March 7, 2017

Departments Real Estate

Real Estate Transactions

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

1003 Apple Valley Road
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Silas Winthrop-Clark
Seller: Richard L. Stevens
Date: 02/02/17

1453 Hawley Road
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Drew M. Haerer
Seller: Helen Hillard-Rees
Date: 01/31/17

BERNARDSTON

48 Hillcrest Dr.
Bernardston, MA 01337
Amount: $219,801
Buyer: Jeffrey Calaski
Seller: Paul C. Skiathitis
Date: 01/30/17

171 Merrifield Road
Bernardston, MA 01337
Amount: $227,500
Buyer: Austin White
Seller: Andrew H. Zimmerman
Date: 01/27/17

DEERFIELD

257 Conway Road
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Matthew H. Munson
Seller: Evvan A. Mercure
Date: 01/27/17

39 Foxtown Road
Deerfield, MA 01342
Amount: $625,000
Buyer: Michael E. Doyle
Seller: Melissa Jane Gardiner RET
Date: 01/26/17

4 Greenfield Road
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Angel Properties LLC
Seller: David Adkins
Date: 01/30/17

710 River Road
Deerfield, MA 01342
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: David H. Adkins
Seller: John L. Knuerr
Date: 01/30/17

98 Whately Road
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $421,500
Buyer: Kaimei Zheng
Seller: Eric Bielski
Date: 01/27/17

GILL

32 French King Hwy.
Gill, MA 01354
Amount: $172,000
Buyer: Jason R. Raymond
Seller: Robert Raymond
Date: 01/31/17

GREENFIELD

7 Pine St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $214,000
Buyer: Bryan Marvell
Seller: Brian E. Kynard
Date: 01/31/17

3 Plantation Circle
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $268,000
Buyer: Tionne L. Brown
Seller: John C. Rose-Fish
Date: 01/23/17

16 Spring Terrace
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $141,000
Buyer: Nicolai Parpalov
Seller: Russell, Rick Allen, (Estate)
Date: 01/24/17

52 Washburn Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Terry J. Narkewicz
Seller: Linda A. Haines
Date: 01/31/17

HEATH

208 Taylor Brook
Heath, MA 01346
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: James E. Wickline
Seller: Earl D. Wickline
Date: 01/24/17

MONTAGUE

385 Montague City Road
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $177,000
Buyer: Luis Matos
Seller: Tamara M. Spears
Date: 01/24/17

133 Ripley Road
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $247,000
Buyer: Amy L. McDonald
Seller: Rise H. Thornton
Date: 01/27/17

NORTHFIELD

166 Maple St.
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $206,000
Buyer: Jose A. Madiedo
Seller: Jane Knodler
Date: 01/27/17

437 Millers Falls Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $149,000
Buyer: Mikayla M. Goodwin
Seller: Hanrahan IRT
Date: 01/27/17

ORANGE

549 East Main St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Currier Road Holdings LLC
Seller: JJS SS & Son Development
Date: 01/31/17

108 Mattawa Circle
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $144,900
Buyer: Pamela Hammonds
Seller: David M. Bialecki
Date: 01/30/17

211 North Main St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $137,000
Buyer: Andrew R. Anderson
Seller: Harris RT
Date: 01/31/17

57 Stone Valley Road
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $153,000
Buyer: Mario Susi
Seller: Raymond P. Williams
Date: 01/27/17

195 West Main St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $189,000
Buyer: Ira P. Houle
Seller: Elinor L. Britt
Date: 01/31/17

SUNDERLAND

211 Russell St.
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $241,000
Buyer: Judith Mayrand
Seller: Frances B. Martino
Date: 01/26/17

ROWE

37 Brittingham Hill Road
Rowe, MA 01367
Amount: $262,230
Buyer: Colleen Carey
Seller: Judith A. Pierce
Date: 02/01/17

SHUTESBURY

71 Locks Pond Road
Shutesbury, MA 01072
Amount: $420,682
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Linda D. Lau
Date: 02/03/17

SUNDERLAND

146 North Silver Lane
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $202,000
Buyer: Cynthia Faith
Seller: Troy Santerre
Date: 01/30/17

HAMPDEN COUNTY

AGAWAM

52 Federal Ave.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Joanne E. Craig
Seller: Ronald J. Hamel
Date: 01/26/17

11 Herbert P. Almgren Dr.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $1,620,000
Buyer: Agawam Silver Street RE
Seller: Eurofins Spectrum Analytical
Date: 01/24/17

122 Leonard St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $365,500
Buyer: Caren B. Foisie
Seller: Joseph A. Coppola
Date: 01/30/17

56 Poinsetta St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $221,000
Buyer: Maria T. Mikuszewski
Seller: Andrew A. Brower
Date: 02/03/17

830 Silver St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $1,620,000
Buyer: Agawam Silver Street RE
Seller: Eurofins Spectrum Analytical
Date: 01/24/17

62 Stewart Lane
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Jaime L. Bouchard
Seller: Robert W. Manning
Date: 01/26/17

CHICOPEE

79 Ashgrove St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Sovannarith Som
Seller: Irene Hambley
Date: 01/30/17

54 Asselin St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Allen F. Cormier
Seller: Howard F. Cormier
Date: 01/26/17

229 Bemis Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $166,080
Buyer: Matrix Financial Services
Seller: Sonia I. Rodriguez
Date: 02/01/17

555 Burnett Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $137,000
Buyer: Christopher N. Ouimette
Seller: Loretta M. Boyle
Date: 02/03/17

27 Dickinson St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $146,640
Buyer: George E. Brown
Seller: Robert S. Nelson
Date: 01/25/17

19 Fisher St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $203,000
Buyer: Allen M. Caron
Seller: Witold Kaczor
Date: 01/27/17

35 Forest St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Hector R. Quiles
Seller: Alla Boyko
Date: 01/31/17

605 Front St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $226,000
Buyer: Eric C. Lubarsky
Seller: Natalya Konovalova
Date: 01/26/17

96 Hilton St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $229,500
Buyer: Mark Hebert
Seller: Ryan Fitzemeyer
Date: 01/27/17

37 Ludger Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $153,000
Buyer: Wells Fargo Bank
Seller: Kenneth W. Sikes
Date: 02/03/17

21-25 Maple St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Valley Opportunity Council
Seller: Roman Catholic Bishop Of Springfield
Date: 02/03/17

67 Otis St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Tina M. Dougherty
Seller: Jo-Ann R. Gagnon
Date: 01/30/17

44 Paul Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $115,200
Buyer: Wells Fargo Bank
Seller: Amber D. Yarrows
Date: 01/26/17

93 Rivers Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $164,000
Buyer: Jennifer L. Pimental
Seller: Rebingham Inc.
Date: 01/24/17

31 Ruskin St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: Arthur W. Boutin
Seller: Oak Ridge Custom Home Builders
Date: 01/27/17

1040 Sheridan St.
Chicopee, MA 01022
Amount: $2,100,000
Buyer: WE 1040 Sheridan LLC
Seller: NIP Owner 2 LLC
Date: 01/26/17

1045 Sheridan St.
Chicopee, MA 01022
Amount: $1,900,000
Buyer: WE 1045 Sheridan LLC
Seller: NIP Owner 2 LLC
Date: 01/26/17

83 Thaddeus St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $164,900
Buyer: Laurie A. Brown
Seller: Andrew M. Kitiyo
Date: 01/27/17

81 Washington St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $212,000
Buyer: John D. McKenna
Seller: Michelle M. Gregoire
Date: 02/03/17

183 Woodcrest Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $124,000
Buyer: David R. Roberts
Seller: Citibank
Date: 01/30/17

EAST LONGMEADOW

240 Canterbury Circle
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $445,000
Buyer: Saborna Das
Seller: Patrick J. Brown
Date: 01/23/17

135 Dwight Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $182,500
Buyer: Vladimir Kostenko
Seller: Vincent Pafumi
Date: 01/27/17

175 Dwight Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $128,500
Buyer: Cailin Donovan
Seller: Robert J. Schroeter
Date: 01/27/17

52 Highlandview Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $338,000
Buyer: Terry Peckham
Seller: Brian P. Lambert
Date: 01/25/17

39 Lori Lane
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Gonzalo A. Chacon
Seller: Mary Turner
Date: 01/27/17

75 Parker St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Charles D. Vanzant
Seller: Peter J. Borrello
Date: 01/31/17

HAMPDEN

24 Fox Run Lane
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $292,500
Buyer: Timothy J. Moore
Seller: Stefan Mikolajczuk
Date: 02/03/17

222 South Monson Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Rebeca L. Merigian
Seller: Merigian, Jeffrey M., (Estate)
Date: 01/27/17

66 Woodland Dr.
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $243,900
Buyer: Brian M. Terron
Seller: Mary Persaud
Date: 01/26/17

HOLLAND

2 Fenton St.
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $120,887
Buyer: 2 Fenton Street RT
Seller: Donald Boutin
Date: 01/30/17

HOLYOKE

513 Beech St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $182,610
Buyer: Tarps Investment Group
Seller: Mary E. Larrivee
Date: 02/01/17

193-203 Chestnut St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $303,000
Buyer: Chicopee Kendall LLC
Seller: 193-203 Chestnut St LLC
Date: 01/31/17

70 Essex St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $687,000
Buyer: 328 Maple Street RT
Seller: Anne Mistivar-Payen
Date: 01/23/17

117 Essex St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Chicopee Kendall LLC
Seller: Kais Akremi
Date: 01/31/17

1114 Hampden St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $173,500
Buyer: Heather Cahillane
Seller: Michael B. Tetreault
Date: 02/03/17

38 Lindbergh Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $193,140
Buyer: Robert J. Carroll
Seller: Alice P. Aughe-Redfern
Date: 01/31/17

328 Maple St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $687,000
Buyer: 328 Maple Street RT
Seller: Anne Mistivar-Payen
Date: 01/23/17

330 Maple St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $687,000
Buyer: 328 Maple Street RT
Seller: Anne Mistivar-Payen
Date: 01/23/17

529-539 South Canal St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $337,500
Buyer: Dana E. Carpenter
Seller: Jaroslaw Leshko
Date: 01/31/17

LONGMEADOW

251 Academy Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $415,000
Buyer: Scott C. Milas
Seller: Jay H. Loevy
Date: 01/27/17

109 Homestead Blvd.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $230,500
Buyer: Donna L. O’Keefe
Seller: Carin A. Savel
Date: 01/26/17

129 Overbrook Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $735,000
Buyer: James J. Tallaksen
Seller: Donna M. Walen
Date: 01/31/17

LUDLOW

264 Alden St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Ventures TR
Seller: Gabriel Cady
Date: 01/25/17

36 Butler St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Leona F. Tyrrell
Seller: John P. Strycharz
Date: 01/25/17

45 Deroche Circle
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $186,000
Buyer: Alex M. Jendrysik
Seller: John J. Flynn
Date: 01/23/17

N/A
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $305,000
Buyer: Erick A. Leal
Seller: FNMA
Date: 01/31/17

57 Pleasant St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $151,500
Buyer: Hannah E. Flanders
Seller: Sean D. Burtt
Date: 01/25/17

Turning Leaf Road #19
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Jeffrey Dias
Seller: Whitetail Wreks LLC
Date: 01/27/17

131 Williams St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Barbara A. Orszulak
Seller: Seth J. Hooten
Date: 01/25/17

383 Winsor St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Charlene A. Fernandes
Seller: Teresa Alves
Date: 02/03/17

MONSON

6 Hilltop Dr.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $194,880
Buyer: Bank Of America
Seller: Virginia A. Zemianek
Date: 02/01/17

175 Main St.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Jerry Krupa
Seller: M. A. Charette-Strange
Date: 01/30/17

230 Silver St.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $247,800
Buyer: F. Davis Johnson
Seller: Matthew G. Shiel
Date: 01/31/17

PALMER

285 Barker St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $138,500
Buyer: Deutsche Bank
Seller: Louise E. Barry
Date: 02/01/17

1051 Overlook Dr.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $173,000
Buyer: Erin K. Brunk
Seller: Meaney, Carol A., (Estate)
Date: 01/31/17

RUSSELL

616 Woodland Way
Russell, MA 01071
Amount: $287,900
Buyer: Robert A. Pont
Seller: David C. Cummings
Date: 01/31/17

SOUTHWICK

6 Babb Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Monica J. Cable
Seller: Joseph M. Coppa
Date: 01/27/17

42 Lakeview St.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $299,900
Buyer: Donald Nooney
Seller: Daniel Hinckley
Date: 01/24/17

13 North Pond Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Dana Cochrane
Seller: Steven R. Ferrari
Date: 01/31/17

SPRINGFIELD

209 Albemarle St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $156,000
Buyer: Jose L. Torres
Seller: Irma Cotes-Soto
Date: 02/01/17

68 Alwin Place
Springfield, MA 01101
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Jeanette Torres
Seller: Grahams Construction Inc.
Date: 01/23/17

164 Arnold Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $154,000
Buyer: Robert D. Cummings
Seller: Sirita L. Harmon
Date: 01/30/17

1 Bairdcrest Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Gabriela V. Rivero
Seller: Megan A. Berry
Date: 01/31/17

901 Boston Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $1,418,400
Buyer: Meads FT
Seller: GHI Ventures LLC
Date: 01/27/17

120 Canterbury Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $119,900
Buyer: Stephen Delusa
Seller: Robert Federico
Date: 01/27/17

735 Carew St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $134,000
Buyer: Edward Dones
Seller: Tashira M. Roman
Date: 01/31/17

24 Chapin Terrace
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $326,070
Buyer: Tarps Investment Group
Seller: Mary E. Larrivee
Date: 02/01/17

21 Clydesdale Lane
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Anthony J. Ragone
Seller: Kelly D. Gosselin
Date: 01/30/17

44 Dana St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $123,500
Buyer: Richard Jones
Seller: Kimberly A. Hyde
Date: 01/27/17

17 Dartmouth St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $120,900
Buyer: Kevin G. Silva
Seller: TM Properties Inc.
Date: 01/31/17

90 Embury St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: William J. Guilbe
Seller: Nelson Torres
Date: 01/26/17

70 Emerson St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Yadu Tiwari
Seller: Victor Ocasio
Date: 01/23/17

145 Emerson St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $228,450
Buyer: Matthew E. Scott
Seller: Daniel D. Kelly
Date: 01/30/17

67 Fort Pleasant Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $116,000
Buyer: Carol A. Ouellette
Seller: JB Camerlin Real Estate
Date: 01/27/17

131 Fort Pleasant Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Zamarie Morales
Seller: J&M Property & Development LLC
Date: 01/31/17

74 Glenham St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $148,000
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Peter Lopez
Date: 02/02/17

59 Granby St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Geoffrey A. Buoniconti
Date: 01/27/17

43 Harmon Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $121,600
Buyer: Benjamin S. St.Amand
Seller: Desellier, David L., (Estate)
Date: 02/02/17

133 Harmon Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $142,000
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Rosa M. Rodriguez
Date: 02/01/17

75 Harvard St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Marisol Padilla
Seller: Angel M. Villanueva
Date: 01/31/17

96 Joan St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $164,900
Buyer: Misael Ramos
Seller: Everett E. Twining
Date: 01/27/17

15 Lamont St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Jennifer Bennett
Seller: BP LLC
Date: 02/01/17

90 Lang St. #171
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $189,900
Buyer: Alex M. Marzan
Seller: Propcity LLC
Date: 02/01/17

38-40 Langdon St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $139,900
Buyer: Ubaldo Lopez
Seller: Marisabel Agosto
Date: 01/27/17

58 Leete St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $163,500
Buyer: Worku Bihonegne
Seller: Yuri Grechka
Date: 01/30/17

171 Longhill St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $189,750
Buyer: Marc J. Sbalbi
Seller: Jason M. Dieni
Date: 01/31/17

421 Maple St.
Springfield, MA 01105
Amount: $126,000
Buyer: Marisol Tavarez
Seller: Thomas A. Valentine
Date: 01/24/17

84 Meadowbrook Road
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Joseph R. Rosinski
Seller: Suzanne M. Hoey
Date: 02/03/17

76 Merida St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Luis A. Rosario
Seller: Jeffrey A. Pelletier
Date: 01/24/17

64-66 Moulton St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Stanley H. Czaplicki
Seller: HSB Investments LLC
Date: 02/02/17

36 Naismith St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Brian O’Connor
Seller: Dale C. Villar
Date: 01/30/17

24 Nathaniel St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: Jose L. Marquez
Seller: Diana Marquez
Date: 01/23/17

32 Nichols St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Levi Perkins
Seller: Raymond A. Recor
Date: 01/30/17

56 Northway Dr.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $164,000
Buyer: Kevin A. Shea
Seller: Ryan Mahan
Date: 01/26/17

112 Oregon St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $144,900
Buyer: Raymond B. Yelinek
Seller: Michael V. Donato
Date: 01/27/17

602 Parker St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $133,500
Buyer: Lisa L. Wolfe
Seller: Belczyk, Evelyn N, (Estate)
Date: 02/03/17

83 Pennsylvania Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $313,060
Buyer: Deutsche Bank
Seller: Alan P. Drew
Date: 01/31/17

13 Plum St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Beth Njugna
Seller: Anthony A. Bellucci
Date: 01/31/17

Saint James Ave.
Springfield, MA 01101
Amount: $398,400
Buyer: Sprague Operating Resources LLC
Seller: Leonard E. Belcher Inc.
Date: 02/02/17

195-255 Saint James Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,074,300
Buyer: Sprague Operating Resources
Seller: Leonard E. Belcher Inc.
Date: 02/02/17

487 Saint James Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,074,300
Buyer: Sprague Operating Resources
Seller: Leonard E. Belcher Inc.
Date: 02/02/17

615 Saint James Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,074,300
Buyer: Sprague Operating Resources
Seller: Leonard E. Belcher Inc.
Date: 02/02/17

617 Saint James Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,074,300
Buyer: Sprague Operating Resources
Seller: Leonard E. Belcher Inc.
Date: 02/02/17

16 Stratford Terrace
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Lionel Raye
Seller: Christine R. Krastin
Date: 01/27/17

Tapley St.
Springfield, MA 01101
Amount: $1,074,300
Buyer: Sprague Operating Resources
Seller: Leonard E. Belcher Inc.
Date: 02/02/17

164 Tremont St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $187,000
Buyer: Dirk A. Vernon
Seller: Kevin Czaplicki
Date: 01/27/17

67 West Allen Ridge Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $166,500
Buyer: Donald Felton
Seller: Ryan C. Gardner
Date: 01/31/17

197-199 White St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $162,000
Buyer: AJN Rentals LLC
Seller: Hallerin Realty LLP
Date: 01/31/17

2040 Wilbraham Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Neyda S. Morell-Giboyeaux
Seller: Nicholas J. Zguta
Date: 01/30/17

720 Wilbraham Road
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $391,230
Buyer: Tarps Investment Group
Seller: Mary E. Larrivee
Date: 02/01/17

TOLLAND

Hartland Road
Tolland, MA 01034
Amount: $249,900
Buyer: Mark R. Dintzner
Seller: John A. Devine
Date: 01/31/17

WALES

153 Union Road
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $208,000
Buyer: Jeffrey A. Barsaleau
Seller: Brian S. Kun
Date: 01/27/17

WESTFIELD

63 Beveridge Blvd.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $146,000
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Debra Milczarski
Date: 01/24/17

1750 East Mountain Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Ryan T. Mahan
Seller: Donald C. Tryon
Date: 01/26/17

Egleston Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $650,000
Buyer: H&H County RE LLC
Seller: Scarfo Construction Inc.
Date: 02/02/17

5 Fritz Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $165,500
Buyer: Milena Vrankovic
Seller: Karen M. Majeski
Date: 01/31/17

11 Grant St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Westfield Realty LLC
Seller: Mazeika, Nellie M., (Estate)
Date: 02/02/17

111 Hawks Circle
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: Kenneth Kimani
Seller: Lisa M. Hague
Date: 01/25/17

76 Kane Brothers Circle
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Jabir Khan
Seller: Deborah J. Labarre
Date: 01/31/17

Lapointe Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $148,000
Buyer: Russian Evangelical Baptist
Seller: St.Marie, Paul R., (Estate)
Date: 02/02/17

103 Servistar Industrial Way
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $650,000
Buyer: H&H County RE LLC
Seller: Scarfo Construction Inc.
Date: 02/02/17

471 Shaker Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Jeffrey C. Manley
Seller: Kocal, Ann K., (Estate)
Date: 01/24/17

1111 Southampton Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $15,100,000
Buyer: WE 1111 Southampton LLC
Seller: NIP Owner 4 LLC
Date: 01/26/17

21 State St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $175,500
Buyer: Coburn A. Watson
Seller: Pamela E. Pratt
Date: 01/27/17

103 Steiger Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $282,000
Buyer: Paul J. Landry
Seller: Nino N. Valentino
Date: 02/03/17

75 Western Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $269,500
Buyer: James J. Irwin
Seller: David A. Bannish
Date: 01/31/17

70 Westwood Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Alexis M. Aube
Seller: Marilyn L. Sandidge
Date: 01/26/17

68 Woodsong Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $286,500
Buyer: Daniel A. Nash
Seller: Shawn S. Baker
Date: 01/27/17

WILBRAHAM

12 Bellows Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $440,000
Buyer: Daniel D. Kelly
Seller: Mary E. Paul
Date: 02/01/17

8 Leemond St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Margaret Petrie
Seller: Kurt J. MacDonald
Date: 01/26/17

421 Monson Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $369,900
Buyer: Miguel A. Acevedo
Seller: New England Developers
Date: 01/27/17

6 Oakridge Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Nicklaus D. Kalish
Seller: Steven A. Iampietro
Date: 01/26/17

3 Pomeroy St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Susan E. Adams
Seller: Joseph F. Queiroga
Date: 01/30/17

Stonington Dr. #2
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Peter D. Martins
Seller: Silo Farm Associates LLC
Date: 01/26/17

Stonington Dr. #3
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Peter D. Martins
Seller: Silo Farm Associates LLC
Date: 01/26/17

1072 Stony Hill Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: MW RT
Seller: William Raleigh
Date: 01/25/17

717-719 Stony Hill Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $262,000
Buyer: Brendan J. Kennedy
Seller: Dollar, Lorraine I., (Estate)
Date: 01/26/17

WEST SPRINGFIELD

869 Dewey St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $228,000
Buyer: Vinodkumar Patel
Seller: VIP Homes & Associates LLC
Date: 01/30/17

12 Exeter St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $152,000
Buyer: Andrew J. Slowick
Seller: Grammatiki Anderson
Date: 02/01/17

34 Hale St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $257,500
Buyer: Chitra K. Rai
Seller: Patricia A. Pope
Date: 02/01/17

426 Massachusetts Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $156,000
Buyer: Pamela Pratt
Seller: Daniel Nash
Date: 01/27/17

150 Morton St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $133,000
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Judith A. Connors
Date: 02/02/17

45 Oakland St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $147,500
Buyer: Ashley Cabana
Seller: Howard A. Fife
Date: 01/25/17

51 Oakland St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $202,000
Buyer: Jonathan L. Longenecker
Seller: Fred W. Geiger
Date: 01/30/17

104 Orchardview St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Kaleshia Estabrook
Seller: Marc A. Sawyer
Date: 01/24/17

28 Rogers Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $185,500
Buyer: Lauren E. Counter
Seller: Ronald C. Kidd
Date: 02/03/17

248 Sibley Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Meirion W. George
Seller: Elizabeth L. O’Brien
Date: 01/27/17

233 Western Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: CGS Realty LLC
Seller: M. Jerome Fredette
Date: 01/27/17

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

AMHERST

140 Amity St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Barry S. Goldstein
Seller: Mario S. Depillis
Date: 01/25/17

19 Birchcroff Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $355,620
Buyer: Eva Hudlicka
Seller: Ann E. Bestor IRT
Date: 01/31/17

27 Greenleaves Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $135,500
Buyer: Elizabeth Tozloski
Seller: Amhad Development Corp.
Date: 01/27/17

202 Harkness Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $159,139
Buyer: Hawkness Road TR
Seller: Deutsche Bank
Date: 01/31/17

BELCHERTOWN

50 Center St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $334,000
Buyer: Judith Greenberger
Seller: Commons Group LLC
Date: 01/25/17

16 Oakwood Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $256,000
Buyer: Sylvia E. Ferreira
Seller: Marian M. MacCurdy
Date: 01/31/17

404 Rockrimmon St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: John D. Williams
Seller: John P. Palmer
Date: 01/31/17

33 Westview Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $166,600
Buyer: Robert E. Wojtczak
Seller: Wells Fargo Bank
Date: 01/26/17

CHESTERFIELD

270 Main Road
Chesterfield, MA 01012
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Jenny L. Aultman
Seller: Sherry D. Ouimet
Date: 01/31/17

EASTHAMPTON

8 East Green St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $228,000
Buyer: Michael R. Packard
Seller: Tracey Mcneill
Date: 02/03/17

14 Florence Road
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Daniel J. Ferreira
Seller: Laura J. Patton
Date: 01/23/17

88 Garfield Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $349,000
Buyer: Peter Loeb
Seller: Brandon Reed
Date: 01/31/17

29 Kingsberry Way
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $383,000
Buyer: Lindsay L. McGrath
Seller: Deborah L. Jones
Date: 01/23/17

170 Park St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: Paul G. Davis
Seller: Brian K. Colby
Date: 01/26/17

38 Peloquin Dr.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $172,000
Buyer: Dennis J. Meehan
Seller: Christopher D. Allison
Date: 01/27/17

74 Plain St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $319,000
Buyer: Dennis E. Radgowski
Seller: Lindsay L. McGrath
Date: 01/23/17

16 West St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $196,500
Buyer: Lyle D. Phipps
Seller: Adam M. Fox
Date: 01/26/17

GRANBY

10 Pinebrook Circle
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Derek Mann
Seller: Marni B. Normand
Date: 01/27/17

HADLEY

54 Bay Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $425,000
Buyer: CIL Realty Of Mass. Inc.
Seller: Beverly A. Graves IRT
Date: 01/24/17

34 East St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Henry J. Filkoski
Seller: Juliana M. Niedbala
Date: 01/27/17

233 Russell St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $223,340
Buyer: Lich V. Nguyen
Seller: Deborah L. Pipczynski
Date: 01/30/17

5 Wampanoag Dr.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $317,500
Buyer: James L. Beadle
Seller: Stephen R. Feltovic
Date: 01/31/17

HATFIELD

7 King St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: John P. Klepacki
Seller: John J. Faszcza
Date: 01/26/17

20 Old Farms Road
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Tracey A. McNeill
Seller: Emily R. Cohen
Date: 02/03/17

89 Prospect St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $250,900
Buyer: Nicholas J. Zguta
Seller: Lynn Wojewoda
Date: 01/30/17

NORTHAMPTON

263 Brookside Circle
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $213,000
Buyer: Louise L. Norris
Seller: Ian J. Matchett
Date: 01/31/17

167 Chestnut St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Douglas Thayer
Seller: Kmetz IRT
Date: 02/01/17

24 Clark Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $390,000
Buyer: Kent S. Hicks
Seller: John P. Mistark
Date: 01/30/17

468 Coles Meadow Road
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Sarah L. Creighton
Seller: Margaret P. Hughes
Date: 01/31/17

179 Florence Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $151,250
Buyer: Efrain Diaz
Seller: Segundo Cintron
Date: 01/25/17

723 Florence Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Amrik Singh
Seller: Kurt D. Robinson
Date: 01/25/17

96 North Maple St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $334,000
Buyer: David C. Hill
Seller: Barry S. Goldstein
Date: 01/24/17

118 Spruce Hill Ave.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Caleb Fischer
Seller: David E. Hentz Jr. TR
Date: 01/23/17

PELHAM

Boyden Road
Pelham, MA 01002
Amount: $290,250
Buyer: Town Of Pelham
Seller: Kestrel Land TR
Date: 01/31/17

Boyden Road #160
Pelham, MA 01002
Amount: $120,250
Buyer: Kestrel Land TR
Seller: Marc Gurvitch
Date: 01/31/17

Buffam Road
Pelham, MA 01002
Amount: $290,250
Buyer: Town Of Pelham
Seller: Kestrel Land TR
Date: 01/31/17

59 Enfield Road
Pelham, MA 01002
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Bank Of America
Seller: John C. Cooper
Date: 02/02/17

North Valley Road (off)
Pelham, MA 01002
Amount: $290,250
Buyer: Town Of Pelham
Seller: Kestrel Land TR
Date: 01/31/17

SOUTH HADLEY

554 Amherst Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Holly A. Labrecque
Date: 01/25/17

34 Boynton Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Minh Lang
Seller: Deborah L. Baker
Date: 02/02/17

3 Cordes Court
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $127,000
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Doris L. Nadeau
Date: 01/30/17

20 Grandview St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Matthew A. Simard
Seller: John P. Griffin
Date: 01/31/17

14 Lakeview Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $312,500
Buyer: Brendan J. Doyle
Seller: G&A RT
Date: 01/25/17

118 Lyman St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $124,900
Buyer: 4 Seasons Property Maintenance
Seller: FNMA
Date: 01/23/17

9 North St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Brian R. Demers
Seller: Sarah A. Maxon
Date: 01/31/17

3 White Brook Lane
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $679,000
Buyer: Margaret O. Collenberg
Seller: Ceasar P. Fernandes
Date: 02/01/17

SOUTHAMPTON

10 Glendale Woods Dr.
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $380,000
Buyer: Daryl G. Soares
Seller: Arthur E. Lustenberger
Date: 01/30/17

118 Middle Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $354,900
Buyer: Brian D. Slezek
Seller: Daviau & Hathaway Development LLC
Date: 01/27/17

76 White Loaf Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Jeffrey Ocampo
Seller: Jaroslaw M. Przybyla
Date: 01/24/17

WARE

433 Belchertown Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $287,000
Buyer: Jason Ohara-Richardson
Seller: Paul B. Morris
Date: 01/27/17

730 Belchertown Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: RTS Welding Fabrication
Seller: Wayne E. Henrichon
Date: 01/26/17

69 Coffey Hill Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $184,500
Buyer: Frank P. Wawro
Seller: Shawn Gersbach
Date: 01/23/17

34 Meadow Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Mark A. Lagimoniere
Seller: Roger H. Pariseau
Date: 02/03/17

19 Shoreline Dr.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Charles W. Thomas
Seller: FHLM
Date: 01/25/17

WESTHAMPTON

32 Mine Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Charles Braun
Seller: Jean M. Kandrotas
Date: 01/30/17

WILLIAMSBURG

164 Main St.
Williamsburg, MA 01096
Amount: $152,000
Buyer: Barbara F. Bricker
Seller: Lucy G. Krzanowski
Date: 02/03/17

Court Dockets

By BusinessWest Staff March 7, 2017

Court Dockets Departments

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

CHICOPEE DISTRICT COURT

Timothy Shannon v. Pride Stores LLC
Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury: $24,999
Filed: 1/19/17

FRANKLIN DISTRICT COURT

Thomas Hodak v. Beau Geste XXV, LLC and Doubletree Suites by Hilton
Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury: $24,999
Filed: 2/1/17

FRANKLIN SUPERIOR COURT

Rexel Inc. d/b/a Capital Light & Supply Co. Inc. v. Atlantic Furniture Inc.
Allegation: Monies owed for services, labor, and materials: $33,496.66
Filed: 1/4/17

HAMPDEN DISTRICT COURT

Luis Hernandez v. Shoukat & Saeed Inc. and S & S Food Mart
Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury: $24,000
Filed: 1/20/17

Jerri Lynn Myrick v. Big Y Foods Inc.
Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury: $9,012.41
Filed: 1/23/17

HAMPDEN SUPERIOR COURT

Richard Aponte v. Crystal Brook Landscape Construction Inc.
Allegation: Negligence in construction of stairs causing injury: $46,800
Filed: 2/6/17

Joshua Lewis v. Hurley & David Inc.
Allegation: Employment discrimination: $25,000+
Filed: 2/7/17

Patrizia Politi v. Springfield Riverfront Development Corp., Springfield Riverfront Condominium Assoc., and the Hanover Insurance Group Inc.
Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury
Filed: 2/7/17

Ondrick Materials & Recycling, LLC v. Palmer Motorsports Park, LLC
Allegation: Monies owed for goods sold and delivered: $98,261.30
Filed: 2/8/17

William Roach v. Joseph Hamm d/b/a Hamm’s Welding & Trailers
Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury: $350,000
Filed: 2/8/17

HAMPSHIRE DISTRICT COURT

Evelyn Stankowski v. the Blue Rock Restaurant and Bar, LLC
Allegation: Non-payment of overtime wages: $1,240.37
Filed: 1/25/17
Sherwin-Williams Co. v. Paul Shepard d/b/a Gentlemen Painters
Allegation: Monies owed for goods sold and delivered: $6,638.18
Filed: 1/26/17

HAMPSHIRE SUPERIOR COURT

Jeffrey Zesiger, MD v. Cooley Dickinson Hospital and Cooley Dickinson Medical Group a/k/a Cooley Dickinson Practice Assoc.
Allegation: Breach of contract: $25,000+
Filed: 2/3/17

David Jackson and Elaine Stinson v. David Kaufman, MD; Fred Kim, MD; Phillip Kick, MD; Valley Medical Group, P.C.; and Urology Group of Western New England, P.C.
Allegation: Medical malpractice: $1,375,000
Filed: 2/6/17

HOLYOKE DISTRICT COURT

Ariana Garcia as mother and next friend of Ariana Garcia, a minor, v. Pyramid Management Group, LLC
Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury: $3,300
Filed: 1/20/17

I-91 Viaduct Project Will Provide Concrete Benefits

By BusinessWest Staff February 21, 2017

Construction Sections

Driving Forces

An overhead view of work on the inner lanes of I-91’s Springfield viaduct.

In May 2015, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation signed a $148 million contract with the Joint Venture of JF White-Schiavone to overhaul the 1-91 viaduct in Springfield. The project is immense in scope, and although it has inconvenienced drivers, especially during peak hours, it is ahead of schedule and brings concrete benefits for the local economy and area businesses that manufacture or provide products needed for the repair and reconstruction of the 45-year-old section of highway.

Richard Masse says that, when the state Department of Transportation (or MassDOT, as it’s called) developed plans for reconstructing the 1-91 viaduct that runs through Springfield, it was well aware of the impact and inconvenience the project would have on drivers traveling north and south.

Indeed, state officials felt that completing the $148 million project on time or ahead of schedule was so critical that they built an attractive bonus into the contract to keep work moving along as quickly as possible.

“We established an incentive of $50,000 a day for up to 180 days to finish earlier than the contract specified,” said Masse, district project development engineer for MassDOT Highway Division District 2.

This equates to a potential bonus of $9 million for the Joint Venture of JF White-Schiavone if specific conditions are met. And those conditions are clearly outlined: the entire project does not have to be complete, but the ‘full beneficial use’ milestone has to be met, which means work on all lanes and ramps must be finished, and they must be open and functioning, before Aug. 6, 2018. This constitutes the majority of the work.

Such incentives are rare, and this is the largest ever offered by District 2, but it is tempered by a disincentive: There will be a penalty of $50,000 for every day the contractor is late in meeting the milestone.

But that’s not likely to happen. In fact, JF White-Schiavone, benefiting from mostly benign weather (the recent storm was a definite exception), is three months ahead of schedule, and workers continue to labor around the clock to get the project done.

The roadway under reconstruction is only eight-tenths of a mile in length, but the work involves far more than simply removing the old decking on the six traffic lanes and repaving them. There are 96 separate spans of bridge between the south abutment on State Street and the north abutment near the I-291 exit, and each span is supported by a pier that needs to be repaired.

Officials say the viaduct project is proceeding ahead of schedule, thanks to relatively mild winters and some attractive incentives.

In fact, the $148 million contract holds enormous weight — literally and figuratively — and area businesses are benefiting due to the materials that are needed and will be used by the time the project is complete.

Specifically, crews will replace 44,000 tons of concrete with the new bridge deck and barriers, use 7.2 million pounds (3,600 tons) of steel reinforcement, install 134 drainage inlets on the bridge, erect 2.5 miles of snow fence on the barriers, and paint 28 acres, or 1.2 million square feet, of steel.

Concrete is being purchased from Construction Service in Wilbraham, asphalt paving comes from Lane Construction Corp. in Springfield, the 600-plus feet of noise-control curtains mounted in front of downtown hotels were purchased from Sound Seal in Agawam, and gravel and stone is being provided by Ginmar Enterprises in Ludlow.

In addition, Commonwealth Guardrail in Westfield is furnishing that product, all catch basins and manhole castings will be purchased from E.J. Prescott Inc. in West Springfield, and CJ’s Towing Unlimited Inc. in Springfield is part of the safety plan to remove vehicles involved in crashes as quickly as possible, which is important because traffic is already squeezed between the barriers on the viaduct.

The project has also had a positive effect on employment. The Federal Highway Administration has done studies on the impact of major undertakings and reports that every $1 billion in spending supports 13,000 jobs for a year. “Since this project will cost $148 million, that translates to more than 1,900 job years of employment that are either created or supported,” Masse said.

For this issue and its focus on construction, BusinessWest takes an indepth look at the I-91 project — what’s been completed, what’s still to come, and what the long-term benefits will be for Springfield and the region.

Route Geometry

Although some people think the $950 million MGM Springfield resort casino has affected work that is being done on the viaduct or the way the on and off ramps will be configured in the future, it’s not true and simply a coincidence that construction on both projects is taking place simultaneously.

“We identified the need for the viaduct project late in 2011 before expanded gaming was even signed into law, and the project was approved and initiated prior to any casino proposals,” said Masse.

The viaduct was constructed and opened in 1971, and no improvements were made to it other than a few limited repairs that took place between 1999 and the early 2000s. As a result, the decking deteriorated as millions of vehicles passed over it and chemicals, salt, and sand were used to combat ice and snow during frigid winter months.

“It had reached the point where emergency repairs of potholes were becoming routine. We had to go out on the road in the middle of commuter traffic without warning, and it became clear that it was time for a long-term fix,” Masse said.

MassDOT did its best to identify challenges that might occur as it developed a plan for the project. The agency determined it was critical to keep the public informed about what was happening on a daily basis, so the contract contained language that mandated hiring a public-relations firm for that purpose.

Regina Villa Associates in Boston was chosen, and the company issues frequent notices and updates about the work in progress to all local media outlines. There is also a project webpage (www.massdot.state.ma.us/i91viaductrehab/home.aspx) where people can sign up to get e-mail alerts about daily or weekly changes.

In addition, work on the project is discussed at biweekly meetings that include officials from MassDOT, the Springfield Department of Public Works, the Springfield Parking Authority (two of its main facilities are under the viaduct), and MGM Springfield.

Masse noted that the casino has initiated its own street closings and plans to install a detection system at the end of the exit 6 ramp to facilitate traffic flow and help prevent accidents; if traffic starts to back up toward the highway, the stoplight will change to allow vehicles to move off the ramp. Other work is also being done on streets around the casino, but that has no bearing on the 1-91 viaduct project.

However, MGM’s presence at the meetings is important. “It gives us an opportunity to coordinate work and exchange schedule updates,” Masse said. “Their cooperation has been an important part of the project and helped to limit disruption.”

Although some media outlets have reported that a number of drivers have avoided the viaduct and will continue to do so until the project is complete, Masse said everything possible is being done to reduce the impact on local businesses.

“We understand that our projects are generally an inconvenience, and we certainly appreciate that there can be some negative impact on local businesses. But we haven’t had any feedback of that nature,” he told BusinessWest, adding that business owners as well as the general public are invited to send comments, suggestions, or inquiries to MassDOT via the project website, and feedback has already resulted in things such as adjustments to signage.

Richard Masse says that, when it’s completed, the reconstructed viaduct will help make Springfield an attractive destination.

Another change that went live Feb. 1 was made in response to input from drivers who expressed concern about safety where lanes on I-91 South are reduced from two down to one.

The feedback led MassDOT to implement a pilot program for a ‘dynamic lane merge system,’ which is designed to make merging safer and alleviate congestion.

It’s the first time this system has been used in the Commonwealth, and it will help to ensure that vehicles familiar with the lane closure don’t bypass others and cause them to wait for a longer period of time than those who use the roadway on a frequent basis. The system works by using computer sensors to monitor traffic and letting drivers know what the best merge strategy is via electronic signage.

Paving the Way

The viaduct project has many goals, including replacement of the reinforced concrete bridge deck, painting of all structural steel, replacing the bridge bearings, improving bridge drainage and highway lighting on and under the structure, miscellaneous structural steel repairs, improving traffic signage on the structure, and other safety improvements in the immediate vicinity, such as installing new sprinkler systems and LED lighting on the upper levels of the 1-91 North and South parking garages, which are run by the Springfield Parking Authority in space leased from the state.

Masse said the project was divided into two main phases so half the decks could be replaced at a time. Last year, work was concentrated on the inside decks, and traffic was moved to the outside, and now that phase I is complete, the process has been reversed, and construction is taking place in the low-speed travel lane and shoulder portions of the viaduct, and on the I-91 northbound on-ramp to I-291 East.

The same ramps that were closed during phase I will remain closed, and the only change is that the exit 9 off-ramp from I-91 North to Route 20 West/Route 20A East will be closed until phase II is complete.

About 100 people show up to work at the site every day, and in addition to day and evening shifts, construction efforts often continue throughout the night. The noisy work of demolishing the existing decks is done during the day, and debris is carried away after dark.

“The crews use very large jackhammers mounted to excavating equipment to break up the deck,” Masse said, noting that saws are also used to cut portions of the material.

Workers recently began painting the steel girders, which is no small task — again, there are 1.2 million square feet of steel to repaint. But when the job is complete, it will help enhance the perception of that section of the highway.

“The beige paint that had reached the end of its useful life is being covered with a blue-green hue that will be much more attractive visually,” Masse said.

In addition to aesthetics, safety will be improved. “When we finish the deck replacement, the shoulder on the median side in the high-speed lane will be wider,” he continued, explaining that, in the past, there were two feet between the guardrail and the edge of the road, but a narrower concrete barrier will allow the inside shoulder to expand to four feet in width.

Other safety improvements include the construction of a barrier to stop I-291 traffic from shooting across several lanes on I-91 South to exit 7 at the Memorial Bridge.

When the project was in the development stage, Masse noted, input about this dangerous maneuver led MassDOT to make plans to install the new jersey barrier.

The number of drainage inlets will also be increased, which will reduce the amount of water that collects along the shoulder of the roadway.

Passing Thoughts

After the roadways are fully open, the remaining work will commence, and by the time the project is finished, the structural steel will be painted, municipal street lights will be installed, all final paving and traffic markings on local streets will be finished, temporary traffic signals will be replaced with permanent ones, and the temporary off-ramp from I-91 South to Birnie Avenue will be removed.

There is no doubt that the project is an inconvenience to drivers who have to schedule additional time to get to their destinations. But the benefits will be concrete: sales of products used in construction will help local companies to flourish, and drivers will have a safer and more appealing roadway to travel on between downtown Springfield and the Connecticut River.

“When everything is newly paved and painted and a modern lighting system is installed, the viaduct should help to make Springfield a more attractive destination,” Masse said. “When people see a highway that is well-cared-for, it will provide a welcoming gateway not only to Springfield, but to Western Mass.”

Economic Development in Palmer Accelerates

By BusinessWest Staff February 21, 2017

Community Spotlight Features

Community Spotlight

Linda Leduc, Meena Patel, and Charlie Blanchard say the new Junction Variety store will include 1,800 square feet of space suitable for retail or office use.

A dozen years ago, Meena and Bharat Patel purchased Junction Variety store in Palmer. They established a loyal client base, but several years ago, the cost of operating the antiquated building, combined with the need for extensive repairs and inadequate parking, forced them to make a decision about whether to remain in town and build a new structure or move their business elsewhere.

“We decided to stay here; I love Palmer,” said Meena. “The people are very supportive, and we have good relationships with our customers.”

Last June, ground was broken on a new, 40,000-square-foot facility. It is expected to be completed within a few weeks, and once the store is moved, the old building will be demolished, and a parking lot with 20 parking spaces will take its place.

Junction Variety will occupy 2,200 square feet of the new structure, which will almost double its current size, and the remaining 1,800 square feet will be available for lease as office or retail space.

The project is part of a flurry of commercial activity that began last year and is rapidly accelerating, creating momentum in this community.

“It’s definitely a sign of the recovering economy. Things are happening a lot faster now than they did in the past, and we are very busy,” said Town Planner and Economic Development Director Linda Leduc, who explained that, a few years ago, projects were permitted that never moved forward, but today construction often begins months after the permitting process is complete.

The list of developments, moves, and expansions nearing completion or underway is lengthy, as Leduc and Town Planner Charlie Blanchard explained during a lengthy interview with BusinessWest. It includes four new solar farms (last year the town had five, which brings the total to nine), construction of a $17.2 million Emergency Department at Baystate Wing Hospital that will begin this year, a $2 million expansion of an advanced-manufacturing company that was recently finished, grassroots efforts in Three Rivers that are leading to change, and churches in residential neighborhoods being reused in creative ways.

Construction is also underway at Town Hall. A $400,000 heating and air-conditioning system was installed over the past two years and paid for with funds from the Green Community Act. And this year, renovations are being made to the entire building to make better use of space vacated by the Police Department when it moved into a new, $7.4 million facility several years ago.

Specifically, the public meeting room will be expanded and gain a new entrance; a new conference room and additional storage space will be created; the Board of Health, Conservation Department, Building Department, and Veteran’s Agent will move into larger offices; and new lighting, windows, and carpeting will be installed throughout the building.

“We have a lot of activity taking place for a town this size,” said Blanchard, attributing it not only to renewed confidence in the economy, but to the willingness of officials and the Town Council to work with businesses and make changes to accommodate their needs.

For this, the latest installment of its Community Spotlight series, BusinessWest takes a look at projects that were recently completed, underway, or on the drawing board throughout the four villages that make up the town of Palmer.

Diverse Undertakings

Change continues to take place in Depot Village, the first commercial district travelers pass through after they exit the Mass Turnpike.

Last year, Mark Baldyga of Baldyga Inc. stopped selling travel trailers and made the decision to focus on autobody work and used-car sales, which necessitated a move, because his 1221 South Main St. location didn’t provide the frontage and exposure he needed.

Finding a suitable property proved difficult, but he hoped to remain in Palmer because he grew up in the town, has spent more than 30 years on the Fire Department, and has an employee who is also a firefighter.

“I have a good reputation, and people here know me, which is one of the main driving forces for my business,” Baldyga said, adding that he has close ties with the community.

His search led to a two-acre parcel on Route 20 with the frontage he needed. However, before he purchased it, he petitioned the town to change the area from general zoning to highway business so he could move forward with his plan.

The petition was accepted, and Baldyga split up the acreage, which was needed because the rear portion of the plot contained a multi-family home.

Ground was broken last spring for a new, 5,500-square-foot building that is nearing completion; he expects to reopen in a few weeks.

He told BusinessWest that the neighbors were not only accommodating, but supported the zoning change, and it has worked out well for everyone involved.

“The town will get more taxes, businesses of a similar nature can move here now, and my tenants are happy because I made improvements to their apartments and cleaned up the property,” he noted, adding that, if the zoning change hadn’t been approved, he would have had to leave Palmer.

Michael’s Party Rentals purchased Baldyga’s former location, and President Michael Linton said the company moved from its Ludlow locations and did a substantial renovation of the 20,000-square-foot building, included the addition of a showroom, design center, and state-of-the-art tent-washing machine.

Other moves have occurred in Depot Village. Last year, the Fire Service Group purchased the former American Legion building on 1010 Thorndike St., which allowed the company to expand from a smaller location, and construction plans have been approved for a Dollar General store on the corner of Breckenridge and Park streets that will be built after the single-family home on the site is demolished.

Progress has also taken place at Detector Technology, a precision-manufacturing firm located in Palmer Industrial Park. Blanchard said the company needed room to expand and purchased a building from Wayne Buxton, who was using it to house his ShedWorks Inc. business.

“Wayne needed to downsize but wanted to stay in Palmer, so he kept half of the lot and is building a new, smaller structure on it,” Blanchard noted, explaining that Detector Technology recently finished a $2 million renovation of the former Shedworks.

Baystate Wing Hospital is also building a $17.2 million, 37,000-square-foot Emergency Department on its Palmer campus. Ground was broken in November, and the institution is meeting all its timetables.

“They are a major employer and are making a big investment that will be beneficial to our residents as well as the region,” Leduc said.

The town’s capped landfill on Emery Street is another property that has been given new life. Leduc said a request for proposals was issued for the site several years ago, but nothing came to fruition until Syncarpha Solar, which owns and operates a solar farm on the adjacent former Palmer Metropolitan Airport, made the decision to build a second facility on the landfill.

“We were happy they were interested in generating additional solar power on the site,” Leduc said, adding that the town had five solar farms, and, in addition to the new one on the landfill, Nexamp, Nextsun Energy, and Beaumont Solar also built solar facilities last year.

“Two are operating, and the other two are waiting to be interconnected, but once that happens, Palmer will be generating almost 25 megawatts of electricity on its nine solar farms,” she noted.

The facilities will bring in new revenue and result in energy savings. Palmer will receive $121,000 annually for the next 25 years in lease payments from the solar farm on the capped landfill, and will begin getting net metering credits this year from Blue Wave Solar on Baptist Hill in Three Rivers, which Blanchard estimates will save the town 30% to 40% of the generated cost of electricity.

New Life

Two other projects Leduc describes as “exciting” involve the conversion and reuse of former churches.

Artist Bruce Rosenbaum and his wife, Melanie, recently purchased St. Mary’s Episcopal Church on Main Street in Thorndike. It had been vacant for several years, and will become their residence and the new home for Mod Vic Steampunk Design when the couple moves from Sharon.

“It was a perfect situation,” Leduc said, explaining that churches often are located in the middle of residential districts, and although the town is willing to rezone whenever it makes sense, it’s not always possible.

The Rosenbaums created the first functional steampunk house in the world, and their business repurposes and infuses modern technology and gadgets into period, relevant antiques and salvage objects.

“We work with clients in the U.S. and internationally to design one-of-a-kind pieces, creatively combining eras and ideas to transform the ordinary into incredible steampunk functional art,” Bruce said, adding that the couple has clients all over the world and looked throughout the Commonwealth and in Connecticut before deciding that St. Mary’s Church was a great place to expand their business.

The 1876 gothic structure, with 30-foot ceilings and tall stained-glass windows, three wooded acres, and 30 parking spaces in the middle of a residential neighborhood appealed to them, especially since they have clients in Amherst, Holyoke, Northampton, and Springfield, including MGM.

They worked with the town to get a home-occupation permit before purchasing the home earlier this month, and are looking forward to relocating and creating a showroom and gallery in the historic space, as well as holding steampunk workshops for families.

In addition, Amherst Railway Society purchased the Crossroads Christian Church on South Main Street in Depot Village and plans to move there on June 16.

“It’s a nostalgic reuse of a historic church and very fitting since Palmer is known as the Town of Seven Railroads,” Leduc said.

Collaborative efforts to revitalize Main Street in Three Rivers are also bearing fruit, thanks to work by the consortium On the Right TRACK (the acronym stands for Three Rivers Arts Community Knowledge), which has been working to build a cultural and creative economy in the village.

The Quaboag Valley Community Development Corp. was awarded a $13,500 Adams Art Grant for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, and the town completed a market-assessment and business-recruitment tool as well as a feasibility study showing that a building on 2032 Main St. obtained through the tax-title process has potential for redevelopment.

“The town will put out a request for proposals as soon as we have grants in place for the building,” Leduc said.

A number of property and business owners also began meeting 11 months ago in a grass-roots effort to help the revitalization effort, which includes changing the perception of the area and filling vacant storefronts.

Community Development Director Alice Davey said Nancy Roy, of Interactive Schoolhouse, was instrumental in starting the group. The agency received $35,000 from MassDevelopment and used the money to hire Union Studio in Providence, R.I. to design a conceptual plan for the center. The consulting firm held a public presentation several weeks ago to get input from residents, and the final report is expected in the near future.

Davey said suggestions put forth during the meeting included making the downtown more pedestrian-friendly, building a walking path with river access around the perimeter of Laviolette Park and upgrading the parking there, and expanding Hryniewicz Park, which is used for movie nights, concerts, and other events staged by the town’s recreation department and the Quaboag Hills Chamber of Commerce.

“It’s an exciting time for Three Rivers,” she noted. “The public meeting was well-attended, and residents and property owners eagerly anticipate the final plan and development of a course of action to implement some of the recommendations.”

Forward Movement

Bruce Rosenbaum says steampunk is more than just art: it’s a way to creatively problem-solve, learn how to adapt to a situation, and be resilient.

“You look at an object, know the purpose it was designed for is obsolete, then find a way to give it new life and make it beautiful and functional,” he said, adding that the idea translates to people and cities, and he is excited to work with Palmer “as the town re-imagines itself.”

That certainly applies to Three Rivers, and progress is indeed underway that will put the Town of Seven Railroads on the map as it moves forward on a fast track that is attracting new businesses and helping existing ones to expand and grow.

Palmer at
a Glance
Year Incorporated: 1775
Population: 13,050 (2015)
Area: 32 square miles
County: Hampden
Tax Rate, residential and commercial: Palmer, $21.57; Three Rivers, $22.25; Bondsville, $22.06; Thorndike, $23.01
Median Household Income: $51,846
median family Income: $68,200
Type of government: Town Manager; Town Council
Largest Employers: Baystate Wing Hospital; Camp Ramah of New England; Big Y World Class Market
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Barron & Jacobs Continues Its Tradition of Melding Old and New

By BusinessWest Staff February 21, 2017

Construction Sections

Building on the Past

Chris Jacobs took the reins at Barron & Jacobs last year after more than 31 years with the company.

Chris Jacobs has construction in his blood.

“I’ve been with the company since it opened in 1986,” said Jacobs, who succeeded his father, Cecil Jacobs, last year as president of Barron & Jacobs Associates Inc. “I was 15 then, working summers, and I kept working summers through college.”

After graduation, he came on board full-time and worked his way up the chain, serving long stints as general manager of construction, then general manager of the whole company, before taking the reins from his father.

Growing up, he doesn’t recall a time when he didn’t want to work in the family business. “What young kid doesn’t like construction?”

But he also has an appreciation of history and tradition, and Barron & Jacobs is steeped in both, starting with its offices in an 1895 Victorian home in downtown Northampton, purchased from the city’s historical society and restored to its original look.

Behind that home sits a carriage house that once sheltered the first car-repair garage in Northampton — a garage visited frequently by Amelia Earhart early in her flight career, to learn about reciprocating engines.

That sort of history reflects the value that Cecil Jacobs, who’s known as “Jake,” places on the historical and architectural integrity of a building — a quality that has informed his company’s work and helped him forge a pioneering name in design-build construction — a tradition Chris Jacobs is excited to continue.

“We invented design-build back in the ’80s; previous to that, it was all general contractors,” he told BusinessWest. “Then everyone became design-build companies, even if they didn’t have designers and drafting people on their staff.”

Chart of General Contractors

His father established a philosophy at the company that whatever enhances a home should not take away from it — to have alterations and additions look like they’ve been there from day one, and to duplicate existing architecture and at the same time bring in modern conveniences.

“We’re doing a lot of the same: kitchens, additions, bathrooms, whole-house renovations,” the new president said. “The recession put a little slowdown on the bigger residential projects, but they are definitely coming back.”

Reconstructing History

Cecil Jacobs began laying the foundation for his future company in 1963 when he completed his tour of duty in Vietnam with the 6143rd Engineering Group, and went to work as a designer for the Architectural Building Products Division of Reynolds Metals Co. (also known as Reynolds Aluminum). In the mid-’70s, he was appointed vice president of the division, overseeing the development, sales, and marketing of energy-conserving building products.

He loved working there. But his future started to shift when, in the early 1980s, David Reynolds, the company’s president, asked a question: is there another market for us other than remodeling and building new homes? In other words, is there something remodelers weren’t doing because it was too big, and that homebuilders didn’t want to do because it involved existing structures?

This whole-house remodel in Longmeadow is an example of the way Barron & Jacobs updates homes while retaining their original character.

That was the birth of design-build. Jacobs was tasked with investigating the feasibility of a third major market that would encompass whole-home renovations and other major projects beyond the scope of smaller-scale remodeling. Over a two-year period, he conducted that study for Reynolds, establishing test locations in Springfield, Boston, and California, and became convinced there was a significant market.

However, Reynolds retired soon after, and the new president had virtually no interest in the project. Then, In 1986, the head of Jacobs’ division, Jim Barron, retired, and Jacobs, at age 45, felt that was a good time for him to leave as well. So after the company agreed that he could pursue and develop his design-build research on his own, Jake launched his own firm with his wife, Kathleen, putting Barron’s name on the door symbolically, to honor his mentor.

The company has benefited from the fact that Western Mass. isn’t a hotbed of new building, but there are plenty of older homes in need of renovation, meaning existing structures take on a higher value than they would in a more booming region for new construction.

As for individual projects, Chris Jacobs said, “it’s really up to the individual whether they want a European style or a traditional style. As full-service design-builders, we go shopping with them.”

That’s when many decisions are made, he went on. “The shopping is a crucial piece. Many homeowners don’t know a good cabinet from a bad cabinet, so the shopping is a crucial key to making sure the project goes correctly. We make sure they’re getting good appliances; the industry is plagued with bad appliances. We have people that we trust, that we’ve been shopping with for years.”

It takes not only skill to tackle whole-home remodels, he said, but also the personal touch and flexibility to interact with the homeowner, who may change their minds several times during a project. But, generally, detailed planning and productive shopping create a strong foundation for a successful remodel.

Steady Growth

In addition to home remodeling and whole-house renovations, Barron & Jacobs’ portfolio includes additions, add-a-levels, kitchen and bathroom remodels, screened porches and porch enclosures, three-season rooms, sunrooms and conservatories, garages and carriage houses, attic and basement conversions, as well as business renovations and expansions.

In the commercial realm, the firm recently did a rec-room project for Coca-Cola in Northampton, and is currently working on a financial building in West Springfield. While commercial building rebounded from the Great Recession quicker than residential construction, and most of Barron & Jacobs’ work is residential, the company managed to ride out those years successfully, thriving on its reputation. “It’s a tradition of building satisfaction,” Chris Jacobs said. “We’ve been doing it for over 30 years.”

In fact, the recession didn’t really hit the company until three or four years after it began in 2007,” he added. “We had a little bump in the road — as it turned out, bigger than a bump — but we could see it coming back last year, and this year is already looking good.”

As for new building, it’s not something the company pursues, although it recently built a house in New Hampshire for a past customer. “It’s usually a past customer who requests it. We don’t have our own building lots.”

Meanwhile, the firm has strived to develop a reputation as an environmentally friendly builder, both in its emphasis on energy-efficient insulation, windows, and other materials, and through an extensive focus on recycling building materials.

Through all of this, the company, which boasts 15 employees, continues to grow, with Jacobs and co-designer Adam Skiba — who comes from an architectural background and has been on board for a year and a half — looking to add another designer this year.

And, of course, the new president is already eyeing the third generation of leadership at the company, although that transition is far off — specifically, his 5-year-old adopted son.

“He’s already banged his first nail, and he’s good at it,” Jacobs said. “No pressure, though.”

Joseph Bednar can be reached at [email protected]

Laura Fitch Continues to Be a Pioneer in the Cohousing Field

By BusinessWest Staff February 21, 2017

Architecture Sections

Come Together

By Joanna Smiley

The homes at the Pioneer Valley Cohousing community are tightly clustered around a pedestrian loop, fostering informal social interactions and preserving open space on the rest of the site.

It’s no understatement to say Laura Fitch has dedicated her life to the philosophy of cohousing — not only through her architecture career, but because she has lived in a cohousing community for nearly 20 years. The model, which encourages togetherness and elements of both private and communal living, is becoming more popular among young families, retirees, and students, making it an ideal opportunity for intergenerational connection.

It’s hard to miss Fitch Architecture & Community Design’s Amherst office.

The space is nestled inside a sun-drenched building at the entrance of Pioneer Valley Cohousing, a 22-acre stretch of private homes clustered around a communal space.

Laura Fitch, a principal with the company, helped design the community, which has garnered attention as the East Coast’s first cohousing development. Fitch herself has lived in Pioneer Valley Cohousing for nearly 20 years.

“I grew up in Concord, Mass.,” she explained. “We had Thoreau and Walden, and I lived in a sort of cluster subdivision where we shared green space and community land and resources. It left an impact on me.”

A past board member of the Cohousing Assoc. of the U.S., Fitch first learned about cohousing during a trip to Denmark in 1980, the country where the concept was first developed.

List of Architecture Firms in the region

That knowledge was followed by a stint with Peace Corps in Mali, West Africa in 1984, an experience that built in her a desire to seek out socially and ecologically responsible projects — and which partly explains why cohousing has become the heart and soul of her firm.

Laura Fitch (right, with intern architect Aviva Galaski) says cohousing builds community ties that can enhance the health and well-being of residents.

Houses in most cohousing communities range anywhere from 600-1,400 square feet. A complex typically includes a shared community room, where group meals are served several times a month, prepared by community members on a rotating basis. At Pioneer Valley Cohousing, members are encouraged to eat together twice a week. A 4,200-square-foot common house includes a communal multi-purpose room, commercial kitchen, children’s playroom, two guest rooms, and additional recreational space.

Cohousing members are expected to participate in the work that needs to be done to keep the community running smoothly, and Fitch relies on what is called an ‘affinity work system.’ That means she ensures every member pitches in by giving them the option to choose a task they’d like to complete that will benefit the community as a whole. Fitch’s husband, for example, helps with the members’ plowing each winter.

For this issue and its focus on architecture, BusinessWest talks to Fitch about why the cohousing model is an ideal choice for certain people, and how she has crafted a career around her long-time passion for community.

Welcoming Environment

Since the first cohousing community was completed in the U.S. — Muir Commons in Davis, Calif., which recently celebrated 25 years — more than 160 such communities have been established in 25 states plus the District of Columbia, with more than 120 in process. Most cohousing communities are intergenerational, with both children and elders; in recent years, senior cohousing focused on older adult needs have grown. Small and large, urban and rural, newly built and retrofits, these communities have consistently been at the forefront of environmental and socially sustainable neighborhoods, according to the Cohousing Assoc. of the United States.

Cohousing units are intentionally designed to feel welcoming and comfortable to surrounding neighbors, so they may freely stop by each other’s homes to converse, share resources, or help watch young children. That said, families living in such proximity also have the potential to conflict. Fitch preemptively mitigates potential arguments by encouraging open lines of communication with fellow neighbors and peaceful negotiation. The complex also designates a ‘community life issue member’ who can facilitate classes for non-violent conflict resolution.

Fitch calls her cohousing community, and others like it across the country, “community at your doorstep, with privacy at your home.”

Young families, single working parents, retirees, professionals, and even students are among the demographics typically attracted to cohousing. Fitch believes cohousing offers a desirable model, one that is universal for people from all walks of life who, simply put, seek togetherness.

“If you went to summer camps, enjoyed undergrad time in dorms, if those were things you liked when you were younger, then I always tell people, you can naturally understand what it’s like to live in cohousing,” Fitch said.

She sees the senior cohousing movement exploding across the U.S. and believes that this trend will continue to grow in the coming years as a better alternative to costly assisted-living facilities or elderly people living in isolation.

“There are studies that show community is healthy for you,” she told BusinessWest. “People age faster and have more problems when they’re aging alone. Senior cohousing is becoming a real phenomenon.”

In addition to the social issues central to the design of a cohousing community, the ecological concerns of sustainability are a primary focus for cohousing groups. Many groups include sustainability as part of their vision statement, and Fitch’s firm has helped them to reflect these goals in the built community.

In general, she explained, site design is sensitive to land use. The buildings have solar access, and energy-efficient construction practices are employed. Materials and systems are specifically selected to minimize ecological impact and maximize indoor air quality. Units have front porches, which provide a bridge between public and private spaces in a cohousing community. Meanwhile, the houses are scaled to ensure they’re friendly to pedestrians.

Earth Friendly

Fitch’s specialized focus on sustainable design has earned the firm a spot in Natural Home & Garden magazine as one of the top 10 green-architecture firms in North America.

“People are recognizing now that it makes business sense … if you invest enough to reduce mechanical costs, that’s where you get to the sweet spot,” she said.

The new theater studio at Smith College was created by capturing space from a large and underutilized lobby at the Mendenhall Center for Performing Arts.

Fitch and her team have led hundreds of residential, commercial, and institutional projects, including net-zero-energy homes, educational facilities, and deep-energy retrofits.

In 2013, the firm received a Historic Preservation Award from the Northampton Historical Commission for its work at Smith College’s Dewey House. The 1827 building needed significant upgrades, so, after completing an initial feasibility study, Fitch’s firm was asked to complete full services for energy improvements and a new exterior lift. Working with energy consultants, it ultimately achieved a 65% reduction in air infiltration.

Meanwhile, the Hartsbrook School, a Waldorf educational facility in Hadley, chose to work with Fitch and her team for a project focused on creating a new early-education building.

The new classroom building at the Hartsbrook School.

But cohousing remains Fitch’s calling card, and she has earned national accolades for her work in this field. Alice Alexander, executive director of the Cohousing Assoc. of the U.S., calls Fitch a “real pioneer” in getting the nationwide cohousing movement off the ground.

“Laura Fitch is one of our outstanding cohousing professionals,” Alexander said. “Not only is she an outstanding architect, but also she is adept at group process — at working collaboratively with large numbers of folks who can come to the table with diverse views. That takes talent. Laura is also committed to environmental sustainability and nurturing community for health and resilience.”

Fitch’s fusion of professional and personal interest in cohousing has proved to be an asset to her firm’s clients. “It enables me to understand what early cohousing groups are going through when it comes to making tough decisions about their money and the future,” she noted. “I can answer questions on the architecture, process, and what its like to live there as a resident.”

One of Fitch’s best ideas so far? An outdoor ping-pong table at the cohousing development she calls home.

“It reinvigorated our community life,” she said with a smile. “We all sit around the courtyard after meals egging each other on in ping-pong matches.”

It’s just one more way she has made a career — and a life — out of creating connections and community.

Healthy Buildings Becoming a Key Design Priority

By BusinessWest Staff February 21, 2017

Architecture Sections

Living Spaces

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly three quarters of U.S. architects say the health impacts of buildings are influencing their design decisions. That finding parallels a strong market demand by building owners, with a solid two-thirds surveyed also reporting that health considerations affect how they design and construct buildings.

These findings and others were featured in a new report, “The Drive Toward Healthier Buildings 2016” by Dodge Data & Analytics, in partnership with Delos and the Canada Green Building Council, and with the participation of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) as a critical research advisor and partner.

The report documents the value and need for more of the research, education, collaboration, and outreach efforts that are hallmarks of the AIA’s Design and Health initiative. Since 2013, AIA has invested in expanding the body of knowledge on the connection between design and health, including professional continuing education and the 17-university Design & Health Research Consortium.

“As a society, we spend nearly 87% of our time indoors,” said AIA Chief Executive Officer Robert Ivy. “Designing and constructing healthy buildings is crucial to our own well-being.

“Working with architects, we can accelerate this need for healthier buildings and improve quality of life across the country,” he continued. “This report documents how architects can help clients have a positive effect on human health, through the built environment.”

That positive result includes increasing employee participation and fulfillment, the report found. Sixty-nine percent of owners who measure employee satisfaction and engagement reported improvement in both attributes due to their healthier building investments.

According to the report, the top five healthier building features implemented by architects include better lighting and daylight exposure, products that enhance thermal comfort, spaces that enhance social interaction, enhanced air quality, and products that enhance acoustical comfort. Use of nearly all of these is expected to grow considerably along with further pioneering approaches like the use of biophilic design features, spaces that enhance tenant mood, and opportunities for physical activity, the report found.

“The increased attention to building health impacts is just beginning,” said Stephen Jones, senior director of Industry Insights at Dodge Data & Analytics. “In a similar way several years ago, companies engaged in green construction because of the demonstrable business and financial benefits they were able to achieve. The findings of this report demonstrate that the focus on buildings that enhance the health and well-being of their occupants is likely to follow a similar trajectory, boosted by those who have committed to sustainability in their organizations.”

Additional highlights from the report include:

• Most owners are not aware how healthy building investments result in business benefits like leasing rates (52%) and asset values (58%). However, among those that report an effect, 73% report faster rates, and 62% report higher values.
• According to architects and interior designers, the top driver for greater investment in healthier buildings is improved public awareness of the health impacts of buildings.
• Public-health professionals report that the most common policies currently in place to support healthier building practices are requirements to avoid the use of hazardous materials in buildings (65%). The key policy areas that are currently being considered include incentives that encourage physical activity (47%) and requirements for ongoing building air-quality measurement (46%).
• Ninety-two percent of public-health professionals also report that their institutions are actively conducting research on the influence buildings have on occupant health and well-being.
• Architects are most aligned with their clients (owners) when it comes to understanding the goals of healthy-building investments, as compared to other industry players, recognizing that improved tenant/employee satisfaction and happier and healthier occupants is the primary focus for owners related to their investments.
• The largest percentage of owners, at 42%, identify that they are very interested in partnering with architects to help increase their ability to implement healthy-building practices. While low, it is notably more than the next two highest potential partners — facility managers and educational institutions, both at 31%.

The report also received key support from CBRE, Dewberry, and the U.S. Green Building Council, with additional support from Armstrong Ceiling Solutions and the Regenerative Network. Other organizations that participated in the research process include the American Society of Interior Designers, the National Assoc. of Real Estate Investment Managers, and the World Green Building Council.

This article was prepared by the American Institute of Architects, which works to create more valuable, healthy, secure, and sustainable buildings, neighborhoods, and communities.

Real Estate Transactions

By BusinessWest Staff February 21, 2017

Departments Real Estate

FRANKLIN COUNTY

ASHFIELD

57 Bronson Ave.
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $138,000
Buyer: Sandra McArthur RET
Seller: Eleanor Dodson
Date: 01/10/17

109 South St.
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Brian C. Franetovich
Seller: William G. Carr
Date: 01/18/17

CONWAY

332 Williamsburg Road
Conway, MA 01341
Amount: $174,240
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Robert E. Ahrensdorf
Date: 01/13/17

DEERFIELD

10 Crestview Dr.
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $565,000
Buyer: Edward J. Lichocki RET
Seller: Denis L. Emmett
Date: 01/17/17

27 Mountain Road
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Thomas F. Bakey
Seller: Frank R. Blajda
Date: 01/13/17

24 West St.
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $195,527
Buyer: Schechterle Properties
Seller: Peter B. Stone
Date: 01/20/17

HAWLEY

95 East Hawley Road
Hawley, MA 01339
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Harold F. Green
Seller: Nicole Patlin Miller RT
Date: 01/18/17

HEATH

13 West Branch Road
Heath, MA 01346
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Tita Bersamira-Thompson
Seller: E. Una Cooper
Date: 01/20/17

LEVERETT

172 Long Plain Road
Leverett, MA 01054
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Benjamin Solis
Seller: Fenna L. Bonsignore
Date: 01/09/17

MONTAGUE

218 Birnam Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $137,194
Buyer: Mark Pohlman
Seller: Deutsche Bank
Date: 01/19/17

7 Burnham St.
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $585,000
Buyer: Collura Realty LLC
Seller: James A. Andreas
Date: 01/10/17

NORTHFIELD

692 Mount Hermon Station Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Nicholas K. Christenson
Seller: Hollie Hunsicker
Date: 01/09/17

ORANGE

15 Canon Lane
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $174,900
Buyer: Antonio J. Desroche
Seller: FNMA
Date: 01/18/17

10 East River St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Honey Farms Inc.
Seller: Orange Commercial Properties
Date: 01/20/17

SHELBURNE

30 High St.
Shelburne, MA 01370
Amount: $392,000
Buyer: Ricki Carroll
Seller: Theodore B. Merrill
Date: 01/12/17

SHUTESBURY

Sumner Mountain Road #3
Shutesbury, MA 01072
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Kathleen R. Lugosch
Seller: Joan A. Antonino
Date: 01/13/17

WENDELL

125 Lockes Village Road
Wendell, MA 01379
Amount: $139,944
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Michael M. Sweeney
Date: 01/17/17

95 West St.
Wendell, MA 01380
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Sarah D. Greenleaf
Seller: Claire Stewart
Date: 01/12/17

HAMPDEN COUNTY

AGAWAM

62 Annable St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $168,000
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Raymond A. Bronner
Date: 01/12/17

92 Coronet Circle
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $268,500
Buyer: Tracey M. Lebeau
Seller: Chantal McGill
Date: 01/20/17

58 Kathy Terrace
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $287,000
Buyer: Richard M. Brock
Seller: Scott M. Rackliffe
Date: 01/17/17

705 Mill St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $224,900
Buyer: Glynn J. Beggs
Seller: Patricia A. Johnson
Date: 01/18/17

74 Ramah Circle South
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $186,000
Buyer: Chlastawa LLC
Seller: Pelter Inc.
Date: 01/20/17

495 Southwick St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $239,900
Buyer: Renee M. Malloy
Seller: Hubert A. White
Date: 01/12/17

152-154 Walnut St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $152,000
Buyer: Stephen M. Buynicki
Seller: Roberta Lafleur
Date: 01/17/17

BLANDFORD

29 Blair Road
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $372,500
Buyer: Brett D. Yvon
Seller: Stephen R. Gendreau
Date: 01/09/17

BRIMFIELD

30 Crestwood Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Southbridge Savings Bank
Seller: Stacey L. Dunn
Date: 01/11/17

1411 Dunhamtown Brimfield Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Dana A. Rouisse
Seller: Edward E. Tremblay
Date: 01/13/17

79 Sutcliffe Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $131,500
Buyer: Casey Williams
Seller: Gordon A. Moore
Date: 01/18/17

CHICOPEE

28 Amherst St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $202,100
Buyer: Alexus N. Emond
Seller: Robert G. Gordon
Date: 01/20/17

58 Boivin Terrace
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $199,278
Buyer: Wilmington Savings
Seller: Scott Kibbie
Date: 01/10/17

563 Broadway St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Jose Dasilva-Julio
Seller: Montgomery Chicopee Realty
Date: 01/20/17

15 Caroline St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Trisha Bouchard
Seller: Lisa M. Maloney
Date: 01/10/17

84 Cherryvale St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $173,500
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Jeffrey Chateauneuf
Date: 01/13/17

74 Chestnut St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $445,000
Buyer: Norwich Properties LLC
Seller: Maecar Realty Inc.
Date: 01/18/17

80 Chestnut St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $445,000
Buyer: Norwich Properties LLC
Seller: Maecar Realty Inc.
Date: 01/18/17

119 Claire St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $156,000
Buyer: Zachary W. Pelletier
Seller: Allen F. Cormier
Date: 01/17/17

95 Dale St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Saudy I. Hernandez
Seller: Anthony J. Biela
Date: 01/19/17

66 Daley St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Arnold C. Palmer
Seller: Aleksandr Izotov
Date: 01/18/17

36 Erline St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Emilio Gonzalez
Seller: JJS Capital Investment
Date: 01/17/17

24 Eton St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Maria C. Bulnes-Rozas
Seller: John E. Sheehan
Date: 01/10/17

268 Fletcher Circle
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $194,500
Buyer: Eric B. Stawarz
Seller: Robert J. Rehm
Date: 01/17/17

54 Kennedy St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Marco A. Morgado
Seller: John Scheehsher
Date: 01/09/17

218 Prospect St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $123,647
Buyer: Anthony Falcetti
Seller: Weldon, Augusta Mae L., (Estate)
Date: 01/13/17

44 Roy St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $152,000
Buyer: Dilepson Cruz
Seller: Maria J. Klos
Date: 01/09/17

29 Toronto St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Scott A. Franceschina
Seller: Phillip P. Paradis
Date: 01/20/17

33 Woodlawn St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $263,000
Buyer: Sonia Soto
Seller: David C. Labrie
Date: 01/10/17

EAST LONGMEADOW

99 Meadow Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $117,126
Buyer: Blueline Management LLC
Seller: US Bank
Date: 01/20/17

323 North Main St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Mark F. Maigret
Seller: Anebe Gracien
Date: 01/17/17

20 Ridge Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $285,900
Buyer: Anebe Gracien
Seller: ALWSLLC
Date: 01/17/17

42 White Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $219,000
Buyer: Hang Truong
Seller: Amy G. St.Germain
Date: 01/10/17

GRANVILLE

384 Water St.
Granville, MA 01034
Amount: $308,000
Buyer: Emerald City Rentals LLC
Seller: John B. Dejean
Date: 01/18/17

HAMPDEN

106 East Longmeadow Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $405,000
Buyer: David J. Henry
Seller: Peter S. Imler
Date: 01/18/17

135 Raymond Dr.
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $202,000
Buyer: Wells Fargo Bank
Seller: Candice K. Hunsucker
Date: 01/17/17

Somers Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Custom Homes Development Group
Seller: Ed Speight & Co. Inc.
Date: 01/13/17

47 Thresher Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $262,500
Buyer: James R. Damour
Seller: James R. Damour
Date: 01/09/17

HOLLAND

88 Sturbridge Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $264,000
Buyer: Niles N. Robbins
Seller: Gina Abysalh
Date: 01/12/17

HOLYOKE

51-53 Belvidere Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $242,600
Buyer: William Forest-Forest
Seller: Jamie T. Roy
Date: 01/13/17

Bobala Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: DFE LLC
Seller: Dinn Brothers Inc.
Date: 01/10/17

11 Brenan St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $184,000
Buyer: Reynaldo Martinez
Seller: Marcia Russell
Date: 01/18/17

53 Calumet Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $181,000
Buyer: Derek E. Kerns
Seller: Dorothy A. Reidy
Date: 01/13/17

163 Elm St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $167,257
Buyer: USA HUD
Seller: Shabnam Mashmasarmi
Date: 01/17/17

235 Elm St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Wanda I. Otero
Date: 01/09/17

473 Homestead Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $164,000
Buyer: Shawna E. Tobin
Seller: Joanne Orourke
Date: 01/17/17

1062-R Main St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Alan T. Velazquez
Seller: Amanda Bailey
Date: 01/13/17

100 Sheehan Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $188,000
Buyer: David J. Hutton
Seller: Lucille Y. Bellefeuille
Date: 01/12/17

39 Vernon St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Wilmington Savings
Seller: Julio Delesus
Date: 01/19/17

LONGMEADOW

65 Concord Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $395,000
Buyer: Fred S. Ligeiro
Seller: Throne, Janice S., (Estate)
Date: 01/13/17

11 Franklin Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Rodrigo A. Clement
Seller: James Jaron
Date: 01/12/17

48 Greenmeadow Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $487,500
Buyer: Courtney E. Wenleder
Seller: Stephen N. Krevalin
Date: 01/11/17

24 Lincoln Park
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Trisha D. Ripton
Seller: E. Earl Cranor
Date: 01/13/17

82 Merriweather Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $385,000
Buyer: Gene A. Bradshaw
Seller: Allan R. Shendell
Date: 01/20/17

63 Tanglewood Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: Jami Wholesale LLC
Seller: Ethel S. Zimmerman
Date: 01/20/17

22 Williams Court
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $321,973
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Robert Nell
Date: 01/12/17

495 Williams St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $365,000
Buyer: Fojaz RT
Seller: Don A. Washington
Date: 01/13/17

LUDLOW

87 Americo St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: Carlos Dossantos
Seller: Nancy G. Chaves
Date: 01/20/17

50 East Akard St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $192,500
Buyer: Paulo Martins
Seller: Lori A. Robbins
Date: 01/09/17

187 Higher Brook Dr.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Jodi J. Nascimento
Seller: Warren R. Barrett
Date: 01/13/17

272-274 Winsor St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $190,484
Buyer: Diplomat Property Manager
Seller: David A. Martin
Date: 01/18/17

MONSON

18 Circle Dr.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $224,900
Buyer: Jereme J. Tidwell
Seller: Henry J. Kosmider
Date: 01/18/17

22 Country Club Dr.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $141,500
Buyer: Blythewood Property Management
Seller: USA VA
Date: 01/17/17

10 Fern Hill Road
Monson, MA 01069
Amount: $121,650
Buyer: Jeff D. Ladue
Seller: Linda M. Keery
Date: 01/18/17

110 Thayer Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Monson Savings Bank
Seller: Heather M. Wood
Date: 01/20/17

MONTGOMERY

Fuller Road
Montgomery, MA 01085
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Euler FT
Seller: Edward J. Healy
Date: 01/09/17

PALMER

10 Brown St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $194,000
Buyer: Gordon M. Merkel
Seller: Linda Coffey
Date: 01/20/17

4293-4295 High St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $189,819
Buyer: TD Bank NA
Seller: Paul W. Ollari
Date: 01/09/17

96 Rondeau St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Jared N. Jackson-King
Seller: Paul E. Rondeau
Date: 01/12/17

SPRINGFIELD

384 Abbott St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Jacqueline M. Forsman
Date: 01/17/17

41 Ardmore St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $149,000
Buyer: Carlos M. Colon-Lebron
Seller: Grady, Robert J., (Estate)
Date: 01/09/17

70-72 Ardmore St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Yandalis Reyes
Seller: Mars Real Properties Inc.
Date: 01/12/17

328 Arnold Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Dominique P. Fradette
Date: 01/09/17

9 Bellevue Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $124,000
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: John B. Dragone
Date: 01/19/17

41 Blodgett St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: Camile Marsh
Seller: Khanh Nguyen
Date: 01/20/17

47 Brookside Circle
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $139,900
Buyer: Gracinda M. Goncalves
Seller: Thomas F. Carey
Date: 01/18/17

329 Central St.
Springfield, MA 01105
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Rey X. Reyes-Rivera
Seller: Viva Development LLC
Date: 01/18/17

127 Cloran St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $131,000
Buyer: Carlos E. Monet
Seller: Patricia A. Ryan
Date: 01/20/17

90 Cuff Ave.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $139,100
Buyer: Derek Fu
Seller: Thomas J. O’Connor
Date: 01/17/17

93 Curve St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $164,500
Buyer: Luis Carmona
Seller: Israel J. Rosario
Date: 01/13/17

193 Dayton St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $142,900
Buyer: Paul J. Bongiorni
Seller: Kimberly Ashton
Date: 01/13/17

142 Dwight Road
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Long Tran
Seller: Brian D. Baker
Date: 01/10/17

171 Dwight Road
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Anthony Medina
Seller: Bernard C. Reid
Date: 01/10/17

257-259 East St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $146,834
Buyer: WVUE REO 2015-1 LLC
Seller: Belinda N. Jackson
Date: 01/10/17

50 Ellery St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Saroeun Toum
Seller: Stratton Renovation LLC
Date: 01/19/17

14 Elmwood St.
Springfield, MA 01105
Amount: $1,000,000
Buyer: Bar South Land Holdings
Seller: Hap Inc.
Date: 01/18/17

70 Ferncliff Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Orange Park Management
Seller: Orange Park Management
Date: 01/13/17

66 Flint St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Santos Garcia
Date: 01/19/17

84 Fox Hill Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Michael Bridger
Seller: Guy B. Perry
Date: 01/09/17

63 Gerald St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Nathan E. Stevenson
Seller: Yekatherine Rasmussen
Date: 01/17/17

37 Gillette Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Alicia Dessereau
Seller: Richard F. Hansen
Date: 01/12/17

88-90 Groveland St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Carmen Valentin
Seller: Lisa Santaniello
Date: 01/12/17

200 Harkness Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $194,500
Buyer: Ram Tamang
Seller: Suzanne M. Dodson
Date: 01/13/17

21 Jennings St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $125,624
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Clover A. Martin
Date: 01/12/17

104 Lamont St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $204,900
Buyer: Therese E. Singleton
Seller: Bretta Construction LLC
Date: 01/13/17

21 Lawndale St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Licenia Cruz
Seller: Ivan Grechka
Date: 01/17/17

322 Main St.
Springfield, MA 01105
Amount: $1,000,000
Buyer: Bar South Land Holdings
Seller: HAP Inc.
Date: 01/18/17

Main St.
Springfield, MA 01101
Amount: $1,000,000
Buyer: Bar South Land Holdings
Seller: Hap Inc.
Date: 01/18/17

79 Marsden St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $146,000
Buyer: Wilson Y. Bedoya-Montoya
Seller: Lydia Santiago
Date: 01/20/17

57 Merrimac Ave.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $117,670
Buyer: USA VA
Seller: Luis A. Adames
Date: 01/19/17

110-112 Methuen St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $209,900
Buyer: Maria I. Cruz
Seller: Gloria Otero
Date: 01/17/17

58 Methuen St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Peter K. Njoroge
Seller: Bretta Construction LLC
Date: 01/20/17

183-185 Middle St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Soraia Abdulbaki
Seller: Damaris Nyanjui
Date: 01/13/17

14 Nichols St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $128,000
Buyer: Luis Rodriguez
Seller: Sara Calo
Date: 01/13/17

310 Oakland St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $188,000
Buyer: Angelica Fermaintt
Seller: Benjamin Velazquez
Date: 01/19/17

242 Parker St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $149,900
Buyer: Tricia Bunns
Seller: Xiuyu Ma
Date: 01/10/17

40 Parkwood St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $127,000
Buyer: Deutsche Bank
Seller: Wanda Santana
Date: 01/13/17

46 Rochford Circle
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $163,000
Buyer: Anthony C. Torres
Seller: Timothy J. Moore
Date: 01/11/17

551 Roosevelt Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Aaron C. Zing
Seller: Smaida, Lucian A., (Estate)
Date: 01/13/17

30 Sachem St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Ally Bank
Seller: Paula A. Bernal
Date: 01/19/17

21-23 Santa Barbara St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $142,000
Buyer: Christopher O’Brien
Seller: Damion L. Daley
Date: 01/13/17

42-44 Shawmut St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Bimala Subedi
Seller: Leon Hutt
Date: 01/09/17

76 Sorrento St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $305,000
Buyer: MNBC LLC
Seller: Monty LLC
Date: 01/13/17

153 Spikenard Circle
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $159,000
Buyer: Luis G. Morales
Seller: Melro Associates Inc.
Date: 01/20/17

37 Stratford Terrace
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Arlyana Dalce-Bowie
Seller: John J. Gullotti
Date: 01/17/17

69 Strong St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Deana L. Williams
Seller: Viviana Council
Date: 01/20/17

128 Webber St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Doreen Acheampong
Seller: Attaford LLC
Date: 01/19/17

227 West Allen Ridge Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $173,000
Buyer: Justin M. Vaniderstine
Seller: Ryan E. Corbett
Date: 01/12/17

28 Warrenton St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Agnes B. Akoto
Seller: George B. Fitzpatrick
Date: 01/10/17

137 Whittum Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Derek Chapdelaine
Seller: S&C Homebuyers LLC
Date: 01/13/17

559-561 Wilbraham Road
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $162,512
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Robert J. Paskins
Date: 01/10/17

8-10 Woodmont St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Sandra M. Jolly
Date: 01/18/17

SOUTHWICK

14 Berkshire Ave.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $450,000
Buyer: Michael J. Smith
Seller: Michael F. McCarthy
Date: 01/12/17

50 Berkshire Ave.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $282,500
Buyer: Thomas P. O’Donnell
Seller: Richard R. Labarre
Date: 01/19/17

156 Berkshire Ave.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Brian P. Callaghan
Seller: Diane D. Lazarin
Date: 01/20/17

8 Buckingham Dr.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Vladimir Gonchuk
Seller: Paul D. Musselwhite
Date: 01/09/17

WALES

32 Reed Hill Road
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Sandra A. Wilk
Seller: Michael Mariettos
Date: 01/09/17

WESTFIELD

20 Charles St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $169,500
Buyer: Kaybeth M. Fortier
Seller: William F. Barry
Date: 01/13/17

78 Court St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $223,999
Buyer: Richard T. Ryer
Seller: Larry A. Williams
Date: 01/09/17

89 Joseph Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Adrian Acevedo
Seller: Kathleen M. Petersante
Date: 01/17/17

34 South Maple St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $217,900
Buyer: Coy Chaney
Seller: Cynthia T. Levasseur
Date: 01/19/17

99 Springdale Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $202,150
Buyer: David Procopio
Seller: Paul Broderick
Date: 01/12/17

109 White St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Nathan R. Irwin
Seller: Alan W. Perzanowski
Date: 01/20/17

WILBRAHAM

28 Forest St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Michael K. Ryan
Seller: Nicholas M. Yarmac
Date: 01/13/17

863 Glendale Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: Carla-Nicola RT
Seller: Samble, Avis M., (Estate)
Date: 01/13/17

8 Maiden Lane
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $134,434
Buyer: Ramon J. Alvarez
Seller: Jorge R. Figueroa
Date: 01/09/17

103 Manchonis Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $131,000
Buyer: Dustin E. Smith
Seller: FNMA
Date: 01/20/17

12 Oakland St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Dennis P. Donahue
Seller: Edward J. Chapman
Date: 01/13/17

144 Stony Hill Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $219,900
Buyer: Alexander P. Gendreau
Seller: Jillian T. Crowley
Date: 01/13/17

997 Tinkham Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Mark Graziano
Seller: Deutsche Bank
Date: 01/20/17

WEST SPRINGFIELD

125 Deer Run Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Richard P. Cieboter
Seller: Daniel R. Scully
Date: 01/17/17

25 Duke St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $178,000
Buyer: Pavel Baryshev
Seller: Darlene S. Lyko
Date: 01/09/17

77 Hanover St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Donald Wright
Date: 01/17/17

115 Nelson St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $229,000
Buyer: Jason A. Duffy
Seller: Richard Cieboter
Date: 01/13/17

110 Sawmill Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $282,000
Buyer: Krishna Kharel
Seller: Robert G. Gordon
Date: 01/19/17

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

AMHERST

77 Dana St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $492,000
Buyer: Katharine R. Sims
Seller: Amherst College
Date: 01/17/17

111 Logtown Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $220,800
Buyer: Wells Fargo Bank
Seller: Luisa C. Cabrera
Date: 01/11/17

24 Montague Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $675,000
Buyer: Town Of Amherst
Seller: SAC Automotive Inc.
Date: 01/18/17

4 Stagecoach Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: William S. VanHeuvelen
Seller: Katharine J. Waggoner
Date: 01/10/17

BELCHERTOWN

14 Bardwell St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $428,000
Buyer: Patricia M. Lafore
Seller: Ronald J. Chiasson
Date: 01/17/17

326 Cold Spring Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $237,000
Buyer: Brandon M. Roy
Seller: US Bank
Date: 01/13/17

89 Dana Hill
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $256,155
Buyer: Dominic J. O’Connell
Seller: Joann C. Holmes
Date: 01/13/17

54 Edelcy Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Amanda L. Marley
Seller: Ryan J. Gray
Date: 01/10/17

10 Franklin St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $273,500
Buyer: Charles D. Allen
Seller: Christopher Lukes
Date: 01/18/17

481 Franklin St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $192,900
Buyer: JKP LLC
Seller: Patricia Moriarty
Date: 01/13/17

49 Hickory Hill
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $397,000
Buyer: Constantinos Anamisis
Seller: J. H. Duquette & Son Construction
Date: 01/13/17

205 North Washington St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Ryan J. Gray
Seller: Jerry Lalli
Date: 01/10/17

565 North Washington St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $385,858
Buyer: Kevin O’Brien
Seller: RGC LLC
Date: 01/18/17

11 Raymond Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $269,900
Buyer: Lamikco T. Magee
Seller: Raghavan Manmatha
Date: 01/09/17

BELCHERTOWN

87 Railroad St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Bryan Clough
Seller: John K. Murray
Date: 01/18/17

175 State St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $1,525,000
Buyer: Alden Credit Union
Seller: Pride LP
Date: 01/19/17

CHESTERFIELD

64 East St.
Chesterfield, MA 01012
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Phoebe E. Stewart
Seller: Lee N. Monroe
Date: 01/19/17

CUMMINGTON

5 Mount Road
Cummington, MA 01026
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Jesse L. Noel
Seller: Frank T. Noel
Date: 01/12/17

EASTHAMPTON

5 Coed Dr.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Jeffrey S. Landfried
Seller: Grant E. Dawson
Date: 01/17/17

265 Main St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $394,000
Buyer: Josef P. Arnould
Seller: Alice M. Cook
Date: 01/20/17

238 Park St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $365,000
Buyer: Gerald F. Houle
Seller: Dennis R. Lacourse
Date: 01/18/17

30 Paul St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $385,000
Buyer: Arthur E. Lustenberger
Seller: David Garstka Builders
Date: 01/20/17

37 Peloquin Dr.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Dawn E. Hibbert
Seller: Mark Hibbert
Date: 01/09/17

75-77 Pleasant St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Zachary R. Smith
Seller: Lionel A. Laprade FT
Date: 01/20/17

113 Strong St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $217,000
Buyer: Daryl Brosseau
Seller: Susan E. Thibodeau
Date: 01/18/17

10 Susan Dr.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $174,900
Buyer: Kyle D. Murphy
Seller: Jameson T. Stahl
Date: 01/11/17

79 West St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Michelle Pelletier
Seller: Dolores M. Tower
Date: 01/11/17

GRANBY

107 Batchelor St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Scott Hooper
Seller: Donna M. Williams
Date: 01/20/17

112-R Cold Hill
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Steven K. Eckman
Seller: Macmonegle, Joan M., (Estate)
Date: 01/11/17

12 Pheasant Hill
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $246,500
Buyer: Thomas B. Stevens
Seller: Joseph L. Larrivee
Date: 01/13/17

HADLEY

82 Knightly Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Justin T. Serpone
Seller: David T. Simons
Date: 01/17/17

21 Moody Bridge Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $217,000
Buyer: Beth A. Pelletier
Seller: Cook, Warren F., (Estate)
Date: 01/17/17

2 Quinlan Dr.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $318,000
Buyer: Kevin J. Hannon
Seller: Judith F. Laprade
Date: 01/09/17

HATFIELD

122 Depot Road
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Grant E. Dawson
Seller: Shawn M. Robinson
Date: 01/17/17

NORTHAMPTON

390 Bridge St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $340,000
Buyer: Elizabeth A. Chandler
Seller: Justin Preftakes
Date: 01/18/17

380 Chesterfield Road
Northampton, MA 01053
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: David C. Atwell
Seller: UMassfive College Federal Credit Union
Date: 01/13/17

199 Emerson Way
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Eleanor C. Adams
Seller: Emerson Way LLC
Date: 01/20/17

31 Fairway Dr.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Joseph Duncan
Seller: Brent J. Delano
Date: 01/20/17

21 Henry St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $311,376
Buyer: Deutsche Bank
Seller: Rhonda Cichy-Bombardier
Date: 01/19/17

29 James Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $655,000
Buyer: Jamie Messer
Seller: Frank M. Abrano
Date: 01/17/17

140 North Maple St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Lisa L. Jasinski
Seller: Lyons, Mary T., (Estate)
Date: 01/20/17

204 North Elm St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: Nora M. Verni
Seller: Jay R. Ryan
Date: 01/19/17

137 Spruce Hill Ave.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $235,100
Buyer: Victoria Ahrensdorf
Seller: Magdalene Aulik
Date: 01/11/17

SOUTH HADLEY

40 Bridge St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Stephen M. Werenski
Seller: John E. Pietras
Date: 01/10/17

14 Bunker Hill
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $222,000
Buyer: Lindsay M. Clark
Seller: Stasia M. Ragoza
Date: 01/12/17

1 Greenwood Lane
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $282,500
Buyer: Kathleen Furnelli
Seller: Matthew R. McKeever
Date: 01/13/17

40 Prospect St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $198,000
Buyer: P&R Prospects LLC
Seller: Joan R. Benoit
Date: 01/20/17

26 Smith St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Heather Zapponi
Seller: Pawel L. Taraska
Date: 01/11/17

46 South St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: Rachael K. Perkins
Seller: Donna M. Johnson
Date: 01/10/17

25 Woodbridge St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $625,000
Buyer: Ruth H. Todrin
Seller: Ann E. Furnelli
Date: 01/13/17

SOUTHAMPTON

8 Russellville Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $303,000
Buyer: Alan M. Wine
Seller: Alan Velazquez
Date: 01/13/17

19 Valley Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $350,300
Buyer: Steven Hermanson
Seller: JCP Capital Group LLC
Date: 01/20/17

WARE

42 Cummings Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $222,500
Buyer: Audra L. Chartier
Seller: Robert D. Giard
Date: 01/13/17

118 Glendale Circle
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $128,888
Buyer: V. Mortgage REO 2 LLC
Seller: Bernadine L. Ruell
Date: 01/11/17

290 Malboeuf Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Citibank
Seller: Cheryl A. Dejesus
Date: 01/17/17

17 Prospect St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Zachary T. Parent
Seller: Andrew M. Norton
Date: 01/18/17

181 Upper Church St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Joseph Kotowski
Seller: Louis Puliafico
Date: 01/13/17

1-5 Vernon St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Stephanie Rodriguez
Seller: James E. Roy
Date: 01/11/17

WESTHAMPTON

353 Northwest Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Marina Nelson
Seller: David R. Morin
Date: 01/17/17

WILLIAMSBURG

21 Cole Road
Williamsburg, MA 01039
Amount: $288,550
Buyer: Paul J. Dauteuil
Seller: Sturm, Carol A., (Estate)
Date: 01/20/17

3 East Main St.
Williamsburg, MA 01096
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: James J. Piermarini
Seller: Timothy E. McElroy
Date: 01/17/17

8 North Main St.
Williamsburg, MA 01096
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Jacob L. Bellone
Seller: James F. Lucey
Date: 01/13/17

Doing Business As Certificates

By BusinessWest Staff February 21, 2017

DBA Certificates Departments

The following business certificates and trade names were issued or renewed during the months of January and February 2017.

AMHERST

Al Manar Education Consultancies
135 East Hadley Road
Mohamed Ibrahim, Magda Ahmed

KF Web Development
43 Greenwich Road
Fabrice Ketchakeu

BELCHERTOWN

Brain On Tutoring
39 A Maple St.
Amanda Halperin

Green Diamond Systems
125 Blue Meadow Road
Alan Page

HB Hive Co.
641 Daniel Shays Highway
Ross Hartman

Ivy HR
125 Mill Valley Road
Chris Abbuhl

CHICOPEE

Angel Snipe Gaming
70 Post Road
Derek Dobosz

Chicopee St. Patrick’s Parade Committee
62 Davenport St.
Ketherine Sliwa

Couture Event Designs
136 Crestwood St.
Maria Sousa

Pizza Express
557 East St.
Tekin Boluk

Truehart Massage
264 Exchange St.
Rochelle Truehart-Lambert

EAST LONGMEADOW

Avalanche Landscape Design Inc.
40 Crane Ave.
Eric Weichselbaumer

Bodyworks Unlimited Inc.
347 Elm St.
Antonio Bordoni

Fogueria
621 North Main St.
Manual Coelho

Harbourside Wealth Management
96 Shaker Road
Gary LaVallee

Milecast Media
273 Westwood Ave.
Stefany Schaefer

GREENFIELD

Ace of the Trades
43 B Fort Square
Anthony Ellis

Jessica Fiske LMT
239 Main St., Suite 5
Jessica Fiske

Regency Mortgage
21 Mohawk Trail, Suite 306
Lendusa, LLC

RMC Wholesale
21 Mohawk Trail, Suite 306
Lendusa, LLC

HAMPDEN

Green Valley Preschool and Day Care
10 Allen St.
Carmela Fitzpatrick, Traci Croteau

HOLYOKE

Capri Pizza & Restaurant
18-20 Cabot St.
Fiore Santaniello

Divine Beauty Salon
1312 Dwight St.
Angela Burgos

Gods & Legends Apparel
Luis Caraballo
33 Belcher St.

Holyoke Hummus Co.
285 High St.
John Grossman

Joel’s Moving Services
507 Whitney Ave.
Edgar Ramos

R & R Variety
207 ½ Sargeant St.
Rosalie Pratt

Tony’s Auto Sales
800 High St.
Anthony Trabal, Megali Trabal

LUDLOW

Easy Shop Convenience
546 A Center St.
Tahir Humayun

Hairstyles by Helena at Hair West
322 West Ave.
Helena Ferreira

Our Town Variety
259 Fuller St.
Sheetal Patel

Red Caravel Antiques
200 Center St., Suite 8
Elizabeth Teixeira

Tenczar Contractors
58 Wilno Ave.
Andrew Tenczar

NORTHAMPTON

Creative Curations
46 Cross St.
Laura Bergstrom

D.L. Hain
123 Hawley St.
Diane Lanoue

Law Office of Katherine Callaghan
55 Golden Dr.
Katherine Callaghan

Next Step Sales & Marketing Partners
115 Elm St., #1
Gregory Barrett

Notes
48 Main St.
Steven Campbell

Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop
267 Turkey Hill Road
Joy Baglio

Silent Source
58 Nonotuck St.
Harry Ridabock II

PALMER

Anne-Marie Olread Day Spa for Hands and Feet
3051 Pleasant St.
Anne-Marie Olread

Cutting & Styling Mart
1005 Central St.
Robin Dane

DPN Investigative Backgrounds & Security Services
2258 Main St.
Daniel Narreau

Girly’s Grill Inc.
1315 Park St.
Lori Beth Lind

Images Salon
1207 South Main St.
Wendy DeBoise

Northern Construction Service LLC
1516-1520 Park St.
John Rahkonen

Townies
1618 North Main St.
Pamela Kirkland

SOUTHWICK

Industrial Gas Turbine Support
13 Industrial Road
Jeffrey Vangelder

My Time LLC
627 College Highway
Allyson O’Dell

SPRINGFIELD

41st and 3rd
34 Front St.
Justin Oriel

A 2 Z Convenience Store
123 Chestnut St.
Sajid Zaman

Berliner Law
1441 Main St.
L. Jed Berliner

Blanco o Negro Promotion
15 Merida St.
Jesus Fontanez

Blue Lagoon Restaurant
180 State St.
Lewis Boynton

El Mango Market
2881 Main St.
Jorge Colon

Fresh Cut 2
1655 Boston Road
Ernesto Padilla

GRN Consulting
One Monarch Place
Karen Roberts

JDCole-TV, LLC
59 Meredith St.
Jeremy Cole

Kilpatrick Mebane Property Management
65 Westford Ave.
Tony Mebane

Main Food Shop
176 Main St.
Amarilis Perez

Optimal Office Cleaning
26 Lafayette St.
Kimberley Berry

Sonia Noemi Munoz Hope
14 Lombard St.
Yamira Rodriguez

Super Brush, LLC
800 Worcester St.
Donna Roy

WARE

An Honest Handyman
30 Highland St.
Charles Edler

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Eddie Shore Enterprises
1305 Memorial Ave.
Catherine Pokorny

Fuelboys
41 Chapin St.
Rene Thibault

Gilbert’s Handyman Service
65 Paulson Dr.
Norman Gilbert

IHOP
640 Riverdale St.
Deborah Pusen

Lawn Pro
161 Great Plains Road
William Paquette

Mattress Firm
935 Riverdale St.
Kindel Elam

Rafa Transportation LLC
203 Circuit Ave.
Rafael Mkanga

Stars Delivery
41 Irving St.
Gheorghe Rahubenco

WILBRAHAM

Core and More LLC
2141 F Boston Road
Arice Mackintosh

Homebuyers Inspection Service
17 Shady Lane
David Falvey

Jahn Building & Remodeling
376 Mountain Road
William Jahn

Michael R. Alexander, Electrician
84 Manchonis St.
Michael Alexander

NovaCare Rehabilitation
2377 Boston Road
David Chernow, Robert Ortenzio, Michael Tarvin, Scott Romberger

Ricciardi Construction Co.
840 Main St.
Gary Ricciardi

Wilbraham Tire and Auto Service Inc.
2694 Boston Road
Kurt Zimmerman, Peter Kearing

Court Dockets

By BusinessWest Staff February 21, 2017

Court Dockets Departments

CHICOPEE DISTRICT COURT

Hector Perez v. TD Bank, NA, USM Inc. and Gleason Johndrow Landscaping Co.

Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury: $3,437.60

Filed: 1/12/17

Halida Begovic v. Russell M. Merrill and Alert Ambulance Service Inc.

Allegation: Negligent operation of ambulance causing collision and injury to plaintiff: $8,939.21

Filed: 1/13/17

FRANKLIN DISTRICT COURT

Edward and Paula Mogelinski v. Patrick J. Jubb, personal representative of the estate of Lawrence Jubb

Allegation: Breach of contract, negligence, unjust enrichment related to construction services: $67,844

Filed: 1/20/17

FRANKLIN SUPERIOR COURT

Thomas Bardsley v. Bryan F. Barlow and Barlow Landscaping, Excavation, Paving and Construction Corp.

Allegation: Unpaid overtime, wages, and prevailing wage: $25,000+

Filed: 1/4/17

HAMPDEN DISTRICT COURT

Cassandra Emery v. CVS Pharmacy Inc.

Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury: $6,262.46

Filed: 1/17/17

HAMPDEN SUPERIOR COURT

Robert Scott Serre v. Poly-Metal Finishing Inc. and Jason Kudelka

Allegation: Breach of agreement, unjust enrichment: $100,000

Filed: 1/30/17

Steven J. Malke Jr. v. R.H. White Construction Co. Inc.

Allegation: Negligence causing injury: $143,224.12

Filed: 1/30/17

Bernadine Smith v. Baystate Medical Center Inc. and Baystate Health Inc.

Allegation: Negligence causing injury: $1,325,000

Filed: 2/2/17

Jacqueline Young v. 110 Monastery Associates, LP and Simsbury Associates Inc.

Allegation: Negligence causing injury, resident left unattended after fall: $396,000

Filed: 2/3/17

Erykah B. McCracken v. Crosstown Courier Service Inc.

Allegation: Employment discrimination: $50,000

Filed: 2/3/17

HAMPSHIRE DISTRICT COURT

Computer Works v. Endurance Fitness 247 LLC d/b/a Snap Fitness

Allegation: Monies owed for work performed: $1,748.90

Filed: 1/10/17

HAMPSHIRE SUPERIOR COURT

Robert J. Holhut v. Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School

Allegation: Employment discrimination: $225,000

Filed: 1/11/17

Katherine Glatter v. Tina Furculo, MD; VMG-Amherst

Allegation: Medical malpractice: $75,000

Filed: 1/19/17

Russell Russo v. Scott Bellemore d/b/a Aaron’s Paradise Transportation

Allegation: Conversion, unjust enrichment, interference with business relations, emotional distress: $35,000

Filed: 1/17/17

Tighe & Bond Receives Engineering Excellence Award

By BusinessWest Staff February 21, 2017

Daily News

WESTFIELD — The American Council of Engineering Companies of Connecticut (ACEC/CT) honored Tighe & Bond and the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority with an Engineering Excellence Award for recently completed electrical improvements at the Lake Gaillard Pump Station in North Branford, Conn. The recognition took place on January 23 during ACEC/CT’s 2017 Engineering Excellence Awards ceremony at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville, Conn.

Tighe & Bond won praise for its role in completing a series of phased electrical-equipment-replacement projects at the pump station to upgrade aging equipment that was nearing the end of its life expectancy. These improvements resulted in optimized pump-station performance and reliability. In addition to providing power for the pump station, the electrical equipment feeds power to the treatment plant.

Tighe & Bond provided design, permitting, and construction administration and observation services for the three phases of this $9 million electrical-improvement project. This included replacing all power generation and distribution equipment, and customizing the new equipment to meet the reliability and performance needs of the pump station, as well as achieve the equipment safety goals.

The South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority provided water and services to almost 430,000 people in 15 cities and towns throughout the Greater New Haven region.

Berkshire Bank Has Continued Momentum, Growth in Its Sights

By BusinessWest Staff February 7, 2017

Banking and Financial Services Cover Story Sections

Jim Hickson, Berkshire Bank’s Springfield Regional President

Through organic growth and a series of acquisitions, Berkshire Bank has achieved the kind of size ($9 billion in assets at present) that is necessary to succeed in the challenging climate within this industry. But Springfield Regional President Jim Hickson says it blends this size with a small-bank feel and “attitude,” and this is why it has been able to improve its share of the local market.

Jim Hickson says the conference room at Berkshire Bank’s main Springfield offices have become a popular spot lately, seeing far more visitation than would be considered normal — in large part because the bank is certainly encouraging it.

The reason is the room’s windows, which feature northerly and easterly exposures and, more specifically, stunning views of the construction work going on at MGM Springfield, just a few dozen feet away in some cases. Indeed, the massive, 2,000-car parking garage now looms over that conference room — Hickson commented several times on how quickly the structure went up — and the windows at the north end provide views of much of the rest of the construction site.

What visitors obviously see is a casino taking shape, said Hickson, senior vice president and commercial regional president for the Pioneer Valley and Connecticut. What he sees — and what others probably see as well — is what the casino represents: regional momentum and additional growth opportunities, which could come in a number of forms, from large corporations coming to Springfield, like CRRC, to smaller businesses that may take advantage of what will be a growing need for services.

“Those cranes that you see … they translate into momentum for the region; it’s a very exciting time,” said Hickson, adding that he believes Berkshire Bank, a.k.a. America’s Most Exciting Bank (or AMEB, as is written on his zip-front fleece jacket), is very well-positioned to take advantage of the momentum that can now be seen out those conference-room windows, and also in some of the other offices in the bank’s large suite at 1259 Columbus Ave.

That’s because the Pittsfield-based institution has the requisite size — achieved through several acquisitions, including that of Springfield-based Hampden Bank early last year — to be a major player, but it doesn’t act like the proverbial ‘big bank’ you read and hear so much about.

List of Banks in Western Mass.

“We have big-bank resources, but with small-bank attention and approach,” he said, adding that, while this might sound like a line from the marketing department, it accurately conveys what goes on across what is now a huge Berkshire footprint, covering much of the Northeast, as we’ll see later.

And also in those offices on East Columbus Avenue, which comprise a regional headquarters, said Hickson, meaning that customers can avail themselves of a full slate of services, including commercial lending, residential lending, cash management, investment services, private banking, and more.

This combination of large-bank resources and small-bank attitude has enabled the bank to significantly grow its market share in the Greater Springfield area across the board, and especially in the highly competitive commercial-lending realm, said Hickson, adding that a variety of factors are spurring activity among area business owners.

“For the first few years after the recession, even up to three or four years ago, no one was really borrowing money; instead, people were paying down their lines of credit and getting rid of debt,” he explained. “But in recent years, many of our customers are finally saying, ‘I do need to invest in that piece of equipment’ or ‘I do need to put an addition on my building.’ People have been saying, ‘maybe we are finally out of this.’”

To effectively capitalize on these sentiments and this movement, banks need to be large, but also versatile, flexible, and ‘local,’ meaning local decision making, not simply lenders with phone numbers starting with ‘413,’ said Hickson, adding that he believes Berkshire is all those things, and thus well-positioned for what might come.

For this issue and its focus on banking and financial services, BusinessWest talked at length with Hickson about what can be seen out those conference-room windows, and how AMEB is poised to be at the forefront of it all — in every sense of that word.

By All Accounts

As he talked with BusinessWest about the bank, its recent pattern of growth, its growing presence in Greater Springfield, and its large-bank-with-a-small-bank feel, Hickson referred early and often to one ongoing project that underscores seemingly all of the above.

Jim Hickson says Berkshire Bank’s involvement with the Springfield Innovation Center is an example of its commitment to the region.

That would be the construction of Springfield’s new Innovation Center on Bridge Street in two buildings acquired by DevelopSpringfield. The $2.7 million project represents a collaborative effort involving a number of partners, including the city, the state, DevelopSpringfield, Valley Venture Mentors, MassDevelopment, the Innovation Hub, and MassMutual. Funding is being provided by the state, through a MassWorks Infrastructure Program grant to MassDevelopment, MassMutual, the Beveridge Foundation, and the Berkshire Bank Foundation.

The bank itself is in the process of underwriting a construction loan to DevelopSpringfield for the renovation work and completion of the innovation center project, said Hickson, adding that final approval is expected within the next several days.

“It’s projects like this that exemplify that we’re here to serve everyone and have a vested interest in Springfield and this region,” he explained. “This a big project in the revitalization of Springfield, and we’re excited to be a part of it.”

Thus, as mentioned, that project checks many boxes when it comes to the bank’s operating philosophy and its goals for being a big part of the progress represented by the view out the back of the company’s offices on East Columbus Avenue.

Hickson arrived there — or back there, to be more precise — last October when he was named to his current post. Indeed, included in his nearly three decades of experience within the banking industry is a stint with Berkshire as senior vice president and asset-based lending relationship manager.

He’s also had tours of duty with People’s United, TD Bank, KPMG Consulting, and Fleet Capital. He is also chairman of the board for Common Capital.

With those accumulated business cards, he’s certainly had a front-row seat from which to witness an era of profound change in the local banking scene, with many new brands ariving, some old ones disappearing from the landscape, and a host of mergers and acquisitions.

Berkshire has been a part of that, he acknowledged, adding that the Pittsfield institution has greatly expanded its footprint in recent years. It now extends all the way from Syracuse, N.Y. in the western corner of the Empire State to Boston — a territory that includes three state capitals (Albany and Hartford are the others). And with the acquisition of New Jersey-based First Choice Bank, it now extends all the way to Philadelphia.

In the current banking climate, size brings a number of advantages — from larger lending limits to all-important economies of scale when it comes to operations in the face of rising technology costs and regulatory burdens — and Berkshire now possesses $9 billion in assets, 96 branches, more than $6.5 billion in loans, $6.6 billion in deposits, and $1.4 billion in wealth assets under management. Such growth has come organically, but also through those acquisitions, the latest of which involved First Choice, a $1.1 billion institution.

The Hampden Bank acquisition, completed in 2015, effectively doubled Berkshire’s presence in the Greater Springfield area, giving it 18 branches, while also doubling its commercial-lending portfolio within the region, said Hickson, adding that this strategic initiative is a good example of how the bank doesn’t simply grow for growth’s sake.

“That acquisition was a key development for the bank; Berkshire has always viewed the Pioneer Valley as a key strategic market,” he explained. “The bank’s not looking to grow to be the biggest in town; it’s looking for key strategic opportunities that fit our core values, and this acquisition was one of them.”

Points of Interest

Hickson said he doesn’t have to look out the conference-room window to know there is more activity in the commercial lending realm these days. He can see it in his office and with everything he sees as a member of the bank’s executive loan committee.

“The economy is better, and with a better economy comes more loan opportunities,” he said while summing up the landscape before getting into more specifics. “It may not be new entrants into the market, but maybe existing companies looking to grow either by diversifying into another product line or acquiring another company in the business sector they’re in.”

As one example, he cited the region’s large core of precision-manufacturing companies (one of Berkshire’s stronger specific niches), many of which are investing in new equipment, expanding facilities or building new ones, and diversifying product lines, largely as a result of greater confidence in the economy.

The next wave, he predicts, with both precision manufacturers and the local business community in general, will come in the form of mergers and acquisitions as smaller firms owned by retiring Baby Boomers face inevitable succession-planning issues.

“There are ways to finance those kinds of transactions,” he explained. “And we obviously want to keep as many of those firms local as we can.”

In the meantime, there is that increased optimism and subsequent lending activity that he mentioned earlier, adding that, to take advantage of it, banks need versatility and the ability to both develop specific niches and be generalists, said Hickson, adding, again, that Berkshire possesses such traits and skills, while some of the larger institutions don’t.

“As banks get bigger, they tend to lose sight of the local community they serve,” he explained, adding that Berkshire hasn’t done that, as evidenced by the Innovation Center and countless others in the portfolio.

This would include the large number of Small Business Assoc.-assisted loans the bank has participated in over the years.

“We’ve been very successful with SBA loans,” he explained, adding that this statement applies to this region, certainly, but also to the wide Berkshire footprint. Indeed, the institution has been top-rated in this realm by the SBA in several of the regions it serves, including the Pioneer Valley, Connecticut, and the Syracuse area.

“We’re very proud of that distinction — the SBA’s a great way to finance things, and we’re a big supporter of the agency,” he went on, adding that the SBA currently ranks the bank among the 100 most active in the country with such loans, with more than 110 transactions totaling more than $21.9 million.

However, those SBA loans are just a tiny fraction of the total portfolio, he went on, adding that, with the size generated by the acquisitions in recent years, Berkshire can make loans of all sizes and serve virtually every customer within the region’s business community, but with a small-bank approach.

Bottom Line

Rising from his chair, Hickson gestured out the conference-room windows and admired the view he and his staff regularly invite visitors to share.

“It’s such a beehive of activity; it’s exciting to take it all in every day and watch things progress,” he said. “It’s mesmerizing.”

He was talking about the MGM project, obviously, but he may as well have been referring to the region’s economy as a whole, although it is probably not worthy of such superlatives — yet.

But those cranes do translate into momentum and, hopefully, more progress and growth for area businesses. And Hickson believes AMEB is ready to be right in the middle of it all, just as it is in the South End.

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

Auto Dealers Predict Sales Will Continue Rising

By BusinessWest Staff February 7, 2017

Autos Sections

A High-revving Engine

Carla Cosenzi says sales have been on the rise for several years at TommyCar Auto Group, and she expects this trend to continue at its dealerships.

Initial national projections for 2017 called for the recent rise in auto sales to level off and then perhaps slow down. But those forecasts have been adjusted recently. Indeed, the experts say a host of favorable factors, from low gas prices to a stable economy to the advanced age of many cars on the road, will continue to fuel increases in sales volume.

John Kupec III has been in the automobile-sales industry for 40 years. But he has never seen trade-ins with as many miles as the ones being brought to Gale Toyota in Enfield today.

“We’re seeing cars come in with more than 250,000 miles,” the general sales manager told BusinessWest.

Indeed, a poll conducted last month by market research company IHS Markit shows the average age of light vehicles on the road is 11.5 years, and the trend Kupec observed is mirrored at other dealerships.

“This week alone, I saw trade-ins with 160,000 miles, 180,000 miles, and 240,000 miles — vehicles last longer than they used to, but people have taken it to the extreme,” said John Lewis, general manager at Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram and Bertera Fiat and Collision Center in West Springfield, as he spoke about reasons that led so many people to keep their vehicles for a decade or more.

John Kupec is optimistic about the year ahead, and says Gale Toyota of Enfield hopes to increase sales by 10% to 15%.

The practice began in 2008 when the economy crashed. Consumer confidence plummeted, 401(k) plans lost their value, and people worried about job security and began to realize they could drive their vehicles much longer than they had believed possible without incurring a lot of repairs.

“Today alone, we took in a 2001 with 160,000 miles and a 2005 with 155,000 miles,” said Craig Dodenstein, sales manager for Toyota of Greenfield, who noted that people usually upgrade to a new vehicle when the cost of repairs becomes prohibitive.

Sales began to rise a few years ago in line with a renewed confidence in the economy that has slowly taken root. But last fall, the National Automobile Dealers Assoc. predicted 2017 would be the year in which sales would reach their peak and begin to slow down. That projection was changed, however; now, sales of new vehicles in the U.S. are expected to remain above 17 million for the third straight year in a row, and even rise slightly toward the second half of the year.

Chart of area Auto Dealers

Aging vehicles still on the road have resulted in pent-up demand, and that factor, coupled with new models, aggressive manufacturer incentives, low interest rates, reasonable gas prices, and an upswing in the economy, are fueling optimism at local dealerships for the coming year.

“Last month, our sales were up 10% over January of last year, and we expect a 20% increase in 2017,” Lewis said, attributing the number not only to the company’s reputation and the service it offers, but the fact that Subaru sales have climbed and a new $5 million Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership is under construction, which hindered sales last year when they started working from trailers.

Fathers & Sons in West Springfield also has a new dealership, an $18 million facility that is home to Audi and Volkswagen franchises.

“We want to grow, plan to grow, and have the tools in our arsenal to do it,” said Sales Manager Ethan Prentiss. “In December, Volkswagen had the best month in company history, and this year we expect a 10% to 12% increase in Volkswagen and Audi sales, and an 8% to 10% increase in Volvo sales,” he said, referring to the company’s other dealership on Memorial Avenue, which houses the largest dedicated Volvo dealership in the country in terms of square footage.

Ethan Prentiss says the demand for SUVs and crossovers such as the new Volkswagen Touareg continue to rise at Fathers & Sons Volkswagen.

Incentives are also boosting sales, and Kupec said Toyota’s are higher than they have been in decades. “The manufacturer is offering 0% interest on some models, which they have never done before; hefty rebates of $2,000 to $3,000; and bonus cash on leases,” he said. “We’re off to a great start and hope to have a 10 to 15% increase this year in sales.”

Bill Peffer concurred. “It’s a very exciting industry to be in, and our outlook for 2017 is very, very positive,” said the president and chief operating officer of Balise Motor Sales, which has 24 stores in three states. “The market is very strong, and any volatility has been offset by manufacturer incentives. There are tons of new choices for customers — it’s a very good time to buy a car, truck, or SUV.”

For this issue and its focus on auto sales, BusinessWest looks at the current landscape within the industry and what the road ahead might bring.

Getting into High Gear

Last June, Volkswagen agreed to buy back its 2.0L diesel vehicles after a lawsuit that proved it had used emissions-system-defeating software. The VW Group also agreed to pay owners $5,100 to $10,000 in additional compensation on top of a fix or buyback of their car.

The negative press that ensued made sales challenging for a period of time, but buybacks began last October and accounted for a quarter of the Volkswagen sales at Fathers & Sons in December.

“These people would normally not be in the market for a new car, and the projection is that we will be able to retain 25% of them; many of our customers love the way their Volkswagens drive and handle,” Prentiss said, explaining that this situation, coupled with the new dealership and a lineup of exciting new products, is not the only reason for the projected increase in sales.

“We are now a negotiation-free dealership, which is what customers want,” he continued. “Buying a vehicle here has become all about the experience. Our salespeople are non-commissioned, and customers can find what they are looking for and complete the purchase within two hours.

“We give them our best price up front and make it fun to buy a car,” he continued, adding that Volvo sales are also up, as the manufacturer broke records last year due to the launch of a new image and the release of new products.

Toyota of Greenfield is another dealership that has undergone change. It moved into a new, $7 million dealership last winter and held a grand opening last May, so 2016 was a year of transition as they were able to move out of the trailers they worked in during 2015 while construction was underway.

“We’re looking for a 5% to 10% increase in sales this year, and if January was any indication, we are headed in the right direction,” said Dodenstein, adding that January sales had almost tripled over last year’s numbers by the third week of the month.

Although the new dealership certainly makes a difference, manufacturer incentives and new products add to the enticements. The new electric Prius Prime is a leader in its class; it gets 133 miles per gallon, beat a preliminary 22-mile electric volt range estimate with 25 miles, and gets 54 mpg in hybrid mode.

Meanwhile, Carla Cosenzi said last year was a great one for TommyCar Auto Group, which includes Hyundai, Nissan, Buick, GMC, and Volkswagen franchises. Some stores did especially well, including Hyundai, which experienced strong demand for entry-level vehicles.

“Hyundai gives customers a lot of value for their dollar, including technology, safety, and the aggressive pricing people are looking for,” Cosenzi explained, noting that consumers are excited about the fact that new technology is standard in many brands of entry-level models and ranges from adaptive cruise control to lane assist, collision warning, and backup cameras.

TommyCar is expecting another excellent year, and the sales of the new Volkswagen Golf All Trac station wagon, which has all-wheel drive, accelerated right after it was released. In addition, SUVs and crossovers are becoming increasingly popular, such as the 2017 seven- passenger Nissan Rogue and Volkswagen Tiguan.

“People want the space, comfort, and luxury they provide. They are more expensive than compact cars, but with interest rates and gas at all-time lows. they’re affordable,” Cosenzi noted.

Other local dealers agree that the demand for trucks, crossover vehicles, and SUVs is growing. They point to the fact that unemployment rates are low, people use trucks to do business, and buyers of all ages want to be able to travel in the winter.

“The weather in New England is unpredictable, and people want mobility whether they are driving to the ski slope or have the kids in their vehicle during a snowstorm,” Peffer said, adding that today’s crossovers and SUVs offer that versatility.

He noted the trend has changed over the past few decades. “Station wagons were popular from the ’40s through the ’70s. But when Chrysler came out with a minivan in the ’80s, the evolution of SUVs began, and so did the way people chose to be mobile,” he told BusinessWest, noting that crossovers and SUVs are affordable, offer more utility than mid-sized cars, and get good gas mileage.

Prentiss said Fathers & Sons sells seven-seat vehicles as quickly as they get them, and Audi’s Q7 and Volvo’s XC90 SUV models are popular because they offer utility plus plenty of cargo space. In addition, Volkswagen’s Tiguan and Golf All Trac have made the brand competitive with Honda and Toyota.

Changing Landscape

Local dealers say leasing has increased and accounts for a good portion of their new-car transactions.

“Leasing allows people to move into cars with low payments without the hassle of long-term maintenance; they can lease them to drive what they want and turn in the car before the warranty is up, as opposed to incurring costs over a six-year loan period,” said Peffer, noting that, a decade or two ago, leasing was reserved for commercial buyers, but today it has gone mainstream, and a third or more of Balise’s new-vehicle sales are leases.

Leasing is also popular at Bertera and accounts for 38% of its new-car business. “Technology is moving so fast, and people want the latest advances. Plus, a segment of the population is always going to have a payment, and they can get a brand-new car every two to three years with a lease,” Lewis said.

He explained that the average payment on a purchased $40,000 vehicle is $500 a month for six years, but the same vehicle can be leased for $300 to $350 a month with very little money down, which makes it attractive.

Kupec noted that the appeal extends to different age and economic groups, especially since people who do a lot of driving can build additional miles into a lease.

“People are more receptive to leasing than ever before,” he said, adding that 40% of the store’s new-car transactions are leases.

Prentiss told BusinessWest that a large portion of Millennials would rather lease than buy a new vehicle. “It has to do with their psychology; they think a three-year lease is long enough.”

The market for electric vehicles is also growing. Cosenzi said the Hyundai Ioniq, which is scheduled to come out in the next month, will have a battery-only model with an electric driving range of 124 miles and an EPA rating of 136 miles per gallon.

Positive Signs

From a big-picture, national-economy perspective, the road ahead is certainly marked by unpredictability and guarded optimism.

In the auto industry, through, there would appear to be fewer potential bumps in that road and apparently smooth riding. As noted by all those we spoke with, a number of factors are contributing to greater confidence on the part of consumers, and this is translating into greater activity at area dealerships.

As they say in this business, there is plenty of tread left on those tires.

Holyoke Medical Center to Unveil New ER This Spring

By BusinessWest Staff February 7, 2017

Health Care Sections

Meeting an Emergency Need

An architect’s rendering of Holyoke Medical Center’s new Emergency Department, set to open in May or June.

The numbers alone speak to Holyoke Medical Center’s need for a new Emergency Department, with the current ER designed for 25,000 visits per year but actually logging almost 43,000. But HMC’s new facility, set to open this spring, will do much more than better handle the traffic; it will also call on cutting-edge ideas in design and workflow — not to mention an innovative, dedicated behavioral-health area — to reflect a truly 21st-century vision of emergency care.

Running an emergency room is more than a numbers game for hospitals, involving a complex weave of triage and treatment to ensure that patients’ needs are met efficiently and effectively.

But the numbers at Holyoke Medical Center … well, they were simply unsustainable.

“The existing ER is designed to see about 25,000 patients per year,” said Carl Cameron, the hospital’s chief operating officer. “We saw almost 43,000 last year in that small area located in the back of the hospital, which is difficult to find.”

When Spiros Hatiras came on board as president and CEO of Holyoke Medical Center (HMC) in 2013, one of the first concerns brought to him by the board of directors was the existing Emergency Department, which desperately needed an overhaul and more space. They talked about expanding the existing ER, but the finances suggested building a new one would make more sense — not to mention that a construction project in a working ER would disrupt patients.

“We started the dialogue about what we are going to do with the ED in October of 2014,” Hatiras said. “We talked about the concept of expanding in place, but the exercise proved to be futile because we’d lose a lot of space with the construction. So we changed course and said, ‘maybe we need a completely new building.’”

The end result of those discussions will be unveiled this spring: A new Emergency Department that will expand the current space from 8,500 square feet to approximately 20,750 square feet. A second floor above the new ER will house a medical office building of 18,000 square feet.

List of Acute Care Hospitals in the region

The expansion will increase the ER’s treatment beds from 26 to 40, 12 of those designated as behavioral-health beds, part of a new Crisis Center for Psychiatric Services, segregated from the main ED to give those patients more privacy. The ED will also include two multi-patient trauma rooms, advanced life-saving equipment, six fast-track spaces, and a patient-navigation service as well. “It’s a large increase from where we’re currently at,” Cameron said.

Carl Cameron says capacity alone — the current ER is designed to see 25,000 patients annually, and saw almost 43,000 last year — is reason enough to build a new one.

The exterior space will be bigger as well, with room for four ambulances instead of the current two.

Meanwhile, the second floor will be the home of a comprehensive weight and health-management program, including services for bariatric surgery, general surgery, diabetes counseling, behavioral and nutritional education, as well as a patient fitness center.

“It’s a state-of-the-art space up there, with plenty of room,” Cameron said. “One of the rooms is a large auditorium where we can have sessions with bariatric patients.”

The weight-management program, launched last March, has “grown beyond anyone’s imagination,” Hatiras added, noting that it recently saw its 500th new patient. “It’s been amazing, and it continues to grow. This is the result of planning ahead, knowing we’re going to need more space for that program, and potentially more providers.”

With the new ED and medical office building ahead of schedule — the goal of cutting the ribbon in late June may be pushed up to late May — BusinessWest takes a peek into what is now a mesh of steel framing, but promises to become the state-of-the-art emergency area this community hospital has long needed.

Modern Design

Once the decision was made to build a new structure, Hatiras said, discussions began from a blank slate, incorporating current best practices in layout, workflow efficiencies, and design elements.

“Throughout the waiting area, we’re incorporating a lot of natural light and finishes that make it feel more like the lobby of a hotel than a medical space,” he told BusinessWest. “There’s a lot of glass. Most of the treatment rooms are going to have a window where the natural light comes in. And every single one of the treatment rooms is private — no more lying next to somebody else, separated by a curtain.”

Meanwhile, finishes in the behavioral-health area, including materials, colors, and lighting, are meant to promote a decrease in anxiety. “Behavioral-health patients come in to the hospital in an anxious state,” he explained, “and often the environment — the noise, light, colors — amplifies that instead of toning it down.”

Planners convened a behavioral-health peer group, soliciting input from former patients, to improve their understanding of how behavioral health should be delivered, and those discussions influenced some of the design choices.

Speaking of design, there was also an effort to make the new building match architecturally with its surroundings, which include buildings that date back to the 1800s, so the exterior brick and metal façade will blend in with both HMC’s recently renovated front lobby and the older buildings on campus.

“Not only will this be a functional improvement,” Hatiras said, “but when we’re done, this will be the most beautiful campus in the Valley, and I can say that with confidence, because I know what it will look like, and I’ve seen the other ones.”

Of course, all this function and design costs money, which for years has been a stumbling block to progress, he went on. The current project began with a $13 million to $14 million price tag, which increased to $23.8 million when the second floor was added.

However, approximately $5.5 million is being provided through the federal New Markets Tax Credit program. Hatiras credits U.S. Rep. Richard Neal with helping secure those funds, which will reduce the hospital’s debt service on the project, allowing it to keep healthy reserves and invest in additional health programs.

Meanwhile, HMC also scored a Community Hospital Acceleration, Revitalization, and Transformation (CHART) grant, a state program that promotes care coordination, integration, and delivery transformation to enhance community hospitals in Masachusetts. The $3.9 million grant — the largest in CHART’s phase 2 round of funding — supports the integration of behavioral-health services in the Emergency Department. Additional financing partners for the project include Valley Health Systems, MassDevelopment, People’s United Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and A.I. Wainwright.

Spiros Hatiras says talk of expanding in place was quickly scuttled in favor of a plan that would provide more space, easier access, and no disruption of current emergency services.

“Our total cost is $15 million, which is fantastic because an independent community hospital doesn’t have access to capital,” Hatiras said. “So to be able to do this for 60 cents on the dollar with the rest being New Markets Tax Credits and grants is really fantastic.”

A recently launched capital campaign seeks another $3 million to further reduce the hospital’s project costs. More than $1 million has been raised to date, with campaign donations to support some of the new ED’s ancillary needs and additional equipment.

Raising the Bar

One of the late additions to the project, piling on some additional cost, is a second entrance from the main hospital via the second floor, which adds functionality and easier patient access to the new building, Hatiras noted. But the most innovative element in the new ED is the emphasis on behavioral health, which is a growing issue across Massachusetts.

“In our existing ED, we didn’t have enough capacity for private behaviorsal-health areas,” Cameron told BusinessWest. “The new location is going to include six private rooms and another six detox chairs. I can imagine those will be full on a daily basis.”

In addition to the new building and new equipment being purchased, Cameron added, the ER will employ a more efficient workflow system that moves patients more quickly through the triage station and into a treatment room. The nursing station will be centralized and have visibility to all the treatment areas, to better keep track of what’s going on with each patient and, again, promote better flow.

Parking has long been an issue at Holyoke Medical Center — really, at what area hospital is it not an issue? — and the new building took over a small parking lot. But at the same time, the hospital created 100 new spots elsewhere on campus and launched a valet service to get patients in and out quickly without having to look for parking, Cameron said. “All that has definitely improved parking for patients.”

Hatiras said hospital leadership is formulating some long-term solutions to the parking issue, but they’re solutions to a good problem — that is, how to create more access to a hospital that has been growing to meet the needs of its community. This fact, he said, should be considered by neighbors who might be annoyed at some of the parking spillover onto side streets while HMC strategizes to create more space on its campus.

“In the three years since we started the effort to revitalize Holyoke Medical Center, we’ve added more than $20 million in revenue and a couple hundred employees,” he said. “Even the neighborhood property values are affected positively by the new emergency room and a thriving hospital.”

That progress has been reflected in some of the hospital’s recent honors, he added, including a Top Hospital Award from the Leapfrog Group in two of the past three years, which is given to more than 100 institutions nationwide for their commitment to patient safety. Selection is based on many areas of hospital care, including infection rates, maternity care, and the hospital’s ability to prevent medication errors.

“We want to raise this institution to a level the neighborhood and the city can be proud of,” Hatiras said.

That the hospital earned such recognition while operating an ER in half its optimal space is a testament to the hospital’s providers, he noted, and the expansion will provide opportunities to further boost that performance.

Local Impact

Hatiras is proud that most of the construction has been subcontracted to local workers.

“We’ve made a huge effort so that most, if not everything, stays local,” he said. “That’s a big shot in the arm, an economic boost for the area, with that work flowing through here.”

There’s also a sense of pride that the expansion is on schedule and on budget, he added.

“We finished design plans in February 2015, and were bidding out to the general contractor and getting financing before Christmas 2015,” he said. “The whole thing was lightning-fast. Everyone worked really hard on something that can sometimes take a half-decade of planning before it even gets off the ground.”

That wasn’t an option at Holyoke Medical Center, where emergency patients had been feeling the squeeze for much too long.

Joseph Bednar can be reached at [email protected]

Real Estate Transactions

By BusinessWest Staff February 7, 2017

Departments Real Estate

Western Massachusetts Real Estate Transactions February 6, 2017

FRANKLIN COUNTY

ASHFIELD

394 Norton Hill Road
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Matthew S. Thompson
Seller: Cynthia L. Clark
Date: 12/27/16

BUCKLAND

50 Bray Road
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $252,500
Buyer: Matthew J. Harris
Seller: James C. Small
Date: 12/30/16

COLRAIN

68 Jacksonville Road
Colrain, MA 01340
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Nicholas A. Giard
Seller: Dennis King IRT
Date: 12/30/16

GREENFIELD

86 Bungalow Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $168,000
Buyer: Cheryl A. Powers
Seller: Faustina M. Butynski
Date: 12/30/16

268 Federal St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $173,000
Buyer: Roy O. Baltzer
Seller: Troy R. Lucier
Date: 12/30/16

44 Freeman Dr.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Ingrid A. Arvidson
Seller: Patricia Thayer
Date: 12/30/16

48 Harrison Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $174,000
Buyer: Lindsey M. Ennis
Seller: Gregory FT
Date: 12/30/16

589 Leyden Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $252,000
Buyer: Ion Badea
Seller: Scott A. Briere
Date: 12/30/16

33 Norwood St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $115,200
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Sheraz U. Hasan
Date: 12/30/16

139 Silver St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $187,500
Buyer: Susan Antico
Seller: Linda L. Iafolla
Date: 01/03/17

207 Silver St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $385,900
Buyer: M. Sean Hrinda
Seller: Peter F. Bagley
Date: 12/30/16

LEVERETT

28 Chestnut Hill Road
Leverett, MA 01054
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Christine K. Hale
Seller: Sandra R. Rodgers
Date: 01/06/17

MONTAGUE

13 Dell St.
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Adam Goglin
Seller: Jamrog, Teresa G. Est
Date: 01/06/17

181 Millers Falls Road
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Jean E. Meals
Seller: Kevin Bonnette
Date: 12/30/16

7 Newton Lane
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Andrew Irving
Seller: Susan F. Durkee
Date: 12/30/16

24 North St.
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $156,250
Buyer: Christopher S. Brown
Seller: Priscilla A. Joseph
Date: 12/28/16

209 Old Sunderland Road
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $273,000
Buyer: Senaida Currie
Seller: Barbara L. Craven
Date: 12/30/16

54 Randall Road
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Todd M. Dodge
Seller: Robert G. Cross
Date: 01/06/17

88 South Prospect St.
Montague, MA 01349
Amount: $171,000
Buyer: Robert J. Croteau
Seller: Bryan G. Hobbs
Date: 01/05/17

NEW SALEM

17 Whitaker Road
New Salem, MA 01355
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Emerald City Rentals LLC
Seller: Carol A. Ruch
Date: 01/05/17

ORANGE

862 North Main St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $139,000
Buyer: Marcia S. Sims
Seller: Hometown Bank
Date: 12/30/16

SHUTESBURY

159 Locks Pond Road
Shutesbury, MA 01072
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Adam J. Summers
Seller: Elise Gouge
Date: 12/29/16

SUNDERLAND

76 North Plain Road
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $307,000
Buyer: Alan R. Kuusisto
Seller: Mary Cole
Date: 12/30/16

HAMPDEN COUNTY

AGAWAM

27 Alhambra Circle North
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $184,900
Buyer: Kimberly A. Petit
Seller: S&C Homebuyers LLC
Date: 12/30/16

117 Doane Ave.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $167,500
Buyer: Patriot Living LLC
Seller: Veterans Affairs
Date: 12/28/16

256 Maynard St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: S&J FT
Seller: Ronald G. Jean
Date: 01/06/17

68 Monroe St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Kristopher R. Widmer
Seller: Lori A. Wallace-Langford
Date: 12/27/16

148 North St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $141,231
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Steven F. Kelley
Date: 01/03/17

52-54 Orlando St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $279,000
Buyer: Neal D. Omeara
Seller: Raymond D. Bolduc
Date: 12/29/16

BLANDFORD

41 Woronoco Road
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $354,000
Buyer: John Carrington
Seller: Wayne J. Mosher
Date: 12/28/16

CHESTER

22 Lyon Hill Road
Chester, MA 01011
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: William Johnson
Seller: Michael P. Bell
Date: 01/03/17

Lyon Hill Road
Chester, MA 01011
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: William Johnson
Seller: Michael P. Bell
Date: 01/03/17

3 School St.
Chester, MA 01011
Amount: $119,700
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: B. Lynn Garland
Date: 01/03/17

CHICOPEE

96 Arnold St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Sabri Bajrami
Seller: Russell B. Jopson
Date: 01/06/17

376 Broadway St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Anquin LLC
Seller: Joseph M. Rzeszutek
Date: 12/29/16

665 Burnett Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $143,200
Buyer: Keybank
Seller: Andrew D. Wrona
Date: 01/04/17

18 Call St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $171,000
Buyer: Angel J. Valdes
Seller: Ian Craik
Date: 12/29/16

48 Clairmont Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $149,500
Buyer: Brett M. Salamon
Seller: Jamison, Thomas S. Est
Date: 01/06/17

154 Edgewood Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Daniel Peloquin
Seller: Aimee Azam
Date: 01/06/17

1422 Granby Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $400,620
Buyer: Westfield Bank
Seller: John H. Chase
Date: 12/30/16

Montcalm St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Sean Martin
Seller: Brian S. Langevin
Date: 12/27/16

1013 Montgomery St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Dawn V. Nielsen
Seller: Fisher, Daniel E. Est
Date: 01/03/17

28 Morgan Circle
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $119,000
Buyer: Luis A. Gallego
Seller: CRA Holdings Inc
Date: 12/27/16

5 Smith St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Cassandra N. Gingras
Seller: Edward Lemelin
Date: 12/28/16

30 Susan Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01075
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Sean Martin
Seller: Brian S. Langevin
Date: 12/27/16

1552 Westover Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Albano J. Freitas
Seller: David W. Hyatt
Date: 01/06/17

EAST LONGMEADOW

39 Dearborn St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Michael Carabetta
Seller: Erin N. Duchesne
Date: 01/06/17

98 Maple St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $125,699
Buyer: Noah Goodman
Seller: Deutsche Bank
Date: 12/28/16

15 Oakwood Circle
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $253,000
Buyer: Daniel Perez
Seller: Lisa Laudato
Date: 12/28/16

50 Stonehill Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $415,000
Buyer: Carmela Malafronte
Seller: Daniel R. Schwarting
Date: 12/29/16

127 Thompkins Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $232,500
Buyer: Helen K. Adamo
Seller: Jason S. Zieba
Date: 12/29/16

GRANVILLE

31 Old Westfield Road
Granville, MA 01034
Amount: $227,000
Buyer: Stanton J. Brzoska
Seller: Little Birch Inc.
Date: 12/28/16

191 Reagan Road
Granville, MA 01034
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Christopher Haftmann
Seller: Gregory Scileppi
Date: 12/28/16

HAMPDEN

91 Chapin Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Laura Lee
Seller: David P. Amadei
Date: 01/06/17

Highland Circle #46
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $153,000
Buyer: Grahams Construction Inc.
Seller: Michael A. Cimmino
Date: 12/28/16

HOLLAND

8 Lynne Ave.
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $173,500
Buyer: Pamela Beaudry
Seller: Thomas Russo
Date: 01/05/17

16 Old County Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $127,000
Buyer: Maple Ledge Associates
Seller: Bayview Loan Servicing
Date: 01/03/17

6 Ridge Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $136,500
Buyer: Alice E. Rainka
Seller: Richard W. Schif
Date: 01/05/17

150 Stafford Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $144,000
Buyer: Beata Harwood
Seller: Boguslaw Kowalski
Date: 12/30/16

HOLYOKE

507 Appleton St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Hispanic Resources Inc.
Seller: Ingersoll Grove LLC
Date: 12/30/16

30 Cleveland St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $238,500
Buyer: Jeffrey A. Trask
Seller: James P. McKeever
Date: 12/29/16

35 Fenton St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $145,200
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Richard E. Hartling
Date: 12/30/16

50 Lower Westfield Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Juan O. Cruz-Sierra
Seller: Hari Sharma
Date: 12/28/16

1000 Main St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $673,000
Buyer: 1010 Main Street LLC
Seller: Gary D. Rome
Date: 12/28/16

1010 Main St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $127,000
Buyer: 1010 Main Street LLC
Seller: Gary Rome Holyoke LLC
Date: 12/28/16

15 Queen St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $189,000
Buyer: Kenia E. Davila
Seller: Saw Construction LLC
Date: 12/28/16

LONGMEADOW

32 Bark Haul Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Kevin A. Broughton
Seller: Eric Goodkowsky
Date: 01/03/17

43 Benedict Terrace
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Diana P. Willis-Moriarty
Seller: Marshia G. Regnier
Date: 01/06/17

162 Blueberry Hill Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $550,000
Buyer: David G. Kayiatos
Seller: Martha H. Ryan
Date: 01/06/17

32-34 Elm Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $257,000
Buyer: Jean F. Maziarz
Seller: Janice C. Selden
Date: 12/30/16

51 Fenwood Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: Premium Properties Inc.
Seller: St.Pierre, Leon V. (Estate)
Date: 12/29/16

129 Meadowlark Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $238,500
Buyer: Katarzyna K. Soja
Seller: Nathan R. Larkin
Date: 01/06/17

35 Twin Hills Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $557,000
Buyer: Jeffrey D. Tisdell
Seller: Todd M. Adelson
Date: 12/28/16

LUDLOW

199 Cady St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Zachary R. Lepage
Seller: Gerald E. Dubour
Date: 12/29/16

32 Duke St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: John Rego
Seller: April B. Voisine-Mulek
Date: 01/04/17

199 Laurel Lane
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Richard F. Parent
Seller: Evelyn M. Wrona
Date: 12/30/16

44 Napoleon Ave.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Saverio Desteno
Seller: Richard J. Coache
Date: 01/06/17

140 Pinewood Road
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $385,900
Buyer: Lisa R. Sabadosa
Seller: Richard R. Thiffault
Date: 01/06/17

21 Ray St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Joel E. Reyes
Seller: Polys, Patricia A. (Estate)
Date: 12/29/16

MONSON

48 Blanchard Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Henry P. Ford
Seller: John P. Kertenis
Date: 12/30/16

40 Pease Ave.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Michael Boucher
Seller: Carl J. Gustafson
Date: 12/29/16

9 Valley View Heights
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Michael W. Emmons
Seller: Wesley Ellsworth
Date: 01/03/17

16 Washington St.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $149,000
Buyer: Dennis E. Wentworth
Seller: Linda Q. Trott
Date: 12/30/16

MONTGOMERY

183 Pitcher St.
Montgomery, MA 01085
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Nick D. Mitchell
Seller: Jeffrey B. Johnson
Date: 12/30/16

PALMER

3037 High St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $218,000
Buyer: Seth A. Ciejka
Seller: Teresa A. Swist
Date: 01/04/17

21 Kelley St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Scott M. Grosse
Seller: Shawn A. Santos
Date: 12/30/16

591 Old Warren Road
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $223,000
Buyer: Lusya Gordievsky
Seller: Steven W. Beyor
Date: 01/04/17

115 State St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Rachel Lane
Seller: Stanley A. Skaza
Date: 01/04/17

RUSSELL

321 Dickinson Hill Road
Russell, MA 01071
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Joseph A. Mann
Seller: Carl W. Whitney
Date: 12/29/16

SOUTHWICK

116 Berkshire Ave.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $347,500
Buyer: John W. Wilson
Seller: Alison Lydon
Date: 01/04/17

11 Hunters Ridge Circle
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $425,000
Buyer: Anthony J. Bailey
Seller: Thomas P. O’Donnell
Date: 01/04/17

SPRINGFIELD

343-349 Allen St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Island Farm Realty LLC
Seller: Thai H. Son
Date: 01/06/17

24 Arliss St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $189,000
Buyer: Veronica Breban
Seller: Luz M. Thomas
Date: 12/30/16

42-46 Baldwin St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Jean Tailleur
Seller: Michael J. Bailey
Date: 12/30/16

165 Benz St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Dung D. Hoang
Seller: Tina K. Babacas
Date: 12/28/16

6 California Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $147,000
Buyer: Dave A. Watson
Seller: William Raleigh
Date: 12/27/16

29 Catalina Dr.
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $179,000
Buyer: Eleanor Sampson
Seller: Aracelio Cordero
Date: 12/30/16

55 Denwall Dr.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $128,000
Buyer: Natasha Santiago
Seller: Anthony Huertas
Date: 01/03/17

60-62 Edendale St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $144,900
Buyer: Juvil Medina
Seller: Jeffery A. Lovell
Date: 12/30/16

19 Eleanor Road
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $178,000
Buyer: Christina J. Solis
Seller: Prospect Builders Inc.
Date: 12/28/16

131 Ellendale Circle Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $135,500
Buyer: Jesuann Ortiz
Seller: USA HUD
Date: 01/03/17

217 Emerson St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Tiffany R. Fitzgerald
Seller: Dena A. Calvanese
Date: 01/06/17

86 Fernwold St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Jean Tailleur
Seller: Michael J. Bailey
Date: 12/30/16

230 Forest Park Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Hugo Blanco
Seller: Lisa Shea
Date: 01/04/17

87 Huron St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $221,194
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Jessie L. Holmes
Date: 01/05/17

214 Jeffrey Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Sandra A. Asiamah
Seller: Webster Bank
Date: 12/28/16

39 Ludlow Ave.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Peter G. Joanides
Seller: Wilmington Savings
Date: 12/30/16

114 Michon St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $193,000
Buyer: Roberto O. Carrasquillo
Seller: John Strycharz
Date: 12/27/16

243 Naismith St.
Springfield, MA 01101
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Yanfeng Liu
Seller: Bretta Construction LLC
Date: 12/27/16

63 Notre Dame St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Jaimee Guerra
Seller: Arthur F. Spaulding
Date: 12/28/16

1075 Page Blvd.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $162,500
Buyer: Black Dog Lane LLC
Seller: Mark R. Campbell
Date: 12/29/16

81 Park Road
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $146,500
Buyer: Richard Espino
Seller: Joseph Roginski
Date: 12/29/16

76 Patricia Circle
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $209,000
Buyer: Sothy P. Chea
Seller: Steven J. Hermanson
Date: 01/06/17

6-8 Pomona St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $118,000
Buyer: Lachenauer LLC
Seller: Legacy Property Investments
Date: 01/06/17

15 Quebec St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $255,445
Buyer: Mister Mister LLC
Seller: R. R. & Co. Realty LLC
Date: 12/30/16

Robbins Road
Springfield, MA 01101
Amount: $162,500
Buyer: Black Dog Lane LLC
Seller: Mark R. Campbell
Date: 12/29/16

94 Saint Lawrence Ave.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Wells Fargo Bank
Seller: Jessica Lugo
Date: 01/05/17

76 Spruceland Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $226,100
Buyer: April R. Achorn
Seller: Michael C. Foss
Date: 01/06/17

118 Surrey Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $118,500
Buyer: HSBC Bank
Seller: Gemma Hart-Jones
Date: 01/05/17

92 Temby St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: Ivonne Dominguez
Seller: Christian B. Wiernasz
Date: 01/03/17

539 Tiffany St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $239,900
Buyer: James C. Herlihy
Seller: Nu-Way Homes Inc.
Date: 01/04/17

26 Vermont St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $173,000
Buyer: David N. Hiciano
Seller: Dina R. Aldrich
Date: 01/03/17

141 Westbrook Dr.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Anthony D. Amato
Seller: James J. Boland
Date: 12/29/16

123-125 Westford Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: Miriam L. Wilkins
Seller: Marie A. Campbell-Ward
Date: 01/06/17

280-282 Wilbraham Road
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $159,000
Buyer: Hamediah Mohamed
Seller: Earl Willridge
Date: 12/30/16

132 Windemere St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $138,900
Buyer: Robert H. Ryan
Seller: Eugenio Hernandez
Date: 12/27/16

114 Wolcott St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Luis A. Cruz
Seller: Luis A. Aguirre
Date: 12/29/16

519-523 Worthington St.
Springfield, MA 01105
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Luis Rivera
Seller: William A. Hurley
Date: 01/04/17

TOLLAND

237 Slope Road
Tolland, MA 01034
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Anthony Falcone
Seller: Daniel Rego
Date: 12/27/16

78 Slope Road
Tolland, MA 01034
Amount: $159,900
Buyer: Matthew J. Perry
Seller: John P. Clifford
Date: 12/30/16

WEST SPRINGFIELD

96 Butternut Hollow Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Adolf O. Kastel
Seller: Galary, Rosemary (Estate)
Date: 12/29/16

75 Church St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Aubrie E. Smith
Seller: Scott W. Gage
Date: 01/06/17

695 Elm St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Shruti Oza
Seller: Paul L. Gil
Date: 01/06/17

35 Freida St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $189,500
Buyer: Jonathan D. Breard
Seller: Christopher T. Tedone
Date: 12/30/16

21 Hemlock Hill Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $191,000
Buyer: Mariya Demyanchuk
Seller: Deutsche Bank
Date: 01/05/17

17 Maple St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Matthew M. Strycharz
Date: 12/27/16

47 Morton St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Michael P. Shea
Seller: John G. Pettazzoni
Date: 01/06/17

89 Wistaria St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Matthew J. Parker
Seller: Lynne M. Killam
Date: 12/30/16

47 Witch Path
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $247,500
Buyer: CA&DA Realty LLC
Seller: Donna E. Christian
Date: 12/30/16

44 Wolcott Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $212,000
Buyer: Meenakshi Hastings
Seller: Eric F. Sales
Date: 12/27/16

WESTFIELD

12 Christopher Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $207,500
Buyer: Diego V. Sarmiento
Seller: Claudio M. Bermejo
Date: 12/30/16

107 Dana St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $172,000
Buyer: Margarita Dunayev
Seller: Tamara Colby
Date: 12/28/16

53 Flynn Meadow Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $430,000
Buyer: Jason M. Hynek
Seller: RSP Realty LLC
Date: 01/03/17

20 Meadow St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $245,563
Buyer: Wells Fargo Bank
Seller: Arthur Kellogg
Date: 12/28/16

35 Montgomery St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $170,880
Buyer: Wells Fargo Bank
Seller: Chelsea L. Gozgit
Date: 01/03/17

226 Munger Hill Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $366,500
Buyer: Michael W. Shea
Seller: Stephen A. Tansey
Date: 12/29/16

108 North Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $266,000
Buyer: Edward A. Laprade
Seller: David C. Berry
Date: 12/27/16

119 Northridge Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $191,000
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Paul A. Deslauriers
Date: 01/04/17

312 Northwest Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Stacy M. Benda
Seller: Peter A. Ruszala
Date: 01/06/17

75 Russell Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $164,000
Buyer: Steven M. Roberts
Seller: Tammie J. Butler
Date: 12/30/16

205 Sackett Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Leonid Melnik
Seller: Myrna B. Butler
Date: 12/29/16

60 Sandy Hill Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $191,000
Buyer: Lauren M. Martins
Seller: Veronica Lynch
Date: 12/30/16

1098 Shaker Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $191,000
Buyer: Matthew R. Authier
Seller: Daniel Tobias
Date: 01/06/17

63 Washington St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $144,000
Buyer: Jeffrey P. Routhier
Seller: Jenifer W. Lucca
Date: 01/06/17

682 Western Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Cody T. Prince
Seller: Robert J. Kroll
Date: 01/05/17

903 Western Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $136,600
Buyer: Quicken Loans Inc.
Seller: Darlene Fuller
Date: 12/29/16

70 Western Circle
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: David S. Kowalski
Seller: James J. Dowd
Date: 12/30/16

WILBRAHAM

85 3 Rivers Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $149,000
Buyer: New England Developers
Seller: Deutsche Bank
Date: 01/04/17

15 Brookside Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $229,900
Buyer: William J. Bickley
Seller: Russell E. Anderson
Date: 12/30/16

6 Fox Hill Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $317,500
Buyer: John P. Iverson
Seller: Janene M. Kane
Date: 01/06/17

55 Glenn Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Zulfiqar A. Yusuf
Seller: Gary M. Weiner
Date: 12/28/16

766 Main St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $355,000
Buyer: Michael A. Bernardes
Seller: Susan E. Adams
Date: 12/30/16

99 Mountain Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Jennifer A. Thorn
Seller: Carpenter, Bryant L. (Estate)
Date: 12/27/16

5 North Hills Lane
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $415,000
Buyer: Seokho Kang
Seller: Boston Road Properties
Date: 12/30/16

76 Stony Hill Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: David N. Kravchuk
Seller: Edwin J. Misiaszek
Date: 12/27/16

936 Stony Hill Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $164,900
Buyer: Marco Saraiva
Seller: Michael A. Torcia
Date: 12/30/16

32 Sunnyside Terrace
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $257,500
Buyer: Gihad A. Awkal
Seller: Daniele, Teresa (Estate)
Date: 12/29/16

7 Wildwood Lane
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Kara L. Rice
Seller: Lucille J. Amato
Date: 01/06/17

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

AMHERST

422 Amity St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $2,000,000
Buyer: HVV Amherst LLC
Seller: West Amherst LLC
Date: 12/29/16

4 Ball Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $309,500
Buyer: Jeffrey Labombard
Seller: David K. Webber
Date: 01/06/17

713 Bay Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $384,000
Buyer: Susan A. Fields
Seller: Anthony L. Rogers
Date: 01/06/17

41 Berkshire Terrace
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $339,000
Buyer: Thomas Soranno
Seller: Stephanie Shafran
Date: 01/05/17

155 Gray St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $370,000
Buyer: Cliff Q. Zeng
Seller: Stanne, C. A. (Estate)
Date: 12/27/16

42 Harris St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Amy R. Hamel
Seller: Irene Nystrom
Date: 12/28/16

82 Lindenridge Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $604,000
Buyer: Ulrich Holeschovsky
Seller: Haemoon Oh
Date: 12/30/16

571 Main St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Oriental Flavor LLC
Seller: GC Rental Properties LLC
Date: 12/29/16

61 Market Hill Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $230,500
Buyer: Michael A. Golden
Seller: Kuchta LT
Date: 01/03/17

127 Mill Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $358,500
Buyer: Ralph P. Hill
Seller: Nancy B. Eddy RET
Date: 12/28/16

1240 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $243,000
Buyer: Freda Peters
Seller: Margaret Stebbins
Date: 12/29/16

19 Willow Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $299,000
Buyer: Le Yang
Seller: Jingjing Wu
Date: 01/06/17

BELCHERTOWN

15 Alden Ave.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $415,000
Buyer: Patrick J. Prizio
Seller: Jennifer L. Cote
Date: 12/29/16

340 Allen Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $176,950
Buyer: Mark T. Maghini
Seller: Ryan C. Bishop
Date: 01/05/17

372 Amherst Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Jeremy J. Gummeson
Seller: William M. Shea
Date: 12/27/16

200 Boardman St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Vicki Ayers
Seller: John D. Pawlikowski
Date: 12/29/16

454 Federal St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $198,000
Buyer: Janina Chung
Seller: Lisa A. Laflamme
Date: 12/28/16

3 Jeffery Lane
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $312,000
Buyer: William J. Swaim
Seller: Paul D. Cadorette
Date: 01/05/17

11 Martin Circle
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Larry B. Ibekilo
Seller: Fabbo, Frederick P. (Estate)
Date: 12/29/16

220 Michael Sears Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $244,000
Buyer: Lawrence D. Scott
Seller: Daniel Alpiarca
Date: 01/04/17

72 Mountain View Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: Janet M. Lopez
Seller: Polina Kislyuk
Date: 12/27/16

81 North Washington St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $307,000
Buyer: Ryan C. Bishop
Seller: Robert E. Wojtczak
Date: 01/05/17

12 Old Farm Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: Christopher M. Austin
Seller: Bruce A. Tolpa
Date: 12/30/16

182 River St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $180,825
Buyer: Leonard R. Bruso
Seller: Marian M. MacCurdy
Date: 01/04/17

580 State St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Vandana Basu
Seller: Nicholas R. Lariviere
Date: 01/04/17

166 Stebbins St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $144,000
Buyer: Robert Blanchard
Seller: Douglas W. Rainaud
Date: 12/29/16

CHESTERFIELD

59 Cummington Road
Chesterfield, MA 01026
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Jesse T. McMillan
Seller: Ryan M. Flanders
Date: 12/30/16

65 East St.
Chesterfield, MA 01012
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: New Union TR
Seller: James S. Loomis
Date: 12/29/16

EASTHAMPTON

25 Bryan Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $223,000
Buyer: Daniel R. Gebo
Seller: Edward A. Laprade
Date: 12/27/16

18 Campbell Dr.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Audrey L. Armstrong
Seller: Kelly C. Melanson
Date: 12/30/16

250 East St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $169,900
Buyer: David M. Lepine
Seller: Phyllis M. Press
Date: 12/27/16

108 Loudville Road
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Robert D. Marmor
Seller: David A. Marek
Date: 12/30/16

12 Lux Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Vicki L. Williams
Seller: Danica E. Achin
Date: 01/06/17

29 Maple St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $239,900
Buyer: Kelly C. Melanson
Seller: Peter E. Gomes
Date: 12/30/16

14 Mill St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Jenifer W. Lucca
Seller: Martha J. Dolat
Date: 01/06/17

Pomeroy St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Brian R. Tetreault
Seller: Donald L. Cykowski
Date: 12/29/16

11 Willow Circle
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $395,000
Buyer: Brian R. Fournier
Seller: Robert P. Church RET
Date: 01/06/17

GRANBY

33 Truby St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Pawel Watracz
Seller: John G. Deauseault
Date: 12/30/16

HADLEY

206 Bay Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $575,000
Buyer: John W. Kinchla
Seller: Michael E. Alderson
Date: 01/04/17

19 High Meadow Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $359,000
Buyer: John C. Morse
Seller: Ralph L. Kendall
Date: 12/28/16

75 Hockanum Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $327,000
Buyer: Cheryl A. Brodowski
Seller: Charles M. Wojewoda
Date: 12/27/16

Nashua Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: USA
Seller: John F. Jekanowski
Date: 12/28/16

47 Russell St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $1,510,000
Buyer: Western Mass Electric Co.
Seller: US Bank
Date: 12/30/16

HATFIELD

50 King St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $550,000
Buyer: Betsy K. Speeter
Seller: Labor Housing Inc.
Date: 12/28/16

HUNTINGTON

43 County Road
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $299,000
Buyer: Krista A. Groleau
Seller: Timothy J. Seney
Date: 12/30/16

2 Crescent St.
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $152,400
Buyer: Charles A. Firsch
Seller: Jeffrey R. Jorritsma
Date: 12/30/16

NORTHAMPTON

20 Bridge Road #37
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $561,835
Buyer: James M. Sagalyn
Seller: Bridge Road LLC
Date: 12/30/16

634 Burts Pit Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $254,400
Buyer: Dale A. Canon
Seller: Patsy J. Miller
Date: 12/28/16

9 Cherry St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $207,000
Buyer: Marshall T. Poe
Seller: Travers, Camilla (Estate)
Date: 01/06/17

49 Columbus Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $152,537
Buyer: Margaret A. Russo
Seller: Mark T. Dunn
Date: 01/06/17

55 Gilrain Terrace
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Debra L. Packard
Seller: Clay, Winifred J. (Estate)
Date: 12/30/16

94 Industrial Dr.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $3,250,000
Buyer: Northampton Storage
Seller: 94 Industrial Drive LLC
Date: 01/03/17

7 Main St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $264,000
Buyer: David A. Murphy
Seller: Nancy E. Murphy
Date: 12/29/16

197 North Elm St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: Jodi Shaw
Seller: George & Dolores Houck LT
Date: 01/06/17

202 North Main St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $458,000
Buyer: Jayashankar Rjasekaran
Seller: Joslad & Associates PC
Date: 12/29/16

15 Pioneer Knolls
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Norwich Properties LLC
Seller: Janice R. Brown
Date: 01/04/17

155 Pleasant St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $1,600,000
Buyer: Live Pleasant LP
Seller: Chicopee Kendall LLC
Date: 12/27/16

64 West Farms Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Chaya L. Aronson
Seller: Alan R. Kuusisto
Date: 12/30/16

930 Westhampton Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $222,200
Buyer: Joseph A. Romanos
Seller: Phyllis I. Rauch LT
Date: 12/28/16

14 Westwood Terrace
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $203,000
Buyer: Jennifer L. Weaver
Seller: Patricia H. Solomon
Date: 01/03/17

27 Woodbine Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Matthew R. Wimmer
Seller: Perman, Frank S. (Estate)
Date: 12/28/16

PELHAM

75 Amherst Road
Pelham, MA 01002
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Susan Altabet
Seller: Cooley FT
Date: 12/29/16

PLAINFIELD

West Main St.
Plainfield, MA 01070
Amount: $133,786
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Jonathan P. Gill
Date: 01/06/17

SOUTH HADLEY

10 Haig Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $137,492
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Lori A. Klekotka
Date: 01/04/17

2 Karen Dr.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $204,900
Buyer: Aaron J. Smigiel
Seller: Edward C. Brunelle
Date: 01/03/17

10 Linden Dr.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $195,500
Buyer: Jill E. Feingold
Seller: Michael A. Houle
Date: 12/28/16

288 North Main St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Victoria L. Miller
Seller: Wilson, Lois A. (Estate)
Date: 12/29/16

76 Richview Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Anthony Bartusewich
Seller: Anthony Bartusewich
Date: 12/30/16

4 Ridge Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Brenda L. Houle
Seller: Revampit LLC
Date: 12/28/16

11 Rivercrest Way
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $356,937
Buyer: Jeffrey Robinson
Seller: Rivercrest Condominiums
Date: 01/05/17

18 Rivercrest Way
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $379,380
Buyer: Janet C. Brunelle RET
Seller: Rivercrest Condominiums
Date: 01/05/17

5 Smith St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Cassandra N. Gingras
Seller: Edward Lemelin
Date: 12/28/16

30 Susan Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Sean Martin
Seller: Brian S. Langevin
Date: 12/27/16

SOUTHAMPTON

74 Pequot Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Vladimir Bondar
Seller: Roberta M. Green
Date: 12/28/16

78 Pequot Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Vladimir Bondar
Seller: Roberta M. Green
Date: 12/28/16

108 Valley Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $355,000
Buyer: Sergey Solomoyuk
Seller: Robin M. Weaver
Date: 12/30/16

WARE

30 Greenwich Plains Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Wilmington Savings
Seller: Brandon R. Chaffee
Date: 12/28/16

259 Malboeuf Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $218,500
Buyer: John M. Prenosil
Seller: Meghan M. Michalski
Date: 01/05/17

Doing Business As Certificates

By BusinessWest Staff February 7, 2017

Bankruptcies Departments

The following business certificates and trade names were issued or renewed during the month of January 2017.

AGAWAM

Anytime Fitness
200 Silver St., #112
Marie Ball

DeCosmo Industrial Auctions
62 Cecile St.
Thomas DeCosmo

Recapital Media
417 Springfield St., #212
John Giordano

AMHERST

Amherst Towing and Recovery, LLC
305 Northeast St.
James Wagner, Joseph Wagner

Jalieh & Partners
85 Olympia Dr., Apt. 2
Jalieh Shepard

Lorin Starr Consulting
34 Main St. #7
Lorin Starr

Moriarty Woodworking
145 Glendale Road
Mark Moriarty

Wisdom Technologies
16 Summerfield Road
Ming Yan

BELCHERTOWN

Jennifer Underwood Photo
143 Aldrich St.
Jennifer Underwood

CHICOPEE

Broadway Auto Shop Inc.
376 Broadway St.
Kassem Kabbout

Dainty Cottage Decor
117 Telegraph Ave.
Elizabeth Irwin

Health Care Resource Centers
628 Center St.
Community Health Care Inc.

Kentco South Inc.
704 Memorial Dr.
Kent Smith

Royal Coach Sales LLC
576 East St.
John Garcia

VIP Pest Solutions
151 Woodcrest Circle
Jason Fortin

DEERFIELD

Darkstone
315 Upper Road
Gabriel Dark

EASTHAMPTON

D & L Cleaning
25 Franklin St.
Denial Bond

Liberty Tax Service
53 Union St.
Saqib Tasneem

Northeast Piano Service
11 Union Court
John Fish

Pleasant Variety & Package Store
42 Pleasant St.
Majid Malik

EAST LONGMEADOW

Laplante Construction
61R North Main St., Suite 1
William Laplante

Omega Cleaners of East Longmeadow
14 Harkness Ave.
Joo Lee

GREENFIELD

Cherry Rum Automotive
451 Bernardston Road
RCK Enterprises Inc.

Foster’s Supermarket
70 Allen St.
Matthew Deane

Styles by Judy
466 Main St.
Judith Carter

HADLEY

Bibliotechnica
119 Middle St.
Robie Grant

Full of Grace Farm
150 Stockbridge St.
Laura Litterer

Jiffy Lube
347 Russell St.
Atlantic Coast Enterprises

Spruce Hill Motors
235 Russell St.
Randy Izer

HOLYOKE

Battat Glass
388 Dwight St.
Daniel Battat

Denison’s Mini Market
263 Hampden St.
Joshua Acevedo

Hoey Interior Designs
146 Morgan St.
Beth Hoey

Melo Deli Grocery
512 South St.
Luis Melo

V & S Tech LLC
50 Holyoke St.
Vusal Gasimov

LONGMEADOW

The Entrepreneur’s Source
32 Cambridge Circle
Steven Rosenkrantz

McMahon Consulting
557 Laurel St.
Stacey McMahan

Rainbow Pediatrics
84 Lawrence Dr.
Florence Odutola

LUDLOW

The Gomes Agency
364 East St.
Miguel Gomes

SDI Towing and Service
25 Joy St.
Fernando Barros

NORTHAMPTON

The Center for Compassionate Care
8 Trumbull Road
Norbert Bellivea

Health Care Resource Centers
297 Pleasant St.
Community Physicians, P.C.

Lularoe
28 Longview Dr.
Samantha Young

SEO Imagine
126 Main St.
Hanifah Robinson

Welch Law Offices
143 Main St.
Margo Welch

Work Tables & More
1 Glenwood Ave.
Timothy Donahue

PALMER

Fast Tax USA
1622 B North Main St.
John Murray

Ray’s Towing and Repair/Apple Automotive
1207 South Main St.
Raymond LaBonte Jr.

Simply Focused Coaching
2001 Calkins Road
Julie Manning

SOUTH HADLEY

The Egg & I Luncheonette
20 Main St.
David Simard

Pioneer Preservation
9 Rita Circle
Theodore Pontz

Private Financial Design, LLC
87 Willimansett St.
Andrew Beaudry

Tricia’s Skin Care
25 Parkview St.
Tricia Squier

SOUTHWICK

Trinity Research
13 Pine Knoll
Lina Racicot

SPRINGFIELD

Allhome Realty
293 Belmont Ave.
Tuan Anh Tran

Dream’s Eyebrows
76 Olmsted Dr.
Shiba Darjee

Exclusive Auto
720 Berkshire Ave.
Ronique Evans

Home City Roofing
64 Grandview St.
Kenneth Pooler Jr.

International Multiservices
2460 Main St.
Luis Liriano

JK Datalister
352 Longhill St.
James King

LFF Variety
302 Belmont Ave.
Hercules Robinson

Law Office of Bernard S. Cohen
34 Sumner Ave.
Bernard Cohen

Ludlow Floor Sanding
125 Parker St.
Steven Lauzon

Mobil Retailing Services
19 Shelby St.
Nicholas Liquori

Never Give Up on You
103 Drexel St.
Kelley Laroe

Numeracy Associates
94 Eleanor Road
Michael Bixler

Nunez Market
546 Worthington St.
Erika Nunez Dilone

Recca Construction
191 Lexington St.
Juan Recca

So Clean
119 Massreco St.
Lorensa Stinson

Springfield Macarons
34 Front St.
Jennifer Cruz

Sunshine Dental LLC
1245 Boston Road
Amit Kapoor

Westrock CP, LLC
320 Parker St.
Patrick Durkee

WARE

Charbonneau Funeral Home
30 Pleasant St.
Marc Varnum

GameStop #3758
350 Palmer Road, Suite 107
GameStop Inc.

JDJ Builders
16 Malboeuf Road
Denis Pelletier

Sunny & Shears, LLC
277 Palmer Road
Jessica Jablonski

WESTFIELD

Jiffy Lube #3417
90A South Maple St.
Atlantic Coast Enterprises LLC

R.J. Sanding
2 Cycle St.
Roger Cortis Jr.

United American Muslim Assoc. of Western Mass.
66 South Broad St.
Sadique Abdul

WILBRAHAM

Advanced Reserve Solutions
2205 Boston Road, Unit A8
Paul Huijing

Iron Cross-Fitness, LLC
65 Post Office Park
Ian Stratton

McClure Insurance Agency Inc.
2361 Boston Road
Marc McClure, William McClure, William McClure II

Triple S Construction Co.
9 Bradlind Ave.
Thomas Silva

Incorporations

By BusinessWest Staff February 7, 2017

Departments Incorporations

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

ADAMS

Tandem Custom Builders Corp., 62 Commercial St., Adams, MA 01220. Brian J. Sadlow, 21 Crandall St., Adams, MA 01201. Residential and commercial construction.

BELCHERTOWN

Positive Learning Communities Inc., 840 Federal St., Belchertown, MA 01007. Teresa Dooley Smith, same. Creation of professional development materials.

GREAT BARRINGTON

The East Asian Cuisine Inc., 305 Stockbridge Road, Great Barrington, MA 01230. Yaling Zheng, same. Restaurant.

HOLYOKE

Sullivan School, PTO Inc., 400 Jarvis Ave., Holyoke, MA 01040. Maureen Fitzgerald, 32 Hitchcock St., Holyoke, MA 01040. Parent and teacher association created to raise funds for the school to use for field trips, equipment, repairs library books, etc.

PITTSFIELD

Shire City Sanctuary Inc., 40 Melville St., Pittsfield, MA 01201. Joseph Method, 9 Mountain View Ave., Housatonic, MA 01236. Marketplace offering shared work and event space to the region nurturing creative collaboration, community, and economic development.

SWS Beverage Distribution Inc., 147 Tyler St., Pittsfield, MA 01201. Sarwat Sultana, same. Wholesale beverage distribution (non-alcohol).

RUSSELL

Skyline Logistics Inc., 265 Dickinson Hill Road, Russell, MA 01071. Calvin Burkovskiy, same. Truck leasing.

SPRINGFIELD

Sunshine’s Learning Daycare Inc., 215 Bristol St., Springfield, MA 01109. Pauline Finch, same. Educational service, training, instruction.

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Quality Renovations Inc., 74 Elm St., 534, West Springfield, MA 01089. Craig McCarthy, Same. Construction.

Rave Mobile Communication (RMC) Inc., 659 Main St., No. 1, West Springfield, MA 01089. David H. Lim, same. Retail and repairs.

Tau Kappa Epsilon Lambda Sigma Alumni Association Inc., 680 Westfield St., West Springfield, MA 01089. Colin Calhoun, 25 Appaloosa St., West Springfield, MA 01089. The association shall foster camaraderie among alumnae of the Lambda Sigma Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity at Keene State College and to serve in extending knowledge in the academic and extracurricular activities of the association.

WESTFIELD

Roots Athletic Center Inc., 199 Servistar Industrial Way, Westfield, MA 01085. Frank A. Demarinis, 89 Pomeroy Road, Montgomery, MA 01085. Athletic sports services.

Briefcase

By BusinessWest Staff February 7, 2017

Briefcase Departments

State Unemployment Rate Drops to 2.8% in December

BOSTON — The state’s total unemployment rate dropped to 2.8% in December, marking the sixth consecutive month the rate has declined, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported Thursday. The last time the state’s unemployment rate was at 2.8% was in December 2000. In December, preliminary estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate Massachusetts added 6,600 jobs over the month. The November job gain had an upward revision, with the state adding 7,000 jobs compared to the previously published 5,800-job-gain estimate. Over the year, Massachusetts has added 75,000 jobs. At 2.8%, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is down 2.1% over the year from 4.9% in December 2015. There were 73,300 fewer unemployed residents and 112,900 more employed residents over the year compared to December 2015. “For the past six months, the unemployment has continued to drop, and the labor-force participation rate has held steady over the year, which is very good news for the state,” Labor and Workforce Development Secretary Ronald Walker II said. “We are also pleased to see the state continues to add jobs in key sectors, such as education and health services; professional, scientific, and business services; information; and construction.” In December, over-the-month job gains occurred in the education and health services; construction; professional, scientific, and business services; information; leisure and hospitality; financial activities; manufacturing; and other services sectors. The state’s labor-force participation rate — the total number of residents 16 or older who worked or were unemployed and actively sought work in the last four weeks — is 64.7%. Over the year, the labor-force participation rate has increased 0.2% compared to December 2015. Over the year, the largest private-sector percentage job gains were in construction; professional, scientific, and business services; education and health services; and leisure and hospitality. Massachusetts’ unemployment rate has remained lower than the national rate since April 2008. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the December national rate at 4.7%. Since the statewide rate peaked at 8.8% in September 2009, there are now 335,600 more Massachusetts residents employed and 202,700 fewer residents unemployed, as the labor force increased by 133,000.

VVM Announces 36 Startups in 2017 Accelerator

SPRINGFIELD — Valley Venture Mentors (VVM) announced the 2017 Startup Accelerator cohort this week. The 36 startups, chosen from more than 200 applicants received from around the world, represent high-quality, early-stage startups across more than eight industries, including technology, beauty, healthcare, transportation, and publishing. “We are excited by the diversity of industries represented in this cohort,” VVM CEO Liz Roberts said. “We are honored that they are choosing to invest their time in our accelerator. They will get intensive training, mentorship, and resources to take their startups to the next level.” Sixty-five percent of this year’s startups are led by women, and 36% are led by people of color. International teams from Canada, India, and Ghana will participate. “Educating startup founders is all about helping them minimize their startup risks. Over the next four months, these entrepreneurs and their teams are going to spend time analyzing their products, services, business models, and the markets they intend to disrupt,” said Paul Silva, VVM chief innovation officer and co-founder. “They will learn from successful entrepreneurs — people who have been exactly where these founders are.” VVM Startup Accelerator participants also develop relationships with funders and are eligible to win up to $50,000 in equity-free cash at the end of the program. The winners will be announced on Thursday, May 25 at an awards ceremony with an expected 600 people in attendance at the MassMutual Center. VVM’s visionary partners include MassMutual, MassDevelopment, the Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation, MassTech Collaborative, and the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts. Another aspect of this year’s program is VVM’s partnership with Pathlight, a local organization which serves people with intellectual disabilities. The two organizations put out a national call for entrepreneurs with technology ideas that could increase independence for those with intellectual disabilities. After a rigorous selection process, two such startups were selected to participate in the accelerator: Galactic Smarties and Habit Stackr. Several of the companies accepted to the 2017 VVM Startup Accelerator are graduates of VVM’s mentorship program, including AlignMeeting, Bhlue Publishing, FootCare by Nurses, Hot Oven Cookies, Listen2aBook, Lumme, RecordME, Streamliners, TripleTote, and Yummy Yammy. The 2017 VVM Startup Accelerator cohort includes:
• AlignMeeting, business-productivity software facilitating best meeting practices to improve team efficiency before, during, and long after meetings;
• AuCoDe, the Google Alerts of controversies and crisis situations, providing early detection as a signal for hedge funds;
• Barakat Bundle, a curated package of life-saving solutions for mothers and newborns in South Asia;
• Bhlue Publishing, a cloud-based career-development platform for teens and young adults who are struggling to figure out a career direction;
• Bharat Babies, which produces developmentally appropriate children’s books that are inspired by the stories of India and South Asia;
• Connecticut Horse, a bimonthly print and online magazine for horse enthusiasts in Connecticut;
• Emotive Agility Training Center, a consulting company offering training tools and curricula for people with autism to crack the non-verbal code of social interactions;
• Enrichment Express, which provides instructors with the curriculum, materials, and logistical support needed to teach engaging enrichment classes to children 5 to 12 years old;
• Ernest Pharmaceuticals, programmed bacteria to eliminate metastatic cancer;
• Fields Center, which provides help for individuals with autism and families;
• FirmOffer, a software solution for legal recruiting enabling law students to make binding offers to law firms;
• FootCare by Nurses, foot-wellness experts;
• Galactic Smarties, which makes technology that supports independence for people of all ages and abilities;
• GeneRisk, which identifies genetic variants of autism allowing for better understanding of risk and ID targets for more personalized intervention;
• Genoverde Biosciences Inc., an agricultural biotech startup focused on improving crop yield for commercial farming through bioengineering;
• Habit Stackr, which helps people keep daily routines through brain science and a mobile app;
• Hot Oven Cookies, a handcrafted cookie bakery specializing in the delivery and curbside sales of warm, gourmet cookies;
• Kwema, which developed a smart bracelet that can call for help to friends and family, authorities, and Kwema’s safety communities;
• Listen2aBook, which makes audiobook production accessible to everyone;
• Lumme Inc., a startup funded by the National Cancer Institute that develops smart technology to help people quit smoking;
• M1 Tapes, which makes premium, contractor-grade tape measures;
• MEANS Database, a nonprofit technology company devoted to business-friendly food recovery;
• MyBarber, which provides on-site haircuts at offices, apartment complexes, and co-working spaces;
• NERv Technology, which is developing an implantable biochip platform to detect post-operative complications;
• New England Breath Technologies, which developing a pain-free diabetic monitoring device to improve outcomes of patients;
• Nonspec, which has created a low-ost, durable, and adjustable prosthetic system;
• Paysa, which is developing a fingerprint-authorized cashless payment system for stores in rural India with the goal of increasing bank-account owners;
• ProjectMQ, a social-media app for independent game studios and fans worldwide;
• RateFrame, which helps users highlight and share the best parts of any video;
• RecordME, a studio-recording company that provides hardware, engineers, and distribution so content creators and venues can make more money;
• Streamliners, which sells aerodynamic devices to the trucking industry, saving $4,000 per truck per year in fuel costs, paying for itself in three months;
• Trabapido, an online marketplace that helps individuals and businesses find and hire service providers, such as plumbers, painters, and tutors;
• TripBuddy, a ride-sharing startup;
• Tripletote, which manufactures consumer products that help people carry items as they travel, commute, shop, and work;
• VaxAtlas, which provide real-time access to one’s vaccine history, helping to avoid unnecessary repeat vaccines, identify missed vaccines, and alert for outbreaks; and
• Yummy Yammy, which helps busy people eat better, one deliciously addictive sweet potato at a time.

Simon Youth Foundation Seeks Scholarship Applicants

LEE — Simon Malls and Simon Premium Outlets in New England announced that, once again, its malls and centers — including Lee Premium Outlets — will help deserving graduating seniors pay for college. Simon Youth Foundation, a national nonprofit that provides educational opportunities for at-risk high school students, is looking for qualified applicants. Each year, Simon Youth Community Scholarships are awarded in every community across the country that is home to a Simon Malls or Premium Outlets center. The application period ends on March 1. Students can apply online by visiting syf.org/scholarships. Any student who will be graduating in the class of 2017 and lives in the community surrounding a Simon property is eligible. Applicants can check their eligibility by entering their ZIP code at syf.org/scholarships. Recipients will receive up to $1,500 to enroll in an accredited college, university, or vocational or technical school. In addition, 11 regional Awards of Excellence will be given to top candidates. The regions eligible are Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Indianapolis, Miami, New York, Orange County (Calif.), Orlando, and Seattle/Tacoma. Students from these areas will have the opportunity to receive a $10,000 award ($2,500 for up to four years). In 2016, the Simon Youth Foundation awarded $1.2 million to 300 students nationwide. Scholarship recipients will be selected by International Scholarship and Tuition Services Inc., a third-party administrator. Students are selected based on a variety of criteria, including financial need, academic performance, leadership skills, and participation in school and community activities. Students who are the first in their family to pursue a post-secondary education will also be given close consideration. Recipients will be notified in May.

Horace Smith Fund Calls for Scholarship, Fellowship Applications

SPRINGFIELD — The Horace Smith Fund, a private foundation that offers scholarships and fellowships, has extended the application deadline date for the Walter S. Barr Scholarships and Fellowships until March 1, 2017, due to the low number of applications so far. Last year, The fund awarded $258,000 to 25 area students. “To date, we have received only 46 scholarship applications and 16 fellowship applications. It is surprising that more students haven’t applied yet,” said Teresa Regina, trustee and chair of the scholarship committee. “Applications can be downloaded or completed online. They are also available at every area high school and college or by contacting our office.” The Walter S. Barr Scholarship is available for graduates of Hampden County public and private high schools. Applicants may either be graduating high-school seniors or in college. Scholarship awards of $10,000 are distributed in annual installments of $2,500 and renewable each year until graduation. Recipients are selected on a variety of criteria, including their test scores, class rank, extracurricular activities, and a personal written account of why the student feels deserving of financial assistance. The Walter S. Barr Fellowship awards are made annually to those wishing to enroll in full-time graduate studies. In general, applicants must be residents of Hampden County. Awards are made to students pursuing a specific post-graduate degree. The award of $12,000 is distributed in annual installments of $4,000 for a maximum of three years. Awards will be made on the basis of all available information, including school records, recommendations, and examination scores. Consideration will be given to both the merit and financial need of the applicant. “We hope students take advantage of this local resource,” Regina said.

Court Dockets

By BusinessWest Staff February 7, 2017

Court Dockets Departments

CHICOPEE DISTRICT COURT

Ruth Ortiz v. Ismael Medina d/b/a Medina’s Mini Supermarket

Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury: $12,465.14

Filed: 12/20/16

Lena B. Makhmudova v. Patricia G. Parker d/b/a Pat Parker & Sons Florist

Allegation: Motor-vehicle negligence causing injury: $24,926

Filed: 12/22/16

HAMPDEN DISTRICT COURT

Walter Gerrmann and Jillian Gerrmann v. Bruce Arnold Sr. and Arnold Construction Services

Allegation: Negligence, breach of implied warranty: $20,000

Filed: 12/16/16

Bianca Correa v. Springfield College

Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury: $19,470.12

Filed: 12/19/16

HAMPDEN SUPERIOR COURT

Jilleva Cunningham v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Allegation: Negligence causing injury when tricycle fell from upper shelf onto plaintiff: $41,760.64

Filed: 12/20/16

Jeannette Hall v. Colvest/State Street LLC and CVS Pharmacy Inc.

Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury: $132,627.97

Filed: 12/21/16

Sun Roofing Inc. v. Shree Vinayak Inc. d/b/a Rodeway Inn

Allegation: Monies due for services, labor, and materials: $113,430

Filed: 12/21/16

Michael A. Jefferson v. Falcetti Music Inc. and Kappy’s Liquors

Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury: $26,982.89

Filed: 12/22/16

Sara Kidd and Donald Trottier v. Blue Bird MHC LLC and Matthew Udell

Allegation: Non-payment of wages: $65,963.35

Filed: 12/22/16

HAMPSHIRE DISTRICT COURT

Computer Works v. Endurance Fitness 247 LLC d/b/a Snap Fitness

Allegation: Unpaid monies for work performed: $1,748.90

Filed: 1/9/17

HAMPSHIRE SUPERIOR COURT

Fay Champoux v. Beacon Communities LLC and Treehouse Easthampton Housing LLC

Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury: $12,822

Filed: 1/5/17

Franklin Crockett, personal representative of the estate of Brian Crockett v. Glenn Miskovsky, M.D.; Mark Jankowske, D.O.; Tonbira Zaman, M.D.; Alan Berkenwald, M.D.; Andrew Mackey, M.D.; George Hartnell, M.D.; and Kirsten Bringardner, P.A.-C.

Allegation: Wrongful death, failure to properly monitor and treat patient: $25,000+

Filed: 1/9/17

WESTFIELD DISTRICT COURT

Chet Comee & Sons Inc. v. Keltra Construction Services Inc. and Jeffrey J. Sheltra

Allegation: Breach of construction contract: $22,300

Filed: 1/6/17

Friends of the Holyoke Merry-Go-Round

By BusinessWest Staff January 24, 2017

Class of 2017 Difference Makers

Seizing the Brass Ring

Friends of the Holyoke Merry-Go-Round Are Preserving a Treasure

Some of the many passionate Friends of the Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: from left, Jim Jackowski, Barbara Griffin, Angela Wright, and Joe McGiverin.

The giant scrapbooks, their newspaper clippings turning yellow and their heavy leather covers fraying and kept on with shoelaces, are getting on in years — as are the people who created them.

But the truly inspiring story they tell never gets old.

It’s about how one of the poorest communities in the Commonwealth, then and now, came together, in every sense of that phrase and against very long odds, to raise nearly $2 million during a stubborn recession to keep the historic Mountain Park merry-go-round in Holyoke.

Carefully chronicled in those scrapbooks, this story relates tireless fund-raising efforts — from generous donations given by large corporate players to a fishing derby with a $10 entrance fee that went to the cause; from phone-a-thons and mailed solicitations featuring carefully crafted pleas for support to sales of everything from sweatshirts to Christmas-tree ornaments out of a donated kiosk at the Holyoke Mall.

It also captures work to find, finance, build, staff, open, and operate a home for the merry-go-round in Holyoke’s Heritage State Park in late 1993, an important chapter in this tale and one with many twists and turns.

John Hickey, a.k.a. “Mr. Holyoke,” rallied the city to seize a “glittering brass ring.”

And those scrapbooks poignantly reflect, through photos, news stories, and his own commentary in the daily Holyoke Transcript Telegram, the passion, commitment, and drive of one John Hickey, known to most as “Mr. Holyoke,” who rallied the city and unified it behind what was, at the time, a most unlikely cause.

“He was determined; he felt like this was an important piece of Holyoke’s history and that there needed to be a way to save it,” Angela Wright, long-time volunteer director of the merry-go-round and one of the leaders of the effort to keep it in the Paper City, said of Hickey, then head of the Holyoke Water Power Co., who passed away in 2008. “He was like a pied piper … he went to every meeting, every organization, every business he could to stress the importance of this. And he got a city behind him.”

Indeed, Hickey ended one of his op-ed contributions (a piece that has become part of Holyoke lore) with a question that doubled as a rallying cry.

“There’s a glittering brass ring out there,” he wrote in reference to the carousel. “Will the people of Holyoke extend themselves to capture it?”

Indeed, they would, as the pages of those scrapbooks make clear, and more than 1.2 million people have gone for a ride.

But the last entry in those volumes is from Dec. 1, 1994 — a short story about upcoming Christmas happenings at the carousel — and, therefore, they don’t tell the whole story.

Indeed, while the efforts to buy the carousel and then begin its next life in downtown Holyoke could be described as ‘heroic’ and ‘monumental,’ what has transpired over the past 23 years or so and continues today is worthy of equal praise, said Jim Jackowski, business liaison for Holyoke Gas & Electric and long-time president of Friends of the Holyoke Merry-Go-Round Inc., the organization created to not only buy the treasure, but manage it and preserve it for future generations.

The second part of the equation isn’t captured in the scrapbooks because, for the most part, that hard work doesn’t generate headlines, he said. But the challenges to operating and properly maintaining the carousel — everything from spiraling insurance costs to non-stop maintenance to restoration work on the ornate horses — are many and formidable.

But the same passion that went into raising the money to buy PTC 80 (the 80th carousel built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Co.) goes into the work to keep the ride spinning today — and tomorrow, said Jackowski.

“It’s been a labor of love — it was then, when we were raising the money to buy it, and it still is today,” he explained.

One of the many ads designed to emphasize what Holyoke would lose if the merry-go-round went to another buyer.

And that sentiment is perhaps best summed up with words from the Transcript Telegram, which played its own sizable role in the efforts to save the carousel.

Its presses fell silent in January 1993 as the paper succumbed to disastrous losses in the wake of the early-’90s recession. But it still has a voice on this subject (and this Difference Makers award) thanks to an editorial published just a few weeks before the paper closed.

The occasion was a decision of the state Department of Environmental Management to award $300,000 for the construction of a building in Holyoke’s Heritage State Park for the carousel, providing it with a home and, essentially, sealing the deal.

“If one project in recent history had to be chosen to represent the best Holyoke has to offer in community spirit, from the youngest child to the most senior resident,” the paper roared, “then the campaign to save the Holyoke Merry-Go-Round is it.”

More than 24 years later, those words still ring true.

Mane Attraction

Among the many individuals, groups, and businesses that donated in-kind services to the cause of saving the merry-go-round was the Hartford-based marketing and advertising firm Adams & Knight Communication.

The firm had a number of specific assignments — from designing promotional brochures destined for potential donors to crafting copy for print ads that ran in the Transcript Telegram and elsewhere. But one of its very specific tasks, apparently, was finding children with the ability to look sad. Really, really sad.

Children recruited for ads used in the merry-go-round campaign had plenty of practice looking sad.

For example, there’s one young girl displaying that talent in an ad (that appeared in multiple outlets) in which she stands next to one of the carousel’s horses wearing a sign around its neck reading ‘sold.’ She’s holding on to its reins as if she doesn’t want to let go, clear symbolism of the city’s attitude at the time.

She makes another appearance, along with two other children, in an ad that features a broad view of the carousel with the headline “Imagine Telling Them That the Ride Is Over … for Good.”

And there’s a despondent yet still-hopeful young boy featured in yet another full-page ad. He’s holding out his piggy bank, as if to offer whatever’s in it. The headline reads, “Why He’s Putting All His Money on a Horse.”

But it wasn’t just young people enlisted to send this message. Indeed, several teenagers (from the ’50s, presumably, based on their attire) are featured in still another ad with the headline, “If You Care About Holyoke’s Future, Put Money Down on Her Past.”

In essence, this is what the campaign started in 1988 was all about, said those we spoke with, adding that it wasn’t just about keeping PTC 80 from being sold off as a unit or piece by piece and shipped overseas.

It was also about people investing in the city’s future, said Jackowski, meaning both the generations to come and the city itself, which needed a boost to spark its sagging fortunes and deteriorating downtown.

These sentiments are reflected in comments attributed to then-Mayor Marty Dunn (another of this story’s many heroes) in one of the many promotional pieces created to solicit support.

“This is not a toy,” said the mayor. “It is a folk-art masterpiece and a powerful attraction for our downtown.”

The merry-go-round has, by most accounts, become that spark, that attraction, thanks to the campaign to save it and, more specifically, that group that came to be known as the Friends of the Holyoke Merry-Go-Round.

It was created and led by Hickey, who first approached John Collins, owner of Mountain Park, who closed that attraction in 1987, with a proposal to allow the city of Holyoke to buy the carousel and thereby keep it ‘home.’

By most accounts, this wasn’t exactly a hard sell. Indeed, while Collins reportedly had some handsome offers for the merry-go-round on the table, including a rumored $2 million, he was supportive of the efforts to keep it in the city, and thus he set the bar, or price tag, low — $875,000.

While there was considerable support for the merry-go-round, in Holyoke and beyond, all those involved knew that raising that kind of money, at that time and in that community, would be very difficult. And, as we’ll see, the community would soon see that number rise considerably.

It’s been a labor of love — it was then, when we were raising the money to buy it, and it still is today.”

And this is where our story — the one told through the clips in those scrapbooks — really begins.

However, those we spoke with say it really starts with John Hickey.

Indeed, he was the one, said Wright, who convinced Holyokers, then facing a mountain of other, seemingly more pressing issues, from rampant unemployment to soaring poverty to a declining downtown, that the merry-go-round was still a treasure worth saving.

“In the beginning, people were saying, ‘are you kidding — a merry-go-round?’” Wright said while trying to capture the mood at the time. “There were so many other problems, from homelessness to the schools to downtown. People said, ‘how can you be thinking about raising money for a merry-go-round?’

“John would say to them, ‘you don’t understand — beauty is for your soul; there needs to be art, music, and beauty in this world, for everyone,’” she went on. “He would say, ‘this is as important as food’; he would make that comparison and stress the importance of art in one’s life.”

Round Numbers

To effectively reach the people of Holyoke, and beyond, Hickey would make early and frequent use of the Transcript Telegram’s op-ed page. Some of his early entreaties capture his passion for the project and his belief that it was an important part of the city’s history, identity, and psyche.

“A city needs more practical things, like sewage-treatment plants, snow plows, water filtration, better roads, and good school buildings,” he wrote on March 5, 1988, just as the campaign was being conceptualized. “But it also needs objects that nourish its spiritual life. A beautiful and historic, million-dollar merry-go-round may be a bit of mirthful indulgence, but it will give us, for generations, a special kind of happiness and pride.

“It is sad that we are losing our historic amusement park,” he would go on a few paragraphs later, “but it would be tragic if we stood by, doing nothing, and letting its centerpiece, the merry-go-round, become the object of pride and fame in some other distant city.”

Merry-go-round employee Kathie McDonough, left, staffs the concession stand with long-time volunteer Maureen Costello.

Beyond passionate rhetoric, though, Hickey understood that this campaign needed a solid foundation on which to build, and to erect one, he turned to the many banks and other prominent corporate citizens at that time, said Wright.

“He pulled together all the CEOs and banking leaders and put them in a room,” she recalled, adding that, prior to this now-historic gathering, he took them to Mountain Park for a ceremonial and sentimental look at the carousel. “He talked for an hour about the value of this merry-go-round, not only to families and kids, but for history, nostalgia, as an anchor to downtown … he went through the whole thing.

“And he said, ‘unless you people commit a big number — and I mean a big number — then we can’t do it,’” she went on. “And by then, he had them practically in tears.”

Before the meeting convened, a big number, $300,000, had indeed been pledged, she went on, adding that, as for the rest … well, there were a variety of imaginative, and effective, strategies put to use, as told by the stories, ads, and posters clipped into the scrapbooks.

Famously, schoolchildren in the city raised $32,000 in two weeks from selling cookies and candy door-to-door, and for that work, a plaque was placed next the armored lead horse in their honor (such plaques were placed under each horse to commemorate donors.)

There was that fishing derby at the Jones Ferry Marina (“now is the time not to flounder,” wrote the creative scribe at the Chicopee Herald); Holyoke Community College raffled off a free semester of study to aid the cause; musicians performed at a benefit concert; the city’s aldermen launched a charity ball, with the merry-go-round as the first recipient of proceeds; commemorative stamped envelopes were issued with the likeness of the lead horse on them (the price was 25 cents, which will tell you how much water has passed under the bridge).

Also, schoolchildren sold Christmas ornaments; artists sold limited lithographs of the carousel; there were car washes, phone-a-thons, a 10th-anniversary party at the mall, with the carousel as the beneficiary. And at the Merry-Go-Round Gift Store (the storefront donated by the mall) and other locations, supporters could buy hats, ornaments, tote bags, sweatshirts, a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle, mugs, notecards, and several different posters with carousel imagery. The headline on the ad promoting it all in the Dec. 9 issue of the Transcript read, “Now You Can Finally Get a Pony for Christmas.”

Turn for the Better

As noted, the brass ring Hickey mentioned became the unofficial prize, if you will, and the phrase appeared repeatedly in ads and news stories throughout the campaign.

But even as the original goal of more than $1 million came closer to reality, the bar moved, and in a big way, said Wright, noting that, from the beginning, organizers knew they would have to build a home for the carousel.

They had a pledge from the state of $300,000 to build that home, she said, but as time went on, huge doubts emerged about whether the state could uphold its end of the bargain given the enormous financial pressure it was under, and whether that amount would be enough.

As things turned out, the state did keep its promise, but that figure wasn’t nearly enough (bids for the structure came in at twice that total).

Photography by Leah Martin

But funds to cover the difference were raised with significant help from Warren Rhoades, then-president of PeoplesBank, she said, adding that this triumph would be one of the countless enduring stories from the campaign to save the carousel and then operate it, many of which simply didn’t generate headlines, but certainly contributed to that phrase ‘labor of love.’

As she recounted some of them, Wright said she didn’t really know where to start.

She eventually settled on Jim Curran, a contractor and owner of the Wherehouse banquet and meeting facility in downtown Holyoke, who not only stored a large amount of the carousel’s thousands of components — most of the horses were kept in a locked railroad car, and Hickey even kept some in his living room — but also took the carousel apart and played a huge role in the very complex, time-consuming effort to put it all back together.

“It was like a giant puzzle,” she explained. “There were boxes and boxes of nuts and bolts; it was mind-boggling to me.”

Wright also mentioned her husband, Joe (the couple have a long history of philanthropy in their native Holyoke), who assisted with piecing the carousel together and maintaining it; Tim Murphy, the architect who designed the carousel’s new home in Heritage State Park; Will Girard, a neighbor of the Wrights who has assisted with seemingly endless repairs and maintenance; the Gaul family, which donated the huge concession stand now at the carousel, replacing what amounted to a card table that was there at the start; Craig Lemieux, who volunteered the time and labor that went into building the ramp to make the carousel handicap-accessible; and the Steiger family for gifting to the carousel the Tiffany window that graced its downtown Holyoke store.

And on she went, noting that there were, and still are, volunteer angels whose names she never knew and faces she never saw.

“When we first opened, we didn’t have any money; we had no debt, but we also had no money,” she said. “And people just did things. Like cleaning the windows — people would appear … in the dark of night; I don’t know, I never saw them.”

The Ride Stuff

In many respects, this community spirit and volunteerism continues today, said those we spoke with, adding that the task of keeping the carousel open and operating is daunting, and a small army of volunteers is still needed.

Speaking in broad terms, Jackowski said operating a merry-go-round is a tough business these days — so tough that many have actually closed in recent years — and this one is no exception.

He cited everything from the myriad competitors for the time and attention of children and families to the rising cost of doing business (and generally flat revenues), to changes in Holyoke itself.

“It’s like any other business — there are fixed expenses and just stuff that you have to do,” he said, adding that there is quite a lot of ‘stuff’ with this ride that is now nearly 90 years old. “It’s a piece of machinery that requires maintenance and upkeep and hardware. And the community has changed in the 20-plus years since we opened; we had a bigger presence of retail and shopping when we first opened, and a lot of what was downtown and drew people to the downtown is unfortunately not there anymore.”

As one example, he cited Celebrate Holyoke, the annual summer festival that drew tens of thousands of people to Holyoke during its four-day run, which was discontinued several years ago.

“That used to be a huge weekend for us — we would get 20,000 riders in four days,” he explained. “Once that went away, it was hard to make up those riders; even at $1 per head, that was $20,000.”

And that challenge goes a long way toward explaining why a ride now costs $2, which is still a great bargain and one of the lowest prices to be found for a merry-go-round.

But, as with the vast majority of museums and other types of attractions, admission doesn’t cover annual expenses, said Joe McGiverin, another long-time member of the Friends of the Holyoke Merry-Go-Round board, noting that labor (there are seven staff members) and, especially, insurance top the list of rising costs.

Thus, other sources of income must be developed and nutured.

Birthday parties, private functions, and a handful of weddings each year have long been one such source, said Barbara Griffin, another long-time board member and former staff member at the Log Cabin, who, with Jackowski and others, would handle the logistics of such events.

“That’s just one example of how of this is truly a working board — we don’t just go to meetings,” she explained, adding that, while the staff manages the carousel day-to-day and is largely responsible for that perfect safety rating, the attraction is dependent on volunteers today as much as it was when the money to buy the attraction was being raised.

And many of these volunteers have their own specific assignments, said Wright, who offered one of many examples.

“Joe is the security person — if the alarm goes off in the middle of the night, it’s his responsibility to go in there and see what’s going on,” she said. “Everyone on the board has a job, in one way or another.”

But overall, the volunteers are generalists, said McGiverin, and help with everything from keeping the grounds clean to staging the semi-annual Kentucky Derby-themed fund-raiser, called Derby Dazzle, at the site.

But there is another source of help at the carousel that speaks volumes about its hold on people — and its special place in Holyoke.

These would be the young people — and there are more than a few of them — who would like to ride but don’t have $2, said Griffin, adding that staff members will often let them take a spin in exchange for pushing a broom for a few minutes.

“If they want to sweep the floor or pick something up, we’d be more than happy to give them a little something in return,” she said, noting that, in the larger scheme of things, the carousel is what has been given to all of Holyoke, and the region as a whole, in return for the generosity that kept it here.

Wright agreed. “These kids … they know what we have, and you can’t let a kid walk by and just look in the window all day. You need to let them ride.”

That’s the kind of community spirit John Hickey was talking about all those years ago.

Words That Ring True

In March 1988, not even Hickey could have known what an attraction, and an institution, the merry-go-round would become.

Then again, maybe he did know. Or maybe … there’s no maybe about it.

What was it he wrote? “A beautiful and historic merry-go-round may be a bit of mirthful indulgence, but it will give us, for generations, a special kind of happiness and pride.”

Sounds quite prescient, as does that comment from the Transcript Telegram. Indeed, this was, and still is, the best Holyoke has to offer in community spirit, from the youngest child to the most senior resident.

And that’s why, nearly 30 years after this saga began, three decades after Hickey implored a city to reach for that “glittering brass ring,” the story about how it all happened never gets old.

And that’s also why the many Friends of the Holyoke Merry-Go-Round — those who have passed and those who still keep the city’s happiness machine turning — are true Difference Makers.

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

Joan Kagan, President and CEO of Square One

By BusinessWest Staff January 24, 2017

Class of 2017 Difference Makers

The ‘Unflappable’ Joan Kagan

Leader Guides Square One Through All Kinds of Adversity

Photo by Leah Martin Photography

Joan Kagan’s corner office on the second floor of 1095 Main St. in Springfield comes complete with two large windows offering stunning views of the ongoing construction of MGM Springfield.

That’s the good news — and the bad news.

Indeed, while she and others have been fascinated by the panorama presented by this front-row seat, Kagan readily admits that at times — or most of the time, to be more precise — it can be a huge distraction and even an impediment to workflow.

“It’s … amazing,” Kagan said of the beehive of activity that has been a constant for more than a year now. “A few days ago, I’m at my desk working, and all of the sudden I see this huge piece of equipment dangling in front of my window; I look out, and they’re placing it on an 18-wheeler parked on Main Street.”

She acknowledged that, while she, other staff members, and certainly the children at Square One have been captivated by the construction work and giant cranes moving steel and equipment just a few feet from those windows, the demolition work that preceded it was equally, if not more, compelling and attention-diverting.

“When they were moving the [former First Spiritualist] church, I think we were down to about 10% productivity,” she said with a wry smile, noting that the historic structure seemed to move at a snail’s pace, but that didn’t stop observers from becoming entranced by the exercise. “It was fascinating, but it made it tough to get work done.”

She’s seen worse impediments to productivity, unfortunately. Much, much worse.

Start with the June 1, 2011 tornado that roared down Main Street and then through Square One’s former offices just a few hundred yards to the north, displacing young students and staffers alike and leaving the agency without a permanent home for … well, even the current quarters wouldn’t exactly be considered permanent.

Joan Kagan with several of the students at Square One. Since 2003, she has led the agency through profound change — and large amounts of adversity.

But the tornado did more than dislocate employees and programs. It seriously impacted cash flow by removing from the equation invaluable seats in early-childhood-education classes, and it would be years before those losses could be made up.

Then there was the natural-gas explosion roughly 18 months later that absolutely erased the gentlemen’s club on Worthington Street next to another Square One facility, leaving it uninhabitable, thus displacing more people and programs and further imperiling the bottom line.

Kagan’s actions during both disasters, but especially the tornado, have been described as heroic, in both a literal and figurative sense, with the latter saved for how she fashioned response plans and rallied the various troops. As for the former, she acted quickly and calmly that June afternoon to help move young students and employees — and even a technician in the building working on the air conditioning — to safety in the basement. Then, while standing in the middle of Main Street surveying the considerable damage and hearing police issue loud warnings about gas leaks and a second tornado, she essentially commandeered a school bus to get students and staff to a shelter set up down the street at the MassMutual Center.

“She was … unflappable,” said Kevin Maynard, an attorney with Springfield-based Bulkley Richardson, a long-time (now former) Square One board member, and current volunteer, who would use that word often to describe Kagan’s work before, during, and well after those calamities . “After both the tornado and the gas blast, Joan leaned on the board for support, but the board really leaned on Joan. She was rock-solid, knew what she had to do, and worked with others to get it all done.”

She continues to fight every day, through all the bureaucracy, to make sure that Square One and other organizations are heard and they’re able to meet their individual mission statements.”

While being unflappable in the face of natural and man-made disasters is certainly part of the reason Kagan was named a Difference Maker for 2017, there is, of course, much more to this story — and this individual.

It involves not only her work to stabilize, diversify, and expand Square One, an agency that was in a definite state of disarray when she arrived in 2003, but also her tireless efforts to bring attention to the critical need for not only early-childhood education, but other programs focused on strengthening families and championing their cause — on Capitol Hill, Beacon Hill, and everywhere in between.

Bill Sullivan, a long-time Square One board member, said of Joan Kagan’s outlook on children and families and society’s responsibilities to them, “she gets it.”

Bill Sullivan, first vice president of Commercial Loans at PeoplesBank and another long-time board member, summed it all up succinctly and effectively.

“She gets it,” he told BusinessWest. “She understands that human services, and especially childcare, is really the foundation of the whole local — and national — economy. If you have an employee who doesn’t have safe, secure childcare, what is that employee’s attendance going to be like?

“Joan gets that,” he went on. “And she continues to fight every day, through all the bureaucracy, to make sure that Square One and other organizations are heard and they’re able to meet their individual mission statements.”

Not Child’s Play

As he talked further about Kagan, Sullivan said the place to start the discussion was not with the day she was hired at Square One — and he was one of those on the search committee that hired her — or that fateful June day in 2011, or even the day after Thanksgiving in 2012, when the natural-gas explosion leveled a city block.

Instead, he chose an unlikely place and time — the funeral services he attended for Kagan’s mother in Pittsfield 2013. That’s when and where he gained a real understanding of — and a deeper appreciation for — her passion for helping others, and especially children.

“Her mother really was involved in the community, and she understood the social activism that’s needed to make sure people are heard, especially the people who are less fortunate than we are,” Sullivan explained. “My epiphany at that time was ‘Joan’s pretty good, but now I understand why she’s pretty good. She comes from a family that has a long heritage of giving back.”

That heritage has defined her career through a number of career stops, including an unlikely starting point, and a certainly intriguing 14-year stint at Square One, one that has seen everything from the adaptation of that name (the agency was formerly known as Springfield Day Nursery) to a profound broadening of its mission to what everyone would agree has been far too much practice dealing with adversity.

Our story begins in New York City in the fall of 1975. Kagan had recently earned a master’s degree in social work (MSW) at Columbia University, but was confronting a historically bleak job market.

Indeed, the Big Apple was in the depths of its worst financial crisis since the height of the Great Depression, and was teetering on bankruptcy that would only be avoided when President Gerald Ford, who initially balked at a $4 billion federal bailout of the city (the New York Daily News headline on Oct. 29 famously read ‘Ford to City: Drop Dead’), eventually relented.

But the federal assistance would come far too late to improve in any way Kagan’s job-search prospects.

“I couldn’t buy a job, and in fact, some of the people I was calling to inquire about opportunities with were telling me they were getting laid off,” she explained while talking about the months after she graduated. “So I went back home with my tail between my legs.”

Kevin Maynard says that, during times of crisis, Joan Kagan would lean on her board, but the board would really lean on her.

Home was Pittsfield, a city dominated in every way, shape, and form by its largest employer, General Electric. And while she thought ever-so-briefly about trying to work there, Kagan instead joined the field she was trained for. Well, not really, but it was in the ballpark, as they say.

She found an opportunity at Berkshire Home Care, tending to the needs of the elderly, not those at the other end of the spectrum, as she desired. But it was work, and it was actually much better than that.

Indeed, at age 25, she was named client-service supervisor — the job demanded an MSW, and there were not many people with that credential — and tasked with overseeing co-workers and coordinating services with other community agencies. This would be the first of a host of leadership roles on her résumé.

The next would come a few years later, after a short stay as a social worker at Child & Family Services of Springfield Inc., when she became supervisor of Social Services at Brightside for Families and Children in 1979.

She would stay with that West Springfield-based agency for 17 years, serving in no fewer than 12 positions, ranging from program manager for the Family Resource Unit to the last one, vice president of Community Development.

“I kept getting promoted and given new management responsibilities and training,” she explained. “Brightside was going through a major transition, and I had a lot of opportunities for growth and development, and appreciated that very much.”

In 1996, she would apply those skills to a new career challenge serving as administrator of the Western Mass. region for the Mass. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC), a position — one that saw her supervise a staff of nearly 400 — she would keep for seven years before deciding she was ready for “something else.”

That turned out to be the administrator’s role at a Springfield institution with a proud past, a shaky ‘present,’ and uncertain future.

Name of the Game

Indeed, as he talked about the situation at Springfield Day Nursery when Kagan arrived, Maynard spoke in measured tones, choosing his words in a careful, diplomatic manner, while still getting his point across.

His point was that the agency was at a crossroads in many respects, and in need of strong leadership to return it to stability.

“We had gone through some tumultuous times and several changes in leadership,” he explained. “The organization very much needed someone like Joan, with her credentials and her experience, to right the ship, which had been roiled by some pretty big waves.”

Kagan, being equally diplomatic, agreed.

“When I arrived, Springfield Day Nursery needed a lot of restructuring, fiscally as well as programmatically and administratively,” she said, adding that the CFO left just before she arrived, and the agency’s board had just closed its center in East Longmeadow and was in the process of closing the facility in Tower Square.

“Eight centers immediately became seven, and I consolidated two of those centers, so the seven became five, and that’s how we were rolling along until the tornado,” she said, before replaying the tape and moving much more slowly.

In many ways, Joan Kagan and Square One became the face of the June 2011 tornado and its aftermath.

Her first eight years would see expansion of the agency well beyond its Springfield roots (into Holyoke, for example) and its primary mission — to provide daycare services. To undertake this diversification of services, Kagan called upon experience, and perspective, amassed at several of her previous stops.

“They hired a social worker who was coming to them with a background in child welfare and mental health,” she said of her career path. “And with that came a perspective, or philosophy, that the strategic point of intervention in making a difference with children is the family.

“You cannot work with just the child — you must work with the family,” she went on. “I said that before I even got hired during the interview phase; I said I wanted to integrate early-childhood education, child welfare, and mental health.”

That’s because many of the same families she saw at the MSPCC were arriving at the doors at Springfield Day Nursery, she said, adding that a far more holistic approach to serving children was needed.

So, over her first several years, she implemented one, after first educating the board and then gaining its blessing.

“I’m not sure anyone really knew what I was talking about or quite understood it,” she said with a laugh. “But I think it was intriguing enough that they went with it.”

In 2006, Kagan, amid some skepticism, hired the agency’s first social worker with the help of a grant and some other funding cobbled together, thus beginning the process of changing the conversation from a focus on the child to a focus on family-support services.

“I remember someone saying to me, ‘how can you hire someone? — this is a one-year grant; you’re just going to have to lay her off,’” she recalled. “I said, ‘welcome to the world of nonprofits — this is what we do. And over the next year, we’re going to work very hard to find more funding and hire more of these people.’”

And she did. There are now 40 social workers, funded in large part by a contract through the Children’s Trust Fund called Healthy Families. Other contracts would follow, including one with the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department to work with individuals who have been incarcerated.

These various forms of expansion involving geography and programming created the need for a name change, she explained, adding that neither ‘Springfield’ nor ‘day nursery’ really worked anymore.

Several options were considered, before the board, after much debate, decided upon ‘Square One,’ a name crafted to connote that this was where a child got a solid start and a foundation he or she could build on.

Little did board members and agency administrators know they would be going back to square one themselves in the years to come, and in ways they probably couldn’t have imagined.

A Force in the Community

Before moving on to Columbia, Kagan earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology at Washington University in St. Louis. While there, she received an informal education in a much different subject matter — tornadoes.

Indeed, while that Missouri city located on the banks of the Mississippi River isn’t as noted for twisters as sections of Oklahoma and Kansas, it is visited by them frequently, she told BusinessWest. “We never had a direct hit while I was there, but there were times when it got pretty scary; it would get very dark and very still, and the winds would pick up, and the pressure would build.”

She would call on those experiences nearly 40 years later on that fateful afternoon in 2011, reacting instinctively, for example, to get her assistant away from the large window through which she first spotted the twister, and then herd everyone into the basement, including that reluctant air-conditioning technician.

Joan Kagan chats with state Sen. Eric Lesser. Over the years, she’s lobbied tirelessly for programs benefiting children and families.

Thinking back, Kagan said that, while everything happened very quickly — three minutes total, by her estimate — she remembers events unfolding almost in slow motion. And what she remembers most are sights and sounds.

Starting with the latter, while most would compare the noise generated by the twister as it passed over and through the building to a freight train moving at high speed, she would get into even more detail.

“It was deafening,” she said while recalling the brief time she and several others spent in the basement listening to what was going on overhead. “It was like you were on a airport tarmac, and jumbo-jet engines were running, and someone was taking pieces of metal and throwing them into those engines. It was like metal crunching, and it was very loud.”

As for the sights, there are too many to recount, but the one that resonates most, perhaps, was the view she had of the building next door to Square One’s after arriving on a chaotic Main Street.

“The wall had been sheared off … I’m looking at it, and I’m looking at people’s offices; I can see their pictures on the wall,” she recalled. “It was totally exposed; it was like a doll’s house.”

In the days and weeks after the tornado, Square One, and especially its president and CEO, would become the face of the tornado and the recovery that followed — quite literally.

Indeed, the June 20 issue of BusinessWest, bearing the headline “Blown Away: Business Community Grapples with the Tornado Aftermath,” features a picture of a grim-but-determined-faced Kagan with a pile of rubble that used to be the Square One offices in the background.

And that verb grapple was the operative word. While the tornado packed a wallop, the aftermath was in many ways far more grueling, said those we spoke with, noting that the challenges were many, ranging from simply finding new quarters to the immediate and severe cash-flow problems, to dealing with insurance companies that covered the agency.

“The tornado totally took out our infrastructure — the administration building was demolished — and dramatically altered our business plan,” Kagan explained. “That spring, we had just secured funding to renovate our King Street site; our plan was to add 100 more children there. When we lost the Main Street site, instead of being able to add 100 children, I ended up having to place the 100 children we were serving on Main Street to King Street.”

Those renovations weren’t ready until August, she went on, adding that the agency had to find temporary space for the displaced children while waiting for an insurance settlement and finding a new home for administrative offices.

Unfortunately, and almost unbelievably, the agency’s misfortunes would be compounded by a different disaster, the natural-gas blast 18 months later. Kagan was actually out of town traveling when it happened, but quickly returned to handle an aftermath that featured far too much déjà vu.

“Just as we were getting things together from the tornado, the gas explosion hit, and we lost the capacity to serve another 100 children,” she said. “We were rocking and reeling and trying to find places for those kids, dealing with staff issues, dealing with the insurance companies, dealing with Columbia Gas … on it went.”

The twin disasters certainly tested the agency’s mettle, said Sullivan, adding that, in many ways, the present tense is still needed, because Square One is still dealing with infrastructure and cash-flow issues and still rewriting its business plan; it has gone from serving 1,000 children to handling roughly 700.

“Instead of growing, we were just trying to keep things together,” he said, adding that Kagan’s calm, determined brand of leadership has been a key factor in weathering those storms. “She never gets rattled; she’s been the voice of reason, and that has certainly helped us as we’ve fought our way back.”

Battle Tested

But while Kagan has in many ways become best-known for her leadership in the form of disaster response — something they don’t teach people in business school, let alone the social-work program at Columbia — her work before and after those calamities has more far-reaching implications for Square One and the community as a whole.

In recent years, that work has increasingly focused on the day-to-day fiscal challenges facing all nonprofits today, as well as bringing attention to a challenging, almost debilitating system for funding agencies like Square One and lobbying for a replacement that enables such institutions to function more effectively.

“They pay you per child, per day,” said Kagan, adding that this puts enormous pressure on efforts to build capacity, efforts that have been, as noted, crippled by those twin disasters, but also by simple demographics.

Joan Kagan and students at Square One pose with members of the Western Mass. delegation to the state Legislature.

“Because of the population we serve, it’s very hard to keep children in the seats day after day,” she explained, adding that the current system would be akin to a college being paid only for the classes a student attends, rather than a designated tuition amount set to cover a host of expenses. “We have all these fixed costs, and they’re the same whether we have 15 kids in the class or 20. But if we only have 15, they’ll only pay us for 15, which makes it very difficult to operate.”

For years, Kagan and others have been lobbying for change, and a sliver of hope for such a system has come in the form of a pilot program, which Square One is now part of, whereby agencies are paid on a reimbursement system based not on students in the classrooms, but costs incurred.

“It’s still difficult, but it’s better; if I spend this amount on teachers, that’s the bill I submit,” she explained, adding that there are still challenges, because the agency incurs expenses one month, bills the state the next month, and gets reimbursed the third, which adds up to serious cash-flow-management issues at an already-difficult time for nonprofits.

“We can manage now,” she went on, adding that the challenge ahead is to convince the state to change its funding model because, with the old (current) one, center-based care is simply not viable, let alone profitable.

Fighting this fight is just one example of the strong leadership Kagan has provided to the larger community of Greater Springfield and all of Western Mass., said Sullivan, adding that she has never stopped battling for children and families — and won’t.

“The state looks at centers like this, and it figures there will be 50% private pay, something you can make margin on, and 50% are poor children who have to be subsidized,” he explained. “Well, Square One doesn’t have that benefit; all our children are subsidized. The children we serve are the future employees in this city, and she’s out there saving souls every day.

“Joan’s been a director, but also a kind of battlefield commander,” he told BusinessWest, referring specifically to the twin disasters but also to the sum of the challenges she and the agency have confronted. “She gets her arms around things quickly and can understand what has to be done.”

Family Business

As he talked about Kagan’s career — the chapters that have been written and those still to be penned — Bill Sullivan harkened back to the woman he came to know and fully appreciate at that memorial service in Pittsfield more than three years ago.

“I think about how proud Joan’s mother would be knowing what a tremendous human-service advocate her daughter has been, and how she has continued that family legacy by passing it on to her children,” he said, adding quickly that Irene Besdin Kagan certainly wouldn’t be the only proud one.

All those who had the foresight to hire her daughter would fall into that category, he said, as would everyone who has the opportunity to work with her — at Square One, all her other career stops, and within the community as well.

Through more than 40 years of service to children and families in need, she has been not only a true leader, but, as Maynard so eloquently put it, “unflappable,” especially during the times when that quality was most urgently needed.

And for that, Joan Kagan is truly a Difference Maker.

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

Development in Chicopee Soars to New Heights

By BusinessWest Staff January 24, 2017

Community Spotlight Features

Community Spotlight

Chicopee Mayor Richard Kos, left, and Michael Vedovelli say the new, three-megawatt solar farm on James Street will benefit the city and reduce the cost of electricity at Westover Air Reserve Base.

Richard Kos says officials in Chicopee are doing all they can to foster good relationships with developers, government leaders, and local businesses, and their efforts have led to a strong surge in growth.

“In 2016 the building department issued $31 million in building permits, but we anticipate that, by the end of the first half of 2017, we will more than double that amount,” the mayor said.

Indeed, the list of projects in the planning stages or underway is not only lengthy but diverse in nature, ranging from new hotels to new and improved housing, a solar farm, business expansions, infrastructure improvements, and progress at the Uniroyal and Facemate properties. There’s also a new Mercedes-Benz dealership under construction on Burnett Road.

Chicopee has a can-do attitude, is business-friendly, and has officials who come up with optimal solutions to problems. All of the department heads have given us input to make the building process go smoothly.”

Peter Wirth is co-owner of that $12 million, 37,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility, expected to open in late summer or early fall. He and his partner took their time searching for a location in the metro Springfield area before choosing a site next to the entrance of Interstate 291 and exit 6 on the Mass Pike, and said city officials have done everything possible to help them meet their timetables.

“Chicopee has a can-do attitude, is business-friendly, and has officials who come up with optimal solutions to problems,” Wirth said. “All of the department heads have given us input to make the building process go smoothly.”

Other developments off exit 6 include construction of a $20 million Tru by Hilton Hotel by the owners of a Days Inn who demolished the outdated hotel on 450 Memorial Dr. to make way for the new structure.

“The project will include a Starbucks, a Wendy’s restaurant, an Irving gas station, and a sit-down restaurant that will be named later,” Kos said as he talked about reasons that make Chicopee a desirable place to live and operate a business.

“We’re the third-largest city west of 495 and are known as the ‘crossroads of New England’ because Interstate 91 and two exits of the Mass Pike intersect here,” the mayor noted, adding that the city’s financial stability and the traffic that runs through it add to its appeal.

But he attributes the rapid acceleration in growth to concerted efforts that began in 2014 after he was elected mayor for the second time.

“In a time when people are losing faith in government, Chicopee has seen unprecedented cooperation between its leaders, locally and on the state level,” Kos said. “We are working together to get things done and are excited about the industries that have chosen to invest here.”

For this issue, BusinessWest outlines some of the major projects that took place in Chicopee last year as well as those scheduled to begin in 2017.

Cooperative Efforts

A three-megawatt solar farm under construction on a 26-acre site off of Outer Drive and Goodwin Street is an example of how combined efforts have led to growth.

Last summer, the city was finally able to raze 100 units of military housing units on the site, which had sat unused for two decades and become problematic. Although Chicopee acquired the property from the Navy in 2011 after five years of negotiations, restrictions and their condition had prevented the city from renovating the structures or reusing the land for other purposes

“The housing was an eyesore, in a state of disrepair that had become a hazard to the neighborhood due to vandalism, vagrants, and other problems,” Kos said.

In 2015, he proposed putting a solar farm on the site, and after the City Council and neighbors endorsed the idea, Chicopee was awarded a $1 million MassDevelopment grant to remediate the property that was matched with funds from city coffers.

The money came from the state’s $5.9 million bond bill grant program to support the Clean Energy Assessment & Strategic Plan for Massachusetts Military Installations, and the housing was finally torn down.

In December, a lease agreement was signed with Chicopee Solar LLC, a subsidiary of ConEdison Development, to build a solar farm on 21 of the 26 acres.

“We gave the company permission to begin working at the site while the final details were being worked out,” Kos said, explaining that ConEdison had to have all mechanical components installed and ready for operation by Jan. 8 to meet a deadline set by the Mass. Department of Energy that would allow it to receive solar renewable-energy credits.

“They worked under a very tight timeline and brought in electricians from all over New England, but there was complete cooperation between the company, the city, and the state, and the installation was finished on time,” said Michael Vedovelli, the city’s director of Community and Economic Development.

Increasing a city’s market rate residential population is one of the real secrets of urban success.”

Kos added that the city’s investment will be recouped in 10 years through tax revenue and income from the lease agreement and the government will also benefit because Westover Air Reserve Base will receive a 5% discount each year on electricity that will amount to $100,000 in annual savings.

He noted that the remaining five acres on the property are available for industrial use and located adjacent to Air Park North and the former Avery Dennison building that is being used by Yankee Candle.

The project has been praised by residents of the Crossing at Ridgewood Village, a condominium association that sits across from the solar farm.

“It’s a wonderful reuse of the property that is great for the region,” said Dottie Sikes, a resident and member of the board of trustees, who recalled living in the former military housing with her husband in 1970 when Westover was an active military base. “The Crossing has always been a great place to live, but it will be much nicer now thanks to the new solar farm.”

The city has also reached an agreement with Mass. Alternative Care Inc. to open a medical-marijuana cultivation facility and dispensary near the Springfield line.

The company plans to convert the former Chicopee Engineering Associates building into a storefront, and the City Council approved a zoning change for a 3,270-square-foot piece of land on East Main Street so the business can begin its operation.

It will be the first of its kind in Hampden County, and Kos said the owners will be ready to plant by April. “The facility will provide patients with necessary treatment options and bring jobs and numerous tax benefits to the city.”

Ongoing work has also taken place at the Uniroyal site, and last year two of the remaining buildings on the 27-acre property were razed.

“We’ll try to repurpose four of the remaining 10 structures,” Vedovelli said, adding that the city has been aggressive in pursuing funds to remediate the brownfields and received three $200,000 grants from the Environmental Protection Agency last year.

“It is a tribute to our grant writer and our team,” he said, noting that only 53 projects in the country received the grants.

Previously, the City Council had appropriated $185,000 to make roof repairs, cover a broken skylight, and board up broken windows in the administration building on the Facemate property at Oak and Grove streets. A full abatement of that 62,000-square-foot structure will be completed this spring, and a request for proposals will be issued later in the year.

Interest in the Facemate property continues to grow, and David Spada from Lawrence has plans to build a $22.9 million, 92-room assisted-living facility on Lot 4 of a 3.85-acre parcel that has frontage on West Main Street across from the Chicopee Falls Post Office, and will be situated off a new road which leads to the RiverMills Senior Center.

Residential Growth

Two years ago, Mount Holyoke Development purchased the Lyman Mills in Chicopee Center, and plans are now underway to convert the former textile-manufacturing plant into 110 market-rate apartments. The buildings were unoccupied for four years, and the new units will be loft-style work/live spaces designed to appeal to young entrepreneurs.

Kos said the project was made possible in part by a $2.6 million MassWorks grant the city received last year that will be used to upgrade water, sewer, and storm-water lines in the area. Tighe and Bond is designing the project, and the work will begin this summer.

“Increasing a city’s market-rate residential population is one of the real secrets of urban success,” the mayor said, noting that such development becomes a catalyst for further growth as residents put feet on the street and increase business at local establishments and restaurants.

Change is also occurring at the former Kendall House in Chicopee Center as a result of collaborative efforts. Valley Opportunity Council acquired the building from HAPHousing Inc. last year, and has plans for a $7 million renovation that will convert the rooming house, which housed Quicky’s restaurant on its first floor, into 39 affordable studio apartments.

“We’re working to improve the affordable-housing stock within the city, and by collaborating with the state, VOC received a $3.1 million grant to help restore the Kendall House,” the mayor said, adding that the nonprofit will cover the remainder of the renovation costs.

He told BusinessWest the city is also working to increase home ownership through two incentive programs. The first is the First Time Home Buyers Assistance Program, which helped 22 eligible families last year by giving each up to $5,000 toward the purchase of a new home.

The second initiative is aimed at people willing to purchase three-family homes and live in them, which ensures the likelihood that they will be kept in good condition. New homeowners in the program are given $1,000 each year for up to 16 years as long as they reside in the properties.

“The majority of these homes are in Chicopee Falls, Chicopee Center, and Willimansett, and the program continues to grow and pay dividends,” the mayor said.

Improvements are also being made to the city’s parks; a $225,000 spray park with other amenities was completed at Wisniowski Memorial Park last year, and $225,000 will be invested to make enhancements to Sarah Jane Park this year.

In addition, legislators are working to grant approval to use the former Chicopee Falls Library building as a home for a third Head Start program.

Work on a new parking lot downtown has also been completed. It features 15 designated public spaces as well as parking for patrons of Munich Haus restaurant. The city has also applied to become designated as a Green Community, which would make it eligible for grants for improvements to city buildings.

Continuing Progress

Last summer, Pilgrim Interiors Inc. expanded, and several weeks ago U.S. Tsubaki Automotive LLC held its formal groundbreaking ceremony for a $11.5 million, 100,000-square-foot expansion.

“It will preserve 348 jobs and result in 35 new ones,” Vedovelli said, adding that the company decided to remain in Chicopee after considering a move to either Tennessee or Mexico.

New businesses continue to be attracted to the city, and last year PV Sullivan Supply Co. Inc. and Holden Humphrey Co. were welcomed.

Growth is expected to continue as seeds that were planted take root, and the outlook for this year is exceptionally bright.

“Chicopee is still the biggest small town in Massachusetts,” said Kos. “We’re like the old Cheers bar where everyone knows your name, and are making great progress because we work together in a way that benefits our community as well as its residents.”

Chicopee at a glance

Year Incorporated: 1848
Population: 55,603
Area: 23.9 square miles
County: Hampden
Residential Tax Rate: $17.31
Commercial Tax Rate: $32.49
Median Household Income: $47,276
median family Income: $65,443
Type of government: Mayor; City Council
Largest Employers: Westover Air Reserve Base; City of Chicopee; J. Polep Distribution Services; Turbo Care Inc.
* Latest information available

Real Estate Transactions

By BusinessWest Staff January 24, 2017

Departments Real Estate

FRANKLIN COUNTY

ASHFIELD

204 Buckland Road
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Andrew A. Pasquale
Seller: Christine A. Barry
Date: 12/15/16

BERNARDSTON

102 Northfield Road
Bernardston, MA 01337
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Erin Bernard
Seller: Klem W. Croteau
Date: 12/16/16

BUCKLAND

23 Birch Road
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Charles W. Chmura
Seller: Kay G. Herbert
Date: 12/20/16

43 Hog Hollow Road
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $425,000
Buyer: Brian C. Rose
Seller: Christopher C. Rose
Date: 12/16/16

CHARLEMONT

159 Main St.
Charlemont, MA 01339
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Todd M. Gerry
Seller: John-Michael Properties
Date: 12/23/16

CONWAY

590 East Guinea Road
Conway, MA 01341
Amount: $149,900
Buyer: Michael A. Wickline
Seller: FNMA
Date: 12/12/16

198 Maple St.
Conway, MA 01341
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Heather A. Vickery
Seller: William Sheehan
Date: 12/13/16

DEERFIELD

83 Hillside Road
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $625,000
Buyer: Michael A. Matuszko
Seller: Patricia A. Wojcicki
Date: 12/15/16

15 Ward Ave.
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $219,000
Buyer: Philip J. May
Seller: Louise J. Harper
Date: 12/20/16

ERVING

21 French King Hwy.
Erving, MA 01344
Amount: $167,000
Buyer: Casey M. Dyer
Seller: MHFA
Date: 12/20/16

GILL

13 French King Hwy.
Gill, MA 01354
Amount: $144,000
Buyer: James R. Bates
Seller: Dennis M. Goshea
Date: 12/23/16

GREENFIELD

1135 Bernardston Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $3,811,500
Buyer: Cube HHF Northeast MA LLC
Seller: Stiles Lake Investments 3
Date: 12/22/16

661 Bernardston Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Wheaton Mahoney
Seller: Paulin J. Bukowski RET
Date: 12/22/16

262 Federal St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Katherine A. Fish
Seller: Timothy C. Fish
Date: 12/22/16

9 Monroe Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Sergiy P. Lyvytsky
Seller: Norman H. Schneider
Date: 12/12/16

13 Newell Court
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: John Gibson
Seller: Diane D. Peterson
Date: 12/20/16

271 Silver St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $309,021
Buyer: Bank Of America
Seller: Jason Stone
Date: 12/15/16

40 Vernon St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $162,500
Buyer: Kimberlee A. Clark
Seller: Edward F. McCaffrey
Date: 12/21/16

LEVERETT

88 Cave Hill Road
Leverett, MA 01054
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Sarah A. Fletcher
Seller: Godfrey, Wallace E. Jr., (Estate)
Date: 12/21/16

HAWLEY

74 East Hawley Road
Hawley, MA 01339
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Marianne Lorenzen
Seller: Robert B. Caplan
Date: 12/16/16

LEYDEN

186 Glen Road
Leyden, MA 01301
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Sidney F. Herron
Seller: Samuel Lovejoy
Date: 12/15/16

MONTAGUE

88 Federal St.
Montague, MA 01349
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Jordan Zukowski
Seller: Corey A. Dyer
Date: 12/23/16

NEW SALEM

12 Jenne Horr Road
New Salem, MA 01355
Amount: $171,000
Buyer: Joseph P. Nawrocki
Seller: Pamela Bailey
Date: 12/16/16

NORTHFIELD

574 4 Mile Brook Road
Northfield, MA 01354
Amount: $258,500
Buyer: Jacob S. Balk
Seller: Harley L. Mullen
Date: 12/12/16

31 Fisher Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $435,000
Buyer: Rock Island Farms LLC
Seller: Rodger T. Gaglione
Date: 12/20/16

504 Mount Hermon Station Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Lane Construction Corp.
Seller: Joyce A. Roberts
Date: 12/13/16

ORANGE

15 Canon Lane
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $142,300
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Daniel Atwood
Date: 12/16/16

64 East Road
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $184,000
Buyer: Christy L. Page
Seller: Walter G. Owens
Date: 12/23/16

31 James Lane
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $136,000
Buyer: Derek Catrambone
Seller: Brandon R. Newell
Date: 12/16/16

40 Lake Mattawa Road
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $212,000
Buyer: Ryan Langen
Seller: Edward A. Holden
Date: 12/22/16

75 West River St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Nathaniel P. Bernard
Seller: Judith E. Lovell
Date: 12/23/16

SHELBURNE

97 Main St.
Shelburne, MA 01370
Amount: $134,000
Buyer: Marjorie J. Winfrey
Seller: Diane M. Stacy
Date: 12/21/16

14-16 Maple St.
Shelburne, MA 01370
Amount: $321,500
Buyer: Stacey Gemmill
Seller: Stachelczyk LT
Date: 12/22/16

31 Water St.
Shelburne, MA 01370
Amount: $287,500
Buyer: Ann McCormack
Seller: Paul S. Moyer
Date: 12/20/16

SUNDERLAND

162 Hadley Road
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $299,000
Buyer: Marie Hudson
Seller: 162 Hadley Rd RT
Date: 12/16/16

121 Old Amherst Road
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Vincent Sarno
Seller: Albin Koblinski
Date: 12/19/16

8 South Main St.
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Kimberly W. Wissemann
Seller: Snicker, Gerald D., (Estate)
Date: 12/15/16

WHATELY

55 Egypt Road
Whately, MA 01093
Amount: $415,000
Buyer: Robert W. Driscoll
Seller: Michael A. Matuszko
Date: 12/15/16

297 Haydenville Road
Whately, MA 01093
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: Virginia L. Cowles
Seller: Karen K. Murphy
Date: 12/16/16

15 River Road
Whately, MA 01093
Amount: $228,000
Buyer: Scott J. Matusiewicz
Seller: Kristyn M. Wood
Date: 12/16/16

11 Sugarloaf St. Ext
Whately, MA 01093
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Jacy R. Birdsong
Seller: Ronald W. Korza
Date: 12/12/16

HAMPDEN COUNTY

AGAWAM

21 Channell Dr.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Richard A. Kroll
Seller: William A. Bessette
Date: 12/13/16

112 Farmington Circle
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: James J. Graham
Seller: Hillside Development Corp.
Date: 12/23/16

84 Forest Road
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $171,200
Buyer: Alexandra M. Bonavita
Seller: USA HUD
Date: 12/22/16

1046 North St. Ext
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $355,500
Buyer: Joseph J. Halpy
Seller: James J. Graham
Date: 12/22/16

42 Reed St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $203,900
Buyer: Cindy L. White
Seller: Anthony J. Grillo
Date: 12/13/16

64 Silver St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Anthony J. Rose
Seller: Robert S. Brock
Date: 12/12/16

34 Simpson Circle
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: John W. Weed
Seller: Nicole M. Baginski
Date: 12/19/16

36 Spring St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Lucas J. Giusto
Seller: Duane Asta-Ferrero
Date: 12/16/16

37 Sterling Road
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $180,250
Buyer: Amanda Arbelaez
Seller: Gina L. Rogers
Date: 12/19/16

172 Suffield St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $226,000
Buyer: Shirley A. Midura
Seller: Xhemail Ahmeti
Date: 12/23/16

BLANDFORD

105 Otis Stage Road
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $144,900
Buyer: Nicholas L. McCaul
Seller: John S. Carrington
Date: 12/14/16

16 Woronoco Road
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Jonathan Jacque
Seller: Marcia Yost
Date: 12/14/16

BRIMFIELD

43 6th St.
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Deborah C. McKinstry
Seller: Robert J. Lamontagne
Date: 12/15/16

96 Cubles Dr.
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Michelle Gebo
Seller: Raymond M. Hapcook
Date: 12/16/16

15 Mill Lane
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $183,000
Buyer: Andrew J. Rasys
Seller: Ann F. Howell
Date: 12/23/16

27 Sturbridge Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Daniel Morean
Seller: Rusty J. Corriveau
Date: 12/23/16

CHICOPEE

34 Beverly St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Rimor Properties LLC
Seller: Daviau, Eva D., (Estate)
Date: 12/12/16

23 Bonneville Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Danielle Stratton
Seller: Garvin C. Headley
Date: 12/20/16

370 Broadway St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $233,000
Buyer: Linda M. Ledbury
Seller: Thomas J. Malek
Date: 12/16/16

657 Burnett Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $139,500
Buyer: Matthew Hartmann
Seller: Denn, Richard E., (Estate)
Date: 12/14/16

126 Chapel St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Jillian M. Laliberte
Seller: Priscilla R. Fleury
Date: 12/19/16

43 Chapin St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $212,400
Buyer: Keith J. Bedard
Seller: Jennifer A. Scaringi
Date: 12/16/16

470 Chicopee St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Tergan NT
Seller: Max T. Bobala
Date: 12/20/16

64 Dixie Terrace
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Melvin Irizarry
Seller: Loraine E. Pothier
Date: 12/13/16

1531 Donohue Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Lynn Koontz
Seller: Kevin J. Lamothe
Date: 12/13/16

101 Fairview Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: William M. Parker
Seller: Elie Makhoul
Date: 12/22/16

116 Garland St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $251,000
Buyer: Jeanne Fredette
Seller: Ruth A. Montcalm
Date: 12/13/16

401 Irene St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $213,000
Buyer: Mert E. Basarir
Seller: James D. Piantoni
Date: 12/19/16

47 James St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $176,000
Buyer: Raul Mota-Rodriguez
Seller: Daniel J. Garnett
Date: 12/12/16

39 Labelle Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Guidewire Inc.
Seller: Elizabeth A. Cote
Date: 12/19/16

82 Lafayette St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $209,900
Buyer: Cassie Freeman
Seller: John L. McDonald
Date: 12/23/16

125 Langevin St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Lori A. Myslinski
Seller: Lillian B. Kennedy
Date: 12/22/16

264 Mandalay Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $232,900
Buyer: Tiffini Christy
Seller: Robert Rojowski
Date: 12/16/16

97 Mary St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Samuel E. Hicks
Seller: Donald L. Patenaude
Date: 12/15/16

28 Palmer Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Kelly Candon
Seller: Richard S. Stefanik
Date: 12/15/16

20 Parker St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $184,000
Buyer: Brett J. Proctor
Seller: Herminio Delgado
Date: 12/12/16

725 Pendleton Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $570,000
Buyer: Waycon Inc.
Seller: Cong Rodphey Sholom
Date: 12/15/16

25 Quebec St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Kimberly A. Kapinos
Seller: Keem LLC
Date: 12/14/16

105 Stebbins St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $182,500
Buyer: Eric J. Morin
Seller: Marco Scibelli
Date: 12/23/16

39 Westport Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $253,650
Buyer: John L. McDonald
Seller: Western Mass Properties
Date: 12/16/16

62 Willwood St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Leeanne E. Orluk
Seller: Kenneth J. Athas
Date: 12/16/16

EAST LONGMEADOW

49 Capri Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $641,919
Buyer: 49 Capri LLC
Seller: Kent Pecoy & Sons Construction
Date: 12/16/16

Capri Dr. #26
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $149,900
Buyer: Kent Pecoy & Sons Construction
Seller: Bella Vista Land Holdings
Date: 12/13/16

156 Hampden Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: C&M Builders LLC
Seller: Tammy J. Nimmo
Date: 12/20/16

50 Harkness Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $249,590
Buyer: Bank Of America
Seller: Thomas K. Brown
Date: 12/16/16

20 Pecousic Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Steve Berkovich
Seller: Liam R. Jones
Date: 12/22/16

21 Redstone Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $159,600
Buyer: Andrew Michaels
Seller: USA HUD
Date: 12/19/16

43 Schuyler Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Daniel Konieczka
Seller: Dennis P. Donahue
Date: 12/19/16

515 Shaker Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $625,000
Buyer: Secure Energy Realty LLC
Seller: Biolitec Inc.
Date: 12/21/16

13 Silver Fox Lane
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $495,000
Buyer: Daniel F. Duggan
Seller: C&M Builders LLC
Date: 12/20/16

142 Westwood Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Kyle A. Sonoda
Seller: Denault, Martha A., (Estate)
Date: 12/21/16

GRANVILLE

557 Beech Hill Road
Granville, MA 01034
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: David Bedford
Seller: Jon A. Sandman
Date: 12/16/16

HAMPDEN

9 Mohawk Dr.
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Maria Carvalho
Seller: Wilmington Savings
Date: 12/22/16

HOLLAND

9 Joanie Lane
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $268,000
Buyer: Nova Crevier
Seller: Patrick Ryan
Date: 12/16/16

31 Lakeshore Dr.
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Jayson D. Wilbur
Seller: William Cromack
Date: 12/16/16

58 Leno Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $208,250
Buyer: Country Bank For Savings
Seller: Steven M. Lamica
Date: 12/13/16

37 Polly Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $415,000
Buyer: Patrick Ryan
Seller: Real J. Poirier
Date: 12/16/16

166-B Stafford Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $238,000
Buyer: Nathan R. Trombley
Seller: Carl Johnson
Date: 12/19/16

245 Stafford Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $263,500
Buyer: Carl Johnson
Seller: Janet M. Reed
Date: 12/19/16

HOLYOKE

8 Bray Park Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $119,429
Buyer: Andrew I. Cote
Seller: US Bank
Date: 12/16/16

26 Coit St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $164,900
Buyer: Yarelis Cartagena-Perez
Seller: Jeffrey S. Viviano
Date: 12/15/16

5-7 Corser St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Behnam Roohi
Seller: John T. Dean
Date: 12/16/16

76 Dartmouth St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $233,500
Buyer: Joseph P. Hudson
Seller: Constance M. Tague
Date: 12/16/16

23 Dicsal Lane
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $425,900
Buyer: Kerry B. Dumbaugh
Seller: Linda L. Porten
Date: 12/19/16

47 Hampton Knolls Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $142,000
Buyer: Olmstead RT
Seller: Bank New York Mellon
Date: 12/22/16

47 Hampton Knolls Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $166,400
Buyer: Bank New York Mellon
Seller: J. Henry Pangborn
Date: 12/14/16

45 Longwood Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Jorge I. Alvarez
Seller: Carol E. Lesperance
Date: 12/23/16

1070 Northampton St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Dakota J. Hebert
Seller: Mark Alexander
Date: 12/20/16

382 Pleasant St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $136,000
Buyer: F. Samantha Hemmingsen
Seller: Jonathan W. Phillips
Date: 12/23/16

43-45 Portland St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $224,000
Buyer: Andrew Holl
Seller: AVET RT
Date: 12/14/16

3 Shawmut Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $144,900
Buyer: Nelson Lopez
Seller: Binczewski, Walter, (Estate)
Date: 12/20/16

20 Sterling Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Kathleen Cavanaugh
Seller: Suzanne Drentlaw
Date: 12/23/16

60 West Glen St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: David Roman
Seller: Donald J. Blanchard
Date: 12/14/16

LONGMEADOW

103 Crescent Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $450,000
Buyer: Matthew Desmarais
Seller: Todd M. Volk
Date: 12/23/16

194 Deepwoods Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $485,000
Buyer: Lawrence Ault
Seller: W. Lowell Putnam
Date: 12/15/16

16 Edson St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $264,900
Buyer: Luke A. Charles
Seller: Andrew J. Stevens
Date: 12/16/16

73 Falmouth Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: James B. Punderson
Seller: National Property Services
Date: 12/15/16

339 Frank Smith Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $261,000
Buyer: Francesco Ferrentino
Seller: Gerald E. Sheldon
Date: 12/15/16

410 Frank Smith Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $244,900
Buyer: Majid Mehmood
Seller: Selma M. Greene
Date: 12/22/16

1215 Longmeadow St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: Brandon W. Stepp
Seller: Nikolas Andreopoulos
Date: 12/19/16

106 Longview Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Kathleen Phelps
Seller: Lynn L. Harvey
Date: 12/22/16

955 Maple Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $226,000
Buyer: Steven G. Richter
Seller: Stanley S. & S. E. Goldaper TR
Date: 12/16/16

141 Pleasantview Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Richard F. Belloff
Seller: Armand A. Souliere
Date: 12/14/16

180 Rugby Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $700,361
Buyer: Timothy G. Egan
Seller: John J. Egan
Date: 12/22/16

37 South Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $185,950
Buyer: Jaime F. Cabezas
Seller: Gary R. Provencher
Date: 12/12/16

62 Stirling St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Andrew J. Stevens
Seller: Leigh-Ann Price
Date: 12/16/16

83 Stirling St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $327,000
Buyer: Kevin M. Labutta
Seller: Lawrence J. Ault
Date: 12/14/16

34 Tennyson Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $750,000
Buyer: Laura C. Murphy
Seller: Stacy Barkoff
Date: 12/23/16

78 Wimbleton Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $389,900
Buyer: Marc L. Arbour
Seller: Ali Ozan-Koseoglu
Date: 12/16/16

568 Wolf Swamp Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $730,000
Buyer: Jennifer A. Buentello
Seller: Debra L. Purrington
Date: 12/15/16

LUDLOW

167 Chapin St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Joseph Mosher
Seller: Edward L. Mari
Date: 12/22/16

32 Daisy Lane
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $340,000
Buyer: Helder Pires
Seller: Arthur Pires
Date: 12/12/16

29 Deer Hill Circle
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $465,000
Buyer: Francisco L. Estrada
Seller: Arlindo Alves
Date: 12/16/16

631 East St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $119,000
Buyer: Grace Dias
Seller: US Bank
Date: 12/16/16

724 Fuller St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Chris Makusiewicz
Seller: Donald P. Bonzek
Date: 12/19/16

Lyon St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Joseph M. Ribeiro
Seller: Grabowski, Antoni F., (Estate)
Date: 12/15/16

Mariana Way #7
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Artur Pires
Seller: M&G Investors LLC
Date: 12/16/16

38 Michael St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $124,000
Buyer: Jimmy Rodrigues
Seller: Bank Of America
Date: 12/22/16

205 Parker Lane
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $511,200
Buyer: Ian D. Premo
Seller: Tuukakorp LLC
Date: 12/12/16

604 Poole St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $187,500
Buyer: James A. Lemieux
Seller: Edward A. Lemieux
Date: 12/15/16

MONSON

107 Bogan Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Jennifer B. Herrick
Seller: Adam Hageman
Date: 12/19/16

222 Bumstead Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Sean P. Mulcahy
Seller: Jonathan A. Wietecha
Date: 12/15/16

143 Butler Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Eldi A. Nissenbaum
Seller: Ian S. Emery
Date: 12/16/16

78 Butler Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Nicholas W. Turnberg
Seller: Smith, Donald E. Jr, (Estate)
Date: 12/16/16

PALMER

143 Breckenridge St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Jeffrey D. Staiti
Seller: Valerie J. Joyce-Heffner
Date: 12/14/16

168 Gates St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $268,500
Buyer: Ian S. Emery
Seller: Joseph J. Nietupski
Date: 12/16/16

2178-2184 Main St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $277,000
Buyer: Robert J. Carrison
Seller: Robert S. Dupuis
Date: 12/21/16

863 Ware St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $1,580,000
Buyer: Palmer Paving Corp
Seller: Harris Holdings LLC
Date: 12/15/16

SOUTHWICK

109 Congamond Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $327,000
Buyer: 109 Traveltown LLC
Seller: David B. Spillane
Date: 12/14/16

9 Ed Holcomb Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Morgan K. Ireland
Seller: Steven J. Picard
Date: 12/16/16

26 Laurel Ridge Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $410,000
Buyer: Nicole E. Apostle
Seller: US Bank
Date: 12/12/16

7 Reservoir Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $350,100
Buyer: Miroslav Tkach
Seller: USA HUD
Date: 12/16/16

174 South Loomis St.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Kimberly Grunwald
Seller: Brian J. Morrissey
Date: 12/12/16

17 White St.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $136,000
Buyer: Wells Fargo Bank
Seller: Karl R. Saunders
Date: 12/16/16

SPRINGFIELD

36-38 Acorn St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,940,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: Neighborhood Homes LP
Date: 12/15/16

479 Allen St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Latoya Monroe
Seller: Greater Springfield Habitat
Date: 12/16/16

306 Arnold Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Maritza Rivera
Seller: Mark H. Smith
Date: 12/22/16

1208 Berkshire Ave.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $116,000
Buyer: John A. VonRoemer
Seller: Teri A. Lee
Date: 12/19/16

1340 Boston Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $1,133,550
Buyer: Boston Road & Pasco RT 20
Seller: East Street & Boston Road LLC
Date: 12/16/16

77 Bowles St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Silverio A. Tavarez
Seller: Legacy Property Investment
Date: 12/14/16

Cadwell Dr.
Springfield, MA 01101
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Lomoc LLC
Seller: O’Day Cadwell LLC
Date: 12/19/16

109 Cambridge St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,940,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: Neighborhood Homes LP
Date: 12/15/16

118-120 Cambridge St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,940,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: Neighborhood Homes LP
Date: 12/15/16

122 Cambridge St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,940,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: Neighborhood Homes LP
Date: 12/15/16

19 Cambridge St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,940,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: Neighborhood Homes LP
Date: 12/15/16

44 Cambridge St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,940,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: Neighborhood Homes LP
Date: 12/15/16

99-101 Cambridge St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,940,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: Neighborhood Homes LP
Date: 12/15/16

26 Cherokee Dr.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $144,900
Buyer: Jenara Burgos
Seller: Chad A. McLeod
Date: 12/12/16

22 Cherrelyn St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Alexander Anaya
Seller: James W. Fiore
Date: 12/12/16

125 Clement St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $188,500
Buyer: Jessica E. Lopez
Seller: Anthony Nguyen
Date: 12/19/16

162-164 College St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $2,260,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: BH Kenyon LLC
Date: 12/15/16

167-169 College St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $2,260,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: BH Kenyon LLC
Date: 12/15/16

170-172 College St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $2,260,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: BH Kenyon LLC
Date: 12/15/16

177-179 College St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $2,260,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: BH Kenyon LLC
Date: 12/15/16

178-180 College St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $2,260,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: BH Kenyon LLC
Date: 12/15/16

185-187 College St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $2,260,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: BH Kenyon LLC
Date: 12/15/16

193 College St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $2,260,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: BH Kenyon LLC
Date: 12/15/16

195 College St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $2,260,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: BH Kenyon LLC
Date: 12/15/16

255-257 College St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $2,260,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: BH Kenyon LLC
Date: 12/15/16

19-21 Dawes St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,940,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: Neighborhood Homes LP
Date: 12/15/16

43 Dawes St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,940,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: Neighborhood Homes LP
Date: 12/15/16

45 Dawes St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,940,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: Neighborhood Homes LP
Date: 12/15/16

49 Dawes St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,940,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: Neighborhood Homes LP
Date: 12/15/16

74 Dawes St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,940,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: Neighborhood Homes LP
Date: 12/15/16

1777 Dwight St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $875,000
Buyer: Smails LLC
Seller: Murray & Glynn LLC
Date: 12/23/16

58 Grandview St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: Rebecca A. Jones
Seller: Gary Kelley
Date: 12/20/16

100 Harmon Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Christopher S. Flack
Seller: Patrick D. Murphy
Date: 12/23/16

67 Hazen St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Claire A. Dye
Seller: Paul S. Palmer
Date: 12/22/16

36 Holly Hill Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $149,000
Buyer: Gillian O. Archer
Seller: Thomas G. Gennette
Date: 12/12/16

25 Huntington St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $119,000
Buyer: Jordan P. Healy
Seller: Luis Dejesus
Date: 12/23/16

35 Jean Dr.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $124,900
Buyer: Kimberly A. Kusmierczak
Seller: Frank J. Bauer
Date: 12/22/16

95 Kensington Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $168,000
Buyer: Damian A. Gawle
Seller: Homer J. Foucher
Date: 12/23/16

43 Hudson St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $117,810
Buyer: Wilmington Savings
Seller: James Chifay
Date: 12/12/16

101-103 Kenyon St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $2,260,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: BH Kenyon LLC
Date: 12/15/16

17 Kenyon St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,940,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: Neighborhood Homes LP
Date: 12/15/16

25-27 Kenyon St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $2,260,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: BH Kenyon LLC
Date: 12/15/16

31-33 Kenyon St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $2,260,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: BH Kenyon LLC
Date: 12/15/16

39-41 Kenyon St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $2,260,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: BH Kenyon LLC
Date: 12/15/16

49-51 Kenyon St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $2,260,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: BH Kenyon LLC
Date: 12/15/16

55-57 Kenyon St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $2,260,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: BH Kenyon LLC
Date: 12/15/16

66-68 Kenyon St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,940,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: Neighborhood Homes LP
Date: 12/15/16

9 Kenyon St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $2,260,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: BH Kenyon LLC
Date: 12/15/16

153 King St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $165,900
Buyer: Yaritza I. Amaro-Pena
Seller: Maritza Rivera
Date: 12/22/16

Main St. (WS)
Springfield, MA 01101
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: New England Farm Workers
Seller: Neil Wong
Date: 12/23/16

17 Mary Coburn Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Oushane O. Lewis
Seller: Michael P. Sico
Date: 12/16/16

86-88 Maynard St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $2,260,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: BH Kenyon LLC
Date: 12/15/16

88 Mildred Ave.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Living Stone LLC
Seller: Living Stone LLC
Date: 12/23/16

10 Morison Terrace
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Christian D. Levy
Seller: Kathleen J. Goltz
Date: 12/21/16

100 Narragansett St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $175,500
Buyer: Isabel Rijo Dela Rosa
Seller: AAD LLC
Date: 12/12/16

747 North Branch Pkwy.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $116,500
Buyer: North Harlow 4 LLC
Seller: Bank New York Mellon
Date: 12/22/16

225 Oak Grove Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,940,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: Neighborhood Homes LP
Date: 12/15/16

75 Parker St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $126,600
Buyer: Pierre J. Saintilus
Seller: Michael J. Chmura
Date: 12/22/16

122-124 Parker St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $194,000
Buyer: Juan Rivera
Seller: Tomasz Swiech
Date: 12/16/16

253 Pasco Road
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $1,135,000
Buyer: Reliance Associates LLC
Seller: Sahara LLC
Date: 12/16/16

45-47 Ranney St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Shannon M. Mann
Seller: Alex Adorno
Date: 12/23/16

18 Santa Barbara St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $129,000
Buyer: Lisandra Lopez
Seller: Fancy Living LLC
Date: 12/19/16

44 Schley St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $134,900
Buyer: Tammy M. Billings-Rankin
Seller: James W. Fiore
Date: 12/14/16

32-34 Shattuck St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $2,260,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: BH Kenyon LLC
Date: 12/15/16

36 Shattuck St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $2,260,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: BH Kenyon LLC
Date: 12/15/16

66-68 Shattuck St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,940,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: Neighborhood Homes LP
Date: 12/15/16

69 Shattuck St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $1,940,000
Buyer: BH EHT 1 LLC
Seller: Neighborhood Homes LP
Date: 12/15/16

1385 South Branch Pkwy.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Charles E. Tremble
Seller: James L. Lobik
Date: 12/21/16

386 Stapleton Road
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Jodi S. Rodriguez
Seller: Melro Associates Inc.
Date: 12/12/16

33 Strong St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $146,000
Buyer: Sonia I. Aponte
Seller: Liam P. Hayes
Date: 12/14/16

26 Stuart St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $128,500
Buyer: Nancy Marrero
Seller: Joseph C. Basile
Date: 12/16/16

93 Stuart St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $143,500
Buyer: Jessica Soto-Alvarado
Seller: MTGLQ Investors LP
Date: 12/22/16

456 Sumner Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $1,600,000
Buyer: Persam Springfield LLC
Seller: G. F. Enterprise 2 LLC
Date: 12/20/16

363 Sunrise Terrace
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $139,000
Buyer: Pete Bernal
Seller: Lawrence O’Sullivan
Date: 12/21/16

86 West Allen Ridge Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Sarah E. Sherry
Seller: James Niedbala
Date: 12/16/16

151 West Alvord St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Gregory E. Brown
Seller: Marcus Earley
Date: 12/15/16

121 West Crystal Brook Dr.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $156,000
Buyer: Daniel E. Dwarska
Seller: Donna M. Sisitsky
Date: 12/21/16

94-96 Wallace St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $149,867
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Jason Medeiros
Date: 12/20/16

38 Washington Road
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Elvis Leiva
Seller: Carolyn Fisher
Date: 12/21/16

122 Wayne St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $117,900
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Derek S. Chatman
Date: 12/22/16

110 Wheeler Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $191,000
Buyer: Brandon Chase
Seller: Barbara L. Johnson-Wiley
Date: 12/22/16

167 Woodcrest Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: William Younes
Seller: James J. Bregianes
Date: 12/20/16

TOLLAND

60 Forest Road
Tolland, MA 01010
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Robert S. Tonino
Seller: Nanette Tummers
Date: 12/20/16

16 Lakeside Dr.
Tolland, MA 01034
Amount: $199,000
Buyer: Christopher Eley
Seller: David E. Koerber
Date: 12/16/16

WALES

6 Lake Shore Dr.
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $124,900
Buyer: Bettina Nadeau
Seller: Gary J. Langlois
Date: 12/15/16

87 Monson Road
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $154,000
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Ronald M. Rizzo
Date: 12/12/16

3 Reed Hill Road
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $156,480
Buyer: Wells Fargo Bank
Seller: Manuel Suarez
Date: 12/16/16

WEST SPRINGFIELD

111 Beacon Hill Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Genevieve M. Broderick
Seller: Daniel J. McCarthy
Date: 12/15/16

43 Bonair Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: William J. Fitzsimmons
Seller: Cindy L. Daigle
Date: 12/21/16

117 Bridle Path Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $197,000
Buyer: James Labranche
Seller: Gary B. Liquori
Date: 12/13/16

40 Churchill Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $224,500
Buyer: William E. Cicia
Seller: Sarah M. Greenway
Date: 12/20/16

88 Lancaster Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $150,685
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: James J. Cremonti
Date: 12/22/16

412 Massachusetts Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $182,000
Buyer: Joseph V. Vitorino
Seller: Luke A. Charles
Date: 12/16/16

43 Rockland Dr.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Elena M. Dore
Seller: William M. Gray
Date: 12/16/16

1155 Piper Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Hector L. Lopez
Seller: Stephen J. Wyzga
Date: 12/20/16

29 Van Horn St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Brian J. Sears
Seller: Michael Grandfield
Date: 12/20/16

204 Wayside Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Norman Petit
Seller: Michael R. Girard
Date: 12/12/16

82 Westwood Dr.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $236,000
Buyer: Edvard Kolak
Seller: Joseph J. Halpy
Date: 12/22/16

WESTFIELD

17 Carriage Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $293,000
Buyer: Carlos W. Dejesus
Seller: Allen P. Maloney
Date: 12/16/16

20 Chestnut St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Andrei Litvac
Seller: FNMA
Date: 12/19/16

11 Dickens Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $293,550
Buyer: Randall D. Smyth
Seller: Christopher M. Dolan
Date: 12/16/16

67 East Glen Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $284,000
Buyer: Traci M. Hebert
Seller: Raisa Gelmudinov
Date: 12/16/16

1511 East Mountain Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $375,500
Buyer: Raymond L. Wellspeak
Seller: Antonio Capua
Date: 12/16/16

182 Falley Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $267,000
Buyer: Joanne L. Bigelow
Seller: Frisbie, Sheila R., (Estate)
Date: 12/21/16

85 Feeding Hills Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $248,000
Buyer: Steven M. Peabody
Seller: John W. Wilson
Date: 12/15/16

6 Franklin Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $174,000
Buyer: Michael R. Knowlton
Seller: John M. Alamed
Date: 12/19/16

44 George St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $132,500
Buyer: Tatyana Belyakova
Seller: Richard Baetens
Date: 12/20/16

28 Green Pine Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $239,500
Buyer: Rafal P. Janusz
Seller: Benjamin J. Leclair
Date: 12/16/16

12 Laro Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $204,000
Buyer: Jennifer L. Ciepiela
Seller: Lorelei A. Schmidt
Date: 12/16/16

2 Linden Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $156,000
Buyer: Jamin Fuller
Seller: Susan M. Bloomrose
Date: 12/20/16

154 Little River Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $179,000
Buyer: Timothy J. Grady
Seller: Tyler D. West
Date: 12/23/16

33 Magnolia Terrace
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $365,000
Buyer: Richard G. Labrie
Seller: Diane Reardon
Date: 12/13/16

29 Otis St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Yuriy Chemeris
Seller: Glenn W. Juvinall
Date: 12/20/16

274 Paper Mill Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $232,000
Buyer: David J. Root
Seller: Norwich Properties LLC
Date: 12/16/16

6 Rider Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $193,000
Buyer: Jeannette F. Pierce
Seller: Todd A. Duso
Date: 12/21/16

81 Roosevelt Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $136,320
Buyer: Bank Of America
Seller: Kelli L. Hubbard
Date: 12/16/16

10 South Maple St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $199,000
Buyer: Jeremiah C. Vazquez
Seller: Richard Harty
Date: 12/12/16

1091 Shaker Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $219,000
Buyer: Dominick L. Uguccioni
Seller: Michael J. Barnes
Date: 12/16/16

17 State St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Valentina Druzhkova
Seller: Susana M. Pettus
Date: 12/16/16

28 Summit Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: Eric J. Metivier
Seller: Robert J. Sabonis
Date: 12/16/16

7 Tow Path Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $238,900
Buyer: Brian E. Valezquez
Seller: Anthony Ford
Date: 12/22/16

618 West Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Allan A. Young
Seller: Keena L. Ashford
Date: 12/23/16

112 White St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Proud Properties LLC
Seller: Alan J. Bielunis
Date: 12/15/16

WILBRAHAM

14 Arbor Lane
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $216,120
Buyer: Shawn M. Summers
Seller: Edgar W. Darling
Date: 12/22/16

8 Decorie Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $152,400
Buyer: Joseph P. Saimeri
Seller: Kenneth S. Korhonen
Date: 12/14/16

34 Decorie Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: William J. Kern
Seller: Dorothy J. Leblanc
Date: 12/23/16

684 Ridge Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Dana Gahres
Seller: Monson Savings Bank
Date: 12/16/16

112 Stony Hill Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $174,999
Buyer: Elizabeth Krauza
Seller: Cecilia A. Sousa
Date: 12/16/16

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

AMHERST

77 Cottage St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $450,000
Buyer: Alan P. StHilaire
Seller: Walter B. Bruce RET
Date: 12/20/16

180 East Leverett Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $433,665
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Kanokwan Chaimongkol
Date: 12/22/16

East Leverett Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Town Of Amherst
Seller: Sandra L. Stosz
Date: 12/21/16

28 Farmington Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $239,250
Buyer: Dorje Romito
Seller: Valerie K. Hood
Date: 12/19/16

101 Farmington Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $356,000
Buyer: Robert P. Chalif
Seller: Marilyn J. Dyer
Date: 12/12/16

Hawthorn Road #43A
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Deborah Mack
Seller: Tofino Associates LLC
Date: 12/15/16

85 Mount Holyoke Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $349,900
Buyer: Adam M. Fox
Seller: Kaye E. Dougan
Date: 12/15/16

BELCHERTOWN

53 Amherst Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $306,000
Buyer: Nicholas J. Smetana
Seller: Robert B. Martin
Date: 12/22/16

741 Daniel Shays Hwy.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Troy M. McLaughlin
Seller: Charles G. Nothe
Date: 12/22/16

181 Franklin St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $162,000
Buyer: Jessica M. Daly
Seller: Barbara E. White
Date: 12/19/16

43 Main St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Alden Pond Properties LLC
Seller: R. Douglas Reynolds
Date: 12/20/16

169 Munsell St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $392,500
Buyer: Michael P. Jasinski
Seller: Filip Z. Muszynski
Date: 12/23/16

26 Pondview Circle
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $347,500
Buyer: Anastasia Seager
Seller: Tara M. Orzolek
Date: 12/15/16

147 Shea Ave.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Gary M. Martins
Seller: Meredith FT
Date: 12/16/16

81 Sheffield Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: David Biancamano
Seller: Dennis H. Connor
Date: 12/23/16

166 South Washington St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $308,000
Buyer: James D. Piantoni
Seller: Walter M. Kozlowski
Date: 12/19/16

35 Summit St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $155,536
Buyer: FHLM
Seller: Edward W. Martell
Date: 12/19/16

163 Summit St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $359,654
Buyer: Merrimack Mortgage Co. LLC
Seller: Kevin S. O’Fallon
Date: 12/12/16

73 Turkey Hill Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $179,900
Buyer: Morgan H. Lavalle
Seller: William Geer
Date: 12/23/16

CUMMINGTON

335 Berkshire Trail
Cummington, MA 01026
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Gregor B. Prentice
Seller: Alexander S. Risk
Date: 12/12/16

EASTHAMPTON

11-13 Boylston St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Kevin Netto
Seller: Lisa J. Brusco
Date: 12/23/16

1 Fox Run
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $392,000
Buyer: Sonia Bergmann
Seller: David A. Hardy Contractor
Date: 12/22/16

23 Oliver St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Matthew Chieffo
Seller: Marcia S. M. Funk IRT
Date: 12/12/16

31 Paul St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $390,000
Buyer: Amy Christenson
Seller: David Garstka Builders
Date: 12/14/16

GRANBY

9 Greystone Ave.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $233,000
Buyer: Lilin Tseng
Seller: Gary S. Toth
Date: 12/23/16

4 Ridge Path
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Ryan S. Merrill
Seller: Susan Nieuwpoort
Date: 12/23/16

187 West St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Nicholas Dente
Seller: Christine J. Proulx
Date: 12/23/16

HADLEY

102 Rocky Hill Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $258,000
Buyer: Timothy Edgcumbe-Ford
Seller: Sonny J. Cirincione
Date: 12/22/16

HATFIELD

176 Main St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $395,000
Buyer: Lorelei A. Schmidt
Seller: Larry E. Williams
Date: 12/16/16

343 West St.
Hatfield, MA 01066
Amount: $233,500
Buyer: Gregory Papageorge
Seller: Michael D. Sucharzewski
Date: 12/15/16

HUNTINGTON

13 East Main St.
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $152,000
Buyer: Farrah M. Holmes
Seller: Artur Muszynski
Date: 12/16/16

14 Kennedy Dr.
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $286,000
Buyer: Daniel S. Fennessey
Seller: Maureen Lucey
Date: 12/23/16

NORTHAMPTON

2 Beaver Brook Loop
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: John B. Carmody
Seller: Beaver Brook NT
Date: 12/20/16

301 Coles Meadow Road
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $142,500
Buyer: Richard C. Bishop
Seller: FNMA
Date: 12/19/16

22 Hancock St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $392,000
Buyer: Daniel P. Guidera
Seller: Emery A. Conz
Date: 12/15/16

17 Holly Court
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Matthew A. Motamedi
Seller: Hall, John F., (Estate)
Date: 12/13/16

19 Langworthy Road
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $702,500
Buyer: James M. Morrill
Seller: Stuart R. Mieher
Date: 12/13/16

35 Laurel Park
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Dennis Tarpey
Seller: Lynda E. Holliday
Date: 12/15/16

47 Laurel Park
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $181,500
Buyer: Dale M. Schmidt
Seller: Joseph P. Hudson
Date: 12/16/16

16 Mann Terrace
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $315,500
Buyer: Lynn Mikolajczak
Seller: Rainbow Properties LLC
Date: 12/12/16

691 Park Hill Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $515,000
Buyer: David Perkins
Seller: Robert W. Driscoll
Date: 12/15/16

236 Pleasant St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $370,000
Buyer: Vikram Budhraja
Seller: Crossover Properties LLC
Date: 12/20/16

179 Prospect Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Michael D. Houle
Seller: Alice M. Morini
Date: 12/19/16

4 School St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $373,000
Buyer: Laurent C. Levy
Seller: Arlene Castelli
Date: 12/15/16

315 Sylvester Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $247,000
Buyer: PHH Mortgage Corp.
Seller: Alexander Grevior
Date: 12/12/16

34 Westwood Terrace
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $154,000
Buyer: Shannon E. Santangelo
Seller: Malley, Ruth C., (Estate)
Date: 12/19/16

PELHAM

147 Packardville Road
Pelham, MA 01002
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Almadan Inc.
Seller: Universal Structures
Date: 12/20/16

PLAINFIELD

West St.
Plainfield, MA 01070
Amount: $117,500
Buyer: Mary O’Brien
Seller: John E. Figari
Date: 12/21/16

752 West Main St.
Plainfield, MA 01070
Amount: $390,000
Buyer: Stephen A. Bzomowski
Seller: Paul R. Fuhrman
Date: 12/16/16

SOUTH HADLEY

17 Carlton St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $209,900
Buyer: Charles W. Brock
Seller: Custom Homes Development Group
Date: 12/22/16

23 Columbia St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $208,950
Buyer: Kye E. Poronsky
Seller: Michael Daly
Date: 12/23/16

18 Country Lane
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Michael J. Evans
Seller: David L. Morrissette
Date: 12/16/16

1 Hillside Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Heidi Rademacher
Seller: John P. Hardman
Date: 12/21/16

44 Hillside Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Vitaliy Andriychuk
Seller: Deutsche Bank
Date: 12/21/16

44 Lamb St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $182,000
Buyer: Michael F. Lenart
Seller: Isam O. Abdalla
Date: 12/23/16

17 McKinley Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $199,900
Buyer: Amanda L. Dzialo
Seller: Donna Gajewski-Zatowski
Date: 12/23/16

3 Normandy Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $272,000
Buyer: Nicole P. Saenz
Seller: John A. Magri
Date: 12/19/16

59 Westbrook Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $178,000
Buyer: Brittany Josephson
Seller: Byrnes, Doris L., (Estate)
Date: 12/14/16

SOUTHAMPTON

31 Crooked Ledge Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Matthew N. Sarafin
Seller: Jean B. Peret
Date: 12/20/16

17 Rattle Hill Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Francois Y. Turgeon
Seller: Robert Fondakowski
Date: 12/14/16

117 Russellville Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $179,900
Buyer: Jacob J. Belanger
Seller: Keith R. White
Date: 12/15/16

Woodmar Lane
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Stephen Carrere
Seller: Chester J. Kellogg
Date: 12/22/16

WARE

437 Belchertown Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: James R. Kaczuwka
Seller: David E. Cote
Date: 12/15/16

30 Cherry St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $127,000
Buyer: Cynthia E. Howe
Seller: May, Wanda L., (Estate)
Date: 12/23/16

79 Eagle St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Ronald W. Gresty
Seller: Deutsche Bank
Date: 12/16/16

16 Eddy St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $162,000
Buyer: David G. Gambino
Seller: Cynthia Provencher-Howe
Date: 12/22/16

7 Gould Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: Arthur Bechard
Seller: Melvin R. Mayo
Date: 12/21/16

29 Mountainview Dr.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $122,500
Buyer: Timothy Leckie
Seller: Maynard, Floyd R., (Estate)
Date: 12/21/16

7 School St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $136,000
Buyer: David S. King
Seller: Steven P. Sullivan
Date: 12/16/16

Doing Business As Certificates

By BusinessWest Staff January 24, 2017

DBA Certificates Departments

The following business certificates and trade names were issued or renewed during the months of December 2016 and January 2017.

AGAWAM

Allied Flooring/Paint
350 Main St.
Mario Tedeschi

Creative Control Innovations
310 Corey St.
Nick Hopkins

Five Star Specialists
217 Maple St.
Stephen Banchard

AMHERST

Alantek International
16 Summerfield Road
Lin Tang

Ben’s Beds
321 Main St., Suite 5
Roberta London Levy, Pedro Levy

Jones Properties LP
15A Pray St.
Gerald Jones, Gwendolyn Jones Boisseau, Andrew Jones

Moon Goddess
44 Main St.
Laura Frontiero

Wagner Wood
305 Northeast St.
James Wagner, Joseph Wagner

Writing Full Tilt
338 Pelham Road
Maureen Jones

BELCHERTOWN

Brian Anderson Builders
41 West St.
Brian Anderson

CHICOPEE

All Seasons Builders
24 Lafayette St.
Brian Getto

Classic Homes
39 Swol St.
Jared Laravee, Mark Imbriglio

Embark Films
10 Center St., Suite 407
Dmitry Gordievsky

KaPats Auto Body Inc.
226 Granby Road
Alan Beaudry Jr.

Mass Detailing LLC
455 Memorial Dr.
Marcus Navarro

Tommcat Performance
680 Prospect St.
Thomas Mango, Kyle Bagg

DEERFIELD

Dinosaur, Rock, Fossil Shop
213 Greenfield Road
Gina Bordoni-Cowley

Logan Training Group
19 Kelleher Dr.
Richard Logan

EASTHAMPTON

Aldeia
116 Pleasant St., Studio 232
Lillianna Pereira

Haircuts by Jessy at Lisa’s Hair Shop
54A Northampton St.
Jessy Kaminski

Lularoe
10 Lyman Ave., Apt. B
Jennifer Dunn

Nylus Rift
22 Water Lane
Jesus Santiago

EAST LONGMEADOW

Financial Engines
601 North Main St.
Lawrence Raffone

Sayegh Jewelers Inc.
60 Shaker Road
Jamil Sayegh

GREENFIELD

Bonnie’s Beauty Salon
466 Main St.
Bonnie Root

CubeSmart 6943
1135 Bernardston Road
Cube HHF Northeast MA, LLC

Just Peachy Consulting and Web Design
32 Olive St., Apt. 204
Alexandra Martines

HADLEY

AVNIEL Consulting
43 Huntington Road
Robert Peterson

Elaine Center at Hadley
20 North Maple St.
Sunbridge

Go! Calendars
367 Russell St.
Marc Winkleman

River Valley Realty Services
114 Bay Road
Tim Murphy

A Tranquil Journey Massage
245 Russell St.
Lisa Dowers

HAMPDEN

Loddadis
34 Springhouse Road
Jennifer Thayer

HOLYOKE

ABC Pizza
2233 Northampton St.
Jamal Alkattan, Olga Alkattan, Harris Alkattan

Bridge Motor Sales
914 Main St.
James Roule

Highland Home Services
245 Lacus Dr.
Michael Hearn

Mateh N Fashion
146 High St.
Bryan Gonzalez

Momi, LLC
172 Sargeant St., 1st Floor
Mohammad Nusrat

LONGMEADOW

Croteau Home Improvement
252 Kenmore Dr.
Raymond Croteau

Everstrung Badminton Service
594 Pinewood Dr.
Yuan Li

Polyxeny Stamou Immigration Law
61 Pinewood St.
Polyxeny Stamou

Springfield Indians Hockey Club Inc.
123 Dwight Road
Peter Cooney

LUDLOW

First Choice Service
91 Wilno Ave.
Manuel Quiterio

JZ Hair
271 East St.
Julie Zacharewicz

Seamlessly Krafty
5 Sewall St.
Melissa Moquin

NORTHAMPTON

Burrows & Weiss
78 Main St., Suite 501
Mikas Weiss

Comedy as a Weapon
82 Bridge St.
Timothy Lovett

Junior General Maintenance Service
63 Center St.
Segundo Pichazaca

Panopera Productions
231 Main St.
Alan Schneider

Shawna Stern, LMT
98 Main St.
Shawna Stern

Whiting Energy Fuels
300A King St.
Richard Whiting Jr.

PALMER

China House
1240 Park St.
Yamei Xian

Park Auto LLC
1313 Park St.
Stephen Stathis

Simple Organizing Solutions
3014 Pine St.
Anne Bernardin

Skaza Logging
346 Wilbraham St.
Steven Skaza

SOUTH HADLEY

Dave Miner Exterior Home Improvements
347 Newton St.
Dave Miner

FPW Construction
513 Newton St.
Sean Fontaine

Pioneer Valley Strings
37 Mountain Ave.
Scott Slapin, Tanya Solomon

Ron’s Precision Automotive
504C Granby Road
Ronald Paul

United Construction & Home
38 Woodbridge Terrace
Manuel Reyes

SOUTHWICK

Reichert Family Farm
358 North Loomis St.
Maxwell Reichert

SPRINGFIELD

A1A Investigators Inc.
1500 Main St.
James Wojnar

Brownstone Banquet Hall
1482 State St.
Charlesetta Rennix

Byron Keenan Funeral Home
1858 Allen St.
Forastiere Family

Catuogno Court Reporting
1414 Main St.
Raymond Francis

Cheng’s Kitchen
170 Eastern Ave.
Changjin Zou

Excellent Limo
801 Worthington St.
Gumercindo Abreu

Law Office of Michael D. Facchini
728 Liberty St.
Michael Facchini

Long Hill Mini Market and Deli
28 Longhill St.
Samuel Veras

LRey Construction
1123 Sumner Ave.
Luis Reynoso

Maxx One Enterprises
240 Walnut St.
James Bennett

Naty’s Nails
64 Fullerton St.
Natalie Heredia

Rick’s Auto Body Inc.
375 Pasco Road
Raymond Pecor

The Traveling Toolbox
107 Carver St.
Alan Jarvis

WARE

Allied Auto Sales
184 West St.
Richard O’Riley, Joan O’Riley

Deida Auto World
2 Vernon St.
Ismael Deida Jr.

Goodbeads
184 Greenwich Plains Road
Monika Normand

NAPA Auto Parts
175 West St.
Francis Moran

WESTFIELD

Blissful Brook Family Daycare
731 West Road
Krystal Young-LaFountain

LBI Truck & Bus Repair
14 Delmont Ave.
Dana Lecrenski

Southwood Acres
342 Southwick Road
MA Westfield LP

Westfield Aviation Museum
20 Airport Road
Westfield Aviation Museum

WEST SPRINGFIELD

ATC Group Services LLC
73 William Franks Dr.
Tanya Smith

Automotive Innovators LLC
19 Norman St.
Eric Laizer

Cactushead Puppets
131 Ashley Ave.
Megan Regan

Dean Auto Sales
6 River St.
Richard Rindels

D.G. Motor Sports
1321 Morgan Road
Daniel Guistina

The Kids’ Place Inc.
915 Memorial Ave.
Scott Petersen

Mass Auto Detailing
264 Rogers Ave.
Niyaz Mamedov

Orange Shutter Studios
85 Poplar Ave.
Stephani Labonte

Pro Signs
777 Riverdale St.
George Smarz Jr.

Warranty Logistics, LLC
1102 Riverdale St.
Warranty Logistics, LLC

WILBRAHAM

A & C Business Services
95 Post Office Park
WMass Business Services, LLC

Cooley Contracting LLC
17 Nokomis Road
James Cooley

Manny’s Olive Oil Inc.
1872 Boston Road
Barbara Rouithis

Rich Heineman Home Improvement
29 Victoria Lane
Richard Heineman Jr.

People on the Move

By BusinessWest Staff January 24, 2017

Departments People on the Move

Christopher Visser

Christopher Visser, formerly an associate attorney with the firm, was elected Partner at Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas, LLP effective Jan. 1. He joined Bulkley Richardson in 2011 and works principally in its Springfield office, where he is a member of the firm’s Litigation/ADR Department and Health Law Practice Group. Visser’s practice consists primarily of handling complex litigation with a focus in professional malpractice defense. He has represented physicians, mid-levels, nurses, and healthcare organizations in all types of medical-malpractice cases, ranging from labor and delivery cases to cancer cases. He has also successfully represented physicians before the Board of Registration in Medicine, and other healthcare providers before their licensing boards. He also has experience representing clients in insurance-coverage litigation, insurance subrogation, products liability, personal injury, trust litigation, and other civil-litigation matters. He has handled all aspects of prosecuting and defending civil-litigation actions and has represented clients in housing, district, and superior courts, as well as in federal and appellate courts. He has also represented clients in administrative proceedings, arbitrations, and mediations. Visser is a 2003 graduate of Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. He attended Western New England University School of Law, where he was a member of the National Moot Court team, and earned his juris doctor in 2009, cum laude. He returns annually to Western New England University School of Law to mentor first-year students in the Introduction to the Legal Profession course. After graduating, he worked for an immigration firm in Hartford and a civil-litigation firm in Springfield prior to joining Bulkley Richardson. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New York.

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The Gaudreau Group Insurance and Financial Services Agency recently welcomed back to its team Kate Roy, Director of Marketing. In her new role, Roy helps communicate the firm’s mission: “we help our clients discover, protect, and enhance the people, places, and things that are important to them.” Working closely with the Gaudreau Group’s strategy advisors, account managers, and President Jules Gaudreau, Roy delivers communications that help current and prospective clients understand the benefits of working with the Gaudreau Group. As a certified insurance counselor, she has a deep understanding of the insurance industry and worked for several years in the personal-insurance business, both for a large national carrier and for several agencies. “We’re excited to have Kate back on our team. Her combination of marketing expertise and in-depth insurance experience is rare, resulting in a greater ability to communicate the Gaudreau Group’s mission to a broad audience in a unique and effective way,” Gaudreau said. A graduate of Springfield Technical Community College’s teleproduction technology program, Roy has experience in several different media channels. She was featured on roughnotes.com, the online presence of Rough Notes magazine, for her expertise on digital marketing in the insurance-agency world. She is also a graduate of the Springfield Leadership Institute, has volunteered with the East of the River Five Town Chamber of Commerce (ERC5) and Minnechaug Regional High School’s Career Readiness collaboration, and is a current contributor to the Westfield Education to Business Alliance. Roy was with the Gaudreau Group previously from 2008 to 2014 in customer-service and administrative roles. Prior to her years in the insurance industry, she was a videographer and editor for a local NBC TV affiliate.

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Whittlesey & Hadley announced Lisa Wills, CPA has been elected to partner, effective Jan. 1. Wills has been working primarily with nonprofits over her 25-year career, growing her practice and navigating ever-changing regulation. Her progressive approach to complex audits has helped her build a reputation as an industry thought leader. Wills is an active member of the AICPA as well as the CTCPA. “Lisa is a talented auditor and trusted advisor to nonprofits throughout Connecticut and Massachusetts,” said Managing Partner Drew Andrews. “Nonprofits are one of Whittlesey & Hadley’s largest practice areas, so expanding our leadership team with a professional of Lisa’s caliber demonstrates our ongoing commitment to providing exceptional service to the nonprofit community.”

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HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Western Massachusetts recently welcomed Susan Barone to its senior leadership team as director of Marketing Operations. She brings extensive healthcare experience to HealthSouth, as she has worked in the Western Mass. community for 25 years as a registered nurse and has held roles in hospital operations and medical practice leadership. Barone’s area of expertise includes healthcare business development and marketing, with a vast knowledge of the area’s healthcare community. She received her nursing education from Baystate Medical Center School of Nursing, a bachelor’s degree from Bay Path University, and an MBA in healthcare leadership from Elms College.

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Jill McCarthy Payne

American International College (AIC) Professor of Criminal Justice Jill McCarthy Payne has been appointed by Gov. Charlie Baker to a two-year term on the Gaming Policy Advisory Committee, a subcommittee of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. The committee advises the Gaming Commission on matters including annual resource agenda, public safety, addiction as it relates to gambling, mitigation, and other issues. Along with Payne, committee members include two senators, two legislators, representatives from public health and labor, and Gaming Commission Chair Stephen Crosby. Payne, who resides in Springfield and represents Region B as a Springfield member, was selected by Baker because of her previous involvement with the casino project in Springfield. Appointed by Mayor Domenic Sarno, Payne served on his five-member committee that helped select MGM as the casino of choice for Springfield. In addition, and prior to her recent appointment by the governor, Payne was tapped to be a member and chair of the local Community Mitigation Committee, thereby serving dual roles at the state and local level. “I’m excited to be part of this opportunity for Springfield. Although streets are narrowed currently due to construction, upon its completion, the casino will bring a new vibrancy to downtown,” Payne said. “The MGM project itself is unique in the gaming industry because it is considered an ‘inside-out’ model, meaning that patrons will be able to visit all amenities, including restaurants and entertainment venues, without ever entering the casino itself. In addition, the casino is being built within an urban area, using the MassMutual Center, Symphony Hall, and CityStage, to become part of the fabric of the community. It is really a first of its kind.” While initial meetings have already begun in Boston, the work of the Gaming Policy Advisory Committee will begin in earnest once all facilities are open.

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Loyalty360, the professional association for customer loyalty, tapped PeoplesBank Senior Vice President of Retail Sheila King-Goodwin to present on the bank’s approach to customer engagement at the 2016 Engagement & Experience Expo in Denver. Her presentation was titled Branch of the Future: It’s Not Just About the Building, It’s Your Brand. King-Goodwin touched on a number of aspects of customer engagement, including service, innovation, and authenticity. “When they come in a branch, we really have to nail that customer experience,” she said. “We create differentiation through authenticity.”

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Kerry Bartini

Berkshire Design Inc. announced that Kerry Bartini, AIA, earned her architectural license in December and is now a registered architect in Massachusetts. Bartini has more than 14 years of experience in the architectural profession, and her expertise encompasses design and project administration for residential and commercial architectural design projects. Bartini has been a member of the Berkshire Design team for over five years. Her recent projects in collaboration with the Berkshire Design team include work on private residences throughout Berkshire County, as well as work on a new community building for Gould Farm in Monterey, the redevelopment of the former DeSisto School property in Stockbridge, and the Residences at Bellefontaine Canyon Ranch Condominiums in Lenox. In December, Bartini was honored as one of only 12 recently licensed architects from across the country who were selected to participate in the 2016 National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) Think Tank. Participants in the think tank are responsible for providing critical feedback to the NCARB regarding its mission, programs, and services. Bartini graduated from Roger Williams University in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in architecture.

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Holyoke Rotary President Venus Robinson announced the selection of Helene Florio as the 2016 recipient of the William G. Dwight Distinguished Service to Holyoke Award. The selection jury, chaired by last year’s recipient, Carl Eger Jr., has chosen Florio to be the latest recipient of this coveted award. The first award was presented in 1940 by the Transcript-Telegram to Joseph Weis. Holyoke Rotary was pleased to take over presentation of the awards when the Dwight family was no longer involved in the newspaper business in the city. A native of Holyoke, Florio attended schools in Torrington and Goshen, Conn., graduating from Wamogo Regional High School in Litchfield, Conn. before coming back to this region. She attended school at the University of Miami followed by Katharine Gibbs School in Boston. Florio most recently was president of the Rotary Club of Holyoke during its centennial year. During this time, she was awarded Rotary’s highest recognition, the Paul Harris Fellowship, which acknowledges individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, to the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. Paul Harris was the founder of Rotary in 1905, and the foundation was established in 1957. Florio joined the Holyoke Rotary Club in 2002, becoming the first third-generation Rotarian in the Club, and has a community-service classification within Rotary. She currently serves as executive director of the Holyoke Taxpayers Assoc., where she is also president of the board of directors. She is also vice president of the WestMass Elder Care board of directors. She has also served as president of the former Junior League of Holyoke, the Area Mental Health Center, the Holyoke Hospital Aid Assoc., and the former Holyoke YWCA. She has served on the boards of the United Way, the Holyoke chapter of the American Red Cross, Loomis Communities, and Holyoke Junior Achievement Foundation. She has lent her skills to Wistariahurst Museum Assoc. In addition, Florio is a trustee of the Mansir Fund, serving the needs of disabled children in the Greater Holyoke area. In 2009, she was elected as one of the nine local citizen volunteers to serve on the Charter Revision Committee. From CIT experience at Camp Maria Pratt as a Girl Scout to Brownie leader in Holyoke, to Ski Club and PTO, she has worked to serve children in and throughout the area. During Holyoke’s centennial celebration, she was honored as one of Holyoke’s top 100 volunteers. Florio follows in the footsteps of an aunt, Hortense Alderman Cooke, and her father, Wayne Alderman, previous recipients of this award. She will be honored at a celebration on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at the Delaney House in Holyoke. Call Deb Buckley at (413) 534-7355 for information about tickets to the dinner.

Court Dockets

By BusinessWest Staff January 24, 2017

Court Dockets Departments

CHICOPEE DISTRICT COURT

Broadcast Music Inc. v. Patti’s Four-Ten Lounge LLC
Allegation: Unpaid monies for services provided: $2,485
Filed: 12/9/16

George Cruz v. Regency Management and Development Co. Inc.
Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury: $24,000
Filed: 12/15/16

HAMPDEN DISTRICT COURT

Maria Campos v. D & F Food Service Inc.
Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury: $24,000
Filed: 12/16/16

Luis Serrano v. Holyoke Mall Co. LP, Pyramid Management Group LLC, and Geeleher Enterprises Inc.
Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury: $24,999
Filed: 12/16/16

HAMPDEN SUPERIOR COURT

Jo-Anne Ferris v. Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District, Stephen Presnal, and Kathleen Jorgensen
Allegation: Employment discrimination: $1 million  Filed: 12/15/16

Mary Barcome and Mary-Zaida Lopez v. Anamisis LLC, Costas Anamisis, and Emanuel Anamisis
Allegation: Employment discrimination: $1.5 million
Filed: 12/15/16

Kayla Fontaine v. Anamisis LLC and Costas Anamisis
Allegation: Wage claims, including failure to pay minimum wage and failure to pay overtime: $1 million
Filed: 12/16/16

Paul Barkett v. Walgreens Family of Companies, Walgreen Eastern Co. Inc. and Walgreens of Massachusetts, LLC
Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury: $131,301.30
Filed: 12/17/16

Paul and Lisa Forrette v. Cumberland Farms Inc., Servuite Services Inc., and Paul Truehart d/b/a Truehart Paving and Construction Services
Allegation: Slip and fall causing injury: $1,250,000
Filed: 12/19/16

HAMPSHIRE DISTRICT COURT

Center Redevelopment Corp. v. Daniel A. Champagne and Sherrie L. Champagne
Allegation: Breach of contract and failure to pay amounts due under commercial and residential leases: $14,085
Filed: 1/5/17

Thomas J. Tear and Joanne M. Tear v. Eco Roofing LLC
Allegation: Incorrectly installed roof: $7,959.38
Filed: 1/6/17

HAMPSHIRE SUPERIOR COURT

Lidia Lech v. Dorothea Von Goeler, Baystate Medical Center Inc., Maria Diaz, Hampden County Sheriff’s Department, Nicole Skorupski, Elizabeth Meaux, Julie Belle-Isle, Rosado Shantelle, Lynn Chase, Michael Ashe Jr., Patricia Murphy, John Doe 1 and 2
Allegation: Medical malpractice, infliction of emotional distress
Filed: 12/23/16

Joel J. Harder v. R & D Towing & Transport Inc. and Robert Bernier
Allegation: Negligence in operating a tow truck causing injury
Filed: 12/23/16

Joseph F. Dromboski v. Afterburner Inc. d/b/a Wings Over Amherst
Allegation: Motor-vehicle negligence causing injury: $23,032.19
Filed: 12/29/16

WESTFIELD DISTRICT COURT

Linda Marino v. IKO Industries Inc.
Allegation: Breach of implied warranty, negligent misrepresentation involving installation of shingles: $10,400
Filed: 12/19/16

State Unemployment Rate Drops to 2.8% in December

By BusinessWest Staff January 19, 2017

Daily News

In December, preliminary estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate Massachusetts added 6,600 jobs over the month. The November job gain had an upward revision, with the state adding 7,000 jobs compared to the previously published 5,800-job-gain estimate. Over the year, Massachusetts has added 75,000 jobs.

At 2.8%, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is down 2.1% over the year from 4.9% in December 2015. There were 73,300 fewer unemployed residents and 112,900 more employed residents over the year compared to December 2015.

“For the past six months, the unemployment has continued to drop, and the labor-force participation rate has held steady over the year, which is very good news for the state,” Labor and Workforce Development Secretary Ronald Walker II said. “We are also pleased to see the state continues to add jobs in key sectors, such as education and health services; professional, scientific, and business services; information; and construction.”

In December, over-the-month job gains occurred in the education and health services; construction; professional, scientific, and business services; information; leisure and hospitality; financial activities; manufacturing; and other services sectors.

The state’s labor-force participation rate — the total number of residents 16 or older who worked or were unemployed and actively sought work in the last four weeks — is 64.7%. Over the year, the labor-force participation rate has increased 0.2% compared to December 2015.

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

Massachusetts’ unemployment rate has remained lower than the national rate since April 2008. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the December national rate at 4.7%. Since the statewide rate peaked at 8.8% in September 2009, there are now 335,600 more Massachusetts residents employed and 202,700 fewer residents unemployed, as the labor force increased by 133,000.

Dennis Duquette Rejoins MassMutual in Corporate Responsibility Role

By BusinessWest Staff January 10, 2017

Features

Making a Solid Return

Dennis Duquette left MassMutual nearly 30 years ago for what would become a variety of roles at Fidelity Investments in Boston, most all of them in the realms of community relations and corporate responsibility. He says he’s passionate about such work — passionate enough to quickly put aside any thought of retirement last year and agree to lead the team handling those assignments at MassMutual.

When Dennis Duquette returned to his hometown of Springfield last May after a nearly 30-year stint with Fidelity Investments in Boston, he was, at age 57, retired. Sort of.

He was retired from Fidelity, at least, and determined to “recharge a bit,” as he put it. The plan was to take the summer off, rest, travel around the region, and reconnect with some people here, and he did all of the above, while also trying to determine just how well retirement was sitting with him.

As it turned out, it wasn’t sitting well at all.

“Toward the end of the summer, I started thinking, ‘I have to start doing something; I have to start thinking about going back to work,” he told BusinessWest. “I figured out that I was too young to retire … I wasn’t there yet.”

With that question answered, there was now another one facing him. It didn’t concern where he would return to the world of work (he was back in Springfield, and he was going to stay here), but in what capacity; his first thoughts tended toward project work and consulting.

Instead, something much different came into his field of vision.

To make a fairly long story short, there were a few conversations with some colleagues in the financial-services industry that eventually led Duquette to interview for and then accept the position of director of Corporate Responsibility at MassMutual and president of the recently established MassMutual Foundation, succeeding Nick Fyntrilakis, who held that post for several years.

And in every respect, this was a logical move and proverbial perfect match — for both Duquette and the company. That’s because he’s certainly not a stranger to Springfield, the company, or the many duties involved with corporate responsibility.

Indeed, he started his career in financial services at MassMutual’s State Street headquarters in 1981 as a compensation analyst, eventually moving on to community relations specialist and associate director of Group L&H (life and health) Marketing during a stay that lasted more than eight years. And at Fidelity, he would hold a number of titles related to marketing, community relations, and related work, including his last one, vice president of Corporate Sponsorships, a role we’ll hear more about later.

In an interview soon after arriving back on State Street just before Christmas — his order of business cards had been placed, but they had yet to arrive — Duquette told BusinessWest that the phrase (and title) ‘corporate responsibility’ is somewhat new, but the concept certainly isn’t.

Dennis Duquette says the paradigm regarding corporate social responsibility has changed, and MassMutual is on the cutting edge of current trends.

He said major corporations like MassMutual, which employs roughly 7,000 people in Springfield — and even much smaller companies, for that matter — have always had a responsibility to serve the ‘community’ they call home, however that term is defined. In MassMutual’s case, such work within the community dates back to its earliest years in the 1850s.

However, he went on, what has changed, in some respects, is the manner in which these responsibilities are met.

“The model 30 or 40 years ago was … you write a check, and you get your name in support of something; that paradigm has changed, and I think for the better,” he explained, adding quickly that MassMutual does still write some checks. But in most all cases, money is accompanied by programming and direct involvement with the cause or program in question, usually in collaboration with other groups and agencies.

And the initiatives undertaken are part of a broad strategy to improve quality of life within the community, build financial security for families, and create opportunities for people of all ages, but especially young people, he said.

There are myriad examples of this, he said, before citing a few to get his points across, including MassMutual’s involvement with Valley Venture Mentors and the project to create an innovation center in downtown Springfield; the MassMutual Foundation’s awarding of $15 million to UMass Amherst over 10 years to further strengthen its world-class data-science and cybersecurity research and education programs; and the foundation’s launch just last October of free digital financial-education curriculum — part of its FutureSmart program — for middle-school students nationwide.

There are many other examples, he went on, all of which reflect a broad strategy with stated goals and clear objectives for meeting them.

For this issue, BusinessWest talked at length with Duquette about his decision to unretire, but especially about his new role — in which he serves as the unofficial face of MassMutual within the community — and the many ways MassMutual’s corporate responsibility is manifesting itself, in Western Mass. and beyond.

At Home with the Idea

While Duquette left Springfield and MassMutual in 1989 for Fidelity and the Boston area, he didn’t exactly leave his hometown completely behind him.

He still had family and friends in this area, and stayed in touch as best he could. “I read MassLive a lot,” he said with a laugh, adding that various media outlets (including BusinessWest) and contact with acquaintances kept him abreast of everything from the 2011 tornado and its aftermath — he’s a Cathedral graduate and donated money to the rebuilding of that school, which was destroyed by the twister — to the difficult financial times that visited the city over the past few decades, to some of the many recent forms of progress, including the arrival of MGM.

Taking stock of the city and what’s happening within it — something he’s been doing all along, but especially since returning home eight months ago — he said there are many signs that the city is truly on the right track.

“I drive around Springfield, and I walk around Springfield, and I see potential,” he explained. “I know the city has fallen on tough times in the past and has worked to dig itself out. There was a natural disaster that blew through the town, literally, but I think the mayor has done an outstanding job of leading the city back, obviously with the help of a lot of people.

“When you consider this city’s history, its location, the resources that it has — material and intellectual — there is a lot of potential here,” he went on. “It’s really just a matter of having the right leadership and vision, and I believe the mayor, the City Council, and city officials are super diligent about that. And I think we have a governor and lieutenant governor now who are very focused on helping the gateway cities, and Springfield is one of them. Overall, I’m very hopeful.”

Dennis Duquette says involvement in entrepreneurship initiatives, such as the innovation center on Bridge Street now under construction, fit into MassMutual’s broad CSR strategy.

He acknowledged that Springfield, and Western Mass. as a whole, haven’t seen anything approaching the explosive growth that Boston and the areas surrounding it did over the past few decades, but told BusinessWest that efforts to compare and contrast the two regions are neither warranted nor particularly fruitful.

“I don’t think Springfield has to be like Boston to be a successful city,” he explained. “There are some great things that Springfield can do that are unique to Springfield that don’t necessarily have to replicate Boston.”

With that, he acknowledged that he will now have a much better view of what’s happening across Greater Springfield and, through the many aspects of his new role, will be taking a direct role in helping to see that the region’s potential is realized.

And, as noted, he brings a good deal of experience to that role.

Indeed, at Fidelity he led a number of initiatives involving corporate sponsorships, education, employee volunteerism, and employee giving.

As one example, he cited development of a digital financial-literacy game in cooperation with New York-based Dopamine Inc. for middle- and high-school students, an initiative launched in support of Fidelity’s broader financial-literacy programs, in partnership with FidelityCares, the firm’s community-relations apparatus.

Another example is The Alzheimer’s Project. That was the name attached to a HBO series on the crippling disease, for which Fidelity Investments took a key sponsorship role.

In many respects, Duquette explained, Fidelity’s broad corporate-responsibility strategy, if you will, mirrors MassMutual’s in that many initiatives focus on young people, education, financial literacy, and overall quality of life.

And these initiatives involve partnerships, not simply check writing, he went on, adding that this same philosophy reigns at MassMutual, which has a 165-year history of giving back to the community and status as Springfield’s largest corporate citizen.

“MassMutual is an important community partner in Greater Springfield, not only by virtue of its size, but also by virtue of its legacy,” he explained. “I don’t see that changing, but what will change, potentially, is the way we do our partnerships; we have a great opportunity to continue our partnerships and build new ones, and I’m very excited about that.”

Paying Dividends

As he noted earlier, Duquette, upon deciding to ‘unretire,’ approached a number of people to solicit possible leads on landing spots, again, with the thought that consulting or project work were the most likely contenders for what would come next.

One of those people was Jennifer Halloran, MassMutual’s head of Brand and Advertising — only Duquette needed to be told this was what it said on her business card. He had worked with her at Fidelity for years, but was unaware that she had come to MassMutual. It was Halloran who alerted him to an opening at the company at the top of its Corporate Responsibility team.

Duquette was somewhat surprised by this news — he had recently been a spectator for the groundbreaking, or “wall-smashing,” as he called it, for the innovation center on Bridge Street and heard Fyntrilakis speak on behalf of MassMutual, a partner in the project. But he was also quite intrigued, because such work had come to define his career in recent years.

“I got really excited about this role,” he explained. “And I got excited for a few reasons. For starters, this is something I’m passionate about. I think the role of corporations in this country and around the world is changing — the impact corporations can have on the communities in which they’re based, and society in general, is immense.

“Secondly, and I think more importantly, my view had always been that MassMutual was really exemplary in this space,” he went on. “I say that as someone who left MassMutual in 1989, never thinking or intending that I would be back here, but over the years, I was taking note of things that MassMutual was doing when it came to corporate responsibility.”

Elaborating, he would summon the words ‘bold’ and ‘innovative’ to describe some of those initiatives, adding that, as he watched them unfold while working for a competitor, he would nod his head in approval.

“For me, as someone who cares about this work, to come into an environment that really supports it and champions it — and that goes right to the top of the house — this was a no-brainer for me to pursue this opportunity,” he said, adding that, just a few weeks in, he’s “pumped.”

He’s spent those few weeks doing more of that connecting he described earlier — he’s met with the leadership team at the Community Foundation of Western Mass., for example — but also on the road. Indeed, he spent his second week on the job in Phoenix, where the corporation also has a huge presence, becoming acquainted with various initiatives taking place there and on a national level.

There will be much more of all that in the months and years to come, he said, adding that creation of the MassMutual Foundation in 2015 is an important development when it comes to the shape and scope of corporate-responsibility initiatives at the company.

“It gives us guardrails and parameters through which we can do our corporate giving,” he said of the foundation, “and it also gives us a platform from which we can launch ideas and partnerships — that I think are deeper and smarter — with some of our critical nonprofit partners.”

Elaborating, he said the foundation provides a vehicle with which the corporation can work with a host of partners — locally, in other communities where it has a presence, and in markets important to the business — to “amplify the things we care about.”

With that, he returned to the FutureSmart program as one solid example. To make it happen, MassMutual partners with education-technology leader EverFi, which is building a network of relationships with school districts around the country to introduce financial-literacy curriculum.

“We work with them as a partner to get us into some of the markets we’re interested in, and build those local programs,” he said, adding that the broad goal is to reach 2 million students by 2020.

There are many other examples, he went on, adding that, to slice through his multi-faceted job description, the primary goal is to create more of these partnerships and continue to develop new and fruitful ways to invest in the community — literally and figuratively.

The work with VVM and other economic-development-related groups to encourage entrepreneurship and fund startup companies certainly falls into that category, he said. The various initiatives are in some ways unique for a financial-services company, he noted, but overall, such efforts dovetail with the major goals of the company’s broad corporate-responsibility strategy.

“If you look at that strategy, it’s all about securing and enabling economic security for families,” he explained. “We help people secure their futures through financial means, so as a community partner, we’re about getting in and supporting initiatives, ideas, and programs that will help build and sustain economic viability for communities that we care about.”

Elaborating, he said that, by providing various types of support to startups and the groups that mentor them — everything from capital for startups to technical support in an investment that totals $5 million — MassMutual is investing not only in those ventures, but in Greater Springfield itself.

“I’ve had prior experience with an incubator in Boston with MassChallenge,” he said, referring to the entity that describes itself as ‘the most startup-friendly incubator on the planet.’ “And I was excited to see that there was a vibrant incubator/entrepreneur community that was bubbling up here in Springfield.

“When you think of this particular region, where we’re located, the access to higher education in the Pioneer Valley and the surrounding areas, it’s a logical place,” he went on. “And it’s also a great place for people to come, young people in particular, and kick the tires on some new ideas and try their wares.”

Investments in the Community

Talk of the partnership with VVM brings Duquette back to his comments about how corporate social responsibility, or CSR, as it’s called, now goes well beyond simply writing checks.

“My approach to CSR is this — if we’re going to be working together and providing financial support to a nonprofit, that’s great, but I also want to understand what that group’s objectives are as a nonprofit,” he explained. “And then say, ‘here are my objectives as a representative of MassMutual. Let’s talk about how we can work together to build something that goes beyond the money. Let’s build something that’s really meaningful.’”

Working toward such ends is something Duquette is passionate about, and something that certainly propelled him out of retirement.

You might say he’s at home with his latest, and perhaps last, career stop — in every sense of that phrase.

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

Area Hospitality Venues Prepare for the Arrival of MGM

By BusinessWest Staff January 10, 2017

Meetings & Conventions Sections

Betting on Opportunity

MGM Springfield, seen above in a rendering and below in its current state of early construction on Main Street, promises to attract new visitors to the region, which may benefit other hospitality venues.

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As the most significant development in Springfield’s recent history, the MGM casino set to open in 2018 is sure to be a tantalizing attraction for meeting and convention planners. That poses a new competitive threat for the region’s many established hospitality facilities, but some of the larger players don’t see it that way. Instead, they believe the additional traffic MGM brings to Springfield will raise all boats, bringing opportunity to venues that are prepared to leverage it by doubling down on what makes them unique.

John Doleva has heard the projections of MGM Springfield drawing between 600,000 and 800,000 people to the city annually.

“I’ve often joked that if 5% of those guests get lost coming out of the parking garage, that’s 40,000 people that could end up in our parking lot instead,” said Doleva, president and CEO of the Basketball Hall of Fame, which sits just a few blocks from where MGM Springfield will open in 2018.

He was joking, of course, but was serious about the rush of expected casino-goers. “I can’t imagine an instance where it won’t be seen as a positive when that many people flock to our region,” he told BusinessWest.

“Maybe the profile of the casino customer doesn’t match up with the basketball fan or someone visiting the Hall of Fame, but there would certainly be some crossover,” he went on. “MGM will want people to stay an extra night, and maybe the Hall of Fame, as an asset in the community, would be a good reason to stay a second night. You could bring the whole family to an MGM event, and the second day come to the Hall of Fame.”

That’s how some of the big players in the region’s meeting and hospitality business choose to view the $900 million MGM project taking shape in downtown Springfield — one which, technically speaking, will compete with them for events and ohetr forms of business, but may bring opportunities as well.

One way to look at the casino is that it will be employing some 3,000 people, and many might be new to the area, and looking to take advantage of Valley attractions, said Peter Rosskothen, owner of the Log Cabin, Delaney House, and D. Hotel & Suites in Holyoke, among other properties.

“I’m hoping some of those employees leave Springfield and visit other venues around us,” he said. “There’s something to be said for the casino giving everyone a proverbial lift, and that’s what we’re hoping for — that everyone gains something.”

Mary Kay Wydra says MGM will be a strong competitor for meeting and convention business, but overall a net asset to the region’s entire hospitality and tourism industry.

The MassMutual Center — the closest hospitality-sector player, geographically, to MGM Springfield — is in a different position than other entities, having recently announced a partnership with the casino. MGM Springfield and Comcast Spectacor jointly bid last spring on a five-year contract to operate the MassMutual Center, with MGM serving as the venue management company and Spectra providing food and beverage services.

The partnership creates cross-marketing opportunities for events, the coordination of job and customer-service training, more efficient purchasing of goods and services, and a broader, more coordinated presence at trade shows and conventions, the partners noted in a statement. Additionally, MGM Springfield will manage the long-term event calendar, with an eye toward leveraging its entertainment-programming experience to attract even more visitors to the MassMutual Center.

“This market has unique offerings for convention-goers and local residents alike, and the MassMutual Center should continue to be an integral part of what attracts visitors to downtown,” Michael Mathis, president and chief operating officer for MGM Springfield, said when the bid was announced.

How, exactly, that will play out — for both the MassMutual Center and other facilities that will compete directly with MGM — is still to be seen, said Nate Harris, director of Marketing at the MassMutual Center.

“But in terms of how people are feeling,” he noted, “it’s definitely a benefit to have an attraction like this. It’s another element of what Springfield can offer, in addition to the Hall of Fame, the museums, and other entities. People feel like this will bring more people to the city and bring significant economic impact to Springfield. They see it as a benefit.”

One that area meeting and banquet facility owners are keeping a keen eye on, hoping a rising tide of attention on MGM Springfield will allow them to shine as well.

List of area Meeting & Convention Facilities

Selling Uniqueness

Mary Kay Wydra, president of the Greater Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB), is pleased to hear venue operators looking at the benefits MGM will bring to the city in terms of awareness and new business.

“From the get-go, ever since the subject of gaming was raised, we felt it was something that could benefit our industry,” she told BusinessWest. “It’s always scary when new competition comes into the marketplace, but what our members — and members of the regional tourism industry — see is a powerful brand, and what it will do in terms of bringing people here. And our hope is that they come for MGM but stay for other things, experience other attractions.”

Wydra said any convention business MGM attracts will be a net positive for the region’s hospitality industry as a whole.

“From a convention standpoint, we’re super excited about what the development will do to downtown in terms of adding to the inventory we have — 250 brand-new hotel rooms; retail, which is lacking downtown; entertainment options like bowling and movies, all right on Main Street and walkable,” she said. “That’s very exciting for us, and it enhances the package we sell as a city. These are things other areas are eager for.”

Basketball Hall of Fame President and CEO John Doleva says MGM, which lies right across the highway, has been a “terrific neighbor” so far, and promises to boost business for many Springfield-area venues.

Doleva said the Hall of Fame is well-suited — as are the CVB and MGM itself — to attract conventions and large groups to the city, and it can be an asset to large groups that come in for special events, even for those that come specifically for the casino.

“The Hall of Fame is a unique venue, something special. It’s not just four walls, not the same old place, but a place to be inspired, to come out and have a nice dinner in a unique venue and be able to partake in the many activities in the museum,” he explained. “I don’t see that we’ll be in heavy competition with MGM for the kinds of things we do now. As for the new business coming to the community, we’ll compete for that with great food and great service.”

Rosskothen told BusinessWest that it’s difficult to predict MGM’s impact on hospitality businesses outside Springfield, noting that his company provides catering services for the Barney Estate in Forest Park but its signature facilities are located in Holyoke.

“It’s hard to know what will happen,” he went on. “I do know we’re stronger now than we’ve ever been, so the challenge for us is, how do we continue to distinguish ourselves as a unique, locally owned product? The word ‘unique’ is pretty important to us; we’re always trying to find ways to keep our product relevant.”

That said, he went on, competition drives the Log Cabin, with its sweeping, scenic views, and the Delaney House, with its attached hotel, to be better, casino or no casino.

“There’s no arguing that. To me, it’s all about the qualities we offer — the amazing locations, the incredible views, how we use those assets and continue to be as unique as we can to attract people.”

Another asset Rosskothen, and other well-established venues, can lean on is their deep roots in Western Mass., which counts for something, he said.

“I think one of the strengths of the Valley is that people are pretty passionate about local businesses, and the fact that we’re locally owned and locally operated gives us a competitive advantage against that casino,” he noted. “There’s something to be said for that in this day and age, and it’s a strength of ours.”

Mike McKenna, director of Dining & Event Services Hampshire College, had the same take regarding business at the college’s Red Barn banquet facility (see story, page 34).

“I don’t believe the casino will be a competitor for us,” he said. “We provide a uniquely different experience for our clients, and I do not see that changing after the casino opens.”

Game On

Wydra reiterated that, while attractions like Six Flags, the Hall of Fame, and Springfield Museums stand to benefit more obviously from convention bookings at MGM Springfield, other area meeting facilities should still see the development as a net positive.

“We’re very bullish on MGM and excited for them to be added to the mix here,” she said. “Those who will do well are those who are embracing it, finding ways to work with them and get the word out.”

So, while he probably can’t count on 40,000 motorists arriving at the Hall of Fame by accident, Doleva is on board with the feeling that venues that have something different to offer will continue to stand out even after MGM opens its doors in Springfield’s South End.

“Any place that has something very unique — that breaks out of the mainstream four walls, that promises a special experience — is going to do very well,” he said. “We certainly look forward to working with MGM; they’ve been terrific neighbors so far, very communicative and very supportive of the Hall of Fame. I can only see business increasing with more people coming to the city and discovering what the region has to offer.”

Joseph Bednar can be reached at [email protected]

Old Meets New at the Red Barn at Hampshire College

By BusinessWest Staff January 10, 2017

Meetings & Conventions Sections

Rustic Retreat

The Red Barn’s outdoor deck, overlooking the scenic grounds, is a draw for events of all kinds.

The first thing guests of the Red Barn at Hampshire College notice is that, well, they’re in a barn.

It’s what the college has done with that barn that sets the facility apart, said Mike McKenna, director of Dining & Event Services at Hampshire College.

The Red Barn has existed in some form for almost 200 years, but for most of that time, it was a simple post-and-beam structure designed to house livestock and farm equipment, with hay storage in the loft. The barn was originally built in 1820 in conjunction with Stiles House, which is now the college’s Alumni House.

The transformation from that space to what exists today began as a student project in the spring of 1971, the first year Hampshire College was open, when a group of students in the Humanities and Arts course, along with their professor, Norton Juster, undertook a design for the barn’s renovation.

“They surveyed the site and existing structure, conducted a survey of the Hampshire community to determine its preferences for use of the building, and made plans for its renovation,” McKenna said. “The students decided that the college needed a community center, and proposed to use this building to create one.”

The students found that the basic structure was sound, he explained, and the space within it appealing. “The plans attempted to maintain the character of the space, while opening it up with many large windows. In addition, plans were made for plumbing, heating, insulation, and electricity, as well as ensuring compliance with building codes.”

Several trustees, impressed with the project concept, funded its construction, McKenna noted. A professional construction supervisor was hired to work with student labor, mostly during the summers, and outside subcontractors were brought on for the utility work. The project was finally completed in 1974, establishing a multi-purpose space that has been in use by the Hampshire community ever since.

Since the renovation, the Red Barn has hosted a variety of college-sponsored meetings, events, and banquets throughout each academic year. Students frequently hold dances and concerts there, and a number of big-name acts have performed in the space. But the Red Barn is open to any group, not just Hampshire students and alumni.

What draws party and meeting planners, McKenna said, is the facility’s unique blend of old and new, rustic and high-tech. While the space has become widely known as a destination for weddings and receptions, the most recent growth has been in the realm of corporate meetings, trainings, conferences, and special events throughout the year.

“This end of our business has increased considerably since the installation of high-end audio/video equipment in 2014,” McKenna noted, adding that the Red Barn now offers full-service audio-visual support with equipment and services including wi-fi, a video projector with a drop-down screen, a built-in sound system, and videoconferencing capabilities.

For this issue’s focus on meetings and conventions, BusinessWest takes a look inside the Red Barn and explores why this building with a long, rural past is looking toward a promising future.

Business and Pleasure

It’s not all business at the Red Barn, which hosts events ranging from showers and bar and bat mitzvahs to memorials, anniversaries, and birthday parties. The facility also hosts annual events for local nonprofits, including the Amherst Ballet, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and the United Way.

Still, weddings (typically 65 to 70 annually) remain the Red Barn’s bread and butter, and one look around the expansive grounds — particularly a massive oak tree under which many couples have been hitched — shows why.

“We’ve seen significant growth in our wedding business in the past three years, increasing bookings by 170%,” McKenna said, before reeling off a raft of accolades: Best of Amherst Small Business 2016, Best of Weddings three years running from the Knot, Couple’s Choice 2016 and Editor’s Pick 2015 from Wedding Wire, and Best Farm-to-Table Catering 2015 from Unique Venues.

Those plaudits are no accident, McKenna said, but the result of long-term planning to create a spacious, versatile facility that draws on the past while taking advantage of technologically modern amenities.

The renovation of the early-19th-century barn, completed in 1974, maintained its original post-and-beam structure and floors.

The physical space features the original wide-panel flooring inside the original post-and-beam structure, with the large windows, a highlight of the 1970s remodel, offering scenic views of the Mount Holyoke Range. The back deck provides similar vistas and is ideal for barbecues, picnics, and group outings. Meanwhile, McKenna added, proximity to major highways, hotels, and bus lines offer ease of accessibility.

McKenna said the food service is another draw to the Red Barn, adopting a farm-to-table philosophy centered around local ingredients whenever possible. “We proudly support the Hampshire College Farm Center and local farmers to provide guests with the freshest products available from the Pioneer Valley.”

Notable entrees include pan-seared beef tenderloin with zinfandel balsamic or red wine demi-glaze, chicken roulade stuffed with spinach and fontina cheese, local striped bass with a fennel and apple slaw, and butternut squash ravioli. Favorite appetizers range from risotto arrancini to mini crabcakes with remoulade; from an herbed cheese, prosciutto, and asparagus roll to a Mediterranean display, featuring tabbouleh, hummus, stuffed grape leaves, assorted olives, roasted red peppers, marinated mushrooms, pita chips, and rosemary focaccia triangles.

And don’t forget the Red Barn’s signature drink, McKenna noted, known as the Barn Brew: a spiced apple cocktail with fresh pressed cider, apple liquor, and vodka, garnished with a cinnamon stick. Meanwhile, party planners can choose from several open- and cash-bar beverage options.

“Our staff works with our clients to customize menus that meet the specific needs of their guests,” he added. “Our culinary team is well-versed with preparing vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free menu items. Menus can be as elegant or as informal as a client wishes, with plated service or buffet options for guests.”

Contemporary Touches

Whatever the event, McKenna said, the staff assists clients with the coordination of all details and on-site event management. Aiming to be a one-stop shop for event coordination, services include room setups, AV, catering, equipment rentals, linens, floral arrangements, signage, and parking. The full-service AV equipment includes complimentary wi-fi.

He noted that many of the Red Barn’s offerings reflect elements that today’s party and meeting planners are looking for — particularly versatility and flexibility in room setups and décor; a variety of table and chair options to suit the style of the event; fresh, innovative, and sustainable catering options; menu customization and dietary accommodations; easy-to-use ‘plug-and-play’ AV equipment; and attractive surroundings to provide both indoor and outdoor amenities to guests — and sets these modern trends inside a decidedly 19th-century aesthetic framework.

The result, he added, has been significant growth in not only wedding business, but in corporate bookings over the past couple of years — growth that has been enhanced by increasing corporate-meeting business across the industry over the past several years as the economy has improved.

“I believe companies are increasing the number of meetings and events they are hosting off-site, but are mindful of the overall cost of such events,” McKenna told BusinessWest. “Our staff works with the client to ensure meetings and events come within budget at the greatest value to the client.”

And it all starts with booking an event in a barn.

Joseph Bednar can be reached at [email protected]

Building Permits

By BusinessWest Staff January 10, 2017

Building Permits Departments

The following business permits were issued during the month of December 2016.

Chicopee

East Elm Corp.
551 East St.
$6,500 — Replace broken glass, doors, block, brick due to car damage

St. Stanislaw Society
21 Chestnut St.
$31,000 — Remodel bathrooms

East Longmeadow

Lenox American Saw
301 Chestnut St.
$1,116,871 — Solar

Reminder Publications
280 North Main St.
$39,600 — Carport with solar array

Greenfield

278-302 Main St. LLC
278 Main St.
$11,250 — Roofing

Sander Greenfield LLC
367 Federal St.
$35,000 — Construct two new accessible bathrooms, doors, and windows

Hadley

GNC
344 Russell St.
$83,000 — Interior ‘vanilla box’ construction to prepare for GNC fit-out

Town of Hadley
15 East St.
$237,894 — Roof replacement at public-safety complex

Ludlow

ALM Group
109-121 State St.
$11,500 — Roofing

Black Diamond Development
485 Holyoke St.
$39,000 — Commercial alterations

Edgar Minnie
4-8 White St.
$40,000 — Commercial alterations

Northampton

St. Mary’s Church
3 Elm St.
$10,246 — Chimney repair

Thornes Marketplace LLC
150 Main St.
$5,215 — Soundproof walls, build wood ceiling

Palmer

Baystate Wing Hospital
40 Wright St.
$5,000 — Demolish stairs and gazebo

Springfield

ARCP MT Springfield MA LLC
800 Boston Road
$503,568 — Alter retail tenant space for 5 Star Supermarket

Basser-Kaufman
510 Parker St.
$575,000 — Alter tenant space for Planet Fitness

City of Springfield
60 Alton St.
$963,321 — Walls, roofing, and HVAC for STEM Middle Academy

City of Springfield
90 Berkshire St.
$1,105,221 — Window and exterior door replacement, install ADA-accessible ramp and walkway, make bathroom unisex and ADA-compliant at Springfield Public Day High School

Dwight Station LLP
95 Frank B. Murray St.
$350,000 — Alter tenant space for Sunrise Behavioral Health Center

Augusto Garcia
624 Boston Road
$200,000 — Create accessible bathroom and new walk-in cooler at Domino’s Pizza

Mercy Medical Center
299 Carew St.
$651,101 — Interior renovations for a medical office

Orange Park Management LLC
13 Oak St.
$12,500 — Construction of foundation for proposed additions

Polman Realty LLC
2001 Roosevelt Ave.
$304,670 — Alter space for phase 3 at Baystate Charter School

Ware

Country Bank
15 South St.
$152,000 — Phase 2 of renovation project

Wilbraham

Wilbraham & Monson Academy
423-451 Main St.
$1,500 — Renovate storage area to laundry room and bathroom

Amy Zander
2424 Boston Road
$739,598 — Construct new veterinary hospital

Amy Zander
2424 Boston Road
$5,000 — Demolish and remove existing structure

Real Estate Transactions

By BusinessWest Staff January 10, 2017

Departments Real Estate

FRANKLIN COUNTY

BERNARDSTON

48 Hillcrest Dr.
Bernardston, MA 01337
Amount: $191,100
Buyer: Paul C. Skiathitis
Seller: Edward W. Banach
Date: 11/30/16

BUCKLAND

188 Lower St.
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $124,500
Buyer: Cheyenne A. Dufresne
Seller: Matthew S. Thompson
Date: 11/29/16

CHARLEMONT

34 Johnson Road
Charlemont, MA 01339
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Christopher E. Geier
Seller: Ruth E. Werner
Date: 11/29/16

8 Mountain Road
Charlemont, MA 01339
Amount: $174,900
Buyer: Edward D. Hazel
Seller: FNMA
Date: 11/30/16

280 Zoar Road
Charlemont, MA 01339
Amount: $1,100,000
Buyer: Woodland MHP LLC
Seller: Woodland Park Inc.
Date: 12/09/16

COLRAIN

11 Church St.
Colrain, MA 01340
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Amanda S. Haney
Seller: Tim A. Dusenberry
Date: 12/02/16

149 Old Cricket Hill Road
Conway, MA 01341
Amount: $237,000
Buyer: Troy R. Lucier
Seller: Russell TR
Date: 12/07/16

25 Phillips Hill Road
Colrain, MA 01340
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Walter H. Keintzel
Seller: Christina D. Bell
Date: 12/02/16

DEERFIELD

40 Sugarloaf St.
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $219,000
Buyer: Joseph E. Charnley
Seller: John F. Sobieski
Date: 12/09/16

GREENFIELD

25 Cedar St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $165,900
Buyer: Lindsi Chail
Seller: Jane A. Brady
Date: 11/28/16

410 Davis St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $175,500
Buyer: William K. Bettencourt
Seller: Sean P. Pierce
Date: 11/28/16

31 Gold St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Elizabeth J. Perry
Seller: Perry, Raymond G. Jr., (Estate)
Date: 12/05/16

78 Lincoln St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $179,500
Buyer: Helen L. Murphy
Seller: Kathryn K. Roszko
Date: 11/30/16

35 Meadow Lane
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Richard Alexander
Seller: Susan N. Lemeshow
Date: 12/02/16

36 Phillips St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Alex R. Cowley
Seller: Edward R. Desmaisons
Date: 12/08/16

30-D Phyllis Lane
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $249,000
Buyer: Nicholas B. Langlois
Seller: Aaron A. McCloud
Date: 12/09/16

412 Plain Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Yogesh Malik
Seller: Therese M. Root
Date: 11/30/16

260 Silver St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Van Bro Co. LLC
Seller: Fox Brook RT
Date: 11/30/16

40 Plantation Circle
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Wilmington Savings
Seller: Timothy J. Currier
Date: 12/08/16

31 Stetson Dr.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Sean P. Pierce
Seller: Anne D. Connington RET
Date: 11/28/16

270 Turners Falls Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $179,000
Buyer: Mathew D. Smith
Seller: Susanne Lacosse
Date: 11/28/16

53 Washburn Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Monkeith E. Arnold
Seller: First United Methodist Church
Date: 12/09/16

LEVERETT

43 Long Plain Road
Leverett, MA 01054
Amount: $192,000
Buyer: Brian A. Goodridge
Seller: Robert E. Hatt
Date: 12/07/16

LEYDEN

71 Glen Road
Leyden, MA 01301
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Patricia J. West
Seller: Scott C. West
Date: 12/05/16

443 West Leyden Road
Leyden, MA 01337
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Matthew Donahue
Seller: William R. Travis
Date: 12/09/16

MONTAGUE

58 High St.
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $145,500
Buyer: Joseph F. Sulda
Seller: Sicley, Carol D., (Estate)
Date: 11/30/16

85 K St.
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $139,000
Buyer: Hunter G. Swanson
Seller: Mary A. Greene
Date: 12/02/16

4 Main St.
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Lynn A. Abraham
Seller: Susan F. Conger
Date: 11/28/16

148 Montague City Road
Montague, MA 01301
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: J. Lucinda Kidder
Seller: Elizabeth A. Fitz
Date: 11/29/16

34 Park St.
Montague, MA 01349
Amount: $157,000
Buyer: William R. Travis
Seller: Matthew Donahue
Date: 12/09/16

2 Wrightson Ave.
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $199,500
Buyer: Kevin F. Manion
Seller: Gerald A. Thayer
Date: 12/09/16

NORTHFIELD

546 South Mountain Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Joshua C. Roman
Seller: Eric Smith-Kaeppel
Date: 12/09/16

16 Warwick Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $199,900
Buyer: Marie J. Ndiaye
Seller: Congdon INT
Date: 11/30/16

ORANGE

150 Drew Blvd.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $209,900
Buyer: Christine Ghidoni
Seller: Erik J. Rousseau
Date: 12/05/16

181 East Main St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Kyle Higgins
Seller: Macur Enterprises Inc.
Date: 12/06/16

56 Perry Road
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $174,000
Buyer: Ross Archambault
Seller: Christopher A. Dodge
Date: 11/28/16

502 South Main St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Robert J. Farrow
Seller: Bryan Gates
Date: 12/09/16

419 Tully Road
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $213,000
Buyer: Mark A. Sprague
Seller: Gregory R. McIntyre
Date: 12/02/16

230 West River St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $165,500
Buyer: Roxanne P. Kakitis
Seller: Robert L. Holst
Date: 12/01/16

123 Wheeler Ave.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Robert E. Wright
Seller: Joan D. Raughtigan
Date: 11/29/16

SHUTESBURY

85 Locks Pond Road
Shutesbury, MA 01072
Amount: $332,114
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Moore, Stephen L., (Estate)
Date: 11/30/16

SUNDERLAND

2 Hubbard Hill Road
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Chia-Yu H. Lo
Seller: MCM Capital Partners LLC
Date: 12/01/16

WHATELY

191 Christian Lane
Whately, MA 01093
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Jamie H. Scott
Seller: Gromaski IRT
Date: 11/30/16

HAMPDEN COUNTY

AGAWAM

50 Albert St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Michael Quinlan
Seller: Jessica Nuzzolilli
Date: 12/02/16

43 Alhambra Circle North
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $236,500
Buyer: Victor Ostas
Seller: Mark A. Graveline
Date: 11/30/16

248 Barry St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $305,000
Buyer: Conrad J. Lariviere
Seller: John L. Franco
Date: 12/02/16

8 Carmen Ave.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: David E. Borowski
Seller: Craig A. Luczynski
Date: 12/08/16

45 Cedar Knoll Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $385,000
Buyer: Hiep Le
Seller: Anatoliy Belozerov
Date: 11/28/16

32 Colonial Ave.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $194,500
Buyer: Jason Rheaume
Seller: Paul R. Gauthier
Date: 12/02/16

88 Jennie Circle
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Tarkan Topcuoglu
Seller: Rachel F. Moura
Date: 11/29/16

198 North Westfield St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $181,000
Buyer: Andrei Shyshla
Seller: Cheryl A. Weber
Date: 12/05/16

21 Parker St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $212,500
Buyer: Anthony S. Bohn
Seller: Tony W. Nascembeni
Date: 12/06/16

57 Perry Lane
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $185,650
Buyer: Brandon Kubik
Seller: Althea A. Cowles
Date: 12/02/16

99 Pleasant Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $248,000
Buyer: Joshua W. Gehring
Seller: Edward Smaha
Date: 11/28/16

6 Ridgeway Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Thomas M. Hamilton
Seller: Renee Hamilton
Date: 12/01/16

109 Shoemaker Lane
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Ruslan Yusenko
Seller: Haskins, Grace E., (Estate)
Date: 11/30/16

468 Southwick St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Timothy L. Seidl
Seller: Sherrill A. Montessi
Date: 12/02/16

121 Westview Lane
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $422,538
Buyer: Jeffrey T. Robb
Seller: Poplar Development LLC
Date: 12/09/16

94 White Fox Road
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $148,000
Buyer: Angelica Ochoa-Mayo
Seller: Citizens Bank
Date: 11/29/16

BLANDFORD

74 Main St.
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Brenton R. Keefe
Seller: Robbin L. Conde
Date: 12/08/16

BRIMFIELD

73 Brookfield Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $192,000
Buyer: Jonathan R. Balderelli
Seller: R&K Int
Date: 12/09/16

67 Marsh Hill Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $399,999
Buyer: Annett Farrington-Kramer
Seller: David M. Kornacki
Date: 12/09/16

25 Tower Hill Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Daniel J. Cohen
Seller: Jean M. Frazier
Date: 12/09/16

19 Paige Hill Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Uriah T. Smith
Seller: John H. Degnan
Date: 12/02/16

CHICOPEE

105 5th Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Thomas D. Knightly
Seller: June R. Knightly
Date: 12/09/16

21 Adams St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $187,500
Buyer: Jesus Guzman
Seller: Michael Donskoy
Date: 11/29/16

5 Arcade St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $151,900
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Christina Corey
Date: 12/02/16

127 Beauchamp Terrace
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Heather M. Longley
Seller: Thomas F. Hurley
Date: 12/02/16

53 Beverly St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Anthony M. Lee
Seller: Joel Rodriguez
Date: 12/09/16

96 Beverly St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $199,000
Buyer: Christian J. Serrano
Seller: Moises Pagan
Date: 11/30/16

143 Blanan Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Melissa L. Kolek
Date: 12/08/16

117 Caddyshack Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $500,000
Buyer: Dennis L. Pelletier
Seller: Thomas J. Jendrysik
Date: 12/07/16

17 Charbonneau Terrace
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Inga Foksha
Seller: Delia Cendeno
Date: 12/09/16

33 Cortland St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: David N. Sevostyanov
Seller: Kellie M. Aldrich
Date: 11/30/16

50 Deroy Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $237,500
Buyer: Joseph M. Parente
Seller: Joanna U. Boutin
Date: 12/09/16

525 East Main St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $119,000
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: William E. Mitchell
Date: 12/02/16

466 Front St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Dominic A. Iannuzzi
Seller: Eric Poirier
Date: 11/28/16

199 Jacob St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $189,900
Buyer: Ozkan Yagan
Seller: Audrey Laroche
Date: 12/09/16

44 Juliette St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $129,000
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Robert A. Cramer
Date: 11/29/16

Lombard Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $2,170,604
Buyer: GR Realty 2 LLC
Seller: Blue Bird MHS LLC
Date: 12/08/16

69 Main St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Veden LLC
Seller: Roofers & Slaters Local 248
Date: 12/09/16

23 Marguerite St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Chonvee Heng
Seller: Kim M. Schmidt
Date: 12/09/16

N/A
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $2,170,604
Buyer: GR Realty 2 LLC
Seller: Blue Bird MHS LLC
Date: 12/08/16

44 Parenteau Court
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $287,500
Buyer: Jacek Wanat
Seller: David M. Pise
Date: 11/30/16

70 Pine St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Samantha J. Soli
Seller: Lemay, Roland A., (Estate)
Date: 12/02/16

40 Rita St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $156,000
Buyer: German L. Santiago
Seller: Margaret A. Chartier
Date: 11/30/16

84 Rochester St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Justin M. Edington
Seller: N. Riley Realty LLC
Date: 12/08/16

896 Sheridan St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $901,000
Buyer: JJN Realty LLC
Seller: TJK Realty LLC
Date: 12/06/16

6 Sunset Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $157,000
Buyer: Collette Paro
Seller: Stefanie C. Adkison
Date: 11/28/16

133 Syrek St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Maria Delcarmen-Calderon
Seller: Melinda Couture
Date: 12/05/16

25 Thomas St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Jesus M. Garcia
Seller: N. Riley Realty LLC
Date: 11/28/16

43 Thornwood St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Joseph M. Skawinski
Seller: Nancy A. Misialek
Date: 11/28/16

88 Vadnais St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $168,900
Buyer: George Landry
Seller: John P. Howard
Date: 12/02/16

24 Walnut St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $125,500
Buyer: Hussein Hamadi
Seller: Juliette R. Buchanan
Date: 12/09/16

125 Walter St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $305,000
Buyer: Monicah N. Mwangi-Maguta
Seller: Sergey Dikan
Date: 12/05/16

EAST LONGMEADOW

303 Allen St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $247,500
Buyer: Paul E. Romanko
Seller: Edward J. Linehan
Date: 12/02/16

34 Anne St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $126,400
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Kimberly J. Bousquet
Date: 12/01/16

175 Braeburn Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Roman Catholic Bishop Of Springfield
Seller: Roland D. Gelinas
Date: 12/06/16

39 Day Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $212,000
Buyer: Christopher J. Bolduc
Seller: Richard A. Kroll
Date: 11/30/16

90 Hanward Hill
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Joseph T. Chisholm
Seller: Lynda Glenn-Healey
Date: 12/08/16

39 Pondview Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $606,830
Buyer: James R. Channing
Seller: Joseph Chapdelaine & Sons
Date: 12/05/16

46 Putting Green Circle
East Longmeadow, MA 01108
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Vincent G. Laduke
Seller: Mary A. Laduke
Date: 12/05/16

30 John St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Caitlin Leone
Seller: Frank Iovine
Date: 12/02/16

12 Knollwood Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $151,000
Buyer: Karen L. Merrill
Seller: Archie H. Plante
Date: 11/29/16

15 Lombard Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Heather R. Magnus
Seller: Brian Baker
Date: 11/30/16

2 Lull St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $138,000
Buyer: John R. Carney
Seller: Krista L. Proctor-Traynor
Date: 11/28/16

167 Millbrook Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $445,000
Buyer: Erin N. Duchesne
Seller: Henry H. Kuok
Date: 12/02/16

Overlook Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $279,000
Buyer: Peppino Maruca
Seller: Pamela L. Hood
Date: 11/29/16

49 Saint Joseph Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Lancelot V. Watson
Seller: Caswell Boreland
Date: 12/01/16

19 Silver Fox Lane
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Joshua Labarre
Seller: C&M Builders LLC
Date: 12/02/16

2 Winterberry Lane
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $410,000
Buyer: Mark P. Denver
Seller: Douglas R. Bessette
Date: 12/08/16

HAMPDEN

36 Raymond Dr.
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $219,000
Buyer: Erica S. Kimball
Seller: James E. Clarke
Date: 11/28/16

HOLLAND

65 East Brimfield Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Zachary J. Gendreau
Seller: Leonard A. Hess
Date: 12/09/16

11 Island Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: Lynn L. Croteau TR
Seller: Richard M. Silverman
Date: 12/08/16

HOLYOKE

39-41 Belvidere Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Margaret M. Magri
Seller: William R. Klopfer
Date: 11/30/16

85-87 Calumet Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Michael B. Miseph
Seller: Gator LLC
Date: 12/05/16

10 Columbia St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Jaysleen Gonzalez
Seller: Robert W. Chipman
Date: 11/28/16

369 Jarvis Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $214,000
Buyer: Luis A. Rivera
Seller: Anthony R. Lavigne
Date: 12/06/16

25 Orchard St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Sakare Anderson
Seller: Sofia Lemons
Date: 12/09/16

84 Sargeant St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Jackson Canal LLC
Seller: Holyoke Redevelopment Authority
Date: 12/09/16

8 Sheehan Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $161,500
Buyer: Miguel A. Rivera
Seller: Caitlin E. Bonafilia
Date: 11/30/16

31 Steiger Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $377,500
Buyer: Marianne G. O’Leary
Seller: Frank D. Jimerson
Date: 11/30/16

114 Vermont St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $206,000
Buyer: Richard W. Gauthier
Seller: Elizabeth Breen-Sardella
Date: 12/02/16

LONGMEADOW

23 Belleclaire Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $262,500
Buyer: Jordan Montoya
Seller: Geoffrey E. Rosenblat
Date: 12/01/16

34 Colony Acres Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $354,000
Buyer: Jennifer Sklar
Seller: Richard X. Butera
Date: 12/09/16

36 Converse St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $221,000
Buyer: Joseph Santaniello
Seller: Toby K. Simonoff
Date: 11/29/16

273 Converse St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: James L. Marvel
Seller: Mark D. Cress
Date: 11/30/16

90 Dartmouth Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $530,520
Buyer: David M. Decandio
Seller: Bruce H. Leshine
Date: 12/06/16

34 Drury Lane
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $317,500
Buyer: Eric Haviland
Seller: Joslyn Banas
Date: 12/09/16

50 Hilltop Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $450,000
Buyer: Richard W. Purrington
Seller: Vinodray R. Shah
Date: 11/28/16

86 Longmeadow St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: John Brock
Seller: Seth A. Marshall
Date: 11/29/16

97 Maple Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $262,900
Buyer: Dawn M. Nay
Seller: Adrian Phaneuf
Date: 12/09/16

41 Roseland Terrace
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Etavab RT
Seller: Mary E. Gray
Date: 11/30/16

69 Sheffield Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $255,500
Buyer: Shawn Cummings
Seller: Kmetz, Richard, (Estate)
Date: 12/09/16

LUDLOW

18 Bowles Ave.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Shirley C. St.John
Seller: Richard A. Andre
Date: 12/09/16

84 Cardinal Circle
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $370,000
Buyer: Richard Andre
Seller: Kenneth Valentine
Date: 12/09/16

1212 Center St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: William G. Leblanc
Seller: Machado, Richard, (Estate)
Date: 12/08/16

292 Howard St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $144,000
Buyer: Shawn M. Qualls
Seller: Patricia A. Swiderski
Date: 11/30/16

16-18 Munsing Ave.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Nelson R. Rodrigues
Seller: Michael Chapdelaine
Date: 12/01/16

165 Prospect St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: Lisa A. Knowles-Warren
Seller: Mya Realty LLC
Date: 11/29/16

64 Prospect St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Minerva Santana
Date: 11/30/16

300 Winsor St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $163,500
Buyer: Philip S. Tomkiel
Seller: Deidra M. Thompson
Date: 11/28/16

MONSON

127 Town Farm Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $379,000
Buyer: Ross T. Pelletier
Seller: Stephen W. Roy
Date: 12/09/16

126 Upper Hampden Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $314,900
Buyer: Raymond J. Downey
Seller: Martin R. Bolduc
Date: 12/09/16

51 Wales Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Nicholas L. Flebotte
Seller: Andrew P. Beaulieu
Date: 11/28/16

4 Zuell Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $215,040
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: David J. Kane
Date: 11/29/16

PALMER

324 Burlingame Road
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $329,900
Buyer: Martin R. Bolduc
Seller: Michael E. Lacoste
Date: 12/09/16

27 Fox St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $149,900
Buyer: Ra Tim
Seller: Scott D. Wolf
Date: 11/30/16

85 Jim Ash Road
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $269,000
Buyer: Luke E. Venneri
Seller: Gordon R. Fettes
Date: 11/28/16

1019-1021 Maple St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $169,500
Buyer: Noria A. Gomez
Seller: Lawrence J. Ochs
Date: 12/05/16

77 North St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Daniel M. Darling
Seller: Edward H. Smola
Date: 11/30/16

55 Olney Road
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $252,500
Buyer: Wells Fargo Bank
Seller: Philip J. Burns
Date: 12/01/16

1428 Park St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $161,000
Buyer: Kathleen Allan-Gadbois
Seller: Gabriel B. Mansfield
Date: 12/06/16

3 Silvia St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Gareth E. Desautels
Seller: Donald J. Allain
Date: 11/28/16

RUSSELL

1172 Huntington Road
Russell, MA 01071
Amount: $247,500
Buyer: Michael G. Lyman
Seller: Anthony D. Maloni
Date: 12/01/16

SPRINGFIELD

974 Allen St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Alanna Williams
Seller: Shannon M. Maliqi
Date: 12/08/16

76 Alwin Place
Springfield, MA 01101
Amount: $390,000
Buyer: Thomas D. Moore
Seller: Grahams Construction Inc.
Date: 12/06/16

797 Armory St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $131,900
Buyer: Anthony Torres
Seller: Luis A. Rivera
Date: 12/06/16

62-64 Avon Place
Springfield, MA 01105
Amount: $1,255,000
Buyer: MNBC LLC
Seller: Monaco-Western Mass. Properties
Date: 12/05/16

69 Alwin Place
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $374,000
Buyer: Hamid Hussain
Seller: Grahams Construction Inc.
Date: 12/02/16

75 Avon Place
Springfield, MA 01105
Amount: $695,000
Buyer: MNBC LLC
Seller: Avon Place Real Estate Assoc.
Date: 12/05/16

38 Bacon Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $144,000
Buyer: Ann F. Baj
Seller: Eleanore A. Messier
Date: 11/28/16

28 Barton St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $143,000
Buyer: Jeffrie Bodon
Seller: Erica I. Capeles
Date: 11/30/16

720 Berkshire Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Hann Realty Berkshire Inc.
Seller: Keith Archambault
Date: 11/30/16

61 Bircham St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Luis A. Rodriguez
Seller: Lynne McDonough
Date: 11/30/16

76 Birchland Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Angela M. Richards
Seller: Andrew R. Dacruz
Date: 11/30/16

160 Bolton St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $219,900
Buyer: Mental Health Association
Seller: Joseph E. Lyons
Date: 12/09/16

744 Bradley Road
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $139,900
Buyer: Diane H. Stone
Seller: Daphne M. Reid
Date: 11/28/16

38 Cara Lane
Springfield, MA 01028
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Carlos E. Restrepo
Seller: Sandra H. Starczewski
Date: 11/30/16

72 Cara Lane
Springfield, MA 01028
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Matthew J. Fontaine
Seller: Heather R. Magnus
Date: 11/30/16

31-33 Carver St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $161,738
Buyer: USA HUD
Seller: Donna Lessard
Date: 12/09/16

213 Corona St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $159,900
Buyer: Miguel A. Campos
Seller: John V. Nadeau
Date: 11/30/16

25 County St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Tishana Gomez
Seller: Sergey Savonin
Date: 12/02/16

30 Craig St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Christopher K. Frey
Seller: Lisa Santaniello
Date: 12/01/16

129 Croyden Terrace
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $129,000
Buyer: Angel O. Rivera-Alvez
Seller: Couch, Mary Ann, (Estate)
Date: 11/28/16

48 Dayton St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Richard Guirand
Seller: Llewelyn S. Dunwell
Date: 11/29/16

28 Doyle Ave.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: 114 Wellington Street TR
Seller: Elaine R. Radwanski
Date: 12/02/16

90 Edendale St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $141,000
Buyer: Cintia Rivera
Seller: Raul Gonzalez
Date: 12/09/16

19 Emmet St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Timothy Maynard
Seller: Andrzej Lipski
Date: 12/09/16

98 Ferncliff Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Ryan C. Shewchuk
Seller: Blueline Management LLC
Date: 12/01/16

209 Forest Hills Road
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $141,000
Buyer: Gerard Szymczyk
Seller: Gary Wright
Date: 12/07/16

53 Geneva St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Ileana Castillo
Seller: PAS Development Inc.
Date: 11/30/16

365 Grand Valley Road
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: David P. Robillard
Seller: David Robillard
Date: 12/02/16

152 Grayson Dr.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $214,900
Buyer: Ryan W. Kalriess
Seller: Green Fields Inc.
Date: 12/07/16

814 Grayson Dr.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $129,000
Buyer: Yamaira Gonzalez
Seller: Candis A. Rose
Date: 11/30/16

38 Greaney St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: James Rooney
Seller: Labrecque, Rita F., (Estate)
Date: 12/08/16

96 Hermitage Dr.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Elizabeth Alicea-Torres
Seller: Annmarie Alexander
Date: 11/29/16

208 Jeffrey Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $207,000
Buyer: Clarence Boateng
Seller: Thomas D. Moore
Date: 12/06/16

47 Judith St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $151,000
Buyer: Walter L. Hoskins
Seller: Kathleen M. Cahill
Date: 12/02/16

199 Keddy St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $174,900
Buyer: Julissa Ramirez
Seller: Alyssa L. Stebbins
Date: 12/02/16

391 Kent Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $214,564
Buyer: Bayview Loan Servicing
Seller: Derek J. Kilmurray
Date: 12/05/16

30 Kirk Dr.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Joseph M. Ortiz
Seller: Home Equity Assets Realty
Date: 11/28/16

34-36 Leete St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $134,059
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Anna S. Matos
Date: 11/28/16

49 Mallowhill Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Carla M. Sylla
Seller: Constance C. Mandeville
Date: 11/30/16

95 Maplewood Terrace
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $146,600
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Stephanie L. Ehiwele
Date: 12/06/16

41 Margaret St.
Springfield, MA 01105
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Rinh Kim
Seller: Dennis J. Bertelli
Date: 11/29/16

48 Marmon St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $262,500
Buyer: Matthew W. Gladu
Seller: Propcity LLC
Date: 12/09/16

631 Newbury St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Brian E. Figueroa-Solis
Seller: Richard W. Owen
Date: 11/29/16

34 Normandy Road
Springfield, MA 01106
Amount: $341,000
Buyer: Jeffrey L. Cebula
Seller: Adelaide Firestone
Date: 11/30/16

64 Oak Hollow Road
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $241,000
Buyer: Roland J. Murdock
Seller: Benjamin F. Turnberg
Date: 12/07/16

149 Oakland St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: Lan Oak Realty LLC
Seller: Maria Decesare
Date: 12/02/16

1465 Parker St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Migdalia Montalvo
Seller: Brian J. McNally
Date: 11/28/16

1939 Parker St.
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: V. S. Provencio-Mendoza
Seller: Steven W. Hastings
Date: 12/09/16

580 Plainfield St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Kerim D. Senkal
Seller: Yevgeniy Norkin
Date: 12/05/16

1408 Plumtree Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $226,900
Buyer: Christopher C. Pickford
Seller: Richard P. Muise
Date: 12/02/16

385 Plumtree Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Wilmington Savings
Seller: Maria Lyon
Date: 12/02/16

108 Prouty St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $183,700
Buyer: Margaret G. Lynch
Seller: Carlos E. Restrepo
Date: 11/30/16

75 Rochelle St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $144,900
Buyer: Coloni Brown
Seller: MDDO LLC
Date: 12/02/16

14 Savoy Place
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Shadera D. Lewis
Seller: Bretta Construction LLC
Date: 11/30/16

155 Senator St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Corwin C. Waddell
Seller: Bao H. Nguyen
Date: 12/09/16

144 Spring St.
Springfield, MA 01105
Amount: $1,255,000
Buyer: MNBC LLC
Seller: Monaco-Western Mass Properties
Date: 12/05/16

Stuart St. (ES) #11
Springfield, MA 01101
Amount: $232,200
Buyer: Donald Coleman
Seller: East Coast Contracting
Date: 12/09/16

39 Tamarack Dr.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $206,500
Buyer: Efrain Bermeo
Seller: Catherine A. Gulluni
Date: 12/02/16

49 Tamarack Dr.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $239,000
Buyer: Ronald E. Russell
Seller: Michael A. Woytowicz
Date: 12/06/16

5 Teakwood Road
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $130,900
Buyer: Citimortgage Inc.
Seller: Laura A. Cox
Date: 12/08/16

86 Temby St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $189,900
Buyer: Cassandra F. Smith-Denson
Seller: Josh C. Haygood
Date: 12/02/16

131 Undine Circle
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $145,900
Buyer: Willmary Vega
Seller: Miguel A. Acevedo
Date: 12/05/16

97 Wachusett St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $242,500
Buyer: Deutsche Bank
Seller: Joann Johnson
Date: 11/29/16

83 Warrenton St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $167,000
Buyer: Ingrid M. Serrano
Seller: Global Homes Properties
Date: 11/30/16

98 Washburn St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $139,000
Buyer: Amedee Ortiz
Seller: Brian P. St.Amand
Date: 12/02/16

68-70 Watling St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $167,500
Buyer: Joao M. Pereira TR
Seller: Michael J. Hanifan
Date: 11/29/16

181 West Allen Ridge Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $165,500
Buyer: Jodi-Ann Williams
Seller: Patricia A. Manzi
Date: 11/30/16

8 White Birch Dr.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $184,000
Buyer: Jason Kleps
Seller: Jose Serrano
Date: 12/01/16

411 Wilbraham Road
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $198,000
Buyer: Jeremy Rodriguez
Seller: Christopher E. Wurszt
Date: 12/05/16

83 Winter St.
Springfield, MA 01105
Amount: $1,255,000
Buyer: MNBC LLC
Seller: Monaco-Western Mass Properties
Date: 12/05/16

14-16 Woodmont St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $208,000
Buyer: Jaime Vazquez
Seller: Elvin Blanco
Date: 12/01/16

211-213 Worthington St.
Springfield, MA 01103
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Edale Realty LLC
Seller: Laberty Properties Inc.
Date: 11/29/16

49 Yamaska Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $171,000
Buyer: Robert L. Hernandez
Seller: Edna T. Hansen
Date: 11/28/16

29 Zephyr Lane
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $153,000
Buyer: Jillian M. Chiaro
Seller: Frank J. Chiaro
Date: 12/01/16

SOUTHWICK

16 Bonnie View Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Tasos FT
Seller: Leigh M. Stellato
Date: 12/01/16

1 Gillette Ave.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Nicole K. McKona
Seller: Donald Nooney
Date: 12/05/16

14 Granaudo Circle
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Michael A. Morris
Seller: Amber L. Bach
Date: 12/08/16

131 Granville Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $425,000
Buyer: Guy Lariviere
Seller: Nancy L. Lane
Date: 12/02/16

151 Mort Vining Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $233,000
Buyer: David R. O’Brien
Seller: Thomas J. Dussault
Date: 12/02/16

10 Pine Knoll
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Amber L. Bach
Seller: Robert A. Silverstein
Date: 12/08/16

274 South Longyard Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $174,000
Buyer: Tedd C. Cecchetelli
Seller: Eric Payette
Date: 11/30/16

TOLLAND

207 Lakeside Dr.
Tolland, MA 01034
Amount: $395,000
Buyer: Edwin J. Hudson
Seller: Joan P. Maxson
Date: 11/30/16

WALES

12 Reed Hill Road
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $276,650
Buyer: Douglas Ritchie
Seller: Ross Tylor-Pelletier
Date: 12/02/16

2 Shaw Road
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $268,900
Buyer: Scott Valcourt
Seller: Denise L. Ard
Date: 12/07/16

26 Woodland Heights
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $187,096
Buyer: Sean C. Madura
Seller: Gary M. Pilon
Date: 11/30/16

WESTFIELD

17 Big Wood Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: Benjamin T. Taglieri
Seller: Patricia E. Sullivan
Date: 11/30/16

89 Crescent Circle
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $308,000
Buyer: Michael J. O’Neil
Seller: Laurette T. Bishop
Date: 11/30/16

542 East Mountain Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $198,000
Buyer: Jacob C. Danek
Seller: Arthur B. Bovino
Date: 12/09/16

167 Elizabeth Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $239,900
Buyer: Joseph D. Binan
Seller: Kimberly Sulek
Date: 12/09/16

164 Falley Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Nicholas J. Gezotis
Seller: Michael J. O’Neil
Date: 11/30/16

16 Glen Ridge Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Justin P. White
Seller: Nikolaus J. Schmitter
Date: 12/05/16

13 Jefferson St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $192,804
Buyer: Nationstar Mortgage LLC
Seller: Joshua Vincent
Date: 12/05/16

173 Main St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Laura C. Smithies
Seller: Rebecca A. Cekala
Date: 11/28/16

94 North Elm St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $3,800,000
Buyer: North Elm LLC
Seller: Ronald E. Schortmann
Date: 11/30/16

10 Parker Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $227,000
Buyer: Karl S. Menard
Seller: Michael Buckley
Date: 12/08/16

107 Pinehurst St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $167,000
Buyer: Trista M. Perrea
Seller: Benjamin Taglieri
Date: 11/30/16

71 Pochassic St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $179,900
Buyer: Christine Bussolari
Seller: Ba T. Pho
Date: 11/30/16

125 Ridgecrest Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Jeffrey Vanoudenhove
Seller: Joel E. Schwartz
Date: 12/09/16

399 Springdale Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $345,000
Buyer: Matthew A. Bonafilia
Seller: Kevin M. White
Date: 12/01/16

84 Susan Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $261,000
Buyer: Joshua M. Krassler
Seller: Stephan A. Warren
Date: 11/29/16

52 Woodbridge Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Nicholas D. Fitzgerald
Seller: USA HUD
Date: 11/28/16

WILBRAHAM

35 Burleigh Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $273,000
Buyer: Jennifer A. Grono
Seller: Kerry A. Tarpey
Date: 12/01/16

20 Eastwood Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $339,900
Buyer: Andrew Rostek
Seller: Lawrence G. Jenkins
Date: 11/30/16

19 Forest St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $136,000
Buyer: Kevin Woodard
Seller: John J. Manning
Date: 12/05/16

1158 Glendale Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $345,000
Buyer: Raymond Arroyo
Seller: DF Development & Construction Management
Date: 12/05/16

10 Herrick Place
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: William M. Falzone
Seller: Frances K. Mell
Date: 11/30/16

16 McIntosh Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $420,000
Buyer: William C. Nolan
Seller: Gary M. Hochheiser
Date: 12/09/16

26 Merrill Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $139,200
Buyer: Freedom Mortgage Corp.
Seller: Harry J. Tarzian
Date: 11/29/16

50 Oakland St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: Matthew S. Barkyoumb
Seller: FSV RET
Date: 12/01/16

8 Old Orchard Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Darell Mitchell
Seller: John W. Stearns
Date: 11/30/16

16 Porter Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $294,900
Buyer: Kevin Q. Corridan
Seller: Richard A. Coffey
Date: 11/30/16

160 Soule Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $352,500
Buyer: Michael E. Lacoste
Seller: Vincent Cardillo
Date: 12/09/16

32 Stonegate Circle
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $370,000
Buyer: Minhaj Moushum
Seller: John P. Sherbow
Date: 12/02/16

108 Stony Hill Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Jeanna Stewart
Seller: Jeffrey C. Allard
Date: 12/09/16

690 Stony Hill Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $340,000
Buyer: Sherwin Road RT
Seller: 911 Stony Hill Road LLC
Date: 12/05/16

1047 Tinkham Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $229,000
Buyer: James J. Mell
Seller: William Falzone
Date: 11/30/16

23 West Colonial Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $377,300
Buyer: Sydney L. Guevin
Seller: William F. Petrone
Date: 12/02/16

WEST SPRINGFIELD

82 Althea St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Donald C. Wood
Seller: Alexey Rudenko
Date: 12/05/16

1085 Amostown Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Cecelia Laporte
Seller: Anthony M. Cruz
Date: 11/28/16

17-19 Armstrong St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Jamie Piangerelli
Seller: Stacey D. Thomas
Date: 12/02/16

67 Armstrong St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $146,000
Buyer: Ceciley M. Fenno
Seller: Jeremy W. McPherson
Date: 11/28/16

25 Boulevard Place
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Shruti B. Oza
Seller: Nationstar Mortgage LLC
Date: 12/09/16

73 Craiwell Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $212,000
Buyer: Tara C. Garstka
Seller: Mary L. McCormick
Date: 11/30/16

340 Dewey St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $169,900
Buyer: James F. Lane
Seller: Nora M. Johnson
Date: 11/30/16

18 Elm Circle
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $151,000
Buyer: Olivia R. Saxer
Seller: Daniel W. Green
Date: 11/30/16

80-82 Irving St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Nariman Z. Askarov
Seller: Jason G. Martineau
Date: 11/30/16

72 Lennys Way
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $392,900
Buyer: Kevin M. White
Seller: William F. Messner
Date: 12/09/16

158 Lower Beverly Hills
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $182,900
Buyer: Carol A. Cote
Seller: John M. Clark
Date: 11/30/16

715 Main St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $184,000
Buyer: 715 Main Street Realty
Seller: Iqbal Murtaza
Date: 12/07/16

567 Morgan Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $395,000
Buyer: Bryan Castor
Seller: Raymond A. Callahan
Date: 11/28/16

218 Morton St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $219,900
Buyer: Kathleen P. Hamada
Seller: Joanne L. Bigelow
Date: 12/06/16

9 Norman St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Dominic Pompi
Seller: Antonio P. Argiro
Date: 12/08/16

264 Poplar Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $128,500
Buyer: Jeffrey R. Mitchell
Seller: Shirley M. Coyne
Date: 12/09/16

615 Rogers Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $183,000
Buyer: Angel R. Villar
Seller: Sheileen M. Goodman
Date: 12/08/16

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

AMHERST

107 Alpine Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $336,900
Buyer: Richard Graham-Maclean
Seller: Paul Dubin
Date: 12/08/16

87 Columbia Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Columbia Realty Income
Seller: Aaron M. Dulles
Date: 12/09/16

989 East Pleasant St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Xian G. Dole
Seller: Hettie C. Thompson
Date: 12/07/16

2 Edge Hill Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $258,000
Buyer: Kuo H. Lee
Seller: Venanzio Carbone
Date: 12/01/16

Pelham Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Amethyst Farm LLC
Seller: Joshua S. Goldstein
Date: 12/02/16

466 S. Pleasant St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Hang Z. Huang
Seller: Justin T. Serpone
Date: 12/01/16

BELCHERTOWN

28 Cloverhill Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $439,900
Buyer: Avelino S. Casimiro
Seller: Mark C. Pedro
Date: 12/01/16

453 Franklin St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Doug J. Cameron
Seller: Dahlia Development Ltd
Date: 11/29/16

25 Fuller St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Tabitha J. Baceski
Seller: Joan W. Hutchinson
Date: 11/30/16

31 Lamson Ave.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $317,500
Buyer: Kristen E. Carlson
Seller: Deep Woods Real Estate Development
Date: 12/02/16

14 Laurel Ridge Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: Slawomir Liminski
Seller: John V. Lombardi
Date: 12/01/16

471 Michael Sears Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $259,900
Buyer: Mathis Sherwood
Seller: Sandra M. Riley
Date: 12/09/16

140 Old Bay Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $420,000
Buyer: Julie D. Daigle
Seller: Antonio Jorge
Date: 12/09/16

15 Sherwood Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $242,000
Buyer: James R. Strong
Seller: Yih-Ming Hsiao
Date: 11/30/16

South Washington St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $274,716
Buyer: LJ Development LLC
Seller: Catherine L. Gaouette
Date: 12/09/16

3 Westwood Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $235,950
Buyer: Leslie R. Dougherty
Seller: Joel Brown
Date: 11/30/16

CUMMINGTON

395 West Cummington Road
Cummington, MA 01026
Amount: $128,000
Buyer: Dalton T. Noel
Seller: Benjamin K. Baumann
Date: 11/30/16

EASTHAMPTON

1-3 Clinton St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $168,000
Buyer: Jonathan N. Kelley
Seller: Brendan R. Flaherty
Date: 12/09/16

25 Colonial Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Emerald City Rentals LLC
Seller: Yellowbrick Property LLC
Date: 12/08/16

17 Golden Dr.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $339,900
Buyer: Paul Barry
Seller: Richard W. Gauthier
Date: 12/02/16

9 Gross Lane
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $294,800
Buyer: Erin M. Szalankiewicz
Seller: Westley Desotle
Date: 11/30/16

180 Main St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $256,000
Buyer: Elizabeth A. Rist
Seller: Glaskowsky, F. N., (Estate)
Date: 11/29/16

18 McKinley Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Rachel Tapley
Seller: Thomas S. Cameron
Date: 12/01/16

44 Oliver St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $326,500
Buyer: Ann E. Favorite-Lynch
Seller: Deborah L. Barr
Date: 12/09/16

9 Reservation Road
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $314,000
Buyer: Mark S. Maulucci
Seller: Shirley Gamble-Cordes
Date: 11/30/16

74 South St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $230,500
Buyer: Barry Decarli
Seller: Jill P. Burlingame
Date: 11/28/16

GOSHEN

41 Dresser Hill Road
Goshen, MA 01096
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Kurt R. Finch
Seller: Lucia M. Kielbasa
Date: 11/28/16

GRANBY

175 East St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Westover Metropolitan Development Corp.
Seller: Robert R. Fimbel
Date: 11/29/16

HATFIELD

26 Bridge St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $379,900
Buyer: Christina Sekaer
Seller: Kathleen Z. Zeamer
Date: 12/02/16

462 Main St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $281,000
Buyer: Paul C. Roud
Seller: Debra L. Overstreet
Date: 11/29/16

228 Straits Road
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $289,000
Buyer: Rips LLC
Seller: Loretta C. Stevens TR
Date: 12/06/16

HUNTINGTON

8 Bromley Road
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $198,000
Buyer: Richard D. Sherwood
Seller: Denise M. Petersen
Date: 11/28/16

68 Littleville Road
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $308,000
Buyer: Steven V. Cormier
Seller: D&B Fortin RET
Date: 12/02/16

MIDDLEFIELD

117 Clark Wright Road
Middlefield, MA 01243
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Keith A. Albee
Seller: Thomas Slipski
Date: 11/30/16

88 Town Hill Road
Middlefield, MA 01243
Amount: $188,000
Buyer: Michael W. Romanowski
Seller: Donald J. Savery
Date: 12/02/16

NORTHAMPTON

189 Bridge St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Louise W. Corbett
Seller: Peter P. Paniczko
Date: 12/09/16

32 Bright St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $405,000
Buyer: Thea N. Calkins
Seller: Kira A. Wojtech
Date: 12/08/16

8 Edgewood Terrace
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $281,500
Buyer: Nicole A. Long
Seller: Joann W. Aalfs LT
Date: 11/29/16

496 Elm St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Jonathan Dubinsky
Seller: Ryan M. Quinn
Date: 12/09/16

40 Garfield Ave.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $361,000
Buyer: Brad C. Timm
Seller: Marceline Ayres
Date: 12/02/16

37 Holyoke St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $322,500
Buyer: Eric N. Wolpin
Seller: John J. Boucher
Date: 12/08/16

48 Lake St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $249,000
Buyer: Cristen A. Nagle
Seller: Scott A. Morin
Date: 11/28/16

25 Madison Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Alina T. Gross
Seller: Barbara B. Edwards
Date: 12/08/16

273 Main St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $910,000
Buyer: Safe Journeys LLC
Seller: Francis A. Johnson
Date: 12/01/16

57 Redford Dr.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $217,000
Buyer: Kelli M. Steele
Seller: Paul M. Barry
Date: 12/01/16

552 Ryan Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $305,000
Buyer: Saharra Pensivy
Seller: James M. Brushway
Date: 12/08/16

101 Straw Ave.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Jessica L. Laclair
Seller: Bak, Helen C., (Estate)
Date: 11/30/16

15 Swan St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: David K. Marshall
Seller: Hollingsworth, Susan I., (Estate)
Date: 12/08/16

97 Vernon St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $972,446
Buyer: Sundeep M. Shukla
Seller: Bercume Construction LLC
Date: 11/30/16

PLAINFIELD

36 Bow St.
Plainfield, MA 01070
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Keith M. Patenaude
Seller: Birch Hollow LLC
Date: 12/09/16

98 North St.
Plainfield, MA 01070
Amount: $139,000
Buyer: Frances Vilbon
Seller: FNMA
Date: 12/08/16

75 North Central St.
Plainfield, MA 01070
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Barbara M. Taylor
Seller: Keith M. Patenaude
Date: 12/09/16

SOUTH HADLEY

25 Carriage Lane
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Phylicia M. Lavigne
Seller: Peter E. Shea
Date: 12/07/16

112 College St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Christopher B. Day
Seller: Nancy L. Gardiner
Date: 11/30/16

10 Dale St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $224,000
Buyer: Bruce Barrett
Seller: Rolanda J. Rattelle
Date: 12/02/16

200 East St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $304,000
Buyer: Asherah B. Allen
Seller: Rene S. Beauchemin
Date: 12/05/16

10 Enterprise St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $192,500
Buyer: Casey L. Miner
Seller: Robert Desrochers
Date: 11/30/16

140 Main St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $127,000
Buyer: Aaron Stark
Seller: Stark, David M., (Estate)
Date: 12/02/16

9 Marcel St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $222,000
Buyer: Marcie Whitman
Seller: Jennifer M. Vannoy
Date: 12/09/16

7 Overlook Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $282,500
Buyer: Samuel I. McArthur
Seller: Daniel W. Goble
Date: 11/29/16

275 Pearl St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $227,500
Buyer: Cara E. Sheedy
Seller: Christine Tropp-Orlen
Date: 12/08/16

41 River Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: David G. Klingener
Seller: J. Lucinda Kidder
Date: 11/28/16

13 West Cornell St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Luke Trahan
Seller: Helen T. Deshaies IRT
Date: 11/29/16

95 Willimansett St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Jaidan Realty Property Management
Seller: Carolanne Bright
Date: 11/30/16

SOUTHAMPTON

Woodmar Lane #F
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: G&F Custom Built Homes
Seller: Chester J. Kellogg
Date: 12/08/16

WARE

17 Lee Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Cory N. Stoner
Seller: Richard R. Tumolo
Date: 11/29/16

66 Pleasant St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $148,806
Buyer: Yellowbrick Property LLC
Seller: Yellowbrick Property LLC
Date: 11/30/16

5 Wildflower Dr.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Catharine M. Armentrout
Seller: Belco Construction Co. Inc.
Date: 11/29/16

WESTHAMPTON

71 Montague Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: Ryder J. Henderson
Seller: Strayer, Anne L., (Estate)
Date: 11/30/16

WILLIAMSBURG

32 Main St.
Williamsburg, MA 01096
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Dennis F. Crommett
Seller: Alan J. Bernhardt
Date: 12/09/16

WORTHINGTON

24 Old Main Road
Worthington, MA 01098
Amount: $174,000
Buyer: Drew A. Hornickel
Seller: Ashley L. Tompkins
Date: 12/09/16

187 Ridge Road
Worthington, MA 01098
Amount: $312,500
Buyer: Michael J. Marich
Seller: Kent S. Hicks

Doing Business As Certificates

By BusinessWest Staff January 10, 2017

DBA Certificates Departments

The following business certificates and trade names were issued or renewed during the month of December 2016.

Amherst

Alpine Commons
133 Belchertown Road
Mass Alpine Commons, LP

Amherst Family Chiropractic
228 Triangle St.
Robert Kane

Amherst Mediation Services
417 West St.
Oran Kaufman

Aspen Chased
615 Main St.
Aspen Chase Woodbridge LP

Big Y World Class Market
175 University Dr.
Big Y Foods Inc.

David Hillerby Photography Inc.
314 Amity St.
David Hillerby

Hair East
103 North Pleasant St.
Dawn Eichhorn

Law Office of Patricia A. McChesney
22 Lessey St., #320
Patricia A. McChesney

O’Carroll Associates International Consulting
1000 Bay Road
Joe O’Carroll, Annie Rogers

Santos Property Group
434 East Pleasant St.
Mark Santos

Zoen Resources
26 Woodlot Road
Irma Gonzalez

Belchertown

Blue Meadow Creations
43 Ware Road
Lori O’Connell

Boyko Landscaping
19 South Liberty St.
Gregory Boyko

Brian Anderson Builders
41 West St.
Brian Anderson

Greg Moss Photography
27 Shaw St.
Gregory Moss

Quabbin Art Assoc.
40 South Main St.
Denis Fontaine-Pincince

Uncommon Cuts
7 Brandywine Dr.
Grete Graves

Chicopee

Abram’s Masonry
1120 Montgomery St.
Dayna Whitten

Mi Isla Bakery
738 Chicopee St.
Luis Fontanez

Obsessive Couponing Disorder
419 Montcalm St.
Enrique Rosario

Pellegrini Tub and Tile Refinishing
29 Lark Dr.
Bortolo Pellegrini

Sam’s Food Store
810 Meadow St.
Amjad Butt

Spa Nails
104 Lauzier Terrace
Diana Lovett

Teddy & Me
20 Donlyn Dr.
Renata Talmont

Easthampton

Corsello Butcheria
130 Cottage St.
Vincent Corsello, Kasey Corsello

Shawna Stern Massage Therapy
5 Truehart Dr.
Shawna Stern

East Longmeadow

A Beautiful You
10 Center Square
Heidi Partyka-Green

Frank Oglesby Jr. Voiceover Communications LLC
169 Elm St.
Frank Oglesby

JMR Construction
20 Lori Lane
John Rathbun

Greenfield

Call’s Corner Store
122 Conway St.
Jaffar Syed, Yasin Kitan

Decker Machine Works Inc.
201 Munson St.
Scott Decker

JC’s Market
259 Conway St.
Fruitland Inc. of Greenfield

Mattress Firm
240 Mohawk Trail
Sleepy’s, LLC

Owl Tree Games
136 Lovers Lane
William Miller

Snows Ice Cream Co.
80 School St.
Snows Acquisition LLC

SPD Tool LLC
88 Lovers Lane
Scott Conti

Holyoke

Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar
241 Whiting Farms Road
Apple New England LLC

Classy Comfy Clothing
1820 Northampton St.
Manohar Lalchandani

Ludlow

Treasures of the World
309 East St.
David Pastore

Northampton

Buy Rite Auctions
80 Damon Road
Eliezer Garcia

Cher Willems Pottery
75 Lyman Road
Cheryl Willems

Knowledge Corridor Services
20 Hampton Ave., #409
Zane Lumelsky, Leith Colen

McGannon Fitness & Nutrition
7 Ladyslipper Lane
Wendy McGannon

Stan-the-Fixit-Man
1 Bardwell St.
Stan Pollack

Valley Performance Playground
264 Riverside Dr.
Sarah Marcus, Felicia Sloin

Palmer

Arrow Precision Co.
1319 Main St.
Kenneth Boyer

Belmont Driving School
1409 Main St.
Michael O’Rourke

Edward Jones
1448 Main St.
EDJ Holding Co. Inc., the Jones Financial Cos., LLLP

J.E.M. Services
58 Quaboag Valley Co-op St.
Jerry Mange Jr.

Jonas Cain
2064 Main St.
Jonas Cain

Peaceful Paths Massage Therapy & Wellness Center
1479 North Main St.
Jessica Kondrat

TMS Paper, LLC
29 Elizabeth St.
Teresa Snyder

Southwick

New England Vettes
49 Sam West Road
Wyatt Tyler

Dollar Tree #07029
515 College Highway
Dollar Tree Inc.

Springfield

1st Call Real Estate
1179 State St.
Kenny Nguyen

All About You Hair Salon
27 Archie St.
Shawna Edmonds

Borinquen Convenience Store
2398 Dwight St. Ext.
Aleandro Mirabal

Cali Nail Care
2460 Main St.
Kelly Huang

Euro Coiffure Salon Day Spa
1910-1912 Wilbraham Road
Barbara Bocwinski

Get Rite Services
183 Patricia Circle
Gregory Brown

Godmothers Catering
201 Chapin Terrace
Olivia Tavares

Jiffy Lube #177
1130 Boston Road
Atlantic Coast

Leidy Educational Services
36 Lynebrook Road
Sheree Nolley

Lebel/Lavigne & Deady Insurance Agency Inc.
612 Page Blvd.
Mark Osgood

M.W. Services
556 St. James Ave.
Corinna Marie

Mr. Fix It Handyman
34 Front St.
Lorenzo Gardner

Ora Care LLC
878 Sumner Ave.
Violet Hall

Saltbox Seasonings
168 Pineywoods Ave.
Christina Bozza

Serem Inc.
27-29 Saint James Blvd.
Muharrem Gunaydin

The Law Offices of Nikos Berkowitz
115 State St.
Nikos Berkowitz

Torres Insurance Group
2660 Main St.
Daniel Torres

Windrose Mena
1795 Main St.
Imadeddine Awkal

Zenty North
54 Crystal Ave.
Tim Mercer

Westfield

Blended Vintage Market Place
48 Elm St.
Blended Vintage Market Place

Bright Sail Dry Cleaners and Alterations
43 Southwick Road
Alla Bazukin

Moir & Ross
45 Broad St., Suite 2
Bradford Moir

Livingstone HVAC
6 Livingstone Ave.
Sergey Kulyak

Paul’s Pet Sitting Service
1430 Russell Road
Paul Burt

Weathervane Sculpture
Edwin Waskiewicz
132 Wild Flower Circle

West Springfield

Dustworth Cleaning Service
869 Dewey St.
Kyle Pratson

Fastsigns Inc.
1102 Riverdale St.
Corp Multi Signs Inc.

Greenough Packaging & Maintenance Supplies
54 Heywood Ave.
Sandy Cassanelli

Horsman Painting
697 Elm St.
Jeffrey Horsman

Mass Gardener
916 Piper Road
Pavel Zhuk

Tactical556.com
93 Van Deene Ave.
Steve Duga

Team Rehab & Wellness
753 Union St.
Adnan Dhadul, MD

Wilbraham

Concord Electric Supply
2701 Boston Road
David Rosso

Core Construction Products
524 Main St.
Marty Baron

Edward Jones
2141 Boston Road
EDJ Holding Co. Inc., the Jones Financial Cos., LLLP

Kayla Talmadge
2812 Boston Road
Kayla Talmadge

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

Ridgeview Kitchens and Contracting
42 Brainard Road
Nathan Eckhoff, Mario Scibelli

Wilbraham Wine & Spirits
2771 Boston Road
Alan Fettes

Incorporations

By BusinessWest Staff January 10, 2017

Departments Incorporations

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

BELCHERTOWN

Shivering Shamrocks Inc., 58 Walnut St., Belchertown, MA 01007. Richard Bixby, 9 Jaeger Drive, Westfield, MA 01085. Non-profit organization whose purpose is to engage in fundraising events and activities to benefit local Children’s Shriners Hospital, and assist other local non-profit organizations, youth groups and school clubs with their fundraising.

Treat Yo Self Inc., 500 North Liberty St., Belchertown, MA 01007. Joyce Leitl, same. Food concession.

CHICOPEE

Templo Cristiano Agua Viva, 450 Gratton St., Chicopee, MA 01020. Merida Maisonette, 276 Wilbraham Road, Springfield, MA 01109. Church.

EASTHAMPTON

VK Designs Inc., 51 A1 Holyoke St., Easthampton, MA 01027. Kevin A. Brigham, 24 Pleasant View Drive, Hatfield, MA 01038. Kitchen and bath designs.

LEE

Souza Pro Services Inc., 105 Laurel St., Apt. 10A, Lee, MA 01238. Antonio Marcos Souza, same. Cleaning.

NORTHAMPTON

The Medical Staff of Cooley Dickinson Hospital Inc., 30 Locus St., Northampton, MA 01060. Raymond F. Conway M.D., 79 Spadina Parkway, Pittsfield, MA 01201. Non-profit membership organization for the staff of Cooley Dickinson Hospital with the purpose to participate in quality improvement activities and educate parents and families and to offer opportunities to engage in such activities.

Valley Therapy Services Inc., 13 Old South St., Suite 2E, Northampton, MA 01060. Kimberly C. Girard, same. Billing and other services for medical providers.

SPRINGFIELD

Springfield Abatement Inc., 47 Warehouse St., Springfield, MA 01118. Charles G. Arment, Jr., 7 Angel St., East Longmeadow, MA 01028. Environmental remediation services and general contracting.

Thunderbird Construction Inc., 510 Cottage St., Springfield, MA 01104. David P. Fontaine, Jr., 572 Hall Hill Road, Somers, CT 06071. Construction.

United Floor Covering Inc., 46 Leslie St., Springfield, MA 01104. Dwayne Kelly, same. Flooring contractor.

WILBRAHAM

Timeless Homes Inc., 934 Glendale Road, Wilbraham, MA 01095. Benjamin S. Hemingway, same. Residential home building and remodeling.

Wilbraham Peach Blossom Festival Association Inc., 40 Post Office Park, Suite 782, Wilbraham, MA 01095. Amy Smith, 1 Winterberry Lane, Wilbraham, MA 01095. Non-profit organized to promote and sponsor festivals and public events, which will raise funds and awareness of Wilbraham community associations, organizations and non-profits in order to foster a sense of community and civic pride among the people of the town of Wilbraham.

People on the Move

By BusinessWest Staff January 10, 2017

Departments People on the Move

PeoplesBank announced the promotions and appointments of several key associates:

Matthew Bannister

• Matthew Bannister was promoted to First Vice President of Marketing and Innovation. He previously served as vice president of Corporate Responsibility. He possesses more than 30 years of brand management and corporate social-responsibility experience. Bannister holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from UMass Amherst;

David Thibault

• David Thibault was promoted to First Vice President, Cash Management Sales and Support Manager. He previously served as vice president, Cash Management Sales and support manager. Thibault possesses 17 years of banking experience. He holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental science from Norwich University and an MBA from Western New England University;

Steve Parastatidis

• Steve Parastatidis was promoted to Vice President, Commercial Lending. He previously served as assistant vice president and commercial loan officer. Parastatidis has more than 10 years of financial and banking experience focusing on commercial and industrial and investment real-estate transactions, with concentrations in the credit analyst, portfolio, and commercial-lending areas. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a major in finance from Western New England University;

Tammy Bordeaux

• Tammy Bordeaux was promoted to Assistant Vice President and Regional Manager, Retail. She previously served as assistant vice president and Business Banking Center manager. Bordeaux has more than 19 years of banking experience. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Western New England University and an associate’s degree in business administration from Springfield Technical Community College;

Michelle Chase

• Michelle Chase was promoted to Assistant Vice President, Consumer and Business Banking Center manager. She previously served as Consumer and Business Banking Center manager. Chase has more than 15 years of banking experience. She holds an MBA in entrepreneurial thinking and innovation design from Bay Path University and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts;

Joseph Dias

• Joseph Dias was appointed to Assistant Vice President, Assistant Controller. Dias possesses more than 10 years of accounting experience. He holds bachelor’s degrees in business administration and accounting from Elms College;

Meghan Parnell-Gregoire

• Meghan Parnell-Gregoire was promoted to Assistant Vice President, Business Lending Center manager. Parnell-Gregoire previously served as assistant vice president, Business Banking. She has more than 14 years of banking experience. She holds an associate’s degree in mathematics from Holyoke Community College and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the UMass Amherst;

Robert Raynor

• Robert Raynor was promoted to Assistant Vice President, Compliance, Risk Oversight. Raynor previously served as internal audit officer. He possesses eight years of banking experience. Raynor holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Springfield College;

Cassandra Pierce

• Cassandra Pierce was promoted to Assistant Vice President, Business Intelligence Manager. Pierce formerly served as Business Intelligence manager. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Westfield State University, and a master’s degree in communication and information management from Bay Path University;

Erinn Young

• Erinn Young was promoted to Deposit Operations Officer. Young formerly served as assistant vice president, branch manager of the Longmeadow office. She possesses 20 years of banking experience. Young holds a bachelor’s degree in executive management from Bay Path University;

• Christina Bordeau was appointed branch manager, Sixteen Acres. She possesses 20 years of banking experience. She is currently pursuing an associate’s degree in business administration and management from Springfield Technical Community College;

• Alisa Feliberty was appointed to Call Center Manager, Customer Relations. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University and is currently pursuing an MBA in entrepreneurial thinking and innovative practices from Bay Path University;

Malissa Naylor

• Malissa Naylor was promoted to Branch Manager, East Longmeadow. Naylor previously served as assistant branch manager. She possesses more than 11 years of banking experience. Naylor holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Western New England University.

Lori Stickles

• Lori Stickles was appointed to Branch Manager, Longmeadow. She possesses more than 18 years of banking experience.

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Adina Edgett

Bailey Eastman

Adina Edgett and Bailey Eastman of Webber & Grinnell Insurance Agency have both passed their Massachusetts property and casualty licensing examinations given by the state Division of Insurance, bringing the agency’s total number of licensed employees up to 23. Edgett and Eastman work in the commercial insurance division at Webber & Grinnell, serving more than 900 businesses throughout Western Mass.

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Paul DiGrigoli

Paul DiGrigoli, owner of DiGrigoli Salon and DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology, was inducted into the prestigious Intercoiffure America/Canada organization on Oct. 9. Intercoiffure America/Canada, an international hairdressing organization, was founded in 1933 as the North American branch of Intercoiffure Mondial, originally founded in 1925 in Paris. The organization is widely known as the most powerful and influential in the hairdressing industry, DiGrigoli said, and only leading hair salons are eligible for membership — just 3,000 in over 50 countries. “I am so honored to be a part of Intercoiffure. It’s the most respected organization in our industry,” DiGrigoli said of his newly appointed A-List membership. “I’m humbled to be among the best of the best, the highest quality of salons and salon owners in the world.” The induction and pinning ceremony took place at the end of the Fall Atelier conference, an annual event held in New York City at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. The DiGrigoli Salon artistic team, along with the other guests, enjoyed three days of education, hair demonstrations, product launches, galas, and more. On the final day, DiGrigoli was officially pinned as an A-List member by Frank Gambuzza, Intercoiffure president, and Candy Shaw, the new member representative for the organization.

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Gov. Charlie Baker named Mary Burns, Imari Paris Jeffries, Michael O’Brien, Elizabeth Scheibel, and Charles Wu to the board of trustees for the University of Massachusetts, and reappointed Robert Manning to the board. Manning, who previously chaired the board from 2008 to 2010, will also assume the chairmanship of the board that oversees the UMass system. Baker also announced several other appointments, including longtime UMass trustee Victor Woolridge as well as O’Brien to seats on the UMass Building Authority (UMBA), serving as representatives of the UMass board. Baker supports Woolridge, a commercial real-estate professional, for chairman of the Building Authority, which oversees the planning, financing, and construction of university facilities. The governor also supports Philip Johnston for vice chair. In a separate announcement, the UMass Foundation announced that Johnston will join its board of directors at the end of the year, where he is also expected to be named vice chair. “UMass continues to be a global leader in education,” Baker said, “and these leaders will help the university continue to think creatively and boldly about the future of public education in order to grow our economy, strengthen our communities, and create opportunity for future generations of students.”

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Nico Santaniello, a financial advisor with the Zuzolo Group of Northwestern Mutual, has qualified for membership in the Million Dollar Roundtable (MDRT), an international, independent association of nearly 19,000 leading life-insurance producers. MDRT is a coveted career milestone that indicates sales and service achievement and is a recognized mark of excellence for life underwriters. Members must meet strict ethical and production requirements to qualify. Santaniello has been associated with Northwestern Mutual since 2012. As a financial advisor, he provides expert guidance and innovative solutions for a variety of financial needs and goals. He also led the agency in new clients for 2016. Santaniello received a bachelor’s degree from Western New England University. He is currently an active member of Suit Up Springfield and T.G.L.

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