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Community Foundation Announces Four New Hires

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SPRINGFIELD — The Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts (CFWM) announced the appointments of Briana Wales as vice president for People and Culture, Emma Mesa-Melendez as director of Communications, Keith McKittrick as Development coordinator, and Ullapi Shrestha as program assistant. These appointments are the latest example of CFWM’s ongoing commitment to expand its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts internally and within the nonprofit sector.

In her new role, Wales will focus on a wide scope of DEI initiatives to guide both the foundation’s external and internal DEI work, training, and development of best practices. She has an extensive career in workforce development for youth and adults and has provided leadership in both nonprofit and quasi-public settings. In her efforts to serve communities, she has fostered partnerships and programming to increase equity and access for underrepresented or marginalized groups. She received her bachelor’s degree in social justice education from UMass Amherst and her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Mount Holyoke College.

Mesa-Melendez will be responsible for CFWM’s communications strategy and will assist with DEI initiatives. In recent work, she has consulted in marketing and graphic design, and previously served as vice president for Community Relations, Human Resources, and Marketing Management for New Valley Bank & Trust. She received her MBA from Southern New Hampshire University and her bachelor’s degree in critical social thought from Mount Holyoke College. She has worked with several nonprofits as both a board member and volunteer, including the Minority Inclusion Project, Farmington Valley YMCA, Vet Air, and the Performance Project.

McKittrick comes to the foundation with 25 years of experience in philanthropy. He has held positions at UMass Amherst, Western New England University, and Holyoke Community College, where he has worked with donors to establish scholarships and fundraise for educational initiatives. He received his master’s degree in public administration from Framingham State University and his bachelor’s degree in political science from Westfield State University.

Shrestha has worked as an interpreter at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and as an intern at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. She has volunteered with the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity. She received her master’s degree in management from Saint Joseph College and her bachelor’s degree in business marketing from the Institute of Technology in Carlow, Ireland.

People on the Move

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Anthony Worden

Anthony Worden

Michael Tucker

Michael Tucker

Kevin O’Neil, chairman of the board of directors of Greenfield Cooperative Bank (GCB) and its Northampton Cooperative Bank division, announced the promotion of Anthony Worden to president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2021. This promotion is in anticipation of the retirement of current President and CEO Michael Tucker, who is relinquishing his title as president, but will remain CEO until his actual retirement in January 2022, when Worden will take over that role as well. Tucker will remain as a director of the bank and holding company. O’Neil noted that this transition schedule is part of an overall succession plan for the bank that the board adopted some time ago. Worden has worked closely with Tucker in addressing the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic within the bank and its local communities. Tucker also noted he has complete confidence in Worden’s ability to lead the bank into the future. O’Neil noted the board was pleased to be able to select someone like Worden who already knows and values GCB’s traditions and internal culture. A Pioneer Valley resident for the past 30 years, he is a director, executive committee member, and chair of the governance committee for the United Way of Franklin County; a former director of the Franklin County Community Development Corp.; and a former director of the Berkshire Brewing Co. of South Deerfield. He received his bachelor’s degree from UMass Amherst and his MBA from the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst, and he is a graduate of the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Monson Savings Bank announced the recent promotion of Rob Chateauneuf to senior vice president and senior commercial loan officer. In his new role, Chateauneuf will be responsible for leading the bank’s Commercial Lending team as they continue to serve local businesses of all sizes. He is skilled in commercial real-estate lending, C&I lending, construction lending, and SBA lending. At Monson Savings Bank, he most recently served as first vice president of Commercial Lending and has been the bank since 2012. With more than 20 years of banking experience, including commercial lending, residential lending, and retail branch management, he has a comprehensive understanding of the needs and challenges of commercial businesses. Chateauneuf earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst. Additionally, he is a graduate of the Springfield Regional Chamber’s Leadership Institute at Western New England University and the American Bankers Assoc. Stonier Graduate School of Banking – Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2014, he was recognized as one of BusinessWest’s 40 Under Forty. He served on the board of directors at Hawthorn Services from 2006 to 2010, serving as president and chair from 2008 to 2010. When Hawthorn Services merged with the Center for Human Development (CHD), he was asked to join the CHD board, which he served as chair of the program committee and a member the board of directors from 2010 to 2020. He also served on the board of directors of the South Hadley Chamber of Commerce from 2004 to 2013. He has also been involved in myriad other charitable organizations and volunteer events throughout the years, including those benefiting Habitat for Humanity, the Westfield Boys & Girls Club, the United Way, and the towns of Agawam and South Hadley.

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Berkshire Bank announced the promotion of Jennifer Carmichael to executive vice president and chief internal audit officer. She previously served as senior vice president and audit manager at the bank. In her role, Carmichael will continue to lead all aspects of Berkshire’s internal audit and independent SOX testing programs. She is responsible for providing independent and objective assurance to management and the audit committee on the adequacy and effectiveness of governance and internal controls to support the achievement of organizational objectives as well as promote and facilitate continuous improvement as part of the third line of defense. She reports directly to the audit committee of the board of directors and administratively to acting CEO Sean Gray. Carmichael previously served as senior vice president and audit manager at Berkshire Bank. She joined Berkshire in 2016 from Accume Partners, where she served as senior audit manager to several clients in the New York and New England regions, including Berkshire. She began her career in the community-banking sector in internal audit roles and previously served several years at Ballston Spa National Bank, including as assistant vice president, compliance and BSA officer and assistant auditor. In addition to her professional achievements, she also serves as a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary and the Vermont Veterans Home board of trustees, where she serves on the strategic planning committee.

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Eric Ohanian

Eric Ohanian

Eric Ohanian, structural project engineer at Tighe & Bond Inc., was named a 2020 Young Professional of the Year by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA). This award recognizes the accomplishments of young engineers by highlighting their interesting and unique work, and the resulting impact on society. Ohanian has been a key contributor to the successful rise of Tighe & Bond’s bridge-design and assessment practice over the last few years. His extensive experience and knowledge of engineering design have greatly contributed to the service the firm provides to municipal and DOT clients, including assisting numerous towns with applications for more than $3 million in grant funding for bridges. Beyond bridge design, his work includes business development, project management, marketing, mentoring, and engineering. His hard work was recognized early in his career with Tighe & Bond when he was selected to join the first year-long Aspiring Leaders Program. This provided an opportunity to work directly with senior leadership and solve upcoming challenges. His contributions to the program resulted in the development of a new internal quality management committee, of which he is an active member. Ohanian will be honored by ACEC/MA alongside other award recipients at its 2021 awards gala.

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Belt Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of custom metal belt conveyer solutions and conveyor systems, announced that Timothy Condry has joined the team in the role of materials coordinator. A seasoned professional, he will coordinate logistics for the busy manufacturer. Condry holds business degrees from Manchester Community College and Eastern Connecticut State University. Prior to joining Belt Technologies, he was a production planner for 15 years, responsible for forecasting and purchasing materials, providing customer support, and production control.

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PeoplesBank recently announced nine promotions. Christina Bordeau has been promoted to assistant vice president, banking center manager for the High Street, Holyoke location. She has more than 24 years of financial-services and banking experience, having served in various retail banking roles. Michael Gay has been promoted to vice president, banking center manager for the Amherst location. He has more than 20 years of retail and banking experience. Jacquelyn Guzie has been promoted to vice president and regional manager. She has more than 20 years of financial-services and banking experience, having served in various retail banking roles, including managing the Suffield Banking Center. Clare Ladue was promoted to vice president and regional manager for the Holyoke region. She has more than 25 years of financial-services and banking experience, having served in banking center management, administration, and commercial lending. She previously served as banking center manager for the Hadley Banking Center and was promoted to assistant vice president, regional manager, in 2019. Aneta Lombardi was promoted to finance officer. She has more than 15 years of financial-services and banking experience, including serving in various positions in the finance division, most recently as financial analyst. Nicole Nelson was promoted to banking center manager at the Windsor Locks location. She has more than eight years of banking experience, including serving as assistant manager of both the East Longmeadow and Windsor Locks banking centers. Steve Parastatidis was promoted to first vice president, commercial banking. He has 16 years of banking experience. Brenda Rodriguez was promoted to assistant vice president, banking center manager of the Chicopee location. She has more than 14 years of financial-services and banking experience, having served in various retail banking roles, including most recently as banking center manager for the St. James Avenue, Springfield location. Danielle Rosario was promoted to vice president, banking center manager, for the Chicopee location. She has more than 17 years of banking experience.

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Bill Jackson

Bill Jackson

Restoration specialist Bill Jackson has joined the business-development team at Adam Quenneville Roofing & Siding Inc. He will work to expand partnerships and provide assistance throughout the New England condominium industry, particularly for members of the Community Associations Institute (CAI). His experience in the condominium industry will give property managers a go-to source for renovations that may include roofing, siding, windows, decks, and all-inclusive envelope projects. He will also work closely with clients to solve any issues. Jackson was a member of the CAI-CT board of directors, covering the Connecticut region, for six years. He also served on the association’s full fun committee and conference committee, and is a certified educated business partner. He worked for several years at two restoration companies. Jackson met Quenneville at a CAI conference in Connecticut, and is now hoping to meet property managers from all over New England to offer consultation and advice on upcoming projects and to solve any issues they might have. Jackson expects a busy spring because many projects have been put on hold during the pandemic.

 

Monson Savings Bank Promotes Rob Chateauneuf

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MONSON — Monson Savings Bank announced the recent promotion of Rob Chateauneuf to senior vice president and senior commercial loan officer.

“Rob has more than proven his value over the years through his hard work and dedication to Monson Savings Bank’s customers and his team members. We are so pleased to recognize his commitment with this well-deserved promotion,” Monson Savings Bank President Dan Moriarty said. “Rob puts his heart into his work. His in-depth understanding of commercial lending, his welcoming disposition, and his enthusiasm to help commercial borrowers make him an asset to our team and our customers.”

In his new role, Chateauneuf will be responsible for leading the bank’s Commercial Lending team as they continue to serve local businesses of all sizes. He is skilled in commercial real-estate lending, C&I lending, construction lending, and SBA lending.

At Monson Savings Bank, he most recently served as first vice president of Commercial Lending and has been the bank since 2012. With more than 20 years of banking experience, including commercial lending, residential lending, and retail branch management, he has a comprehensive understanding of the needs and challenges of commercial businesses.

Chateauneuf earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst. Additionally, he is a graduate of the Springfield Regional Chamber’s Leadership Institute at Western New England University and the American Bankers Assoc. Stonier Graduate School of Banking – Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2014, he was recognized as one of BusinessWest’s 40 Under Forty.

He served on the board of directors at Hawthorn Services from 2006 to 2010, serving as president and chair from 2008 to 2010. When Hawthorn Services merged with the Center for Human Development (CHD), he was asked to join the CHD board, which he served as chair of the program committee and a member the board of directors from 2010 to 2020. He also served on the board of directors of the South Hadley Chamber of Commerce from 2004 to 2013. He has also been involved in myriad other charitable organizations and volunteer events throughout the years, including those benefiting Habitat for Humanity, the Westfield Boys & Girls Club, the United Way, and the towns of Agawam and South Hadley.

“I am excited to be a part of Monson Savings Bank, a community bank that focuses on the true needs of our local businesses,” Chateauneuf said. “Monson Savings Bank supports the local economy by providing businesses with capital to grow, resulting in more local jobs and vibrant communities.”

CFWM Distributes $4.3M in Mass COVID-19 Relief Fund Grants

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SPRINGFIELD — The Community Foundation of Western Mass. (CFWM) has announced that it has distributed $4.3 million in grants from the Massachusetts COVID-19 Relief Fund. These grants are a part of the $6.4 million overall awarded through the CFWM COVID-19 Response Fund to support Western Mass. nonprofits serving the most vulnerable populations in the midst of the pandemic.

In addition to the resources from the Massachusetts COVID-19 Relief Fund, more than 700 donors, including individuals, foundations, and businesses have contributed to CFWM’s COVID-19 Response Fund. To date, $8.2 million has been contributed to the CFWM Fund.

 

The Massachusetts COVID-19 Relief Fund supports those across the state most impacted by the COVID-19 health crisis, focusing on essential frontline workers and vulnerable populations, including the homeless, immigrant populations, people with disabilities and those facing food insecurity. The Fund works in concert with regional community foundations and nonprofit leaders who partner with local leaders to understand the response and relief landscape, strategically filling in where gaps are pronounced.

CFWM has also announced a new round of grants from the COVID-19 Response Fund to 37 local nonprofit organizations totaling $925K, addressing immediate needs during the pandemic: They are:

Arise, Bayanihan Association of America, Bethlehem House, Caring Health Center, Cutchins Programs for Children & Families, Dakin Valley Humane Society, Ellie Fund, Enlace de Familias de Holyoke/Holyoke Family Network, Family Outreach of Amherst, a program of CHD, Friends of Chicopee Senior Citizens, Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity, and Greenfield Community College Foundation.

Also, Hilltown Community Health Centers, Holyoke Community College Foundation, Home City Development, Lovin’ Spoonfuls, Make-It Springfield, Manna Soup Kitchen, New England Farm Workers’ Council, a program of Partners for Community, New England Learning Center for Women in Transition, New North Citizens’ Council, Nuestras Raices, People’s Medicine Project, a program of Western MA Training Consortium, Revitalize Community Development Corporation, South End Community Center, Springfield Rescue Mission, and Springfield Technical Community College Foundation.

Also, Stone Soup Café, a program of All Souls Church Unitarian Universalist, The Performance Project, the Salvation Army – Holyoke Corps, the Salvation Army – Springfield Corps, Treehouse Foundation, United Way of Pioneer Valley, Urban League of Springfield, Way Finders, Valley Radio Reading Service dba Valley Eye Radio, and YWCA of Western Massachusetts.

 

“We are grateful for the Massachusetts COVID-19 Relief Fund, the statewide collaboration established to help our most vulnerable fellow citizens and the front-line nonprofit organizations that are responding to their needs in this time of crisis,” said Katie Allan Zobel, president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts. “Thanks to this funding, we have reached many more individuals and families in our region.”

 

The COVID-19 Response Fund for the Pioneer Valley was established to provide grants to community nonprofit organizations serving the needs of the most vulnerable populations affected by the pandemic in Western Massachusetts.

 

The Community Foundation welcomes additional donations to the COVID-19 Response Fund for the Pioneer Valley. 100% of donations go to community needs. Gifts can be made online at: www.communityfoundation.org/covid19.

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Community Foundation Gives $341,000 Through Innovation Grant Program

SPRINGFIELD — The Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts’ (CFWM) Innovation Grant Program has awarded a total of $341,000 to three change-making nonprofit organizations to continue creating innovative solutions around critical issues facing the region. CFWM’s Innovation Grant Program was launched in 2016 to encourage nonprofits to develop and execute novel ideas in partnership with other entities, as well as allow organizations to construct inventive solutions with measurable impact. In January 2018, CFWM awarded first-year funding to Five Colleges Inc., the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, and Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity to implement innovative projects that were refined and tested during a planning period in 2017. Now entering their third year of funding, these grantees are seeing the tangible impact of their work. Twenty paraprofessionals of color are making their way toward receiving their licensure to become a full-fledged teachers, food-insecure patients are being identified and referred to healthy-food opportunities, and small homes have been built and are being occupied by first-time homebuyers. Five Colleges Inc. will continue to develop its “Paradigm Shift” initiative and bring in new partners. This initiative is focused on creating a more diverse teacher workforce in Western Mass. by helping para-educators of color overcome obstacles to obtaining licensure to become teachers in area schools. The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts will spend its third year expanding and analyzing the impact of its Food Insecurity Screening and Referral Initiative that conducts and tracks food insecurity screening and social-service referrals at the Holyoke Health Center and its Chicopee location. Additionally, it will partner with WestMass ElderCare and Springfield Senior Services to address the food needs of patients who screen positive for food insecurity and have a specific medical condition. Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity will continue with a third year of its “Big Enough: the Small Home Revolution in Western Mass.” initiative, which aims to launch more individuals and families into the middle class by empowering them to become first-time owners of small, simple, affordable, energy-efficient homes.

MBK Donates $10,000 to MHA for Crisis-intervention Training

SPRINGFIELD — Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C., (MBK) recently made a $10,000 donation to the Mental Health Assoc. Inc. (MHA) to fund non-violent crisis-intervention training for MHA’s direct-care staff. “To train in non-violent crisis intervention is an important professional-development opportunity for MHA staff,” said Cheryl Fasano, president and CEO of MHA Inc. “MHA does not use physical restraint in any form, so our staff members need skills to safely de-escalate and manage challenging behaviors in a non-violent manner. Our training curriculum from the Crisis Prevention Institute goes further by also helping better equip our staff to prevent difficult situations from escalating.” The Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) is an international training organization committed to best practices and safe behavior-management methods that focus on prevention. Since 1980, more than 10 million professionals around the world have participated in CPI training programs.

HCC Extends Scholarship Application Deadline

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Community College (HCC) has extended by two weeks the deadline to apply for scholarships for the 2020-21 academic year. The new application deadline is Wednesday, April 8. Students must be currently enrolled at HCC or have been accepted for the upcoming academic year to be eligible for scholarships, which are awarded through the HCC Foundation, HCC’s nonprofit fundraising corporation. Awards totaling more than $200,000 are available for incoming, continuing, and transferring HCC students. Applicants need only to fill out a single online form to be automatically matched with the scholarships they are most qualified to receive. There are scholarships for new students, current students and students transferring to other institutions, scholarships based on financial need, scholarships for students in specific majors, scholarships for residents of certain communities, and scholarships that recognize academic achievement. For the 2019-20 academic year, the HCC Foundation awarded $223,000 in scholarships to 231 students. To begin the application process, visit www.hcc.edu/scholarships. Questions should be directed to the HCC Foundation office at (413) 552-2182 or Donahue 170 on the HCC campus, 303 Homestead Ave.

PTK Honor Society Presents ACC with Awards During Virtual Ceremony

ENFIELD, Conn. — Asnuntuck Community College’s Alpha Lambda Zeta Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society was recognized as being the Most Distinguished Chapter for the New England Region during a virtual awards ceremony held last weekend. The chapter and its members were awarded other honors during its first-ever virtual ceremony. These awards included Distinguished College Project Award and Distinguished Honors in Action Project Award. The chapter elected to do its Honors in Action project within a Politics of Identity theme. Working with various departments at the college, as well as outside agencies, including the Jordan Porco Foundation, the students concentrated on the issue of mental-health awareness. They also established an interactive exhibit on mental-health issues at Asnuntuck, with a digitized version, titled “Art|Mind,” available for those who could not make it to campus. The college project focused on getting information into the hands of students through campus brochures and during the college’s orientation. Asnuntuck student Victoria Orifice was awarded first-place honors for being the Distinguished Chapter Officer.

Beta Gamma Sigma at WNEU Earns Highest Chapter Recognition

SPRINGFIELD — For the third consecutive year, the Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) Chapter at Western New England University earned the “highest honors” designation for its campus engagement and programming for the 2018-19 academic year. According to Beta Gamma Sigma CEO Chris Carosella, earning highest honors “is indicative of a campus where academic excellence is highly valued and where the faculty and chapter leaders work diligently to enhance Beta Gamma Sigma’s stature on campus.” One indicator of this engagement is participation at the annual Global Leadership Summit (GLS), which chapter President Tessa Wood and Secretary Kathryn Wells attended last year. The GLS enables delegates to participate in professional-development workshops and share best practices with student leaders from other BGS chapters worldwide.

Junior Achievement of Western Mass. Receives Five Star Award

SPRINGFIELD — Junior Achievement of Western Massachusetts has been awarded one of Junior Achievement USA’s highest honors: the Five Star Award. The purpose of the award is to recognize staff and boards of JA areas that meet Junior Achievement’s national standards in operational efficiency and through strong representation of the JA brand. Recipients must demonstrate growth in student impact and superior fiscal performance. Achievement against these criteria is certified through JA USA and audited financial statements. Junior Achievement of Western Massachusetts, which serves more than 13,000 students throughout Western Mass. and Vermont, will be presented with the award in July at Junior Achievement USA’s National Leadership Conference in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Robinson Donovan Moves to Expanded Northampton Location

NORTHAMPTON — Robinson Donovan, P.C., a full-service law firm, announced it has moved from its previous Northampton office to a more expansive location at 351 Pleasant St. The firm’s phone number, (413) 732-2301, remains the same. “We wanted to make things as convenient as possible for our growing list of clients in Hampshire County,” Partner Michael Simolo said. “We can now meet with them more comfortably. The response from clients has been very positive.” Partner Jeffrey Trapani, added that “our new office in Northampton has plenty of meeting space, free parking, and easier access. Quite a few of our attorneys live in Hampshire County, so having an expanded office in Northampton makes sense for us operationally as well and helps us better serve our clients throughout the Pioneer Valley.”

Behavioral Health Network Receives $15,000 Grant from Country Bank

SPRINGFIELD — Behavioral Health Network Inc. (BHN) has been awarded a $15,000 grant from Country Bank, which will fund direct services for BHN’s domestic-violence programs in Ware. Country Bank’s grant to BHN will be used for innovative support and advocacy services for domestic-violence survivors, which includes partnering with Country Bank employees in offering the economic-freedom initiative known as Money School. BHN’s Money School program is an award-winning, trauma-informed financial-independence initiative designed to create long-term safety and economic security for survivors of domestic violence. The grant will also be used to provide prevention-education work in local schools, and for interruption and prevention services for perpetrators of domestic violence.

Springfield WORKS Programs to Benefit from State Grant

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield WORKS leads local employers, educators, community leaders, and job seekers in developing innovative solutions to meet the economic needs of area residents and local businesses. A founding member in the Springfield WORKS collaboration, Springfield Partners for Community Action, recently received a second $50,000 award from the Baker-Polito Community Services Block Grant Special Projects Fund to support Springfield WORKS financial-wellness strategies. This award comes on the heels of a recent $100,000 Baker-Polito Urban Agenda Grant to Springfield WORKS and the Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts. The funds will enable families to achieve economic stability as they navigate workforce-development training into a career pathway.

Community Foundation Gives $341,000 to Date Through Innovation Grant Program

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SPRINGFIELD — The Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts’ (CFWM) Innovation Grant Program has awarded a total of $341,000 to three change-making nonprofit organizations to continue creating innovative solutions around critical issues facing the region. CFWM’s Innovation Grant Program was launched in 2016 to encourage nonprofits to develop and execute novel ideas in partnership with other entities, as well as allow organizations to construct inventive solutions with measurable impact.

In January 2018, CFWM awarded first-year funding to Five Colleges Inc., the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, and Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity to implement innovative projects that were refined and tested during a planning period in 2017. Now entering their third year of funding, these grantees are seeing the tangible impact of their work. Twenty paraprofessionals of color are making their way toward receiving their licensure to become a full-fledged teachers, food-insecure patients are being identified and referred to healthy-food opportunities, and small homes have been built and are being occupied by first-time homebuyers.

Five Colleges Inc. will continue to develop its “Paradigm Shift” initiative and bring in new partners. This initiative is focused on creating a more diverse teacher workforce in Western Mass. by helping para-educators of color overcome obstacles to obtaining licensure to become teachers in area schools. More than 25 member organizations that make up the Paradigm Shift Coalition have laid the groundwork for breaking down barriers that para-educators face, including identifying the steps involved in obtaining licensure and the types of individualized support participants need, helping enroll para-educators in courses in local colleges, and providing mentoring and tutoring for MTEL tests. The coalition has also been able to offset costs associated with these steps to help make it affordable through its partnership with local colleges.

A key success in 2019 was Paradigm Shift’s convening of 113 district and school administrators from Holyoke and Springfield for a day-long professional-development opportunity to gain knowledge and skills for building a diverse teacher workforce, such as recruitment and hiring practices. Paradigm Shift currently has 33 participants enrolled in the program, and it is on target for graduating at least 20 by the end of 2020, and the remaining 13 in 2021.

The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts will spend its third year expanding and analyzing the impact of its Food Insecurity Screening and Referral Initiative that conducts and tracks food insecurity screening and social-service referrals at the Holyoke Health Center and its Chicopee location. Additionally, it will partner with WestMass ElderCare and Springfield Senior Services to address the food needs of patients who screen positive for food insecurity and have a specific medical condition.

With a simple in-person questionnaire, the initiative screens for food insecurity at adult and pediatric practices, and then connects patients with food-assistance resources — and, equally important, referrals to additional resources that patients may need, such as housing, employment, and education. These referrals are tracked in a database which allows for follow-up with patients to identify any changes in behavior and additional needs.

Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity will continue with a third year of its “Big Enough: the Small Home Revolution in Western Mass.” initiative, which aims to launch more individuals and families into the middle class by empowering them to become first-time owners of small, simple, affordable, energy-efficient homes. The organization’s work brings together partners such as local banks to conceive creative financing, cities to implement new zoning regulations, and builders to design small, innovative, energy-efficient housing concepts, as well as to pilot modular construction and alternative land use models.

The first two years of funding allowed for three low-income families to become homeowners in Hampshire County, a dream that likely wouldn’t have been possible within the current housing market. Over this third year, two more sites will be developed in Northampton and Pelham, and Habitat will share what it has learned so other areas can look at adopting these innovative strategies.

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Bay Path University Names Sandra Doran Its Sixth President

Sandra Doran

LONGMEADOW — The Bay Path University board of trustees announced today that Sandra Doran has been selected by unanimous vote to become the sixth president of Bay Path effective June 30. She will succeed Carol Leary, who retires in June following her 25-year presidency of Bay Path. Doran’s appointment is the culmination of a comprehensive, 10-month, national search process. “Sandy Doran is a charismatic leader who cares deeply about women’s education and is passionate about access to education and student success,” said Jonathan Besse, board chair. “She has an impressive and broad background in a variety of complex organizations, all of which flourished greatly under her leadership.” Doran is currently president of Salem Academy and College in Winston-Salem, N.C. As president, she led an inclusive and aggressive strategic planning process that resulted in a transformation of the college as evidenced by unprecedented growth in enrollment and fundraising. “I am humbled by the trust the board has placed in me to continue the spirit of innovation here at Bay Path,” Doran said. “The visionary nature of President Leary is inspiring and unprecedented in higher education, and I look forward to working with the Bay Path faculty and staff to build on her legacy. Serving our students, and providing them with a superior learning experience, gives us all great joy. I look forward to engaging with all members of our community, students, faculty, staff, alumni, trustees, and our business and philanthropic partners.” Doran holds a juris doctor degree from the Syracuse University College of Law and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Southern Methodist University. Before serving at Salem, Doran was CEO at Castle Point Learning Systems (CPLS), a company that develops innovative teaching and learning technologies incorporating artificial intelligence and adaptive learning algorithms to provide better student outcomes in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Prior to her position at CPLS, she was president of the American College of Education in Indianapolis, where she grew the organization into the fifth-largest graduate school of education in the country, serving more than 5,000 adult and non-traditional students. Her professional experience also includes positions at Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey as an entrepreneur-in-residence, as well as at the New England Board of Higher Education as national policy director. Early in her legal career, she transitioned into higher education, joining Lesley University in Cambridge in 2004 as chief of staff, vice president, and general counsel. Doran currently serves as chair of the board for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation and on the board of the Online Learning Consortium. She was named the Triad Business Journal’s Most Admired CEO, and Power Player of 2019.

AIC to Offer Graduate Program in Cannabis Science and Commerce

SPRINGFIELD — American International College (AIC) will offer a master of science program in cannabis science and commerce beginning in the fall of 2020, the first of its kind in this region. The 30-credit, hybrid graduate program is designed for individuals interested in a career in the cannabis industry and will provide students with an understanding of the science, business, and legal issues associated with the cannabis industry. The program offers education in the areas of basic science, including chemistry, horticulture, cultivation, uses, and delivery systems; business management, marketing, and operations; and federal and state laws and policies. According to a March 2020 jobs report issued by Leafly, the world’s largest cannabis website, over the past four years, legal cannabis has supported nearly a quarter of a million jobs. That equates to a 15% annual uptick in employment. For more information regarding the AIC’s master of science program in cannabis science and commerce, visit www.aic.edu/cannabis.

MGM Springfield Revenues Rebound in January

SPRINGFIELD — The Massachusetts Gaming Commission reported that gross gaming revenue (GGR) at MGM Springfield totaled $20.6 million in January, up from $18.9 million in December, which was its worst-ever full month. Meanwhile, the Encore Boston Harbor casino recorded $48.6 million in GGR in January, down from $54 million in December, while Plainridge Park Casino posted $11.1 million in January, an almost $900,000 increase from December and its first monthly uptick since last spring. MGM Springfield’s January GGR totaled included $14.9 million from slot machines and $5.7 million from from table games. The facility named a new president and chief operating officer following December’s poor numbers, replacing Michael Mathis with Chris Kelley.

Country Bank Donates More Than $900,000 in 2019

WARE — Country Bank reported its donations to area nonprofits totaled $905,049 last year. Throughout 2019, more than 500 organizations in the communities the bank serves received donations, including the Children’s Trust, Ludlow Community Center Boys and Girls Club, Ronald McDonald House, Habitat for Humanity, Project Bread, and the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, among many others. Recognizing the importance and overwhelming need to help organizations that address hunger, Country Bank provided monetary donations exceeding $100,000 to food programs throughout the region. The recipients of these funds included Friends of the Homeless, Springfield Rescue Mission, and the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, as well as many local food pantries. In addition, Country Bank’s employee charitable giving program raised more than $30,000 in 2019 through events such as jeans days, bake sales, and raffles, and employees volunteered more than 1,000 hours of personal time at various events within the bank’s communities.

Bank of America Entrusts More Than $22 Million to Community Foundation

SPRINGFIELD — After collaborating with the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts (CFWM) for 29 years, the Bank of America in May transferred three trusts totaling more than $22 million to the Valley-wide grant funder. The move brings CFWM’s total earned assets from roughly $153 million to $175 million and bolsters its role as an enduring philanthropic leader in the Pioneer Valley. Founded in 1990, CFWM administers a charitable endowment consisting of more than 600 separately identified funds totaling approximately $175 million. Some of these charitable assets are unrestricted and used to meet emerging and changing needs in the region. Others support named nonprofit organizations or provide financial support to college-bound students. Still others are donor-advised, offering flexibility to donors in timing, amount, and beneficiary of their giving. Last year, CFWM awarded $7.3 million in grants to nonprofits and $2.2 million in scholarships and interest-free loans to more than 770 area students. The Bank of America funds will continue to support a wide variety of organizations for generations to come, from grassroots community food pantries to region-spanning arts programs — and will preserve the original donors’ wishes to support their communities in perpetuity. The three trusts transferred from the bank to the foundation are the Eugene A. Dexter Charitable Fund, established in 1944; the Nan and Matilda Heydt Fund, established in 1960; and the Valley Charitable Trust Fund, established in 1960. All three were originally created to support and serve charitable organizations and interests with a focus on Springfield and Hampden County.

Eversource Earns Award for Using Smart Technology to Reduce Peak Energy Usage

BOSTON — An Eversource program that pays customers to use less electricity during high-demand periods has received an award for Outstanding Achievement in Residential Program Design & Implementation by the Assoc. of Energy Services Professionals. The award recognizes the company’s ConnectedSolutions demand-response program, which leverages customer-owned devices, such as wireless thermostats, battery storage, and electric-vehicle chargers, to reduce electric use during peak periods, when the cost and greenhouse-gas emissions of electricity in New England are at their highest. More than 9,000 customers have enrolled in the volunteer demand-response program in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Customers allow their devices to automatically communicate with Eversource during regional peak energy periods, resulting in a short reduction of power or, in the case of batteries, a reduction of the stored energy. Residential customers with eligible connected wireless thermostats, battery storage, or electric-vehicle chargers can participate and earn incentives ranging from $20 to more than $1,000 a year. The energy company anticipates that, at full enrollment, the collective ability to call on these customers during high-demand periods could have the environmental equivalent effect of taking 20,000 homes off the grid.

EforAll Holyoke Seeks Mentors for Summer Business Accelerator

HOLYOKE — EforAll Holyoke is actively seeking both English- and Spanish-speaking volunteers to participate as mentors in the summer 2020 business accelerator program. Accelerator mentors come from a variety of backgrounds and use their business and leadership experience to guide new entrepreneurs through the process of turning their idea into a growing business. Mentors work in teams of three and are matched with an entrepreneur based on schedule availability and the desire to work together. The team meets as a group to help reaffirm topics and themes raised during classes, while also strategizing with the entrepreneur on how to reach their specific goals during the program. This is a high-touch, year-long commitment. Mentor teams have 90-minute, in-person meetings for three months and then meet once a month for the following nine months. Anyone interested can e-mail [email protected] for more information.

People on the Move

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People on the Move

Narayan Sampath

Holyoke Community College (HCC) recently welcomed Narayan Sampath as its vice president of Administration and Finance. He will serve as the college’s chief fiscal officer, managing the college budget and supervising the Business Office, Human Resources, Campus Police, Facilities, and Dining Services. He started Jan. 2. Among his previous roles, Sampath was administrative director of the Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) at UMass Amherst, where he managed all day-to-day operations, including administrative, human resource, and fiscal affairs. He was also responsible for the execution of the $95 million capital grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center that led to the creation of IALS, now home to three centers with more than 250 college faculty members. From 2013 to 2015, he managed the Center for Emergent Behavior of Integrated Cellular Systems at MIT, funded by the National Science Foundation, and before that served as MIT’s financial administrator. From 2009 to 2011, he worked as grants administrator at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Originally from India, Sampath holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai. He earned an MBA from the International Business School at Brandeis University in Waltham. He has lived and worked in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Nigeria, and Kenya.

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Katherine Wilson

Steven Winn

Katherine Wilson, longtime president and CEO of Behavioral Health Network (BHN), announced she will retire on June 30. George Marion, BHN board chair, said the organization has named Steven Winn, BHN’s current chief operating officer, as Wilson’s successor. Wilson was instrumental in the formation of Behavioral Health Network in 1992 when four nonprofit mental-health organizations — the Child Guidance Clinic, the Agawam Counseling Center, Community Care Mental Health Center, and the Hampden District Mental Health Clinic — formed the new entity and appointed Wilson CEO. Since BHN’s founding, Wilson has built the organization from a $1 million annual enterprise into a leading behavioral-health agency in the region. Under her leadership, BHN has grown dramatically and now serves more than 40,000 individuals in the four Western Mass. counties, employs over 2,300 people, and has an annual budget of more than $115 million. Most recently, she was named a Healthcare Hero for Lifetime Achievement by HCN and BusinessWest and was celebrated in the book Power of Women published by the Republican. Under Wilson’s direction, BHN transformed an abandoned factory complex on Liberty Street in Springfield into a sprawling campus that includes BHN’s corporate headquarters, the innovative Living Room drop-in center, Cole’s Place recovery program for men, the 24/7 Crisis Center, an adult outpatient clinic, and its care coordination and outreach services. She also implemented the acquisitions of the Carson Center in Westfield and its affiliate, Valley Human Services in Ware. Winn joined BHN in 1995 as vice president and director of the Child Guidance Clinic. He was later promoted to senior vice president and since 2017 has served BHN as chief operating officer. He has extensive experience in the behavioral-health field and received a master’s degree in developmental psychology and a Ph.D. in clinical and developmental psychology, both from UMass Amherst. He went on to complete his fellowship at Yale University’s Child Study Center. After Yale, he became a staff psychologist at the University of New Mexico Children’s Psychiatric Hospital, where he also taught in the Department of Psychiatry as an assistant professor of Psychiatry. He is a licensed clinical psychologist in Massachusetts.

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John Heaps Jr

Florence Bank announced that President and CEO John Heaps Jr. will retire on May 1, 25 years to the day after he took the top job, making him the bank’s longest-serving CEO. Heaps has grown the bank in terms of staff, the number of branches, the geographic regions it serves, and capital and assets. Florence Bank is a top-performing bank in the industry in the state, with record results over the past five years, according to both the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Depositors Insurance Fund. Heaps will be succeeded from within as president and CEO by Kevin Day, Florence Bank’s executive vice president. Day joined the bank 11 years ago as its chief financial officer. During Heaps’ tenure, Florence Bank’s capital has grown from $24 million to $161 million, and assets have grown from $283 million to $1.4 billion. The bank grew from four branches in 1995 to 11 now — and soon to be 12. The staff has doubled from 112 full-time employees to 221 now. Heaps grew up in Springfield and began his banking career in 1971 in marketing at Valley Bank, later Bay Bank, in Springfield. In 1987, he was first named a bank president for Bank of Boston, also in Springfield. In addition to serving on many nonprofit boards, he has also sat on many boards in the banking industry, including the Connecticut On-Line Computer Center Inc. (COCC), which provides core data processing to banks, including Florence Bank.

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Christina Royal

Holyoke Community College President Christina Royal has been selected for a national fellowship for first-time college presidents administered by Washington, D.C.-based Aspen Institute. The Aspen New Presidents Fellowship is a new initiative designed to support community-college presidents in the early years of their tenure to accelerate transformational change on behalf of students. Royal and Luis Pedraja, president of Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, were the only two community-college presidents chosen from Massachusetts. They are part of the inaugural group of 25 Aspen fellows selected from more than 100 applicants nationwide. The leaders, all of whom are in their first five years as a college president, will engage in a seven-month fellowship beginning in June 2020. The fellows were selected for their commitment to student success and equity, willingness to take risks to improve outcomes, understanding of the importance of community partnerships, and ability to lead change. JPMorgan Chase is funding the Aspen New Presidents Fellowship as part of New Skills at Work, a five-year, $350 million investment to support community colleges and other pathways to careers and economic mobility.

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Jamina Scippio-McFadden, a senior program manager at UMass Center at Springfield, has been named director of the center by UMass Amherst. She has served as interim director for the past year. Scippio-McFadden’s wide-ranging community involvement includes serving on the executive committee of the Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts board of directors and the board of directors for the Hampden County Community Impact Foundation and Community Enrichment Inc. She is a member of the Springfield Museums African Hall Subcommittee and an organizing and charter member of the Western Mass. chapter of Jack and Jill of America Inc. She joined the UMass Center in 2014 as the director of Marketing and Community Relations, Student Services, and Academic Support. She was appointed program manager for business and community development in the center’s Office of Economic Development in August 2018. She was named interim director of the center in January 2019. Previously, Scippio-McFadden taught communications at American International College and served as a college administrator and faculty member at institutions in Florida and Georgia. She has 20 years of experience in the media industry, including television news, radio, newspapers, and public relations. She received her bachelor’s degree in communications from Bethune-Cookman College, where she graduated magna cum laude. She earned a master’s degree in communications from the University of Florida and is currently a doctoral candidate in education at UMass Amherst.

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Bay Path University announced three new members of its faculty across the undergraduate and graduate divisions. Xiaoxia Liu, director, Applied Data Science, is a seasoned data scientist with years of experience across different industries, including healthcare, business solutions, and insurance. She has extensive experience in handling various data problems through teaching, statistical collaboration research, and advanced analytic/predictive modeling. Liu has authored more than 35 peer-reviewed journal articles, which have appeared in JAMA, Pain, Circulation, and other leading medical journals. She holds a master’s degree in mathematics and statistics from Georgia State University and a master’s degree in communication from SUNY Albany. Joshua Hamilton, program director and professor, is a fellow of the American Assoc. of Nurse Practitioners and is in private practice in Las Vegas, Nev. He has held a variety of faculty and administrative positions in the U.S. and abroad, and is an internationally recognized speaker at conferences and professional meetings. He holds a doctor of nursing practice degree from Rush University and is in the process of completing his juris doctor through Northwestern California University. Nisé Guzmán Nekheba, coordinator and associate professor, Legal Studies and Paralegal Studies, comes to Bay Path with more than 30 years of experience in both professional and academic settings. As a published author and a seasoned presenter, Nekheba is highly experienced in the areas of real property, family law, race and the law, immigration, Native Americans and the law, and law and religion. She is an award-winning academic professional and a member of the American Bar Assoc., the Assoc. of American Law Schools, and the Assoc. for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora. Nekheba simultaneously completed her juris doctor and master of divinity degrees at Harvard University, where she was the recipient of the Harvard University Baccalaureate Speaker Award.

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Andrea Momnie O’Connor, a principal with the law firm Hendel, Collins & O’Connor, P.C., has been appointed to the panel of Chapter 7 Trustees for the District of Connecticut by the U.S. Trustee Program. O’Connor previously clerked for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts. She graduated magna cum laude from Western New England University Law School, where she served as editor-in-chief of the Western New England Law Review, and cum laude from the University of Connecticut. She is an adjunct professor at Elms College, where she teaches legal research and writing. She was named a 2019 Rising Star in the area of bankruptcy law by Super Lawyers. Her practice focuses on bankruptcy, insolvency, and financial restructuring for business and consumer clients.

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As part of its planned expansion of commercial banking talent and resources across the Northeast, KeyBank announced that Matthew Hummel has joined the bank in the newly created position of Commercial Banking team leader, reporting to market president James Barger. In his new role, Hummel will lead and expand the team of commercial bankers serving middle-market clients in Connecticut and Western Mass. and help drive KeyBank’s commercial business growth throughout the market. Hummel brings more than 30 years of commercial-banking experience to KeyBank, primarily from Bank of America’s Global Commercial Banking group, where he strategically aligned banking resources to the needs of middle-market companies requiring complex debt, capital markets, currency, treasury, and other financial solutions. He holds an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Hartford, and a bachelor’s degree from Colby College. He has strong ties to the local community and has volunteered at a number of nonprofit organizations, including Smilow Cancer Center’s Closer to Free bike tour, Literacy Volunteers of America, and Habitat for Humanity. He has served as a Glastonbury Basketball Assoc. board member and boys travel basketball commissioner since 2005.

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Christopher Smith

Comcast announced the appointment of Christopher Smith as vice president of Human Resources for the company’s Western New England region, which includes more than 300 communities in Connecticut, Western Mass., Western New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. In this role, Smith and his team will support more than 1,600 employees and oversee all of the region’s human-resources functions, including talent management, recruiting, payroll, benefits, and training through Comcast University, the company’s internal training and leadership-development program. Prior to joining Comcast, Smith served for the past decade as HR vice president of NiSource, an 8,000-employee utility company based in Indiana that provides natural-gas and electric power to 4 million customers in seven states. Before that, he spent four years with the Pepsi Bottling Group, first as HR manager in Las Vegas and later as HR director in Newport News, Va., where he was responsible for 1,500 employees in 13 locations. In addition, he held various human-resources roles over the course of four years for Mead Johnson Nutritionals, a former division of the pharmaceutical manufacturer Bristol-Myers Squibb. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Indiana University and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza School of Business, where he recently served as an adjunct professor of Strategic Human Resources.

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Dodie Carpentier

Dodie Carpentier, vice president of Human Resources at Monson Savings Bank, was recently elected president-elect of River East School to Career (RESTC). Carpentier joined RESTC as a board member in 2014, has previously held positions as clerk and treasurer, and is a member of the scholarship committee for this local nonprofit organization. Working under the umbrella of MassHire Hampden County Workforce Board, RESTC promotes K-16 career education and assists in preparing youth for the demands of the 21st-century workplace. In addition to volunteering for RESTC, Carpentier also serves as chairperson for the Monson Substance Abuse Community Partnership, is a member of the steering committee for Rays of Hope, is a read-aloud volunteer for Link to Libraries, and is a guitarist and vocalist for the Folk Group at St. Thomas Church in Palmer. She has worked at Monson Savings Bank since 2006 and has earned certificates in human resources management and supervision from the Center for Financial Training.

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Allison Vorderstrasse, a faculty member and Ph.D. program director at New York University, has been named the dean of the College of Nursing at UMass Amherst. She will begin her appointment on July 1. Vorderstrasse currently serves as a faculty member and director of the Florence S. Downs Ph.D. Program in Nursing Research and Theory Development at New York University (NYU) Rory Meyers College of Nursing. An adult nurse practitioner with clinical experience, Vorderstrasse received her doctorate and master’s degrees in nursing at the Yale University School of Nursing, with specialties in chronic illness self-management research and diabetes. She received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, N.Y. Prior to joining the faculty at NYU, she was an associate professor of Nursing and faculty lead for Precision Health Research at the Duke University School of Nursing. She taught at Duke University School of Nursing from 2009 to 2014. In 2014, she received the Duke University School of Nursing Distinguished Teaching Award. She was inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in 2015, and in 2017 received the International Society of Nurses in Genetics Founders Award for Excellence in Genomic Nursing Research.

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Kiyota Garcia

Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) announced the appointment of Kiyota Garcia as coordinator of the Academic Advising and Transfer Center, effective Jan. 27. In 2010, Garcia started working in the Academic Advising and Transfer Center, which provides continuous support to strengthen, nurture, empower, and educate students in making informed decisions that will guide their educational experience. Garcia holds a doctorate of education in educational psychology from American International College, a master’s degree in clinical psychology from American International College, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Bay Path University. She will continue to work on advising initiatives that support the success of STCC students with a focus on retention and completion.

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Angel Coriano

Homework House announced the hire of Angel Coriano as its new director of Programs. He will be responsible for the supervision of day-to-day program operations, including the tutoring and learning process, and will also work closely with local schools, student assessment and evaluation, along with curriculum development. Coriano is a lifelong resident of Holyoke and a graduate of Holyoke Public Schools. An alumnus of the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst, he has spent the last 10-plus years in the field of education.

Country Bank Donates More Than $900,000 to Nonprofits in 2019

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Daily News

WARE — Country Bank reported its donations to area nonprofits totaled $905,049 last year. Throughout 2019, more than 500 organizations in the communities the bank serves received donations, including the Children’s Trust, Ludlow Community Center Boys and Girls Club, Ronald McDonald House, Habitat for Humanity, Project Bread, and the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, among many others.

Recognizing the importance and overwhelming need to help organizations that address hunger, Country Bank provided monetary donations exceeding $100,000 to food programs throughout the region. The recipients of these funds included Friends of the Homeless, Springfield Rescue Mission, and the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, as well as many local food pantries.

“Our desire to support and enrich our communities is not only a part of our mission, it’s truly who we are,” said Paul Scully, president, and CEO of Country Bank. “Team members embody our standards of professional excellence every day by applying the bank’s iSTEP core values of integrity, service, teamwork, excellence, and prosperity. These values continue to guide our mission, especially through our community-involvement efforts.”

In addition, Country Bank’s employee charitable giving program raised more than $30,000 in 2019 through events such as jeans days, bake sales, and raffles.

“Our team volunteered more than 1,000 hours of personal time at various events within our communities,” said Jodie Gerulaitis, vice president of Community Relations. “These volunteer hours speak directly to our culture and our belief in helping others. Serving meals, filling backpacks for the homeless, and building beds for children in need are just a few of the ways we gave back to our communities.”

KeyBank Appoints Matthew Hummel Commercial Banking Team Leader

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Daily News

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — As part of its planned expansion of commercial banking talent and resources across the Northeast, KeyBank announced that Matthew Hummel has joined the bank in the newly created position of Commercial Banking team leader, reporting to market president James Barger. In his new role, Hummel will lead and expand the team of commercial bankers serving middle-market clients in Connecticut and Western Mass. and help drive KeyBank’s commercial business growth throughout the market.

Hummel brings more than 30 years of commercial-banking experience to KeyBank, primarily from Bank of America’s Global Commercial Banking group, where he strategically aligned banking resources to the needs of middle-market companies requiring complex debt, capital markets, currency, treasury, and other financial solutions. He has consistently ranked as one of the highest-performing client managers in the region, with in-depth market knowledge, customer-focused service, and strong portfolio-management expertise.

“Matt’s winning track record as a senior commercial banker and reputation as an exceptional relationship builder are qualities that I was looking for to ensure we have the right leadership talent stacked against this market’s large opportunity,” Barger said. “He will be pivotal to our successful growth in the market.”

Hummel holds an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Hartford, and a bachelor’s degree from Colby College. He has strong ties to the local community and has volunteered at a number of nonprofit organizations, including Smilow Cancer Center’s Closer to Free bike tour, Literacy Volunteers of America, and Habitat for Humanity. He has served as a Glastonbury Basketball Assoc. board member and boys travel basketball commissioner since 2005.

Real Estate Transactions

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Real Estate

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

FRANKLIN COUNTY

BERNARDSTON

60 Merrifield Road
Bernardston, MA 01337
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Veaceslav Falceanu
Seller: Arno L. Skalski
Date: 12/17/19

COLRAIN

4 High St.
Colrain, MA 01340
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: David W. Adams
Seller: Carole Adams
Date: 12/11/19

CONWAY

13 West Parsons Dr.
Conway, MA 01341
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Hendrik VanDen-Broek
Seller: Dkma Consulting LLC
Date: 12/13/19

DEERFIELD

47 Graves St.
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $179,000
Buyer: Barbara B. Galli
Seller: Adele B. Dowell
Date: 12/16/19

2 Park St.
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $1,250,000
Buyer: J2K Realty LLC
Seller: Joseph W. Gorey
Date: 12/11/19

54 South Mill River Road
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $224,000
Buyer: Kirstin L. Miner
Seller: Karkut 2013 RET
Date: 12/16/19

ERVING

16 Flagg Hill
Erving, MA 01344
Amount: $249,000
Buyer: Jacob M. Earl
Seller: Curtiss R. Brunelle
Date: 12/11/19

36 High St.
Erving, MA 01344
Amount: $157,000
Buyer: Alex Colon
Seller: Christine H. Costa
Date: 12/05/19

54 River Road
Erving, MA 01344
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Tyler J. Young
Seller: Wojtkowski FT
Date: 12/05/19

GREENFIELD

98 Burnham Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Judith Roberge
Seller: Linda Freeman TR
Date: 12/16/19

176 Chapman St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Christopher Lewis
Seller: William J. Doyle
Date: 12/06/19

258 Chapman St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: David Stratford
Seller: Michael K. Perreault
Date: 12/04/19

109 Cottage St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $170,400
Buyer: Erik K. Hurley
Seller: Blake E. Wilson
Date: 12/06/19

7 James St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $363,750
Buyer: Douglas E. Andrew
Seller: John R. Mason
Date: 12/16/19

7 Newell Pond Place
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Alyssa Bobe
Seller: Robert Mugar Yacubian RET
Date: 12/06/19

75 Shattuck St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $229,000
Buyer: Renee J. Kampfe-Leacher
Seller: Paul E. McDonald
Date: 12/04/19

139 Silver St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $218,000
Buyer: Kaylie A. Love
Seller: Susan Antico
Date: 12/16/19

MONTAGUE

Old Sunderland Road
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Joan M. Deignan
Seller: Justin D. Killeen
Date: 12/10/19

20 Turner St.
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Jessica Dimitriou
Seller: John Castorino
Date: 12/13/19

25 Turners Falls Road
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $179,900
Buyer: Samantha Myburgh
Seller: Megan A. Atherton
Date: 12/10/19

70 Turnpike Road
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $158,400
Buyer: Norwich Commercial Group
Seller: Jacob Stafford
Date: 12/10/19

NEW SALEM

520 Daniel Shays Hwy.
New Salem, MA 01355
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: Joshua H. Mason
Seller: Jamie Beauchesne
Date: 12/16/19
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842 Daniel Shays Hwy.
New Salem, MA 01355
Amount: $279,900
Buyer: Heidi M. Bohn
Seller: Warren H. Farnham
Date: 12/12/19

NORTHFIELD

211 Birnam Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $347,000
Buyer: Katherine A. Clark
Seller: Jeanne B. Grubman TR
Date: 12/16/19

178 Old Vernon Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Randy W. Brown
Seller: Dale S. Whitney
Date: 12/17/19

ORANGE

10 Eddy St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $165,900
Buyer: Gary B. Willard
Seller: Emma G. Ellsworth
Date: 12/05/19

23-25 Howe St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $172,000
Buyer: Crystopher D. Clarke
Seller: Thomas Cleveland
Date: 12/13/19

81 Memory Lane
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Catherine Breckenridge
Seller: Theresa Feehan
Date: 12/09/19

78-80 New Athol Road
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Frances Bates
Seller: Ingrid Willard
Date: 12/11/19

10 Nina Pierce Circle
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $212,500
Buyer: Rosario Dimartino
Seller: Vytis LLC
Date: 12/09/19

7 Nina Pierce Circle
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $212,500
Buyer: Rosario Dimartino
Seller: Litvak LLC
Date: 12/09/19

86 Packard Road
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Leslie V. Thompson
Seller: Chris A. Soucie
Date: 12/12/19

174 Pleasant St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Olivia A. Kimball
Seller: Jacob M. Earl
Date: 12/11/19

16-36 South Main St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Karmacan LLC
Seller: New Home Orange LLC
Date: 12/09/19

58 South Main St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Karmacan LLC
Seller: New Home Orange LLC
Date: 12/09/19

65 Summit St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $145,900
Buyer: Antonio J. Woodland
Seller: Justin M. Basque
Date: 12/06/19

SHELBURNE

106 Shelburne Center Road
Shelburne, MA 01370
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Benjamin B. Russell
Seller: Frances M. Pheeny
Date: 12/06/19

SHUTESBURY

14 Ladyslipper Lane
Shutesbury, MA 01072
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Carole A. Demetre
Seller: Donald A. Perreault
Date: 12/05/19

WENDELL

15 West St.
Wendell, MA 01380
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Louis N. Rapp
Seller: Byron J. Ricketts
Date: 12/04/19

WHATELY

11 Grey Oak Lane
Whately, MA 01373
Amount: $450,000
Buyer: Andrew J. Demado
Seller: Hamelin Framing Inc.
Date: 12/12/19

HAMPDEN COUNTY

AGAWAM

54 Charles St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $177,000
Buyer: Barbara Brizzolari
Seller: Andrea M. Davis
Date: 12/10/19

120 Clover Hill Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $281,500
Buyer: Joshua X. Tower
Seller: Nicholas Beaudette
Date: 12/05/19

244 Colemore St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $287,500
Buyer: George L. Vershon
Seller: Kenneth A. Labonte
Date: 12/17/19

89 Granger Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $339,000
Buyer: Adam D. Schmaelzle
Seller: Charles F. Kehoe
Date: 12/13/19

26 Hall St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Shannon Dion
Seller: Keith J. Camyre
Date: 12/16/19

33 High St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $233,888
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Jonathan N. Towle
Date: 12/06/19

51 Howard St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Gheorghe G. Munteanu
Seller: Jean C. Ceccarini
Date: 12/05/19

45 Kirkland St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Alanna A. Tidwell
Seller: Michael J. Donovan
Date: 12/12/19

22 Lakeview Circle
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $332,910
Buyer: Bank New York Mellon
Seller: Timothy Murphy
Date: 12/11/19

167 Lancaster Dr.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Kevin Atkin
Seller: Justine Craven-Goetz
Date: 12/13/19

959 Main St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Adam M. Debarge
Seller: Stuart B. Gordon
Date: 12/10/19

85 North Alhambra Circle
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $208,000
Buyer: Michael Lapointe
Seller: Jonathon Mach
Date: 12/06/19

173 North West St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $169,900
Buyer: Daniel C. Normandeau
Seller: Douglas B. Cesan
Date: 12/13/19

45 Oak Hill Ave.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $244,000
Buyer: Michael Ritchie
Seller: Laurence J. Outhuse
Date: 12/12/19

491 South West St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Ana Kaletina
Seller: Hatzipetro, Barbara A., (Estate)
Date: 12/13/19

BLANDFORD

1-R Beagle Club Road
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $314,000
Buyer: Liza M. Farrelly
Seller: Neil J. Geary
Date: 12/12/19

BRIMFIELD

1477 Dunhamtown Brimfield Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $143,094
Buyer: US Bbank
Seller: Nickolas J. Digregorio
Date: 12/05/19

39 Prospect Hill Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Michael E. Siegel
Seller: Michael J. Gelinas
Date: 12/04/19

CHESTER

430 East River Road
Chester, MA 01050
Amount: $450,000
Buyer: Allison M. Mills
Seller: Eric D. Braaten
Date: 12/06/19

CHICOPEE

50 Archie St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $269,900
Buyer: Jose I. Aponte
Seller: Wayne A. Laflamme
Date: 12/06/19

144 Blanan Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Darryl Bress
Seller: Casimir J. Storozuk
Date: 12/05/19

1307 Burnett Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Frederick T. Szlosek
Seller: Masztal, Edward W., (Estate)
Date: 12/06/19

572 Chicopee St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Degaulle N. Litoma
Seller: Providencia Melendez
Date: 12/12/19

475 Dale St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Revampit LLC
Seller: William Stocker
Date: 12/09/19

36 Daley St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Nicole A. Drobnak
Seller: Elaine J. Labbe
Date: 12/16/19

160 Edgewood Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $177,000
Buyer: Nicholas O’Connor
Seller: Nancy R. Helwig
Date: 12/10/19

150 Empire St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $223,000
Buyer: Mark Kristev
Seller: Timofey Sychev
Date: 12/16/19

255 Frontenac St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Chandler T. Boutin
Seller: Daniel Whalen
Date: 12/12/19

316 Hampden St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Daniel T. McMahon
Seller: Michelle Aucoin
Date: 12/06/19

28 Henshaw St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $264,900
Buyer: Western Mass. Training Consortium
Seller: Stephan W. Zaremba
Date: 12/04/19

160 Jacob St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Stephen G. Young
Seller: Terri A. Major
Date: 12/06/19

62 Jamrog Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $229,000
Buyer: Devan M. Stamborski
Seller: Daniel Stamborski
Date: 12/13/19

20 Johnson Road
Chicopee, MA 01022
Amount: $8,085,000
Buyer: RM Acre Chicopee Hampden
Seller: Education Capital Solutions
Date: 12/06/19

30 Larchmont St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $326,500
Buyer: Ahmed Jebur
Seller: Viktor Savonin
Date: 12/06/19

57 Larchmont St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $298,000
Buyer: Camilo Pascual
Seller: Natalya Arbuzov
Date: 12/06/19

70 Larchmont St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $150,500
Buyer: Dawn L. Holland
Seller: Joseph Roda
Date: 12/12/19

205 Loomis Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Travis Odiorne
Seller: William M. Keating
Date: 12/16/19

143 Lukasik St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Tracy A. Wehr
Seller: Thaddeus R. Caisse
Date: 12/06/19

34 Maple St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Celestino Montes
Seller: Maple Ledge Associates
Date: 12/04/19

46 Maple St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $460,000
Buyer: Cheri Pitt Team LLC
Seller: Jean Grondin
Date: 12/16/19

48-50 Maple St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $460,000
Buyer: Cheri Pitt Team LLC
Seller: Jean Grondin
Date: 12/16/19

91 Marcelle St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $189,000
Buyer: Sarah Jasinski-Wodecki
Seller: Paul T. Sullivan
Date: 12/16/19

79 Park St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $156,000
Buyer: Andre Perez
Seller: Urszula R. Stetson
Date: 12/10/19

31 Pleasant St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $277,500
Buyer: RM Blerman LLC
Seller: Lachenauer LLC
Date: 12/12/19

64 Pondview Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Jason Orne
Seller: Adam M. Debarge
Date: 12/04/19

798 Prospect St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Samantha L. Langevin
Seller: Robert P. Langevin
Date: 12/17/19

85 Simonich St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Carolyn A. Blajda
Seller: Gladys M. Stokowski
Date: 12/10/19

541 Springfield St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Miroslav Nesterchuk
Seller: 541-543 Springfield St NT
Date: 12/13/19

223 Summit Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $297,000
Buyer: Bryan Doctolero
Seller: DCL General Construction
Date: 12/16/19

50 Westport Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Joseph Menard
Seller: Callahan, Kathleen A., (Estate)
Date: 12/06/19

EAST LONGMEADOW

43 Gerrard Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $289,900
Buyer: Sean R. Agustynowicz
Seller: John F. Mahan
Date: 12/16/19

32 Parker St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: KRM Real Estate LLC
Seller: Ryan J. Callan
Date: 12/10/19

2 Ridge Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $316,000
Buyer: Michael E. Vona
Seller: Natasha T. Drane
Date: 12/13/19

10 Senator Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Joseph C. Zguro
Seller: Randy Sample
Date: 12/06/19

31 Thompson St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Connor M. Corsi
Seller: Vanvalkenburg, Jane M., (Estate)
Date: 12/13/19

90 Wood Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $212,150
Buyer: Sean Bechard
Seller: Revampit LLC
Date: 12/13/19

GRANVILLE

75 Blandford Road
Granville, MA 01034
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Nathan Testerman
Seller: Johanna C. Wolff
Date: 12/12/19

164 Reagan Road
Granville, MA 01034
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Nicholas Hultine
Seller: Austin J. Prokop
Date: 12/17/19

HAMPDEN

34 Burleigh Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $465,000
Buyer: Jared Lewis
Seller: Michael S. O’Rourke
Date: 12/13/19

84 Chapin Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Victor A. Deangelo
Seller: Pamela Outhuse
Date: 12/13/19

32 Dresden St.
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $174,900
Buyer: Makenson Petit-Frere
Seller: Home Staging & Realty LLC
Date: 12/13/19

212 Glendale Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Brian Stamm
Seller: Kevin J. Czaplicki
Date: 12/12/19

73 Glendale Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $267,500
Buyer: Robert Martucci
Seller: Deborah L. Loyd
Date: 12/16/19

147 Mill Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $340,500
Buyer: Stephen K. Atwater
Seller: David Markham
Date: 12/16/19

354 North Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Justin M. Simmons
Seller: Thomas L. Jarvis
Date: 12/06/19

88 Oak Knoll Dr.
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Douglas L. Leclair
Seller: Clifford E. Bombard
Date: 12/16/19

140 Rock A. Dundee Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $585,000
Buyer: Meredith A. Sample
Seller: Michelle W. Neveah
Date: 12/06/19

131 Stony Hill Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $326,000
Buyer: Wayne Whitlock
Seller: Dana R. Gahres
Date: 12/12/19

HOLLAND

181 Brimfield Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $169,900
Buyer: John A. Kroell
Seller: Robert W. Sutton
Date: 12/10/19

75 Dug Hill Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: David B. Crane
Seller: Hunt, Alice H., (Estate)
Date: 12/05/19

14 Maiden Lane
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Robert L. Williams
Seller: Roberta T. Bennett
Date: 12/13/19

6 Park Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $129,000
Buyer: Joshua M. Johnson
Seller: Richard G. Johnson
Date: 12/16/19

HOLYOKE

199 Bemis Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Andrew S. Lafrennie
Seller: Kenneth J. Lafrennie
Date: 12/16/19

193-195 Brown Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $120,340
Buyer: Richard Santos
Seller: Wilmington Savings
Date: 12/13/19

Chmura Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Anniversary Hill Development LLC
Seller: Joseph Chapdelaine & Sons
Date: 12/06/19

233 Easthampton Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $650,000
Buyer: Arment & Vanzandt Realty
Seller: Wyckoff Associates LLC
Date: 12/13/19

2 Elliot St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $227,500
Buyer: Sophia L. Chambers
Seller: David R. Garfinkel
Date: 12/10/19

142 Homestead Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $214,000
Buyer: Luis Robles
Seller: Coakley Corp.
Date: 12/13/19

783 Homestead Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $242,500
Buyer: Brian T. Matlock
Seller: Lauren M. Magri
Date: 12/06/19

73 Martin St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $187,000
Buyer: Stephen P. Peregrin
Seller: Amanda M. Rogers
Date: 12/13/19

36 Merrick Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Thomas H. Werbiskis
Seller: Joanne C. Bligh
Date: 12/17/19

1070 Northampton St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $420,000
Buyer: Adam Gosselin
Seller: Dakota J. Hebert
Date: 12/17/19

224 Pine St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $149,459
Buyer: Lakeview Loan Servicing
Seller: Charles J. Berard
Date: 12/11/19

270-272 Pine St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Ibrahim Raphael
Seller: Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity
Date: 12/06/19

28 Portland St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $174,000
Buyer: William P. McHugh
Seller: L. Elizabeth Crowley
Date: 12/17/19

300 Rock Valley Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $181,500
Buyer: William H. Sullivan
Seller: Maureen Sullivan
Date: 12/06/19

2 Ross Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Susan Calderon
Seller: Albert J. Knybel
Date: 12/06/19

12-16 Sargeant St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $5,930,000
Buyer: SC Hamilton Apartments
Seller: South Canal LP
Date: 12/09/19

Scott Hollow Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Anniversary Hill Development LLC
Seller: Joseph Chapdelaine & Sons
Date: 12/06/19

12 West Glen St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $168,000
Buyer: Stephen Akalis
Seller: John J. Munro
Date: 12/12/19

70 West Glen St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $172,000
Buyer: Dave Ouellette
Seller: David J. Hearn
Date: 12/13/19

LONGMEADOW

87 Birchwood Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $165,001
Buyer: CIG 4 LLC
Seller: Jane W. Lawson
Date: 12/17/19

206 Burbank Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $289,000
Buyer: Dylan A. McDonald
Seller: Cole A. Nikodemus
Date: 12/12/19

147 Greenacre Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $247,000
Buyer: Ashley A. Nyman
Seller: Brian W. Phillips
Date: 12/06/19

68 Hazardville Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $268,000
Buyer: Paul Cangialosi
Seller: Adam Salerno
Date: 12/13/19

167 Hazardville Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Franny Krushinsky
Seller: Gary W. Holmquist
Date: 12/12/19

104 Maple Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $262,000
Buyer: Yinle Wu
Seller: Bernard T. Davidow
Date: 12/05/19

856 Maple Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $289,000
Buyer: Talita Mirena
Seller: William A. Townsend
Date: 12/06/19

101 South Park Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Ryan J. Callan
Seller: KRM Real Estate LLC
Date: 12/10/19

129 Tanglewood Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $640,000
Buyer: Jonathan Hastings
Seller: Dwight G. Ebeling
Date: 12/06/19

225 Tanglewood Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $625,000
Buyer: Prasanth Potluri
Seller: John M. Zeroogian
Date: 12/16/19

217 Williams St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: Cleland D. Cochrane
Seller: Neda Dulaimy
Date: 12/17/19

30 Wyndward Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: David B. Hart
Seller: Muhammed H. Warasat
Date: 12/05/19

LUDLOW

19 Allison Lane
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $337,000
Buyer: Jessica J. Brown
Seller: Hoffmann, Guenther H., (Estate)
Date: 12/05/19

Center St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $423,000
Buyer: William J. Decker
Seller: Yvette C. Archambault TR
Date: 12/11/19

214 Church St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Bradford J. Trahan
Seller: Travis Odiorne
Date: 12/13/19

113 Colonial Dr.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $296,000
Buyer: Nathan L. Carvalho
Seller: Wieslaw Krol
Date: 12/16/19

546 Fuller St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $334,900
Buyer: Leslie Marshall
Seller: Jessica L. Janes
Date: 12/06/19

701 Fuller St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $146,000
Buyer: Jan Kochman
Seller: Peggy A. Bowles
Date: 12/04/19

58 Georgetown Road
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $212,500
Buyer: John R. Norden
Seller: Heidi Morace
Date: 12/09/19

63 Green St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Richard Dzierwinski
Seller: Laurie Kareta
Date: 12/04/19

106 Pine Cone Lane
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $345,500
Buyer: Eric J. Watson
Seller: Richard J. Corsi
Date: 12/11/19

68 Ray St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $212,000
Buyer: Alan S. Kirkland
Seller: Nicole L. Longtin
Date: 12/06/19

MONSON

Cote Road #G
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Peter D. Martins
Seller: Jack G. Carter
Date: 12/06/19

36 Country Club Heights
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Steven Giguere
Seller: Jessy R. Sirois
Date: 12/12/19

118 Peck Brothers Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $176,500
Buyer: Stephen R. Chiacchia
Seller: Nicole Hamel
Date: 12/13/19

PALMER

1084 Overlook Dr.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Sarah A. Thompson
Seller: Healy, Helen M., (Estate)
Date: 12/16/19

RUSSELL

385 Blandford Road
Russell, MA 01071
Amount: $329,000
Buyer: William F. Barry
Seller: Reuben M. Leinbach
Date: 12/12/19

387 Blandford Road
Russell, MA 01071
Amount: $329,000
Buyer: William F. Barry
Seller: Reuben M. Leinbach
Date: 12/12/19

48 Pine Hill Road
Russell, MA 01071
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Paula M. Tennyson
Seller: Brian D. Kibbe
Date: 12/17/19

SPRINGFIELD

114 2nd St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $153,000
Buyer: Geraldo Rodriguez
Seller: Joseph P. Latif
Date: 12/13/19

88 Agnes St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $157,000
Buyer: Katie A. Verrochi
Seller: Bradford J. Trahan
Date: 12/13/19

555-557 Armory St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Kelnate Realty LLC
Seller: Emtay Inc.
Date: 12/13/19

145 Barber St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $139,900
Buyer: Aimee Chofay
Seller: Michelle Stewart
Date: 12/13/19

224 Birchland Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $243,000
Buyer: James T. Lawson
Seller: Benjamin Elliston
Date: 12/09/19

83 Bowdoin St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Tammy Reed
Seller: Nikolaos Panteleakis
Date: 12/13/19

959 Bradley Road
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $126,700
Buyer: Old Green Acres LLC
Seller: O’Connor, Ruth Joan, (Estate)
Date: 12/10/19

189 Brookdale Dr.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $1,080,000
Buyer: You & Me Investment LLC
Seller: Shawinigan Drive LLC
Date: 12/13/19

14 Brunswick St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $208,000
Buyer: Carlos K. Osorio
Seller: Oscar Gonzalez
Date: 12/10/19

46 BurnsideTerrace
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $173,000
Buyer: Stephanie M. Hurley
Seller: Daniel S. Triggs
Date: 12/13/19

1640 Carew St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Rosemary B. Rosado
Seller: Lynne M. Goda
Date: 12/06/19

94 Catharine St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $229,000
Buyer: Samuel Roman
Seller: Yubelkis Rijo
Date: 12/04/19

113 Cedar St.
Springfield, MA 01105
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Robert A. Monegro
Seller: Golden Gates Realty Assocs.
Date: 12/16/19

246 Dickinson St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Swami Dickinson LLC
Seller: Epsilon Property Mgmt. Inc.
Date: 12/16/19

44 Duryea St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Cecilia Z. Bonilla
Seller: Bachir M. Saleh
Date: 12/06/19

14-16 Esther St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $246,000
Buyer: Yeslin B. Gonzalez-Perez
Seller: Lisa Kern
Date: 12/11/19

30 Fallston St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $199,900
Buyer: Jason Johnson
Seller: Charles H. Heimann
Date: 12/10/19

76 Ferncliff Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $179,900
Buyer: Nancy J. Pride
Seller: Juan J. Irizarry
Date: 12/13/19

11-13 Flagg St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $179,900
Buyer: Hector M. Martinez
Seller: Ben M. Garfield
Date: 12/06/19

116 Fort Pleasant Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $349,900
Buyer: 116 Fort Pleasant LLC
Seller: Youngs Realty Management
Date: 12/06/19

116 Gillette Circle
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Rafael Irizarry-Fields
Seller: Arlene Rodriguez
Date: 12/13/19

53 Hall St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $390,000
Buyer: Round 2 LLC
Seller: Valley Castle Holdings
Date: 12/13/19

255 Hartwick St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Jeffrey Mueller
Seller: John E. Pike
Date: 12/12/19

33 Holy Cross St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Charles Lattanzio
Seller: Andre P. Tessier
Date: 12/05/19

210 Keddy St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Patrick K. Russell
Seller: Anthony S. Gregory
Date: 12/06/19

67-69 Kensington Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $390,000
Buyer: Round 2 LLC
Seller: Valley Castle Holdings
Date: 12/13/19

68 Kensington Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $390,000
Buyer: Round 2 LLC
Seller: Valley Castle Holdings
Date: 12/13/19

95-97 Kent Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Jarelis E. Rodriguez
Seller: Anthony M. Santaniello
Date: 12/16/19

38 Kingoke Lane
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Multi-Cultural Community
Seller: Richard C. White
Date: 12/05/19

49 Kirk Dr.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $119,367
Buyer: Kirk Drive TR
Seller: Pamela L. Bongiovanni
Date: 12/09/19

116 Lakevilla Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Justin X. McMillian
Seller: Scott J. Rogers
Date: 12/12/19

110 Lehigh St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Jorge Perez
Seller: Jorge Perez
Date: 12/11/19

64 Lyndale St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Jennifer Diaz
Seller: Mike Nguyen
Date: 12/06/19

5 Mandalay Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $122,000
Buyer: Steven Hoang
Seller: Dil M. Gurung
Date: 12/09/19

70-72 Manhattan St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Darinel Marte-Diaz
Seller: RM Blerman LLC
Date: 12/05/19

96 Manhattan St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $291,900
Buyer: Kiara Correa
Seller: Tehran Lewis
Date: 12/09/19

41 Merrimac Ave.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $162,500
Buyer: Tascon Homes LLC
Seller: US Bank
Date: 12/06/19

74 Monmouth St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $253,500
Buyer: Orlando C. Harvey
Seller: Patriot Living LLC
Date: 12/13/19

36 Montrose St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $164,000
Buyer: JJJ 17 LLC
Seller: JJJ 17 LLC
Date: 12/16/19

73-75 Narragansett St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $198,000
Buyer: Jacqueline Merced
Seller: Anthony Alvaro
Date: 12/11/19

605 Newbury St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Joseph Vazquez-Rivera
Seller: Linda Perlman
Date: 12/16/19

140 Oak St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Lisa M. Fotiathis
Seller: USA HUD
Date: 12/05/19

80 Oklahoma St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Juan A. Colon
Seller: Casey J. Placek
Date: 12/06/19

1093 Parker St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $138,000
Buyer: Luz Quintana
Seller: Jamie J. Agen
Date: 12/04/19

11 Perkins St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Felix Decesare
Seller: Susanne M. Fahringer
Date: 12/05/19

59 Pheasant Dr.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Nicola S. Williams
Seller: Jeffrey T. Perrin
Date: 12/04/19

7 Plumtree Circle
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Ricky T. Mack
Seller: Catherine V. Santaniello
Date: 12/13/19

1570 Plumtree Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Chelsea M. Blake
Seller: Jovanna A. Soto
Date: 12/17/19

120-122 Powell Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $236,000
Buyer: Chad VanWingerden
Seller: Michael E. Larose
Date: 12/06/19

235 Prentice St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Karla E. Garcia-Arroyo
Seller: Lynn A. Laplante
Date: 12/12/19

106 Revere St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $212,000
Buyer: Wilbert Weche
Seller: Global Homes Properties
Date: 12/11/19

39 Rimmon Ave.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $197,000
Buyer: Jasmine Santana
Seller: Jacek J. Klosowski
Date: 12/12/19

79 Roosevelt Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $194,500
Buyer: Shawn D. Cruzado
Seller: David Borkosky
Date: 12/13/19

227 Roy St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Jose Zavala
Seller: Anthony Santaniello
Date: 12/16/19

50 Scarsdale Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Marie McCormack
Seller: Rita M. Panasian
Date: 12/13/19

55 South Tallyho Dr.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Kenneth D. Taylor
Seller: Adam Robbins
Date: 12/11/19

95-97 Suffolk St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Round 2 LLC
Seller: Jeffrey VonDauber
Date: 12/13/19

24-26 Sullivan St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $143,500
Buyer: Teresa Quiles
Seller: Maria D. Farina
Date: 12/12/19

285 SunriseTerrace
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $155,500
Buyer: Jonathan Dimo
Seller: Kara A. Petrie
Date: 12/06/19

111 Upton St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Taylor N. Holland
Seller: Michelle Stuart
Date: 12/11/19

32 West Alvord St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Kelnate Realty LLC
Seller: Emtay Inc.
Date: 12/16/19

348-350 White St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $231,000
Buyer: Nancy A. Urena-Pena
Seller: Benjamin J. Brunese
Date: 12/10/19

2004 Wilbraham Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Cynthia McCarthy
Seller: John Rosado
Date: 12/09/19

SOUTHWICK

15 Ferrin Dr.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $542,000
Buyer: Vicki L. Lacapria
Seller: Jeremy D. Leap
Date: 12/04/19

14 Hunters Ridge Circle
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $388,000
Buyer: Nicholas A. Beaudette
Seller: Deborah Melita
Date: 12/11/19

15 Lake Shore Dr.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Richard R. Tumolo
Seller: Maher, Paula J., (Estate)
Date: 12/06/19

19 Laurel Ridge Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $430,000
Buyer: James Montemayor
Seller: David B. Hart
Date: 12/05/19

Noble Steed Xing #22
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Harley J. Dulude
Seller: Jaan Development Corp.
Date: 12/13/19

Noble Steed Xing #23
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Harley J. Dulude
Seller: Jaan Development Corp.
Date: 12/13/19

143 South Longyard Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Gregory Hamelin
Seller: Hamelin Framing Inc.
Date: 12/06/19

17 White St.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $397,500
Buyer: David S. Bunten
Seller: John Gulbrandsen
Date: 12/10/19

WALES

22 Holland Road
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $289,900
Buyer: Jason Oney
Seller: David W. Foote
Date: 12/16/19

10 Lake Shore Dr.
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $136,000
Buyer: Carl L. Erickson
Seller: Ruben Semidey
Date: 12/10/19

73 Main St.
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $129,000
Buyer: Barbara L. Lovell
Seller: Theodore W. Siok
Date: 12/06/19

WEST SPRINGFIELD

57 Abigaile Lane
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $515,000
Buyer: Christopher T. Connelly
Seller: Michael R. Bogacz
Date: 12/04/19

50 Apple Ridge Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $261,000
Buyer: Henry Tenzar
Seller: Whitehead, Judith, (Estate)
Date: 12/09/19

41 Banks Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Shelley A. Burgeois
Seller: Joshua X. Tower
Date: 12/12/19

229 City View Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Center For Human Development Inc.
Seller: Brightside Inc.
Date: 12/04/19

148 Craiwell Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Brendan R. Cawley
Seller: Thomas Flaherty
Date: 12/06/19

53 Greystone Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Jjrob Realty LLC
Seller: Kathleen S. Matera
Date: 12/05/19

223 Greystone Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $281,000
Buyer: Carl O. Jalal
Seller: Christopher A. Settle
Date: 12/06/19

151 Labelle St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Sergey Savonin
Seller: Mary A. Parley
Date: 12/13/19

318 Lancaster Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Christopher N. Williamson
Seller: Paul J. Meals
Date: 12/13/19

28 Laurence Dr.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $252,500
Buyer: Robert J. Robinson
Seller: Kevin T. Atkin
Date: 12/13/19

176 Lower Beverly Hills
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: MAA Property LLC
Seller: Falbo, Rosanne C., (Estate)
Date: 12/13/19

1022 Main St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Invast LLC
Seller: West Co. Investments LLC
Date: 12/16/19

2 Primrose St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Deddeh Investment LLC
Seller: Peter J. Asta-Ferrero
Date: 12/10/19

138 Southworth St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Stephen M. Heald
Seller: Kuber Adhikari
Date: 12/05/19

25 Virginia Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Amy Russell
Seller: Robert F. Pion
Date: 12/17/19

102 Westwood Dr.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Stephanie M. Palange
Seller: Glenn Grabowski
Date: 12/06/19

100 Wolcott Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Tuyen T. Le
Seller: Troy Collins
Date: 12/17/19

WESTFIELD

7 Atwater St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Jennifer Balukonis
Seller: Erik B. Quinn
Date: 12/12/19

9 Belden Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $258,000
Buyer: Shaelyn N. Bielanski
Seller: Patrick J. Healy
Date: 12/13/19

12 Briarcliff Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $305,000
Buyer: Karen D. Hackett
Seller: Robert G. Pouliot
Date: 12/06/19

6 Carriage Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: Julie Hall-Case
Seller: Deborah M. Hadley
Date: 12/05/19

7-1/2 Frederick St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $193,000
Buyer: Ryan J. Emken
Seller: Denise L. Pumphrey
Date: 12/06/19

145 Granville Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $268,000
Buyer: Ernest C. Gardner
Seller: Clark, Donald R., (Estate)
Date: 12/05/19

27 Knollwood Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Stefani Leonczyk
Seller: Tricia L. Ancelli
Date: 12/17/19

8 Lincoln St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $252,000
Buyer: Caio H. Veloso-Silva
Seller: Ivan Mokan
Date: 12/11/19

285 Lower Sandyhill Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $159,000
Buyer: Yves G. Dumonsau
Seller: Couture Partners LLC
Date: 12/04/19

145 Main St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $229,000
Buyer: Camile A. Hannoush
Seller: Stratton Renovation LLC
Date: 12/13/19

186 Main St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Terrence J. Welch
Seller: Dustin Taudal
Date: 12/11/19

409 Montgomery Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $399,900
Buyer: Daniel H. Bray
Seller: Barbara Dillon-Goodson
Date: 12/06/19

Munger Hill Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Megan A. Shibley
Seller: Robert P. Cunningham
Date: 12/16/19

255 North Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $565,000
Buyer: D. Larochelle-Pumphrey
Seller: Richard S. Leske
Date: 12/06/19

40 Orange St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: James P. Schmidt
Seller: Mark Sears
Date: 12/04/19

101 Pequot Point Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Patrick M. Lalli
Seller: Jenna R. Krzanik
Date: 12/06/19

64 Roosevelt Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $147,927
Buyer: Bank New York Mellon
Seller: Deborah L. Waterman
Date: 12/09/19

219 Russellville Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: CED Westfield Solar LLC
Seller: J. W. Cowles Construction
Date: 12/04/19

124 Saint James Ave.
Westfield, MA 01040
Amount: $337,700
Buyer: Javier Rivera
Seller: Francis Wheeler Construction
Date: 12/09/19

509 Southwick Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: VAR LLC
Seller: 509 Southwick Road LLC
Date: 12/05/19

47 Zephyr Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Wilmington Savings
Seller: Ruth H. Taraska
Date: 12/05/19

WILBRAHAM

3086 Boston Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $246,250
Buyer: CIL Realty Of Mass. Inc.
Seller: Peter M. Ferland
Date: 12/17/19

6 Devonshire Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $350,100
Buyer: John D. Sopet
Seller: Maryann Baltazar-Alves
Date: 12/12/19

151 East Longmeadow Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $253,000
Buyer: Association Props Group
Seller: Juan C. Rodriguez-Lopez
Date: 12/16/19

4 James Circle
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $306,000
Buyer: James Circle NT
Seller: Vincent M. O’Connell
Date: 12/17/19

1 Sawmill Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $288,000
Buyer: Jessy R. Sirois
Seller: Gladys M. Grande
Date: 12/12/19

161 Stony Hill Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Elizabeth Damato
Seller: Benjamin C. Hudnall
Date: 12/04/19

21-35 Weston St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $625,000
Buyer: 21-35 Weston Street RT
Seller: Raymond G. Lewis
Date: 12/17/19

22-36 Weston St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $625,000
Buyer: 22-36 Weston Street RT
Seller: Raymond G. Lewis
Date: 12/17/19

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

AMHERST

212 Aubinwood Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $415,000
Buyer: Jesus A. Carl-Acosta
Seller: Michael J. Jenkins
Date: 12/12/19

51 ButterfieldTerrace
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $380,000
Buyer: 51 ButterfieldTerrace LLC
Seller: Grethe B. Camp
Date: 12/17/19

64 High Point Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $337,000
Buyer: Karl Knapp
Seller: Lucinda S. Nuthmann
Date: 12/16/19

10 Poets Corner Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Wei Cui
Seller: Nancy A. Keefe
Date: 12/05/19

1427 South East St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $305,000
Buyer: David Merck
Seller: Plumtree Real Estate LLC
Date: 12/05/19

1488 South East St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $460,000
Buyer: Mara Niefer
Seller: Maria E. Caputo
Date: 12/06/19

759 South East St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Stephen D. Gillett
Seller: Edward A. McCarthy
Date: 12/06/19

BELCHERTOWN

402 Allen Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Christopher L. Dunn
Seller: Noryn A. Resnick
Date: 12/05/19

480 Chauncey Walker St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $423,000
Buyer: William J. Decker
Seller: Yvette C. Archambault TR
Date: 12/11/19

8 Cloverhill Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $429,900
Buyer: Christian Bourdeau
Seller: Alex N. Gerard
Date: 12/09/19

Front St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $133,334
Buyer: Belchertown Day School
Seller: Belchertown Economic Development
Date: 12/11/19

257 Jabish St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Priscilla B. Mollard
Seller: Rebecca J. Mazuch
Date: 12/06/19

160 Ludlow St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $345,000
Buyer: Philip Roncarati
Seller: Joshua N. Weiss
Date: 12/10/19

162 Munsell St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $470,000
Buyer: Jonathan Ankiewicz
Seller: Timothy C. Relihan
Date: 12/06/19

40 Oakridge Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $399,900
Buyer: David E. Eyerman
Seller: Allan A. Ruell
Date: 12/06/19

95 Pondview Circle
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $395,000
Buyer: Gottfried Schlaug
Seller: Ronald C. Simmons
Date: 12/13/19

480 State St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Jesus Gonzalez
Seller: Steven Cole
Date: 12/04/19

EASTHAMPTON

30 Bryan Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $249,000
Buyer: Cortney Kowalczyk
Seller: Richard V. Yarra
Date: 12/13/19

366 East St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $405,000
Buyer: Sarah-Jane M. Poindexter
Seller: Brian M. Greenwood
Date: 12/13/19

9-11 Exeter St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $195,100
Buyer: Kevin C. Netto Construction Inc.
Seller: 9-11 Exeter Street RT
Date: 12/04/19

33 Groveland St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Rachel Doubleday
Seller: Lauren E. Arcibal
Date: 12/12/19

1 Harvey St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $244,500
Buyer: Krystal M. Oldread
Seller: Frank S. Geryk
Date: 12/09/19

46 Highland Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: Joyce C. Gurski
Seller: Hebert FT
Date: 12/16/19

2 Mutter St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $195,352
Buyer: Christopher St.Martin
Seller: Maureen McGuinness
Date: 12/16/19

201 Park St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $222,900
Buyer: Andrew D. Saltarella
Seller: James R. Tunstall
Date: 12/06/19

17 Picard Circle
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Wilson G. Buri
Seller: Kimberly J. English
Date: 12/13/19

12 Sheldon Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $331,000
Buyer: Joy B. Bergman
Seller: Barbara A. Kasper
Date: 12/11/19

17 Stanley St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $334,900
Buyer: Ashley E. Anglin
Seller: James M. King
Date: 12/05/19

14 Water Lane
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $296,000
Buyer: Cory M. O’Brien
Seller: Judith Sector-Ryan
Date: 12/10/19

GRANBY

193 Amherst St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Kaylee A. Quenneville
Seller: Brian S. King
Date: 12/11/19

101 East St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $134,000
Buyer: Ann M. Gagnon
Seller: Citimortgage Inc.
Date: 12/04/19

Miller St. #B
Granby, MA 02771
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Oak Ridge Custom Home Builders
Seller: Irene R. Simon
Date: 12/13/19

HADLEY

Rocky Hill Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Huong C. Chow
Seller: Wilga, Joseph J. Jr., (Estate)
Date: 12/06/19

HATFIELD

36 North Hatfield Road
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $307,000
Buyer: Levin G. Dupree
Seller: Dunn, Ruby Pearl, (Estate)
Date: 12/12/19

HUNTINGTON

46 Basket St.
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $219,259
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Steven C. King
Date: 12/06/19

NORTHAMPTON

18 Burts Pit Road
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Konstantin Vatrenko
Seller: Rita M. Douville
Date: 12/13/19

13 Drewsen Dr.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Rachel M. Goodman
Seller: Francis W. Hogan
Date: 12/10/19

137 Emerson Way
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Mary E. Just
Seller: Emerson Way LLC
Date: 12/11/19

2 Florence St.
Northampton, MA 01053
Amount: $423,000
Buyer: Rachel Keller
Seller: Rosemary R. Black
Date: 12/06/19

269 Florence Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Edward J. Callahan
Seller: David E. Foucher
Date: 12/13/19

486 Haydenville Road
Northampton, MA 01053
Amount: $367,500
Buyer: Gabriel R. Deangelis
Seller: EDC Real Estate LLC
Date: 12/16/19

178 Island Road
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Sofia Szamosi
Seller: Jeffrey T. Remillard
Date: 12/05/19

163 Kennedy Road
Northampton, MA 01053
Amount: $686,000
Buyer: Malcolm White
Seller: Sharron V. Chiulli
Date: 12/06/19

11 Landy Ave.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $231,000
Buyer: Kathy J. Smith
Seller: Konstantinos Sierros
Date: 12/13/19

2 Laurel Lane
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $339,000
Buyer: William Gertzog
Seller: Rosehill FT
Date: 12/10/19

Northampton Meadows
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Szawlowski Realty Inc.
Seller: David Gizienski
Date: 12/05/19

28 Ridge View Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $570,000
Buyer: Barbara J. McCollough
Seller: James C. Link
Date: 12/09/19

40 Spring St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $185,400
Buyer: Grosz RT
Seller: Douglas E. Andrew
Date: 12/11/19

PELHAM

144 Harkness Road
Pelham, MA 01002
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Beverly Haase
Seller: James Burgoff
Date: 12/06/19

SOUTHAMPTON

45 Lead Mine Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Hunter Tinkham-Silva
Seller: Carmelina G. Ortiz
Date: 12/13/19

SOUTH HADLEY

7 Ashton Lane
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $460,000
Buyer: Shaina Tramazzo
Seller: David J. Della-Torre
Date: 12/12/19

24 CharonTerrace
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Maria Fahey
Seller: Wilson, Elaine R., (Estate)
Date: 12/13/19

412 Granby Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Scott Family Properties
Seller: Janet Doolittle
Date: 12/10/19

24 Leahey Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Carolyn J. Miller-Coulter
Seller: Cathleen A. Foley
Date: 12/06/19

Miller St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Oak Ridge Custom Home Builders
Seller: Irene R. Simon
Date: 12/13/19

209 Mosier St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $222,000
Buyer: Katelyn Labrie
Seller: Kenneth J. Corneliusen
Date: 12/05/19

99 Pine St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: Gregory Belanger
Seller: Deanna Dixon
Date: 12/10/19

WARE

12 Lovewell St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $186,600
Buyer: Maryam Morrow
Seller: Amy D. Vadnais
Date: 12/12/19

9 Wildflower Dr.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $333,000
Buyer: Theresa Martin
Seller: Yasser Fares
Date: 12/13/19

WILLIAMSBURG

146 Ashfield Road
Williamsburg, MA 01096
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Frank S. Geryk
Seller: Christine M. Andrulis
Date: 12/09/19

WESTHAMPTON

69 Pine Island Lake
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $475,000
Buyer: Janice Pegels
Seller: Sheryl Blais
Date: 12/06/19

WORTHINGTON

126 Old North Road
Worthington, MA 01098
Amount: $337,500
Buyer: Kenneth P. Kirchner
Seller: Pulley FT
Date: 12/13/19

Community Works Helps Meet Needs in Construction Fields

By
Construction

Training Ground

Jeff Napolitano says he hears from contractors weekly that they need more skilled workers to grow.

Every week, Jeff Napolitano hears from contractors, and the message is always the same: We need more help.

“Contractors are always looking for skilled labor,” said Napolitano, project director of Community Works, an innovative arm of the Worker Education Program at UMass Amherst funded by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

“With the building trades, you have an older, whiter, maler workforce that has been retiring because, really, the biggest push for the trades ended in the ’70s,” he explained. “Back then, the mantra was, ‘after you graduate high school, you go to college.’ Going into the trades has been less and less common. But we’re finding now that, whether it’s electricians to wire things or laborers to work on job sites or carpenters to construct things, there’s a need for skilled trades. That’s where our programs come in.”

Community Works is an adult pre-apprenticeship program for the construction trades and the transportation and highway industry, with a specific focus on women, people of color, and veterans, although people of all demographics may participate.

A six‐week course offered in Springfield and Holyoke to prepare qualified applicants for an apprenticeship in the building and transportation industry, Community Works uses classroom and hands‐on learning experiences to equip participants with the skills needed to be accepted into a state‐registered apprenticeship program or transportation-industry employment, from which they can build a career. Participants also receive case-management and placement services to help achieve their career goals.

Even though he works on a university campus, Napolitano admitted the program is, from a financial perspective, much different than the college pathway.

“There’s almost no debt that you really have to rack up,” he told BusinessWest from his office at UMass Amherst. “We call it the inverse four-year degree because apprenticeship programs generally take three to five years on average. And unlike going to college, where you need to take out a bundle of money in order to go, you get paid while you train, while you’re working, while you’re waiting to become a full plumber or full electrician or whatever. So people don’t have to take any debt; in fact, they get paid, with benefits, to train to become a journey-level tradesperson. That’s a lot better deal than college.”

The training — delivered by instructors experienced in the trades as well as guest presenters who have expertise in their field — replicates an actual work experience to increase the likelihood of successful placement into apprenticeship. Classes run Monday through Friday, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., to mirror a typical construction workday.

“We’re a workforce-development program on steroids, Napolitano said. “A lot of programs have a very narrow niche — afternoon training for a week to do one particular technique in one part of the industry. Our program is six weeks, five days a week, eight hours a day.

“We call it the inverse four-year degree because apprenticeship programs generally take three to five years on average. And unlike going to college, where you need to take out a bundle of money in order to go, you get paid while you train, while you’re working, while you’re waiting to become a full plumber or full electrician or whatever.”

“So our program is way more intensive, and people graduate with OSHA 10 certification, first-aid/CPR certification, highway flagger certification, and other certifications that are, by themselves, extremely valuable,” he went on. “Over those six weeks, it isn’t just classroom training, things like blueprint reading and construction math, but also a lot of hands-on training.”

For instance, last year, 14 participants spent a day at a Habitat for Humanity site in Holyoke and insulated the whole house, he noted. “Folks also spend a whole week at the official carpenters’ apprenticeship training facility in Millbury, learning, as other carpenter apprentices learn, how to hang drywall and do flooring and that sort of thing. So they get exposed to a wide range of tools and equipment and techniques.”

And not just in carpentry, as they also visit electricians, sheet-metal workers, and others who can provide hands-on training experience.

“Instead of this being a program that just narrowly focuses on ‘you need to manufacture these widgets, and this is how you do it,’ we actually train folks in a wide variety of things. We bring in the folks from the ironworkers, the plumbers, the glaziers, the operating engineers, the elevator constructors, to basically explain these specific trades and what’s involved in getting into them. We have a very broad focus, and despite having that larger focus, it’s still a very intensive program in terms of amount of time and detail and exposure to the work.”

Immediate Success

Community Works began in 2009 as Springfield Works, a 20-member employer/union partnership to address a gap in the regional workforce-development system: too many Springfield residents were in need of additional skills training for entry into apprenticeship programs. Within a year, the program had the highest job-placement rate in the state among pre-apprenticeship graduates.

The program was rebranded in 2013 with an expansion into Holyoke, and continues to target underserved populations in the construction and transportation trades, including women, people of color, and veterans.

“Our focus is on closing the demographic gaps. These industries are heavily male, heavily white,” Napolitano said, noting that some public-works projects mandate 5% or higher percentages of women on the job.

Beyond that, Community Works applicants must be at least 18 years old; have a high-school degree or equivalent; be authorized to work in the U.S.; pass a drug test; pass a physical test, consisting of a ladder climb and other tasks; be a proficient (if not perfect) English speaker; and have a valid driver’s license and a registered, working vehicle.

“You don’t need to have any experience,” he said. “It can definitely be a plus, but you don’t need any. I’ve had people who weren’t even familiar with a measuring tape go on to construction careers. We presume that folks don’t have that experience. At the end of the class, everyone’s in roughly the same place, ready to go.”

After the six-week course (the next one runs from Feb. 24 to April 3) comes the apprenticeship placement phase, and that’s where Napolitano comes in.

“When they graduate, I help them figure out where they want to apply, what jobs they want to do,” he said. “Our partners commit to taking a look at people. After MGM was finalized, there was a dip in the labor market, but it’s coming back now. Contractors are calling me in a weekly basis looking for graduates to be put to work.”

The goal is to place graduates into apprenticeships in the building trades or into careers in the transportation industry, and sometimes both, he explained. The skills required for most trades take years to learn and are usually developed through apprenticeships, which combine classroom instruction and paid on-the-job training under the supervision of an experienced tradesperson. The sponsoring apprenticeship program pays the costs of apprenticeship training, and, upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, the participant is credentialed as a journey-level tradesperson.

In fact, all the training is free, starting with the six-week Community Works course, Napolitano added, and people receiving unemployment benefits are not required to search for a job during the program to maintain those benefits. Furthermore, all participants — there are between 20 and 25 slots in each annual class — also receive a basic set of tools and equipment.

It’s the kind of opportunity that has some college graduates rethinking that degree.

“Apprentice program directors are seeing more and more people with college degrees, who have a lot of debt and can’t get a good enough job with just a college degree,” he noted. “I had a couple of people with master’s degrees in my program last year. So it’s pretty remarkable.”

Do Your Job

After listing the requirements to apply for Community Works — things like English proficiency and the ability to drive — Napolitano remembered the most important one.

“The thing that’s required the most is the enthusiasm and initiative to want to get into the construction industry,” he told BusinessWest. “It’s a physical job, and it requires some hustle. That’s really what we’re looking for in people.”

That’s why participants are bounced from the program for multiple absences and tardies. “We’ve been told that 95% of the industry is showing up on time. The other 5% is having a good attitude and being willing to learn something.”

After all, the construction and transportation industries, in dire need of new blood to replace an aging workforce, are certainly willing to teach a few things.

“It’s definitely an issue, particularly for the larger companies that are trying to expand their base of work,” he said. “They need an expanding group of workers who can do the job.”

Joseph Bednar can be reached at [email protected]

People on the Move

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People on the Move

Jeff Daley

Westmass Area Development Corp. named Jeff Daley CEO of the private, nonprofit development entity. Daley, who was chosen as the result of a search process conducted by the Westmass board, has more than 15 years of experience in the real-estate development arena. Daley is the former executive director of the Westfield Redevelopment Authority and most recently served as the principal of CJC Development Advisors LLC, which he founded in 2016. Daley’s portfolio includes overseeing $60 million in commercial and industrial development and managing $34 million in public development projects. As CEO, Daley will be responsible for management of Westmass, including negotiating corporate acquisitions, land sales, leases, and incentive proposals; grant applications; and marketing resources and development services to organizations and businesses considering investment in the region. Daley will also enhance Westmass offerings regarding development services to communities throughout the region to assist with economic development and real-estate development opportunities. Daley will also evaluate opportunities for new industrial-park development and land acquisition and coordinate federal, state, and local economic-development grants and resources. Daley replaces interim CEO Bryan Nicholas, who served after the sudden passing of former CEO Eric Nelson, who was appointed in 2016.

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Sheila Stamm

Sheila Stamm has joined American International College (AIC) as dean of the School of Education. Stamm is the president of S. Wright & Associates, providing consulting support to academic leaders and faculty in higher education and community sectors. She has an extensive background in higher education, including serving as dean of the School of Education for Cambridge College and Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn. Stamm previously served as commissioner of Higher Education for the state of Minnesota. Prior to transitioning to administrative roles in higher education, Stamm was a tenured professor at Hamline University and an associate professor at Saint Xavier University in Chicago. Throughout her career, Stamm has been dedicated to community service, with affiliations including the Ramsey County Blue Ribbon Commission on Economic Disparities, the Minnesota Chicano Latino Affairs Council Committee on Educational Disparities, the education workgroup of the African American Leadership Forum, the West Suburban College of Nursing board of trustees, the leadership council of Chicago-Area Deans, and the Urban Teacher Education Program, among numerous other affiliations. Stamm has served on dozens of committees at the colleges where she was a member of the administration or faculty and has extensive publications and presentations to her credit, with a focus on higher education, diversity, inclusion, hiring, teaching, innovation, leadership, and learning.

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Patrick Fortunato

Azaya Inc. named Patrick Fortunato its Business Development manager. In this role, he will lead the sales of IT managed-services support, digital and VoIP business telephone systems, and future security surveillance technologies to serve businesses, the government sector, as well as educational institutions within the state of Massachusetts. Fortunato has more than 20 years of executive management leadership experience, while developing strategic business units in financial services and digital-imaging solutions, for mid-size to large enterprise companies and organizations. He served as national Sales manager for Sharp USA and vice president of Sales while working at Konica Minolta, with U.S. national responsibilities and oversight. Fortunato most recently served as managing director for Global Financial NetworX, LLC with the task of increasing customer acquisition for the company’s lending, insurance, annuities, and investment portfolios.

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Rebecca Mercieri Rivaux

Bacon Wilson announced that attorney Rebecca Mercieri Rivaux has joined the firm. Mercieri Rivaux is an associate and a member of Bacon Wilson’s bankruptcy and business/corporate practice groups. Prior to joining Bacon Wilson, Mercieri Rivaux attended Western New England University School of Law, graduating magna cum laude in 2019. She also obtained her bachelor’s degree from Western New England University, graduating summa cum laude in 2015.

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In the wake of a record number of new homes being built, Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity (GSHFH) recently welcomed new staff to assist with furthering the agency’s mission. Jason Montgomery joins GSHFH as its Donor Relations manager. He comes to GSHFH with more than 10 years of experience in nonprofit/human-services work and has strong ties in the local community. He has previously served with Habitat for Humanity in Hartford and locally with Way Finders. Also joining the team, Sarah Tanner is now on board for a short term as interim executive director. Tanner is a principal with Financial Development Agency and brings more than 20 years of local nonprofit experience to the affiliate. GSHFH also announced internal promotions and realignments to maximize the agency’s resources. In response to a capacity grant received by Habitat for Humanity International, Jeff Lomma has been named Marketing & Communications manager, with an emphasis on promoting the value of Habitat programming throughout the community. Meanwhile, Mary Olmsted has transitioned from serving as an Americorps volunteer to full-time staff as Volunteer Services coordinator.

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Adrienne Smith

Holyoke Community College (HCC) recently welcomed Adrienne Smith as interim dean of its division of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Smith brings 13 years of community-college experience to HCC, most recently as the dean of the School of Engineering, Technologies, and Mathematics at Springfield Technical Community College. Prior to that, she served as associate professor and coordinator of Electronics Technology at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester. Her professional accomplishments span many areas of academic program development and enhancement, enrollment management and retention, diversity responsiveness, and regional and community partnership coordination. Smith holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in science, engineering, and math from Western New England University, where she was the first African-American woman to graduate with a degree in engineering, and she earned a doctorate in education from UMass Amherst with competencies in community-college leadership, educational polices, and administration. A graduate of Springfield Technical High School, Smith started her professional life as an electrical engineer (and the first female engineer) at Digital Equipment Corp. in Springfield.

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Alyssa Arnell

Alyssa Arnell, chair of the History Department at Greenfield Community College (GCC), was awarded the African American Female Professor Award by the African American Female Professor Award Assoc. (AAFPAA) in a ceremony at Bay Path University on Sept. 26. Formerly a history teacher at Dillard University and educational-outreach coordinator and historical interpreter for the National Park Service, Arnell joined the faculty at GCC in 2017. In just two years, she has modernized GCC’s history curriculum, infusing it with a social-justice focus and adding courses such as “The Legal History of American Civil Rights” and “North American Indigenous History.” For many of Arnell’s classes, she has integrated a public history component that brings her classes out of the classroom and to the lobby of the main building, where her students give presentations on their projects throughout the day — a way to let other faculty, staff, and students see the kinds of work her students are engaged in, and see the kinds of research that can happen in a history course. In addition to teaching, Arnell has created programming that reaches beyond the classroom with talks on the removal of confederate statues, a lecture on the life Frederick Douglass, a panel discussion with students about the movie Black Panther, and a conversation on immigrant rights. She also adapted a format of Facilitated Dialogues used by the National Park Service to launch a series of conversations about race and ethnicity at GCC. Arnell is also a core member of Greenfield Community College’s Racial Equity and Justice Institute Team, a part of the Leading for Change Higher Education Diversity Consortium. As part of the Racial Equity and Justice Team, she has worked to learn best practices to support students of color, helped the college identify specific areas where achievement gaps exist, and will continue in the coming year to work to identify specific action steps to try to address those achievement gaps.

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Amy Royal

Amy Royal, owner of Royal, P.C., has been selected as a Super Lawyer for 2019. Providing legal representation in Massachusetts for a variety of different issues, Royal was also selected to Super Lawyers in 2014, 2015, and 2016. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. Royal represents employers with employment and labor issues. Additional legal issues represented include employment litigation: defense, cannabis law, and alternative dispute resolution.

PeoplesBank Internship Program Named to Top-100 List

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Banking and Financial Services

On the Way Up

PeoplesBank joined Google, Facebook, BMW, Southwest Airlines, and more top companies on the 2019 WayUp Top 100 Internship Programs list. WayUp is a professional networking application that connects college students and recent graduates to career opportunities with reputable employers.

According to WayUp, the bank was selected because “PeoplesBank interns not only get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to operate a bank, they also get hands-on experience to work on passion projects like Habitat for Humanity’s Build Days.” The list is determined by a panel of industry experts who consider everything from public votes to internship-program highlights. More than 1,000 employers participated in this year’s assessment.

“Our internship program instills that we can learn just as much from our interns as they can learn from us.”

“PeoplesBank interns make an immediate and direct impact on the organization and the communities that the bank serves,” said Danielle St. Jean, HR Coordinator and Training Specialist. “Each intern is also assigned to a home department at the bank. In addition to day-to-day assignments and value-add projects completed within that department, the group of interns are involved in several hands-on activities.”

PeoplesBank interns participated in on-site professional development, a Habitat for Humanity Build Day, employee-engagement planning, banking-topic webinars, and job shadowing. They also were able to discuss their career paths with senior leadership in the bank’s finance, human resources, information technology, marketing, and retail operations. After spending the summer at PeoplesBank, the interns have returned to study at colleges throughout Massachusetts as well as Connecticut and Colorado.

“Our internship program instills that we can learn just as much from our interns as they can learn from us,” St. Jean said. “We ask for lots of feedback from our group of interns, and even have a private ‘PeoplesBank Internship Alumni’ group on LinkedIn so that we keep in touch with them at the conclusion of the program.”

Recruitment for the next PeoplesBank summer internship program kicks off during the winter. Interested students are encouraged to complete an application on the bank’s career page, www.bankatpeoples.com/careers.

PeoplesBank Internship Program Named to Top-100 List in the U.S.

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Daily News

HOLYOKE — PeoplesBank joined Google, Facebook, BMW, Southwest Airlines, and more top companies on the 2019 WayUp Top 100 Internship Programs list. WayUp is a professional networking application that connects college students and recent graduates to career opportunities with reputable employers.

According to WayUp, the bank was selected because “PeoplesBank interns not only get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to operate a bank, they also get hands-on experience to work on passion projects like Habitat for Humanity’s Build Days.” The list is determined by a panel of industry experts who consider everything from public votes to internship-program highlights. More than 1,000 employers participated in this year’s assessment.

“PeoplesBank interns make an immediate and direct impact on the organization and the communities that the bank serves,” said Danielle St. Jean, HR Coordinator and Training Specialist. “Each intern is also assigned to a home department at the bank. In addition to day-to-day assignments and value-add projects completed within that department, the group of interns are involved in several hands-on activities.”

PeoplesBank interns participated in on-site professional development, a Habitat for Humanity Build Day, employee-engagement planning, banking-topic webinars, and job shadowing. They also were able to discuss their career paths with senior leadership in the bank’s finance, human resources, information technology, marketing, and retail operations. After spending the summer at PeoplesBank, the interns have returned to study at colleges throughout Massachusetts as well as Connecticut and Colorado.

“Our internship program instills that we can learn just as much from our interns as they can learn from us,” St. Jean said. “We ask for lots of feedback from our group of interns, and even have a private ‘PeoplesBank Internship Alumni’ group on LinkedIn so that we keep in touch with them at the conclusion of the program.”

Recruitment for the next PeoplesBank summer internship program kicks off during the winter. Interested students are encouraged to complete an application on the bank’s career page, www.bankatpeoples.com/careers.

bankESB Marks 150 Years of Being a True Hometown bank

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2019

bankESB is marking its 150th birthday this year, and there is much to celebrate, especially a century and a half of being a true hometown bank.

“For all of those years, the bank has been dedicated to providing its customers with a wide range of innovative products and services,” said Dena Hall, bankESB Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. “Today, bankESB is a one-stop shop for individual and commercial banking and financial services. The bank has been growing and expanding to better serve customers, including recently adding three commercial bankers, and increasing its staff in human resources, cash management, and mortgage services. Customers looking to buy a home or refinance have the option of applying for a loan either in-person with a mortgage professional or online.”

With the opening of a branch on Sargeant Street in Holyoke, bankESB has 11 branches throughout the Valley. Besides Easthampton, where it has two locations, branches are also located in Agawam, Belchertown, Hadley, South Hadley, Southampton, Westfield, and two in Northampton. And a 12th branch is scheduled to open in Amherst in 2020.

In short, the bank has grown and evolved over the years, but it remains true to the charter on which it was launched.

Indeed, a mutual bank, bankESB’s mission is to remain loyal to its customers, employees and the communities it serves, not stockholders, said Hall, adding that the bank’s mission is reflected in its values of charitable giving and volunteerism. From large organizations like Cooley Dickinson Hospital to local

Little League teams, the Easthampton Saving’s Bank Charitable Foundation has donated close to $2 million over the past five years.

Recent contributions to local nonprofits include the Hampshire Regional YMCA’s Renew and Restore Project, Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity’s Big Enough Initiative, and Northampton Survival Center’s “Partners in Doing Good Business” program.

bankESB employees can also be found volunteering their time for a myriad of charitable projects and events throughout the Pioneer Valley, so much so that the Boston Business Journal recently ranked the bank as a “Top Corporate Charitable Volunteer” in Massachusetts.

“It’s important for us to be that community partner,” said Hall. “We’re focused on how we serve our customers, how we serve our communities, and how we treat our employees.”

These efforts have culminated in Forbes Magazine naming bankESB to its 2019 Best n-State Bank list, two years in a row.

“This recognition is particularly special because we live and work by a set of core values, so I’m proud to say this award really goes to our employees,” said Matthew Sosik, President & CEO of bankESB and CEO of Hometown Financial Group, the bank’s parent company. “The commitment they bring to their job each day and the service they provide to our customers and communities is what sets us apart from other banks.”

As Hall and Sosik noted, as bankESB marks its sesquicentennial, there is plenty to celebrate.

Real Estate Transactions

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Real Estate Uncategorized

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

69-A Pfersick Road
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $246,000
Buyer: Arianna Collins
Seller: Albert L. Pieropan INT
Date: 07/17/19

BERNARDSTON

147 Bald Mountain Road
Bernardston, MA 01337
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Cody M. Johnson
Seller: Thomas V. Newton
Date: 07/19/19

BUCKLAND

88 East Buckland Road
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $289,900
Buyer: Jonathan M. Unaitis
Seller: Shari L. Ovitt RET
Date: 07/26/19

14 Pine St.
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: Molly D. Porter
Seller: Diane M. McCloud
Date: 07/19/19

COLRAIN

323 Main Road
Colrain, MA 01340
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Scott T. Bryant
Seller: Herzig 2015 IRT
Date: 07/24/19

CONWAY

148 Emerson Hollow Road
Conway, MA 01341
Amount: $370,000
Buyer: Richard P. Bean
Seller: C. H. Alfred-Barten
Date: 07/30/19

DEERFIELD

70 Hillside Road
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $306,000
Buyer: Guillermo Hardman
Seller: Philip R. Allard
Date: 07/24/19

27 Juniper Dr.
Deerfield, MA 01342
Amount: $800,000
Buyer: Viktor P. Vlasenko
Seller: Reza M. Shafii
Date: 07/26/19

98 Sandgully Road
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Zachary M. Cross
Seller: Heather M. Crossen
Date: 07/25/19

ERVING

11 Old State Road
Erving, MA 01344
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Nathan D. Black
Seller: Richard Edwards
Date: 07/24/19

GREENFIELD

106 Beech St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $184,000
Buyer: Sarah Cook
Seller: Raymond R. Tuttle
Date: 07/29/19

46 Birch St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Richard A. Adams
Seller: Alden D. Booth INT
Date: 07/26/19

8 Cherry Lane
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $182,000
Buyer: Catherine A. Bozarth
Seller: Davina M. Chudzik
Date: 07/23/19

99 Columbus Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $224,000
Buyer: Nyuudlya M. Araeva
Seller: Ilie P. Taraburca
Date: 07/30/19

286 Conway St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $131,900
Buyer: Scott K. Russell
Seller: Kenneth W. Russell
Date: 07/24/19

112 Davis St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Sean Knightly
Seller: Ann M. Emanuelli
Date: 07/19/19

362 Log Plain Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $318,000
Buyer: James G. Walsh
Seller: Catherine V. Seaver
Date: 07/29/19

115 Oakland St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Lisa Hassay
Seller: Jennifer R. List
Date: 07/29/19

15 Rockland Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $142,500
Buyer: PDV Inc.
Seller: Frederick J. Myerson RET
Date: 07/30/19

5 Taft Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Douglas S. Downham
Seller: Holly L. Alexander
Date: 07/26/19

23 Vermont St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $179,000
Buyer: David Righini
Seller: Anita Y. Buchiane
Date: 07/25/19

21 Woodleigh Ave.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $167,500
Buyer: Sarah W. Kulp
Seller: Jubb, Lawrence A. Sr., (Estate)
Date: 07/25/19

HAWLEY

9 Hunt Road
Hawley, MA 01339
Amount: $232,000
Buyer: Brandin R. Coates
Seller: Sidehill Farm LLC
Date: 07/17/19

LEVERETT

194 Montague Road
Leverett, MA 01054
Amount: $401,000
Buyer: Flavia Grattery-Musinsky
Seller: Lynn Peterfreund
Date: 07/18/19

108 Old Mountain Road
Leverett, MA 01054
Amount: $425,000
Buyer: Andrew P. Parker-Renga
Seller: Jonathan R. Thompson
Date: 07/23/19

MONTAGUE

Federal St.
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Nathaniel I. Cook
Seller: Jenks INT
Date: 07/19/19

NORTHFIELD

2 Adams Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Gregory Richardson
Seller: William A. Richardson
Date: 07/18/19

33 Maple St.
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $263,000
Buyer: Jesse P. Magnuson
Seller: David J. Chula
Date: 07/30/19

533 Millers Falls Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $218,000
Buyer: James Schilling-Cachat
Seller: Nancy B. Couper
Date: 07/26/19

426 Old Wendell Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $312,000
Buyer: Benjamin Guest-Thomas
Seller: Deborah J. Taricano
Date: 07/29/19

ORANGE

19 Gay St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $147,500
Buyer: Bethany L. Evangelista
Seller: Imbriglio Gary J., (Estate)
Date: 07/19/19

14 Highland St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Quinn P. McAuliffe
Seller: Burkley Properties LLC
Date: 07/24/19

18 King St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Daniel J. Perkins
Seller: Mary L. Rieth
Date: 07/25/19

15 New Athol Road
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $177,000
Buyer: Keith J. Lague
Seller: Rebecca J. Eklund
Date: 07/17/19

202 Oxbow Road
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Kevin King
Seller: John H. Kelley
Date: 07/17/19

101 Walnut Hill Road
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $201,000
Buyer: Laura Brown
Seller: Jeffrey Lacoy
Date: 07/26/19

ROWE

19 Pelham Dr.
Rowe, MA 01367
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Stephen R. Provost
Seller: Robert P. West
Date: 07/17/19

21 Pelham Dr.
Rowe, MA 01367
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Stephen R. Provost
Seller: Robert P. West
Date: 07/17/19

SHELBURNE

47 Water St.
Shelburne, MA 01370
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Ashley Braziel
Seller: Gail A. Bissell TR
Date: 07/24/19

SHUTESBURY

43 Merrill Dr.
Shutesbury, MA 01072
Amount: $179,900
Buyer: Ethan H. Schmid
Seller: Francis Merrigan
Date: 07/19/19

11 Montague Road
Shutesbury, MA 01072
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Jessica Eldridge-Young
Seller: Sekou Sylla
Date: 07/19/19

305 Montague Road
Shutesbury, MA 01072
Amount: $286,000
Buyer: Lara Wahl
Seller: Glenn Motzkin
Date: 07/19/19

SUNDERLAND

35 Country Lane
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $370,000
Buyer: Hebert 2017 IRT
Seller: Nancy T. Mauger IRT
Date: 07/30/19

178 Montague Road
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: Katelyn Rennie
Seller: Brian K. Peltier
Date: 07/29/19

3 River Road
Sunderland, MA 01375
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Patrick M. Power
Seller: Marilyn J. Munn RET
Date: 07/17/19

WHATELY

336 Haydenville Road
Whately, MA 01093
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: J2K Realty LLC
Seller: Charles E. Stacy
Date: 07/22/19

186 Westbrook Road
Whately, MA 01093
Amount: $355,000
Buyer: Dennis C. Roof
Seller: Barbara J. Banik IRT
Date: 07/19/19

HAMPDEN COUNTY

AGAWAM

62 Alhambra Circle, North
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $239,900
Buyer: Matthew V. Izzo
Seller: Poplar Development LLC
Date: 07/22/19

145 Brien St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $410,000
Buyer: David L. Duff
Seller: Charlene C. Hermans
Date: 07/25/19

153 Cardinal Dr.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $4,260,000
Buyer: KRE BSL Husky Cardinal Dr.
Seller: 153 Cardinal Drive LLC
Date: 07/19/19

186 Clover Hill Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: David Wilbur
Seller: Mary L. Hollander
Date: 07/26/19

716 Cooper St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Lyudmila Serman
Seller: Liquori, Antonia E., (Estate)
Date: 07/25/19

32 Fairview St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $261,000
Buyer: Dermott O’Malley
Seller: Donald J. Taddia
Date: 07/19/19

31 High St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $139,475
Buyer: NJRE Property Group LLC
Seller: MLS Management LLC
Date: 07/26/19

158 Karen Lynn Circle
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Eagle Home Buyers LLC
Seller: Richard C. Ardolino
Date: 07/22/19

73 Kensington St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $158,260
Buyer: Lakeview Loan Servicing
Seller: Donald Woodin
Date: 07/22/19

29 Ley St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $199,900
Buyer: Scott E. Minalga
Seller: John D. Fiorini
Date: 07/19/19

15 Marlene Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $336,500
Buyer: Mark W. Brittain
Seller: Joseph Depalma
Date: 07/22/19

15 Mill St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $254,900
Buyer: James T. Thrower
Seller: Gail P. Sullivan
Date: 07/29/19

72 Parkedge Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Zackary Cameron
Seller: Joseph Labelle
Date: 07/29/19

54-60 River Road
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: 18 Canterbury LLC
Seller: John N. Depalma
Date: 07/26/19

31 Rowley St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Kaitlin Dilizia
Seller: Robert B. Paul
Date: 07/26/19

588 Silver St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $1,525,000
Buyer: Sunshine Village Inc.
Seller: ECS Realty Inc.
Date: 07/17/19

377 South West St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Bridgette A. Barna
Seller: Palmer, Edward S., (Estate)
Date: 07/25/19

67 Spencer St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $199,000
Buyer: Elizabeth J. Bienia
Seller: John Scobie
Date: 07/23/19

29 Western Dr.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $197,900
Buyer: James W. Wood
Seller: Franceska E. Solon
Date: 07/29/19

BLANDFORD

166 Chester Road
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Shane Ladue
Seller: Marjorie C. Sheridan
Date: 07/26/19

BRIMFIELD

158 Dunhamtown Palmer Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $450,000
Buyer: John M. Fabrizio
Seller: Leonard R. Minnie
Date: 07/26/19

24 Forest Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $189,900
Buyer: Sarah N. Cronin
Seller: Keith R. Lachapelle
Date: 07/19/19

CHICOPEE

6 Asinof Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Urszula NT
Seller: Asinof Avenue LLC
Date: 07/19/19

87 Basil Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $262,000
Buyer: Suzanne L. Orsini
Seller: Sandra J. Walz
Date: 07/30/19

77 Bray St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $213,500
Buyer: Jose M. Nunez
Seller: Robert D. Labine
Date: 07/26/19

536 Britton St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $307,000
Buyer: Katherine E. Orszulak
Seller: LTL LLC
Date: 07/26/19

770 Burnett Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $217,000
Buyer: Ross S. Cookis
Seller: Robert Beany
Date: 07/22/19

60 Cecile Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $168,400
Buyer: Leonard P. Madzy
Seller: Dianne M. Greaney
Date: 07/24/19

22 Clark St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $272,000
Buyer: Roberto Perez
Seller: Inna Houle
Date: 07/19/19

22 Empire St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $159,800
Buyer: Damaris Perez-Pizarro
Seller: Sylvia J. Durphey
Date: 07/30/19

80 Empire St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: David S. Kida
Seller: Danielle A. Dion-Korell
Date: 07/30/19

32 Fairmont St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $182,500
Buyer: Daniel J. Greenwood
Seller: John Allsop
Date: 07/30/19

50 Grace St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Emily D. Descheneaux
Seller: Ashley N. Gavioli
Date: 07/30/19

161 Grattan St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Cynthia Silva
Seller: Jocelyn Nunez
Date: 07/25/19

80 Hilton St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $231,000
Buyer: Justin Doyle
Seller: Larry S. Kelly
Date: 07/17/19

176 Jacob St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Steven R. Rivera
Seller: Edward J. Jacques
Date: 07/23/19

174 Langevin St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Robert R. Croteau
Seller: Judith A. Rusciano
Date: 07/26/19

90 Loveland Ter.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Cecilio Cruz-Rivera
Seller: CIG 4 LLC
Date: 07/18/19

103 Ludlow Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Premier Home Builders Inc.
Seller: Daniel R. Kaeble
Date: 07/18/19

47 Marcelle St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Alexander C. Trusiewicz
Seller: Maria K. Buniowska
Date: 07/29/19

54 Mary St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Sarah A. Hews
Seller: Joyce A. Labonte
Date: 07/19/19

44 Melvin St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: James Grandchamp
Seller: Anibal Rivas
Date: 07/23/19

52 Morgan Circle
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Stephen Nembirkow
Seller: Geoffrey J. Creed
Date: 07/24/19

30 Old Lyman Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Steven J. Proulx
Seller: Jose L. Rodriguez
Date: 07/19/19

107 Parenteau Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $211,000
Buyer: Donna M. Starke
Seller: Dino A. Brunetti
Date: 07/29/19

470-472 Springfield St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Urszula NT
Seller: Asinof Avenue LLC
Date: 07/19/19

104 Streiber Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $160,900
Buyer: Asia Pietskowski
Seller: Ivy McClaflin
Date: 07/17/19

167 Summit Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $223,000
Buyer: Alison R. Riffenburg
Seller: Jason Venne
Date: 07/22/19

1622 Westover Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $208,000
Buyer: Steven Roy
Seller: Bruce A. Bernier
Date: 07/22/19

1694 Westover Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Wrecker LLC
Seller: Henry B. Boutilier
Date: 07/19/19

1721 Westover Road
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $217,000
Buyer: Lisa K. Lewis
Seller: DGL Properties LLC
Date: 07/19/19

43 Willow St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $340,000
Buyer: Matthew J. Cady
Seller: Daniel T. Jones
Date: 07/25/19

200 Woodcrest Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $226,500
Buyer: Thomas J. Rowland
Seller: Rita A. Desautels
Date: 07/24/19

EAST LONGMEADOW

82 Deer Park Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $5,523,299
Buyer: Arclin Surfaces-Blythewd
Seller: Surteco GMBH
Date: 07/23/19

153 Elm St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $176,512
Buyer: Bank Of New York Mellon
Seller: Laura Lacrosse
Date: 07/29/19

50 Fernwood Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $302,500
Buyer: Bradford D. Amidon
Seller: Laura A. Campbell-Sills
Date: 07/29/19

3 Greenacre Lane
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $247,900
Buyer: Daniel P. Rosen
Seller: Mary E. Goodrow
Date: 07/19/19

38 Hazelhurst Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $262,000
Buyer: Natalia Salagornick
Seller: Mark L. Grabowski
Date: 07/29/19

22 Parker St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $243,500
Buyer: Jennifer L. Palmer
Seller: John L. Maloney
Date: 07/17/19

40 Porter Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $219,000
Buyer: Mohamed A. Hussein
Seller: Donna Maloney
Date: 07/18/19

88 Porter Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Patrick Ayres
Seller: Mark N. Edoff
Date: 07/26/19

227 Prospect St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $299,000
Buyer: Jean D. Reginald-Beauzile
Seller: Jeremy F. Edwards
Date: 07/29/19

7 Schuyler Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $141,960
Buyer: Rizwan Hanif
Seller: Reid J. Lavallee
Date: 07/25/19

47 Schuyler Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Chris Nguyen
Seller: James R. Kelley
Date: 07/17/19

337 Somers Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $232,000
Buyer: Jared M. Flores
Seller: Scott C. Jelescheff
Date: 07/19/19

234 Wilbraham Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $251,000
Buyer: Felix W. Rodriguez
Seller: Tesia M. Pollock
Date: 07/26/19

GRANVILLE

Beech Hill Road
Granville, MA 01034
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Springfield Water & Sewer
Seller: Meriamne Singer
Date: 07/22/19

305 Crest Lane
Granville, MA 01034
Amount: $319,000
Buyer: Elizabeth A. Benson
Seller: Henry Babiec
Date: 07/23/19

HAMPDEN

294 Glendale Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Revampit LLC
Seller: Robert R. Melville
Date: 07/22/19

144 Mountain Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $344,900
Buyer: Selina Ortega
Seller: Bruce S. Dahn
Date: 07/22/19

20 Old Orchard Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Geoffrey R. Farrington
Seller: Donna L. Muska
Date: 07/23/19

HOLLAND

12 Craig Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Roy M. Henshaw T. 1996
Seller: Duane D. Boudreau
Date: 07/19/19

12 Forest Court
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $279,900
Buyer: Rebecca C. Tanaka-Reader
Seller: Brian J. Pajak
Date: 07/26/19

83 May Brook Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: Daniel R. Maketansky
Seller: Paul J. Novinsky
Date: 07/19/19

125 Vinton Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $269,900
Buyer: Lynn Brindamour
Seller: Valerie J. Butler
Date: 07/22/19

HOLYOKE

88-90 Brown Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Lennix E. Rosa
Seller: David P. Richards
Date: 07/17/19

56 Canal St.
Holyoke, MA 01013
Amount: $3,500,000
Buyer: IIP MA 3 LLC
Seller: Trulieve Holyoke Holdings
Date: 07/29/19

94 Central Park Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $389,900
Buyer: Christopher T. Gillis
Seller: Ingrid R. Gureckis-Grant
Date: 07/23/19

110 Congress Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Carmen G. Ortiz
Seller: Raymond P. Smalley
Date: 07/26/19

53 George St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Gamaliel Soto
Seller: Donna M. Lyons
Date: 07/17/19

5 Gilman St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $172,000
Buyer: Jill P. Fiorini
Seller: Stephen J. Orsini
Date: 07/30/19

131 Jarvis Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Katherine A. Sylvain
Seller: Shane M. Michon
Date: 07/26/19

126 Lincoln St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $322,500
Buyer: John Marshall
Seller: A. Peter Swiderski
Date: 07/19/19

Lower Westfield Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $2,500,000
Buyer: BRE Development LLC
Seller: Holyoke Mall Co. LP
Date: 07/24/19

86 Lower Westfield Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $825,500
Buyer: Plumbers & Pipefittrs Union
Seller: Holyoke Mall Co LP
Date: 07/23/19

68 Meadowview Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $303,000
Buyer: Jasmine Bustamante
Seller: Tierney, Marion F., (Estate)
Date: 07/19/19

79 Merrick Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $222,000
Buyer: William Lyle
Seller: Nancy E. Clark
Date: 07/29/19

393-395 South Elm St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $277,000
Buyer: Angel L. Ramos-Collazo
Seller: AAD LLC
Date: 07/30/19

45 Taylor St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Karen L. Everett
Seller: Frederick Andujar
Date: 07/19/19

15 Vadnais St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Amy C. McDonough
Seller: McDonnell, Catherine R., (Estate)
Date: 07/18/19

143-145 Westfield Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $261,000
Buyer: Juan Martinez
Seller: Perry R. Dulude
Date: 07/22/19

7 Yale St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $362,900
Buyer: Maurice J. Dufresne
Seller: Ronald E. Kanagaki
Date: 07/25/19

LONGMEADOW

18 Barbara Lane
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Alexander Fenska
Seller: Maria DelCarmen-Orejuela
Date: 07/30/19

84 Benedict Ter.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $389,900
Buyer: John R. Vellenga
Seller: Eric J. Gouvin
Date: 07/29/19

163 Cedar Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $269,900
Buyer: Dana M. Hartigan
Seller: Heather G. Sheridan
Date: 07/25/19

43 Crest Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $358,000
Buyer: Anthony M. Rosati
Seller: Louise M. Croll
Date: 07/19/19

104 Crestview Circle
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $472,500
Buyer: Michael DiYeso
Seller: Stephen Crane
Date: 07/19/19

73 Ellington St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $345,000
Buyer: Christine Viereck
Seller: Linda H. Dunn
Date: 07/26/19

49 Eunice Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Vijay C. Hanchatey
Seller: Halim O. Muslu
Date: 07/29/19

42 Fairway Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Kathryn M. Belkin
Seller: Lawrence M. Conti
Date: 07/30/19

252 Kenmore Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Jeffrey Magee
Seller: Margaret M. Croteau
Date: 07/26/19

1195 Longmeadow St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Sarah R. Lapolice
Seller: Barbara W. Elsner
Date: 07/19/19

86 Longmeadow St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Mihaela S. Stefan
Seller: John Brock
Date: 07/23/19

210 Meadowlark Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Rachel E. Georgantas
Seller: Karen A. Barrows
Date: 07/18/19

80 Mill Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $484,900
Buyer: William J. Linville
Seller: Daniel P. Yerrington
Date: 07/26/19

195 Overbrook Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $600,000
Buyer: Michael C. Serricchio
Seller: Walter P. Gunn
Date: 07/22/19

97 Riverview Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Vy T. Luong
Seller: Richard C. Sprinthall
Date: 07/19/19

80 Severn St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $682,000
Buyer: Jared D. Hudson
Seller: Thomas C. Sullivan
Date: 07/30/19

85 Tennyson Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $674,900
Buyer: Theodore K. Mlapah
Seller: Alex F. Dixon
Date: 07/22/19

69 Warwick St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Dario Caddeo
Seller: Downey, Mary A., (Estate)
Date: 07/18/19

66 Woolworth St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Robert S. Richardson
Seller: Kathleen P. Afolabi
Date: 07/26/19

LUDLOW

144 Bondsville Road
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $355,000
Buyer: Patrick McCuskey
Seller: Mark R. Shapiro
Date: 07/19/19

28 Brownell St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $237,000
Buyer: Erik S. Shumake
Seller: Christine L. James
Date: 07/25/19

1252 East St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $205,005
Buyer: Launa B. Saleh
Seller: Machado, Paul D., (Estate)
Date: 07/17/19

48 Jackie Dr.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $514,000
Buyer: Sean J. Robinson
Seller: Stephen Nembirkow
Date: 07/24/19

130 Kirkland Ave.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $136,000
Buyer: Chocorua Realty Invests
Seller: Lisa S. Goncalves
Date: 07/26/19

122 Nash Hill Road
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $208,000
Buyer: Daniel Owino-Awuor
Seller: Ann C. Beardsley
Date: 07/22/19

1 Olivia Circle
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $509,000
Buyer: Andrew Rose
Seller: Derek Rodrigues
Date: 07/18/19

71 Parker Lane
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: Matthew J. Kapinos
Seller: Jose F. Lopes
Date: 07/26/19

22 Salli Circle
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: Alan M. Blake
Seller: Nadia Leonidovna-Ruby
Date: 07/19/19

326 Sewall St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: CPN&J Realty LLC
Seller: Carol Labrecque
Date: 07/22/19

405 Ventura St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $205,005
Buyer: Launa B. Saleh
Seller: Machado, Paul D., (Estate)
Date: 07/17/19

881 West St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $231,900
Buyer: David R. Klock
Seller: James J. Magrath
Date: 07/25/19

100 Williams St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $190,500
Buyer: Laurie Stawicki
Seller: William E. Lawlor
Date: 07/25/19

MONSON

70 Carpenter Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Dimitri A. Bryant
Seller: Celeste M. Gould
Date: 07/25/19

22 Country Club Dr.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $259,900
Buyer: Angela M. Allain
Seller: Blythewood Property Mgmt.
Date: 07/24/19

34 Wales Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $237,000
Buyer: Michael H. Green
Seller: Steven B. Dethloff
Date: 07/22/19

PALMER

25 Cheney St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Paul D. Martin
Seller: Dorothy O. Tenczar
Date: 07/29/19

15 Holbrook St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $234,900
Buyer: Kerilyn R. Barrios
Seller: Preferred Property Mgmt.
Date: 07/18/19

2314 Main St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Jessica Richardson
Seller: Joseph H. Baldyga
Date: 07/19/19

385 Rondeau St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Amnouy Soynanhang
Seller: Marcus L. Nutter
Date: 07/26/19

25 Walnut St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Michael Saccamando
Seller: James A. Deauseault
Date: 07/22/19

RUSSELL

1371 Blandford Road
Russell, MA 01071
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Allen D. Papillon
Seller: Everett R. Cooley
Date: 07/29/19

SOUTHWICK

35 Berkshire Ave.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $399,900
Buyer: Brian C. Chambers
Seller: Paul E. Jerusik
Date: 07/19/19

19 Honey Pot Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: David N. Wilson
Seller: Cedar Investment Group
Date: 07/23/19

105 Point Grove Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: William L. Gould
Seller: Gould, David, (Estate)
Date: 07/22/19

26 South Loomis St.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Juliet Samba
Seller: Kimberly A. Valentino
Date: 07/26/19

8 Veteran St.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $212,000
Buyer: Kevin J. Larosa
Seller: Michael L. Menard
Date: 07/25/19

SPRINGFIELD

77 Abbott St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $234,000
Buyer: Katiria Cruz
Seller: Christina J. Cronin
Date: 07/22/19

115 Allen St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Leanna R. Lewis
Seller: Alexsandr Bloom
Date: 07/25/19

307 Arcadia Blvd.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $234,500
Buyer: Damaris D. Marmolejos
Seller: Donna Dunn
Date: 07/19/19

50 Beaufort Circle
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Eugenio Rodriguez
Seller: Property Keys LLC
Date: 07/19/19

1269 Berkshire Ave.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $184,000
Buyer: Erika Wallace
Seller: Genowefa Skora
Date: 07/26/19

8 Bosworth St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Odalina M. Portes
Seller: Martin A. Portes
Date: 07/25/19

26 Brewster St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $170,180
Buyer: John Oliveri
Seller: Bank Of New York Mellon
Date: 07/26/19

34 Brighton St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $203,000
Buyer: Solivelises Gonzalez
Seller: Juan Esteves
Date: 07/29/19

22 Buick St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $219,000
Buyer: Keanaha Milbier
Seller: Lisa J. Russell
Date: 07/18/19

93 Burghardt St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $192,000
Buyer: Migdalia Flores
Seller: Ivan Rizzo
Date: 07/23/19

27 Bushwick Place
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $148,000
Buyer: Doraliz Ubeda
Seller: Juan M. Barrera
Date: 07/26/19

199 Cambria St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $120,769
Buyer: Wilmington Savings
Seller: Steven E. Jacobson
Date: 07/18/19

674 Carew St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Brandon Klein
Seller: Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity
Date: 07/24/19

111-113 Cherrelyn St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $174,500
Buyer: Yudelkis M. Paulino
Seller: Adolfo Serrano-Torres
Date: 07/29/19

41 Copeland St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $209,000
Buyer: Israel E. Garcia-Camacho
Seller: Brian F. Szmigiel
Date: 07/25/19

54 Cumberland St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $470,000
Buyer: Ironsides Mainland LLC
Seller: Mister Mister LLC
Date: 07/19/19

82 Druid Hill Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Robert A. McCaffrey
Seller: Carlo J. Camerota
Date: 07/26/19

50-52 Dunmoreland St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Kevin Malone
Seller: Scudder Bay Capital LLC
Date: 07/19/19

222 Edendale St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Miguel Nieves
Seller: Edmond R. Moreau
Date: 07/19/19

3 Elaine Circle
Springfield, MA 01101
Amount: $339,000
Buyer: Juan Esteves
Seller: Grahams Construction Inc.
Date: 07/30/19

63 Eleanor Road
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $184,000
Buyer: J. J Feliciano-Hernandez
Seller: Damaris D. Marmolejo
Date: 07/19/19

81 Embury St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Marva Peynado
Seller: Vincent Daley
Date: 07/29/19

35 Fern St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $179,000
Buyer: Karna B. Tamang
Seller: Hira Thatal
Date: 07/23/19

300 Forest Park Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $269,500
Buyer: Eric D. Braaten
Seller: Adam R. St.Martin
Date: 07/19/19

123 Fort Pleasant Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $232,000
Buyer: Marika Franklin
Seller: Christine Whyte
Date: 07/22/19

63-65 Granby St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Jason Hoffman
Seller: Gary A. Daula
Date: 07/22/19

65 Garland St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Olga L. Orengo
Seller: Patriot Living LLC
Date: 07/26/19

95-97 Genesee St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $179,000
Buyer: Sultan Mourad
Seller: De Q. Wu
Date: 07/26/19

42 Geneva St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Christine A. Valardi
Seller: Matthew J. Kapinos
Date: 07/26/19

317 Gillette Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $147,000
Buyer: Peter S. King
Seller: William F. Winslow
Date: 07/24/19

21 Gralia Dr.
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: TM Rentals LLC
Seller: Barbara Wenc
Date: 07/25/19

43 Grandview St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $215,500
Buyer: Benjamin Medina
Seller: John B. Johnson
Date: 07/18/19

8 Groveton St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Andy Pham
Seller: Ha Pham
Date: 07/19/19

66 Hermitage Dr.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $249,500
Buyer: John P. Ryan
Seller: Jordan N. Nascimento
Date: 07/29/19

38 Ina St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Soledad Diaz
Seller: LE & Associates LLC
Date: 07/18/19

47 Jasper St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $176,000
Buyer: Juliet M. Lowe
Seller: Barrington Stephenson
Date: 07/26/19

94 Joanne Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $329,900
Buyer: Shelley S. Whitley
Seller: Bretta Construction LLC
Date: 07/29/19

120 Kimberly Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $191,000
Buyer: Jovani S. Allen
Seller: Grace L. Smith
Date: 07/19/19

184 Knollwood St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Daniel Rivera
Seller: Diego I. Dominguez
Date: 07/17/19

191 Lamont St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Wilmington Savings
Seller: Jose A. Ocasio
Date: 07/24/19

26 Lenox St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $1,800,000
Buyer: Sumner Avenue 473-477 LLC
Seller: Northamptonboys2 LLC
Date: 07/17/19

88-92 Leyfred Ter.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Yerenilda R. Frias
Seller: Andrea Richards
Date: 07/19/19

2-4 Littleton St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Dillanira Arreaga
Seller: Antonio Maldonado
Date: 07/22/19

14 Lyndale St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Sumner Avenue Realty LLC
Seller: Dara M. Howard
Date: 07/29/19

2137 Main St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $1,150,000
Buyer: Ironsides Mainland LLC
Seller: Lachenauer LLC
Date: 07/19/19

93 Melville St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $147,000
Buyer: Reginald P. Johnson
Seller: Shawna Gutowski
Date: 07/24/19

33 Mohegan Ave.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $193,500
Buyer: Wilber A. Cedrez
Seller: Sarah B. Brittain
Date: 07/19/19

40-42 Mooreland St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $197,000
Buyer: Lesley A. Hernandez
Seller: Mark A. Robbins
Date: 07/25/19

105 Newhouse St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Jose L. Gonzalez
Seller: Carole L. Magidson
Date: 07/29/19

202 Northampton Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $131,655
Buyer: Laelia LLC
Seller: Heath J. Richardson
Date: 07/29/19

1392 Page Blvd.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Lavinia Velazquez
Seller: Luis Velazquez
Date: 07/26/19

1286 Parker St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Imran R. Chaudhry
Seller: RETained Realty Inc.
Date: 07/19/19

87 Pennsylvania Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $172,900
Buyer: Julio Marrero
Seller: Narapati Kafley
Date: 07/29/19

79 Penrose St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Carlos A. Torres
Seller: MBC Properties LLC
Date: 07/19/19

53 Pidgeon Dr.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $194,000
Buyer: Marlena Acevedo-Sanchez
Seller: Sheila Greenia
Date: 07/18/19

20 Powell Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $256,000
Buyer: Martin A. Portes
Seller: Rafael A. Santana
Date: 07/26/19

159 Powell Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $164,000
Buyer: Shekina T. Mondon
Seller: Gerardo Lebron
Date: 07/25/19

11 Pulaski St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: 1 Call Maintenance LLC
Seller: Ruby Realty LLC
Date: 07/17/19

14 Rachael St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: James Leahy
Seller: Francine M. Kustwan
Date: 07/24/19

29-31 Ralph St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $129,625
Buyer: MHFA
Seller: Hipolito Gonzalez
Date: 07/19/19

9-11 Ramah St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $216,000
Buyer: Alexander R. O’Neil
Seller: Jamie A. Jacobs
Date: 07/29/19

42 Redstone Dr.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Sara L. Maggipinto
Seller: Ashley M. McFarlane
Date: 07/19/19

80 Rochelle St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $168,000
Buyer: Chelsea Rohman
Seller: JJJ 17 LLC
Date: 07/26/19

115 Rochford Circle
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Sacha Vazquez
Seller: West, Robert, (Estate)
Date: 07/26/19

85 Ruthven St.
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $133,500
Buyer: Aguasvivas Realty LLC
Seller: Nationstar Mortgage LLC
Date: 07/26/19

55 Saint George Road
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $3,400,000
Buyer: ARHC PSNTMA01 LLC
Seller: Pioneer Mob LP
Date: 07/23/19

1175 Saint James Ave.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Dennis O. Navarro-Cosme
Seller: Donna M. Roy
Date: 07/18/19

51-53 Sanderson St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Victor R. Lopez-Cortes
Seller: Hedge Hog Industries Corp.
Date: 07/30/19

42-44 Santa Barbara St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Steven Al-Husseini
Seller: Jason H. Casagrande
Date: 07/26/19

89 Sawmill Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $232,000
Buyer: Peter J. Kaufmann
Seller: Mark E. Tartt
Date: 07/24/19

19 Sedgelia St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $171,000
Buyer: Giovani Rivera
Seller: Prime Partners LLC
Date: 07/30/19

125 South Shore Dr.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Laura Dubowski
Seller: Vicente Perez
Date: 07/29/19

980 Sumner Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $239,900
Buyer: Sandra Benson
Seller: Huan V. Huynh
Date: 07/30/19

66 Sunapee St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Katherine M. McDonald
Seller: Ann M. Decoteau
Date: 07/26/19

33 Superior Ave.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Shannon Connor
Seller: Luz Martinez
Date: 07/26/19

14 Sunridge Dr.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $147,000
Buyer: Michelle R. Gilley
Seller: Peter J. Kaufmann
Date: 07/23/19

66 Switzer Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $136,000
Buyer: Noelis Santiago
Seller: Thomas C. Baird
Date: 07/23/19

56 Tallyho Dr.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $255,900
Buyer: Anne H. Pietras
Seller: Custom Homes Development Group
Date: 07/30/19

220 Tiffany St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Razi Jaber
Seller: Daniel Gnidenko
Date: 07/22/19

17 Vail St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $191,000
Buyer: Ismael J. Cintron
Seller: Erik F. Rosa
Date: 07/18/19

36 Valley Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Ellen May
Seller: Forest, Norman P., (Estate)
Date: 07/19/19

38-40 Van Buren Ave.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $199,900
Buyer: Luz D. Guerrero
Seller: Fritz Bosquet
Date: 07/29/19

28 Waldorf St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $142,500
Buyer: Santa B. Pabon
Seller: Colleen Moynihan
Date: 07/26/19

129 Warrenton St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $127,850
Buyer: Denis A. Couture
Seller: Michael Ferris
Date: 07/25/19

205 West Allen Ridge Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $175,257
Buyer: Stacy E. Heimann
Seller: Michael A. Sukhram
Date: 07/26/19

155 Wheeler Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Loy Solan-Anderson
Seller: Ana N. Colon
Date: 07/25/19

101 Whittier St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $218,125
Buyer: James Kihungi
Seller: Florence Testa
Date: 07/17/19

30-32 Wilbraham Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Ngoc T. Nguyen
Seller: Hedge Hog Industries Corp.
Date: 07/19/19

75 Windemere St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $170,900
Buyer: Israel Ruiz
Seller: Onota Rental LLC
Date: 07/26/19

137 Wollaston St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Megan Dilisio
Seller: Neung Chummasorn
Date: 07/30/19

TOLLAND

272 Meadow Dr.
Tolland, MA 01034
Amount: $228,736
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Ashley H. Donnellan
Date: 07/22/19

WESTFIELD

17 Crescent Circle
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Robert Paul
Seller: Peter Storozuk
Date: 07/17/19

62 Crescent Circle
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $370,000
Buyer: Joseph E. Labelle
Seller: Karen E. Siart
Date: 07/29/19

7 Cross St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $204,900
Buyer: Artem Martynyuk
Seller: Liliana Burgos-Ortiz
Date: 07/24/19

29 Dana St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Pisey C. Hean
Seller: Joanne T. Ciancotti
Date: 07/19/19

79 Glenwood Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Everett R. Cooley
Seller: Aaron A. Bean
Date: 07/22/19

45 Grandview Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Michael L. Menard
Seller: Sandra L. Cennamo
Date: 07/25/19

3 Hanover St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $182,941
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Leo Boucher
Date: 07/26/19

7 Harrison Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: John Weir
Seller: Christopher Lusignan
Date: 07/24/19

31 Harvest Moon Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $580,000
Buyer: Nicholas Cal
Seller: David A. Metcalf
Date: 07/19/19

68 Klondike Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $1,733,000
Buyer: Arbor Residents Assn. Inc.
Seller: James Buratti
Date: 07/25/19

28 Knollwood Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Paul A. Laquerre
Seller: Thomas J. Keating
Date: 07/26/19

11 Lockhouse Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Vitaliy Novenko
Seller: Andrey L. Girich
Date: 07/22/19

72 Pinehurst St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $212,900
Buyer: Peter Storozuk
Seller: Lawrence H. Messer
Date: 07/24/19

273 Ponders Hollow Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $281,000
Buyer: Sonam Bhujel
Seller: John F. Kielb
Date: 07/25/19

63 Radisson Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $430,000
Buyer: David R. Boudreau
Seller: Jane T. Condon
Date: 07/17/19

221 Russellville Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Christa L. Blair
Seller: David Perez
Date: 07/17/19

107 Sandy Hill Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Kenneth S. Soto
Seller: Barbara F. Bodendorf
Date: 07/29/19

868 Southampton Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $1,790,000
Buyer: Heritage Residents Association
Seller: James Buratti
Date: 07/25/19

27 Tow Path Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Katie B. Oleksak
Seller: Wade, Grace J., (Estate)
Date: 07/22/19

152 Valley View Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Spenser L. Afonso
Seller: William D. Murphy
Date: 07/29/19

WILBRAHAM

15 3 Rivers Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Susan Lufkin-Curtis
Seller: David P. Owen
Date: 07/30/19

2287 Boston Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $7,710,000
Buyer: KRE BSL Husky Wilbraham
Seller: 2387 Boston Road LLC
Date: 07/19/19

29 Brookside Circle
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: Brianna N. Kipetz
Seller: Lori A. Martin
Date: 07/18/19

660 Glendale Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: Scott A. Foulis
Seller: Christian, David A. Sr., (Estate)
Date: 07/18/19

18 Herrick Place
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $549,000
Buyer: John J. Guerin
Seller: Paul E. Abrahamson
Date: 07/29/19

6 Julia Way
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $450,000
Buyer: Jose L. Ferreira
Seller: Custom Homes Development Group
Date: 07/24/19

15 Linwood Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Jordan Nascimento
Seller: Oliver Leung
Date: 07/29/19

53 Manchonis Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Douglas Look
Seller: Charles B. Proctor
Date: 07/24/19

211 Manchonis Road Ext.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Kevin Ordynowicz
Seller: Paul A. Knaplund
Date: 07/18/19

19 Oakland St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: Sarah E. Miller
Seller: Matt J. Mahaney
Date: 07/24/19

2 Park Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $322,400
Buyer: Mary E. Goodrow
Seller: John H. McCullough
Date: 07/19/19

34 Pleasant View Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Renee K. Duncan-Mckenzie
Seller: Maureen C. Moran
Date: 07/19/19

52 Shirley St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $438,000
Buyer: Ian Hart
Seller: David W. Glidden
Date: 07/22/19

136 Stony Hill Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Luis I. Garced
Seller: Allan M. Solaroli
Date: 07/18/19

874 Stony Hill Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Ethan J. Lafreniere
Seller: Raschilla, Michael A., (Estate)
Date: 07/19/19

29 Victoria Lane
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $513,000
Buyer: Doris A. Naiman
Seller: John J. Guerin
Date: 07/19/19

WEST SPRINGFIELD

270 Amostown Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Oksana Lavrenchuk
Seller: Osama Jalal
Date: 07/25/19

24 Autumn Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $331,000
Buyer: William C. Reichelt
Seller: Cote FT
Date: 07/26/19

22 Chapin St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Andrey Shlykov
Seller: Jeffrey Bergeron
Date: 07/19/19

28 Cornflower Dr.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $327,000
Buyer: Joshua M. Derry
Seller: Gerard R. Roy
Date: 07/29/19

71-73 East School St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Murad A. Sulaymanov
Seller: Morray Inc.
Date: 07/25/19

218 Forest Glenn
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $355,000
Buyer: Alissa L. Burke-Spaulding
Seller: Patricia M. Selva
Date: 07/18/19

127 Herrman St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $192,500
Buyer: Cheryl A. Ruggirello
Seller: Kerry J. Derry
Date: 07/29/19

2 Lenox St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $243,000
Buyer: Sean C. Hurley
Seller: Mattbo RT
Date: 07/29/19

78 Lincoln St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $167,500
Buyer: Margarita Lopez
Seller: Lees, Alberta E., (Estate)
Date: 07/19/19

125 Monastery Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Michael T. Burque
Seller: Benjamin D. Berchulski
Date: 07/19/19

19 Moseley Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Halilu I. Daraja
Seller: Ram P. Pathak
Date: 07/29/19

131 Nelson St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Jacob Johnston
Seller: Raymond L. Wellspeak
Date: 07/19/19

599 Piper Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Enrico Nitura-Talamayan
Seller: Bernard C. Pickett
Date: 07/29/19

136 Riverdale St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Bhakta Dahal
Seller: Megan Dilisio
Date: 07/30/19

83 Sibley Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Brady M. Walsh
Seller: Isaac Santana
Date: 07/24/19

74 Southworth St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Lori Harris
Seller: Thomas E. Hague
Date: 07/17/19

27 Sylvan St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $2,850,000
Buyer: ARHC PSNTMA01 LLC
Seller: Pioneer Mob LP
Date: 07/23/19

41 Therese Marie Lane
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $555,000
Buyer: Maroun N. Hannoush
Seller: Daniel M. Spaulding
Date: 07/18/19

24 Western Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $5,900,000
Buyer: ARHC PSWSGMA01 LLC
Seller: Pioneer Mob LP
Date: 07/24/19

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

AMHERST

270 East Leverett Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $617,500
Buyer: Jesse R. Hart
Seller: Derek J. Dassatti
Date: 07/18/19

384 Henry St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $535,000
Buyer: Charlotte Driscoll
Seller: Elizabeth H. Follmer
Date: 07/19/19

22 Kamins Circle
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $396,000
Buyer: Benigno R. Sanchez-Eppler
Seller: George E. Como
Date: 07/26/19

Lindenridge Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Bercume Construction LLC
Seller: Tofino Associates LLC
Date: 07/19/19

381-383 Main St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $480,000
Buyer: Long Mountain LLC
Seller: 383 Main LLC
Date: 07/25/19

127 Pelham Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: Zhiqi Huang
Seller: Lyle E. & Melba L. Larson RET
Date: 07/25/19

34 Potwine Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $358,000
Buyer: Benjamin M. Rau
Seller: James R. Crotty
Date: 07/29/19

317 South Pleasant St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $484,000
Buyer: Amherst College
Seller: Benigno R. Sanchez-Eppler
Date: 07/26/19

28 Trillium Way
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $530,000
Buyer: Alex K. Phakos
Seller: Richard L. Gerstein
Date: 07/25/19

1240 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $272,500
Buyer: Raphaela R. Levy-Moore
Seller: Freda Peters
Date: 07/26/19

75 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $505,000
Buyer: Hang Le
Seller: Joslad & Associates PC
Date: 07/26/19

26 Wildflower Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $428,000
Buyer: M. Hajiesmaili
Seller: Charlotte A. Jackson
Date: 07/24/19

BELCHERTOWN

639 Bay Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: Kyle Alamad
Seller: Robert E. Carter
Date: 07/29/19

350 Bay Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: Bryan Lee
Seller: Robert E. Klaum
Date: 07/23/19

27 Canal Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $307,500
Buyer: Shane M. Parrott
Seller: Steven G. Burton
Date: 07/29/19

17 Dogwood Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $399,900
Buyer: Harlan G. Sturm
Seller: Albert Grimaldi
Date: 07/26/19

99 Federal St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $119,000
Buyer: James S. Pieciak
Seller: Nathan Santerre
Date: 07/24/19

800 Federal St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $345,000
Buyer: Phurbu Dolma
Seller: Nicholas C. Aquadro
Date: 07/17/19

31 Fuller St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $355,000
Buyer: Danielle M. Dushane
Seller: James D. Cole
Date: 07/29/19

814 George Hannum Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Colleen A. Duncan
Seller: Dargis, Marc A., (Estate)
Date: 07/26/19

32 Jensen St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $206,500
Buyer: Andrew Loebel
Seller: Daniel R. Roy
Date: 07/30/19

33 Magnolia Lane
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $409,900
Buyer: Gonzalo Aguilar
Seller: J. N. Duquette & Son Construction
Date: 07/24/19

41 Magnolia Lane
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $417,900
Buyer: Maureen Keizer LT
Seller: J. N. Duquette & on Construction
Date: 07/19/19

6 Old Bay Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $420,000
Buyer: Thomas G. St.Laurent
Seller: Harlan G. Sturm
Date: 07/26/19

202 Old Enfield Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $436,000
Buyer: Neil L. Desroches
Seller: Laliberte Home Builders
Date: 07/30/19

375 Rockrimmon St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $321,700
Buyer: Christopher R. Perron
Seller: Christopher E. Pelletier
Date: 07/26/19

191 Stebbins St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Katie A. Napolitano
Seller: Bruce W. Adams
Date: 07/26/19

5 Woodhaven Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $335,000
Buyer: Matthew Lakso
Seller: Paul L. Beaulieu
Date: 07/29/19

CHESTERFIELD

416 Main Road
Chesterfield, MA 01012
Amount: $535,000
Buyer: Michael J. McVeigh
Seller: David L. Fobes
Date: 07/30/19

EASTHAMPTON

90 Briggs St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $266,900
Buyer: Cassandra Eckhof
Seller: Thomasa & K. Lombardo LT
Date: 07/30/19

21 Button Road
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $340,000
Buyer: Edward V. Harvey
Seller: Peter P. Hamelin
Date: 07/29/19

5 Campus Lane
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $340,000
Buyer: 5 Campus Lane LLC
Seller: DO Holding Co. LLC
Date: 07/25/19

17 Deerfield Dr.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $342,000
Buyer: Catherine M. Hardie
Seller: Kevin J. Wilby
Date: 07/29/19

112 East St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $161,000
Buyer: Crossroads Property Investors
Seller: Gary R. Campbell
Date: 07/19/19

41 East Green St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $222,500
Buyer: Brian P. Brown
Seller: Valdore O. Gagne
Date: 07/30/19

3 Keddy St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $239,900
Buyer: Christine N. Crutchfield
Seller: Latka RT
Date: 07/24/19

22 Morin Dr.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $276,000
Buyer: Joshua Smith
Seller: Edward Harvey
Date: 07/29/19

8 Oakridge Circle
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Robert G. Labrie
Seller: Ronald T. Labrie
Date: 07/26/19

GOSHEN

35 South Chesterfield Road
Goshen, MA 01032
Amount: $234,900
Buyer: Shirley M. Kubosiak
Seller: Zachary A. Laroche
Date: 07/23/19

GRANBY

258 Amherst St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $329,200
Buyer: Jaroslaw Laskarzewski
Seller: James R. Maes
Date: 07/22/19

183 Chicopee St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: Andrew J. Potts
Seller: Daniel J. Watkins
Date: 07/25/19

4 Greystone Ave.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $209,000
Buyer: Thomas E. Venema
Seller: Tammi J. Adair
Date: 07/18/19

234 Taylor St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Philip D. Stachura
Seller: Michael R. Goff
Date: 07/17/19

HADLEY

11 Aloha Dr.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $380,000
Buyer: Kristie M. Laflamme
Seller: Valorie L. Leonard
Date: 07/24/19

141 Rocky Hill Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $326,000
Buyer: Mark R. Hamel
Seller: Stephen J. Cummings
Date: 07/29/19

HATFIELD

155 Depot Road
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Niocholas A. Del-Castillo
Seller: Edward F. Shaw LT
Date: 07/30/19

55 Linseed Road
Hatfield, MA 01088
Amount: $480,000
Buyer: Grace M. Lalor
Seller: Joseph J. Strycharz
Date: 07/26/19

North Hatfield Road
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $430,000
Buyer: Mieke LLC
Seller: Kestrel Land TR
Date: 07/19/19

32 North Hatfield Road
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $345,000
Buyer: William Leroy
Seller: Stanley S. Sadowski
Date: 07/30/19

154 Prospect St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $464,200
Buyer: Matthew Chandler
Seller: Kathleen M. Dion
Date: 07/23/19

HUNTINGTON

89 Pisgah Road
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $299,000
Buyer: Bradley Kreger
Seller: Michael A. King
Date: 07/26/19

6 Pleasant St.
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $149,500
Buyer: Eric D. Little
Seller: James R. Gobeille
Date: 07/19/19

MIDDLEFIELD

143 Chipman Road
Middlefield, MA 01243
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Emmitt D. McIntyre
Seller: Michael R. Butchen
Date: 07/29/19

NORTHAMPTON

93 Bliss St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: David Clooney
Seller: Stephanie Schamess
Date: 07/17/19

191 Bridge Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $277,000
Buyer: Rubina Husain
Seller: David J. Carpenter
Date: 07/22/19

41 Cross Path Road
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Maureen O’Toole
Seller: Lyle E. Haggerty
Date: 07/17/19

435 Florence Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $233,000
Buyer: Roland Barbeito
Seller: Maureen Kiely
Date: 07/26/19

139 Greenleaf Dr.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $425,000
Buyer: David J. Carpenter
Seller: Stephen W. Alport
Date: 07/17/19

29 Howes St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $351,500
Buyer: Nancy E. Cohen
Seller: Valerie Nelson-Taylor
Date: 07/22/19

55 Linseed Road
Northampton, MA 01088
Amount: $480,000
Buyer: Grace M. Lalor
Seller: Joseph J. Strycharz
Date: 07/26/19

30 Murphy Ter.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $291,500
Buyer: Lynn Asch
Seller: Matthew S. Braddak
Date: 07/23/19

327 North Farms Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $410,000
Buyer: Avy A. Skolnik
Seller: Meredith R. Bertrand
Date: 07/19/19

188 Rocky Hill Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $179,000
Buyer: Yakov Kronrod
Seller: Kyle R. Alamed
Date: 07/29/19

16 Sherman Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Gregory J. Campbell
Seller: James A. Quinn
Date: 07/26/19

PELHAM

11 Enfield Road
Pelham, MA 01002
Amount: $248,000
Buyer: Nancy B. Couper
Seller: Grace E. Prime
Date: 07/26/19

8-B Harkness Road
Pelham, MA 01002
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: Jennifer L. Chandler
Seller: Christian D. Santangelo
Date: 07/30/19

222 North Valley Road
Pelham, MA 01002
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Elizabeth Z. McDonnell
Seller: Eli Kwartler
Date: 07/26/19

41 South Valley Road
Pelham, MA 01002
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Jerome J. Maczka
Seller: Abraham I. Gladstone
Date: 07/24/19

SOUTH HADLEY

14 Dale St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Shawn F. Langlois
Seller: Louis Langlois
Date: 07/19/19

2 Dayton St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $1,400,000
Buyer: Peoples Bank
Seller: Joseph A. Marois
Date: 07/24/19

9 Doane Ter.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $249,000
Buyer: Matthew Bosowicz
Seller: Cavanaugh, Karen B., (Estate)
Date: 07/17/19

340 Granby Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $237,000
Buyer: Andrew Mankus
Seller: Nicholas Carra
Date: 07/19/19

81 Hildreth Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $312,000
Buyer: Michael O’Neill
Seller: Haig K. Babikyan
Date: 07/26/19

7 Hillside Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $187,500
Buyer: Kristal R. Tolpa-Cote
Seller: Stella L. Warzenski
Date: 07/26/19

8 Karen Dr.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Gary T. White
Seller: Helen C. Desjarlais
Date: 07/29/19

10 Lakeview Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Walter C. Braley
Seller: Neil L. Desroches
Date: 07/24/19

468 Newton St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $1,400,000
Buyer: Peoples Bank
Seller: Joseph A. Marois
Date: 07/24/19

470 Newton St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $1,400,000
Buyer: Peoples Bank
Seller: Joseph A. Marois
Date: 07/24/19

480 Newton St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $1,400,000
Buyer: Peoples Bank
Seller: Joseph A. Marois
Date: 07/24/19

160 North Main St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Altagracia Ramirez
Seller: Tiffany Trzebiatowski
Date: 07/29/19

17 Red Bridge Lane
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $465,000
Buyer: Richard F. Cox
Seller: Katherine B. Jacobson
Date: 07/25/19

46 South St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $196,600
Buyer: Anthony Dejura
Seller: Rachael K. Perkins
Date: 07/22/19

42 Washington Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Patricia A. Keohan
Seller: Marion F. Delimat
Date: 07/26/19

40 Westbrook Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Katherine Schark
Seller: Mclaughlin, Elva J., (Estate)
Date: 07/30/19

71 Woodbridge St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $212,500
Buyer: Sara Harper RET
Seller: Sutton, Christopher S., (Estate)
Date: 07/19/19

SOUTHAMPTON

5 Bissonnette Circle
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $485,000
Buyer: Lisa A. Gawle
Seller: Jeffrey E. Schwenk
Date: 07/22/19

165 Brickyard Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $249,900
Buyer: Zachary A. Ribeiro
Seller: Jocelyn H. Kinlock
Date: 07/30/19

89 Clark St.
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Ryan L. Geeleher
Seller: Bruce A. Coombs
Date: 07/24/19

134 College Hwy.
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $4,250,000
Buyer: Longhill Gardens LLC
Seller: Hampton Realty Apartments LLP
Date: 07/19/19

16 Hillside Meadows Dr.
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: Joseph P. Arduino
Seller: Daniel Pedersen
Date: 07/29/19

White Loaf Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Kristian C. Kasa
Seller: Ryan L. Geeleher
Date: 07/26/19

8 Woodmar Lane
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $460,000
Buyer: Amanda K. Duffy
Seller: Lisa A. Gawle
Date: 07/22/19

WARE

36 Cummings Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $222,500
Buyer: Tammy L. Baumier
Seller: Joann P. Champagne
Date: 07/23/19

130 Eagle St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Edward Voiland
Seller: Michael L. Boronski
Date: 07/25/19

59 Greenwich Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $247,000
Buyer: Glen A. Larue
Seller: King, Irene B., (Estate)
Date: 07/29/19

10 Lower Cove Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $380,000
Buyer: Deborah J. Ernest
Seller: Winslow A. Wildes
Date: 07/23/19

8 Lower Cove Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $380,000
Buyer: Deborah J. Ernest
Seller: Winslow A. Wildes
Date: 07/23/19

6 Murphy Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Charles R. Kiablick
Seller: Kusek, Louise A., (Estate)
Date: 07/19/19

WILLIAMSBURG

122 Petticoat Hill Road
Williamsburg, MA 01096
Amount: $635,000
Buyer: Eli McKenna-Weiss
Seller: Brad H. Wolansky
Date: 07/19/19

WESTHAMPTON

295 Main Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $239,000
Buyer: James A. Westwell
Seller: Anderson, Mark J., (Estate)
Date: 07/23/19

83 Montague Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $380,000
Buyer: George Eager
Seller: Dawn M. Levay
Date: 07/26/19

Northwest Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Michael G. Proulx
Seller: Marina Nelson
Date: 07/17/19

WORTHINGTON

15 Sam Hill Road
Worthington, MA 01098
Amount: $176,000
Buyer: Vincent P. Dondiego
Seller: Alice B. Fritz
Date: 07/19/19

For 150 Years, the YWCA of Western Mass. Has Been Helping Survivors Heal

By
Executive Director Elizabeth Dineen
Cover Story

Providing a Light

Executive Director Elizabeth Dineen

Executive Director Elizabeth Dineen

Helping survivors heal. That’s been the mission of the YWCA of Western Mass. for 150 years. Today, the agency does this in a number of ways, some well-known, such as its 58-bed domestic-violence shelter, and others far-less-heralded but still important, such as helping area young people attain their high-school equivalency. In each case, the key is providing these survivors with the tools they need to achieve a higher quality of life.

Azreal Alvarez calls this his third crack at high school, or the equivalent thereof.

That’s how he referred to YouthBuild Springfield, a workforce-development initiative operated by the YWCA of Western Massachusetts, a program that is succeeding where the first two stops didn’t. Indeed, Alvarez said that, when he attended one of Springfield’s charter schools, he was bullied so much, he couldn’t stay in that environment. Later, he enrolled in what he described as an online endeavor that didn’t inspire him in any real way.

That left YouthBuild as a last hope that soon became his best hope. The program is designed to not only help young people get their high-school equivalency, but also become introduced to careers in construction or healthcare.

Alavarez, 18, who wants to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a scaffolder, described the program this way: “For some people, this is their third chance or their second chance; for others, it’s their fifth. There’s really not much hope for them, so they come here, and they find a light that no one else can explain.”

With that, whether he knew it or not, Alvarez neatly summed up the first 150 years of the organization now known as the YWCA of Western Mass., the 10th-largest YWCA in the country and one of the oldest as well. Since Ulysses S. Grant patrolled the White House, it has been helping people find a light that, yes, is often hard to explain, but very often leads to a higher quality of life.

“I love this job because we’re able to serve women and children who are desperate to receive professional services, so that they can move on with their lives.”

And that light comes in many different forms, said the agency’s executive director, Elizabeth Dineen, a former prosecutor and supervising district attorney in Hampden County who spent more than a quarter-century handling special-victims cases including those involving child abuse, sexual assaults, domestic violence, and murder, and was recruited to lead the YWCA by several of its board members in 2016.

It might simply be a voice at the other end of a hotline that operates 24/7 and handles more than 10,000 calls a year, she told BusinessWest. Or it might be the peace, safety, and opportunity to start a new and better life that all come with a room in the 58-bed domestic-violence shelter. Or it might be the enlightenment gained through one of the agency’s newer counseling programs, called Children Who Witness Violence, an ambitious undertaking aimed at preventing domestic abuse, sexual abuse, and other forms of criminal behavior from becoming generational.

Or it might come in the form of exposure to a career in the medical field or construction, something a young person might never have considered as they were struggling with traditional high school, said Dineen, adding that YouthBuild and related programs are solid examples of how the YWCA has evolved and expanded well beyond its original mission and even the ‘W’ in its name.

All of this is what the agency is celebrating as it marks its sesquicentennial, an ongoing story that is driven home by the case of Linda Anselmo, who came to the agency last year at a time when she had nowhere else to turn.

A recent transplant to the area, she found herself the subject of intense and relentless verbal and emotional abuse from her partner, who, among other things, “threated to commit suicide and take me with her,” said Anselmo, noting that she was lost and alone when she found the YWCA, but never after that, thanks to the agency.

“I was completely lost — I had just moved to Massachusetts and into this relationship, and things got bad very fast,” she explained. “I didn’t know anyone, I had no family up here, nothing.”

Fast-forwarding, she said the agency helped her find temporary housing in a shelter and then transition to permanent housing in a community she chose not to disclose. More importantly, perhaps, the YWCA helped her move on from what happened to her emotionally.

“I had to heal,” she said. “I didn’t know how, but they showed me how.”

Helping people learn how to heal would be a good way to describe what Dineen and her staff of 150 do 24/7/365. For this issue and its focus on area nonprofits, BusinessWest takes an in-depth look at how the agency does just that.

Answering the Call

‘Survivors.’

That’s the word those at the YWCA use when referring to the various constituencies they serve. It works much better than ‘clients’ or ‘residents’ or any other collective that might come to mind.

That’s because all those who come to the facility at 1 Clough St. (or who simply call the hotline number) are survivors — of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, bullying, human trafficking, stalking, or a combination of the above.

They find this YWCA, which serves communities in both Hampden and Hampshire counties, because, while they have survived what has happened to them, they are still in need of a great deal of compassionate help as they seek to put their lives back together. Providing that help has essentially been the mission of this agency for the past 150 years.

“I love this job because we’re able to serve women and children who are desperate to receive professional services, so that they can move on with their lives,” said Dineen, who has made a very smooth transition from the courtroom to the classroom (she chaired the Criminal Justice department at Bay Path University for several years after leaving the DA’s office) to the challenging world of nonprofit management.

Indeed, while the work address and the title on her business card are different, Dineen is, in many ways, continuing the work with survivors that marked the first 25 years of her career, work she described as both extremely rewarding but very challenging.

Azreal Alvarez says the YWCA’s YouthBuild Springfield program is his third crack at high school, and his best chance to succeed.

Azreal Alvarez says the YWCA’s YouthBuild Springfield program is his third crack at high school, and his best chance to succeed.

“When you win a case, it’s very rewarding, but when I lost a case, it was excruciating, because you knew the person was going to be released to the community and would re-offend,” she explained, providing some unique insight into a realm few really know and understand. “Overall, these are some of the most challenging types of cases to prosecute.

“Children who testify in these cases are usually testifying against someone they loved, respected, and admired; it could be a coach, a parent, a teacher, or a relative, so it’s very hard to go into a courtroom and testify against them,” she went on. “And with regard to domestic-violence cases, very often the person they’re testifying against is someone they loved or still love,” she went on. “And when you’re dealing with adult rape cases, whether the survivor is male or female, it’s very challenging; people have to talk about an extremely horrific, traumatic experience.”

Dineen said her work in the DA’s office, which focused on high-profile cases including child-abuse murders, domestic-violence murders, and sexual-assault cases, has benefitted her in a number of ways as she guides the YWCA. For starters, she has a number of connections with area law-enforcement agencies and the legal community, connections that ultimately help her and her team better serve survivors.

Meanwhile, her time in law school and then as a lawyer has certainly helped her handle all the contract work that is part and parcel to managing a nonprofit these days, and especially this one.

But the greatest benefit from her work as a prosecutor is gaining a deep and unique understanding of what survivors go through — and what services they need to move forward with their lives.

This perspective has helped in the development and refinement of a number of programs and initiatives, and it comes across clearly as she talks about facilities such as the domestic-violence shelter, which is filled 24/7 as evidence of what she called an epidemic in this country and this region. She knows about the women and families who come there because she’s operated in their world throughout her career.

“When women come to the shelter, they come very often with just the clothes on their back,” she said, adding that only those deemed to be in eminent danger are assigned rooms. “If they bring anything for their children, it’s usually some kind of comfort object like a blanket or a toy.

“Many women come here right from the hospital or a police station, or they come here when there’s an opportunity to flee their abuser,” she went on. “The person might be going to work or to the supermarket, and there’s a window of opportunity that the woman has to literally flee their abuser.

“When you come to the shelter, it’s not uncommon to see people who might have a black eye, might have chunks of hair removed, might have a cast on their arm or leg,” she continued. “These are women who have experienced and endured, in some cases, long-term physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.”

Forward Progress

Thus, when they arrive, they need a full array of services, said Dineen, listing everything from direct counseling to getting children into schools or daycare as soon as possible, for their benefit, but also to help staff members focus on helping mothers prepare for the day when they will leave the shelter; from work to secure, permanent housing to assistance with entering or re-entering the workforce.

To accomplish all this, the YWCA works with a host of partners, from area school departments and daycare providers such as Square One to Way Finders (for housing and employment services) to Dress for Success (to ensure that women have suitable clothes for an interview or the first day on the job).

“Everything we do with women once they enter the shelter is designed to make them self-sufficient and independent,” she explained. “We’re trying to create conditions of success so that when they leave, they can thrive.”

This independence and self-sufficiency almost always comes through employment, Dineen went on, noting that many who come to the shelter have been out of the workforce for some time and thus need help to re-enter it. Thus, the YMCA has a computer lab and services to help survivors write a résumé and cover letter, apply for jobs online, and conduct themselves at an interview.

“No one is sitting around the shelter,” she told BusinessWest. “When you first come here, yes, you want to breathe and maybe have a couple days of just feeling safe and being able to sleep through the night without fear, but after that … everyone is assigned a case manager who will work with this person to figure out how to get her back on her feet, get her a job, get her to be economically independent, and think about where she wants to live.”

While the domestic-abuse shelter is perhaps the best-known of the programs and facilities operated by the YWCA to assist survivors, it is just one of many, said Dineen.

The YWCA facility on Clough Street

The YWCA facility on Clough Street offers a number of services and programs — all of them designed to help survivors heal.

There are other residential programs, including a transitional housing program in Springfield and teen-parenting residential programs in Springfield and Holyoke, she said, as well as a human-trafficking initiative undertaken in partnership with the Hampden County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Homeland Security Department, and other local, state, and federal agencies, and a host of community programs.

These include the hotline, which Dineen called a critical service to the people of this region and even some who have moved outside it and call the hotline for tips on how to locate services in their new place of residence.

“Each one of those phone calls to our hotline is a cry for help,” she told BusinessWest. “So we try to be as incredibly supportive as possible; if we don’t have a bed available, we’ll try to help someone find another bed within this state. We try to make sure that everyone who calls knows the resources available to them.”

Other services and programs include medical advocacy at hospitals for sexual-abuse victims, sexual-assault and domestic-violence counseling, SafePlan court advocacy, services for young parents, and many others.

They are all designed to help people, like Anselmo, with what can be, and usually is, a complicated healing process.

Complicated, because survivors often try to blame themselves for the abuse inflicted upon them, which is not conductive to recovery.

“I can speak for all women when I say that we go through something traumatic … you’re lost, you’re scared, and you think ‘what did I do?’” she told BusinessWest. “That’s one of the questions that each and every one of us asks ourselves. We have to realize that it’s not us.

“The YWCA gives you tools so you can understand that domestic violence isn’t just physical,” she went on. “It’s mental, it’s emotional, and those two are really hard to heal from; the bruises, they fade, but the emotional and verbal abuse really tears you down a lot.”

Courses of Action

One program that is gaining traction — and results that may be difficult to quantify but certainly can be qualified — is the counseling service for children who witness violence, said Dineen, adding that it is designed for children ages 3 to 18 and provides tools to help those who have experienced violence firsthand, or witnessed it, to cope.

They attend nine to 12 sessions, at which they are encouraged to identify their emotions and learn how to talk about what’s bothering them rather than resort to their fists or cruel words to vent frustration.

“They talk about their feelings, and they talk about what makes a healthy relationship,” she noted, with the goal that such experiences won’t be repeated and won’t become generational, as so often happens.

And, as noted, while she doesn’t have any statistical evidence with which to show progress, she has anecdotal evidence.

“When I see kids come into our shelter and I meet and talk with them, I can see how aggressive some of them, and especially the boys, are,” she explained. “And I see how they talk to their siblings, especially their female siblings, and their mother. They can be very disrespectful and bossy; they’re repeating what they saw.

“And as I see kids go through the Children Who Witness Violence program, I can see a sea change in terms of how they interact with their moms and other females in authority,” she went on. “The moms will say, ‘thank God my child had an opportunity to participate in this.’”

As for the YouthBuild and GED workforce-development programs, they are helping young people like Alvarez get a second, or third or fourth, chance at not only finishing school, but developing self-esteem and perhaps finding a career.

The program has existed for several years, said Dineen, but recently it was retooled (a new director was hired) and expanded to include not only a construction track, but one in healthcare as well, a path more attractive to most of the young women who participate.

“They have a week on campus here where they’re taking academic classes, everything they need to pass their GED,” she explained. “And the other week they’re either doing construction — we’re partnering with Habitat for Humanity — or they’re going to Baystate Health and learning to become a certified nurses’ assistant or a phlebotomist.”

The program is starting to generate results, she said, and it is becoming a last/best option for students who have not enjoyed success in a traditional setting. And, like all the other initiatives at the YWCA, it’s focused on giving people the tools they need to succeed after they leave the agency’s programs behind them.

With YouthBuild and each of the other programs, there are measures of success, some more obvious than others, said Dineen.

“I measure success when my hotline is ringing off the hook — that shows people are using it,” she noted. “I measure success when people stay in our shelter, get the services they need, and then leave — and when they leave, they leave having a job, having safe housing, and having been through counseling so they can understand their own self-worth so they don’t need to get involved with a jerk.

“When I look at YouthBuild, I measure success by how many kids get their GED, by how many kids get a job, by kids getting certified in construction or to be a CNA,” she went on. “And I measure success when people have the courage to pursue prosecution and hold someone accountable for what they’ve done. And in all those areas, we’re seeing progress.”

Seeing the Light

Alvarez and other participants in the YouthBuild program recently traveled to the State House. There, they met with members of the Western Mass. delegation and got some impromptu civics lessons. But this wasn’t just a learning experience.

Indeed, while there, the students were also advocating for the YWCA and programs like YouthBuild, an assignment Alvarez undertook with considerable enthusiasm, telling legislators the same thing he told BusinessWest — that YWCA programs can provide light to someone who has been experiencing dark times and needs an opportunity to heal.

It’s been doing this for 150 years now, and that’s truly worth celebrating.

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

Company Notebook

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Company Notebook

Westfield’s New Baseball Team Unveils ‘Starfires’ Name, Logo

WESTFIELD — The latest entry in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League unveiled its name and logo on Wednesday night at an event held at the Shortstop Bar and Grill in Westfield. The Westfield Starfires will begin play in the summer of 2019 at Bullens Field in Westfield. The team name pays homage to the city of Westfield’s deep connection with the Air National Guard stationed at Barnes Airport. The name is derived from the Lockheed F-94 Starfire, a first-generation jet aircraft of the U.S. Air Force. The F-94 was the first operational USAF fighter equipped with an afterburner and was the first jet-powered all-weather fighter to enter combat during the Korean War in January 1953. The Westfield Starfires were founded by local entrepreneurs Christopher Thompson and Donald Moorhouse, and are now part of the FCBL’s seven-team circuit. Since 2011, the Futures League has experienced a meteoric rise to become one of the top summer collegiate leagues in the country. Season-ticket packages and merchandise for the new franchise are available now through westfieldstarfires.com.

GreatHorse Named Northeast’s Golf Course of the Year

HAMPDEN — The National Golf Course Owners Assoc. (NGCOA) recently recognized GreatHorse, the golf and lifestyle club in Hampden, as Regional Golf Course of the Year for the Northeast Region. The award recognizes those courses that epitomize exceptional course quality and management excellence, make important contributions to their communities and the game, and serve as models of operations to their peers. “We’re honored to receive such a prestigious award from the NGCOA,” said Guy Antonacci, owner of GreatHorse. “This national recognition is a testament to how far we have come in the four short years since we opened our doors, and we are excited to continue our growth in the years ahead.”

Michael’s Party Rentals Receives National Recognition

PALMER — Michael’s Party Rentals recently received a national accolade at the 2019 American Rental Assoc. (ARA) annual convention and trade show in Anaheim, Calif. The ARA is the international trade association for equipment-rental businesses and manufacturers and suppliers of rental equipment, with members in every U.S. state, every Canadian province, and more than 30 countries worldwide. Michael’s Party Rentals was acknowledged with a Presidents Image Award from ARA. It was a co-recipient along with True Value Rental of Rollinsford, N.H., representing Region One, which covers all of New England and New York. The honor is given to a business facility or store celebrating its commitment to improving the rental-industry image through a remodeling, rebuilding, or renovation project. The award was in response to Michael’s Party Rentals’ new showroom, which opened in July 2016.

United Bank Earns Accolades

HARTFORD, Conn. — United Bank announced that Greenwich Associates, the leading global provider of data, analytics, and insights to the financial-services industry, honored United with its 2018 Greenwich Excellence Awards for Middle Market Banking and Small Business Banking. Specifically, United Bank earned the 2018 Greenwich Excellence Awards for Overall Satisfaction in Middle Market Banking and Overall Satisfaction and Branch Satisfaction in Small Business Banking. Greenwich Associates, after evaluating more than 600 banks, determined that United Bank was among a select number of banks performing at a differentiated level relative to its peers. To qualify for consideration for these national awards, each winning bank had to have a minimum of 50 clients that responded to the survey. In addition, the Small Business Banking accolade was based on more than 14,400 interviews with businesses with sales of $1 million to $10 million across the country. For Middle Market Banking, the ranking was derived from more than 14,400 interviews with businesses with sales of $10 million to $500 million across the country.

 

Pathlight Moves to

Bigger Quarters in Pittsfield

PITTSFIELD — Pathlight, a local organization that supports people with developmental disabilities and those with autism throughout Western Mass., is moving from its longtime space on North Street in Pittsfield to bigger quarters at 75 South Church St. The move, scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 21, allows Pathlight to better support its programs in the Berkshires. Pathlight’s Autism Connections as well as its Shared Living and Adult Family Care programs are growing in response to community demand. Autism Connections offers workshops, social-skills groups, and support groups, as well as recreation opportunities, to people with autism and their caregivers. The program’s autism specialists also work individually with families in their homes. In Pathlight’s Shared Living and Adult Family Care programs, a community member shares their home and provides support for a person with an intellectual disability or autism. The new office space features a large activity room, several meeting rooms, and a kitchen. The space will host community activities, including education workshops on a host of issues, social-skills groups for people with autism, and support groups for families caring for a person with autism. In the future, Pathlight plans to offer recreational and performing-arts classes for children and teens of all abilities.

Country Bank Donates $1M

to Local Charities in 2018

WARE — Country Bank reported that donations for 2018 exceeded $1 million. Through the bank’s established charitable-giving program, support is provided to local nonprofits throughout the region; in 2018, more than 400 organizations received generous contributions from the program. Among the organizations that received donations, the Salvation Army, the YMCA of Greater Springfield, the Springfield Rescue Mission, Friends of the Homeless, and the USO of Pioneer Valley each received $5,000, while the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts and Christina’s House each received $10,000. The bank also teamed up with Habitat for Humanity to build a home in Springfield last September. Country Bank also has an employee charitable-giving program that raised more than $30,000 in 2018, through events such as jeans days, bake sales, and raffles.

Governors America Corp. Partners

with CTEC to Develop Workforce

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Governors America Corp. has, over the last few years, hired seven past and/or current students from the Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative’s Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC), a half-day high-school vocational and technical training facility located in West Springfield. CTEC services students from nine communities in and around Hampden and Hampshire counties with 11 program offerings. Governors America Corp. is a leading provider of engine-governing and system controls to manufacturers and power providers worldwide. The new hires mainly come from CTEC’S Machine Technology program and have worked directly on the manufacturing floor, operating computer numerical control machines. CTEC has also provided Governors Corp. with support in its Information Technology department. This mutually beneficial partnership has enabled students to apply the skills that they have learned in one of the area’s premier manufacturing environments and provided Governors Corp. with a reliable source of pre-screened talent that has enriched its staff and production.

Real Estate Transactions

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Real Estate

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

FRANKLIN COUNTY

BERNARDSTON

106 River St.
Bernardston, MA 01337
Amount: $247,900
Buyer: Stephen E. Colby
Seller: Mikolaitis IRT
Date: 01/31/19

CHARLEMONT

127 Main St.
Charlemont, MA 01339
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: 127-128 Main Street RT
Seller: 127 Main Street Realty
Date: 01/31/19

DEERFIELD

39 Keets Road
Deerfield, MA 01342
Amount: $525,000
Buyer: Charles Salzberg RET
Seller: Margaret W. Friedrich RET
Date: 02/01/19

GILL

23 Oak St.
Gill, MA 01354
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Robert A. Mattson
Seller: Citimortgage Inc.
Date: 01/29/19

GREENFIELD

20 Grinnell St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $599,000
Buyer: Bryan G. Hobbs
Seller: Gary A. Newcomb INT
Date: 01/29/19

153 High St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $232,500
Buyer: CIL Realty Of Mass. Inc.
Seller: Litvak LLC
Date: 01/31/19

21 Meadow Lane
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $222,000
Buyer: Christine A. Koziara
Seller: Sheila M. Graves
Date: 01/30/19

280 Wells St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Michael R. Gullage
Seller: Jeffrey R. Koch
Date: 01/31/19

LEYDEN

151 River Road
Leyden, MA 01337
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Patrick Colby
Seller: Green River Ridge LLC
Date: 02/05/19

MONTAGUE

36 Crocker Ave.
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Greg E. Stacy
Seller: USA VA
Date: 02/01/19

102 East Chestnut Hill Road
Montague, MA 01351
Amount: $251,000
Buyer: Layla Hazen
Seller: Janet L. Ross
Date: 01/30/19

NORTHFIELD

75 Main St.
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Redfoot LLC
Seller: Mitchell R. Damon
Date: 02/01/19

ORANGE

154 Memory Lane
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $131,500
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Rebecca R. Fisher
Date: 01/31/19

317 Tully Road
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Barbara Haggett
Seller: Thomas J. Ellsworth
Date: 01/31/19

84 West Myrtle St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $145,900
Buyer: Christopher M. Preisch
Seller: Celia Hastings
Date: 02/01/19

ROWE

30 Old Cyrus Stage Road
Rowe, MA 01367
Amount: $212,000
Buyer: Jillian M. York
Seller: David A. Cousineau
Date: 02/11/19

SHELBURNE

675 Patten Road
Shelburne, MA 01370
Amount: $238,000
Buyer: Trevor L. Woodard
Seller: David E. Chaplin
Date: 01/31/19

SHUTESBURY

294 West Pelham Road
Shutesbury, MA 01072
Amount: $520,000
Buyer: Dean Gendron
Seller: Rick B. Woodruff
Date: 02/08/19

WARWICK

Chestnut Hill Road
Warwick, MA 01364
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: John K. Campaniello
Seller: Robert A. Rivers IRT
Date: 02/01/19

45 West Wilson Road
Warwick, MA 01364
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: John K. Campaniello
Seller: Robert A. Rivers IRT
Date: 02/01/19

HAMPDEN COUNTY

AGAWAM

44 Briarcliff Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $227,000
Buyer: Aaron M. O’Quinn
Seller: Adriane L. Hill
Date: 02/08/19

25 Farmington Circle
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $542,000
Buyer: Johnny Ramos
Seller: Vincenzo Tirone
Date: 01/31/19

89 Harvey Johnson Dr.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Marisa Larese
Seller: Seweryn W. Grabowski
Date: 01/31/19

214 James St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Joseph D. Valenti
Seller: Jane C. Koenitzer-Siegars
Date: 01/28/19

204 Line St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $217,500
Buyer: Anna C. Critz
Seller: Kevin M. McKay
Date: 01/30/19

22 Memorial Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Aaron G. Hibbert
Seller: Freda Seymour
Date: 02/01/19

99 Mill St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Tracy S. Paixao
Seller: Marjorie J. Russell
Date: 01/31/19

145 Raymond Circle
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Janet F. Platosz
Seller: Anthony M. Santaniello
Date: 02/08/19

125 Red Fox Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Jerome J. Penna
Seller: Deborah J. Ward
Date: 01/30/19

19 Scherpa St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Hurricane Properties LLC
Seller: Mark S. Naidorf
Date: 02/08/19

51 Valentine St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Jeremy R. Lopez
Seller: Miriam F. Taupier
Date: 02/08/19

BLANDFORD

Chester Road
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $164,000
Buyer: Green Apple Farms 4 LLC
Seller: Richard F. Matulewicz
Date: 02/01/19

2 Maple Lane
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $154,000
Buyer: Caleb A. Rowe
Seller: Rory D. Limatainen
Date: 02/01/19

BRIMFIELD

24 5 Bridge Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Laura Lavallee-Simmons
Seller: Megan T. Henry
Date: 02/01/19

71 East Hill Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $355,000
Buyer: William E. Longe
Seller: James J. Fitzpatrick
Date: 01/31/19

42 Oakwood Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $248,400
Buyer: Jessica C. Papachriston
Seller: William E. Longe
Date: 01/31/19

Palmer Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $550,000
Buyer: Black Swan Meadows LLC
Seller: Robert Christo
Date: 01/29/19

Prospect Hill Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $550,000
Buyer: Black Swan Meadows LLC
Seller: Robert Christo
Date: 01/29/19

CHICOPEE

80 Beaumont Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $161,710
Buyer: Jared Daigle
Seller: Laura K. Bachand
Date: 01/31/19

28 Emerald St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Underpass Holdings LLC
Seller: Bruso, Thomas G., (Estate)
Date: 02/11/19

4 Fanwood Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $187,500
Buyer: Luis M. Mota
Seller: Michelle J. Perlman
Date: 02/11/19

80 Fernhill St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $222,000
Buyer: Seth A. Babiec
Seller: Lorraine Buchanan
Date: 02/08/19

501 Granby Road
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $141,860
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Robert A. Buckley
Date: 02/07/19

30 Saint Jacques Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $131,100
Buyer: Flippin Good Home Buyers
Seller: USA VA
Date: 02/06/19

86 McCarthy Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $146,086
Buyer: Carrington Mortgage Services
Seller: Ricky A. Grover
Date: 01/28/19

36 Melvin St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Andrew Collier
Seller: FNMA
Date: 01/31/19

468 Montcalm St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $236,000
Buyer: Wendy Moreau
Seller: Walter R. Cuzyk
Date: 01/30/19

179 Nelson St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: William C. Foucher
Seller: Robert A. Arnett
Date: 01/31/19

22 Old Pendleton Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $206,000
Buyer: Erisnaldo N. DosSantos
Seller: Machnik, Edward J. Jr., (Estate)
Date: 01/30/19

29 Sullivan St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $132,020
Buyer: Freedom Mortgage Corp.
Seller: Elizabeth A. Rabtor
Date: 02/08/19

108 West St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Zhen Y. Dong
Seller: Margarita Plagakis
Date: 01/31/19

EAST LONGMEADOW

71 Bayne St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: Michael Fois
Seller: Olive Pro LLC
Date: 01/30/19

Bella Vista Dr. #9
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $702,500
Buyer: Bella Vista Holdings RT
Seller: Bella Vista Land Holdings
Date: 02/05/19

Bella Vista Dr. #10
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $702,500
Buyer: Bella Vista Holdings RT
Seller: Bella Vista Land Holdings
Date: 02/05/19

Bella Vista Dr. #11
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $702,500
Buyer: Bella Vista Holdings RT
Seller: Bella Vista Land Holdings
Date: 02/05/19

Bella Vista Dr. #12
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $702,500
Buyer: Bella Vista Holdings RT
Seller: Bella Vista Land Holdings
Date: 02/05/19

Bella Vista Dr. #13
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $702,500
Buyer: Bella Vista Holdings RT
Seller: Bella Vista Land Holdings
Date: 02/05/19

Bella Vista Dr. #14
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $702,500
Buyer: Bella Vista Holdings RT
Seller: Bella Vista Land Holdings
Date: 02/05/19

Bella Vista Dr. #15
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $702,500
Buyer: Bella Vista Holdings RT
Seller: Bella Vista Land Holdings
Date: 02/05/19

Bella Vista Dr. #16
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $702,500
Buyer: Bella Vista Holdings RT
Seller: Bella Vista Land Holdings
Date: 02/05/19

Bella Vista Dr. #17
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $702,500
Buyer: Bella Vista Holdings RT
Seller: Bella Vista Land Holdings
Date: 02/05/19

Bella Vista Dr. #18
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $702,500
Buyer: Bella Vista Holdings RT
Seller: Bella Vista Land Holdings
Date: 02/05/19

Bella Vista Dr. #19
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $702,500
Buyer: Bella Vista Holdings RT
Seller: Bella Vista Land Holdings
Date: 02/05/19

Bella Vista Dr. #20
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $702,500
Buyer: Bella Vista Holdings RT
Seller: Bella Vista Land Holdings
Date: 02/05/19

Bella Vista Dr. #21
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $702,500
Buyer: Bella Vista Holdings RT
Seller: Bella Vista Land Holdings
Date: 02/05/19

Bella Vista Dr. #22
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $702,500
Buyer: Bella Vista Holdings RT
Seller: Bella Vista Land Holdings
Date: 02/05/19

Bella Vista Dr. #23
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $702,500
Buyer: Bella Vista Holdings RT
Seller: Bella Vista Land Holdings
Date: 02/05/19

Bella Vista Dr. #24
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $702,500
Buyer: Bella Vista Holdings RT
Seller: Bella Vista Land Holdings
Date: 02/05/19

Bella Vista Dr. #25
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $702,500
Buyer: Bella Vista Holdings RT
Seller: Bella Vista Land Holdings
Date: 02/05/19

137 Fernwood Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: HSBC Bank
Seller: Bernard Shevlin
Date: 01/30/19

39 Lombard Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Robert J. Schroeter
Seller: Michael Verteramo
Date: 01/29/19

14 Merriam St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Cynthia R. Palmer
Seller: Joseph B. Merton
Date: 01/31/19

43 Pease Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $117,600
Buyer: Bank Of America
Seller: Paul J. Quinn
Date: 01/28/19

Pondview Dr. #5A
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Joseph N. Leone
Seller: Joseph Chapdelaine & Sons
Date: 02/08/19

138 Tanglewood Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $430,000
Buyer: Robert A. Arnett
Seller: John F. Malley
Date: 01/31/19

40 Wood Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $142,929
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Melissa A. Banerjee
Date: 02/05/19

HAMPDEN

44 Colony Dr.
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Rhianna L. Pluciennik
Seller: Michael J. Laviolette
Date: 01/31/19

34 Echo Valley Dr.
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $183,900
Buyer: Mark Hebert
Seller: Lawina, Krystyna M., (Estate)
Date: 01/29/19

106 Martin Farms Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $231,725
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Joanne M. DelNegro
Date: 02/01/19

150 Rock A. Dundee Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $361,000
Buyer: Country Bank For Savings
Seller: Richard Fredericks
Date: 01/29/19

HOLLAND

2 Clark Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $136,200
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Raymond L. Cratty
Date: 02/01/19

40 Leno Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $276,000
Buyer: Michael Lemay
Seller: James V. Ferraro
Date: 02/12/19

299 Stafford Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $286,000
Buyer: Ryan A. Brassard
Seller: Ralph M. Cook
Date: 02/01/19

HOLYOKE

28-30 Beacon Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $159,900
Buyer: Modesto Melendez
Seller: Ethan S. Powers
Date: 01/31/19

Beaulieu St. #O
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Jahjan LLC
Seller: Iyad Jamal
Date: 02/04/19

33-35 Brown Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Reinaldo Cruz
Seller: Natalie Aguirre
Date: 02/08/19

40-42 Carlton St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $143,750
Buyer: Edward Lynch
Seller: Martin F. Fullwood
Date: 02/01/19

80 Carlton St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Lori J. Reipold
Seller: Bridget K. Kugler
Date: 01/30/19

63 Hillview Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Angela P. Fontaine
Seller: FNMA
Date: 01/28/19

391 Homestead Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Kathleen M. Lynch
Seller: Trust2u RT
Date: 01/31/19

679 Main St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Jahjan LLC
Seller: Iyad Jamal
Date: 02/04/19

31 Old Jarvis Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $263,000
Buyer: James S. Wilson
Seller: Wilson, Anne M., (Estate)
Date: 02/12/19

226 Pine St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $129,942
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Gilberto Morales
Date: 02/01/19

206 South St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $194,000
Buyer: Juan P. Buscan-Dutan
Seller: Eileen Farrell
Date: 01/31/19

15 Steven Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Jesse Werth-Johnson
Seller: James S. Wilson
Date: 02/12/19

LONGMEADOW

83 Bliss Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $173,000
Buyer: Matthew P. MacDonnell
Seller: Mahoney, Verna H., (Estate)
Date: 01/28/19

86 Cooley Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $208,000
Buyer: 94 Franklin Street LLC
Seller: Marjorie A. O’Connell
Date: 02/05/19

96 Redfern Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $308,000
Buyer: Vincent J. Taylor
Seller: Grammatiki Anderson
Date: 02/04/19

LUDLOW

1st Ave.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $435,000
Buyer: Town Of Ludlow
Seller: Westmass Area Development
Date: 02/08/19

23 Armand St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $237,000
Buyer: Steven J. Mastalerz
Seller: Matthew R. Bettencourt
Date: 02/11/19

17 Chadbourne Circle
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Julie Eldridge
Seller: Edward R. Cabana
Date: 01/31/19

270 East St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Joachim LLC
Seller: Joaquim Santos
Date: 02/11/19

38 Harris Lane
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: Braidy L. Miarecki
Seller: Derek J. Smolinski
Date: 02/12/19

28 Mountainview St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $340,000
Buyer: Norma L. Theriault
Seller: Elizabeth J. Kessler
Date: 01/31/19

State St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $435,000
Buyer: Town Of Ludlow
Seller: Westmass Area Development
Date: 02/08/19

MONSON

17 Cote Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $152,500
Buyer: Cliste RT
Seller: James D. Keough
Date: 01/29/19

7 Pine St.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $170,287
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Tracy E. Hermanson
Date: 02/07/19

PALMER

88 Buckland St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Chad Windyka
Seller: Hodson, Eleanore L., (Estate)
Date: 02/07/19

9 Carol St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $189,900
Buyer: Kristie Merrigan
Seller: Norman N. Turner
Date: 02/08/19

192 Emery St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $236,000
Buyer: Kyle R. Schlesinger
Seller: Roger W. Barnes
Date: 01/31/19

4195 High St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Karina C. Levesque
Seller: Paul E. Burns-Johnson
Date: 02/12/19

1194 Thorndike St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $159,900
Buyer: William Lee
Seller: Nasser Chehimi
Date: 02/01/19

SOUTHWICK

93 Bungalow St.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $182,000
Buyer: Danielle A. Rose
Seller: Robert J. Lefebvre
Date: 01/31/19

40 Congamond Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $157,750
Buyer: Amy L. Crepeau
Seller: Robert J. Horsler
Date: 02/08/19

15 Jeffrey Circle
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $254,000
Buyer: Lauren M. Carpenter
Seller: Paul Tsatsos
Date: 02/11/19

102 Sheep Pasture Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Christopher M. Reagan
Seller: Natalie G. Metz
Date: 02/08/19

156 Vining Hill Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $188,000
Buyer: Johnathan A. Grunwald
Seller: Thomas Grunwald
Date: 02/11/19

76 Will Palmer Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $323,500
Buyer: Landon J. Cannizzaro
Seller: Jeffrey M. Burke
Date: 02/01/19

SPRINGFIELD

97 Arcadia Blvd.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $177,900
Buyer: Daisy Perez
Seller: Steven E. Andrew
Date: 02/08/19

11 Arden St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $167,500
Buyer: Keyla Zayas-Rodriguez
Seller: Rebeca L. Denault
Date: 01/31/19

109-111 Ardmore St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $184,000
Buyer: Eustaquio Mendoza
Seller: Elena Acevedo
Date: 02/08/19

61 Ashbrook St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Aaron S. Rathburn
Seller: Tasha J. Ellison
Date: 02/01/19

164 Balboa Dr.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $128,706
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Ogirri, Griselina, (Estate)
Date: 01/28/19

20-24 Baldwin St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Andre Diaz
Seller: R. L. Thomas LLC
Date: 01/30/19

1487 Bay St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $800,000
Buyer: Kayrouz Realty LLC
Seller: PMG New Jersey 2 LLC
Date: 02/08/19

111 Bowles St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Ramon P. DosSantos
Seller: Arnold Construction Inc.
Date: 01/29/19

35 Briarcliff St.
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $178,500
Buyer: Roderick A. Coombs
Seller: Nathan J. Mello
Date: 02/05/19

1047 Carew St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Carlos H. Villa
Seller: Oussama M. Awkal
Date: 02/11/19

19 Canterbury Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $159,000
Buyer: Rosaida Mercado
Seller: Jason Balut
Date: 01/28/19

236 Connecticut Ave.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $166,000
Buyer: Anthony Gladden
Seller: Rock Ridge TR
Date: 02/11/19

152 Druid Hill Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Daniel R. Daoust
Seller: Lisa M. Liebla
Date: 02/01/19

154 East Allen Ridge Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Alison E. Deska
Seller: Frances E. Russell
Date: 01/29/19

23 Eckington St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: A. Mendoza-VonKomarnicki
Seller: Shawn C. Carleton
Date: 01/30/19

227 Gifford St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $150,500
Buyer: Hazel A. Rodriguez
Seller: Basile Realty LLC
Date: 02/01/19

67 Glenham St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $118,900
Buyer: Ditech Financial LLC
Seller: Pedro J. Cruz
Date: 01/28/19

116 Gresham St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $212,400
Buyer: Alexandr Hayden-Ferreira
Seller: Ibis Duo Holdings LLC
Date: 02/05/19

112 Harrow Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: TM Rentals LLC
Seller: Lynnette L. Tabin
Date: 02/05/19

603 Hendee St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $750,000
Buyer: FP McNamara Rubbish Removal
Seller: Titeflex Commercial Inc.
Date: 01/29/19

240 Jeffrey Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Nodia W. Wright
Seller: Robert F. Gayle
Date: 01/29/19

73 Kensington Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Spring Park Properties
Seller: Hassan Ali
Date: 02/04/19

140 Maebeth St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $167,500
Buyer: Maylenne Rivera
Seller: Brown, Robert W., (Estate)
Date: 02/05/19

157 Magazine St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Samir Ismaeil
Seller: Edward J. Borlen
Date: 01/31/19

34 Marmon Court
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $216,000
Buyer: Charles Beaupre
Seller: Curtis Miarecki
Date: 01/30/19

20 Mary Louise St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $168,000
Buyer: Victor Tonioli
Seller: David B. Premont
Date: 01/28/19

38-40 Massachusetts Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $199,200
Buyer: Roger Cruz-Cordero
Seller: Ika M. Forrester
Date: 01/31/19

71 Meredith St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Deutsche Bank
Seller: Roberto Nieves
Date: 01/31/19

112 Merrimac Ave.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Katherine Williams
Seller: Otaniel Luciano
Date: 02/06/19

108 Miller St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $164,000
Buyer: Luz M. Santana
Seller: Damaris S. Camacho
Date: 01/29/19

110 Oak Hollow Road
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $272,500
Buyer: Michael Ribeiro
Seller: M&G Property Group LLC
Date: 02/07/19

67 Oakwood Ter.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Yoshua I. Cotto
Seller: William P. Beville TR
Date: 02/01/19

18 Olive St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: Luis J. Molina
Seller: TRL Realty Services LLC
Date: 01/28/19

436-438 Page Blvd.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Terry Jackson
Seller: Mark J. Mancini
Date: 01/28/19

38-40 Parallel St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $251,770
Buyer: Bank New York Mellon
Seller: Roberto J. Bou
Date: 01/29/19

141 Pasco Road
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $154,500
Buyer: Steve J. McDaniel
Seller: Niejadlik, Irene M., (Estate)
Date: 01/30/19

129 Pendleton Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $132,300
Buyer: Edeni Colon-Rivera
Seller: Mary Cruz-Martin
Date: 02/08/19

1448 Plumtree Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $189,000
Buyer: Luis D. Avila
Seller: Dani J. Sayegh
Date: 02/01/19

150 Senator St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $243,000
Buyer: Melissa Barber
Seller: Michael A. Bosworth
Date: 01/31/19

6 South Chatham St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Abbas Youness
Seller: Vazquez, Hiram, (Estate)
Date: 02/08/19

47 Starling Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $162,000
Buyer: Luz N. Rivera
Seller: Matthews, Paul R., (Estate)
Date: 01/30/19

963 Sumner Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Joseph Kagoma
Seller: Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity
Date: 01/30/19

74 Treetop Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Lausiere C. Rodriguez
Seller: Janusz M. Kalinowski
Date: 02/08/19

63 Upland St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $134,000
Buyer: Yarelix Alequin
Seller: Arthur Castonguay
Date: 02/11/19

4-6 Van Ness St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $186,455
Buyer: William E. Smith
Seller: Ricardo Henriquez
Date: 01/29/19

51 Vinton St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Jeffrey Jean-Charles
Seller: Henry Labieniec
Date: 02/04/19

178 Waldorf St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $157,000
Buyer: Trevor Silvio
Seller: Alex O. Owusu
Date: 01/31/19

21 Waverly St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Farmin H. Choudhury
Seller: Cedar Investment Group
Date: 01/31/19

113-115 Westford Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Birch Properties LLC
Seller: Kelnate Realty LLC
Date: 01/31/19

51 White Oak Road
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Phuong M. Nguyen
Seller: Nathan T. Lemay
Date: 02/01/19

160 Winton St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $130,500
Buyer: Gary A. Wickland
Seller: Kathryn E. Schubach
Date: 01/29/19

12 Woodland Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Marc H. Belliveau
Seller: East Coast Contracting
Date: 02/08/19

108 Woodland Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $199,000
Buyer: Joseph F. Marcoullier
Seller: Lynn M. Giblin
Date: 01/28/19

WALES

23 McBride Road
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $157,900
Buyer: Stephen Aldrich
Seller: Deutsche Bank
Date: 02/01/19

WEST SPRINGFIELD

174 Chestnut St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $161,500
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Tammy Sexton
Date: 02/01/19

16 City View Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: Abdulrahman Massaee
Seller: Larry W. Lungarini
Date: 01/31/19

55 Cornflower Dr.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $192,500
Buyer: Angel R. Villar
Seller: Evelyn A. Duchesneau
Date: 02/06/19

30 Crestview Dr.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $251,000
Buyer: Atef Ebrahim
Seller: Damber P. Khanal
Date: 01/28/19

92-94 Doty Circle
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Koko Holdings LLC
Seller: Doty, Barbara Ellen, (Estate)
Date: 02/01/19

104 Forest Glen
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $375,000
Buyer: Nathan P. Somers
Seller: Dana L. Ivers
Date: 01/28/19

76 Garden St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $153,000
Buyer: Zina Mohana
Seller: Netania Shapiro
Date: 01/28/19

92 Garden St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $144,320
Buyer: PNC Bank
Seller: Susan L. Benoit
Date: 01/31/19

19 Gregory Lane
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Nikunj Atodariya
Seller: Spear, Raymond N., (Estate)
Date: 02/11/19

238 High Meadow Dr.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $523,000
Buyer: Stephen F. Conca
Seller: Sandra J. Burkhart
Date: 01/30/19

43 Kelso Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Jennifer L. Levesque
Seller: Karen M. Fay
Date: 01/31/19

261 Kings Hwy.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $154,556
Buyer: Saw Construction LLC
Seller: Saw Construction LLC
Date: 02/12/19

76 Lancaster Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Brittany G. Foley
Seller: Harold T. Foley
Date: 02/01/19

94 New Bridge St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Maksim Reznichenko
Seller: Nikolay Reznichenko
Date: 02/07/19

150 Ohio Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: Luis A. Ureta
Seller: Stephen Conca
Date: 01/30/19

38 Rogers Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: Jeremy Fay
Seller: Patience A. O’Connor
Date: 01/31/19

25 Summer St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $187,500
Buyer: Hann Realty Berkshire LLC
Seller: Frank Demaio
Date: 01/31/19

128 Van Horn St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $223,000
Buyer: Erin H. Placey
Seller: Dion L. Berte
Date: 01/29/19

48 West School St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $120,500
Buyer: Sergey Kucherenko
Seller: Alexander Savini
Date: 01/31/19

1708 Westfield St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Falah AlDainy
Seller: Ahmed N. Abbas
Date: 02/08/19

67 Wilder Ter.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Thomas Mirolli
Seller: Kathryn Maloney
Date: 01/28/19

132 Wolcott Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Carlee Santaniello
Seller: Carmino J. Santaniello
Date: 02/06/19

WESTFIELD

44 Delancy St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: VRS Transpark LLC
Seller: NH 3 Corp.
Date: 01/31/19

19 Forest Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $156,000
Buyer: Yuriy N. Gavrilov
Seller: Wilmington Savings
Date: 01/30/19

308 Hillside Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $124,607
Buyer: Keybank
Seller: Edward J. Haracz
Date: 02/05/19

154 King St. Ext.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $214,500
Buyer: John F. O’Donoghue
Seller: David K. Miller
Date: 02/08/19

9 Leonard Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Joseph A. Heckman
Seller: Joseph G. Flahive
Date: 01/31/19

9 Lockhouse Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $252,000
Buyer: Ryan Henrichon
Seller: Westside Housing Inc.
Date: 01/29/19

10 Lynnwood Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $189,500
Buyer: Stephanie A. Wiater
Seller: Ruth Furlani
Date: 02/08/19

9 Prospect St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $205,001
Buyer: Scott A. Kring
Seller: Timothy Reynolds
Date: 02/07/19

30 Rosedell Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $162,000
Buyer: Ana Mata
Seller: FNMA
Date: 02/04/19

100 Steiger Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $237,000
Buyer: Kara Dominik-Torres
Seller: Tammy Guagliardo
Date: 01/31/19

171 Susan Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $229,475
Buyer: Oleksandr Moshkivsky
Seller: Christopher T. Voudren
Date: 01/28/19

87 Wildflower Circle
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Michael P. Sadowski
Seller: Gary J. Kerr
Date: 02/06/19

WILBRAHAM

6 Daniele Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: David J. Hauver
Seller: Benjamin Jackson
Date: 01/29/19

22 Decorie Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Gregory R. Heineman
Seller: Philip R. Asselin
Date: 01/31/19

14 Devonshire Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $189,900
Buyer: Robert Colbath
Seller: Wells Fargo Bank
Date: 01/28/19

527 Ridge Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $202,500
Buyer: Clement J. Deliso
Seller: Joseph Chapdelaine & Sons
Date: 01/30/19

7 Southwood Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $385,000
Buyer: Michael Bosworth
Seller: Jean I. Davis
Date: 01/31/19

7 Willow Brook Lane
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $629,000
Buyer: Meghan Kelly
Seller: Custom Homes Development Group
Date: 02/07/19

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

AMHERST

563 Bay Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: Robert J. Dullea
Seller: Patrick J. O’Connor
Date: 02/01/19

21 Hartman Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Elizabeth Donnelly-Caban
Seller: Larissa Schwartz
Date: 02/04/19

106 Pelham Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Norman N. Paradise
Seller: Robert J. Dullea
Date: 02/01/19

65 Stagecoach Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Daniel J. Thibodeau
Seller: Christiane V. Norton LT
Date: 01/31/19

BELCHERTOWN

247 Allen Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $179,000
Buyer: Nicole A. Miner
Seller: US Bank
Date: 01/29/19

14 Jasons Way
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $418,000
Buyer: Kyle C. Bate
Seller: Lexicon Government Services
Date: 02/07/19

17 Pine Brook Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Alanna M. Lynch
Seller: Jeremy A. Dunn
Date: 02/08/19

256 Old Enfield Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Brenda J. Kruse
Seller: David M. Bressette
Date: 01/29/19

680 South Washington St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: Paul E. Kessler
Seller: Whisperwood LLC
Date: 01/31/19

CUMMINGTON

Porter Hill Road
Cummington, MA 01026
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: William R. Hoehne
Seller: William F. Adams
Date: 02/05/19

EASTHAMPTON

24 Highland Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $310,000
Buyer: Bunthy Teng
Seller: Christine G. Hagan
Date: 01/30/19

5-11 Irving St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: SW Realty Properties LLC
Seller: Stephen P. Mumblow
Date: 01/31/19

41 Pomeroy St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Frances M. Banas
Date: 02/01/19

GRANBY

108 East St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $140,500
Buyer: Annette Kumiega
Seller: Deutsche Bank
Date: 01/29/19

286 East State St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Robert J. Kndel
Seller: Donald J. Piquette
Date: 02/12/19

54 Ferry Hill Road
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $329,500
Buyer: Matthew J. Rudnik
Seller: Catherine E. Merritt
Date: 02/08/19

HADLEY

146 Hockanum Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $354,900
Buyer: Denise E. Barstow
Seller: David J. Barstow
Date: 01/31/19

118 Rocky Hill Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Valerie A. Wentzel
Seller: Papageorge, John C., (Estate)
Date: 01/31/19

HATFIELD

125 Elm St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $430,000
Buyer: DBL Real Estate LLC
Seller: Mark C. Oliver
Date: 01/29/19

9 King St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Peter J. Zebrowski
Seller: John P. Klepacki
Date: 02/07/19

108 Straits Road
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $650,000
Buyer: Modestow Vineyards LLC
Seller: Duval Logging LLC
Date: 02/12/19

NORTHAMPTON

Burts Pit Road
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $700,000
Buyer: GGB Massachusetts Land
Seller: Jonathan R. Goldsmith
Date: 02/01/19

Ryan Road
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $700,000
Buyer: GGB Massachusetts Land
Seller: Jonathan R. Goldsmith
Date: 02/01/19

7 Walnut St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Christopher M. Reinhart
Seller: Urszula Aseltine
Date: 02/04/19

271 West Farms Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $215,625
Buyer: Rhonda L. Gero
Seller: Reil, Dorothy J., (Estate)
Date: 01/31/19

44 Winterberry Lane
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $525,000
Buyer: Burt Snover
Seller: Terry J. Minnick
Date: 01/31/19

21 Woodbridge St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $408,000
Buyer: Brett M. Merrill
Seller: Ronald C. Baldwin
Date: 02/11/19

PLAINFIELD

71 Gloyd St.
Plainfield, MA 01070
Amount: $256,000
Buyer: Michele V. Ragston
Seller: Norman Gordon
Date: 01/31/19

SOUTH HADLEY

21 Maple St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Theresa M. Magrath
Seller: Janice A. Harris
Date: 02/01/19

SOUTHAMPTON

54 Coleman Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $283,000
Buyer: Christopher Harris
Seller: Peter M. Crisafulli
Date: 01/28/19

124 Fomer Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $229,900
Buyer: Preferred Property Management
Seller: Ruby Realty LLC
Date: 01/31/19

23 Gunn Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Eric J. Kugler
Seller: Paul F. Plourd
Date: 02/01/19

18 Lynn Dr.
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $237,000
Buyer: Kelsey P. Downer
Seller: Tertia M. Hammond
Date: 02/08/19

32 Old County Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $430,000
Buyer: Mark T. Delisle
Seller: Cary I. Layman
Date: 02/05/19

124 White Loaf Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $271,000
Buyer: Joseph S. Jarosz
Seller: Joanne P. Schmidt
Date: 02/11/19

WARE

208 Belchertown Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Foster S. Patch
Seller: Reaching Heights LLC
Date: 01/29/19

21 Dugan Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $279,000
Buyer: Marcus A. Mirabile
Seller: James P. Talarico
Date: 02/05/19

20 Eddy St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $137,000
Buyer: Melissa J. Vasquez
Seller: Manomednet LLC
Date: 02/05/19

108 Fisherdick Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $336,400
Buyer: Toryn Lane
Seller: Christopher Eldridge
Date: 01/31/19

267 Osborne Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $159,000
Buyer: Jeffery S. Vincent
Seller: Beverly A. Allard
Date: 02/05/19

104 Pleasant St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Kristie L. Allen
Seller: Della Ripa Real Estate
Date: 01/30/19

38 West Main St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Sherry A. Starrett
Seller: Lisa Rodrigues
Date: 02/01/19

WILLIAMSBURG

138 Main St.
Williamsburg, MA 01096
Amount: $226,000
Buyer: Tracy E. McQuade
Seller: Dextraze, Arlene I., (Estate)
Date: 01/30/19

People on the Move

By
People on the Move
Bernadette Nowakowski

Bernadette Nowakowski

Elms College has appointed Bernadette Nowakowski as its new vice president of Institutional Advancement, effective Feb. 1. Nowakowski has served in various roles in the college’s Institutional Advancement office since 1996. Her collaborative and collegial style embraces shared responsibility and accountability in creating a positive, team-oriented environment to achieve results. Her proven ability to engage and develop effective relationships with key constituency groups, including individuals, corporations, and foundations, has built a solid track record in solicitation of major gifts and strategic fundraising. Most recently, she has served as the assistant vice president of Institutional Advancement since 2017. She has been responsible for co-creating, implementing, and evaluating a comprehensive development plan, as well as participating in intense fundraising planning. She also has provided leadership and strategic direction in IA through exploration of new fundraising options while overseeing major gifts, annual giving, and endowed-scholarship and planned-giving programs. Nowakowski is a current member of the Planned Giving Group of New England, the Assoc. of Fundraising Professionals, and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. She previously served on the board of Women in Philanthropy of Western Mass. as membership co-chair, as employee campaign coordinator at United Way of Pioneer Valley, and as a member of the Women in Philanthropy of Western Massachusetts and Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield Grants Group. She also served on Elms College’s presidential search committee in 2016-17 and its strategic planning (fiscal stability) committee in 2016. In her new role, Nowakowski will be responsible for the planning, management, and execution of a comprehensive advancement program, including oversight of all fundraising initiatives.

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Michael Fenton

Michael Fenton

Attorney Michael Fenton was named a shareholder at Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, P.C., the firm announced. Fenton concentrates his practice in the areas of business planning, commercial real estate, land use, and estate planning. He earned his law degree and MBA from Western New England University in 2012 and his bachelor’s degree in political science, cum laude, from Providence College in 2009. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and Connecticut. He has been selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star every year since 2014, was named one of the Top 25 Up and Coming Attorneys in Massachusetts by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, and was honored by BusinessWest as a 40 Under Forty award recipient in 2012. Active in the Western Mass. community, he volunteers for several organizations and has served as a member of the Springfield City Council since 2010.

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Ralph Abbott Jr.,

Ralph Abbott Jr.,

Susan Fentin

Susan Fentin

Marylou Fabbo

Marylou Fabbo

John Gannon

John Gannon

Amelia Holstrom

Amelia Holstrom

Skoler, Abbott & Presser, P.C. announced that three of its attorneys, Ralph Abbott Jr., Susan Fentin, and Marylou Fabbo were selected to the 2018 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list in the field of employment and labor law. Additionally, attorneys 

and Amelia Holstrom were named to the 2018 Massachusetts Rising Stars list. Abbott has been selected to Super Lawyers for 14 consecutive years. With the firm since 1975, he is known throughout the legal community for his work representing management in labor relations and employment-related matters, providing employment-related advice to employers, assisting clients in remaining union-free, and representing employers before the National Labor Relations Board. Abbott also has numerous credits as an author, editor, and teacher, as well as a record of civic and community involvement. Fentin has been selected to Super Lawyers for 13 years and before that was named twice to the Rising Stars list. She has been with the firm since 1999. Her practice concentrates on labor and employment counseling, advising large and small employers on their responsibilities and obligations under state and federal employment laws and representing employers before state and federal agencies and in court. She frequently speaks to employer groups, conducts training on avoiding problems in employment law, and teaches master classes on both the Family Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. She was also named one of the Top 50 Women in the Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly in 2015. Fabbo has been selected to Super Lawyers for 10 years and before that was named twice to the Rising Stars list. She is a partner and heads the firm’s litigation team. She represents employers in employment litigation before state and federal courts as well as state and federal agencies in Massachusetts and Connecticut. She also has extensive experience working with employers to reduce the risk of legal liability as the result of illegal employment practices. She is a frequent speaker on employment-related topics and conducts extensive management-training and employment-practices audits. She is a published author and volunteers in the local community. Fabbo was also named one of the Top 50 Women in the Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly in 2016. Gannon and Holstrom have each been selected to the 2018 Massachusetts Rising Stars list for the first time. It is an exclusive list, recognizing no more than 2.5% of the lawyers in the state. Both defend employers against claims of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and wrongful termination, as well as actions arising under the Family Medical Leave Act and wage-and-hour law. Gannon also regularly guides employers on compliance with state and federal laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, and Occupational Health and Safety Act. He is a frequent speaker on employment-related legal topics for a wide variety of associations and organizations and was selected by BusinessWest as a 40 Under Forty honoree in 2016. Holstrom frequently provides counsel to management regarding litigation avoidance strategies. She was selected by BusinessWest as a 40 Under Forty honoree in 2015 and was awarded the Massachusetts Bar Assoc. Community Service Award in 2016. In 2017, she was named an Up & Coming Lawyer by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly at its Excellence in the Law event.

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Jennifer Fischer

Jennifer Fischer

Spiros Hatiras, president and CEO of Holyoke Medical Center and Valley Health Systems, announced the appointment of Jennifer Fischer as chief experience officer at Holyoke Medical Center. Most recently, Fischer served as an account leader and coach for the Studer Group, an outcomes-based healthcare-consulting firm. In that role, she had a track record of six years of leading healthcare organizations in their service-excellence journeys, achieving targets for patient experience across multiple service lines, creating and sustaining leadership-development programs, and helping executive teams manage change. Fischer’s prior experience included director-level positions at Wuesthoff Health Systems in Rockledge, Fla., and Door County Memorial Hospital in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. She received her bachelor’s degree from Ripon College in Wisconsin, a master’s degree in arts management from Columbia College in Chicago, and her bachelor’s of science in nursing degree from the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. She also received a juris doctor degree from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago.

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Linda Haley

Linda Haley

Andrew Tulis

Andrew Tulis

Andrew Tulis

Andrew Tulis

Florence Bank has hired a new bank officer and promoted two employees. Linda Haley will serve as commercial loan administration officer of the Commercial Loan Department in the main office in Florence, Andrew Tulis was promoted to assistant Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) officer, and Heidi Hoover was promoted to the position of assistant vice president, Compliance. Haley joined Florence Bank in October 2018 with more than 30 years of banking experience. She currently attends the New England School for Financial Studies at Babson College. Tulis joined Florence Bank in November 2011. Prior to his recent promotion, he had served as BSA administrator. Tulis earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from New York University and graduated with honors from the New England School for Financial Studies. Hoover joined Florence Bank in May 2015 with nearly 20 years of banking experience. She holds a bachelor’s degree from UMass Amherst. Prior to her recent promotion, she served as compliance specialist. She serves her community as a board member for the Western Massachusetts Compliance Assoc., a member of the Baystate Medical Practices Patient and Family Council, and a volunteer for Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity.

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Michael Shea

Michael Shea

Pension & Benefits Associates Inc. announced the addition of Michael Shea to its team in the role of retirement consultant. He will focus on retirement business development, assisting plan sponsors and managing all aspects of clients’ retirement, including plan design, investment due diligence, and employee education. Prior to joining Pension & Benefits Associates, Michael Shea most recently worked as a defined contribution investment sales specialist for BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager. He also previously served as a regional sales director for Columbia Threadneedle Investments. A 2010 graduate of the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst, he started his corporate career as an implementation analyst for Empower Retirement.

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After 27 years of service to the Pioneer Valley, Suzanne Beck announced that she will retire as the Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce’s executive director. She cited the completion of the chamber’s strategic plan as the ideal time to pass the baton. The strategic plan, to be launched over the coming months, is a commitment to serve the health and vibrancy of the community at large as an extension of the growth and strengthening of the business and nonprofit communities under Beck’s leadership. Highlights of Beck’s accomplishments include working with Hampshire County business, nonprofit, and community leaders to create the first economic-development strategy serving all of Hampshire County; supporting a group of young professionals to form Northampton Area Young Professionals (NAYP), now in its 10th year supporting the career and community interests of emerging leaders; partnering with the United Way of Hampshire County to create Leadership Hampshire County (a precursor of Leadership Pioneer Valley) to connect, train, and support business and nonprofit leaders with a shared interest in community leadership; and partnering with the Three County Fair Assoc. and the city on redevelopment of the fairgrounds and construction of new barns.

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Jasmin Hutchinson

Jasmin Hutchinson

Jasmin Hutchinson, associate professor of Exercise Science and Sport Studies and director for Sport and Exercise Psychology at Springfield College, recently had an article, titled “The Influence of Self-selected Music on Affect-regulated Exercise Intensity and Remembered Pleasure During Treadmill Running,” selected as the Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology (SEPP) Paper of the Year for 2018. The award is given annually to the first author of an article published in SEPP based on the article’s innovation, methodological rigor, quality of data analysis, significance of the issue, and quality of writing. The award consists of free registration to the annual American Psychological Assoc. Convention and the presentation of a certificate of achievement at the convention. In addition, the paper appears as one of the sample papers on the journal website.

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Daniel Danillowicz

Daniel Danillowicz

Westfield Bank announced the appointment of Daniel Danillowicz as assistant vice president and mortgage loan officer. He will be based at the bank’s 10 Hartford Ave. office in Granby, Conn., providing mortgage origination for customers throughout Connecticut as well as those in Westfield, West Springfield, and Southwick. Danillowicz has more than 25 years of mortgage lending experience, most recently as senior loan officer with Washington Trust in Glastonbury, Conn. and as a mortgage specialist with Farmington Bank in West Hartford, Conn. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Hartford.

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Pamela Sanborn

Pamela Sanborn

Arrha Credit Union President and CEO Michael Ostrowski recently welcomed Pamela Sanborn as its new assistant branch manager in West Springfield. She has more than 20 years of banking experience, and was recently assistant branch manager at Polish National Credit Union’s Westfield branch. Sanborn has served as ambassador at the Westfield Chamber of Commerce and an American Relay for Life volunteer as team captain, and is active in promoting awareness of bone-marrow disease and testing for donors. She graduated from Saint John’s School of Business.

Country Bank Donates $1 Million to Local Charities in 2018

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WARE — Country Bank reported that donations for 2018 exceeded $1 million. Through the bank’s established charitable-giving program, support is provided to local nonprofits throughout the region; in 2018, more than 400 organizations received generous contributions from the program. Among the organizations that received donations, the Salvation Army, the YMCA of Greater Springfield, the Springfield Rescue Mission, Friends of the Homeless, and the USO of Pioneer Valley each received $5,000, while the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts and Christina’s House each received $10,000. 

The bank also teamed up with Habitat for Humanity to build a home in Springfield last September. “Spending the day helping a family to build their home was a meaningful experience for our staff members,” said Paul Scully, bank president and CEO.

Country Bank also has an employee charitable-giving program that raised more than $30,000 in 2018, through events such as jeans days, bake sales, and raffles.

“The staff at Country Bank understands the importance of supporting its local communities,” said Jodie Gerulaitis, vice president of Community Relations. “When we add an event to our volunteer calendar, it is filled instantly. This speaks volumes to our culture and our belief in helping others. In 2018, our team volunteered more than 1,100 hours of personal time at various events within the local communities. We served meals to the homeless, watered flowers throughout the summer for Ware in Bloom, and prepared meals for the children and families at the Ronald McDonald House, to name just a few.”

Pittsfield Focuses on Improving Neighborhoods

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Commercial Real Estate
Community Spotlight

Community Spotlight

By Joseph Bednar

Mayor Linda Tyer

Mayor Linda Tyer says Pittsfield’s leaders remain focused on the needs of its individual neighborhoods in order to generate economic development.

As part of her annual state-of-the-city address recently, Pittsfield Mayor Linda Tyer praised the arrival of Wayfair — the fastest-growing e-commerce home-décor company in the world — on a number of levels.

Perhaps most importantly, by opening a sales and service center, the company has created 300 new jobs in Pittsfield. Wayfair is also a locally grown success story, founded by Pittsfield High School graduate Niraj Shah. And, Tyer said, Wayfair’s presence signals to other major employers that they can be successful in this city of about 45,000 people in the heart of Berkshire County.

But Wayfair’s arrival speaks to a broader success story as well — that of a city-wide development strategy that’s bearing fruit.

“Wayfair choosing Pittsfield wasn’t happenstance,” she said. “Rather, the foundation was set with the alignment of the city’s economic-development strategy. The city joined forces with the Pittsfield Economic Development Authority and the Pittsfield Economic Revitalization Corporation. Together, we created the ‘red-carpet team,’ the Mayor’s Economic Development Council, and a new position of Business Development manager.”

In their discussions with companies looking to set up shop in Pittsfield, Tyer noted, those entities are touting not only the economic benefits of doing business here, but quality of life. And people are listening.

“We prepared our presentation assuming that Wayfair will want to know what incentives we might be able to offer them,” she explained. “As the first session got underway, Wayfair’s representatives said they’re not yet interested in the financial incentives. They’d rather learn about Pittsfield’s lifestyle, our schools, our neighborhoods. They wanted to make sure that our community culture aligned with Wayfair’s culture.”

Pittsfield at a Glance

Year Incorporated: 1761
Population: 44,737
Area: 42.5 square miles
County: Berkshire
Residential Tax Rate: $19.42
Commercial Tax Rate: $39.94
Median Household Income: $35,655
Median family Income: $46,228
Type of Government: Mayor, City Council
Largest Employers: Berkshire Health Systems; General Dynamics; Petricca Industries Inc.; SABIC Innovative Plastics; Berkshire Bank
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The city’s red-carpet team, made up of city and state officials whose purpose is to develop strategies and explore incentives to support business expansion or startups, has been deployed in myriad cases to help companies move and expand in Pittsfield. Another resource Tyer is excited about is the Berkshire Innovation Center, which broke ground in September at the William Stanley Business Park.

This 20,000-square-foot facility that will support and advance the work of small and medium companies in the life sciences, advanced manufacturing, and technology, featuring cutting-edge equipment available to advanced manufacturers for research and development of new products. In partnership with Berkshire Community College, the center will be a place of teaching and learning, creating a pipeline of trained employees that area companies desperately need.

Neighborhoods on the Rise

Meanwhile, Tyer touted a downtown district generating energy through its mix of eateries, boutiques, and urban apartments, not mention a renovation of the historic Beacon Cinema on North Street by new owner Phoenix Theatres, which refreshed the interior, enhanced the seats, and added more showtimes.

“Downtown is Pittsfield’s front porch,” Tyer said. “We must remain watchful, always, to ensure a spirited, vibrant experience for all who live in and visit our city.”

She added that it’s time for the city to build on the successes of the North Street revitalization and focus more attention on the historic Tyler Street artery.

“My grandmother, who just turned 95, grew up on Tyler Street,” the mayor said. “She has fond memories of sitting on the front porch, getting an ice cream, and walking to North Street with her sisters to buy fabric at Newbury’s. Tyler Street can be that again, but with a modern twist.”

Anchored by Berkshire Medical Center, General Dynamics, and the William Stanley Business Park, the neighborhood is ripe for a renaissance, she argued. One development toward that goal is the conversion of the former St. Mary the Morningstar Church to 29 units of market-rate housing, a project that drew on $125,000 in state finding for infrastructure improvements around the building.

In addition, the Baker-Polito administration awarded a $30,000 grant last May to support small businesses in the neighborhood. The funding, Tyer explained, will be applied to Pittsfield’s Storefront Enhancement Program. “This is vital financial assistance for businesses to make façade improvements to boost visibility, attractiveness, and ensure accessibility.”

Work also began last summer on the Tyler Street Streetscape Design Project, which aims to create a curated throughway that addresses the needs of pedestrians and bicycles, improves lighting and landscaping, identifies dedicated bus stops, preserves on-street parking, and elevates public spaces. The completed design work is expected to be unveiled early this year.

Going forward, the city will continue to seek ways to take advantage of private investment in North Street and Tyler Street, both designated as Opportunity Zones, Tyer said. “Alliances with local and state representatives, financial institutions, and developers will spur capital investment and job creation.”

On the public-safety front, the mayor focused on several incidents in the Westside area of town, citing a meeting with neighborhood residents who expressed their fears and shared their ideas on ways to enhance the work of the police department, while they in turn tried to understand police protocols.

One idea — to establish a Police Department community outreach office in Westside — is becoming a reality, she added, thanks to space being offered by Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity in its building on Columbus Avenue.

Meanwhile, a series of high-visibility patrol operations were conducted in November and December. The operation, led by the Police Department’s uniformed patrol and anti-crime unit, brought in reinforcements from the Berkshire County Sheriff’s Office, Massachusetts State Police, and the state Alcohol Beverages Control Commission, which, in total, netted 32 arrests, including the seizure of approximately 340 grams of cocaine with an estimated value of $34,000 and a variety of illicit pills.

“While we tackle the complex issue of crime, our Police Department has established a strong philosophy of community policing,” Tyer added, noting that officers have hosted free movie events, back-to-school meet and greets, and other community activities. “All of these interactions create trusting relationships that will endure with our kids, their families, and our police officers.”

Collaborative Efforts

Still, making the community a more desirable one — again, a factor in attracting new business — doesn’t end with public safety. To that end, an LED street-light conversion will be complete by the spring, replacing some 5,300 streetlights in all, with the dual goal of brighter streets and lower utility bills. Meanwhile, the Westside Riverway Park, a new outdoor space along the west branch of the Housatonic River, extends from Wahconah Park to Clapp Park.

“Paying attention to what’s happening within our neighborhoods continues to be a primary focus. And our efforts are paying dividends,” Tyer said, noting that a surging housing market has increased home values in the city. Still, she added, vigilance against blight and decay in neighborhoods remains a priority for her administration.

“We have cataloged about 100 problem properties,” she noted. “The city’s code-enforcement team tries to identify and exercise all viable options. Our objective is always to preserve as much as possible. Sometimes, demolition is the only option. We continuously balance the cost of demotion against the very real gains that come with keeping our city appealing.”

Finally, 2018 was the first year of Community Preservation projects, the mayor noted. Drawing from a 1% surcharge on property values, the endeavor resulted in a $580,000 appropriation of funds for investing in historic resources, open space, and recreation. Eleven projects were funded, including the preservation of the Melville Art and Artifacts collection in the Berkshire Athenaeum, the Arrowhead stone wall, restoration of the Springside House, siting and design for pickleball courts, the turf field at Berkshire Community College, and infield restoration at the Pellerin baseball field.

Meanwhile, she said, local partners continue to support improvements in public spaces. This past year, the pavilion at Durant Park went up thanks to a gift from Greylock Federal Credit Union. A Berkshire Bank contribution facilitated the renovation of the basketball court at Lakewood Park, while the Buddy Pellerin Foundation and the Rotary Club are making significant investments in Clapp Park.

The progress Pittsfield has made on these fronts and others are, of course, a collective effort by myriad agencies, businesses, and individuals, Tyer noted. But she wants her administration to set the tone for growth.

“We cultivate an organizational culture that encompasses shared responsibility, proactive long-term planning, dynamic communication and professional development,” she said. “My philosophy around this is simple: when we make decisions that affect the people that we serve, these principles must be in the forefront of our minds.”

Joseph Bednar can be reached at [email protected]

Peter Gagliardi, President and CEO of Way Finders

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Class of 2019 Difference Makers

He’s Spent a Career Bringing Home the Power of Collaboration

Like most school teachers working in the early ’70s, Peter Gagliardi needed something to do during the summer — not just to keep him busy, but to help with cash flow during those 10 weeks when there were no paychecks coming in.

Early in the summer of 1973, his search for such an employment opportunity took him to a nonprofit called Rural Housing Improvement Inc. in Winchendon. After being told there were no part-time, temporary jobs to be had at the agency, he was further informed of a full-time, permanent position as director of property management that he might pursue if he was interested.

After doing a little soul searching — OK, a lot of soul searching — he convinced himself that he was interested.

“I had just signed a tenured contract, but I resigned and took a job with an organization that had secure funding for 30 days,” he said in a voice that didn’t accurately reflect the sizable risk he was taking. “And I’ve been doing housing ever since.”

It was a big decision for the Gagliardi family, and, as things would turn out, a big one for countless other families as well.

Indeed, that job with a fledgling nonprofit would, as he said, lead to a career in housing. But actually, it’s been a career in much more than that. In the nearly 30 years he’s been president and CEO of Way Finders, the agency formerly known as HAPHousing and before that the Housing Allowance Project, he has helped to greatly expand both the mission and the nonprofit’s influence far beyond its original charge — providing housing vouchers for those in need.

“I had just signed a tenured contract, but I resigned and took a job with an organization that had secure funding for 30 days.”

While it still helps individuals and families secure a roof over their heads through vouchers and creation of new affordable-housing projects, it now helps people in many other ways, as its relatively new name suggests.

It helps them secure employment through job-training initiatives, for example, and also enables individuals to become homeowners by helping them save money, improve their credit, and take the other steps needed to buy a house. And it has stepped forward to help change the trajectory of entire blocks and neighborhoods.

That was the case on Byers Street in Springfield, a half-mile-long stretch that borders the Springfield Armory property and, ironically enough, sits across Pearl Street from Springfield Police headquarters. Ironic because, by the late ’90s, Byers Street had become a hot spot for crime and, in most all ways, a blighted area.

It was (note the past tense) defined by perhaps its most famous, or infamous, piece of real estate — the Rainville Hotel.

Finders-managed properties on Byers Street in Springfield

Peter Gagliardi stands in front of the Way Finders-managed properties on Byers Street in Springfield, an area that has become a “different place” since the agency became involved.

“It was notorious,” said Gagliardi, flashing back 15 to 20 years, adding that it had become a center for drug dealing and other illegal activities, and just one of several properties that were causing problems for abutters that included Springfield Technical Community College, the Quadrangle, St. Luke’s Home (operated by the Sisters of Providence), the Diocese of Springfield, the Armory Street Commons apartment complex, and others.

HAPHousing stepped forward, partnered with other agencies (more on this later), and changed the fortunes of that area by taking down some derelict buildings and fixing up others. Today, it manages the Rainville, now an apartment complex, and several other properties, and the change on the street is palpable.

“You’re seeing other property owners on the street investing in their homes,” said Gagliardi, pointing out such initiatives as he walked the length of Byers Street with BusinessWest recently. “It’s a much better place now.”

The same can be said of the Old Hill section of the city, another area where Way Finders worked, again in partnership with other agencies and especially Springfield Neighborhood Housing Services, to bring about positive change in many ways. Dozens of new homes have been built, dozens more have been renovated, and scores of vacant lots have been put to better uses. Most importantly, residents are taking pride in their neighborhood — as well as responsibility for it — and the fabric of that neighborhood is becoming stronger.

“You’re seeing other property owners on the street investing in their homes. It’s a much better place now.”

“There’s always more to do, but Old Hill is a different place,” said Gagliardi. “Since the houses were built that we’ve been involved with, people are choosing to buy homes there; that was just not happening before.”

In a way, Byers Street, Old Hill, and what’s happened in those areas have become living symbols of Gagliardi’s energetic and imaginative approach to fulfilling and expanding the stated mission at Way Finders — “to light pathways and open doors to homes and communities where people thrive.”

And they serve to help explain why he has long been a real Difference Maker in this region.

Keys to Success

They call them ‘Success Stories,’ and that’s pretty much an understatement.

These are poignant vignettes, if you will, created to help convey the many ways that Way Finders has evolved as an agency and how it has helped change the lives of the people it has touched.

People like Charles Winston, the single father of a 7-year-old boy, who was unemployed and living in a one-bedroom apartment with his son when he enrolled in Way Finders’ Family Self-sufficiency (FSS) Program in 2014. He knew what he wanted to do — buy a home of his own someday — but also knew he had a laundry list of things he needed help with, from reliable childcare to a dependable vehicle; from full-time employment to credit repair. Long story short, Way Finders and its FSS program helped with all that. He secured a job with UPS, improved his credit score to 738, saved $22,391 in an escrow account established for him to buy a house, and in 2017, he became a home owner.

Peter Gagliardi and his staff at Way Finders have helped write many different kinds of success stories in recent years.

Peter Gagliardi and his staff at Way Finders have helped write many different kinds of success stories in recent years.

And also people like Minerva Gonzalez, who witnessed a sharp decline in the neighborhood in Holyoke in which she grew up and was now raising a family, and became determined to do something about it, only she didn’t know where or how to begin.

After enrolling in Way Finders’ Resident Leadership Program, she soon learned that community leaders often have a stronger voice than city officials. And she used hers to bring about change at H.B. Lawrence Elementary School and, specifically, a host of improvements to its playground.

You don’t see Peter Gagliardi’s picture accompanying these success stories. Instead, you see Charles Winston proudly holding up the keys to his house, and Minerva Gonzalez sitting atop a piece of playground equipment at her kids’ school.

But he had a big hand in writing them, a pattern that began way back in 1973 when he decided to leave the classroom and take that full-time job with Rural Housing Improvement Inc.

But our story actually begins several years earlier, when Gagliardi was attending college. He met a volunteer with VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) who was working in his hometown of Athol, and she introduced him to a housing problem he never knew existed.

“She showed me some atrocious housing conditions that people were living in and really brought the issue home,” he recalled. “I never thought about us having poor people as neighbors — they were all friends. I didn’t think about people living in really terrible living conditions, but there were some, and there weren’t a lot of alternatives for people.

“I learned a little bit, and then I went off and finished school, did the teaching thing, and along came a job that was pretty much serendipity,” he went on, retracing the start of his new career. “It got me involved in housing, and it became clear pretty quickly that this is where I should be.”

At Rural Housing Improvement Inc., Gagliardi worked for a boss who gave him what he called “a wide-open portfolio,” and he took full advantage, spending 13 years at the organization, rising to the rank of associate executive director, and, most importantly, learning a number of lessons he would apply later in his career, starting with his next stop.

“Along came a job that was pretty much serendipity. It got me involved in housing, and it became clear pretty quickly that this is where I should be.”

That would be at the recently created Mass. Housing Partnership, part of the Executive Office of Communities and Development, in 1986.

There, he worked under Amy Anthony, who was, ironically enough, the first executive director of the Housing Allowance Project and would become a titan within the affordable-housing industry, transforming Massachusetts into a national leader in that realm (she passed away last December).

Gagliardi was recruited to be director of field operations for the Mass. Housing Partnership, and his job was to work with communities across the state to develop what were known as ‘local housing partnerships.’

the Healthy Hill Initiative in Springfield’s Old Hill neighborhood is just one example of the power of collaboration.

Peter Gagliardi says the Healthy Hill Initiative in Springfield’s Old Hill neighborhood is just one example of the power of collaboration.

“The concept was, if you bring people together from different sectors and start focusing on the problem, then the interaction will add to the value of the work that you do,” he explained. “You have the private sector, the public sector, and representatives of the community … you’re tackling a common problem, and by doing it together, you get a better result than if any one of those sectors tried to do it on their own.”

And results were achieved, he said, adding that Massachusetts soon set the tone for affordable-housing programs nationwide through imaginative, partnership-driven initiatives that changed the landscape in all kinds of ways.

“That was a very dynamic time in housing in Massachusetts,” he recalled. “The governor [Michael Dukakis] was putting resources into it — these were the days of the Massachusetts Miracle — and allotted programs were created in Massachusetts, many of which still exist today,” he told BusinessWest. “We became the envy of all the states in the country with the variety of programs we had and the effectiveness of those programs.”

Living Proof

Gagliardi would eventually take the role of director of Private Housing at the Mass. Housing Partnership and would stay in that role for roughly a year.

By the end of 1990, however, the Dukakis administration was coming to an end, and he was looking for his next challenge.

He found it as president and CEO of the Housing Allowance Project, a position that, in many ways, took him back to his work with Rural Housing Improvement Inc. and the front lines of the housing problem in the western part of the state.

Over the past 28 years, the agency has grown and diversified its portfolio of services largely out of necessity, in a way that makes its mission more holistic in nature and worthy of that name Way Finders.

Gagliardi put all this into some kind of perspective:

“I think the most significant thing we’ve done is bring together a variety of services, all of which are complementary,” he explained. “We’ve built the strength and the reputation to take on new challenges as they arise. More than any one specific program, what we’ve been able to do is generate impact for the community and the people we work with across a wide range of programmatic activities.”

To explain this expansion of the mission, he returned to Byers Street, literally, where he pointed to the buildings, including the Rainville, that have been transformed from eyesores into attractive affordable housing, and talked about how it happened.

“This was one of Springfield’s darkest hours in a lot of ways,” he said, while setting the tone and explaining how Byers came to be the way it was. “Jobs had been declining for many years, people left their housing, places were vacant and abandoned; it was very difficult circumstances.”

The agency’s work there is a solid example of the importance of partnerships and bringing together groups with common goals to accomplish something they could not have done on their own, he said, adding that efforts to revitalize the area led to the creation of the Armory/Quadrangle Civic Assoc., which is still active today.

“We took the experience of doing some affordable-housing development, but in an urban setting, to use it as a way of bringing positive change to a neighborhood,” he said, adding that the agency brought various officials and groups to see what was done there. And the results would inspire an even bigger initiative.

“When we had an open house for our second project there on Byers Street, we brought some people down in a bus from the Old Hill neighborhood,” he recalled. “And I can remember the head of the Old Hill Neighborhood Council saying, ‘why can’t we do this in my neighborhood?’”

Soon thereafter, they did, in what became perhaps an even better example of the power of partnerships.

By the early 2000s, there were 150 vacant lots in Old Hill, a neighborhood in the vicinity of Springfield College, which represented maybe 10% of all the residential lots.

“We knew we couldn’t just go in, do a couple of houses, and make a difference — we needed a different strategy,” he explained, adding that, in collaboration with a host of partners, including the college, Habitat for Humanity, the neighborhood council, Springfield Neighborhood Housing Services, Revitalize Community Development Corp., and others, a plan was crafted to acquire many of the vacant lots (often from the city in tax title) and putting new homes on them.

Meanwhile, many other homes were rehabbed, and a host of agencies came together for what became known as the Healthy Hill Initiative, a project focused on two of the primary social determinants of health — public safety and access to physical activity.

“The secret to success, in my mind, is collaboration,” he told BusinessWest. “One of the things that I’m mindful of is that we would not have done any of this on our own.”

He was talking about Old Hill, but that sentiment applies to many of the initiatives the agency involves itself with, and collaboration is just one of the managerial mindsets that Gagliardi has brought with him to work for the past 45 years or so.

“We’ve built the strength and the reputation to take on new challenges as they arise. More than any one specific program, what we’ve been able to do is generate impact for the community and the people we work with across a wide range of programmatic activities.”

Overall, he said his goal has been to hire people who, like him, have a passion for this kind of work and can realize that, while the work is often difficult and bound tightly in red tape, there are many rewards.

“We’re working here because, at the end of the day when we go home, sometimes tired from all the complexities of the programs we run, we can take pride in the fact that, because of what we did today, somebody is in housing they wouldn’t otherwise have had,” he told BusinessWest. “It might be a homeless family has found a place to call home or a family that was in danger of being evicted has solved their problem. That’s much different than coming home and saying, ‘well, I made another buck for the shareholders,’ and that’s what keeps us coming back the next day.”

Looking back on that fateful decision he made back in 1973, he said he has no regrets at all and is simply thankful for that bit of serendipity.

“It’s been good work,” he said with a wide smile on his face. “There is where I should have been.”

Bottom Line

As he talked about his work with Mass. Housing Partnership, Gagliardi took a few minutes to reflect on the many ways Amy Anthony influenced his career.

“She was inspiring,” he told BusinessWest. “She was full of energy and open to ideas. I would go to her with an idea, she’d think about it, we’d talk about it, and she’d say, ‘OK, I like it; run with it.’”

One could use many of those same descriptive words and phrases when talking about her eventual successor. Also full of energy and open to ideas, he has built upon her legacy and helped write countless success stories like those mentioned earlier.

And he’s come a long way since he stepped into the offices of the Rural Housing Improvement Inc. looking for a summer job. Instead he found a career and, indirectly, a path to the stage at the Log Cabin on March 30, where he’ll be honored for what he has truly become.

A real Difference Maker.

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

Florence Bank Hires New Officer and Promotes Two Employees

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Daily News

FLORENCE — Florence Bank has hired a new bank officer and promoted two employees.

Linda Haley will serve as commercial loan administration officer of the Commercial Loan Department in the main office in Florence, Andrew Tulis was promoted to assistant Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) officer, and Heidi Hoover was promoted to the position of assistant vice president, Compliance.

Haley joined Florence Bank in October 2018 with more than 30 years of banking experience. She currently attends the New England School for Financial Studies at Babson College.

Tulis joined Florence Bank in November 2011. Prior to his recent promotion, he had served as BSA administrator. Tulis earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from New York University and graduated with honors from the New England School for Financial Studies.

Hoover joined Florence Bank in May 2015 with nearly 20 years of banking experience. She holds a bachelor’s degree from UMass Amherst. Prior to her recent promotion, she served as compliance specialist. She serves her community as a board member for the Western Massachusetts Compliance Assoc., a member of the Baystate Medical Practices Patient and Family Council, and a volunteer for Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity.

“We are thrilled to announce the addition of Linda and the well-deserved promotions of Heidi and Andrew,” Florence Bank President and CEO John Heaps Jr., said.

Kerry Dietz

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Women of Impact 2018

Owner, Principal, Dietz and Company Architects

She’s Long Had Designs on Building a Stronger Community

Photo by Dani Fine Photography

The course was titled “Architects as Leaders.”

Kerry Dietz taught it at UMass Amherst, her alma mater, several years ago. This was a one-off of sorts, she told BusinessWest, adding that there was a critical mass of students interested in this material — which amounted to insight and instruction not on how to design structures, but rather on how architects could and should become leaders within their communities — and circumstances haven’t permitted her to teach it again.

But while that class is no longer in the catalog, ‘architect as leader’ has been a course of action for Dietz — and those who have come to work for her over the past 30 years or so. It’s a phrase that defines her career more than any building or office interior she’s designed, and it explains, better than any other three-word phrase we can find, why she is a Woman of Impact.

Examples of this mindset abound — from her time spent on the Springfield Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals to her company’s involvement with several area nonprofits, from Revitalize CDC to Habitat for Humanity, to her decision to locate her growing company in Union Station at a time when that massive project was fairly desperate to land a high-profile tenant.

And then, there was the company’s 30th birthday party.

Rather than celebrate with a cake or maybe lunch on the town, the employees at Dietz & Company, as a group, decided to use that occasion to give back within the community, in a big way.

She took that number 30, added three more zeroes, and put a dollar sign at the front. And then, she and her team set about finding appropriate ways to bestow that amount on members of the community.

“She has also been an inspiration to me personally in promoting and supporting social-issue programs that support food and housing for the homeless, veterans’ housing, and health and scholarship funding for low-income students and families.”

Throughout the course of the year, a cookout was hosted by Dietz & Company staff for veterans of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, and a monetary donation was made to assist with the home’s Veteran’s History video project. Also, a monetary donation was made and staff members volunteered their time to help make repairs to the home of a low-income Springfield resident as part of Revitalize CDC’s Green-n-Fit Neighborhood Rebuild. And $25,000 worth of materials and projects were funded for Springfield teachers through a competition in which initiative and impact were honored for educators going the extra mile to help and encourage the success of their students.

It was Dietz’s concept, but it was a company-wide effort.

“I basically said, ‘here’s my idea — the broad stroke,’” she recalled. “And people ran with it. As a company, we figured out who we wanted to support, and they (team members) did all the organizing. All you have to do sometimes is say, ‘let’s do it.’”

But Dietz has never waited for round-number anniversaries to become active and get herself — and her firm — involved. And in doing so, she has become not only an employer, but an inspirational leader, role model to those in this profession, and mentor.

“Kerry has committed her life to promoting women in the practice of architecture by promoting a fair work environment in her firm and as a leader in the Massachusetts architectural and business community,” said Kevin Riordon, an architect at Dietz. “She has also been an inspiration to me personally in promoting and supporting social-issue programs that support food and housing for the homeless, veterans’ housing, and health and scholarship funding for low-income students and families.”

While doing all that work within the community, Dietz has established herself within the field of architecture, one long dominated by men. She owns one of the largest firms in the region, and has carved out several strong niches, especially in affordable housing and education.

It is this combination of excellence in her field and career-long designs on finding ways to strengthen the community that has placed her in the inaugural class of Women of Impact.

From the Ground Up

Deitz traced the ‘architects as leaders’ concept — as a college course but also the M.O. for her career — to a summit she attended in the early ’80s that was hosted by the American Institute of Architects.

It was memorable because it was not what she was expecting.

“It wasn’t about how to be a good supervisor or how to do marketing and make more money — it wasn’t that kind of thing,” she recalled. “Instead, it was about our place in the political world and within the community — what do you have to offer?”

Kerry Dietz, right, presents a donation to the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke as part of her company’s 30th anniversary celebration. Several staff members are in the background.

Kerry Dietz, right, presents a donation to the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke as part of her company’s 30th anniversary celebration. Several staff members are in the background.

And because of their training and the collaborative nature of their work, architects have quite a bit to offer, whether they fully understand that or not, she went on.

“If lawyers think they can run the world, and captains of industry think they can run the world, well … how about architects?” she asked rhetorically. “We receive an incredible amount of training on how to take a whole bunch of dissimilar thoughts and ideas and listen to a whole group of people, and pull it all together and create a building. And even before that, a vision of a building; it’s all really about listening to people and synthesizing all that.

“These are core skills the world needs,” she went on, adding that a commitment to putting these skills to work has guided her firm, not only in its design efforts, but within the community as well. And it’s been that way pretty much since she got into this business more than 40 years ago.

Our story starts in Ohio, where Dietz grew up and later attended Kent State University, majoring in architecture. She was one of just four women in a class of 150.

“Kerry is an outstanding example of what it means to be a community-oriented businesswoman. She is an extremely positive influence and role model for young professionals and the next generation of architects.”

After earning her master’s in architecture from Michigan State University, she worked for a few firms in Western Mass. before partnering with Phil Burdick and launching a firm that would bear both their names.

While that venture was short-lived, Dietz would go into business for herself, opening Dietz & Company Architects in 1985. It has been a staple in downtown Springfield ever since, growing from three employees to a high of 28 (currently 23).

Over those 34 years, Dietz and her staff have ridden out a number of economic downturns, which are felt in this field perhaps as much, if not more, than any other, and firmly established the firm as a leader in several areas, but especially the commercial, education, and housing realms.

The portfolio of recent projects includes the poker room and restrooms at the $960 million MGM Springfield as well as renovation of 95 State St., MGM’s local headquarters; bankESB’s banking center and corporate headquarters, as well as a number of other projects for that institution; 83 Maple St. in Springfield, the Merrick Phelps House historic preservation project; a new branch for the Bank of Western Massachusetts in Northampton; and many others.

In the education realm, the company has designed the UMass Center at Springfield facilities in Tower Square, the Hoffmann Environmental Center at Berkshire Community College, the King & Scales dormitories at Smith College, and numerous renovations and repair projects at Springfield Technical Community College, among countless others.

And in housing, recent projects include Parsons Village, multi-family housing in Easthampton; Roosevelt Towers, a multi-family project in Cambridge that is still ongoing; and Highland Woods, a multi-family and senior-housing project in Williamstown, among many others.

But while what she and her team have accomplished is certainly significant, it is how Dietz runs her company that sets her apart within the field of architecture — and makes it clear why she is a Woman of Impact.

Drawing Inspiration

And this brings us back to the company’s 30th-anniversary celebration, and also to that class she taught at UMass and the mindset behind it.

“We started reading these stories about how teachers were paying for stuff out of their own pockets and they can’t get tax deductions for it even,” she recalled. “And we thought, ‘what if we could fund some special projects that teachers wanted to do?”

Working in concert with Springfield School Volunteers, Dietz & Company invited teachers to visit a website and propose specific initiatives, listing motivations, goals, and possible outcomes. It was competition, but the company had enough money to fund all the requests.

“We had an awards ceremony at Central High School where we had wine and hors d’oeuvres for the teachers, because they don’t get recognized for all they do,” said Dietz. “And some of them are just amazing in terms of what they’re doing with the limited resources they have.”

The work with Springfield’s teachers, as noted, is just one example of the operating mindset at Deitz & Company, one that is perhaps best summed up in the company’s primary marketing slogan — ‘design that looks good, does good’ — with the supporting line: ‘with a collaborative and dynamic approach, our designs reflect the desire to create exceptional architecture that also serves.’

There is much that goes into those two words ‘good’ and ‘serves’ — everything from a focus on the environment to meeting the needs of the client; from preserving the past to sustainability. But behind it all is that focus on this firm, and especially its founder, being leaders in the community and setting a tone when it comes to giving back.

Indeed, when referring to Dietz, team members consistently use words and phrases like ‘mentor,’ ‘role model,’ and ‘inspiration’ to describe her as well as her approaches to architecture and community involvement.

“Kerry has shown an ongoing desire to give back to the community on many levels, from spearheading design-inspired solutions that serve the community through addressing housing and public-space needs, to a more grassroots-level approach by dedicating personal time and efforts to enrich the lives of others face-to-face,” said Mark Hellen, a project architect with the firm. “She continually teaches her staff and colleagues that there is great importance, and great need, in helping the communities that surround us in as many ways as possible.”

Jason Newman, another project architect, agreed.

“From the perspective of a young professional, Kerry’s drive to educate and develop the next generation of architects is as much present in her company as it is in the classroom,” he said. “She continually creates learning opportunities within the context of our work, and does not punish a mistake made with good intention.

“Our office is an environment of shared learning, equity, and support in all aspects of our operation,” he went on. “In my opinion, Kerry is an outstanding example of what it means to be a community-oriented businesswoman. She is an extremely positive influence and role model for young professionals and the next generation of architects.”

Newman took the class “Architects as Leaders.” He remembers it opening his eyes to the larger responsibilities of all people in business.

“We learned about public engagement, advocacy in local governments, and serving the greater context of the communities in which we work,” he told BusinessWest. “Our assignments throughout the semester included things like attending the local government meeting of our choice and forming conclusions on the social impact of the items on the agenda, good or bad. This class taught us the importance of being aware and participating in the big-picture issues at the forefront of our communities.”

The Bottom Lines

The big picture.

That’s always been what Kerry Dietz has been focused on.

That’s not the company’s bottom line — although she’s focused on that, too. Rather, it’s the health and vitality of the communities in which she lives, works, and designs buildings.

She doesn’t teach “Architects as Leaders” anymore — actually, time doesn’t permit her to do much, if any, teaching these days.

But she still lives by that credo, and so does her firm. And that’s a very solid foundation on which to build.

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

Company Notebook

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Company Notebook

Gaming at MGM Springfield Generates $9.45M in August
SPRINGFIELD — The Massachusetts Gaming Commission reported that MGM Springfield generated $9,456,976.90 in gross gaming revenue between Aug. 23 and Aug. 31, its first week of operation. Slot machines generated $7,347,491.15 in revenues, while table games generated $2,109,485.75. Of that, or $2,364,244.23, will go to the state in taxes. MGM Springfield is taxed by the state on 25% of its gross gaming revenue. Under its host-community agreement, MGM pays the city of Springfield $17.6 million annually in lieu of taxes.

USI Insurance Services Acquires Gaudreau Group
WILBRAHAM — USI Insurance Services (USI), a world leader in insurance brokerage and risk management, announced the acquisition of the Gaudreau Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1921, the Gaudreau Group is a commercial-insurance, employee-benefits, personal-risk, and financial-services firm insuring more than 6,000 businesses and families across 14 states. Jules Gaudreau, company president, represents the third generation of the Gaudreau family to lead the company. He will join USI’s New England regional management team as president of the company’s Springfield office.

Baystate Wing Opens New Emergency Department
PALMER — On Sept. 18, Baystate Wing Hospital opened its new, $17.2 million Emergency Department to patients. The new facility includes separate ambulance and public entryways and features 20 patient rooms, including critical care, behavioral health, and other dedicated specialty-care areas. Private rooms have replaced curtained bays to enhance patient privacy, along with dedicated space for behavioral-health patients. The new 17,800-square-foot facility will include sophisticated medical technology, including CT scan and radiology (X-ray) services. The Baystate Wing Emergency Department campaign has raised over $2.9 million to date. The overall cost of building and equipping the new emergency department at Baystate Wing Hospital is $17.2 million, with Baystate Health committing funding through capital investment and bonds. 

Polish National Credit Union Wins CFS/SPF Impact Award
CHICOPEE — Polish National Credit Union (PCNU) was recently awarded the Bronze CFS/SPF 2017 Impact Award at annual conference of CUSO Financial Services, LP and Sorrento Pacific Financial, LLC in San Diego. The conference is an opportunity for businesses to come together to share and discuss best practices as well as hear from industry experts. This award is given to a financial institution that demonstrates an excellent job of building awareness through branch marketing efforts. “As the investment industry becomes more competitive, financial institutions must be increasingly creative and resourceful when it comes to the promotion of their investment-services program,” said James Kelly, president and CEO of Polish National Credit Union. “Not only is our team receptive to our ideas, they are eager to participate and shed light on all the fantastic options there are for our members to reach their financial goals through PNCU Financial Services.”

Elms College Wins Grant for Project to Spark Girls’ Interest in STEM Fields
CHICOPEE — Elms College announced that its Computer Science department has been awarded more than $188,000 through a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to fund a project designed to spark interest in computer science and related fields among middle-school girls in Holyoke. The project — which will include participants from UMass Amherst, Holyoke Codes, Girls Inc. of Holyoke, and the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holyoke — will combine robotics, coding, and a simulated natural-disaster situation. The project, titled Girls Involved in Robotics Learning Simulations (GIRLS), was born after Beryl Hoffman, associate professor of Computer Science at Elms College, met Florence Sullivan, professor at UMass Amherst College of Education, at Holyoke Codes, an organization that provides opportunities for kids to get involved in coding, robotics, and technology. Hoffman and Sullivan aim to learn more about the role of immersive simulation scenarios in encouraging girls to take interest in and learn about computer science and robotics. In year one of the project, the team will finalize all materials and curricula, and test them in single-day workshops. In year two, the educational program will be implemented in partnership with Girls Inc. of Holyoke and the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holyoke, with 40 to 60 female students expected to participate. In year three, the team will open the program to middle-school-aged boys, too, and analyze the outcomes of coed learning. As part of the grant project, Elms will offer three paid internships, one per year, to junior or senior computer science or CITS (computer information technology and security) majors.

Baystate Health, VertitechIT Partner to Launch baytechIT
HOLYOKE — Baystate Health and VertitechIT announced the formation of a new company to meet the increasingly complex IT needs of medical practices, clinics, and healthcare social-service organizations in the Western Mass. and Northern Conn. regions. BaytechIT is a first-of-its-kind independent joint venture, providing monitoring and management of information-technology networks, telephony, clinical engineering support, and other IT-related consulting and engineering expertise previously unaffordable to the local healthcare community. Already serving Baystate Health, its operating medical practices, and several large and mid-sized offices and clinics, baytechIT currently has 150 clients and manages/monitors more than 16,000 endpoint devices. BaytechIT will be headquartered in Holyoke with additional offices throughout Western Mass.

TWO Helps Enhance Skills of Medical Assistants
SPRINGFIELD — When Holyoke Medical Center and Western Mass Physician Associates (WMPA) needed help enhancing the skills of their medical assistants, they partnered with Training & Workforce Options (TWO), which developed a curriculum and taught a 10-week class to 15 medical assistants from WMPA. The training was designed to prepare the workers for a national credentialing exam. The TWO course at Holyoke Community College (HCC) was a hybrid of classroom work and online learning taught by a medical assistant. An additional 25 medical assistants from Holyoke Medical Center Specialty Practices enrolled in a second round of training. TWO, a collaboration between HCC and Springfield Technical Community College, is designed to deliver high-quality, custom training solutions to the business community to boost bottom-line performance and productivity. In addition to classroom learning, Holyoke Medical Center and Western Mass Physician Associates developed and staffed a full-scale skills day for all trainees. The session included 10 hands-on stations covering clinical and administrative tasks such as checking vital signs, administering injections and medication, taking EKG measurements, and other competency tests.

Tighe & Bond Climbs in National Ranking of Environmental Firms
WESTFIELD — Tighe & Bond climbed six spots this year to 148th on Engineering News Record’s (ENR) 2018 Top 200 Environmental Firms ranking. ENR ranks its list of top 200 environmental firms nationally based on the percentage of their 2017 gross revenue from environmental services. Earlier this year, Tighe & Bond moved up 19 spots to 241st on ENR’s 2018 Top 500 Design Firms ranking, up 34 spots in the past two years. ENR ranks its list of top 500 design firms nationally based on design-specific revenue from the previous year.

Country Bank Sponsors Habitat for Humanity Build
WARE — Country Bank staff recently volunteered their time to assist the Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity build a home for a local Springfield family. “Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity is blessed to have wonderful community partners like Country Bank who contribute the time, talent, and treasure needed to help families build strength, stability, and self-reliance through shelter,” said Jennifer Schimmel, executive director for Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity. Added Jodie Gerulaitis, vice president, Community Relations at Country Bank, “when asked to support such a meaningful cause, the staff at Country Bank was eager to help with this project. The staff was truly grateful to be a part of making the dream of home ownership a reality for Joseph and Lakery and their family.”

HMC Physician Affiliate Changes Name
HOLYOKE — The Holyoke Medical Center provider affiliate, Western Mass Physician Associates, announced it is changing the name to Holyoke Medical Group as of Oct. 1. Four years after launching a new organization-wide logo and rebranding campaign, the Holyoke Medical Center and Valley Health Systems leadership recognize the disconnect still perceived by patients between Holyoke Medical Center and Western Mass Physician Associates. “The name change will allow for the organization to have stronger brand awareness in the community,” said Spiros Hatiras, president and CEO of Holyoke Medical Center and Valley Health Systems. “The new name also releases the belief that all clinicians are doctors. The future success of healthcare relies not only on our excellent physicians, but on the growing number of mid-level providers, such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants, expertly qualified to care for our community.” Holyoke Medical Group consists of two primary-care provider offices, a family medicine office, a pediatric office, and three women’s services offices with ob/gyn and certified nurse midwife care. Each office location is accepting new patients.

Real Estate Transactions

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Real Estate

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

FRANKLIN COUNTY

ASHFIELD

32 Main St.
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $229,000
Buyer: Gillian Kelly
Seller: Gina M. Cunningham
Date: 07/31/18

126 North Warger Road
Ashfield, MA 01330
Amount: $384,500
Buyer: Theodore A. Toothaker
Seller: Craig T. Vettori
Date: 07/31/18

BERNARDSTON

15 Pine Grove Dr.
Bernardston, MA 01337
Amount: $255,900
Buyer: Anthony W. Holder
Seller: Charlyn F. Connolly
Date: 08/10/18

BUCKLAND

4 Cross St.
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $373,250
Buyer: William A. Graves
Seller: Todd Pease
Date: 07/31/18

6 Pomeroy Terrace
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Patricia A. Smythe
Seller: Kathleen M. Cunningham
Date: 07/31/18

12 Wellington St.
Buckland, MA 01338
Amount: $222,500
Buyer: Thomas Devon-Manning
Seller: Daryl A. Mccraw
Date: 08/10/18

CHARLEMONT

653 Legate Hill Road
Charlemont, MA 01339
Amount: $140,800
Buyer: JP Morgan Chase Bank
Seller: James Keegan
Date: 08/06/18

23 Mountain View Dr.
Charlemont, MA 01339
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Denis L. Kitchen
Seller: Gail A. Bissell TR
Date: 07/30/18

COLRAIN

2 Herzig Lane
Colrain, MA 01340
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Gary J. Herzig
Seller: Mark D. Laurence
Date: 07/31/18

DEERFIELD

194 Lower Road
Deerfield, MA 01342
Amount: $800,000
Buyer: Carl G. Burwick
Seller: Barry S. Isenstein
Date: 08/10/18

20 Sawmill Plain Road
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Michael E. Ciampa
Seller: Cohan, Rina, (Estate)
Date: 08/03/18

33 Thayer St.
Deerfield, MA 01373
Amount: $307,000
Buyer: Jason Viadero
Seller: Valley Building Co. Inc.
Date: 08/07/18

GREENFIELD

918 Bernardston Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $193,000
Buyer: Cody P. Cardaropoli
Seller: Joseph D. Stafford
Date: 08/02/18

2 Dunnell Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Glenn S. Macneil
Seller: Bonnie B. Pierce
Date: 08/02/18

56 Glenbrook Dr.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Mark Blanchette
Seller: Doerpholz, Carolyn J., (Estate)
Date: 08/01/18

19 Summer St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
Amount: $192,500
Buyer: Edwin J. Banash
Seller: Mark E. Langenback
Date: 08/10/18

HAWLEY

11 Hunt Road
Hawley, MA 01339
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Jacob R. Desrosiers
Seller: John Scott
Date: 08/10/18

LEVERETT

140 Dudleyville Road
Leverett, MA 01054
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Robert Barron
Seller: John Rathbun
Date: 08/08/18

66 Long Hill Road
Leverett, MA 01054
Amount: $525,000
Buyer: Janice Stamell
Seller: Stephen P. Coelen
Date: 07/30/18

LEYDEN

53 School Schoolhouse Road
Leyden, MA 01301
Amount: $244,000
Buyer: Timothy J. Haringa
Seller: Daniel J. Quinlan
Date: 07/31/18

MONTAGUE

2 Griswold St.
Montague, MA 01376
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Jamie L. Jackman
Seller: Melissa C. Kretchmar
Date: 08/02/18

NEW SALEM

78 North Main St.
New Salem, MA 01355
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Ryan D. Greeley
Seller: Daniel R. Greeley
Date: 08/02/18

NORTHFIELD

99 Birnam Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Craig D. Hefner
Seller: Joseph L. Platzner
Date: 08/03/18

25 Hidden Pond Lane
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Alexander J. Strysky
Seller: Steven L. Zakon-Anderson
Date: 08/03/18

389 Mount Hermon Station Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Roberto D. Naparstek
Seller: Christian F. Guertin
Date: 08/09/18

722-B Old Wendell Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Tyson C. Macknight
Seller: Shaun R. St.Clair
Date: 08/10/18

263-C Warwick Road
Northfield, MA 01360
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Peter M. Sibley
Seller: Michael D. Sibley
Date: 07/30/18

ORANGE

12 Anderwood Lane
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Frank J. Citino
Seller: Darrel L. Jarvis
Date: 07/30/18

180 Daniel Shays Hwy.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Jai Gayatri Maa LLC
Seller: Natvar J. Patel
Date: 08/03/18

405 East Main St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: James Gleason
Seller: George F. Clouatre
Date: 08/03/18

178 East River St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $129,900
Buyer: Mark P. Carey
Seller: Nancy Ferron
Date: 08/03/18

232 East River St.
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $154,000
Buyer: Forrest A. Calder
Seller: Forest, Thomas K., (Estate)
Date: 07/30/18

100 Eagleville Road
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $152,000
Buyer: Michelle M. Peters
Seller: MA&N RT
Date: 08/01/18

55 New Athol Road
Orange, MA 01364
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Edward B. Sullivan
Seller: David M. Boudreau
Date: 08/08/18

SHUTESBURY

118 Leonard Road
Shutesbury, MA 01072
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Andrea C. Dallas
Seller: Margaret G. Turgeon
Date: 08/10/18

WARWICK

16 South Holden Road
Warwick, MA 01378
Amount: $289,900
Buyer: Jean B. Haskell
Seller: Wayne A. Prohaska
Date: 07/30/18

WENDELL

143 Locke Hill Road
Wendell, MA 01379
Amount: $268,840
Buyer: Mark C. Bean
Seller: Michael A. Grillo
Date: 07/31/18

HAMPDEN COUNTY

AGAWAM

72 Anvil St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $416,000
Buyer: Claudine T. Wyner
Seller: Robert R. Houle
Date: 08/09/18

116 Barry St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $337,000
Buyer: Andrew R. Burns
Seller: Won G. Seo
Date: 08/01/18

74 Blairs Hill Road
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $399,900
Buyer: Jonathan Ryan
Seller: Michael H. Tremble
Date: 08/02/18

51 Faymore Dr.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $308,000
Buyer: Graham Boggis
Seller: David M. Prova
Date: 07/30/18

14 Kathy Terrace
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Sally L. Day
Seller: Gabriel F. Laviolette
Date: 08/10/18

17 Liswell Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $327,000
Buyer: Adam C. Nouwen
Seller: Keith D. Poirier
Date: 07/31/18

869 North St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $292,000
Buyer: Krystyna A. Menard
Seller: Jeffrey S. Allan
Date: 08/06/18

225 Poplar St.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $178,800
Buyer: Kyle R. Metcalfe
Seller: Chester A. Zymroz
Date: 07/30/18

37 Quail Hollow Road
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $232,500
Buyer: Charles A. Zaremba
Seller: James Evans
Date: 08/10/18

32 Reed St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $203,000
Buyer: Jaclyn A. Wright
Seller: Joan M. Gathro
Date: 07/31/18

108 River Road
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Kellee A. Line
Seller: Christopher D. Marble
Date: 07/31/18

24 Stevenson Lane
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $458,000
Buyer: Amy L. Martin
Seller: Scott Stein
Date: 08/10/18

16 Vernon St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: James C. Redfern
Seller: Thomas E. Burke
Date: 07/30/18

61 Warren St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Vincent Serignese
Seller: Edythe M. Brewster
Date: 08/03/18

5 Westford Circle
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $173,000
Buyer: Joseph R. Noonan
Seller: Sheila Sacco
Date: 08/10/18

41 Windermere Dr.
Agawam, MA 01030
Amount: $599,900
Buyer: Mohamad Borhot
Seller: Bretta Construction LLC
Date: 08/07/18

25 Wyman St.
Agawam, MA 01001
Amount: $202,000
Buyer: James W. Conway
Seller: Ann M. Garner
Date: 08/07/18

BLANDFORD

44 Nye Brook Road
Blandford, MA 01008
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Lisa M. Neveu
Seller: Elizabeth A. Jordt
Date: 07/31/18

BRIMFIELD

90 Paige Hill Road
Brimfield, MA 01010
Amount: $435,000
Buyer: Michael D. Jund
Seller: Richard R. Denniston
Date: 08/10/18

CHICOPEE

19 Arnold St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $197,000
Buyer: Chelsea R. Dunn
Seller: Malgorzata J. Kantianis
Date: 08/03/18

41 Belvidere St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Jeremy Saffer
Seller: Peter Braun
Date: 07/31/18

189 Bridle Path Road
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Marie T. Laflamme
Seller: Kimberly J. Laflamme
Date: 08/01/18

5-7 Bush Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $299,999
Buyer: Luis A. Lopez
Seller: Sarah Czerniak
Date: 08/09/18

172 Casey Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $237,500
Buyer: Michael J. Dearing
Seller: David R. King
Date: 07/31/18

107 Chester St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Marcelino Hernandez
Seller: Kevin M. Pouliot
Date: 08/02/18

356 Dale St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $151,738
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Nelson Roman
Date: 08/10/18

45 Donlyn Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $199,000
Buyer: Holly Nemeth
Seller: Kudla, Irene E., (Estate)
Date: 08/10/18

94 Ducharme Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $171,000
Buyer: Jonathan Lopez
Seller: Robert G. Cote
Date: 07/31/18

551 East St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $435,000
Buyer: Chois Property Management
Seller: East Elm Corp.
Date: 07/30/18

39 Fernwood St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $242,500
Buyer: Sara E. Lee
Seller: Aleksandr Govor
Date: 08/10/18

46 Leary Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $179,900
Buyer: Cory J. Rodgers
Seller: Linnea Majewicz
Date: 08/09/18

50 Leona Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Katie E. Roberts
Seller: Jessica A. Spear
Date: 07/30/18

170 Montcalm St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $183,000
Buyer: Stephanie E. Nunez
Seller: Katarzyna Kalisz
Date: 08/10/18

227 Rolf Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $174,000
Buyer: Michael B. Roy
Seller: Sophie Zielinski
Date: 07/30/18

67 Royalton St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $194,900
Buyer: Gerald D. Pratt
Seller: Scott Tucker
Date: 07/31/18

11 Sandra Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Angela Belieu
Seller: Joseph G. Daigle
Date: 07/30/18

153 Sesame Dr.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $273,000
Buyer: Sean P. McClelland
Seller: Lawrence Adamczyk
Date: 07/30/18

116 School St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Richard Harty
Seller: Max Cap Properties LLC
Date: 08/08/18

124 Stearns Terrace
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Tiana L. Cruz
Seller: Alfredo A. Cunha
Date: 07/31/18

61 Stebbins St.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Ronald L. Landry
Seller: Alfred A. Chagnon
Date: 07/30/18

16 Walton St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $151,300
Buyer: Jessica Dahlquist
Seller: Keith W. Dahlquist
Date: 08/01/18

54 Wanda St.
Chicopee, MA 01013
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Gregg W. Sutherland
Seller: Wolak, Michael J., (Estate)
Date: 08/02/18

Wheatland Ave.
Chicopee, MA 01020
Amount: $199,900
Buyer: Hector J. Rivera
Seller: Cichonski, Stephen S., (Estate)
Date: 08/03/18

EAST LONGMEADOW

21 Breezy Knoll Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $340,000
Buyer: Beth E. Welch
Seller: Theodore E. Wakem
Date: 08/03/18

6 Burt Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $129,000
Buyer: Wilmington Trust
Seller: Jennifer R. Douglas
Date: 07/31/18

39 Canterbury Circle
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $435,000
Buyer: Eric Coutinho
Seller: Rohit Singh
Date: 08/10/18

8 Cedar Hill Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $261,000
Buyer: Kendra Lemay
Seller: Patricia A. Wagner
Date: 07/31/18

25 Crescent Hill
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $202,000
Buyer: Christopher Buendo
Seller: Malcolm R. Schneider
Date: 07/31/18

55 Dearborn St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $182,500
Buyer: Kathleen M. Cutler
Seller: Dennis P. Cote
Date: 07/30/18

115 Elm St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $307,500
Buyer: Jason Whitaker
Seller: C. MacMonegle-Ekness
Date: 07/30/18

252 Elm St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $152,000
Buyer: Antonio J. Bordoni
Seller: Michael Lenares
Date: 07/31/18

23 High Pine Circle
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $413,000
Buyer: Joseph J. Giguere
Seller: Mauree McDonald-Tyburski
Date: 07/30/18

39 Maplehurst Ave.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Loretta H. Potter
Seller: Frank L. Dubuque
Date: 07/31/18

250 Pease Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $244,000
Buyer: Marc A. Maccarini
Seller: Carol M. Sergel
Date: 08/10/18

21 Robin St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $362,500
Buyer: Huy Q. Truong
Seller: Kristen D. Daley
Date: 07/31/18

9 Skyline Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $315,000
Buyer: Gennaro Dibenedetto
Seller: Deutsche Bank
Date: 08/03/18

101 Somers Road
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $164,000
Buyer: Sarah A. Knowlton
Seller: Somers Rd Properties LLC
Date: 07/31/18

36 Wellington Dr.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Amount: $499,000
Buyer: Marc R. Murphy
Seller: Beth E. Welch
Date: 08/03/18

GRANVILLE

122 Sodom St.
Granville, MA 01034
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Timothy Ryan
Seller: Ruby Realty LLC
Date: 07/30/18

HAMPDEN

400 South Road
Hampden, MA 01036
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Raymond J. Thibault
Seller: Scott R. Southworth
Date: 08/10/18

HOLLAND

10 Bernie Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $199,000
Buyer: Stephen Smith
Seller: Thomas A. Dubrey
Date: 07/31/18

20 Candlewood Dr.
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $238,000
Buyer: Thomas L. Regan
Seller: Timothy Haringa
Date: 08/07/18

22 Old Acres Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $278,000
Buyer: Christine J. Martin
Seller: Old Green Acres LLC
Date: 07/31/18

73 Stafford Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $215,000
Buyer: Denton R. Hutchens
Seller: James A. Boucher
Date: 08/07/18

40 Williams Road
Holland, MA 01521
Amount: $228,000
Buyer: Susan J. Winslow
Seller: Angela M. Talbot
Date: 08/02/18

HOLYOKE

33 Arthur St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Maria C. Medina
Seller: Cedar Investment Group
Date: 08/01/18

84 Bemis Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $251,000
Buyer: Robin M. Fasoli
Seller: Erica Morawski
Date: 08/10/18

90 Brookline Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Stephan Edel
Seller: James N. Chevalier
Date: 08/03/18

71 Ely St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Pennymac Holdings LLC
Seller: Darlene Davis
Date: 08/03/18

37-39 Florence Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $282,000
Buyer: Patrick B. Beaudry
Seller: Daniel E. Bogan
Date: 08/10/18

181 Linden St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $324,900
Buyer: Jodi Powers
Seller: Kirby N. Juengst
Date: 08/07/18

250 Madison Ave. West
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $233,000
Buyer: Elizabeth Labrocca
Seller: Ralph L. Cohen
Date: 07/31/18

2074 Northampton St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $246,000
Buyer: Jason L. Martinez
Seller: Donna W. Hoener
Date: 07/31/18

396 Pleasant St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $189,900
Buyer: Micha A. Broadnax
Seller: Antonio Lebron
Date: 07/30/18

37 Princeton St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $269,900
Buyer: Andrew S. Lape
Seller: Joseph Rosinski
Date: 07/30/18

Rock Valley Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: CIL Realty Of Mass Inc.
Seller: Daniel A. Bernard
Date: 07/31/18

136 Sheehan Dr.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Stanley O. Akula
Seller: Kaplan, Mary J., (Estate)
Date: 07/30/18

173 Southampton Road
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $435,000
Buyer: David R. Cunningham
Seller: Robert P. Kocher
Date: 07/31/18

275-279 Suffolk St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $575,000
Buyer: Yarland Properties LLC
Seller: Alfred J. Trombley
Date: 08/01/18

172 Sycamore St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Rebecca J. Downing
Seller: Ryan P. Murphy
Date: 08/06/18

LONGMEADOW

17 Andover Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $435,000
Buyer: James M. Minnix
Seller: 88 Casino Terrace LLC
Date: 08/10/18

13 Ferncroft St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $318,000
Buyer: Jonathan W. Moulton
Seller: Eric Coutinho
Date: 08/10/18

40 Edgemont St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $322,000
Buyer: Andrew H. Anton
Seller: Kimberly M. Maynard
Date: 07/30/18

50 Edgewood Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $382,000
Buyer: Daniel Salazar
Seller: John G. Ashe
Date: 07/31/18

208 Ellington Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $589,000
Buyer: Michael H. Tremble
Seller: Caitlin J. Cronin
Date: 08/02/18

46 Erskine Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $425,000
Buyer: Laxmitejaswi Mittapalli
Seller: Wilmington Savings
Date: 07/31/18

36 Falmouth Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $345,000
Buyer: Andrew A. Bolduc
Seller: Terry G. Shotland
Date: 08/02/18

611 Frank Smith Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $435,500
Buyer: Chang H. Choi
Seller: Abigail A. Vatrano
Date: 08/10/18

175 Franklin Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $420,000
Buyer: Benjamin P. Maynard
Seller: Mitchell I. Clionsky
Date: 07/30/18

386 Green Hill Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $965,000
Buyer: Brian K. Burke
Seller: James M. Brennan
Date: 07/31/18

34 Greenacre Ave.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $505,000
Buyer: William T. Mitchell
Seller: Ryan N. Shanks
Date: 07/30/18

107 Hopkins Place
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $381,000
Buyer: Michelle E. Moosbrugger
Seller: Richard Wilson
Date: 07/31/18

65 Longmeadow St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $430,000
Buyer: Julie H. Margetta-Morgan
Seller: Lisa A. Foster
Date: 08/03/18

690 Longmeadow St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $800,000
Buyer: Ryan N. Shanks
Seller: Mark S. Bean
Date: 07/30/18

77 Maple Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $399,900
Buyer: Walter A. Peters
Seller: Lawrence V. Schmitt
Date: 08/01/18

76 Meadowbrook Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $399,000
Buyer: Christopher R. Bernd
Seller: Ann J. Schupack
Date: 07/31/18

332 Pinewood Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $500,000
Buyer: Mark C. Oswanski
Seller: Michael F. Loonie
Date: 08/06/18

37 Tennyson Dr.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $563,000
Buyer: Meredith B. Hagaman
Seller: Ila K. Shebar
Date: 08/08/18

56 Warren Terrace
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $302,500
Buyer: Hem K. Pokharel
Seller: Thomas P. Kennedy
Date: 08/06/18

21 Wyndward Road
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Amount: $332,000
Buyer: Tanya M. Curry
Seller: Klein, Caroline K., (Estate)
Date: 07/31/18

LUDLOW

17 Barna St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Joaquim Simao
Seller: Rui Simao
Date: 07/31/18

188 Bridle Path Circle
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Robert A. Mathias
Seller: Carolyn Therrien
Date: 07/30/18

353 Fuller St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $313,400
Buyer: Daniel R. Askew
Seller: Atwater Investors Inc.
Date: 08/03/18

387 Holyoke St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $265,000
Buyer: Jorge Teixeira
Seller: Kevin S. McNamara
Date: 08/03/18

73 Laroche St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $197,500
Buyer: Richard G. Kneszewski
Seller: Katie L. Schebel
Date: 07/30/18

19 Letendre Ave.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $236,000
Buyer: Daniel J. Kennedy
Seller: Antonio Carvalho
Date: 08/10/18

128 Michael St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Reese B. Savoie
Seller: Laurent L. Beaudry
Date: 08/10/18

24 Pleasantview St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $207,000
Buyer: Mark P. Dooley
Seller: Josue I. Lopes
Date: 07/31/18

64 Prospect St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $156,500
Buyer: Tessa Cote
Seller: FNMA
Date: 08/06/18

129 Skyridge St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Dominic Fortini
Seller: John V. Fortini
Date: 08/01/18

764 West St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Joseph M. Bach
Seller: Chi L. Lysak
Date: 08/03/18

67 Yale St.
Ludlow, MA 01056
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Jose Ribeiro-Pires
Seller: Wells Fargo Bank
Date: 08/07/18

MONSON

10 Brimfield Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: John J. Maloney
Seller: Katherine H. O’Brien
Date: 08/09/18

14 Circle Dr.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $249,000
Buyer: Kristopher Longtin
Seller: Gina Dunn
Date: 08/10/18

30 Flynt Ave.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $193,000
Buyer: Meaghan M. Fortune
Seller: Russell N. Bergeron
Date: 08/10/18

21 High St.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Bank New York Mellon
Seller: Ann M. Becker
Date: 08/06/18

54 Hospital Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $219,000
Buyer: Erica L. Davis
Seller: Bernard R. Riley
Date: 07/31/18

100 Main St.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $247,000
Buyer: Steven E. Niquette
Seller: Paula L. Bednarski
Date: 07/30/18

11 Park Ave.
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $176,289
Buyer: Jeffrey S. Bacon
Seller: Erica L. Davis
Date: 07/31/18

168 Stafford Road
Monson, MA 01057
Amount: $206,000
Buyer: Joseph L. Provost
Seller: Bonnie A. Harrington
Date: 08/08/18

PALMER

124 Chudy St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Chance J. Plant
Seller: Gregory Gibbs
Date: 08/10/18

Foster St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $132,500
Buyer: Donald Wood
Seller: Robin M. Morin
Date: 08/03/18

104 Longview St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: Matthew E. Dacruz
Seller: Andreas O. Apenburg
Date: 08/10/18

2166-2168 Main St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $188,000
Buyer: MG&MG LLC
Seller: Jacqueline S. Henry
Date: 08/09/18

3137 Main St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $152,000
Buyer: Andrew Cienciwa
Seller: Shawn Galarneau
Date: 08/01/18

125 Mason St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Jonathan M. Janosz
Seller: Mary B. Tripp
Date: 07/31/18

20 Off Bourne St.
Palmer, MA 01080
Amount: $127,920
Buyer: USA HUD
Seller: Bank Of America
Date: 07/30/18

17 Old Farm Road
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Doreen Cunningham
Seller: Curtis G. Davis
Date: 08/06/18

1085 Pleasant St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Ruth C. O’Malley
Date: 08/07/18

120 State St.
Palmer, MA 01069
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Linda Walker-Martowski
Date: 08/06/18

SOUTHWICK

47 College Hwy.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Daniel Kozlov
Seller: United States Bankruptcy Court
Date: 08/10/18

3 Ferrin Dr.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $400,000
Buyer: Malgorzata J. Kantianis
Seller: Mabick TR
Date: 08/03/18

49 Lakeview St.
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $151,500
Buyer: Gregory E. Smith
Seller: Dale M. Tuczinski
Date: 08/03/18

25 Laurel Ridge Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $595,000
Buyer: Hanz J&F Gotzmann RET
Seller: James H. Busiere
Date: 08/01/18

5 Revere Road
Southwick, MA 01077
Amount: $221,500
Buyer: Christopher J. Kennedy
Seller: Christina L. Beaulieu
Date: 07/30/18

SPRINGFIELD

69 Abbott St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $169,900
Buyer: Larry Lizardi
Seller: Rachad Abou-Nemry
Date: 07/31/18

374-380 Allen St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: 374 Allen Street LLC
Seller: T&R Ianello LLC
Date: 07/31/18

159-161 Arnold Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Ana Duverge-Roy
Seller: Michael A. Torcia
Date: 08/08/18

59 Atwater Road
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Betsy Garcia
Seller: Robert M. Hastings
Date: 08/02/18

34-36 Beaudry St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Paul M. Cangialosi
Seller: Kevin S. McNamara
Date: 08/09/18

130-132 Belmont Ave.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $880,000
Buyer: Springfield Belmont LLC
Seller: 130 Belmont Avenue RT
Date: 08/01/18

23 Bevier St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $269,403
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Mary M. Vaughan
Date: 08/06/18

194 Bolton St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Kevin N. Kessler
Seller: Emily Kerswell
Date: 08/03/18

162 Bowles Park
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Sarah Dion
Seller: Jennifer A. Bertolasio
Date: 08/01/18

37 Bristol St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Frances Fernandez
Seller: Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity
Date: 08/01/18

155 Brookdale Dr.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $1,150,000
Buyer: Marcom Realty LLC
Seller: Raymond Pieczarka
Date: 08/08/18

30 Cambridge St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $192,000
Buyer: Orlando Perez
Seller: VIP Homes & Assocs. LLC
Date: 07/30/18

46 Canterbury Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $156,500
Buyer: Celese Andrea-Perez
Seller: AJN Rentals LLC
Date: 07/31/18

49 Carew Terrace
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $144,200
Buyer: Nicole McKee
Seller: Frank M. Decaro
Date: 08/10/18

77 Clough St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $119,000
Buyer: Letha A. Foreman
Seller: FNMA
Date: 07/30/18

144 Colorado St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Lindsey M. Hutchinson
Seller: Robert R. Balicki
Date: 08/10/18

116 Corcoran Blvd.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $158,000
Buyer: Samantha M. Rivera
Seller: Anthony J. Alvaro
Date: 07/30/18

175-177 Corthell St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $206,000
Buyer: Jose Baez-Ramos
Seller: Robert J. Schroeter
Date: 08/06/18

189-191 Corthell St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Dylan A. Chasse
Seller: Fumi Realty Inc.
Date: 08/03/18

126 Croyden Terrace
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $151,771
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Eduardo Diaz
Date: 08/06/18

55 Crown St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $141,900
Buyer: Yanira Brito
Seller: Luu Nguyen
Date: 07/30/18

27 Dayton St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Smails LLC
Seller: James J. Ianello
Date: 08/02/18

7 Dorchester St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Yvette M. Holt
Seller: Christopher T. Carroll
Date: 07/31/18

82 Duggan Circle
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Adrian Ortiz
Seller: Kimberly L. Hayes
Date: 07/31/18

138 Dwight Road
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Mariann Lorenzo
Seller: Angel Mojica
Date: 08/10/18

29 Dwight Road
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: Marelin Valazquez
Seller: Shu Cheng
Date: 08/06/18

277 Edendale St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Miguel DeJesus
Seller: Scott R. Abar
Date: 07/31/18

114 Ellsworth Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $127,330
Buyer: Timothy Perkins
Seller: William B. Pass
Date: 08/08/18

52 Emily St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Ivonne L. Capo-Baez
Seller: Alan L. Beaudry
Date: 07/31/18

84 Farnsworth St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $153,000
Buyer: Gerald R. Russo
Seller: Michael Wallace
Date: 07/30/18

18 Fenway Dr.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Haji Reed
Seller: Kathryn M. Giguere
Date: 07/30/18

87 Francis St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Melissa J. Grochmal
Seller: Krystyna A. Menard
Date: 08/09/18

36 Gatewood Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $144,000
Buyer: Rayna M. Brown
Seller: US Bank
Date: 08/08/18

90 Gardens Dr.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $116,001
Buyer: Veritas RT
Seller: US Bank
Date: 08/01/18

96 Garfield St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $144,000
Buyer: Luis M. Rodriguez
Seller: Patricia H. Melenkivitz
Date: 07/30/18

492 Gifford St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Benjamin Alamo
Date: 08/03/18

182 Gilbert Ave.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $160,000
Buyer: Marie C. Moise
Seller: Rebekah Carter
Date: 08/01/18

16 Glendell Terrace
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $136,500
Buyer: Iris J. Torres
Seller: SLC Associates LLC
Date: 08/08/18

Gresham St.
Springfield, MA 01101
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Bretta Construction LLC
Seller: Leora F. Cosenzi
Date: 08/01/18

240 Gresham St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Ruby Realty LLC
Seller: Lawrence M. Maina
Date: 08/08/18

17 Groton St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $139,500
Buyer: Luis A. Aguilar
Seller: Russell V. Jenkins
Date: 08/01/18

140-142 Hampshire St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Paul M. Cangialosi
Seller: Kevin S. McNamara
Date: 08/09/18

60 Hatch St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $152,500
Buyer: Leslie Rivera
Seller: Sally L. Day
Date: 08/10/18

77-79 Humbert St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Gary M. Gaudette
Seller: Maria J. Navarro
Date: 08/07/18

11 Intervale Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $126,597
Buyer: Short4u RT
Seller: JP Morgan Chase Bank
Date: 07/31/18

26 Irvington St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $223,000
Buyer: Kelsey Strouse
Seller: William Raleigh
Date: 07/31/18

182 Jasper St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $117,500
Buyer: Vitaliy V. Gladysh
Seller: Mid Island Mortgage Corp.
Date: 08/02/18

81 Joanne Road
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Roybet Matias
Seller: Bretta Construction LLC
Date: 07/31/18

31-33 Kamuda St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Paul M. Cangialosi
Seller: Kevin S. McNamara
Date: 08/09/18

36 Kenway Dr.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $199,900
Buyer: Robert Brandon
Seller: Rebecca D. Stout
Date: 07/31/18

38 Lakevilla Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $172,000
Buyer: Kristofer Kulzer
Seller: Erica M. Floyd
Date: 08/03/18

181 Lamont St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Bretta Construction LLC
Seller: Leora F. Cosenzi
Date: 08/01/18

112 Leavitt St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Bianca Polk
Seller: Devon Boreland
Date: 08/03/18

44 Lorenzo St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $132,000
Buyer: Kenneth J. Proulx
Seller: Kenneth Guzzo
Date: 08/10/18

54 Lorimer St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Patricia A. Carbone
Seller: Juan C. Cruz
Date: 08/03/18

89-91 Lyons St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $135,000
Buyer: Tomas V. Guerra
Seller: Celeste M. Silva
Date: 08/06/18

182 Main St.
Springfield, MA 01151
Amount: $125,000
Buyer: Matadormus LLC
Seller: Carlos Porfirio
Date: 07/30/18

102 Maplewood Terrace
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $206,000
Buyer: Christopher J. Curtis
Seller: Daniel Rodriguez
Date: 08/08/18

121-123 Massachusetts Ave.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $187,000
Buyer: Brady Appolon
Seller: Sandra Boreland
Date: 07/31/18

9-11 Massasoit PlACE
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $118,000
Buyer: Amat Victoria Curam LLC
Seller: Angel M. Santiago
Date: 08/07/18

29 Maybrook Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Anne Anetzberger-Kroisi
Seller: Resilient Investments LLC
Date: 08/08/18

15 Mountainview St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Joseph Wells
Seller: Josiah Friedberg
Date: 08/03/18

58 Murray Hill Ave.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $140,000
Buyer: Jose L. Diaz
Seller: Eliseo Gerena
Date: 08/10/18

106 Naismith St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $232,000
Buyer: James K. Githiri
Seller: Hellen B. Lugalia
Date: 07/31/18

294 Naismith St.
Springfield, MA 01101
Amount: $330,000
Buyer: Michelle Shilasi
Seller: Bretta Construction LLC
Date: 08/08/18

151 Newhouse St.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Keith Dahlquist
Seller: Kristopher N. Longtin
Date: 08/10/18

18 Osgood St.
Springfield, MA 01107
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Samuel Martinez
Seller: Cecilio Rivera
Date: 07/31/18

75 Palo Alto Road
Springfield, MA 01128
Amount: $203,000
Buyer: Matthew J. Grippo
Seller: Mendes, Doris F., (Estate)
Date: 07/30/18

384 Parker St.
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $138,500
Buyer: Javier Rodriguez
Seller: Thomas A. Peterson
Date: 07/30/18

101 Pembroke St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $164,500
Buyer: Gabrielle Bey
Seller: Kevin Tessier
Date: 08/07/18

43 Pine Acre Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Christine M. Bednarz
Seller: Luis Casiano
Date: 08/03/18

176 Quincy St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $127,000
Buyer: Dorrett A. Dawes-Gobay
Seller: Francisco M. Ramos
Date: 08/03/18

Ramblewood Dr.
Springfield, MA 01101
Amount: $236,000
Buyer: Samuel Sevelo
Seller: Kristin A. Puleo
Date: 07/31/18

54 Randolph St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $206,010
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Patricia A. Grattan
Date: 08/01/18

89 Ravenwood St.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Axelmma V. Martinez
Seller: Cheryl W. Moore
Date: 07/31/18

55 Rochelle St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Arthur Navarro
Seller: LW Development LLC
Date: 08/10/18

89 Roosevelt Ave.
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $190,000
Buyer: Daniel W. Shannon
Seller: Eileen B. Manley
Date: 08/08/18

34 Rosemary Dr.
Springfield, MA 01119
Amount: $178,000
Buyer: Gabriel Serrano
Seller: Corey A. Chenevert
Date: 07/31/18

165 Rosewell St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $156,000
Buyer: Western Mass. Properties Developers
Seller: Nolava LLC
Date: 08/09/18

82-84 Santa Barbara St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: Ashleen Lopez
Seller: Jose A. Lisboa
Date: 07/31/18

15 Spence St.
Springfield, MA 01104
Amount: $142,500
Buyer: Joseph Czerapowicz
Seller: Couture, Carol B., (Estate)
Date: 07/31/18

1464 State St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: AJN Rentals LLC
Seller: MNJ LLC
Date: 08/02/18

State St. (NS)
Springfield, MA 01101
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: AJN Rentals LLC
Seller: MNJ LLC
Date: 08/02/18

64 Surrey Road
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $171,900
Buyer: Christina Ortiz
Seller: DPB Equinox LLC
Date: 08/07/18

77 Trafton Road
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $143,000
Buyer: Zenobia L. McCray
Seller: Deshia A. Horton
Date: 07/31/18

35-37 Webber St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $229,000
Buyer: Mabeline Velez
Seller: Kelly Connors
Date: 08/06/18

68 Westbank Court
Springfield, MA 01118
Amount: $185,058
Buyer: FNMA
Seller: Douglas G. White
Date: 08/09/18

173 Westminster St.
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $182,000
Buyer: Patricia Planas
Seller: AAD LLC
Date: 08/03/18

46-48 Whittier St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Pioneer Housing LLC
Seller: Robert J. Schroeter
Date: 08/08/18

509 Wilbraham Road
Springfield, MA 01109
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Michael J. Dias Foundation
Seller: Craig J. Difranco
Date: 08/03/18

2303 Wilbraham Road
Springfield, MA 01129
Amount: $236,000
Buyer: Jolene Charles
Seller: US Bank
Date: 07/31/18

48 Wilmont St.
Springfield, MA 01108
Amount: $162,000
Buyer: Cindy Guzman
Seller: Luis Velazquez
Date: 08/10/18

WALES

94 Monson Road
Wales, MA 01081
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Glenn A. Holmes
Seller: Shawn R. Howe
Date: 08/03/18

WEST SPRINGFIELD

104 Baldwin St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Jibber Holdings LLC
Seller: Joseph Batakis
Date: 07/30/18

59 Beauview Terrace
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Austn T. Lyne
Seller: Mark T. Lyne
Date: 08/03/18

126 Dorwin Dr.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Kevin A. Kerr
Seller: Sweeney, Raymond J., (Estate)
Date: 08/09/18

50 East Gooseberry Road
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Eric F. Tasakovic
Seller: James Conway
Date: 08/06/18

74 Forris St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $194,900
Buyer: Jessica L. Andia
Seller: Anne E. Davidson
Date: 08/02/18

24 Jensen Circle
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Ilya Okhrimenko
Seller: FNMA
Date: 07/31/18

75 Larchwood St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $230,000
Buyer: Jennifer L. Stephenson
Seller: Phillip G. Hannah
Date: 08/08/18

106 Lewis Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $228,000
Buyer: Keith E. Barrington
Seller: Linda S. Stephens
Date: 08/03/18

125 Maple St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $180,000
Buyer: David J. Schwede
Seller: Nicholas W. Barker
Date: 08/10/18

89 Meadowbrook Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Thomas A. Ferraro
Seller: Carla Ryan
Date: 08/02/18

170 Morton St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Alaa Albaghdadi
Seller: Raymond Rioux
Date: 07/31/18

70 Mount Pleasant Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $239,000
Buyer: Diane C. Parmenter
Seller: Passerini, Harold M., (Estate)
Date: 07/30/18

54 Norman St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $127,500
Buyer: Bank New York Mellon
Seller: Gary L. Yard
Date: 08/06/18

333 Ohio Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: West Co Investments LLC
Seller: Dowd, Mary Austin C., (Estate)
Date: 08/03/18

44 Pine St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $152,000
Buyer: Angel A. Canales
Seller: Angela Misischia
Date: 07/31/18

320 Prospect Ave.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $174,661
Buyer: CIG 4 LLC
Seller: Marcie E. Lyons
Date: 08/01/18

41 Silver St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $200,000
Buyer: Nicholas W. Barker
Seller: Matthew Bienia
Date: 08/10/18

44 West St.
West Springfield, MA 01089
Amount: $399,000
Buyer: Hussein Tasayev
Seller: Englewood Land Holdings
Date: 08/10/18

WESTFIELD

44 Bennett Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $290,000
Buyer: David J. Kelsey
Seller: Thomas Sullivan
Date: 08/03/18

11 Bush St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $145,000
Buyer: Joseph Busby
Seller: Robert N. Tingley
Date: 08/09/18

11 Cherry St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Manosh Darjee
Seller: Vadim Plotnikov
Date: 08/10/18

59 Flynn Meadow Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $454,000
Buyer: James H. Busiere
Seller: Alan Dietrich
Date: 08/01/18

80 Highland Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Samantha B. Zamboni
Seller: Michael P. Sadowski
Date: 07/31/18

8 Irene Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $264,900
Buyer: James R. Heenehan
Seller: Andrew R. Knights
Date: 07/31/18

1 Kelly Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $410,000
Buyer: Nicholas D. Amanti
Seller: Parviz Ansari
Date: 07/30/18

109 Little River Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $223,500
Buyer: Luis R. Aguaiza-Paredez
Seller: Michelle L. Janke
Date: 07/31/18

98 Main St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $188,000
Buyer: Paul J. Hentnick
Seller: Therese C. Hentnick
Date: 08/03/18

181 Main St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $284,623
Buyer: US Bank
Seller: Antonio Gonzales
Date: 07/31/18

133 North Elm St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $143,000
Buyer: Stephanie M. Morris
Seller: Ronald L. Queipo
Date: 08/06/18

85 Otis St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $196,000
Buyer: Oleg Dimov
Seller: Gabino Castro
Date: 08/03/18

42 Northridge Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $302,000
Buyer: Jeffrey S. Allan
Seller: Kristen R. Quinn
Date: 08/06/18

1 Park St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $165,000
Buyer: Alec F. Leavitt
Seller: Della Ripa Real Estate
Date: 08/10/18

19 Pheasant Dr.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: David S. Garcia
Seller: Anthony J. Georger
Date: 07/31/18

41 Pinewood Lane
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $188,600
Buyer: Kyle J. Silva
Seller: James D. Adams
Date: 08/06/18

131 Reservoir Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $229,900
Buyer: Thomas M. Johnson
Seller: Steven J. Sheldon
Date: 08/01/18

76 Ridgecrest Circle
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Stephen J. Silansky
Seller: Raymond L. Rossi
Date: 08/03/18

67 Roosevelt Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $198,000
Buyer: Jessica L. Campbell
Seller: Kelly M. Getto
Date: 08/10/18

586 Southampton Road
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $177,500
Buyer: Thomas J. McCarthy
Seller: Beck, John J., (Estate)
Date: 07/31/18

762 Western Ave.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Brian A. Oleksak
Seller: Stacia T. Cascio
Date: 08/10/18

25 William St.
Westfield, MA 01085
Amount: $152,898
Buyer: Brandon F. Hills
Seller: Deborah A. McLaughlin
Date: 08/02/18

WILBRAHAM

20 Bartlett Ave.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $240,875
Buyer: Connor J. Mooney
Seller: Edward P. Smith
Date: 08/06/18

2205 Boston Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $219,900
Buyer: Ambro Development LLC
Seller: Thomas L. Bretta
Date: 08/07/18

2417 Boston Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $550,000
Buyer: 2417 Boston Road LLC
Seller: Judy Buckeye
Date: 08/07/18

37 Brookside Dr.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $252,000
Buyer: Rene A. Romero
Seller: William W. Porter
Date: 08/06/18

21 Herrick Place
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $550,000
Buyer: Brian P. O’Connor
Seller: Patrick J. Brady
Date: 07/31/18

19 Maple St.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $499,000
Buyer: Megan M. Semple
Seller: Gary P. Kendrick
Date: 07/31/18

8 South Colonial Road
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $235,000
Buyer: Mark S. France
Seller: Yvette M. Jensen 2014 RET
Date: 08/10/18

9 Willow Brook Lane
Wilbraham, MA 01095
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Thomas J. Davis
Seller: Custom Homes Development
Date: 07/31/18

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

AMHERST

57 Berkshire Terrace
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $475,000
Buyer: Raphael E. Arku
Seller: Stella S. Offner
Date: 07/30/18

35 Canton Ave.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $522,500
Buyer: Geraldine Grant-Hansen
Seller: Joslad & Assocs. PC
Date: 07/31/18

205 East Pleasant St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $450,000
Buyer: Anna P. Goldstein
Seller: Robin S. Karson
Date: 08/10/18

978 East Pleasant St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $127,000
Buyer: Aaron Shragge
Seller: Charles C. Mann
Date: 08/02/18

96 Farview Way
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $490,000
Buyer: Josna E. Rege
Seller: Bette D. Goldsmith RET
Date: 08/06/18

69 Grantwood Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $346,000
Buyer: Adam Lau
Seller: Charlie M. Wang
Date: 08/09/18

157 High St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $446,500
Buyer: Jane Degenhardt
Seller: Dennis G. Searcy
Date: 08/01/18

18 Hillcrest Place
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $355,000
Buyer: Keith T. Metzger
Seller: Amber Horning-Ruf
Date: 07/31/18

204 Lincoln Ave.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $645,000
Buyer: Pari Riahi
Seller: Philip S. Jackson
Date: 08/02/18

11 Overlook Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $336,000
Buyer: Preston Dortch
Seller: Mario Parente
Date: 07/30/18

33 Pokeberry Ridge
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $450,000
Buyer: Sharon S. Carty
Seller: John F. Edwards
Date: 08/02/18

143 Pondview Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Rachid Skouta
Seller: Alison L. McCoy
Date: 08/02/18

88 Rambling Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $530,000
Buyer: Caiping Yao
Seller: Karen S. Bonneau
Date: 07/30/18

15 Sherry Circle
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $950,000
Buyer: Robert Dufresne
Seller: Jean Jones Beard RT
Date: 08/03/18

26 Shumway St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Tip Up LLC
Seller: Naka J. Ishii
Date: 07/30/18

126 Shutesbury Road
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $675,000
Buyer: Nathan T. Wilson
Seller: Barbara A. Tinker
Date: 08/01/18

715 South East St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $410,000
Buyer: Julius Menn & D. Sagner TR
Seller: Debra L. Jacobson
Date: 08/02/18

11 Thistle Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $339,000
Buyer: Ya Z. Rote
Seller: Mary E. Knightly
Date: 08/07/18

178 West Pomeroy Lane
Amherst, MA 01002
Amount: $342,000
Buyer: Erold K. Bailey
Seller: Amber G. Young
Date: 08/06/18

BELCHERTOWN

540 Michael Sears Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $130,000
Buyer: Stephen Fellers
Seller: Debra A. Benoit
Date: 08/01/18

165 Munsell St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Gregory Gibbs
Seller: Raymond O. Malenfant
Date: 08/10/18

90 North Liberty St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $260,000
Buyer: Ronald O. Pare
Seller: Alfred Bates
Date: 08/02/18

16 Old Bay Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $437,000
Buyer: Stefan C. Gonick
Seller: William P. Dendor
Date: 08/10/18

235 Old Enfield Road
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $231,000
Buyer: Brian P. Kosiorek
Seller: Suzanne M. Larro
Date: 07/31/18

49 Orchard St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $370,000
Buyer: Todd R. Butynski
Seller: Keith J. McConnell
Date: 08/08/18

27 Sherwood Dr.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $253,000
Buyer: Andrew L. Cook
Seller: Rosary M. Canham-Blair
Date: 08/06/18

154 South St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $270,000
Buyer: Craig M. Schoen
Seller: Michael T. Schmidt
Date: 08/10/18

255 State St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $210,000
Buyer: Jonathan A. Szwajkowski
Seller: Lauren M. Lacedra
Date: 08/10/18

33 Summit St.
Belchertown, MA 01007
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: Michael Nolden
Seller: Dana S. Kearns
Date: 07/30/18

CHESTERFIELD

153 Damon Pond Road
Chesterfield, MA 01012
Amount: $283,000
Buyer: Michael Leff
Seller: Barbara J. Sullivan FT
Date: 07/31/18

CUMMINGTON

13 Potash Hill Road
Cummington, MA 01026
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Steven Lord
Seller: Carol R. Stevenson
Date: 08/07/18

EASTHAMPTON

44 Ashley Circle
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $429,500
Buyer: Alan Dietrich
Seller: Brenda A. Linnell
Date: 08/01/18

59 Briggs St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Rebecca Connolly
Seller: Mark Delisle
Date: 07/31/18

5 Chapman Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $535,000
Buyer: ZLS LLC
Seller: Michael C. Baer
Date: 08/03/18

15 Howard Ave.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $263,500
Buyer: David J. Gleason
Seller: Kevin E. Balicki
Date: 08/01/18

8 Kania St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $251,345
Buyer: Alison L. McCoy
Seller: Michael P. Witzing
Date: 08/03/18

9 Melinda Lane
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $329,900
Buyer: Lauren Isherwood
Seller: Eugene H. Callahan
Date: 08/10/18

20 Melinda Lane
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $252,000
Buyer: James F. Wells
Seller: New England Remodeling
Date: 07/31/18

116 Park St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Michelle R. Warren
Seller: Joseph G. Lafreniere
Date: 08/10/18

29 Plain St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: William R. Vanoudenhove
Seller: Vanoudenhove, Mary J., (Estate)
Date: 08/09/18

41 South St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $155,000
Buyer: Mitchell J. Korn
Seller: Rebecca A. O’Neill
Date: 07/31/18

7 Union Court
Easthampton, MA 01027
Amount: $219,000
Buyer: Colin J. Hoyt
Seller: Joseph C. Ryan
Date: 07/31/18

GOSHEN

19 Aberdeen Road
Goshen, MA 01032
Amount: $500,000
Buyer: Deborah G. Eaton
Seller: Paul L. Holt
Date: 08/08/18

16 Circle Dr.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $249,000
Buyer: Derek E. Kerns
Seller: Lois A. Pare
Date: 08/01/18

60 Main St.
Goshen, MA 01032
Amount: $185,000
Buyer: Luke Felten
Seller: Justin R. Lebeau
Date: 07/31/18

269 Old Goshen Road
Goshen, MA 01096
Amount: $325,000
Buyer: John F. Doyle
Seller: David T. Lashway
Date: 08/06/18

9 Pinebrook Circle
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Jose C. Morales
Seller: Carolyn Messier
Date: 07/30/18

GRANBY

5 Mary Lyon Dr.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $340,000
Buyer: Richard Boone
Seller: Christopher J. McCurdy
Date: 08/10/18

157 Taylor St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $377,500
Buyer: Ronald R. Leombruno
Seller: Pamela Dougherty
Date: 08/09/18

8 Truby St.
Granby, MA 01033
Amount: $239,000
Buyer: Audra Vitale
Seller: Amy H. Hudson
Date: 08/09/18

HADLEY

53 Bay Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $320,000
Buyer: Valerie Hood
Seller: Jason M. Kicza
Date: 08/03/18

14 Breckenridge Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $262,000
Buyer: Elizabeth Perkins
Seller: Maria A. Holguin
Date: 08/08/18

3 Joelle Terrace
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $401,000
Buyer: Xiaoying Li
Seller: Brian R. Umberger
Date: 07/31/18

22 Laurel Dr.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $360,000
Buyer: Jennifer Friedman
Seller: Samuel W. Crompton
Date: 07/30/18

24 Maple Ave.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $358,888
Buyer: Sharon M. Dion
Seller: No Place Like Home Properties
Date: 08/02/18

77 Mount Warner Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $382,500
Buyer: Cheryl A. Flynn
Seller: Royer 2013 IRT
Date: 08/07/18

86 Mount Warner Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $350,000
Buyer: Page Railsback
Seller: Historical Enterprises
Date: 08/10/18

2 Nikkis Way
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $710,000
Buyer: Christine M. Tougas
Seller: Bercume Construction LLC
Date: 07/30/18

177 River Dr.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $385,000
Buyer: Anthony A. Pipczynski
Seller: Jeffrey S. Rothenberg
Date: 08/01/18

22 River Dr.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $379,900
Buyer: Cameron N. Musco
Seller: Jessica L. Jeannenot
Date: 07/31/18

69 Rocky Hill Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $295,000
Buyer: Tyler K. Rhodes
Seller: Kevin E. Quashie
Date: 07/31/18

189 Russell St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $1,650,000
Buyer: CBR Realty Corp
Seller: Lacomb Holdings LLC
Date: 08/09/18

322 Russell St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $700,000
Buyer: Robert Salvini
Seller: Mary E. Salvini
Date: 07/31/18

37 Spruce Hill Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $257,000
Buyer: Alexei Levine
Seller: Morin, Sarah M., (Estate)
Date: 08/01/18

130 West St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: G&K Rentals LLC
Seller: Green Tree Family LP
Date: 08/01/18

HATFIELD

7 Elm Court
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $289,900
Buyer: Jamie M. Paciorek
Seller: Barbara E. Folan
Date: 07/31/18

30 Elm St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $255,000
Buyer: John Orbison-Weinert
Seller: Keith Metzger
Date: 07/31/18

63 King St.
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $425,000
Buyer: Thomas J. Woodside
Seller: Bonney A. Brown
Date: 08/03/18

Old Stage Road
Hatfield, MA 01038
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: Paul J. Dauteuil
Seller: Delbert C. Glover
Date: 08/10/18

HUNTINGTON

1 County Road
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Aaron Bassette
Seller: Richard D. Dodd
Date: 07/31/18

3 Pleasant St.
Huntington, MA 01050
Amount: $174,900
Buyer: Lyle L. Congdon
Seller: Robert W. Thayer
Date: 08/07/18

MIDDLEFIELD

185 Town Hill Road
Middlefield, MA 01243
Amount: $147,000
Buyer: Gail P. Rivers-Crabtree
Seller: Mary White
Date: 08/10/18

NORTHAMPTON

94 Autumn Dr.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $214,950
Buyer: Kelley Wagner
Seller: Samantha I. Dana
Date: 08/06/18

310 Bridge Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Laura Dushame-Dunphy
Seller: Shaw IRT
Date: 08/06/18

754 Bridge Road
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $227,000
Buyer: Richard E. Jaescke
Seller: Michael J. Susco
Date: 07/31/18

191 Brookside Circle
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $170,000
Buyer: Dale M. Jones
Seller: Sarah Saslow-Poudrier
Date: 08/08/18

169 Elm St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $480,000
Buyer: Benjamin L. Leonard
Seller: Felix W. Borawski TR
Date: 08/10/18

66 Emily Lane
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $534,000
Buyer: A. C. Vonrosenbach-Torbeke
Seller: Peter J. Smith
Date: 07/31/18

80 Forbes Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $420,000
Buyer: Ralph W. Halsey
Seller: Daniel M. Filler
Date: 08/06/18

22 Fort Hill Terrace
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $425,000
Buyer: Elizabeth A. Budd
Seller: Jeremy F. Hartman
Date: 08/08/18

45 Fort Hill Terrace
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $447,500
Buyer: Milene Ribas-Avila
Seller: 45 Fort Hill Terrace LLC
Date: 08/08/18

7 Golden Dr.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $319,000
Buyer: Yanlong Guo
Seller: Lisa S. Lippiello RET
Date: 07/31/18

12 Grandview St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $240,000
Buyer: Maureen A. Yargeau
Seller: Laura M. Larson
Date: 07/30/18

4 Linden St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $572,500
Buyer: Ayana Morse
Seller: Stacey E. Robison
Date: 08/01/18

29 Longview Dr.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $225,000
Buyer: Shelley N. Capeloto
Seller: Slack Properties LLC
Date: 08/10/18

396 Loudville Road
Northampton, MA 01027
Amount: $255,500
Buyer: Virginia Cruickshank
Seller: Virginia E. VanScoy RET
Date: 07/31/18

44 Market St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $253,500
Buyer: Jane M. Riley
Seller: Marianna Mckim
Date: 08/02/18

906 North King St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $245,000
Buyer: Mary A. Jenkins
Seller: Albert P. Cordner
Date: 08/09/18

243 Park Hill Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $728,500
Buyer: Natalia C. Zuman
Seller: Michael J. Roy
Date: 07/31/18

9 Park St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $576,000
Buyer: Elizabeth A. Bolton
Seller: Patricia Sweetser
Date: 08/01/18

83 Spring St.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Hannoush Buys Houses LLC
Seller: Janet L. Berube
Date: 08/02/18

98 State St.
Northampton, MA 01060
Amount: $485,000
Buyer: Andrew R. Kitto
Seller: Jeffrey M. Barron
Date: 07/30/18

19 Upland Road
Northampton, MA 01053
Amount: $305,000
Buyer: Melissa A. Leonhardt
Seller: David J. Gleason
Date: 08/01/18

539 Westhampton Road
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $279,000
Buyer: Jeffrey Dawson
Seller: Tashi Youdon
Date: 08/01/18

16 Winslow Ave.
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Daniel B. Krassner
Seller: Flippin Good Home Buyers
Date: 08/03/18

77 Winterberry Lane
Northampton, MA 01062
Amount: $545,000
Buyer: Michael W. Howard
Seller: Laura R. Beck
Date: 07/30/18

PLAINFIELD

53 Hallockville Road
Plainfield, MA 01070
Amount: $166,250
Buyer: Molly T. Beinfeld
Seller: Molly T. Beinfeld
Date: 07/31/18

SOUTH HADLEY

Amherst Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $387,000
Buyer: Skinner Woods LLC
Seller: Petes RT
Date: 08/03/18

9 Atwood Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $230,500
Buyer: Maura Campbell
Seller: Christopher S. Woods
Date: 08/09/18

34 Bardwell St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Curtis B. Wiemann
Seller: Sarita A. Graveline
Date: 08/02/18

11 Berwyn Street Ext
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $274,000
Buyer: David M. Laliberte
Seller: PCI Construction Inc.
Date: 08/01/18

52 Bolton St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $115,000
Buyer: RB Homes LLC
Seller: Vanessa M. Boyington
Date: 08/03/18

6 Briar Spring Lane
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $450,000
Buyer: Todd B. Bullough
Seller: Ellen Chircop
Date: 08/02/18

15 Bunker Hill
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $147,500
Buyer: Vitaliy V. Gladysh
Seller: US Bank
Date: 08/01/18

40 Chestnut Hill Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $367,000
Buyer: Matthew G. Gulbrandsen
Seller: Todd B. Bullough
Date: 08/02/18

48 College View Heights
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $280,000
Buyer: Christopher S. Woods
Seller: Hamilton Doherty
Date: 08/02/18

34 Dartmouth St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $241,570
Buyer: Timothy R. Greaney
Seller: NSP Residential LLC
Date: 07/31/18

3 Ethan Circle
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $120,000
Buyer: James P. Talarico
Seller: Ethan L. Bagg
Date: 08/07/18

564 Granby Road
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $250,000
Buyer: Janet Cabrera
Seller: Kenneth L. Labonte
Date: 08/10/18

8 Lyman St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $219,900
Buyer: Johnathan J. Vaughan
Seller: Eeps LLC
Date: 08/09/18

85 Pearl St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $205,000
Buyer: Kristin Tetrault
Seller: John J. O’Neill
Date: 07/31/18

22 Tampa St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $220,000
Buyer: Kathleen M. Beresky
Seller: E&N Laliberte LLC
Date: 07/30/18

27 Waite Ave.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Amount: $285,000
Buyer: Brian Phillips
Seller: William Rokowski
Date: 07/31/18

SOUTHAMPTON

34 Bissonnette Circle
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $475,000
Buyer: Amber L. Mish
Seller: John Cain
Date: 08/06/18

40 High St.
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $379,000
Buyer: Ian A. Megraw
Seller: Kristen L. Mecca
Date: 08/10/18

62 Line St.
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $309,000
Buyer: Dennis C. Radford
Seller: Steaphan G. Mish
Date: 08/03/18

23 Noreen Dr.
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Jacob Laprade
Seller: Sarah H. Lavertue
Date: 07/31/18

4 Noreen Dr.
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $229,900
Buyer: Daniel J. Quinlan
Seller: Richard A. Hebert
Date: 07/31/18

4 Pine Wood Dr.
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $510,000
Buyer: Cynthia Macbain RET
Seller: Bruce W. Szepelak
Date: 08/09/18

7 Rattle Hill Road
Southampton, MA 01073
Amount: $275,000
Buyer: Matthew C. Landry
Seller: Lafontaine, Sophie L., (Estate)
Date: 07/30/18

WARE

10 Dunham Ave.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $122,550
Buyer: Michael J. Keddy
Seller: Nationstar Mortgage LLC
Date: 07/31/18

10 Eddy St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Arnaldo Vigil-Flores
Seller: Shelley A. Pratt
Date: 08/08/18

4 Eddy St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Arnaldo Vigil-Flores
Seller: Shelley A. Pratt
Date: 08/08/18

6 Eddy St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $195,000
Buyer: Arnaldo Vigil-Flores
Seller: Shelley A. Pratt
Date: 08/08/18

129 Gre
enwich Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $175,000
Buyer: MTGLQ Investors LP
Seller: Robert F. Gardner
Date: 08/09/18

24 Kelly Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $132,500
Buyer: Donald Wood
Seller: Robin M. Morin
Date: 08/03/18

16 Murphy Road
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $150,000
Buyer: Gene E. Birk
Seller: Gene E. Birk
Date: 08/01/18

146 Upper Church St.
Ware, MA 01082
Amount: $241,000
Buyer: Jack A. Fowler
Seller: David A. Ostrosky
Date: 08/03/18

WILLIAMSBURG

36 Hyde Hill Road
Williamsburg, MA 01096
Amount: $269,000
Buyer: Craig Tully
Seller: Nancy E. Braxton
Date: 08/10/18

WESTHAMPTON

44 Burt Road
Westhampton, MA 01027
Amount: $359,000
Buyer: Suzanne M. Krafft
Seller: Stefan C. Gonick
Date: 08/10/18

WORTHINGTON

9 East Windsor Road
Worthington, MA 01098
Amount: $399,000
Buyer: Sandra M. Deyo-Boylston
Seller: James B. Lagoy
Date: 08/09/18

102 Fisk Road
Worthington, MA 01098
Amount: $147,500
Buyer: David J. St.Denis
Seller: Gerald Cady
Date: 08/03/18

855 Huntington Road
Worthington, MA 01098
Amount: $196,250
Buyer: Deborah Clapp
Seller: Charles A. Landrey
Date: 07/31/18

479 Old North Road
Worthington, MA 01098
Amount: $300,000
Buyer: Justin A. Barton
Seller: Leanne Lord
Date: 08/03/18

The Zoo in Forest Park Sharpens Its Focus

By
Executive Director Sarah Tsitso with a couple of poitou donkeys.
Cover Story

Creature Comforts

Executive Director Sarah Tsitso with a couple of poitou donkeys.

Executive Director Sarah Tsitso with a couple of poitou donkeys.

The Zoo in Forest Park & Education Center has seen its share of changes over the decades, and its current executive director, Sarah Tsitso, admits it’s still an underappreciated asset in Springfield. But an asset it is, she asserts, one that has honed its focus in recent years to emphasize education, conservation, and rehabilitation — and all the intriguing ways those ideas intersect.

Montana is a bobcat who used to be someone’s pet. That is, until, authorities found out and confiscated her; even out west, you can’t just go bring home a bobcat.

But since Montana had been declawed, the aging feline had no chance of survival in the wild, and needed a new home. The Zoo in Forest Park became that home.

“We’ve started working more collaboratively with other zoos, and particularly sanctuaries and rehab facilities, around the country for animal placements,” said Sarah Tsitso, who was named the zoo’s executive director last spring. “We want animals that make sense for our zoo in terms of our size, our geography, and our climate — especially animals that can’t be released into the wild, that are living in a sanctuary right now and are in need of a permanent home.”

With its 125th anniversary around the corner next year, the zoo has seen its share of evolution over the years, and that process is never-ending, Tsitso said. “We’ve been doing a lot of internal strategic thinking about the direction we want to take going forward, and one of the things we’re really focused on is moving away from that traditional zoo model and more toward education, conservation, and rehabilitation.”

The facility has been working recently with sanctuaries in Florida, Texas, Kansas, and Ohio to provide a home for animals in need of one. One example is a 1-year-old orphan coyote who was brought to a sanctuary with a broken leg. “She healed, but has never lived in the wild,” Tsitso said. “So she’s being flown in here.”

She’ll share the zoo’s four and a half acres with some 150 animal species, from timberwolf siblings Orion and Aurora to a pair of red-tailed hawks who rehabbed from injury but are not releasable in the wild, to a three-legged baby opossum who had the fourth limb amputated due to a serious injury, and is being moved from a sanctuary to its new home in Forest Park.

Then there’s a mink named Monte who escaped from a fur farm in Utah and found his way to a sanctuary, Tsitso said. “They were looking for a home for him because he’s never been in the wild; he was bred for his fur. We named him after the Count of Monte Cristo. Because of the jailbreak.”

In fact, the majority of the zoo’s animals are elderly, disabled in some way, or otherwise unable to survive in the wild, which makes the center’s focus on conservation and rehabilitation an important part of its robust educational outreach.

“Certainly, we want people to be aware that human interference has consequences,” Tsitso said. “Some of these animals have been hit by cars or are otherwise examples of nature meeting humans.”

Although a part of Forest Park for well over a century, the zoo is still an underap-preciated city asset, its executive director says.

Although a part of Forest Park for well over a century, the zoo is still an underap-preciated city asset, its executive director says.

The zoo is currently working to bring in two bald eagles, a male and female, from a wildlife sanctuary in Alaska. Neither is releasable into the wild, as one had to have a wing tip amputated, and other one had a broken wing, so neither can fly.

“They’ll provide some interesting education to the public about bald eagles and why they are a symbol of our nation and how they were once endangered and now, through all these conservation efforts, their population has stabilized, which is wonderful,” Tsitso said.

She hopes to one day tell similar stories about other threatened or endangered animals in the Zoo at Forest Park, including its ring-tailed lemurs, arctic wolves, and poitou donkeys. “We’re continuing that movement of bringing in animals that need a home, that fit with our collection, and that are educationally interesting to people.”

In the meantime, this nonprofit veteran has found her own new home in a job she loves.

“I just felt like it was my opportunity to give something back to Springfield,” Tsitso said, “and do what I could do to make sure this asset stays around another 125 years and that people know it’s it’s here, and come and enjoy what we have to offer — and we have so much to offer.”

Hear Her Roar

Tsitso told BusinessWest that Nathan Bazinet, the zoo’s interim director before she arrived, and Nunzio Bruno, then its board president, were looking for someone to come in and bring stability to this venerable nonprofit, despite the many challenges it faces.

“They wanted someone to connect it to the community and run it like a business,” she said, noting that conversations started a year before she came on board, but when she did, she fully embraced the opportunity.

“I really love the zoo,” she said. “It’s so ingrained in the fabric of Springfield and this neighborhood in particular. I really feel like I was meant to be here. I feel very fulfilled here — we have a great board, a great staff, and I love working with the animals.”

Until recently, Tsitso and her family lived in the Forest Park neighborhood — for more than 15 years, in fact.

“Our daughter was born in a house not a half-mile from here. And when she was little, we came here all the time. We’d walk from our house to here, she had birthday parties here, she loved this place. And I just really appreciated that it was here. Yet, so many people are unaware that we have this asset, this treasure, right here in the city.”

True to the zoo’s full name — the Zoo in Forest Park & Education Center — the facility focuses heavily on wildlife education, offering a variety of educational programs and special events for children and adults, from Zoo on the Go — which brings animals into schools, libraries, and senior centers — to guided tours and discovery programs for all ages, as well as Zoo Camp during winter and summer school vacations.

The zoo also offers a vibrant internship program, she said, providing students at area colleges studying animal science or veterinary care an opportunity to learn outside the classroom.

Broadening those programs is a priority, Tsitso said, for reasons that extend beyond the value of education, which is significant.

“Our biggest revenue stream is admission, and we’re only open five months of the year, and for two of those five months, it’s weekends,” she said. “So it’s very challenging to meet our budget. But we’re working on some new avenues of revenue. We’re expanding our education programs. Our Zoo on the Go and education programs run year-round, so we can really bolster those and create some new partnerships in the community whereby we can be offering those programs more consistently.”

The zoo used to receive state funding, but that ended about five years ago, although Tsitso and her team are trying to re-establish that revenue source. Meanwhile, community partnerships remain crucial, like Paul Picknelly’s recent donation of first-week proceeds at the new Starbucks at Monarch Place to fund an exhibit of African cats at the zoo.

“Those kinds of community partnerships are really what’s going to keep us growing,” she added, “and we’re really hoping that the community, as they realize all the wonderful things happening here, keep coming back.”

This wallaby is one of some 150 species of animals living at the Zoo in Forest Park.

This wallaby is one of some 150 species of animals living at the Zoo in Forest Park.

Operating a zoo at affordable admission prices — in addition to day passes, many families take advantage of $85 memberships, which are good all season for up to six family members — is a challenge, Tsitso said, especially since the zoo is not affiliated with the city and gets no revenue from other Forest Park-based events. It does benefit from a series of 25-year leases from the city at $1 per year — the current lease expires in 2035 — as well as the fact that Springfield foots its electric bill.

“We’re very grateful to the city because for a long time they have been great partners for us, but there is a differentiation between us and the city,” she said. “We’re not overseen by the city; we have our own board of directors.”

Poignant Paws

Those directors chose Tsitso — who has claimed leadership roles with nonprofit groups including Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity, the East of the River 5 Town Chamber of Commerce, two Springfield-based Boys & Girls Clubs, and the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts — to guide the zoo through its next era of growth, but it has to be controlled growth, she said, based on its limited footprint.

“We’re four and a half acres, and we’re not getting an inch more of space. So whatever we do has to be self-contained in these four and a half acres. We’re really thoughtful about the improvements we’re making.”

That’s why she and her team are working with the animal-care staff to create a sort of wish list of what animal exhibits the zoo lacks, what it should bring in, and how it might acquire those animals.

“We’ve been pretty fortunate in working with people all around the country who are willing to help us and are looking for great placements for these animals,” she went on. “Most of them are so excited their animals are coming here.”

In many ways, the Zoo in Forest Park is not the same attraction families experienced decades ago, Tsitso noted.

“A lot of people have memories of the zoo when it was a very different place, when the monkey house was here and we had all those large animals, and it didn’t make sense for the animals. We’re very thoughtful about the kinds of animals here now. You’ll never see another polar bear. You’ll never see another black bear. You’ll never see another elephant. Those are animals we’ll never have again.”

The animals that do call Forest Park home have plenty to offer visitors, including the rush of school groups that take field trips there, averaging some two to three groups a day during the spring.

“That’s a big piece — we want to get kids in here, and we want to get them excited about nature and exposed to lots of different types of animals,” Tsitso said. “For a lot of kids, especially inner-city kids, they’ve never seen a lot of these animals. Even a goat is something that’s new and interesting to them. So it’s really fun to watch the kids come in and not just see the animals, but get to interact with some of them and get an education about them. How do they eat? How do they sleep?”

When the zoo shuts its doors to visitors for the cold months, typically around Halloween, the ones who don’t like the cold move into indoor facilities — like Oz, a spotted leopard Tsitso pointed out on a recent stroll with BusinessWest through the grounds. Oz has a large outdoor enclosure, but also a small ‘house’ that’s heated during the cold months.

It’s home to him, just as the Springfield area has long been home to Tsitso, who has found her new calling leading the zoo’s small staff — two full-time animal-care professionals, about four part-timers, and a raft of volunteers and interns — into whatever its next phase may bring.

“Springfield is very important to me. It really is the economic center of our whole area, and when Springfield succeeds, we all succeed,” she said, adding, however, that the zoo is a city asset that feels, well, apart from the city.

“One thing I love about this zoo, being inside Forest Park, is that it feels very natural in here, very close to nature, with lots of green and lots of trees. It doesn’t feel like Springfield. It really is a little sanctuary.”

Not just for her, but for those who visit the zoo — and the growing collection of animals that call it home.

Joseph Bednar can be reached at [email protected]

Picture This

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Culinary Arts lab tech and HCC alumnus Tyler Carrier
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Xtraordinary Efforts

Berkshire Bank closed all locations early on June 5 for its third annual Xtraordinary Day, which provides employees the opportunity to volunteer in communities the bank and its affiliates serve. This year’s Xtraordinary Day included almost 90 community projects with 92% of employees participating, contributing more than 7,000 hours of service. In Berkshire County, projects include a Habitat for Humanity multi-site build in partnership with Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity; assembling of teacher-appreciation kits at Farmington River Elementary; landscaping and painting with Hillcrest Educational Centers; and cleanups with Housatonic River Walk, Northern Berkshire Community Coalition, Boys & Girls Club of the Berkshires’ Camp Russell, and the West Stockbridge Historical Society.
In the Pioneer Valley, projects include:

Tree planting and park improvements with ReGreen Springfield


Gift wrapping at Birthday Wishes


Painting and landscaping at Lupa Zoo

Painting and landscaping at Lupa Zoo, Amelia Park Children’s Museum, Girls Club of Greenfield, and YMCA of Springfield; painting the West Springfield Boys & Girls Club; and shelving books and landscaping at the Westfield Anthaneum

Taste of Things to Come

The Boston Foundation recently awarded Holyoke Community College the 2018 Deval Patrick Prize for Community Colleges for expanding its culinary-arts and hospitality programs to address industry needs, and for the partnerships the college put together to construct the new HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute in Holyoke’s Innovation District. First awarded in 2015, the Deval Patrick Prize recognizes community colleges that do an outstanding job partnering with employers to build effective career pathways for their students. Part of the $50,000 prize money is allocated for a free line-cook training program for experienced kitchen workers that started on June 4. Pictured below: faculty and staff stand on the second-floor landing of the new HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute. At bottom: Culinary Arts lab tech and HCC alumnus Tyler Carrier prepares mussels for a lunch event during the spring 2018 semester.

faculty and staff stand on the second-floor landing of the new HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute

faculty and staff stand on the second-floor landing of the new HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute


Culinary Arts lab tech and HCC alumnus Tyler Carrier

Culinary Arts lab tech and HCC alumnus Tyler Carrier prepares mussels for a lunch event during the spring 2018 semester

Community Spirit

Community Bank N.A. team members from the Springfield branch recently participated in Bowl for Kids’ Sake, an annual bowling event that raises funds for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampden County. The branch donated $2,500 in scholarships for the organization, contributing to a grand total of more than $40,000 in proceeds raised during the 2018 event. “Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampden County provides premier services in one-on-one mentoring that really makes a difference in a child’s life,” Community Bank N.A. Vice President, Commercial Banking Officer Michael Buckmaster said. “Our Springfield team is proud to support the organization and help them continue to make a significant impact in our community.”

Community Spirit

Pictured, from left: Diane Dunkerley, Michael Buckmaster, and Keith Nesbitt, commercial banking officers; Jackie Guenette, branch manager; and Natasha Miranda, customer service representative

People on the Move

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Nikki Gleason

Nikki Gleason

Florence Bank hired Nikki Gleason to serve as vice president and branch manager of the bank’s new Springfield location, slated to open this year. Gleason studied accounting at Springfield Technical Community College and completed the program at the New England School of Financial Studies at Babson College. She is a board member for Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity as well as a fundraising committee member Revitalize Community Development Corp. of Springfield. She will work in the bank’s second Hampden County branch, at 1444 Allen St. in Springfield.

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Jose Rivera

Jose Rivera

After an extensive search, Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) hired Jose “Joe” Rivera as its new senior director of Public Safety/chief of police. Rivera, who started May 7, brings a range of law-enforcement experience. For the past 24 years, he has worked in municipal and higher-education policing. Most recently, he served as chief of police at Holyoke Community College. He previously worked at STCC as the college’s assistant director of public safety/lieutenant. Rivera, who holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Curry College in Milton, began his career with the Amherst Police Department. He moved on to other positions, including ones at the Massasoit Community College Police Department and UMass Dartmouth, where he was a sergeant and lieutenant, respectively. His certifications and training include firearms instructor, sexual-assault investigation, emergency planning, interview and interrogation, and Clery Act compliance, which requires colleges and universities participating in federal financial-aid programs to maintain and disclose campus crime statistics and security information.

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Brian Roode

Brian Roode

Gove Law Office announced it will open an office in Spencer, expanding its presence into Worcester County. The four-attorney firm also has offices in Ludlow and Northampton. Along with the opening of the Spencer office, Gove Law Office also welcomes attorney Brian Roode as an associate. Roode, who has been in practice since 2008, will be focused on real-estate transactions, family law and mediation, estate planning, and landlord-tenant matters. He earned his juris doctor from the Massachusetts School of Law in 2008 and owned his own solo practice until joining the Gove Law Office in 2018. He practices in Worcester, Hampden, and Hampshire counties.

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Becky Bozadjian

Becky Bozadjian

Tighe & Bond Inc., a regional leader in engineering and environmental consulting, appointed Becky Bozadjian as its director of Marketing & Communications. In this role, she will manage the firm’s marketing and communications group and contribute to growth strategies consistent with Tighe & Bond’s continued expansion in the marketplace. Bozadjian, who is based in the firm’s Westwood office, has more than 25 years of experience as a senior management and marketing professional in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry. During this time, she has focused on building responsive marketing organizations, as well as developing and implementing strategic marketing plans for small, regional, and national professional-services firms. Her career has been defined by high-level leadership positions at several prominent engineering firms in the Boston area. Bozadjian has been a member of the Society for Marketing Professionals and has presented on a variety of topics at the national and regional levels. In the Coaching for Leadership & Teamwork Program at Babson College, she coaches undergraduate students on leadership, communication, and teamwork skills. She earned her MBA at Babson College with a concentration in marketing, and her bachelor’s degree in economics from Connecticut College.

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Heather Loges

Heather Loges

Heather Loges was recently promoted to the position of chief operations officer at Royal, P.C., a labor and employment law firm in Northampton. Loges has been with Royal since July 2016, joining as a paralegal. As the COO, Heather is in charge of all aspects of law-firm operations and law-firm management and finances, as well as managing the firm’s business-development and marketing strategies. Loges has a bachelor’s degree from UMass Amherst and a certificate in paralegal studies from Boston University. She was recently nominated for the 2018 Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Excellence in Paralegal Work Award.

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Michael Ostrowski, president and CEO of Arrha Credit Union, congratulates Tony Sanches, assistant vice president of Retail Operations, for receiving a Credit Union Rising Star Award at the Great New England Credit Union Show in Worcester. The show highlighted new technology and featured breakout sessions in many topics, including cybersecurity, latest trends in digital banking, member satisfaction, and member experience. The morning breakfast was a salute to employees who showed a strong sense of the mission of credit unions and strong abilities in their area of expertise, along with community involvement.

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The Lenox Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed its new executive director, Shaun Kelleher. Kelleher grew up in the Berkshires and is back home after spending nearly a decade in New York City. He attended Berkshire Community College and, later, Syracuse University. In New York, he cultivated a career in marketing. As senior director of Marketing at 24 Seven, a creative staffing and recruiting company with 12 offices across the globe, he led a team of designers, marketers, copywriters, and strategists to grow and promote the brand. Most recently, he was an account manager at BRIGADE, a marketing and design agency in Hadley, where he worked with clients such as SVEDKA Vodka, BIC, Black Box Premium Wines, Woodbridge, World Hotels, and Audience Rewards. He also sits on the board of the Ad Club of Western Massachusetts as its membership chair.

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Hannah Winters

Hannah Winters

Megan Conner

Megan Conner

Sue Camp

Sue Camp

Taylor Real Estate announced it has hired a new employee who recently earned her real-estate license, and two other agents have also been licensed in the past year. Hannah Winters came on board in April as a rental specialist, and she will lead the family-owned firm’s Rental Department. Winters and realtors Megan Conner and Sue Camp also earned the credentials that will allow them to represent a buyer or seller in a real-estate transaction. Originally from Portland, Oregon, Winters moved to Western Mass. in 2015. She is working on an associate degree in business administration at Holyoke Community College and will attend UMass Amherst this fall, where she hopes to earn a bachelor’s degree in accounting. She has volunteered with AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps in the past and also has experience in hospitality management. Conner, the daughter of Taylor Real Estate owner Chuck Conner, is an Easthampton native who grew up working in the business. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a specialty in developmental disabilities and human services from UMass Amherst. Conner has extensive experience in customer service, having worked at Taylor Real Estate as the administrative and advertising assistant for the past nine years. She previously served as a developmental specialist relief staff at Riverside Industries. Camp has more than 20 years of customer-service experience. She holds an associate degree in biomedical engineering technology from Springfield Technical Community College and is a volunteer for Dakin Humane Society and the therapeutic Equestrian Center in Holyoke.

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Robert Mickey joined the Main Street Hospitality team as senior director of Regional Operations and general manager of the Red Lion Inn. Mickey brings 20 years of hospitality experience to Main Street Hospitality, including extensive operational and management expertise. His tenure at Old Edwards Hospitality Group in Highlands, N.C. was preceded by work at other prominent properties throughout the Southeast, including the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W.V. as vice president of Guest Relations. He also served as director of Room Operations at the Sea Island Co. in St. Simons Island, Ga. In his new role at Main Street Hospitality, Mickey will focus on leading operations at the Red Lion Inn and provide oversight and support to Main Street Hospitality’s Berkshires properties, including Porches Inn at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Hotel on North in Pittsfield, and Briarcliff in Great Barrington.

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Solidago Foundation CEO Elizabeth Barajas-Román officially welcomed participants to the Women and Money Summit hosted by the Women’s Funding Network, the largest philanthropic network in the world devoted to women and girls. The summit was held at the SUNY Global Center in New York City on May 22. Barajas-Román serves as vice chair of the Women’s Funding Network. The Women and Money Summit focused on women-of-color leadership and the role of women as engaged influencers on all issues relating to economic security. Barajas-Román participated in an afternoon panel discussing the importance of including both race and gender in grant-making strategies in order to achieve economic opportunity and security for all.

Berkshire Bank Is Taking the Afternoon Off on June 5 to Give Back

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PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Bank will once again close all locations at noon on Tuesday, June 5 for its third annual Xtraordinary Day.

Xtraordinary Day provides all Berkshire Bank employees the opportunity to volunteer in communities the bank and its affiliates serve. This year’s Xtraordinary Day is set to focus on more than 70 community projects with approximately 90% employee participation across the country. Last year, employees helped 75 different nonprofit organizations through 65 service projects and directly impacted more than 400,000 individuals.

In Berkshire County, projects include a Habitat for Humanity multi-site build in partnership with Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity; assembling of teacher-appreciation kits at Farmington River Elementary; landscaping and painting with Hillcrest Educational Centers; and cleanups with Housatonic River Walk, Northern Berkshire Community Coalition, Boys & Girls Club of the Berkshires’ Camp Russell, and the West Stockbridge Historical Society.

In the Pioneer Valley, projects include tree planting and park improvements with ReGreen Springfield; painting and landscaping of the Amelia Park Children’s Museum, Girls Club of Greenfield, YMCA of Springfield, and Lupa Zoo; painting the West Springfield Boys & Girls Club; gift wrapping at Birthday Wishes; and shelving books and landscaping at the Westfield Anthaneum.

Xtraordinary Day is fueled by the XTEAM, the bank’s employee volunteer program. The XTEAM provides employees paid time off to volunteer during regular business hours. In addition to volunteer service, Berkshire Bank and its foundation provide more than $2 million annually to support nonprofit organizations in the communities the bank serves.

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Ellen Freyman

Ellen Freyman

The Springfield Regional Chamber has named Ellen Freyman, an attorney with Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, P.C. in Springfield, its 2018 Richard J. Moriarty Citizen of the Year. Freyman concentrates her practice in all aspects of commercial real estate: acquisitions and sales, development, leasing, and financing. She has an extensive land-use practice that includes zoning, subdivision, project permitting, and environmental matters. A graduate of the Western New England University School of Law and Pennsylvania State University, Freyman has been recognized or awarded by the National Conference for Community and Justice for Excellence in Law, the Professional Women’s Chamber as Woman of the Year, the Ad Club of Western Massachusetts as a recipient of its annual Pynchon Award, the Springfield Leadership Institute with its Community Service Award, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly as a recipient of its Top Women in Law Award, and Reminder Publications with its Hometown Hero Award. She was also chosen as one of BusinessWest’s Difference Makers in 2010. Freyman is active on many nonprofit boards and currently serves as a member on the Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce board of directors, which she has also chaired; the boards of the Community Music School of Springfield, the Center for Human Development, New England Public Radio, the Springfield Museum Assoc., the World Affairs Council, the YMCA of Greater Springfield, the Springfield Technical Community College Foundation, and the Springfield Technical Community College Acceptance Corp., and on the Elms College board of trustees. She is also an active member of the Longmeadow Zoning Board of Appeals, the Jewish Family Service board of directors, and the National Conference for Community and Justice board of directors. She is the founder and president of On Board Inc., a past president of the Springfield Rotary Club, and has been honored as a Paul Harris Fellow.

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Tracy Adamski

Tracy Adamski

At the firm’s annual stockholder’s meeting, Tighe & Bond announced the promotion of Principal Planner Tracy Adamski to vice president. Adamski, who joined Tighe & Bond in 2001, is an American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) professional with 24 years of experience. She provides the firm’s clients with a broad range of planning expertise in regulatory compliance, environmental permitting, land-use planning, grant writing, and public outreach. Adamski has employed her in-depth knowledge of local, state, and federal environmental and land-use laws and regulations to successfully permit a broad range of complex projects throughout the Northeast. This includes renewable-energy power-generation facilities, electric utility infrastructure, resource-area enhancements, municipal infrastructure improvements, and coastal infrastructure. She is currently coordinating permitting efforts on several coastal projects to address climate change in the city of Quincy, developing petitions related to siting energy-facility infrastructure in Eastern Mass., and assisting communities across Massachusetts with stormwater-management compliance programs. Adamski works out of Tighe & Bond’s Westfield office. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and is a member of the American Planning Assoc. and the New England Water Environment Assoc.

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Leslie Jordon

Leslie Jordon

Peter Shrair, managing partner of Cooley Shrair, P.C., announced the appointment of attorney Leslie Jordon to the firm. Jordon has practiced family law since 1991. Her practice has focused on marital dissolution actions involving high-net-worth estates, complex support proceedings, and high-conflict custody matters. A graduate of Brown University and the Northwestern University School of Law, Jordon has been active in the bar and has held leadership positions in national and local organizations. She served as chair of the Family Law Section of the American Assoc. of Justice (formerly the Assoc. of Trial Lawyers of America), was on the executive committee of the Family Law Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Assoc. as well as the board of governors of the Women Lawyers Assoc. of Los Angeles, and was appointed to the Sole Practitioner and Small Firm Section Council of the Massachusetts Bar Assoc. Jordon has also lectured and moderated panel discussions on the subject of family law for the Family Law Section of the Assoc. of Trial Lawyers of America, the International Bar Assoc., and the Law Education Institute, co-sponsored by the Family Law Section of the American Bar Assoc., and has been a contributing author to multiple continuing legal-education programs. Since the inception of her career, she has engaged in pro bono work, receiving an award from the Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law for distinguished service to the cause of justice of low-income families in Los Angeles County and representing economically disadvantaged litigants in court. She has also volunteered her time as a judge in the Massachusetts Bar Assoc. Mock Trial Program, a competition for high-school students in the Commonwealth.

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Jocelyn Roby

Jocelyn Roby

Bacon Wilson, P.C. announced that Jocelyn Roby has joined the firm’s Hadley office as an associate attorney. Roby is a member of Bacon Wilson’s real estate department, where her practice is focused largely on residential real estate, including closings and title work. She is a graduate of the Western New England University School of Law, and received her bachelor’s degree from Plymouth State College.

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At its annual stockholder’s meeting in April, Tighe & Bond announced that Robert Belitz will succeed David Pinsky as president and CEO when Pinsky retires from that position at the close of 2018. Belitz, the firm’s current chief financial officer, will assume the role of president and CEO effective Jan. 1, 2019. Belitz will be Tighe & Bond’s ninth leader in its 107-year history. Pinsky has served as president and CEO since 2006 and has been with the firm for 30 years. During Pinsky’s tenure as CEO, Tighe & Bond has substantially increased its revenue and more than doubled its staff size, growing from 160 to 340 employees. Tighe & Bond also has expanded its breadth of engineering and environmental services, as well as opened four new office locations throughout the Northeast. Belitz, who has more than 25 years of experience in the industry, joined Tighe & Bond four years ago as the firm’s chief financial officer. In this role, he has directed the firm’s financial operations and priorities, as well as contributed to growth strategies consistent with the Tighe & Bond’s continued expansion in the marketplace.

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Russell Fontaine

Russell Fontaine

Yvonne Santos

Yvonne Santos

Country Bank announced that Russell Fontaine has joined its team as first vice president of Sales and Market Management, while Yvonne Santos has joined the team as vice president of Market Development. These two newly created positions allow the bank to further focus its efforts on market management and development within its various markets throughout Hampshire, Hampden, and Worcester counties. With 27 years in the financial and retail-services industry, Fontaine is an experienced sales manager and has held various positions over the years in sales, management, and customer contact solutions. His earned his bachelor’s degree in business management and finance from Westfield State University. He also graduated from the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking and earned a Wharton Leadership certification. Fontaine served on the board of directors for Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity for the past five years and chaired the Habitat Restore committee. He is also an avid supporter of the United Way and Western Mass. Special Olympics. Santos joins Country Bank from United Bank, where she worked for the past 33 years in various roles, with her most recent position being vice president, area manager in the Ludlow and Indian Orchard markets. Santos is actively involved in the Ludlow Community Center, the United Way, and Relay for Life, and is on committees of the Rotary Club of Ludlow (chair of the scholarship committee), the Gremio Lusitano Club, the East of the River Chamber of Commerce, and the Portuguese American Citizens Club. She has received the Rotary International Paul Harris Award, the Ludlow Education Association Award, the Friend of Education Award, and the United Cooperative Bank President’s Award.

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Beverly Elliott

Beverly Elliott

Comcast announced the appointment of Beverly Elliott as vice president of Engineering for the company’s Western New England Region, which is headquartered in Berlin, Conn. and includes more than 300 communities in Connecticut, Western Mass., Western New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. In this role, Elliott oversees Comcast’s network operations, including construction, product engineering, and overall system integrity, as well as the reliability and resiliency of Comcast’s converged, fiber-optic network. Recently, she was responsible for the rollout of Comcast’s new 1-Gb internet service. Elliott has more than 20 years of industry experience and has held a number of roles in engineering, project management, and marketing at Comcast since she joined the company in 2005. Prior to her new role, she served as vice president of the region’s Project Management Office, where she created and managed the execution of plans and cross-functional teams to ensure new initiatives and product launches were rolled out smoothly. One of her key initiatives was to implement the company’s multi-year strategy to transform the customer experience. Before Comcast, Elliott worked for Cablevision for six years and also spent five years at BET/Action Pay-Per-View service in Santa Monica, Calif.

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Rebecca Greenberg

Rebecca Greenberg

The Solidago Foundation recently introduced Rebecca Greenberg as the newest member of its program team. As program officer, Greenberg will draw on her 15 years of frontline advocacy to support the organization’s democracy and independent power-building work. She will work with the veteran Solidago Program team of strategic funders and national organizers to recommend program strategies. Greenberg is a leader in the New York City housing-justice movement, serving most recently as deputy director of the Tenant Rights Coalition, the largest civil legal-services program in the country. In this role, she has worked with diverse stakeholders including tenants, judges, attorneys, clients, and policymakers, and supervised a legal team, working in partnership with local organizations and elected officials, to support communities facing significant housing needs in light of rapid and disruptive neighborhood changes and gentrification.

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Keshawn Dodds

Keshawn Dodds

Karissa Coleman

Karissa Coleman

The African Hall subcommittee of the Springfield Science Museum announced the winners of the 27th annual Ubora Award and the ninth annual Ahadi Youth Award. The 2018 Ubora Award recipient is Keshawn Dodds, executive director of the Springfield Boys & Girls Club. The 2018 Ahadi Youth Award recipient is Karissa Coleman of Springfield Central High School. A former a fourth- and fifth-grade elementary-school teacher at the Homer and Washington elementary schools in Springfield and a mayoral aide under former Springfield Mayor Charles Ryan, Dodds worked for a decade at American International College as director of Diversity & Community Engagement. He is currently executive director of the Boys & Girls Club Family Center. He is also a published author, playwright, and actor. His first book, Menzuo: The Calling of the Sun Prince, became an Amazon bestseller. Coleman, who attends Springfield Central High School, is a cadet in the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (AFJROTC), where she is a training captain. Her high grade point average qualifies her to serve as director of Academics, and she runs the tutoring program for her fellow cadets. She also helps to mentor younger AFJROTC members in the overall training program. Coleman is a cheerleader, plays softball, is a member of the National Honor Society, and volunteers for Revitalize Springfield, Toys for Tots, and breast-cancer awareness. She also participates with her church community by singing in the choir, helping to usher, working with children, and participating yearly in the Easter play.

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Erin McHugh

Erin McHugh

Florence Bank promoted Erin McHugh to the position of vice president/operations manager. McHugh joined Florence Bank in November 2010. Formerly, she served as the payments operations manager. An accredited Automated Clearing House professional, she studied at the University of Connecticut, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. She volunteers as a basic tax preparer for Community Action Pioneer Valley’s income-tax assistance program. She attends the New England School for Financial Studies. McHugh is a past recipient of the President’s Club Award, given out annually to Florence Bank employees who exemplify the highest standards of performance and customer service within Florence Bank.

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Renaissance Investment Group, LLC, an independent, SEC-registered investment-advisory firm, announced the appointment of Chris Silipigno to the role of chief operating officer. He will be responsible for providing operational leadership within the firm, as well as coordinating strategic business-development efforts across the region. Silipigno comes to Renaissance with nearly 20 years of senior leadership positions in both operational and business-development functions for nonprofit and for-profit enterprises. His experience spans all facets of the mortgage banking industry, nonprofit development, organizational effectiveness and leadership, performance management, and revenue growth areas. Most recently, he brought his business acumen to City Mission of Schenectady, N.Y., an inner-city nonprofit dedicated to helping the homeless, abused, and impoverished to become sustainable. Previous to this role, he held multiple positions at the vice-president level within the banking and finance industry. His accomplishments include building and managing divisions responsible for originating more than $750 million in annual loan volume. Chris earned a bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from SUNY at Albany and a master’s degree from George Mason University, and he holds his FINRA Series 65 registration.

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Daishany Torres

Daishany Torres

Daishany Torres was named 2018 Youth of the Year by the Boys & Girls Club of Chicopee, and will compete against other Boys & Girls Club members for the Massachusetts Youth of the Year title and a $5,000 college scholarship from Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA). Torres, 18, was recognized for her leadership, service, academic excellence, and dedication to live a healthy lifestyle. She has been a member of the Boys & Girls Club of Chicopee Teen Center since her freshman year at Chicopee Comprehensive High School. She is a junior counselor now, working with other club members each week. She is also part of the club’s SMART Girls program, which allows members to explore their own and societal attitudes and values as they build skills for eating right, staying physically fit, getting good healthcare, and developing positive relationships with peers and adults. She has developed a passion for working with children, and will continue her education after graduation next year and hopes to open her own daycare in the future.

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Stephanie Rodrigues

Stephanie Rodrigues

Anna Dias Vital

Anna Dias Vital

LUSO Federal Credit Union announced the promotion of Stephanie Rodrigues to senior branch supervisor and Anna Dias Vital to lead VIP banker. In her new position, Rodrigues will be responsible for overseeing the teller line, member service representatives, and new account openings in the credit union’s Wilbraham branch, as well as meeting branch goals, holding staff meetings, and mentoring personnel. Rodrigues joined LUSO as a member service representative in 2013 and most recently served as head of consumer lending for both the Ludlow and Wilbraham branches. Vital has nearly two decades of experience in finance. She worked in the controller’s office of Western New England University before joining LUSO in 2016. In her new role as lead VIP banker, she will oversee the teller line at the credit union’s Ludlow branch and will be responsible for cross sales, managing member satisfaction, and day-to-day operations.

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OTELCO Inc. hired David Chaplin as an outside plant field technician to work out of its Granby office. In this position, Chaplin is responsible for all aspects of OTELCO network maintenance and customer service in Granby, including both the central office and the outside plant. He also serves as special projects contributor and emergency coverage backup in the Shoreham, Vt. market. Chaplin comes to OTELCO with 31 years of service as a technician at Verizon Communications. Most recently, he worked as an engineering project manager at UC Synergetic. OTELCO provides wireline telecommunications services in Massachusetts and six other states.

Florence Bank Hires Nikki Gleason as VP, Branch Manager

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FLORENCE — Florence Bank hired Nikki Gleason to serve as vice president and branch manager of the bank’s new Springfield location, slated to open this year.

Gleason studied accounting at Springfield Technical Community College and completed the program at the New England School of Financial Studies at Babson College. She is a board member for Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity as well as a fundraising committee member Revitalize Community Development Corp. of Springfield.

She will work in the bank’s second Hampden County branch, at 1444 Allen St. in Springfield.

“We are thrilled to announce the addition of Nikki Gleason to our Florence Bank family,” President and CEO John Heaps Jr. said “She has garnered an impressive background in banking, and we feel very lucky to have her on board to help serve our customers in Springfield. I know we will be seeing outstanding results from her in the years to come.”

Country Bank Welcomes Two New Team Members

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WARE — Country Bank announced that Russell Fontaine has joined its team as first vice president of Sales and Market Management, while Yvonne Santos has joined the team as vice president of Market Development. These two newly created positions allow the bank to further focus its efforts on market management and development within its various markets throughout Hampshire, Hampden, and Worcester counties.

With 27 years in the financial and retail-services industry, Fontaine is an experienced sales manager and has held various positions over the years in sales, management, and customer contact solutions. His earned his bachelor’s degree in business management and finance from Westfield State University. He also graduated from the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking and earned a Wharton Leadership certification.

Fontaine served on the board of directors for Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity for the past five years and chaired the Habitat Restore committee. He is also an avid supporter of the United Way and Western Mass. Special Olympics.

Santos joins Country Bank from United Bank, where she worked for the past 33 years in various roles, with her most recent position being vice president, area manager in the Ludlow and Indian Orchard markets.

Santos is actively involved in the Ludlow Community Center, the United Way, and Relay for Life, and is on committees of the Rotary Club of Ludlow (chair of the scholarship committee), the Gremio Lusitano Club, the East of the River Chamber of Commerce, and the Portuguese American Citizens Club. She has received the Rotary International Paul Harris Award, the Ludlow Education Association Award, the Friend of Education Award, and the United Cooperative Bank President’s Award.

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Blue Sox to Host 2018 NECBL All-Star Game

HOLYOKE — The Valley Blue Sox announced they will play host to the 2018 New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) All-Star Game this summer on Sunday, July 29 at Mackenzie Stadium in Holyoke. The league’s showcase event will be the third major NECBL event hosted by the Blue Sox in the past five years. The team last hosted the NECBL All-Star Game in 2014 and hosted the NECBL Championship Series this past August, winning their its NECBL championship in franchise history. The Blue Sox finished first in the NECBL in attendance for the second consecutive season and ranked ninth among all summer collegiate teams, outdrawing 204 affiliated minor-league and independent teams. The event will be sponsored by Trinity Health Of New England and Mercy Medical Center.

MGM Springfield Adds More Than 1,000 Jobs to Employment Website

SPRINGFIELD — MGM Springfield recently announced it added 75 new postings representing more than 1,000 jobs to the resort’s website. There are about 2,400 open positions for hire today at MGM Springfield. This is the largest employment posting by the new resort, and one of the single largest hiring efforts in Springfield history. MGM Springfield will employ 3,000 employees when the $960 million luxury resort opens later this year in downtown Springfield. The expanded list includes job descriptions for new career opportunities not previously posted by the resort. Most of the new opportunities are in the food and beverage area, including cooks and servers. The entire list now includes a diverse array of jobs, including locksmiths, electronics technicians, carpenters, and painters. Many postings represent positions not traditionally associated with the casino industry, ranging from human resources and retail management to conference services. A full list of jobs and detailed descriptions is available at www.mgmspringfield.com/careers. The majority of jobs will be full-time positions with benefits. MGM Springfield established a goal to hire 35% of its workforce from the city of Springfield and 90% from a combination of Springfield and the region. For additional information about the available career opportunities at MGM Springfield, go online or visit MGM Springfield’s Career Center located at 1259 East Columbus Ave., third floor. The Career Center is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and 1 to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. During those hours, an MGM representative may be reached at (413) 273-5052.

PV Squared Joins Effort to Create Affordable Net-zero-energy Homes

GREENFIELD — PV Squared employees and students from Franklin County Technical School recently worked together to install a solar system on a Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity home in Greenfield. This hands-on experience is essential for Franklin County Technical School students enrolled in the electrician program. With installers and licensed electricians from PV Squared acting as mentors, this project was both a learning experience for the students and an opportunity to create high-quality housing for a low-income family. PV Squared has been partnering with Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity since 2010 to help make solar energy more accessible to lower-income households in the community. To date, it has worked with Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity on eight projects in Franklin and Hampshire counties, specifically in the towns of Easthampton, Turners Falls, Amherst, Northampton, and Greenfield. All these solar PV projects have been completed through grant funding or through the donation of products and services by PV Squared at no cost to the homeowner. Each system was designed with net-zero-energy potential, which means that, depending on the energy use of the household, each homeowner could be meeting all of their energy needs with the solar array.

Pioneer Valley Credit Union Donates $25,000 to Elder-care Unit

SPRINGFIELD — Pioneer Valley Credit Union (PVCU), a not-for-profit financial institution, recently donated $25,000 to the new Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Unit at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Seniors are the fastest-growing group in the U.S. population, and their health is declining. The elderly are three times likely to be hospitalized from chronic diseases. Many hospitals across the country haven’t prepared to treat the number of growing elderly patients nearing end of life. With that in mind, Baystate Medical Center created an acute-care unit specifically for treating the growing number of elderly patients. Since 2014, the program has cared for more than 500 senior patients.

Be Vital Wellness Opens Second Clinic in Wilbraham

WILBRAHAM — Stephanie Nascimento and Jeanette Wilburn, owners of Be Vital Wellness, LLC, recently expanded their weight-loss practice opening a second clinic in Wilbraham. Located at 2121 Boston Road, Unit N, in Wilbraham, the team specializes in medically derived weight-loss programs, weight-loss coaching, detox and cleansing, as well as various wellness services. In October 2011, Nascimento, a registered nurse, and Wilburn, a doctor of chiropractic, partnered in search of a business that promoted overall wellness and weight loss. After much research, they selected the Ideal Protein Protocol, a medically derived weight-loss method developed and refined for more than 20 years. They tested the program themselves and successfully lost a combined 30 pounds. Their weight loss inspired them to open their first clinic in Amherst; that clinic is now located in Hadley.

PV Squared Joins Effort to Create Affordable Net-zero-energy Homes

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GREENFIELD — PV Squared employees and students from Franklin County Technical School worked together to install a solar system on a Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity home in Greenfield last week.

This hands-on experience is essential for Franklin County Technical School students enrolled in the electrician program. With installers and licensed electricians from PV Squared acting as mentors, this project was both a learning experience for the students and an opportunity to create high-quality housing for a low-income family.

PV Squared has been partnering with Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity since 2010 to help make solar energy more accessible to lower-income households in the community. To date, it has worked with Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity on eight projects in Franklin and Hampshire counties, specifically in the towns of Easthampton, Turners Falls, Amherst, Northampton, and Greenfield.

All these solar PV projects have been completed through grant funding or through the donation of products and services by PV Squared at no cost to the homeowner. Each system was designed with net-zero-energy potential, which means that, depending on the energy use of the household, each homeowner could be meeting all of their energy needs with the solar array.

PV Squared provides renewable-energy solutions to a wide range of clients, including business owners, commercial property owners, academic institutions, and homeowners in Western Mass. and surrounding regions.

Chamber Corners: Upcoming Events

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1BERKSHIRE

www.1berkshire.com

(413) 499-1600

• Feb. 27: Entrepreneurial Meetup, 8-10 a.m., hosted by Dottie’s Coffee Lounge, Pittsfield. Join us for networking and share what you’ve been working on in an open-mic format. 1Berkshire’s Entrepreneurial Meetups are free events that gather entrepreneurs together to network, learn, and engage.

• Feb. 28: Good News Business Salute, 4:30-6:30 p.m., hosted by Zion Church, Pittsfield. Come celebrate Jacob’s Pillow, IS183, and more. This event recognizes major milestones, including anniversaries, expansions, and new product lines of Berkshire businesses, and gives us a chance to come together to applaud their efforts. Member cost: $35 for individual, $140 for table of four, $280 for table of eight. Non-member cost: $45 for individual, $180 for table of four, $360 for table of eight.

AMHERST AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

www.amherstarea.com

(413) 253-0700

• Feb. 8: After 5, 5-7 p.m., hosted by Bistro 63, 63 North Pleasant St., Amherst. Sponsored by Greenfield Savings Bank.

• March 15: After 5 – YPA/AACC, 5-7 p.m., location to be announced.

GREATER CHICOPEE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

www.chicopeechamber.org

(413) 594-2101

• Feb. 9: Business After Hours, 4:30-6:30 p.m., hosted by Berchmans Hall Rotunda, Elms College, 291 Springfield St., Chicopee. Network with chamber members at this annual event. Meet with students who are learning about the importance of networking and share your insights with them. Hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, and raffle prizes. Cost: $10 for members, $15 for non-members.

• Feb. 15: CEO Power Hour Luncheon with Spiros Hatiras, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., hosted by Collegian Court, 89 Park St., Chicopee. Sponsored by Westfield Bank. Come enjoy lunch and listen as Hatiras talks about his journey as president and CEO of Holyoke Medical Center. Cost: $30 for members, $35 for non-members.

• Feb. 21: February Salute Breakfast, 7:15-9 a.m., hosted by Castle of Knights, 1599 Memorial Dr., Chicopee. Sponsored by Insurance Center of New England. Cost: $23 for members, $28 for non-members, $250 monthly sponsor.

• March 2: Shining Stars Awards, 6:30-10 p.m., hosted by Castle of Knights, Chicopee. The chamber will recognize Interstate Towing Co. as Business of the Year, Dawn Creighton of Associated Industries of Massachusetts as Citizen of the Year, Karen Hansmann as Volunteer of the Year, and Valley Opportunity Council as the Nonprofit Organization of the Year. This event is sponsored by diamond sponsor Westfield Bank; platinum sponsors Polish National Credit Union and PeoplesBank; gold sponsors the Arbors Kids, Holyoke Medical Center, and BusinessWest; and bronze sponsor United Personnel. To register to attend, call the chamber at (413) 594-2101 or visit www.chicopeechamber.org and sign up in the Calendar of Events.

GREATER EASTHAMPTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

www.easthamptonchamber.org

(413) 527-9414

• Feb. 8: Networking by Night, 5-7 p.m., hosted by the Boylston Rooms, 122 Pleasant St., Suite #112, Easthampton. Sponsored by Tanya Costigan Events. This is a great networking opportunity and an opportunity to tour the new Boylston Rooms.

• Feb. 27: Strengths-based Leadership, 7:45-10 a.m., hosted by Innovative Business Systems, Mill 180, 180 Pleasant St., Easthampton. In the first of a two-part series, Colleen DelVecchio, a certified CliftonStrengths coach, will lead us into our strongest selves as leaders via our personnel Gallup StrengthFinder assessment and insight reports. At the end of the two breakfast sessions, you will understand the keys to be a more effective leader, unveil your strengths, learn to invest in the strengths of others, get people with the right strengths on your team, and understand and meet the four basic needs of those who look to you for leadership: trust, compassion, stability, and hope. For more information, visit www.easthamptonchamber.org or call the chamber office at (413) 527-9414.

GREATER HOLYOKE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

www.holyokechamber.org

(413) 534-3376

• Feb. 9: Legislative Coffee Hour, 7:30-9 a.m., hosted by Summit View Banquet and Meeting House, 555 Northampton St., Holyoke. Sponsored by Marcotte Ford, bankESB, and Holyoke Medical Center. Guest Speakers:  state Rep. Aaron Vega, Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse, and Holyoke City Council President Todd McGee. Join us for a casual conversation about 2018 issues affecting the city of Holyoke and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Cost: $20 for members, $25 for non-members and walk-ins. Price includes a buffet breakfast. Sign up online at holyokechamber.com.

• Feb. 21: Chamber After Hours, 5-7 p.m., hosted by the Holyoke Community College Center for Culinary Arts, 164 Race St., Holyoke. Sponsored by Holyoke Community College. Join us for a casual networking experience at HCC’s new culinary facility. Cost: $10 for members, $15 for non-members. Sign up online at holyokechamber.com.

• Feb. 28: Ask a Chamber Expert: How to Attract Customers to Your Marketing Table, 8:30-9:30 a.m., Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce Executive Conference Room, 177 High St., Holyoke. Get ready for the upcoming multi-chamber Taste of Business by learning how to successfully attract customers to your table. Presented by Francie Richardson of Art Craft. Cost: free for chamber members, $15 for non-members. Price includes a continental breakfast. Register at holyokechamber.com.

GREATER NORTHAMPTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

www.explorenorthampton.com

(413) 584-1900

• Feb. 7: February Arrive @5, 5-7 p.m., hosted by Christopher Heights, 50 Village Hill Road, Northampton. A networking event. Cost: $10 for members.

n March 7: March Arrive @5, 5-7 p.m., hosted by 50/50 Fitness, 251 Russell St., Hadley. Sponsored by Applied Mortgage, a division of Merrimack Mortgage Co. A networking event. Cost: $10 for members.

GREATER WESTFIELD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

www.westfieldbiz.org

(413) 568-1618

• Feb. 5: Mayor’s Coffee Hour, 8-9 a.m., hosted by Holiday Inn Express, 39 Southampton Road, Westfield. Join us for our monthly Mayor’s Coffee Hour with Westfield Mayor Brian Sullivan. This event is free and open to the public, but registration is requested at (413) 568-1618 so we may give our host a head count.

• Feb. 13: After 5 Connection, 5-7 p.m., hosted by ReStore Westfield (Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity), 301 East Main St., Westfield. Bring your business cards and make connections. Refreshments will be served. A 50/50 raffle will support the chamber’s Scholarship Fund. Cost: free for chamber members, $10 for general admission.

SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL CHAMBER

www.springfieldregionalchamber.com

(413) 787-1555

• Feb. 7: Business@Breakfast, 7:15-9 a.m., hosted by Carriage House, Storrowton Tavern, 1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield. Featuring political consultant Anthony Cignoli, sharing his insights into the upcoming November elections. Cost: $25 for members ($30 at the door), $35 general admission ($40 at the door).

• Feb. 15: Leadership Institute, first session. Runs through March 29. Presented in partnership with the Springfield Regional Chamber and Western New England University at the TD Bank Conference Center. Applications must be received by Feb. 8.

• Feb. 15: Fire & Ice Craft Cocktail Competition and Fundraiser, 5:30-8 p.m., hosted by Springfield Country Club, 1375 Elm St., West Springfield. Sponsored by Florence Bank, the Republican, and MassLive. Cost: $40 for members in advance, $50 general admission in advance, $50 at the door.

• March 7: Business@Breakfast, 7:15-9 a.m., hosted by Chez Josef, 176 Shoemaker Lane, Agawam. Cost: $25 for members ($30 at the door), $35 general admission ($40 at the door).

• March 8: After Hours with Springfield Regional, Greater Easthampton, Westfield and West of the River Chambers, 5-7 p.m., hosted by Mill 180, 180 Pleasant St., Easthampton. Cost: $10 for members, $15 general admission.

• March 9: Outlook 2018, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., hosted by the MassMutual Center, Springfield. Featuring keynote speaker Gov. Charlie Baker and Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Cost: $60 for members in advance; $80 general admission in advance.

• March 13: Lunch ‘n’ Learn, details to be announced.

• March 20: C-Suite Conversations & Cocktails, 5-7 p.m., hosted by CityStage, One Columbus Center, Springfield. Members-only event featuring MGM President Mike Mathis. Cost: $25.

• March 29: Speed Networking, 3:30-5 p.m., location to be determined. Cost: $20 for members in advance ($25 at the door), $30 general admission in advance ($35 at the door).

Reservations for all chamber events may be made by visiting www.springfieldregionalchamber.com, e-mailing e[email protected], or calling (413) 755-1310.

WEST OF THE RIVER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

www.ourwrc.com

(413) 426-3880

• Feb. 7: Wicked Wednesday, 5-7 p.m., hosted by Carrabba’s Italian Grill, West Springfield. Wicked Wednesdays are monthly social events, hosted by various businesses and restaurants, that bring members and non-members together to network in a laid-back atmosphere. For more information, contact the chamber office at (413) 426-3880, or register at www.westoftheriverchamber.com.

• Feb. 13: Lunch & Tour at the Bistro LPVEC – West Springfield, noon to 1:30 p.m. Join fellow members and non-members for a networking lunch at the Bistro at Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative, followed by an informative discussion on the value of gaining skills in the trades industry and how we can promote to fill local jobs. Sponsorships are available for this event. Register online at [email protected].

Chamber Corners: Upcoming Events

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1BERKSHIRE
www.1berkshire.com
(413) 499-1600

• Jan. 27: BYP Winter Ball, 7-11 p.m., hosted by Country Club of Pittsfield. Let’s take an evening to dress up and enjoy a ball together. It’s an inexpensive way to enjoy an elegant evening with music, heavy hors d’oeuvres, elegance, and an excuse to dress to the nines — and much more — with friends. Cost: $25 for members, $35 for non-members.
• Feb. 27: Entrepreneurial Meetup, 8-10 a.m., hosted by Dottie’s Coffee Lounge, Pittsfield. Join us for networking and share what you’ve been working on in an open-mic format. 1Berkshire’s Entrepreneurial Meetups are free events that gather entrepreneurs together to network, learn, and engage. They provide small-business owners, or people interested in starting a business, opportunities to have casual, organic conversations with peers and resource providers.
• Feb. 28: Good News Business Salute, 4:30-6:30 p.m., hosted by Zion Church, Pittsfield. Come celebrate Jacob’s Pillow, IS183, and more. This event recognizes major milestones, including anniversaries, expansions, and new product lines of Berkshire businesses, and gives us a chance to come together to applaud their efforts. Member cost: $35 for individual, $140 for table of four, $280 for table of eight. Non-member cost: $45 for individual, $180 for table of four, $360 for table of eight.

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

• Feb. 8: After 5, 5-7 p.m., hosted by Bistro 63, 63 North Pleasant St., Amherst. Sponsored by Greenfield Savings Bank.

GREATER CHICOPEE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.chicopeechamber.org
(413) 594-2101

• Jan. 23: B2B Roundtable, 8-9 a.m., hosted by Polish National Credit Union, 923 Front St., Chicopee. Sponsored by CHH Engraving Inc. An opportunity to connect and increase your contacts, generate leads, and establish relationships with other businesses. Cost: free to chamber members, but limited to one representative per business industry. Call Sarah Williams at (413) 594-2101, ext. 103, for more information or to sign up.
• Jan. 31: ChamberMaster Training, 9-11 a.m., hosted by Hampton Inn Chicopee, 600 Memorial Dr. This is a brief presentation on how to use ChamberMaster for chamber members. This is a great tool for all chamber members for some free advertising. Cost: free to chamber members. Sign up online at chicopeechamber.org/events.
• Feb. 9: Business After Hours, 4:30-6:30 p.m., hosted by Berchmans Hall Rotunda, Elms College, 291 Springfield St., Chicopee. Network with chamber members at this annual event. Meet with students who are learning about the importance of networking and share your insights with them. Hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, and raffle prizes. Cost: $10 for members, $15 for non-members.
• Feb. 15: CEO Power Hour Luncheon with Spiros Hatiras, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., hosted by Collegian Court, 89 Park St., Chicopee. Sponsored by Westfield Bank. Come enjoy lunch and listen as Hatiras talks about his journey as president and CEO of Holyoke Medical Center. Cost: $30 for members, $35 for non-members.
• Feb. 21: February Salute Breakfast, 7:15-9 a.m., hosted by Castle of Knights, 1599 Memorial Dr., Chicopee. Sponsored by Insurance Center of New England. Cost: $23 for members, $28 for non-members, $250 monthly sponsor.

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

• Feb. 8: Networking by Night, 5-7 p.m., hosted by the Boylston Rooms, 122 Pleasant St., Suite #112, Easthampton. Sponsored by Tanya Costigan Events. This is a great networking opportunity and an opportunity to tour the new Boylston Rooms.
• Feb. 27: Strengths-based Leadership, 7:45-10 a.m., hosted by Innovative Business Systems, Mill 180, 180 Pleasant St., Easthampton. In the first of a two-part series, Colleen DelVecchio, a certified CliftonStrengths coach, will lead us into our strongest selves as leaders via our personnel Gallup StrengthFinder assessment and insight reports. For more information, visit www.easthamptonchamber.org or call the chamber office at (413) 527-9414.

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

• Jan. 24: Candidate & Elected Officials Reception, 5-7 p.m., hosted by Gary Rome Hyundai, 150 Whiting Farms Road, Holyoke. Sponsored by Dowd Insurance, the Republican, Marcotte Ford, Comcast Business, Holyoke Medical Center, and Ferriter Law. Join the Greater Holyoke business community in congratulating newly elected officials and rubbing elbows with local legislators. Featured keynote speaker: U.S. Rep. Richard Neal. Guest speaker: Spiros Hatiras, president and CEO of Holyoke Medical Center. Cost: $40, which includes appetizers, food stations, and an open bar. Sign up online at holyokechamber.com.
• Jan. 31: ACE, Ask a Chamber Expert: Social Media Strategic Plan, 8:30-10 a.m., hosted in the executive conference room of the Holyoke Chamber of Commerce, 177 High St., Holyoke. The chamber welcomes chamber expert Heather Turner, chief log roller at Forfeng Designs and Media, who will share her expertise on how to design a winning social-media strategy. Cost: free for chamber members, $15 for non-members.

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

• Feb. 7: February Arrive @5, 5-7 p.m., hosted by Christopher Heights, 50 Village Hill Road, Northampton. A networking event. Cost: $10 for members.

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

• Feb. 5: Mayor’s Coffee Hour, 8-9 a.m., hosted by Holiday Inn Express, 39 Southampton Road, Westfield. Join us for our monthly Mayor’s Coffee Hour with Westfield Mayor Brian Sullivan. This event is free and open to the public, but registration is requested at (413) 568-1618 so we may give our host a head count.
• Feb. 13: After 5 Connection, 5-7 p.m., hosted by ReStore Westfield (Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity), 301 East Main St., Westfield. Bring your business cards and make connections. Refreshments will be served. A 50/50 raffle will support the chamber’s Scholarship Fund. Cost: free for chamber members, $10 for general admission.

SOUTH HADLEY & GRANBY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.shgchamber.com
(413) 532-6451

• Jan. 23: Annual Meeting, 5:30-8:30 p.m., hosted by Willits-Hallowell Center, Mount Holyoke College, 26 Park St., South Hadley. An opportunity for chamber members to socialize with old friends in the business community and make new ones. A cocktail hour will be followed by dinner. The brief meeting will introduce the board of directors, describe the chamber’s various committees and their functions, and open discussion of 2018 calendar/plans/suggestions for the coming year.

SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL CHAMBER
www.springfieldregionalchamber.com
(413) 787-1555

• Jan. 23: C-Suite Conversations & Cocktails, 5-7 p.m., hosted by CityStage, One Columbus Center, Springfield. Members-only event. Cost: $25 in advance, $30 at the door. To make a reservation, visit www.springfieldregionalchamber.com, e-mail [email protected], or call (413) 755-1310.

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

• Feb. 7: Wicked Wednesday, 5-7 p.m., hosted by Carrabba’s Italian Grill, West Springfield. Wicked Wednesdays are monthly social events, hosted by various businesses and restaurants, that bring members and non-members together to network in a laid-back atmosphere. For more information, contact the chamber office at (413) 426-3880, or register at www.westoftheriverchamber.com.
• Feb. 13: Lunch & Tour at the Bistro LPVEC – West Springfield, noon to 1:30 p.m. Join fellow members and non-members for a networking lunch at the Bistro at Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative, followed by an informative discussion on the value of gaining skills in the trades industry and how we can promote to fill local jobs. Sponsorships are available for this event. Register online at [email protected].

Sunshine Village Celebrates a Half-century of Creating Great Days

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Lenny Recor attends to the second floor at the TD Bank building, a position he secured with the help of Sunshine Village.

Lenny Recor attends to the second floor at the TD Bank building, a position he secured with the help of Sunshine Village.

Back in the mid-’60s, a group of parents, advised by friends, family members, and attorneys alike to put their developmentally disabled children into an institution, collectively rejected that idea and, far more importantly, came up with a much better one. The result of their innovative, forward-thinking outlook was Sunshine Village, which, 50 years later, remains an immensely powerful source of light, warmth, hope, and lives fulfilled.

 

Lenny Recor was in a good mood — or as good a mood as you might expect someone to be in on a Monday morning.

Actually, the day of the week doesn’t seem to matter much to Recor, who appears to wear a smile on an almost permanent basis. And such was the case as he went about his work vacuuming, mopping, dusting, and cleaning bathrooms at 1441 Main St. in Springfield, a.k.a. the TD Bank Building.

“I like to work … it’s meaningful, and I get to meet people and say hello,” said the 39-year-old. “Besides, it’s good to have money in your pocket — really good.”

The ability to work and put money in one’s pocket is something that many people might take for granted, but not Recor.

He has managed to secure several such opportunities thanks to Sunshine Village, the Chicopee-based nonprofit that this year is celebrating a half-century of doing what it does best — creating ‘great days’ for hundreds of individuals with developmental disabilities and help them lead rich, meaningful (there’s that word again) lives.

And these great days come in many forms, said Gina Kos, long-time executive director at Sunshine Village, noting that, for some, it means a day of working and earning. For others, it might mean volunteering at one of a number of area nonprofits. For still others, it might mean using a computer or practicing yoga. And for some, a great day may involve learning to shake hands or hold a spoon.

“A great day is a collection of small, proud moments,” she told BusinessWest, noting that this simple definition covers a significant amount of ground, to be sure. “What goes into ‘great’ depends on the individual.”

Elaborating, she said the agency’s mission, and its mindset, are neatly summed up with a collection of words — a summary, if you will, of what the agency provides for its participants — now filling one wall inside the agency’s administration building:

“Warm welcomes, new skills, shared laughs, many choices, caring staff, friendships, creativity, new experiences, safe travels, big smiles, helping hands, happy people, kind words, unique opportunities, lifelong learning, fun times, teamwork, dedication, shining moments, celebrations, personal accomplishments, sunshine, great days,” it reads … with those last two words in bold red letters.

Over a half-century, Gina Kos says, Sunshine Village has evolved, but has always remained true to its core mission.

Over a half-century, Gina Kos says, Sunshine Village has evolved, but has always remained true to its core mission.

But it’s not what’s on the wall that defines Sunshine Village, but what goes on inside the walls — and, in Recor’s case and many others, well outside them.

At the hangars and administration buildings at nearby Westover Air Reserve Base, for example, where participants at Sunshine Village have been employed for more than 40 years, handling various cleaning duties. Or at a host of nonprofit agencies such as the Cancer House of Hope, Habitat for Humanity, the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, and many others. Or at area businesses and office buildings ranging from the Trading Post, a large convenience store just down the street from the agency’s headquarters on Litwin Drive in Chicopee, to the TD Bank building.

And while on the subject of great days, Kos said Sunshine Village strives to provide them for both its participants and the team of employees who serve them.

“We work very hard to be a provider of choice and an employer of choice,” she noted, adding that these are the broad organizational goals outlined in a three-year strategic plan for the agency, one due to be updated in the near future. “And in the third year of our plan, we’ve realized outcomes with both of those goals that have really exceeded our initial expectations.”

For this issue, BusinessWest takes an in-depth look at the Village as it marks a key milestone, and at how, as it looks forward to its next half-century of creating great days, it will continue its evolutionary process.

Bright Ideas

When asked about the circumstances that brought her to the corner office at Sunshine Village, Kos quickly flashed back more than 25 years to the agency’s first annual fund-raising golf tournament at Tekoa Country Club in Westfield.

“I was a volunteer — I drove the beer cart,” she recalled, adding that she had such a good time, and was so impressed with the agency’s mission and how it was met, that she volunteered again the next year.

And through those experiences, Kos, who was, at the time, working in the banking sector, decided she wanted to get involved at a much higher level.

Indeed, she joined Sunshine Village in a marketing position, and a few years later rose to director. She told BusinessWest that, early on, her focus was on putting the agency on a stronger financial footing and enabling it to operate more like a business, or a nonprofit business, to be precise.

Kori Cox, a participant in Sunshine Village’s community-based day services, describes herself as an ambassador committed to generating positive thinking.

Kori Cox, a participant in Sunshine Village’s community-based day services, describes herself as an ambassador committed to generating positive thinking.

“When I came here, people in the human-services world didn’t talk about money,” she noted. “But I said, ‘you need to talk about money.’ And today, I think a lot of organizations follow Sunshine Village’s path of talking about money and acting like a business; in order to achieve your mission, you need to have a solid financial base.”

And while that work continues, she said the primary assignment for the team at Sunshine Village has been to continue a 50-year process of evolution and refinement in order to better meet the needs of those the agency serves and create more of those great days.

This is a broad constituency, individuals 22 and over, for the most part, who have one of many types of development disabilities, including, and increasingly, those on the autism spectrum.

To fully understand this evolutionary process, it’s best to start at the beginning, when a small group of parents of children with developmental disabilities set on a course that would change lives for decades to come.

“These parents were told by their physicians, their lawyers, their families, and friends that they needed to put their children into an institution — either Belchertown State School or the Monson Developmental Center,” she said, adding that they had a different, considerably better idea.

“These families were pretty radical at that time — this was the mid-’60s — and they said, ‘no, institutions are not for us; we’re going to keep our children at home with us,’” she went on. “But they also realized that the resources to help them raise their children weren’t there; they couldn’t go through the school system, and just bringing their kids to nursery schools and the local playground didn’t feel right 50 years ago.”

So this group of parents, under the leadership of Joseph Casey, owner of Casey Chevrolet, who had a young daughter with a developmental disability, started a group called Friends of the Retarded Children and set about creating an organization that would become what Sunshine Village is today.

On land donated by the city and local sportsmen’s club, and with money raised through an involved grassroots effort, a playground and the first building (eventually named after Casey) were built and opened in the spring of 1967.

In its early years, the agency served children, said Kos, noting that it had a nursery school and recreational facilities that reflected playgrounds of that era. As those original participants grew older, the roster of programs evolved accordingly, including the addition of employment services as well as a skills center for those who wanted to work, but needed the skills to do so.

It Takes a Village

Today, Sunshine Village, which has a $13 million annual operating budget, serves roughly 450 adults with developmental disabilities across Western Mass. Many stay with the agency for years or decades, and one participant in its programs recently turned 86.

In addition to its facility in Chicopee, there are other locations in Springfield, Three Rivers, and Westfield, added over the years to bring participants closer to the services being offered.

Day programs provided by the agency cover a broad spectrum. They include:

• Community Engagement Services, also known as community-based day services, or CBDS, which offer individuals activities promoting wellness, recreation, community engagement, technology, self-advocacy, and personal development;

• Contemporary Life Engagement Services, a highly structured program specifically designed to support individuals on the autism spectrum. This is a medically based day ‘habilitation’ program with services augmented with clinical supports as necessary, including speech and language, physical, and occupational therapies, and access to a board-certified behavior analyst;

• Traditional Life Engagement Services, a medically based day habilitation program focused on building functional life skills, including social, communication, personal wellness, and independent living; and

• Employment Services, which support participants in obtaining a job or working as a member of a supervised team. It does this through placement services, and also through Village Works, an agency-owned business located just off exit 6 of the Turnpike, as well as Westover Maintenance Systems, a commercial cleaning company operated by Sunshine Village, which, as noted, provides maintenance services for all the buildings and hangars at Westover Air Reserve Base.

Over the years, and on an ongoing basis, the programming at the Village evolves to meet changing needs within society and area school departments and their special-education divisions, said Kos.

“Over the years, we’ve offered different kinds of services — residential services, shared-living services, different kinds of day and employment services — but we’ve always remained true to our mission,” she told BusinessWest. “And that is to serve people with disabilities and to serve them regardless of the level of disability; we’ve served people that other organizations can’t and won’t serve.”

As one example of this evolutionary process, she noted additions and changes undertaken to meet the dramatic rise in the number of individuals on the autism spectrum.

“There are a lot more people graduating from area high schools who are on the autism spectrum,” she explained, adding that the reasons for this are not fully known. “And on the autism spectrum, 40% of the individuals also have an intellectual disability, meaning their IQ is less than 71.

“And one of the things we’re doing at Sunshine Village is redefining and redesigning our services so that we’re able to meet the needs and support people on the autism spectrum who do not have intellectual disabilities,” she went on, “because that is a growing need in the community.”

Denise Simpkins and Bill Denard have been working at Westover Air Reserve Base for several years now through Sunshine Village’s employment-services arm.

Denise Simpkins and Bill Denard have been working at Westover Air Reserve Base for several years now through Sunshine Village’s employment-services arm.

It’s also an example of how the agency is constantly listening to the constituencies it serves when they’re asked about needs and concerns — and responding to what it hears.

These traits have certainly benefited the agency as it works toward that goal of being a provider of choice, said Kos, adding that the same is true when it comes to being an employer of choice.

Elaborating, she said the competition for talent in the nonprofit sector is considerable, and Sunshine Village looks to stand out in this regard by working hard to enable employees to shine as well as those they serve.

“We see our employees as our best asset, and we invest a lot of money in training, recognizing, and thanking them,” she said of her team of more than 250.

Shining Examples

Kos said the official 50th anniversary date for the agency was in April of this year, and in many respects it has been a year-long celebration.

There was a dinner for employees last spring, several outreach events, and a community celebration in September, called, appropriately enough, the ‘Great Days Gala,’ that was attended by more than 250 people.

But in most all ways, Sunshine Village has been celebrating 50 years by doing more of what it’s been doing for 50 years — enabling people with developmental disabilities to shine.

And as BusinessWest talked with some of the clients served by the agency, it became clear that there are many ways for that verb to manifest itself.

For Jonathon Scytkowski, a participant in the CBDS programs who came to Sunshine Village in 2015, there are several components to his great days. He works at the Trading Post, cleaning floors, taking out the recyclables, and other duties. Meanwhile, he also volunteers at the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts and other nonprofits, and takes visits to the libraries in Chicopee and South Hadley and area malls.

Add it all up, and he’s busy, active, and, most importantly, involved.

“I like volunteering — at the Food Bank I do a lot of volunteering putting food in boxes for those who need it,” he told BusinessWest, noting, like Recor did, that working is important on many levels, from making money to having a sense of purpose.

Those sentiments were echoed by Denise Simpkins and Bill Debord, who have both worked at Westover, through Sunshine Village, for several years.

In fact, for Debord, it’s been almost 30 years, long enough to see a number of personnel come and go, but also long enough to feel like he’s part of that important operation.

“I really like working there — you feel like you’re part of the family,” he said, adding that he knows people by name, and vice versa.

As for Simpkins, who has been doing it for 12 years, she likes the work, the pay, and especially the perks — like the special occasions where she gets to see the planes close up and take some pictures.

“It’s good to have a job because you get to pay you bills and manage your money,” she told BusinessWest.

Meanwhile, for Kori Cox, another participant in the CBDS program, shining, if you will, takes a different form.

Indeed, as part of initiative called Positive Behavior Supports (PBS), she said she has an important role she described this way. “I do a lot of stuff to try to prevent the Village from being negative.”

Elaborating, she said she made a sign that reads “Positive Attitude, Positive Life,” and she works to encourage others, inside and outside Sunshine Village, to not only read the sign, but live by those words. Specifically, she works diligently to prompt people to stop using the ‘R’ word.

“We remind people that’s not nice to use that word — ever,” she said, adding that her efforts in this regard dovetail nicely with her broader mission.

“I love positivity — it really helps life; there’s no negativity,” said Cox, 24, who described herself as an ambassador, advocate, and peer leader.

As for Recor, well, let’s just say he seems to embody the words on Cox’s sign.

A World of Difference

Sunshine Village still stages a golf tournament every year. In fact, it’s the agency’s most successful fund-raising effort.

Its new, permanent home is Chicopee Country Club — only a drive and a wedge away from the Litwin Drive campus — and Kos no longer drives the beer cart, obviously.

Her role has evolved and grown — as has the agency’s.

But the basic goals are still the same — to create great days and enable those with developmental disabilities to shine, however those words are defined.

Half a century later, Sunshine Village is delivering on those promises.

Just ask Lenny Recor. He’s the guy with a smile on his face — on a Monday morning no less.

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

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