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Get out of that fall decorating rut ‘Why not elevate your pumpkin and change up your colors?’

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“I love the colors of the moody blue skies this time of year, the way the plants look after the first frost, the golds of the cornfields after harvest and the purplish shadows at twilight.”

By Jura Koncius

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The front porch of Jo Oliver’s home is dressed for the season.

Over the years she has bought hanging metal baskets from Terrain to hold gourds and pumpkins. (KATHERINE FREY / WASHINGTON POST)

Figure out what colors you’re drawn to and how you could supplement with fruits, vegetables, berries, rose hips or herbs, she says.

“Think outside your normal field of colors,” she says. If you’re going to be choosing some paint for your DIY projects, have an idea what you want before you get to the wall of chips, “otherwise you will be paralyzed by the options,” she says. “Think of the way colors relate to each other.”

After deciding on her own palette for this year, inspired by the farms, water and sky around her town in autumn, she want to a Benjamin Moore store and selected Evening

Dove, Gossamer Blue, Mustard Field and Creamy Custard. The grayish blue related to her great-grandmother’s Wedgwood Queensware plates, which are grayish lavender and used for special occasions.

Oliver experiments with new ideas for seasonal decorating and makes sure she has a changing display of flowers and other plants.

“I enjoy changing it up.

But of course, people also do expect it from me when they come over.”

Here’s a peek at some of Oliver’s projects, with plenty of ideas for getting out of your own autumn decorating rut.

you plan to keep them in an unprotected outdoor area.

For her blue transferware pumpkins, she first painted them chalky white using Glidden General Purpose Primer. Then she switched to a navy blue medium Sharpie to complete her vision.

“My experience was that the bumpiness of the pumpkin

Painted pumpkins Oliver painted a few dozen tiny pumpkins in the four shades she selected. She bought sample-size Benjamin Moore cans (one pint) of each color.

She suggests finishing off the pumpkins with a clear coat of enamel gloss spray paint if

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parsonage. She also relocated her flower studio, Flower Guild 1820, and now creates arrangements for individual clients, weddings and other special events in a Mainestyle barn next to her home.

She also offers classes.

Oliver says if you want to change up your Thanksgiving (or any holiday look), go to a garden center with a plan and a color palette in mind.

“It’s hard to imagine a different approach when you are already in the store and the aisles are filled with orange and black things,” she says.

“Check out your own yard first, and make a list of greens, leaves, branches, pine cones and pods that you can use.”

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“I always like to avoid the cliches of fall,” she says. “Why not elevate your pumpkin and change up your colors?”

Instead of the traditional oranges and burgundys, Oliver takes inspiration from the subtle changes of color and texture she sees in the rolling hills and the fading gardens around her 1820 farmhouse in West River, Maryland, 30 miles east of Washington.

“I love the colors of the moody blue skies this time of year, the way the plants look after the first frost, the golds of the cornfields after harvest and the purplish shadows at twilight,” Oliver says.

This year, as Thanksgiving approaches, Oliver’s front porch, wide entry hall and dining room are filled with pumpkins of all sizes painted in dusty shades of pale blue, mustard, gray and biscuit.

Roses, hellebores and thistle are massed on her dining table and sideboard in delicate purple, navy and cream.

And her blue and white china collection inspired her handdrawn, transferware-style pumpkins and a wreath made of plates.

Last year Oliver, her husband, Robb Stout, and their 3-year-old daughter moved from their Washington bungalow to a white clapboard house that was once a

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makes it easier to do a design using a Sharpie instead of a brush,� she says. “I drew out my motif and then filled it in freehand.�

attach roses in smoky shades: Lavender Latte, Coffee Break (terra-cotta), Marvel (cream) and Turtle (yellow).

She added thistles, sunflowers, carnations, hellebores, clematis, viburnum berries and seckle pears. The result is Centerpiece a lush arrangement of many For the rectangular table different shapes, colors and in her dining room, Oliver textures. demonstrated a long, low-pro“I worked from left to right file arrangement that she across the arrangement, being would display for fancier fall sure to turn the arrangement occasions. She bought two dou- around as I worked, so both ble-brick plastic floral trays and sides were balanced, she says. fitted them both with a pair of “As you’re working, it’s also well-soaked Oasis bricks using important to step away from waterproof tape. She layered the arrangement and look in some greenery as a base, at it from a distance. This then used wooden skewers to helps you to see if there are

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Plate wreath Oliver wanted to create a focal point on the dining room wall, so she selected some blue and white vintage plates from her collection. She attached wire plate hangers on the back of each plate and wired them all onto a 24-inch wire wreath frame. She drilled holes in the painted mini pumpkins and popped a few in the arrangement.

She plans to change those

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Ceiling medallion wreaths The 19th-century ceiling medallion in Oliver’s dining room was the inspiration for her front-door wreath. She looked online for PVC copies of period medallions and found a 16-inch-diameter medallion on Amazon.

She painted it with three of her Benjamin Moore colors, then sprayed several dozen dried natural wheat stalks with gold paint. She traced the medallion on a piece of cardboard, cut it out and then hot-glued the wheat all around it. The cardboard was glued to the back of the medallion.

In the center, she placed a 6-inch Oasis wreath ring with viburnum berries, carnations, ilse roses, seckel pears and greenery.

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Lee Reich | In the Garden

Composting doesn’t have to be complicated

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ITY THE BEGINNING gardener who dares to read about composting.

(Please dare to read on, in this case, even if you are a beginner.)

What novice could not be intimidated by the complicated instructions often given, as well as alleged needs for exotic or hard-to-find ingredients.

When I was a novice, I read too many British gardening books and almost tossed in my pitchfork and gloves in despair trying to find soil for my compost pile. Yes, soil! Many of those British “authorities� recommended laying down a 1- to 2-inch blanket after every foot or so of other ingredients.

I have since learned that soil is a nice, but not necessary, addition to a compost pile. My compost piles still get soil, but only sprinklings.

The directives most likely to convince anyone to go back to using plastic trash bags and the kitchen sink’s disposal unit are those telling us not to compost diseased plants or plant parts.

And the same could be said for warnings against composting plants or plant parts harboring insect pests.

You might similarly be instructed to keep weeds out of your compost piles.

Is any of this possible or desirable?

Unless you regularly douse your property with a slew of insecticides and fungicides, you are unlikely to find much plant material that does not host some insect or disease pest. You might find a clean leaf here and there, but nothing in quantity, and surely nothing worth picking through.

And if you follow warnings against using weeds, you miss out on the sweet revenge of reincarnating them from agents that rob plants of nutrients and water into compost, which has the opposite effect.

So I say balderdash to all this talk about keeping pest-ridden plants and weeds out of compost piles. Not because I don’t care about these problems, but because throwing any and all plants into my compost should not —and has not — caused problems.

What spells death to insect, disease, and weed pests in a compost pile is a combination of heat and time. Pile up compostable materials in a big

Composting need not be complicated; any pile of organic materials eventually becomes compost.

batch, with attention to the mix of ingredients, air, and moisture, and intense heat soon follows. The dial on my longprobed compost thermometer has spun as high as 160 degrees, which is hot enough to

do in virtually all pests in short order.

A casually made pile, built gradually over a few weeks, especially this time of year with weather turning cold, will generate little heat. But let

any pile of living or once living material sit long enough and it will eventually turn dark brown and crumbly. Along the way, pests will have expired or have been gobbled up by other microorganisms. A week at 100 degrees could have the same killing effect on some pest as an hour at 140 degrees.

You cannot do much better for your garden than to lavish it with compost. And you need plenty of raw materials to make plenty of compost. Don’t waste any compostable materials — including weeds and pest ridden plants — by carting them away to the landfill or burning them.

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Victorian furniture: out of style, hard to sell

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HE FURNITURE you select for your first house is usually furniture that is as old as the house.

A new modern house probably has lots of windows, high ceilings, kitchens and bathrooms made with marble.

Most rooms are painted with either a mixture of bright colors or a monotone shade of white or beige.

Furniture looks like the first modern designs — simple shapes, little carving or decoration, chairs made of bent wood and metal rods, and plain rectangular storage pieces and tables.

Victorian furniture with dark wood, carved and gilt trims, and metal plaques just doesn’t fit in.

When this 1870 American Renaissance-era cabinet was offered at auction (est. $8,000 to $12,000), there were few bidders. Moore, York, & Howell of Philadelphia, who exhibited at the 1876 Centennial Exposition, made it.

A great example of American Renaissance furniture, over 5 feet high and just short of 5 feet wide, it is a good size for a Victorian room with an

didn’t sell.

Q. I have a Rookwood

vase and I would love some more information about it.

It’s marked with the reverse letter “R” back to back with the letter “P” with 14 flames around it. I’ve found that most Rookwood pieces have a Roman numeral date below the mark, but this one does not. It also has the impressed number 605.

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Rookwood pottery was made in Cincinnati, Ohio, beginning in 1880. The “RP” mark was first used in 1886.

One flame was added each year after that through 1900, making 14 flames.

Roman numerals were added under the flame mark beginning in 1901. If there’s no Roman numeral under the mark on your vase, it was made in 1900.

The number 605 is the shape number. Each shape was made in several sizes and decorated by different artists.

A letter after the shape number indicates the size, with “A” being the largest and “F” the smallest. You may also find the artist’s initials or marks that indicate the glaze on the bottom of your vase.

Rookwood was bought and sold several times. It was out of business for a while but now makes architectural tile, art pottery and special commisSEE KOVEL, PAGE F6

Trends in clothing change quickly. Skirts are long and then short, business attire for men now includes sports shirts and no neckties. Large Victorian furniture is out of style and hard to sell. This top-quality cabinet didn’t sell even though it was estimated at less than half the price it cost 12 years ago.

8-foot-high ceiling and lots of wall space.

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sions.

An early vase like yours is popular with collectors and large examples can sell for hundreds of dollars (if in perfect condition).

Q. I have a barometer/

altimeter that my dad may have gotten when he worked for Charles Dawes, Calvin Coolidge’s vice president. It is round and about 2 3/4 inches in diameter. It has a glass front and the case is heavy metal, maybe brass. It’s marked “Queen & Co., Phila” on the back. Can you tell me anything about it and value?

A. James W. Queen & Com-

CURRENT PRICES Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions.

Ewer, figural handle, winged nude, rams’ heads, flowers, gourds, acanthus, green, gilt metal, 20 inches, $110.

Vaseline glass pickle castor, silver plate frame, fans, C-scrolls, finial, marked Bersh, 11 inches, $180.

Game box, rosewood, S-scrolls, flip-top compartments, escutcheon, hinges, 7 x 17 inches, $240.

Meissen tureen, underplate, lid, pink rose finial, flower bouquets, insects, latticework, marked, 5 1/2 x 9 inches, $450.

Murano art glass vase, cobalt blue, frosted, millefiori, signed Rons Murano, 11 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches, $490.

Tiffany & Co. cup, silver, marching children’s band, flute, tambourine, hand cart, trees, 3 1/2 x 4 inches, $510.

Needlepoint sofa, flower bouquets, carved mahogany frame, leaves, flowers, berries, 33 x 90 inches, $540.

Ottoman bonbonniere, silver, melon shaped, repousse, chased, leaves, hinges, 9 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches, $3,750.

Harp, semi-grand, 8 pedals, gilt, blue, filigree, flowers, paw feet, J.F. Browne & Co., 69 x 44 inches, $4,800.

Cloisonne kovsh, silver, shaded enamel, agates, landscape, swans, Feodor Ruckert, Russia, c. 1900, 4 1/2 inches, $6,875.

altimeter (altitude meter) is a type of aneroid barometer that measures changes in air pressure to measure changes in altitude.

Without seeing what you have, we can’t give you a value.

Q. I have several issues

of 1902 and 1903 Popular Mechanics magazines. I’m having a hard time finding out their value. I know they were a weekly magazine at the time. One of the issues has an article written by Marconi. Can you help?

A.

The first issue of Popular Mechanics magazine was published on Jan. 11, 1902.

The publisher and editor was Henry Haven Windsor, and he wrote most of the articles.

The magazine was published

weekly and sold for 5 cents an issue, or $1 a year.

It became a monthly magazine in September 1903.

Hearst Corporation bought the magazine in 1958. It’s still being published.

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The company made and imported optical and scientific equipment.

The name was changed to Queen-Gray Co. in 1912. The company became the Gray Instrument Company in 1925.

It closed in 1952.

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DETAILS Design Number: 1067-5 Bedrooms: 4 Baths: 3 Square Footage: 2,510 Dimensions: 42’ 6” x 83’ 8” Framing: 2x4

An easygoing flow between the main living areas make it easy to host and entertain guests.

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Long-term U.S. mortgage rates up to 3.78% U.S. long-term mortgage rates rose this week for the third straight week, while remaining historically low and far below their levels of a year ago.

Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Thursday the average rate for a 30year fixed-rate mortgage increased to 3.78% from 3.75% the previous week.

By contrast, the key average rate stood

Deeds AGAWAM Alan A. Mazza and Monica L. Brown to Stephen Andrew Childs, 80 Poinsetta St., $250,000.

Barbara J. Giordano to Michael J. Giuggio, 117 Franklin St., $170,000.

Charles E. Jones II, to Sharon A. Conte, 90 Corey Colonial, Unit 90, $137,000.

Ellsworth W. Smith to Riley Properties LLC, 1016 Springfield St., $235,000.

Francine Cotoia to Cindy S. Coppola, 193 Brookfield Ave., $250,000.

Joseph William Mikalson to Ashley B. Magin and Callum F. Poole, 208 School St., $315,000.

Mental Health Association Inc., to Cil Realty of Massachusetts Inc., 141 North West St., $405,000.

AMHERST Robert W. Hyers and Elizabeth C. Hyers to William H. Ewell and Sara B. Ewell, 15 Blue Hills Road, $495,000.

at 4.83% a year ago.

The average rate on a 15-year mortgage ticked up to 3.19% from 3.18% the week before.

Lower borrowing rates have helped revive the housing market, which stumbled last year. New home sales jumped 15.5% in September from a year earlier.

LLC, 436 Pine St., $279,901.

William T. Stapleton and Elizabeth H. Souza to Joshua M. Rosenthal and Amber N. Douglas, 133 North Whitney St., $580,000.

Warren S. Hall Jr., and Marie C. Hall to Ru Zheng and Yumeng Zhang, 252 West St., $150,000.

Jessica Moore and Jessica Lindsey to Oliver Lindsey, 46 High Point Drive, $15,000.

BELCHERTOWN Robert A. Morra to Christopher M. Austin and Stefanie A. Austin, Franklin Street, $60,000.

John W. Therrien, Jean A. Randall-Therrien and Jean R. Therrien to Jean A. Randall-Therrien, trustee, John W. Therrien, trustee, and Jean A. Randall-Therrien Living Trust, 420 Amherst Road, $100.

Kathryn A. Bellerose to Dolores Choquette, 85 North Main St., $265,000.

Vincent P. Hohreiter and Aline C. Gubrium to Felicia Baltazar, 113 Gulf Road, $351,000.

Michael W. Forcum and Lindsay Forcum to Helen M. Wright, 22 Rimrock Drive, $325,000.

Josephine M. Fontaine to Karen L. Peter E. Drummond, personal Watts, 627 South Washington St., representative, and Paul E. Drum$259,000. mond, estate, to Leslie McNamara, 27 Greenleaves Drive, $225,000.

Freddie Mac surveys lenders across the country between Monday and Wednesday each week to compile its mortgage rate figures.

The average doesn’t include extra fees, known as points, which most borrowers must pay to get the lowest rates.

The average fee on 30-year fixed-

Marlene S. O’Brien, Marlene S. Lamontagne and Justin Lamontagne, to Tsering Dolma, Tenzin Dophen and Tenzin Seldon, 1 Atherton Lane, $291,500.

Elizabeth M. Dowey to Edward M. Dowey , 39 Phipps Road, $91,000.

1060 Chicopee Street LLC, to Volga Empire Ma LLC, 1060 Chicopee St., $935,000.

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Jenean M. Higgins to SRV Properties LLC, 45 Orange St., $50,000.

Alex T. Krofta to Ibelis Mateo, 23 State St., $184,000.

Thomas J. Starzyk to Kevin M. Hall, 10 Beulah Land Road, $25,000.

Felix Parker to Rebecca Lynn Thrasher and David D. Baez Jr., 126 Woodcrest Circle, $185,000.

Helen M. Wright, Helen Lynskey and David A. F. Wright to Janet Ramirez, 115 Lawndale St., $168,000.

CHICOPEE

Bernardston DG Series LLC, to 800 DG Bernardston LLC, 115 Northfield Road, $1,850,000.

Carlene M. Renaud to Heather E. Renaud and Carlene M. Renaud, life estate, 5 Glenwood St., $100.

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BRIMFIELD MTGLQ Investors LP to Nicholas Catt, 67 Champeaux Road, $429,000.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Christiana Trust, trustee, and Pretium Mortgage Acquisition Trust, trustee of, to Jessica L. Powers and David A. Powers, 66 Holland Road, $286,000.

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Joshua M. Rosenthal and Amber N. Douglas to Cushman Cottage

Zachary Hitt to Nicole Elise Durant, 119 Mountain View Drive & Parcel 29, Mountain View Drive, $34,000.

BERNARDSTON

David I. Clooney, David Clooney, Amber K. Clooney, Amber Clooney, Amber R. Kanner to 7Q59 Amherst LLC, 984 East Pleasant St., $230,000.

James E. Matuszko, personal representative, Carl T. Matuszko, estate, and Theodore C. Matuszko to Jeffrey Fishman and Sarah Killian, Pulpit Hill Road, $112,500.

rate mortgages was unchanged from last week at 0.5 of a point. The average fee for the 15-year mortgage rose to 0.6 point from 0.5 point.

The average rate for five-year adjustable-rate mortgages increased to 3.43% from 3.4%. The fee rose to 0.4 point from 0.3 point.

— Associated Press

LEGEND: The rate and annual percentage rate (APR) are effective as of the publication date. The APR may increase after consummation and may vary. Payments do not include amounts for taxes and insurance. The fees set forth for each advertisement above may be charged to open the plan (A) Mortgage Banker, (B) Mortgage Broker, (C) Bank, (D) S&L, (E) Credit Union, (BA) indicates Licensed Mortgage Banker, NYS Banking Dept., (BR) indicates Registered Mortgage Broker, NYS Banking Dept., (loans arranged through third parties). “Call for Rates” means actual rates were not available at press time. All rates are quoted on a minimum FICO score of 740. Conventional loans are based on loan amounts of $165,000. Jumbo loans are based on loan amounts of $424,100. Points quoted include discount and/or origination. Lock Days: 30-60. Annual percentage rates (APRs) are based on fully indexed rates for adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs). The APR on your specific loan may differ from the sample used. Fees reflect charges relative to the APR. If your down payment is less than 20% of the home’s value, you will be subject to private mortgage insurance, or PMI. FHA mortgages include both UFMIP and MIP fees based on loan amount of $165,000 with 5% down payment. VA mortgages include funding fees based on loan amount of $165,000 with 5% down payment. The Republican does not guarantee the accuracy of the information appearing above or the availability of rates and fees in this table. All rates, fees and other information are subject to change without notice. The Republican does not own any financial institutions. Some or all of the companies appearing in this table pay a fee to appear in this table. If you are seeking a mortgage in excess of $424,100, recent legislation may enable lenders in certain locations to provide rates that are different from those shown in the table above. Sample Repayment Terms-ex. 360 monthly payments of $5.29 per $1,000 borrowed ex. 180 monthly payments of $7.56 per $1,000 borrowed. We recommend that you contact your lender directly to determine what rates may be available to you. To access the NMLS Consumer Access website, please visit www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org. To appear in this table, or report any inaccuracies call 413-788-1050.

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Deeds CONTINUED FROM PAGE F9 Kim Czerniawski, Cheryl Weber and John J. Czerniawski to Jessica L. Andrews, 269 Chicopee St., Unit 19, $99,900.

Mary F. McCormack to Shirley Danasko, 1069 James St., M8, $125,000.

Chicopee Gardens Rehabilitation & Care Center Property LLC, to 44 New Lombard Road LLC, 44 New Lombard Road, $3,500,000.

Paul J. Drewniak and Gail M. Drewniak to DGL Properties LLC, David Street, $65,000.

Timothy D. Lynch to Sara J. Brault and Erin L. Brault, 62 Armanella St., $183,400.

Wayne R. Roy and Nikki C. Roy to Artem Yenikeyev and Anastassiya Semenova, 106 Bostwick Lane, $223,500.

Z & M Investments LLC, to Robert A. Lopez, 43 Asselin St., $202,500.

E. Rice to Ashley E. Goulet and Domonic J. Santaniello, 3 Hyde Hill Road, $235,000.

GRANBY Patricia A. Desormier and Cynthia J. Gaj to Stella Virchick and Peter Virchick, 206 West St., $230,000.

P. Martin Conway and Dianne D. Conway to Leonard Yakir, 32 Ferry Hill Road, $535,000.

Mountain Stream LLC, to Joseph W. Dickinson, Amherst Street, $74,000.

GRANVILLE Henry G. Koloski and Theresa Koloski to Jayden B. Cowles, 776 Main St., $220,000.

GREENFIELD BNEP LLC, to WWKWTW LLC, 322-324 Deerfield St., $100,000.

BNEP LLC, to WWKWTW LLC, 122 High St., $250,000.

BNEP LLC, to WWKWTW LLC, 111 River St. $235,000.

COLRAIN

James F. Lowe and Erin Stathis to Molly E. Merrett and Michael Charles J. Crosier, Philip A. Crosier, D. Nord, 30 Solar Way, Unit 2E Prentice F. Crosier, Judith A. HanWisdom Way Solar Village Conrahan and Priscilla L. Phelps to dominium, $160,399.

Helen Rowan Call, 561 Adamsville Douglas A. Fontaine to Brendan Road, $120,000.

Michael McQuillan, Leyden Road, $40,000.

Crystal Dymon to Diana Sarkosi, 12 Candlewood Drive, $184,000.

Deric J. Talbot to Michael K. Brawn Jr., 12 Wales Road, $205,000.

Roger N. Lemire to Jay L. Walker and Donna M. Walker, 225 Brimfield Road, $72,700.

HOLYOKE Christopher Draper and Thy Nguyen Draper to Carlos J. Ortiz Jr., and Lisa Martinez, 71 Westfield Road, $220,000.

Gilberto Sotolongo and Maria E. Sotolongo to Jessica L. Badger, 15 Dale St., $200,000.

Robert A. Lamirande and Susan L. Lamirande to Maria C. McGale, 35 Lynwood Ave., $187,000.

Thomas Herbert and Samantha Herbert to Joel I. Ayala-Delgado, 82 W Glen St., $211,000.

William S. Gruszkos, Willian S. Gruszkos and Laura E. Gruszkos to Joseph Williams, 19 Donlee St., $250,000.

HUNTINGTON Jeffrey A. Thomas to Deborah Supinski-Labonte and Kenneth R. Labonte, 37 Russell Road, $239,900.

LEVERETT

CONWAY

UMassFive College Federal Credit Hollie J. Hunsicker, “fka” Hollie Union and Member Advantage J. Poirier, to McKenzie Property Betty Stafursky to Peter Sanger, Mortgage LLC, to Nicholas Management Inc., 16-18 Elm St. Wilder Hill Road, $89,900.

Brewster Tooker and Sarah $105,000.

Elaine Tooker, 15 Two Mile Road, 96 Lunt Drive Realty Trust, Ann M. $275,000.

DEERFIELD Bush and William J. Bush, trustees, to Daniel Cojan and Natalia Jackie Elaine Carmody and MiLONGMEADOW chael E. Ellis to Nelda P. Burke., 6B Cojan, 96 Lunt Drive, $190,000.

Heritage Way, Unit 10, Commons Sebastian John Ruggeri Estate, Marjorie B. Feinberg to Patrick M. of Deerfield, $217,000. “aka” Sebastian J. Ruggeri Estate, Blakeman, 97 Canterbury Lane, Christine R. Lincoln, administra$368,000. tor and personal representative, EAST LONGMEADOW Sean M. Marien and Lauren A. to White Investment Trust, John Marien to Davis W. Sparks and A. White and Karen L. White, Susan I. French to William Tobin, Susan A. Bell, 121 Captain Road, trustees, South Shelburne Road, 64 John St., $241,000. $479,000. $25,000.

Vincent P. Scordino and Margaret T. Scordino to Barbara J. Borden and Scott A. Kenny, 107 Colony Drive, $259,900.

EASTHAMPTON Joseph N. Gormley, personal representative, and Nancy Anne Gormley, estate, to Norwich Properties LLC, 31 Rabideau Drive, $120,000.

Brian F. Diemand and Donna J. Asher to Charles D. Cambra and Colleen A. Cambra, 1 Beyer Drive, $276,000.

GOSHEN Susan E. Kalentek and Susan

HADLEY Robert A. Borawski to U.S. Metal Roofing Distributors Inc., 103 North Maple St., $95,000.

Matthew W. Dufresne and Elizabeth L. Dufresne to Diane Forman Judd and Thomas E. Judd, 7 High Meadow Road, $499,000.

LUDLOW Edward Wilczynski Jr., and Kathleen T. Wilczynski to Matthew D. Caligaris and Katelyn J. Callahan, 15 Leland Drive, $515,000.

Eleanor R. Strickland, estate, Jessica Ann Strickland, representative, and Christine C. Strickland to Keith S. Hevey, 221 Ventura St., Gregory J. Rodak to Karli Ann Sac- $230,000. co, 11 North Lane, $281,000.

Idalete M. Barbosa to Norman D. HAMPDEN Dudley, Beverly G. Dudley, Michael A. Tuck and Laura A. Tuck, 117 Revampit LLC, to Jennifer Ruth Chapin St., $345,000.

Scott, 294 Glendale Road, $190,000.

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Tognarelli to Douglas Simon of Wendell, 249 Wendell Road. $20,000.

Guadalupe Rose Properties LLC, to Kyle Wesley Moser, Kenyon Lewin-Berlin and Elliot Aaron Hartmann-Russell, 73 5th Street, $127,500.

Paul N. Grimard Estate, Kevin N. Grimard, personal representative, to McKenzie Property Management Inc., 6 N Street. $80,000.

NORTHAMPTON

$363,000.

PALMER Dennis G. Parent and Patricia E. Parent to Linda A. Regis, 146 Mason St., $254,900.

Fannie Mae and Federal National Mortgage Association to Michael J. Roulston, 27 Glenn St., $199,000.

SOUTH HADLEY

Joseph A. Duclos to Joseph A. Duclos and Joshua R. Duclos, 53 Hinckley St., $100.

Joseph W. Worthen II, trustee, and Fort Sewall Revocable Trust to Quercus Holdings LLC, 231 Hadley St., $820,050.

Wells Fargo Bank NA, to Alex Vilkhovoy, trustee, and AJ Capital Realty Trust, 6 Austin Circle, $140,500.

Cynthia L. O’Dell to Karen Schlachter and Steven A. Schlachter, 8 Birch Hill Road, $320,000.

Sunwood Development Corp., to David M. Grodsky and Patricia Lane, 117 Olander Drive, $400,898.

Pauline C. Fontaine to Donna J. Asher, 69 Laurie Ave., $259,900.

Sunwood Development Corp., to Deborah Esther Schifter, trustee, and Third Amendment & Complete Restatement of the Trust Agreement, 117 Olander Drive, $461,319.

Barbara McCollough and Ruth A. Lague to Pure Carbon Inc., 115 Laurel Park, $69,000.

Sandra L. Culbertson and Lynda A. Broadhurst to Hytech Park Properties LLC, 84 Bradford St., $227,500.

Sunwood Development Corp., to Margaret C. Bogdan, 117 Olander Drive, $592,937.

Trustees of the Smith College and Smith College to Phoebe B. McKinnell, 55 Dryads Green, $450,000.

NORTHFIELD Tufts Realty Trust IV, Rosalind G. Tufts, trustee, to Dorothy W. Bacon, Mount Hermon Station Road, $65,000.

ORANGE Lincoln Tallage LLC, to Almas Omar and Ryan Smith, Sr., 178 North Main St., $39,900.

Brian W. Schindler to Kristen L. Dumas, 24 Winter St., $209,000.

David E. Maynard and Michael J. Powers to Thavath Sayarath, 416 South Main St., $120,000.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB, trustee, by attorney, “dba” Christiana Trust, trustee, by attorney, Alta Residential Solutions LLC, attorney, to Sovereign Group Inc., 196 West River St., $46,500.

John Patrick O’Hara and Joyce O’Hara to West River Road Solar LLC, 445 West River St.,

SOUTHAMPTON Walter A. Czepiel Jr., to Danielle N. Brazeau and Michael W. Donnis, 19 Miller Ave., $291,000.

Nancy Finger, personal representative, Brandon Erik Smith and Brandon E. Smith to Roger C. Paul and Kathleen Morin-Paul, 22 Camp Jahn Road, $175,000.

Thomas E. Bassett and Doreen A. Bassett to Huot Ang and Davy Pom, 15 Katelyn Way, $496,668.

SOUTHWICK Deborah J. Anderson to Revampit LLC, 112 Vining Hill Road, $70,000.

Dennis E. Shaughnessy and Theresa D. Shaughnessy to Daniel R. Welch and Jeanie L. Welch, 13 Liquori Drive, $510,000.

SPRINGFIELD Alex Owusu to Daniel Ranson, 108 Warrenton St., $185,000.

Anthony Bourget to Nicholas R. Goss, 43 Preston St., $158,000.

Bretta Construction LLC, to Kenny E. Manguinuri Cuevas, 120 Hood St., $247,000.

Carole J Nelson to Ruby Realty Llc, Florence St, $500.

CME Properties LLC, to Cid Marie Colon, 118 Tavistock St., $200,000.

David K. White and David A. White to Green Light Homes LLC, 79 Westbanks Court, $150,000.

Earl Andrews to Tatcepsyi LLC, 29-31 Palmer Ave., $95,000.

Erin M. Prendergast, Erin M. Blais and Scott W. Blais to Emily M. Barrows, 265 Gillette Ave., $230,000.

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GARDEN NOTES scholarships.

A poetry competition for Garden Club students in kindergarten through the ninth grade asks contests participants to write a poem The Springfield Garden with the theme “Adventures Club, the Garden Club Fed- in the Garden.” The poem eration of Massachusetts, can be in traditional verse and National Garden Clubs, or any poetic form. Winners will have their poems Inc. are sponsoring two themed competitions to de- published in a booklet to be velop and creatively express created by National Garden environmental awareness.

Clubs, Inc. Details are available through gardenclub.

The competitions are open org/youth/poetry-conto all area students and prizes range from the oppor- test.aspx. tunity to see the winner’s For high school students work published to $1,000 (grades 9-12) there is an SPRINGFIELD

Deeds CONTINUED FROM PAGE F10 Green Valley Investments Corp., to Matthew J. Slowik, 24 Berbay Circle, $50,000.

H P Rum LLC, to Volga Empire Ma LLC, 22-24 Kendall St., $210,000.

John P. Beninati and Kathleen A. Beninati to Richard M. Bachetti and Radiana O. Bachetti, 74 Westbanks Court, $225,000.

Julio Ayala to Brenda L. Colon, 31 Shelby St., $146,000.

Laura Rosado and Reinaldo Rosado to Maria Isabel Rodriguez and Priscilla M. Rodriguez, 148-150 Stafford St., $274,900.

Luz A. Herrera to Matthew R. Bergeron, 194-196 Hampshire St., $251,000.

Michael P. Ashe, representative, and Robert J. Hill, estate, to District Capital LLC, 71 Peach St., $75,000.

Mister Mister LLC, to Volga Empire Ma LLC, 146 Kensington Ave., $315,000.

MS Homes LLC, and MS Home LLC, to Ivy Afra and Kwaku Oduro, 24 Laurence St., $269,900.

Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC, to Emtay Inc., 260 Laurelton St., $80,000.

Orange Park Management LLC, to John S. Rivera, 133 Catharine St., $187,500.

Peter S. King to Pedro J. Perez and Jeniffer M. Perez, 317 Gillette Ave., $218,000.

Robert Ackerman and Joy Ackerman to Saronn Meak, 82 Treetop Ave., $180,000.

Ron E. Christenson to Nicole M. Baginski, 63-65 Orpheum Ave., $230,000.

Roy Properties LLC, to S A W Contracting LLC, 227 Savoy Av.e, $81,000.

Scott T. Pirog to Robert Lodi and Donna Lodi, 128 Derryfield Ave., $190,000.

Sharon A. Conte to Catherine M. Lapine, 657 Nassau Drive, Unit 657, $145,000.

Sheryl L. Little to Alex Hiller, 55 Gardens Drive, $156,000.

SRV Properties LLC, to David A. Greaves and Misha Mayers, 80 Grand St., $95,000.

essay competition on the theme “Challenges in Preserving Our Natural Habitats.” Essays must be 600 to 700 words and should explain the environmental concerns implicit in the theme and add personal ideas or solutions. There are monetary prizes for top winners at the state level and a $1,000 scholarship for the national winner. Details are available at gardenclub. org/youth/youth-co ntests/high-school-essaycontest.aspx.

All entries must be

Hillcrest Ave., $149,000.

Dawn M. Franklin, representative, and Katherine R. Franklin, estate, to Ellen Kupiec, 27 Park Avenue Court, Unit 14, $62,000.

Edward J. Landry, Gerald M. Landry, Joseph P. Landry, Jean M. Irwin and Carmella Landry to Robert A. Lamirande and Susan L. Lamirande, 1468 Piper Road, $225,000.

Eric Johnson and Tara L. Johnson to Tara Lee Johnson, 223 Laurel Road, $52,861.

US Bank. Trustee, Amortizing Residential Collateral Trust Mortgage Series 2004-1, trustee of, and Amortizing Residential Structured Asset Securities Corp., trustee of, to Florencio Reynoso, 204 Massachusetts Ave., $80,000.

John Lightcap to Turgut O. Kupeli and Fatma Kupeli, 56 Greystone Ave., $260,000.

Wanda Perez to Llesenia Gerena, 235 State St., Unit 302, $93,000.

MVP Holdings LLC, to ACG Real Estate Holdings LLC, 1596 Memorial Ave., $245,000.

Z & M Investments LLC, to Patrick F. Sherry, 23 Benz St., $225,000.

WARE Raymond R. Hall to Kyle Jeremiah Voiland and Alannah Marie Voiland, 30 Eagle St., $125,000.

Jaroslaw Pianka to Monika Ukleja, 9 Dunham Ave., and 9-11 Dunham Ave., $100.

Diane J. Miller and Dianne J. Miller to Lisa M. Carr, 53 West Main St., $100.

WEST SPRINGFIELD Ali M. Ahmed-Sameem to Dean Katica, 640 Main St., $181,900.

Brian F. Gendreau and Lori A. Gendreau to West Springfield Town, 56-58 Lathrop St., $224,460.

David E. Strong and Kathleen A. Strong to Brandon L. Carrillo, 220

Michael L. Coppola and Cindy S. Coppola to Rosemarie Jakubaszek and Thomas Goodwin, 208 Bear Hole Road, $320,000.

Samuel E. Gourley, estate, Samuel Emerson Gourley, estate, and Samuel J. Gourley, representative, to Donald J. Donahue, 99 Forris St., $120,000.

Sandra Parsons to Joshua Saulenas, 187 Highland Ave., $240,000.

Terry A. Fortini-Skelly and Robert N. Skelly to David M. Murphy and Linda A. Murphy, 237 City View Ave., $227,000.

U S A Veterans Affairs to Arthur Sheremet, 202 Greystone Ave., $185,500.

Zachary T. Brown to Ca & Da Realty LLC, 75-77 Prince Ave., $200,000.

WESTFIELD Anthony Gaudino and Natalie A. Gaudino to Jeffrey Scott Jones and Jessica Sue Jones, 190 Granville Road, $293,000.

received by Nov. 27 to the local club. Local entries in the two competitions are sponsored by the Springfield Garden Club on behalf of the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts and should be sent to Beate Bolen at spfldgardenclub@ gmail.com.

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‘Pop Up’ program

The Garden’s Center House Leonhardt Galleries and Classroom. Experience the creative process in a hands-on workshop inspired by Cynthia Wick designed to explore color and shape through collage. Led by Mariah Baca, the session begins with a gallery tour followed by an informal art session. Suitable for adults and children ages 12 and up.

The workshop is offered free.

Registration is not required.

Berkshire Botanical Garden, 5 West Stockbridge Road, Send items for Garden Notes presents a “Pop Up Gallery to pmastriano@repub.com two Workshop” today at 1 p.m. at weeks prior to publication.

Daniel J. Fedora and Barbara A. Fedora to Sonja M. Chenier, 206 Montgomery Road, $152,500.

Ivy Circle, $235,000.

David J. Gordon and Barbara June Gordon to Daniel M. True and Jessica True, 3 Pease St., $339,000.

Kenneth T. Murphy to Jeffrey C. Keating, 28 Joseph Ave., $149,900. Joseph P. Sheehan and Margaret M. Sheehan to Dustin Ketron and Lake Rentals LLC, to Chad Dakin, Melissa M Ketron, 311 Soule Road, 21 Day Ave., $313,000. $366,000.

Nathan Osowski to Greg M. Braman, 3 Carole Ave., $215,000.

Thomas M. Mann and Carol A. Moriarty to Andrea York and Donald C. York, 22 Chestnut St., $85,000.

Trinity Group Development LLC, to Tyrone Manfredi and Christopher Manfredi, Angelica Drive, $99,900.

U S Bank, trustee, and Truman 2016 SC6 Title Trust, trustee of, to John D. West, 19 Prospect St., $50,000.

WESTHAMPTON Charles Braun and Deborah A. Ford to Deborah A. Ford, 32 Mine Road, $135,000.

WHATELY Wayne M. Chabot and Mary E. Chabot to Alisha Allen and Theodore Allen, 64 State Road, $223,000.

Jawk Inc., to Hamelin Framing Inc., 3 Grey Oak Lane, $115,000.

Jawk Inc., to Hannah Eileen Spinner and Andrew Szkiladz, Eastwood Lane, $120,000.

WILBRAHAM 2301 Boston Road LLC, to 103 Cherry Drive, Denise M. McHugh, trustee, Tammy Somerville, trustee, and Lisa Roy, trustee, 103 Cherry Drive, $339,000.

2301 Boston Road LLC, to Eileen Robitaille and Brian J. Clancy, 26

Maria R. Roxo to Anibal Burgos and Alice Rodriguez, 1051 Tinkham Road, $277,250.

Mental Health Association Inc., to Cil Realty of Massachusetts Inc., 63 Springfield St., $250,000.

RMS-MA LLC, to O & C Properties LLC, 14 Dollar Ave., $350,000.

WORTHINGTON Francis J. Simmitt, Francis James Simmitt, Barbara J. Simmitt and Barbara Jean Simmitt to Elm Street Land Properties LLC, Fritz Road, $4,680.

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Clearing the air on one role for houseplants Plants are the most efficient way to reduce indoor air pollution

flooring, upholstered furniture, plastic grocery bags, cigarette smoke or even a roll of paper towels, you might be inhaling toxins on a regular basis. Ironically, scented air fresheners can exude harmful chemicals into our breathing

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Newsday Opening a window and running a fan is the most ike pets, effective way of replacing indoor plants contaminated air with fresh air, but because airborne have long are mostly colorbeen known chemicals less, odorless gases, we can’t to reduce rely on our senses to alert us stress. The findings ar- to take action. In addition, our climate isn’t conducive en’t anecdotal, either. to keeping the windows open 24/7 year-round.

A 2016 study by The good news is that for Korean and Japanese low levels of toxins, such as researchers reported those likely to be found in in the Journal of Physi- the average home, ordinary houseplants can help. ological Anthropology We already know the symbiset out to find whether otic relationship humans have with plants: They provide us interaction with inwith the oxygen we need, and door plants can allevi- we exhale the carbon dioxide they require. Their absorption ate the “great deal of of our discarded carbon-dioxstress to modern peo- ide filters — or cleans — the air ple” caused by “infor- for us.

But plants can absorb many mation technology.” other gases, including volatile The male young adult organic compounds and other subjects were divided into indoor air pollutants. two groups, one tasked with In 2016, Vadoud Niri, a repotting an indoor plant and chemist at SUNY Oswego, the other with completing an released findings from his assignment on a computer. research that proved common When their tasks were comhouseplants are effective pleted, the groups switched in removing harmful compounds from the air. roles, and the researchers After a visit to a nail salon found “significant” differences in blood pressure and heart with his wife during which he rate variability that showed became alarmed at the ambient odor from VOCs from nail “interaction with indoor plants may reduce psycholog- polish remover, Niri set out ical and physiological stress to build upon the landmark by suppressing autonomic NASA study. nervous system activity.”

He found that in just 12 The landmark 1989 NASA hours a single bromeliad Clean Air Study revealed that removed 80% of six different plants are the most efficient compounds from the air; dra(and cost-effective) method of caena was extremely efficient reducing indoor air pollution, at removing acetone, an ingreremoving such toxins as ben- dient in nail polish remover; zene and formaldehyde from and spider plants drastically the air. reduced the amount of VOCs If you think those can’t pos- in the air immediately upon sibly be in your home, think exposure. again.

Flowering plants, such as If you’ve got carpeting, vinyl chrysanthemums and gerbera

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plywood and particle board.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has associated formaldehyde with sore throats, coughs, scratchy eyes, nosebleeds and breathing difficulty or asthma in those who are susceptible.

The Environmental Protection Agency considers it is “probably (a) human carcinogen.”

And if you bring drycleaned clothing, adhesives, inks, dyes, lacquers, paints, varnishes and paper products into your home, chances are that trichloroethylene is hitching a ride in with them.

The CDC has twice proposed bans on the chemical, which it has linked to cancer, skin, respiratory and central nervous system effects, and risks to a developing fetus after just a single exposure.

Yet, trichloroethylene is still present in many of these products.

In response to these concerns, researchers at the University of Washington have genetically modified the common pothos plant to convert benzene and chloroform into harmless compounds the plants can use to support their own growth, essentially removing the chemicals from the environment. Their findGerbera daisies cleanse the air of benzene, a study found. ings were reported in the Dec. (DREAMSTIME) 19, 2018, issue of Environdaisies, are The landmark 1989 Conventional mental Science & Technology.

The genetically modified golden pothos most effective NASA Clean Air has been shown pothos plant, which removed at removing Study revealed that to reduce the 90% of the compounds from benzene from the air in one week (verthe air. The plants are the most amount of sus 10% for conventional environmental chemical is efficient (and costpothos) isn’t yet available for chloroform, a found in many effective) method suspected car- purchase, but conventional household detergents, inks, of reducing indoor cinogen found in pothos offers a measurable dyes, synthetic small amounts benefit. air pollution, fibers, tobacin chlorinatAccording to an Indoor removing such co smoke, ed water and Landscape Plants for Indoor and plastic Air Pollution Abatement toxins as benzene released into and rubber the air when we report released by NASA and and formaldehyde shower or boil products. the Associated Landscape from the air.

Long-term that water.

Contractors of America in exposure to benzene can rePhilodendrons, spider 1989, these plants are among sult in a decrease in red blood plants and golden pothos are the most effective in removing toxins from the air. cells and can damage the most effective at removing Keep in mind that the benimmune system, plus the U.S. formaldehyde from the air.

Department of Health and The chemical has been found efit is limited: One plant will not purify all the air in your Human Services has associat- to exude from carpeting, ed benzene exposure with an cleaners, foam insulation, home, so consider placing one (or more) in each room. increased risk of cancer. furniture, paper products,

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MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE AT PUBLIC AUCTION HELD ON THE PREMISES

10:00 AM-SPRINGFIELD 42 Emily Street sgl fam, 816 sf liv area, 0.1 ac lot, 5 rm, 2 bdrm, 1 bth Hampden: Bk 18006, Pg 155

11:00 AM-SPRINGFIELD 181 Edendale Street sgl fam, 1,210 sf liv area, 0.15 ac lot, 5 rm, 3 bdrm, 1 bth Hampden: Bk 17719, Pg 574

12:00 PM-SPRINGFIELD

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 06, 2019

46-48 Somerset Street

1 PM 22 Redlands St, Springfield, MA

2 fam, 2,418 sf liv area, 0.13 ac lot, 10 rm, 6 bdrm, 2 bth Hampden: Bk 13578, Pg 204

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 07, 2019

2:00 PM-SPRINGFIELD

9 AM 25 Homer Dr, Monson, MA 10 AM 38 Sturbridge Rd, Brimfield, MA

sgl fam, 1,020 sf liv area, 0.06 ac lot, 6 rm, 2 bdrm, 1 bth Hampden: Bk 16170, Pg 343

12 PM 20 Elm St, Greenfield, MA

867 Roosevelt Avenue

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 08, 2019 9 AM 64 Roosevelt Ave, Westfield, MA 1 PM 10 Woodside Cir, Southwick, MA 2 PM 151 Gardens Dr, Springfield, MA 3 PM 1477 Dunhamtown-Brimfield Rd a/k/a 1477 Dunhamtown Rd, Brimfield, MA Terms of Sale: Present a $5000 deposit, certified check, or Cashier’s Check at the time of auction sale. The balance shall be paid 30 days from the date of sale. Other terms may be announced at sale. Auctioneer makes no representations as to the accuracy of the information contained herein.

T. Gravlin - MA License AU 3112 NO CASH PLEASE.

Mortgagee’s Sale of Real Estate on Premises

SPRINGFIELD, MA 7-9 Brandon Ave Book 15537, Page 461 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 @ 11:00AM www.skypointauctions.com 508-410-8107

15 Manhattan Street

3:00 PM-SPRINGFIELD sgl fam, 1,386 sf liv area, 0.12 ac lot, 6 rm, 3 bdrm, 1.5 bth, fpl Hampden: Bk 16230, Pg 84, TERMS: $5,000 cash or certified check at the time and place of the sale. The balance to be paid within thirty (30) days at the law offices of Korde & Associates, P.C. 900 Chelmsford Street, Suite 3102, Lowell, MA 01851, Attorney for the Mortgagee.

Auctioneer makes no representation as to the accuracy of the information contained herein.

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WINTERGARDEN AUCTION Will offer at it’s November 9th, 2019 a 1932 PIERCE-ARROW MODEL 54 STRAIGHT EIGHT

AS WELL AS LOADS OF OTHER VINTAGE CAR PARTS, GAS and OIL RELATED ADVERTISING, A MUSEUM QUAILTY COLLECTION OF SPRINGFIELD, MASS. MEMORABILIA INCLUDING PHOTOS-BOOKS-SOUVENIR CHINA-SOUVENIR GLASS-CROCKSMILK BOTTLES AND EPHEMERA, FIRE FIGHTING BOOKS, MANY 19th & 20th C. ATLASES, Bound Newspapers, Bound Harpers Weekly, Local History Books AND MORE! We have just added a Collection of NIPPON, NORITAKE & other China & Glass!

Inspection of 1932 Pierce-Arrow will be prior to Auction by appointment only after November 1st Call (413) 539-1472 Auction will be held at the

Quaboag Country Club in Monson, Mass.

TERMS: A deposit of $5,000 by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale; balance is to be paid by certified or bank check within thirty days from the date of the sale. Auctioneer not responsible for errors or omissions.

starting at 10:00 AM with preview hours on Friday, November 8th from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM www.wintergardenauction.com/AuctionZip # 8223

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Dogs

Animals Birds Cats Dogs Exotic Animals Feed Fish Horses Livestock Pet Services Pet Shows Pet Supplies Pets - Lost & Found Pets Wanted

Cats

1 MALE SIAMESE MIX KITTEN $125.00 (413) 773-9659; 575-1389

Cats

Cats

4 Adorable kittens 9wks old. Litter box trained Friendly & cuddly!

Rehoming fee is $115 ea.

Call/text at(413) 386-5105

7 MALE BLACK KITTENS 8 WKS OLD, $40; Call (413)355-4480

KITTENS FOR SALE 2 Males, 1 blk 2mths 1 mixed 3mths. $100ea, Call 413-426-5460

PLAYFUL KITTEN Male - 2 mths old.

Asking $65.00.

Call 413-883-5181

PUREBRED SCOTTISH FOLD MALE AND FEMALE purebred Scottish fold highland Female 1 year old kitten light grey color super friendly & up to date with all required shots.

Also purebred Scottish straight Male 1 year old kitten super friendly drk brn color. Up to date w/all req’d shots.

Asking price $550ea but am negotiable on price.

Call/text 413-386-5105 GERMAN SHEPHERD pups, 5M & 3F. (8) Black/Tan & Sables, AKC paperwork, shots, wormed, written Hip & Health guarantee. parents on premises.

Raised in country setting. $1100. Call 978-249-3724

AKC English Lab Puppies, Chunky block head 2 fem choc, 1male blk $500 ea taking dep. 413-695-1809.

Dogs

German Shepherd pups, champion Czeck bloodlines, 3M, 2F, $900 (413) 218-2321 GERMAN SHORT HAIR Pointers, Brown heads w/White bodies, Liver splash & Blue ticks $300 2 F & 1 M 413-885-4679 Golden Retrievers $650.

2 females, & 1 Male 1st shots and dewormed.

Call 802-895-2784 MALTESE POO FEMALE $500 (413)549-5225Call

CHIHUAHUA Pups-2 males Ready to go on 9/12. CKC Reg. $550 ea. 1st shots/ dewormed (413)436-7042

Man’s black mink lined leather jacket, size 42. $75.00 Call 413-533-7307 Man’s dark gray shearling 7/8 coat, size 42, $75.00. Call 413-533-7307 McDonald’s Toy display (Lion King) $40 or best offer.

Call (860) 990-9649 Miller Ark Welder, Generator - 170 amp. On on wheels, $825 or B0 (413) 583-3740 MOVING Grandfather clock 88in high, 2 glass doors & 2 shelves $300/BO; huge selection of LP records, w/ player $300; 583-4227

Exotic Animals

Tortoises, 1M, 1F, 2yrs with full set-up. Can no longer take care of them. $300.

Eves., 413-693-7220

OAK KITCHEN TABLE 2 Extra Leaves 38" X 58" Exc Cond. Only $55 (413) 583-3740

Old Stand up safe, from 60’s, needs work $80.

413-569-1830

Merchandise Antiques/Collectibles Appliances Articles for Rent Articles For Sale Audio Building Materials Cameras Camping Equipment Clothing Coins and Stamps Construction Equipment Do-In-Yourself Materials Electronics/Compuiters Fitness Equipment Flea Markets Forklifts and Equipment Fuel Furniture, Etc. Good Things To Eat Hot Ticket Items Jewelry Lawn & Garden Lawnmower & Snowblower Machinery & Tools Med. Equipment Sales/Wanted Miscellaneous Musical Instruments Office Equipment Pools, Spas & Accessories Professional Equipment Restaurant Equipment Seasonal Snowmobiles Sports Television Tickets Video Vintage Clothing Wanted to Buy Wood-Burning Stoves

Articles for Sale

5 drawer dresser wood, great cond., $85.00 413-569-1830

Wood changing table & drawers, great cond. $85.00. Call 413-569-1830

Furniture, Etc.

Bassette Dresser, triple dresser with mirror.

Exc. cond., $50.

Call 413-267-4058 CONTEMPORARY glass top coffee table & matching end table, plus 2 matching lamps $200 for all; Call (413)567-5682 Drexel Heritage Hrdwd bdroom set, bureau w/ mirror, chest. 2 night stands $350. 413-896-8419 SLEIGH BED QUEEN SIZED CHERRY excellent condition $300/Firm. (413)547-8502

Wood Captain Bed, wood draws, exc. cond. $75.00.

Call 413-267-4058

PUBLIC AUCTION WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH AT 11:00 A.M.

(2) RESTAURANTS • WALK-IN FREEZERS • • S.S. EQUIPMENT • FURNISHINGS • F/K/A FRIENDLY’S & JOY’S RESTAURANTS 471 & 481 CENTER STREET LUDLOW, MA

TO BE SOLD ON THE PREMISES

SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE PICTURED BROCHURE OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.POSNIK.COM SALE PER ORDER OF OWNER • BUILDINGS COMING DOWN • EVERYTHING SELLS TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER! TERMS OF SALE: 25% DEPOSIT CASH OR CERTIFIED CHECK 15% BUYERS PREMIUM APPLIES OTHER TERMS TO BE ANNOUNCED AT TIME OF SALE INSPECTION: MORNING OF SALE –8:30 A.M. TO 11:00 A.M.

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Lawnmowers & Snowblowers

John Deere 21HP 48’’ ride on lawnmower, like new, $950. Call 413-531-9950

LAWNMOWERS Raptor 33 in $3,000: Toro Built walk behind $700 both w/baggers. 413-530-3903 SIMPLICITY Riding lawn tractor, Hydro-static, 12HP, 42in cut, No bagger $382.50; Call 413-237-7148 Snapper Walk behind Rototiller, 4.5 HP, runs but needs work. $99.00.

Call 413-569-1830

Med. Equip Sales/Wanted

CELEBRITY 3 wheel mobillity scooter, good cond., $350/B.O. Call Earl (413)265-3212 lve msg.

Musical Instruments Lawnmowers & Snowblowers

5HP Briggs & Stratton push mower, 20’’ cut, $80.00 Call 413-569-1830 7 1/2 FT snowplow blade, no frame or hydraulics, just blade. $249.00.

Call 413-569-1830

LOWREY ADVENTURER ORGAN, Bench, headphones, & many song books included, paid $1540, sell $600; negotiable Excel cond. Call (413)237-0435 YAMAHA CLAVINOVA 1993 model CVP85A keyboard w/music books, $650/BO. sound greats (413)222-3513

ARIENS 7HP SNOWBLOWER 8’ Snowplow blade, made to fit farm tractor. $224.10.

Call 413-237-7148

AKC STANDARD POODLES 3wks, 2ea M/F white, very goodbloodlines & temp. $1200ea (413)262-5082 J.D. Beautiful German Shepherd pup, 5 months old, AKC Reg. $1200 Call (413) 426-1868

Articles for Sale

$157.50 Call 413-237-7148

Ariens Snowblower 7HP for parts or fix. $99.00 Call 413-569-1830

Wanted To Buy

CASH PD vintage, antiques, electronics, guitars, amps, tube audio, musical instrum, radios, ham equip, CB. 413-206-8688

BILLY GOAT 11HP, BASEBALL, Football Basketball & Hockey cards, 1950’s-present, all 50 to 90% off, unopened boxes $.75 I buy cards/all types Memorabilia 413-596-5783

FOR SALE FEMALE PEKINGESE PUPPY $500 or Best Offer Call (413)266-0199

C13 Zeppelin Stamp $100 Got stamps?

Call Ron 413-896-3324 Stamps wanted

German Shepherd Puppies, mom/dad both AKC Reg. Purebred, 2 females, 2 males $600/each. Will be ready for new homes Nov. 15th. 413-339-5391

CASTIRON CLAW FOOT TUB $250: Coleman furnace w/ return & supply attached, $450; (413)786-4423

leaf loader, $600 Call (413)566-3622 BRIGGS & STRATON push lawnmower 5PH, $76.50 Call 413-237-7148 Craftsman 9HP Snowblower, runs but needs work. $249.00.

Call 413-569-1830 Husqvarna Riding Tractor, no mowing deck, runs but needs work $99.00 Call 413-569-1830

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PELLET STOVE Lennox FREE standing, Model Winslow PS40, new ignition installed 2019, $1250/ bo; with piping, Also 18 bags of Barefoot pellets $72; $4/ea bag. (413)5720915; 413-207-7432

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MONDAY NOV. 11, 2019 12:00 PM SOUTHWICK, MA 44 FERNWOOD ROAD DEPOSIT $5,000 1:00 PM - HOLLAND, MA 48 STAFFORD ROAD DEPOSIT $5,000

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH at 11:00 A.M.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH at 11:00 A.M.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH at 1:00 P.M.

TRUSTEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

• WESTFIELD •

• BELCHERTOWN •

• LUDLOW •

• SPRINGFIELD •

# SPECTACULAR COLONIAL # 11 ROOM / 5 BEDROOM 2-STORY

7 ROOM / 4 BEDROOM 1 ½ STORY

5 ROOM / 2 BEDROOM 2 - STORY

CAPE STYLE HOME

TOWNHOUSE STYLE CONDOMINIUM UNIT

6 ROOM / 3 BEDROOM 2 - STORY

COLONIAL STYLE HOME IN RE: HANIBAL TAYEH

7 Eastview Drive BELCHERTOWN, MA To be Sold on the Premises

(IN BANKRUPTCY CASE NO. 18-30974-MSH)

77 Gary Drive

WESTFIELD, MA

To be Sold on the Premises

Features: • 2-Story Colonial Style Home • ±7 ¾ Acres of Land • • Total of (11) Rooms w/ (5) Bedrooms & (5) Baths • • ±5,534 S/F of Living Area • Gas Forced Air Heat • • Central Air Conditioning • Vinyl/Brick Veneer Siding • • Carpeted & Hardwood Floors • Full Finished Basement • • Open Porch • Patio • Fireplace • Detached Gazebo • • Public Water & Sewer • Zoned: RR • ★ (4) Car Attached Garage ★ SALE PER ORDER OF BANKRUPTCY COURT GARY M. WEINER, CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE OF THE FIRM OF

WEINER LAW FIRM P.C. 1441 MAIN STREET, SPRINGFIELD, MA

Terms of Sale: $50,000.00 DEPOSIT CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS. 5% BUYER’S PREMIUM APPLIES. OTHER TERMS TO BE ANNOUNCED AT TIME OF SALE.

Features: • 1 ½ Story Cape Style Home • ± 1 Acre of Land • • Total of (7) Rooms w/ (4) Bedrooms & (1 ½) Baths • • ±1,872 S/F of Gross Living Area Above Grade • • Oil Hot Water Baseboard Heat • Partially Finished Full Basement • Vinyl Siding • Carpeted Floors • • Porches • Public Water & Private Septic • •Assessor’s Map 244, Lot 45 • ★ One Car Attached Garage ★ Sale Per Order of Mortgagee Attorney Benjamin M. Coyle Of the Firm of Bacon Wilson, P.C. 33 State Street, Springfield, MA Attorney for Mortgagee

Terms of Sale: $5,000.00 Deposit Cash or Certified Funds.

5% Buyer’s Premium Applies.

Other Terms to be Announced at Time of Sale.

COLONIAL STYLE HOME

34 Waters Edge Drive (Unit #34) LUDLOW, MA

“CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ALL AMENITIES” 135 Bairdcrest Road SPRINGFIELD, MA

To be Sold on the Premises

To be Sold on the Premises

“LOCATED AT WATERS EDGE CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX”

Features: • 2-Story Townhouse Style Condominium Unit • • Total of (5) Rooms w/ (2) Bedrooms & (1 ½) Baths • • ±1,042 S/F of Gross Living Area Above Grade • Gas-FWA Heat • • Central Air-Conditioning • Deck/Patio • Hardwood & Ceramic Tile Floors • • Vinyl Siding • Assigned Parking Space • Zoned: Residence B • # Unit #34 is an End Unit # Sale Per Order of Mortgagee Terms of Sale: $5,000.00 Deposit Cash David J. Farkas, Esq. or Certified Funds.

Law Office of David J. Farkas, LLC 5% Buyer’s Premium Applies.

P.O. Box 2371, Pittsfield, MA Other Terms to be Announced Attorney for Mortgagee at Time of Sale.

Features:

• 2-Story Colonial Style Home • ± 1/4 Acre of Land • • Total of (6) Rooms w/ (3) Bedrooms & (2) Baths • • ±1,434 S/F of Gross Living Area Above Grade • Gas-FWA Heat • • Full Walk-Out Basement w/ (2) Finished Rooms • Vinyl Siding • • Hardwood & Carpeted Floors • Public Water & Sewer • Sale Per Order of Mortgagee Terms of Sale: $5,000.00 Deposit Cash David J. Farkas, Esq. or Certified Funds.

Law Office of David J. Farkas, LLC 5% Buyer’s Premium Applies.

P.O. Box 2371, Pittsfield, MA Other Terms to be Announced Attorney for Mortgagee at Time of Sale.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH at 3:00 P.M.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND at 2:00 P.M.

MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

• SPRINGFIELD •

• SPRINGFIELD •

• SPRINGFIELD •

• AGAWAM •

± 35,000 S/F 5-STORY

± 58,447 S/F 5-STORY

± 5,628 S/F 2-STORY MULTI-TENANT OFFICE BUILDING

# SPECTACULAR CONTEMPORARY #

MULTI-TENANT OFFICE BUILDING

MULTI-TENANT OFFICE BUILDING

GROUND FLOOR RETAIL SPACE

GROUND FLOOR RETAIL SPACE

WITH

“SITUATED IN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ACROSS FROM MGM”

113-115 State Street

SPRINGFIELD, MA

To be Sold on the Premises

SITE: • ± ¼ Acre of Land or 8,587 S/F • ± 103’ Frontage on Main Street • • ± 70’ Frontage on State Street • Public Water & Sewer • • Zoned: Business C, Downtown • Assessor’s ID: Map 111, Block 100, Lot 643 • IMPROVEMENTS: • 5-Story Multi-Tenant Office Building w/ Ground Floor Retail Space • • ± 35,000 S/F of Net Rentable Income • • ± 31,954 S/F of Office Space • ± 3,046 of Retail Space • • Central Gas Furnaces w/ Individual Heat Pumps • Passenger Elevator • • Wet Sprinkler System • Carpet & Tile Floors • Brick Exterior • • Textured & Painted Drywall Interior • Rubber Membrane Roof • • Recessed Fluorescent Interior Lighting •

1% BROKER INCENTIVE OFFERED!!!

SALE PER ORDER OF MORTGAGEE Terms of Sale: MICHAEL P. RYAN, ESQ. $50,000.00 Intial Deposit Cash or Certified Funds.

OF THE FIRM OF CREVIER & RYAN, LLP Deposit to be Increased 10% of the Purchase Price 1500 MAIN STREET, SUITE 2316, within Five Business Days SPRINGFIELD, MA 5% Buyer’s Premium Applies.

ATTORNEY FOR MORTGAGEE Other Terms to be Announced at Time of Sale

WITH

“SITUATED IN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ACROSS FROM MGM”

1139-1155 Main Street

SPRINGFIELD, MA

To be Sold on the Premises SITE: • ± 2/3 Acre of Land or ± 16,936 S/F • • ± 117’ Frontage Along Main Street • • ± 65’ Frontage Along Stockbridge St. • • Public Water & Sewer • Zoned: Business-C, Downtown • • Assessor’s ID: Map 081, Block 300, Lot 572 • IMPROVEMENTS: • 5-Story Multi-Tenant Office/Retail Building • • ± 58,447 S/F of Net Rentable Income • ± 49,692 S/F of Office Space • ± 8,755 S/F of Retail Space • • Central Gas Furnaces w/ (64) Individual Heat Pumps • • (2) Passenger Elevators • Wet Sprinkler System • • Carpet & Tile Floors • Brick Exterior • • Textured & Painted Drywall Interior • • Rubber Membrane Roof (2013) • • Recessed Fluorescent Interior Lighting •

1% BROKER INCENTIVE OFFERED!!!

SALE PER ORDER OF MORTGAGEE Terms of Sale: MICHAEL P. RYAN, ESQ. $50,000.00 Initial Deposit Cash or Certified Funds.

OF THE FIRM OF CREVIER & RYAN, LLP Deposit to be Increased 10% of the Purchase Price 1500 MAIN STREET, SUITE 2316, within Five Business Days SPRINGFIELD, MA 5% Buyer’s Premium Applies.

ATTORNEY FOR MORTGAGEE Other Terms to be Announced at Time of Sale

“LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT”

11-21 Stockbridge Street SPRINGFIELD, MA To be Sold on the Premises FEATURES:

• 2-Story Multi-Tenant Office Building • • ± 3,530 S/F of Land • ± 5,628 S/F of Net Rentable Income • • HVAC Rooftop Units • Carpet & Tile Floors • Brick Exterior • • Masonry Frame • Textured & Painted Drywall Interior • • Rubber Membrane Roof • Recessed Fluorescent Interior Lighting • • (3) Parking Spaces (Tandem) • Public Water & Sewer • • Zoned: Business B, Downtown • • Assessor’s ID: Map 111, Block 900, Lot 044 1% BROKER INCENTIVE OFFERED!!!

SALE PER ORDER OF MORTGAGEE Terms of Sale: MICHAEL P. RYAN, ESQ. $25,000.00 Initial Deposit Cash or Certified Funds.

OF THE FIRM OF CREVIER & RYAN, LLP Deposit to be Increased 10% of the Purchase Price 1500 MAIN STREET, SUITE 2316, within Five Business Days SPRINGFIELD, MA 5% Buyer’s Premium Applies.

ATTORNEY FOR MORTGAGEE Other Terms to be Announced at Time of Sale

Aaron Posnik

Aaron Posnik

Aaron Posnik

AUCTIONEERS•APPRAISERS

AUCTIONEERS•APPRAISERS

AUCTIONEERS•APPRAISERS

West Springfield, MA • Philadelphia, PA 413-733-5238 • 610-853-6655

West Springfield, MA • Philadelphia, PA 413-733-5238 • 610-853-6655

West Springfield, MA • Philadelphia, PA 413-733-5238 • 610-853-6655

MA Auc. Lic #161 • PA Auc. Lic. #AY000241L

MA Auc. Lic #161 • PA Auc. Lic. #AY000241L

MA Auc. Lic #161 • PA Auc. Lic. #AY000241L

www.posnik.com • E-Mail:info@posnik.com

www.posnik.com • E-Mail:info@posnik.com

www.posnik.com • E-Mail:info@posnik.com

(9) ROOM / (4) BEDROOM 2-STORY CONTEMPORARY STYLE HOME WITH

IN-GROUND SWIMMING POOL 700 Cooper Street AGAWAM, MASSACHUSETTS To be Sold on the Premises

Features: • 2-Story Contemporary Style Home • ± 4 1/3 Acres of Land • • Total of (9) Rooms w/ (4) Bedrooms & (2 ½) Baths • • ± 3,075 S/F of Gross Living Area • Hot Air Heat • • Central Air Conditioning • Fireplace • Brick/Vinyl Exterior • • Basement • In-Ground Swimming Pool w/ Fence • • Porch/Deck • (3) Car Attached Garage • Sale Per Order of Mortgagee Terms of Sale: $15,000.00 Deposit Cash Attorney Gregory M. Schmidt or Certified Funds.

Of the Firm of Doherty, Wallace, Deposit to be Increased to Pillsbury & Murphy, P.C. 10% of the Purchase Price within One Monarch Place, Springfield, MA Five Business Day of the Auction.

Attorney for Mortgagee 5 % Percent Buyer’s Premium Applies.

Other Terms to be Announced at Time of Sale

Aaron Posnik AUCTIONEERS•APPRAISERS

West Springfield, MA • Philadelphia, PA 413-733-5238 • 610-853-6655 MA Auc. Lic #161 • PA Auc. Lic. #AY000241L www.posnik.com • E-Mail:info@posnik.com

F16 | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2019

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HADLEY

HAMPDEN, MA

OPEN SUNDAY 12 - 2 10 FARM LANE

OPEN SAT. 11:00-2:00 131 Stony Hill Road

FOR SALE BY OWNER CALL 413-695-2434 PAUL

7 Rooms, 3 Bed Rooms, 2 full baths Bonus room over garage 1.52 acres Living area 2200 square feet, Private Lot, $324,900 Realtors Welcome DANA 413-537-8348

Ranch home in Western MA. Renovated September 2019 all up to date. 4 good size BRs, one bath 7 rms. New gutters, appliances, newly painted, all electrical updated. Large spacious closets. New driveway and walk. Nice lawn, porch.

Spacious 2 car garage. Baseboard heating. 3/4 Acre lot. All new lighting. Septic title five done and passed. Roof and windows are good. Low Hadley Taxes, Great schools. Beautiful view of Holyoke Range. Quiet neighborhood low traffic.

Decent size backyard. 5 minutes from schools and malls. Asking $400,000

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Lisa Call

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788-1271• 788-1238

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