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Inside
Feature
HIGH FLIGHT
Thunderbirds Seek to Build off Momentum from a Memorable Season......................................4
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
Easthampton Stakes Claim as the ‘Cool-kid City’....................9
Banking & Finance
PEDAL TO THE METTLE
Monson Savings Celebrates 150 Years — and its Place in the Community ...........................14
MATTERS OF INTEREST
As Mortgage Rates Climb, a Historical View Lends Some Perspective .....
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MAKING CONTACT
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Departments
OPINION...10
PICTURE THIS...43
COURT DOCKETS...44
AGENDA...45
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE...46
COMPANY NOTEBOOK...47
INCORPORATIONS...48
DOING BUSINESS AS CERTIFICATES...48
BANKRUPTCIES...48
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS...48
BUILDING PERMITS...54
On the Cover
HIGH FLIGHT
Thunderbirds Seek to Build off Momentum from a Memorable Season ...4
Cover photography by George O’Brien
SEE: List of Banks in Western Mass. >>Page 26
New Valley Bank Grows by Staying True to Its Philosophy .. 22
Education
GRADE EXPECTATIONS
Michelle Schutt Takes the Helm at GCC with a Focus on Diversity, Inclusion ...28
SUMMER VOCATION
SEE: List of Early Education & Child Care Facilities >>Page 33
Eureka! Program Provides Opportunities for Pioneer Valley Girls ......................................................31
A CLASS ACT
An Educational Assistance Program Can Bring Many Benefits ..................... 32
Innovation
GOING WITH THE FLOW
Aclarity Seeks to Bring Its Unique Water-treatment Technology to the Next Level.............................................35
THE ART OF CONNECTION
ArtsHub of Western Mass Is Proving to Be a Needed Resource .............................................................................38
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