Home and Garden, and Real Estate- April 24, 2022

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ANTIQUES & COLLECTING: Elaborate designs inspired by nature, F6 IN THE GARDEN WITH LEE REICH: Backyards can come alive with wildflower meadows, F2 GARDEN NOTES: Springfield tree planting ceremony, F2 MORTGAGE RATES: 30year US mortgage rate rises to 5.11%, F7 WMASS DEEDS, F7 ‘BRIDGERTON’: Home style tips to reflect the Regency era of British history, F9 PROJECT OF THE WEEK: Return of a backyard classic, F10

Despite their reputation, wasps are a great source of organic pest control, Page F4

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GARDEN NOTES

Lee Reich | In the Garden

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Backyards can come alive with wildflower meadows

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This meadow, mowed once a year, is alight in late summer with goldenrod. (LEE REICH PHOTO)

mixes should be sown either in early spring or late fall. If annual flowers are absent from the mix (you can buy mixes with only annual or perennial flowers) sow either early spring or late summer. For a small planting, you might choose to nurse perennial flower seedlings along in flats until the plants are large enough to fend for themselves.

Planting a wildflower meadow is not like planting a vegetable or flower garden.

You can’t just till up an area, sow seeds and then keep weeds down between the plants with a hoe or rototiller. A wildflower meadow is ... well, somewhat wild, and there are no neat rows of plants flanked by tillable soil.

Nonetheless, weeds, especially aggressive grasses, need to be kept in tow from the very start and there are two ways to accomplish this.

The first way, good if the area isn’t too large, is to kill existing vegetation by covering it with a few layers of wetted newspaper, landscape paper, or gray (or red) resin paper.

Top it with an inch or two of weed-free compost, and you’re ready to plant.

The second method is to

till the soil, then smother weeds through the summer with a cover crop. Buckwheat, a rapidly growing plant with broad leaves, is an excellent choice for this purpose. Since buckwheat matures in a couple of months, it needs to be sown a couple of times to keep the ground covered the whole summer.

For successive sowings through summer, prepare the ground by knocking down the buckwheat, then scratching the surface of the soil just enough to sow seeds but not enough to stir up a new crop of weed seeds buried in the soil. This can be done on a field scale by running over the buckwheat with a light disc, or, on a backyard scale, with a lawnmower or scythe, and a rake.

Maintenance of an established meadow consists of mowing once a year, and occasionally hand weeding to get rid of especially pernicious weeds. Mowing prevents the invasion of woody shrubs, which is the next step in the natural progression to forest for abandoned fields in the Northeast.

A wildflower meadow is obviously just the thing for large fields and long expans-

es of highway borders. On a backyard scale, use a small meadow as a transition between, for instance, mowed lawn and tall trees, a stream, or a property line. And if your meadow has any size to it, cut occasional swaths through it to beckon a stroll through it, where also can appreciate the diversity and beauty at close range.

Any gardening questions?

Email them to me at garden@ leereich.com and I’ll try answering them directly or in this column. Come visit my garden at leereich.com/blog.

The Springfield Garden Club, in conjunction with the Springfield Parks Department, will hold an Arbor Day tree planting ceremony on April 29 at 1 p.m. in the Memorial Grove at Forest Park. This event will also honor the veterans of World War I. Over 100 years ago, one tree was planted in Forest Park for each of the 150 men from Springfield who gave their lives fighting in World War I, known at the time as The Great War. A plaque placed on a boulder in the grove in 1921 by the Springfield Publicity Club commemorates the planting and the soldiers who gave their lives.

Over time, some of the trees have died, but due to the efforts of Eagle Scout Geoffrey Klafeta of Troop 77, six new trees were planted in 2018. Last year, the Springfield Garden Club added to the replenishment. With this tree planting ceremony, the grove will be 150 trees strong again.

This year also marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of Arbor Day in the United States. To commemorate these anniversaries and to help reestablish a tree native to Springfield, the Springfield Garden Club will offer 150 red mulberry seedlings to those who attend the ceremony. This event is free and open to the public.

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OW ABOUT planting a wildflower meadow? It need not be large, for even a backyard can be brightened by a small patchwork of wildflowers. Neither a large nor a small meadow will demand the weekly mowing, midsummer watering, or annual fertilizing of a lawn.

A substantive difference between the ideal wildflower meadow and the ideal lawn is that the former contains many plant species, whereas the latter has but one. Wildflowers for a meadow can be a mix of annual, biennial, and perennial flowers, sown at the rate of a couple of ounces per thousand square feet. Besides flower seeds, a meadow also needs some grass, but not grasses like those found in your lawn.

Rather meadows need bunch grasses, like sheep fescue or chewings fescue, which do not spread but do serve to stabilize the soil. Use about a half pound of grass seed per thousand square feet.

Annual flowers, which bloom the season they are planted, satisfy the impatient meadow planter. Such annuals as the plains coreopsis, cornflower, Icelandic poppy, and corn poppy need to be sown only once and then will reseed themselves yearly.

Bloom from biennial and perennial flowers begin their show in earnest in their second season. Good choices here include yarrow, chicory, perennial gaillardia, purple coneflower, butterfly weed, and evening primrose. And just because they are so common is no reason to overlook such beauties as QueenAnne’s-lace, and goldenrods.

You can purchase mixtures of seeds blended for making meadows adapted to specific parts of the country, to wet or dry sites, or to full sun or part shade. Most meadow

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“If we took wasps out of the equation, many of the leaf- and seed-eating insects they prey on would just go unchecked.”

HEATHER HOLM, AUTHOR, ‘WASPS: THEIR BIOLOGY, DIVERSITY, AND ROLE AS BENEFICIAL INSECTS AND POLLINATORS OF NATIVE PLANTS’

Planting a garden that’s wasp-friendly

Here’s how to keep wasps happy — and avoid being stung

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By Margaret Roach

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ttention, spheksophobes: Wasps just want to

help.

And Heather Holm wants to help them make their case to gardeners and others.

ground-nesting yellowjackets (Vespula). Or a too-close encounter with a nest of paper wasps (Polistes) or perhaps with a larger, more complex nest of bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata), its many layers of combs enclosed in an envelope.

The result is a sting — always delivered by a female — that we just cannot forget.

If the wasps had been nectaring on flowers like sumac or goldenrod, their most-visited woody and herbaceous plant choices, they would have paid us no mind, Holm is quick to point out. But when we threaten their nests — the home to the next generation — their best defense is a good, and painful, offense.

“The flower garden is the restaurant, not their home — they don’t defend it,” Holm said. “But social wasps are very inclined to defend their home.”

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are also wasps that target tarnished plant bugs (a pest with a taste for a wide range of vegetables and small fruits) and ones that prey on brown marmorated stink bugs and fall webworms. All such sustenance is brought back by adult female wasps to provision their nests, as food for their larvae.

One wasp species is even providing scientists with biosurveillance support in the fight against the emerald ash borer, a devastating invasive beetle whose wood-boring larvae are infesting and killing large numbers of native ash trees (Fraxinus) throughout the United States. In areas not yet infested by the ash borer, researchers monitor the prey brought back to nests of smoky-winged beetle bandit

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Holm, a biologist and pollinator conservationist, knows it’s not an easy sell. But in her recent book, “Wasps: Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants,” she asks that we consider wasps — and not just their cousins, the bees — in the plant choices we make and the pollinator-friendly gardens we create.

“If we took wasps out of the equation,” she said, “many of the leaf- and seed-eating insects they prey on would just go unchecked.”

Troubled by cabbage loopers chewing on your brassicas? There’s a wasp for that.

If tomato hornworms try to defoliate your plants, there’s a wasp for that, too — more than one, in fact. There

The smoky-winged beetle bandit wasp is pictured on Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum). This wasp helps scientists track the emerald ash borer, a devastating invasive beetle that is killing native ash trees.

wasps (Cerceris fumipennis), looking for remains of the borers, which helps them track the pest’s widening dispersal.

The list of the organic pest control services offered by wasps goes on, and yet it is the wasps that we humans reflexively regard as pests. That reputation is the result of just 1.5% of the total wasp species in North America — the ones that build social nests above or below ground, forming colonies and cooperatively living in multigenerational nests during breeding season to rear the next generation.

The irony: It is the social wasps toward whom we feel anti-social. They have inadvertently tainted our view of the other 98.5% (although, to be fair, the social ones provide ecosystem services, too).

The trigger is typically a run-in (or more likely a runover, while mowing) with

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Bus trip The Springfield Garden Club is hosting a bus trip to the New York Botanical Garden on April 27. The bus will leave Forest Park at 7:30 a.m. and will leave the Botanical Garden at 3:30 p.m. Ticket prices are $63 for garden club members and $75 nonmembers. Cost of the trip includes the bus and admission to the garden. The

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Flowers a wasp could love Wasps need habitats similar to those preferred by bees — the subject of Holm’s previous book, “Bees: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide.” But bees eat a plant-based diet. Their prey-seeking cousins, the wasps, need something more: to be around the specific plants that attract the insects they hunt to feed their young.

Wasps make up 15% of the total number of flower-visiting insects worldwide. But they are regarded as incidental or secondary pollinators, not the pollination machines that bees are designed to be, with their hairy bodies that pollen granules cling to.

Another anatomical difference: The range of flowers that adult wasps can drink nectar from is limited because their tongues are typically shorter than those of bees. While choosing native plants is important when you’re creating a habitat that supports beneficial insects, the wasps have an additional request: simple, shallow flowers, please.

Plant families with such flower forms include carrot relatives such as rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium) and golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea). Asters and their kin, including goldenrod (Solidago), fleabane (Eriger-

tour is self-guided, and lunch is the responsibility of the attendee. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis and complete payment is due at time of registration. For more information, go online to springfieldgardenclub ma.org or visit the club’s Facebook page.

Plants that Love Wet Feet Can Solve Home Garden Issues,” April 26, online from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Water issues often perplex home gardeners, but many beautiful shrubs and perennials can be part of enduring solutions.

Learn how to prevent erosion, capture runoff and keep pollutants out of streams STOCKBRIDGE and rivers. $12 members, $18 Upcoming events nonmembers; • Garden Sprouts proBerkshire Botanical Gargram, April 28, 10 to 11:30 den presents these upcoming a.m. Garden Sprouts is for programs: ages 2-4 and meets on the • “Rain Gardens: How fourth Thursday of every

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month. The April Garden Sprouts will have the chance to participate in a scavenger hunt, read a spring themed story and plant some seeds.

Come prepared for the weather and play in the dirt.

Meet at 10:30 a.m. by the chicken coop. Follow the signs from the main parking lot.

• “The Dye Garden Grown and Gathered,” April 28, 6 to 7:30 p.m., online. Join artist, gardener and educator Nicole Campanale for this one-hour online class on dye plants. She will cover the

Enhancing the garden with their preferred flowers won’t increase your chances of being stung — and it might make your vegetable garden a more resilient place. on), tickseed (Coreopsis) and boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum), are also especially attractive to wasps.

So are mint family members, including various mountain mints (Pycnanthemum), horsemint (Monarda punctata) and bergamot (Monarda fistulosa), and likewise milkweeds (Asclepias) and their relative dogbane or Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum).

Oh, and lots of wasps love the color white, as many of those examples underscore.

“If you have white and purple prairie clover side by side,” Holm said, “you’ll likely observe wasps preferentially visiting the white flowers.”

Remember the restaurant-versus-home analogy, she said, and go ahead: Start planting with wasps in mind.

Enhancing the garden with their preferred flowers won’t increase your chances of being stung — and it might make your vegetable garden a more resilient place.

Limiting the risk of getting stung No amount of explaining wasps’ role in the order of things or the ecological services they provide will make anyone want the nest of a social wasp along a walkway, under the porch eaves or in any high-traffic area.

But what’s the best way to discourage them from stinging — and to avert the near-inevitable human impulse to spray some chemical from a distance to eradicate an established nest, killing all of the individuals in it?

Intervene early, Holm advised, to dissuade nest-building in high-risk spots, sparing risk to yourself and to whole colonies, above or underground.

“Don’t even think of trying to intervene in August,” she said.

One insight toward that end: Yellowjacket females, probably the wasp most often responsible for stinging humans, search out preexisting cavities, like rodent holes in the ground, when they are emerging from winter hibernation in early spring.

Try closing up those holes proactively.

And if you had a ground-nesting colony in the yard last year, look there first, Holm recommended, because wasps will often search for and initiate a nest near the site of their natal one.

Similarly, check eaves, overhangs and birdhouses early and regularly for any sign of the construction of a nest comb, she said, “when maybe there is only an occupant or two involved.”

cultivation, collection, and storage of dye plants. Sourcing, collection, and storage will be covered as well as the basics of creating a dye bath.

A post-event recording will be available. $12 members, $18 nonmembers.

To register for these programs or for more information, visit berkshirebotan ical.org. Botanical Garden is located at 5 W. Stockbridge Road.

Send items for Garden Notes to pmastriano@repub.com two weeks prior to publication.

in these ecosystems that we have changed, and not always for the better.”

The next step on her bucket list, after persuadNest-building heroics ing gardeners to add key and other tales wasp-friendly flowering Holm’s strategy for changplants to enhance their poling our minds about wasps: to linator plantings beyond the keep telling their stories. bees’ top choices?

“Just telling one fun or She’ll know she has finally fascinating story about a wasp succeeded, she said, when people have never heard, with she sees evidence on social this amazing life history, and media that people have what a struggle it is for them moved in close enough to to produce the next genphotograph wasps nectaring eration,” Holm said, “that on the blooms — not just might build a little empathy more butterfly photos. for those species who are This article originally apjust trying to eke out a living peared in The New York Times.

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Elaborate designs inspired by nature

OLLECTORS USE the names “Amphora” or “Teplitz” for art pottery made in the Turn-Teplitz region of Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) from the late 19th to the early 20th century. The best known and most elaborate examples are decorated with applied three-dimensional figures in an art nouveau style.

An Amphora piece might look like it has trees growing out of it, an animal’s tail wrapped around the neck or base, or a human figure holding on to the rim or reaching for fruit on a molded branch.

Here, a stylized octopus appears to sit on top of the vase, with two of its tentacles forming side handles and the rest trailing down the vase’s pear-shaped body. It sold for $6,600 at Morphy Auctions.

Early Amphora pieces (made before World War I) are higher quality, look more interesting and tend to get higher prices.

the 1990s don’t sell for much, unless they are very large or tied to a significant event or anniversary. Many are sold at auction, but prices are low.

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The affordable $1 Brownie cameras were enormously popular since being introduced by Eastman Kodak in 1900, bringing photography I have a silver tray to the masses. The Kodak marked Sheffield. Is it an Brownie revolutionized perold Sheffield silver plate or sonal photography. The No. 2 sterling made in Sheffield? Brownie camera’s lifespan was How can I tell? from 1901 to 1935. The Model F was introduced in 1924 and Not all silver from the sold until 1935, so your camera town of Sheffield is necessarily is within that timeline. It was “Old Sheffield.” Old Sheffield the last in the line of the No. is a specific kind of antique 2 Brownies. Depending on its silver plate. It was created in condition, we’ve seen the camSheffield, England, in the 18th era generally range in value century by handrolling thin from $20 to $60. sheets of silver over copper.

Silversmiths in Sheffield also What is “bone chimade sterling silver pieces na”? Is it another name for and, from the 19th century porcelain or something onward, electroplated silver. different?

Check the marks on your silver; EPNS (electroplated Bone china is a type nickel silver) or EPBM (elecof porcelain. It is made by troplated base metal) identify combining clay and minerals it as electroplated to give a with the ash left from burning metal piece a silver coating to animal bones. This makes it look like sterling. There are a stronger, thinner and more My uncle recently few tricks to identify Old Shef- durable than hard-paste passed away. Among his field. The most obvious is if porcelain. It has to be fired at estate items were about the silver has worn enough to higher temperatures and is 100 Hummel figurines that show the copper underneath. more difficult to make. It was were collected by my aunt. (If this has happened, don’t first made in England in the How much are they worth? have it replated! Modern relate 1700s, when European plating will lower the value.) If ceramicists were trying to repThe German F.W. Goebel there isn’t any copper visible, licate Chinese porcelain. Some factory began making Humtry scratching your fingernail historians think bone ash was mel figurines in 1935 using the under the border of your tray. first added to the clay due to a art of a nun, Berta Hummel, If it is Old Sheffield, your mistranslation of a French deknown as Sister Maria Innonail will catch the edge of the scription of Chinese porcelain centia or M.I. Hummel. The sheet of silver. If your tray is making. Although bone china figurines attracted collectors engraved or monogrammed, was made earlier, the words quickly, but they didn’t begin breathe on the engraved spot “bone china” started appearto gain international attento create a cloud. Old Sheffield ing in marks on pieces in 1915. tion until after World War II. will have an inset silver piece TIP: To cover a scratch in American soldiers stationed in for the engraving, and you will wooden furniture, mix a paste Germany after the war would be able to see the outline. of instant coffee and water and take the figurines home as rub it into the scratch. Another gifts. If you want to sell your I have a very old quick fix is to color the scratch aunt’s collection, check the Brownie box camera. On with the proper color crayon. marks on her Hummel figuthe side, it reads “No. 2 Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel rines to see if they are among Brownie — Use Film No. answer readers’ questions sent the early ones made at the 120.” Markings inside the to the column. Write to Kovels, Goebel factory in Germany. camera say “Model F.” Can The Republican, King Features The early Hummels are the you give me a timeline as to Syndicate, 628 Virginia Drive, only ones that have high pric- its age?

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Amphora pottery made in Bohemia during the art nouveau period is prized for its elaborate nature-themed decorations.

This octopus vase brought $6,600 at Morphy Auctions in 2021. (COWLES SYNDICATE INC.)

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.

Steiff plush cat, Cosy Sulla, Dralon fur, gray and white, swivel head, green glass eyes, pink stitched nose and mouth, red bow, name tag, button in ear, c. 1967, 9 x 12 inches, $75.

Animation cel, Mighty Mouse, hand-painted background, from the television series, Filmations, c. 1979, 9 x 21 inches, $110.

Toy, Arthur A-Go-Go Drummer, tin, plastic arms and head, bushy red hair, cloth jacket and pants, battery-operated, reproduction box, Japan, 10 inches, $215.

Cut glass fruit bowl, eight arches with dahlias, zipper cutting, dahlia on base surrounded by 16 pillar forms, scalloped and notched edge, signed Libbey, American Brilliant Period, c.

1900, 4 x 9 inches, $220.

Porcelain dessert plate set, a fashionable French woman of 1900 on each, wisteria borders, multicolor, white ground, Vitro, Villeroy & Boch, 13-inch tray, 12 8-inch plates, 13 pieces, $395.

Sewing box, whaler made, mahogany, 3 graduated tiers of drawers, whale ivory pulls and pegs, 1800s, 9 1/4 x 9 x 6 1/2 inches, $470.

Furniture, breakfront, mahogany, three glass paneled doors open to two shelves, drop front desk, two drawers flanked by paneled doors, Saginaw Furniture, c. 1950, 78 x 50 x 14 inches, $625.

Jewelry, ring, thick band, thick disc top with off-center inset Madeira citrine, 14K gold, Danish Modernist, 3/4-inch disc, size 6 1/2, $855.

Art pottery vase, stoneware, glazed, sgraffito decoration, stylized figures in arches, bulbous bottom, cylindrical neck, Edwin & Mary Scheier, 1990, 12 x 10 inches, $1,500.

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30-year US mortgage rate rises to 5.11%

By Kathy Orton

The Washington Post

What a difference a year makes. A year ago, you could find a 30-year fixed rate mortgage for under 3%.

Today, it is over 5%.

According to the latest data released Thursday by Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate average increased for the seventh week in a row, rising to 5.11% with an average 0.8 point. (A point is a fee paid to a lender equal to 1% of the loan amount. It is in addition to the interest rate.) It was 5% the previous week and 2.97% a year ago. The 30year fixed rate hasn’t been this high since February 2011.

Freddie Mac, the federally chartered mortgage investor, aggregates rates from around 80 lenders across the country to come up with weekly national averages.

The survey is based on home purchase mortgages.

Rates for refinances may be different. It uses rates for high-quality borrowers with strong credit scores and large down payments.

Because of the criteria, these rates are not available to every borrower.

The 15-year fixed-rate average climbed to 4.38% with an average 0.8 point.

It was 4.17% the previous week and 2.29% a year ago.

The five-year adjustable rate average grew to 3.75% with an average 0.3 point.

It was 3.69% the previous week and 2.83% a year ago.

Meanwhile, mortgage applications were down again last week. The market composite index — a measure of total loan application volume — decreased 5% from a week earlier, according to Mortgage Bankers Association data.

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AGAWAM 194 South Street Limited Partnership and South Street GP LLC, to 401 Liberty Street LLC, 164-194 South St., $850,000.

Karen Lynne Gales, Karen Lynne Hotaling, Karen L. Hotaling and Charles Gales to John E. Curtin, 220 Maynard St., $423,000.

Mary Jo Garvey Vazquez, representative, Sheryl A. Marino, estate, and Sheryl G. Marino, estate, to Anatoliy Solnyshkin and Derrick Feuerstein, 1A Castle Hills Road, $266,000.

Max La to Lori A. Mountain, 14 Regency Park Drive, $135,000.

Paul Menard to Bilal Chaudhery, Muhmmad Bilal Chaudhery and Zuhair K. Matin, 1012 River Road, $270,000.

Richard J. Langone to Norman A. Pelley, Mark Drive, $85,000.

Sabahat Jabeen and Faisal Mukhtar to Ryan Feyre and Nicholas Fenney, 418 Meadow St., Unit C2, $190,000.

Taylor N. Hartmann to Tracy Tavares and Jessica Tavares, 19 Brookline Ave., $315,000.

William C. Barker III, and Stephanie Wheeler to Rick Giroux and Katelynn Brzezinski, 27 Merrell Drive, $333,000.

AMHERST Sandra L. Petersen, trustee, and Sandra L. Petersen Revocable Trust to Frederick Civian and Janet Civian, 107 High Point Drive, $720,000.

Cheryl J. Wright to Daniel K. Esposito and Peter T. Esposito, 46 Autumn Lane, $310,000.

ASHFIELD Pioneer Valley Redevelopers LLC, to Erica J. Labb and Whitney A. Retallic, 136 Buckland Road,

of the Estate of Terence E. Powers, to Tracy L. Keyes, 32 South Main St., $190,000.

James A. Farley and Sandra A. Mallalieu to Dena Janicki, 1061 James St., $185,000.

Collective Copies Inc., to 55 Main Project LLC, 55 Main St., $200,000.

James Daniel Preston, Melissa Preston and Melissa A. Thompson to Melissa Ann Thompson and Melissa Preston, 42 Springfield Road, $100.

BERNARDSTON Steven Alexander Barscz and Meredith Catherine Kern to Katharine Bak, 222 Brattleboro Road, $294,000.

David Slocum, Donald Slocum, George Slocum Jr., and Christina Slocum-Wysk to Amy White and Craig S. White, Bald Mountain Road, $80,000.

Richard W. Howe and Sarah L. Howe to Olivier Diolosa, 484 & 500 Brattleboro Road and Brattleboro Road, $31,000.

CHESTERFIELD Thea M. Post and Thea M. Neill to Noah Berman and Emma J. Mushnick, 24 Bisbee Road, $425,000.

CHICOPEE Alex W. Abrams and Jazmin Rivera Abrams to Irene L. DaSilva, 32 Collins Ave., Unit D-10, $175,000.

Alycar Investments LLC, to Western Massachusetts Training Consortium Inc., 128 Sunnymeade Ave., $265,000.

Catherine A. Cox to Andrew Hernandez, 58 McCarthy Ave., $225,000.

Cebula Electronics Corp., to Zucco Estates LLC, 66 Main St., $270,000.

John S. Stefano to Marta Mendre, 61 Abbey Memorial Drive, Unit 155, $195,000.

Joseph F. Fairbanks, James R. Fairbanks and John E. Fairbanks to Michael Durgin, 108 Champagne Ave., $291,000.

Lee-Ann E. Guyott to Lance Sciarretta, Karen Sciarretta and Natalie Sciarretta, 74 Pondview Drive, $375,000.

Magali Rivera to Josefina Sanchez Rosario and Nemesio Torres, 55 Stedman St., $230,000.

William B. Kerby to Andres Corrada-Emmanuel, 24 Carillon Circle, $325,000.

GOSHEN Richard E. Kostek, Eugene R. Kostek and Christine P. Kostek to Charles E. Wuest and Jennifer L. Wuest, Hyde Hill Road, $110,000.

Marie Shirley Grzelak, estate, Marie Grzelak, estate, and Edward J. Grzelak, representative, to Gabriel Martinez, 100 Stebbins St., $180,000.

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Marijean Gamache to Michele Boone, 26 Laclede Ave., $145,000.

Edwin E. Olmeda to Makenzie Dion and Jeffrey Woods, 153 Batchelor St., $350,000.

Patricia D. Kantor and Patricia D. Beaudry to Robert Gregory Engelson, 32 Meadowlark Lane, Unit 6108C, $142,000.

Sarah Jasinski Wodecki to Hollie L. Rabida, 91 Marcelle St., $236,050.

Gary Lee Root and Joyce Ellen Root to Jason D. Hubert and Stephenie A. Hubert, 14 Main Road, $260,000.

Robert F. Spellman and Katherine A. Spellman to Jennifer A. Dickinson, 620 Parker St., $400,000.

EASTHAMPTON

Luke LLC, to Robert L. Scribner, 52 Simonich St., $260,000.

COLRAIN

Lori Ann Hebert to Quercus Properties LLC, 82 Millbrook Drive, $175,000.

Tallage Lincoln LLC, to Kennedy Acquisitions LLC, 71 Somers Road, $140,000.

Linda M. McCarthy and Sharon A. Vankruiningen to Melanie Fredette and Ciara Murphy, 43 Lorimer St., $300,000.

Shirley J. Thurston to Angel L. Rosa, 1-3 Leary Ave., $240,000.

EAST LONGMEADOW

Khosro Karamshahi to Khosro Karamshahi and Pegah Motazedi, 55 Pleasant St., $100.

GRANVILLE Marc Pereira to Erik C. Pedersen and Suzanne C. Pedersen, McCarthy Road, $119,900.

GREENFIELD Danica Phelps to Carolyn Gargone, 6 Power Court, $220,000.

Julie P. Britton and Karen T. Renaud to Richard B. Miller and Laura Townes, 74 Crescent St., $427,000.

DEERFIELD

Charles E. Ainsworth III, to Jesse C. Janet Carroll and Richard R. Carroll Greenfield KMW LLC, to Alan Mitchell and Karen M. Mitchell, 8 to Bruce J. Pacyna and Bridget DiStasio and Amanda McEnery, Curry Lane, Unit 13, $285,000.

Riley, 26 Eastern Ave., $305,000.

123 Verde Drive, $540,000.

David J. Walker to Jonathan Christopher H. Powers and Mary E. SEE DEEDS, PAGE F8 Peloquin and Nicole Peloquin, 13 Powers, personal representatives

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Deeds CONTINUES FROM PAGE F7 Jason D. Hubert and Stephenie A. Hubert, “fka” Stephanie A. Dutcher, to Despina E. Hoffman, 12 Oak Ridge Road, $349,000.

HOLYOKE Albert E. Paone and Brenda A. Paone to Maria J. Cosme Velez, 165 Brown Ave., $270,000.

Caroline Lopez to Jonathan Rivera Melendez, 180 Sargeant St., $225,000.

Maria M. Mercedes to Jean Dorsainvil and Wendy Martinez, 850 Dwight St., $155,000.

Orion Pro Friend SL LLC, to Rialto Id@northfifth LLC, 1745 Northampton St., $1,435,000.

HADLEY Lisa M. Phakos, personal representative, Nancy A. Muraski, estate, Richard M. Muraski and Richard Muraski to Plata O Plomo Inc., 117 South Maple St., $165,000.

HATFIELD John P. Regish, trustee, Terri A. Delaney, trustee, and John P. Regish & Terri A. Delaney Joint Living Trust to M.A. Wendolowski Farm LLC, Straits Road, $222,000.

Julie A. Hanieski, trustee, and Elizabeth A. Smirowski Revocable Trust to Mollye Anna Maxner, 128 Depot Road, $365,000.

HEATH Dorothea Joy Montagna to Christopher L. Bradway, Colrain State Road, $5,400.

LEVERETT Jean A. Williams and Richard K. Williams to Chad Williams and Jillian Williams, 18 Richardson Road, $375,000.

Chester D. Cramer to Henry E. Whitlock, 20 Cushman Road, $372,200.

LONGMEADOW James M. Maroney to Travis Richard Crosby and Mary Crosby, 27 Woodlawn Place, $300,000.

LUDLOW Basile Realty LLC, to Julian Ajay White, 20 Maple St., $260,000.

Russell C. Newman and Carol Brescia Newman to Ann M.

Fortin, 353 Fuller St., Unit 13, $299,900.

Thomas E. Fournier and Cindy M. Fournier to Daniel Cabido, 124 Highland Ave., $295,000.

MIDDLEFIELD Kathleen F. Jones, personal representative, Clark W. Jones, personal representative, and Edward A. Jones, estate, to Gerald Farrelly, trustee, and Farrelly Family Realty Trust, 9 Alderman Road, $175,000.

MONROE Harold B. Lavanway to Brian W. Barney, 179 Main Road, $80,000.

MONTAGUE Joseph A. Tomaus to Jennifer V. Cerreta and Heather L. Creek, 55 Montague St., $287,000.

Edwin G. Matusko Jr., Diane L. Rogers “fka” D.L. Kuzmeski, David L. Matusko, Daniel L. Matusko and Edwin G. Matusko to Northampton City, Ryan Road, $110,000.

Naomi Wolf to Brittany A. Gaetano and Marissa Velez, 75 Higgins Way, $530,000.

ORANGE Lisa Judkins, conservator of Alexandra Pashek , “aka” Alexandra Pashek Sadowski, to Kaitlyn Burnham, 5 Kelton St., $115,000.

Louis L. Nylander, “aka” Lewis L. Nylander, and Edward D. Nylander to Heyes Family Forest LLC, Main Street and Town Farm Road, $59,433.

Oakland Development Company LLC, to Liliana Calvo, 21 Winter St., $309,000.

PALMER

Barbara A. Alconada to Lynn M. Wiles, 706 Fairway Ave., Unit 706 Fairway Avenue Condominium, $201,000.

Hollie L. Rabida to 15 Lathrop Street LLC, 15 Lathrop St., $155,000.

Tammy R. Sachse to Caitlin A. Hart and Brandon J. Thomas, 470 Millers Falls Road, $210,000.

Robert J. Vanzandt and Elizabeth A. Vanzandt to Valerie Baldwin, 458 Springfield St., $169,000.

NEW SALEM Kevin W. Colo to Arthur E. Billings Jr., Meacham Road and Petersham Road, $22,500.

NORTHAMPTON Anne O. Smith to Pioneer Development LLC, 39 Day Ave., $455,000.

Palm Holdings LLC, to Danica M. Phelps, 117 New South St., $335,000.

Kelly Suzanne Covey, estate, Leo Hunter Watson, personal representative, and Kelly B. Covey, estate, to Shihyun Kim and Jung Gyu Lee, 80 Damon Road, $160,000.

29 Industrial Drive East LLP, to GPD 29 Industrial Drive LLC, 29 Industrial Drive East, $2,675,000.

Thomas Wartenberg, trustee, and Thomas Wartenberg Revocable Trust to Matthew C. Malkin and Wendy Leila Janis Malkin, 136 Crescent St., $736,000.

Nicholas P. Naunton and Dawn LaRochelle to Eleanor K. Alexander, trustee, and Eleanor K. Alexander Revocable Trust, 32 Adare Place, $725,000.

John C. Richi and Tierney E. Richi to Brian W. Shukan and Clare V. Shukan, 35 New South St., $560,000.

Mary F. Lyons and Christina Conklin to Carolina Aragon, 183 Chestnut St., $470,000.

Weihua Zeng to Victor M. Gomes and Alresa F. Gonzalez, 1257 South Main St., $300,000.

PELHAM Amanda L. Huhmann and Jesse D. Barba to Yiwen Zhu and William Thomas Dugan, 136 Amherst Road, $385,000.

SHUTESBURY Lynda M. Hicks to Hannah F. Drew-Moyer and Lucas M. Notarangelo, 260 Leverett Road, $346,500.

SOUTH HADLEY Joseph T. Tetreault, personal representative, Joseph R. Tetreault, personal representative, and George R. Lusignan, estate, to Stephen A. Perreault and Linda L. Perreault, 1 Marcel St., $280,000.

Linda M. Paquette to James L. Sanner, 171 Pearl St., $283,000.

Mountain Brook LLC, to J.N. Duquette Son Construction Inc., 8 Lyon Green, $120,000.

Jaime M. Dahlquist to Elizabeth Berard, trustee, and E&G Realty Trust, 13 The Knolls, $137,500.

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Michael C. Marcotte, personal representative, and Bryan A. Marcotte, estate, to Roy J. Sabourin, 131 Woodbridge St., $900,000.

SOUTHAMPTON Gil Farm Road Estates Inc., to Giberson Construction Inc., Gil Farm Road, $288,000.

SOUTHWICK Hamelin Framing Inc., to Amitkumar Patel and Urvikumari Patel, 3 Honeybird Run, $600,000.

SPRINGFIELD 83 Thompson Street LLC, to Juliana Santiago Lopez, 83-85 Thompson St., $310,000.

Ann S. Tranghese to 1090 Boston Road Inc., 1090 Boston Road, $950,000.

Dhanya Real Estate Holdings LLC, to Jill M. Humiston, 139 Odion Ave., $190,000.

Chad Lynch and James Rocca to Carlos M. Merejildo Almonte, 5759 Leyfred Terrace, $298,000.

Daniel Cabido to Mirna Liz Nieves, 171 Gilbert Ave., $193,000.

Daniel E. Garfield and Amy Mager to Tavia Jones, 59 Fairfield St., $312,000.

Daniel T. Sullivan to Garry E. Cooter and Susan A. Cooter, 860 Plumtree Road, $500,000.

Dyan M. Kane, representative, Edward D. Jankiewicz, estate, and Edward Jankiewicz, estate, to Rafael L. Bermudez and Sylvia A. Bermudez, 57 Fresno St., $258,000.

Elizabeth Rivera to Yolanda Guerra, 35 Blanding St., $196,000.

Ellen S. Rowles to Barbara M. Orsatti, 28 Yorktown Drive, $225,000.

Emanuel Correa Cruz to Yolimar Torres, 107 Thompson St., $230,000.

Eulogio T. Felix and Maria Felix to Eduardo Felix, 54 Delaware Ave., $300,000.

Frances I. Rivera Reyes to Millicent Lardi Frimpong, 7-9 Kosciusko St., $276,000.

Humboldt Realty LLC, to Joseph A. Denis and Marilyn Pintor Ortiz, 146 Temby St., $240,000.

Jamie M. Hruby to Property Advantage Inc., 74 Huron St., $127,000.

Scott Family Properties LLC, to Javier Hernandez, Debora Colon Elis Hernandez, 412 Granby Road, and Debora Hernandez to Luis A. $220,000.

Nunez-Fox and Annette Nunez, Roy J. Sabourin and Jennifer M. 15 Lamont St., $226,000.

Sabourin to Justin W. Hansen, 19 JoeJoe Properties LLC, to Javier Charon Terrace, $515,000.

Hernandez and Debora Colon, 87

Melville St., $230,000.

John C. Danos, representative, and Frank J. Pellegrino, estate, to Joseph C. Danos, 97 Dorset St., $110,000.

John G. Danieli, executor, and Vincent R. Danieli, estate, to Carlos Feliciano, 262-264 Commonwealth Ave., $158,000.

Joseph M. Santaniello and Anthony M. Santaniello to Irma Calvillo, 55 Gatewood Road, $280,000.

Kwaku A. Yeboah to Samuel K. Asante, 238-240 Commonwealth Ave., $289,900.

Lisa M. Merriweather, representative, Shirley M. Mullen, estate, and Shirley Mae Mullen, estate, to Jessica Barber, 229 Norfolk St., $237,000.

Lorenzo Vasquez to Juan Febus Morales, 71 Phoenix Terrace, $210,000.

Luz N. Colon to Eddie Rivera, 27 Ogden St., $135,000.

Marco Scibeli to Jens Martinez, 72 Pheland St., $255,000.

Mark A. Boucher and Carla Boucher to Melainie Alvarado, 796-798 St. James Ave., $273,000.

Michael A. Fenton and Jonathan B. Berthiaume to Colin Corridan and Kathleen Corridan, 210 Atwater Road, $320,000.

Neftali Rivera and Elizabeth Rivera to Edward Pulinario Medina, 32 Martha St., $311,000.

NKZ Realty Inc., to Mathew Sartori, 945 Allen St., $325,000.

NRES LLC, to Crismary Lorenzo, 160 Laurelton St., $235,000.

Pioneer Housing LLC, to John Espinoza, 68-70 Cortland St., $280,000.

Prime Partners LLC, to Sidy Dione, 117 Cloran St., $232,000.

Ramesh Gajmer and Ramesh Biswa to Frederic Julien, 18-20 Longfellow Terrace, $336,500.

Ramon A. Nunez and Lurdenis Lucia Liriano to Yonny A. Gonzalez, 40 East Hooker St., $188,000.

Rosany Santiago and Andreus Alexander Santiago-Rivera to Luz N. Rivera Alicea, 77 Fisher St., $205,000.

Rosinski Realty Inc., to Neiman Jenkins, 63 Langdon St., $245,999.

Sadia Kausar and Mohammad Iftikhar to Jeremiah Sampson, 62-64 Rifle St., $254,000.

Sims Enterprises LLC. to Om Parker St. Plaza LLC, 1201-1219 Parker St., $4,289,500.

Tami H. Berthiaume and Sean R. Hershelman to Michael Eamon McCarthy, 38a Yorktown Drive, Unit 38A, $285,000.

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While traditionally a formal setting, mirrored seating encourages conversation and provides a beautiful way to arrange a room while offering lots of seating options.

(TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE)

Bring a bit of ‘Bridgerton’ style into your home Regency-era design marked by sophistication, elegance

By Katie Laughridge

Tribune News Service

Dearest gentle readers, It is often said that those who binge delightfully decorated period dramas on Netflix must then obsess over the Regency style of design for quite some time. This sentiment is clearly one I hold dear to my heart as I have been searching for not one, not two, but three weeks for the perfect touches to add old world elegance to my spaces. As the end of my season viewing draws near, I believe it is my responsibility to keep you informed so we might bring a bit of “Bridgerton” into the ton before polite society makes their pilgrimage to the country.

Yours truly, Lady Laughridge

Pillows, side tables, stools, chandeliers and mirrors add glamour and range to your rooms, especially when they are accessorized with carved details, metallic finishes and other classic motifs. (TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE)

your room pop.

This era in British history was all about designing to entertain visitors; therefore many Regency living spaces observe the design principle of symmetry. Mirrored seating Don’t skimp on the trims and tassels and any other small dein your room encourages tails. There is no such thing as over the top with this aesthetic. conversation and quite frankly, (TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE) it’s a beautiful way to arrange tail were coveted in the most elegance that speaks to the a room while offering lots of distinguished of interiors. The grandmillennial in all of us. seating options. One fantastic aesthetic is a bit reminiscent This is a perfect style to slowly way to replicate this in your of the current grandmillennial introduce into a traditional or own home is to position two trend, if not a bit more refined. transitional home aesthetic, as sofas (or four chairs) facing This design style requires vary- it too is a mix of old and new each other with a coffee table ing degrees of prestige, pattern elements and creates a blend or ottoman in between. I have and glamour to get the recipe that fits quite nicely with those done this in my own home and The Regency era is a period just right. styles. never looked back. of British history defined by Regency style has many of This style is also known for If you have lots of space to wealth and sophistication and my favorite things: windows its mixing of light and dark fill, consider creating a numknown for its elegance and dressed to the nines, luxufurnishings. Try adding light ber of seating and conversaopulence. Amid an artistic rious, petite upholstery and furniture to your dark walls tion areas within a single space renaissance occurring in the delicate, finely carved wooden and flooring, or vice versa, for — it’s an art, but it can be done. upper echelons, color and de- furniture. It is over-the-top a regal contrast that makes Or, if you don’t have much

space for furniture, another option is to carve out a separate sitting area just off your main living room to serve as an intimate spot for conversation.

More is more when it comes to Regency style. That means ornate patterns, daring draperies and fancy framing are all encouraged. Pillows, side tables, stools, chandeliers and mirrors add glamour and range to your rooms, especially when they are accessorized with carved details, metallic finishes and other classic motifs.

Add in textiles that look and feel expensive, such as velvet, silk or combed cotton, when it comes to your furniture, window treatments and other upholstered elements. Don’t skimp on the trims, tassels or any other small details.

This era in British history was all about designing to entertain visitors; therefore many Regency living spaces observe the design principle of symmetry.

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Don & Dave Runyan | Project of The Week

Return of a backyard classic, the glider swing

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BACKYARD CLASSIC that is never out of style, a glider swing is perfect for enjoying the warm weather with family and friends, rain or shine, day or night. Just like the one grandma had in her backyard, this do-it-yourself version is no exception. Complete with two bench seats, a wide shade canopy and a builtin table complete with cut-outs for drinks, the project seats four adults comfortably and includes all the best features of classic outdoor glider swings.

Built from standard fir, plywood and galvanized pipe, the swing is easy enough for beginners with just a few basic tools. It calls for mostly straight cuts, and includes full-size patterns for the curves.

To build, simply trace the pieces onto wood (where necessary), cut everything out and assemble the frame and seat platform sepa-

rately. Next, install the pipe that supports the seats and hang the seat platform. Finally, attach the canopy and table and apply finish of choice.

The completed glider measures about 8 feet long by 7 feet wide by 8 feet tall.

The Canopy Glider Swing plan, No. 818, is $9.95 and includes detailed step-by-step directions with photos, full-size traceable patterns, construction diagrams, and a complete shopping list and cutting schedule. Please include $3.95 for postage and handling on all orders and allow about two weeks for delivery.

To order by mail, clip this article and send it with a check or money order to U-Bild Features, c/o The Republican, 741B Olive Ave., Vista CA 92083. To order by credit card, call 1-760-806-7708.

Visit U-Bild on the web at u-bild. com.

Built from standard fir, plywood and galvanized pipe, the swing is easy enough for beginners with just a few basic tools.

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Diaz, 17 Beach Road, $335,000.

Philip S. Bartholomew to Alycia L. Robin and Alexander D. Marshall, 261 Malboeuf Road, $381,000.

Tara A. Juzba and Thomas Juzba to Angel Avilez, 173 Hampden St., $125,000.

MRT Development LLC, to Robert W. Karrash and Kathryn A. Karrash, Coldbrook Drive, $55,000.

Tavia Jones and Harell Bell to Andy Solivan and Thalia Melendez, 188 Cherokee Drive, $278,000.

Joseph Makuch to Joseph Makuch and Yvonne Marcano Makuch, Sczygiel Road and Sygiel Road, $100.

Uriel A. Reyes, representative, Sandra M. Rivera, estate, and Sandra M. Mathis, estate, to Uriel A. Reyes, 23 Temby St., $88,000.

William T. Dismuke, estate, Kerry Ann Dismuke, representative, and Kerry A. Dismuke, representative, to Anthony R. Hiller, 18-20 Alsace St., $200,000.

WARE Scribner Properties LLC, to Vincent A. David II, and Adelisa Phipps, 29 Prospect St., $325,000.

Tammy Lee Salsbury to David Thomas Britton and Michaela L. Shaw, 48 Old Belchertown Road, $285,000.

Gail M. Armstrong to Christina

WEST SPRINGFIELD AJN Rentals LLC, to Luis Gonzalez, 29-31 Irving St., $280,000.

Bhakta Khadka, Madhu Khadka and Radhika Khadka to Dadhi Adhikari and Ishora Adhikari, 72 Roseland Ave., $311,000.

Ishora Adhikari and Dadhi Ram Adhikari to Padam Gajmer and Shova L. Gajmer, 28-30 Moseley Ave., $247,500.

James P. Foley, representative, Maura E. Collette, representative, and Rita I. Foley, estate, to Nicole Pousland, 168 Chestnut St., $245,000.

Robert A. Lamirande and Susan L. Lamirande to Craig M. Anderson

and Elizabeth Pauly, 1468 Piper Road, $300,000.

Mechanic Man LLC, 14 Parker Ave., $550,000.

S & K Properties LLC, to Aga Realty LLC, 65 Exposition Terrace, $165,000.

Jit Naubhag to Padam Gajmer, Shova Lagoon Gajmer and Subash Luhagun, 143 Meadow St., $215,000.

Scott Rehbein to Ann Marie Mascaro, 32 Colony Road, Unit 1A, $102,000.

William A. Bushey to Cornerstone Homebuying LLC, 69 Day St., $262,500.

Katherine E. Berz and George F. Berz to U S A Housing & Urban Development, 3 Old Farm Road, $105,487.

Michael J. Simolo, representative, John J. Janik, estate, Stanley J. Mazur, representative, and Stacia WESTFIELD Sophie Mazur, estate, to Michael P. Andrey Orlova to Nikolay Stepchuk, Dupuis and Susan M. Dupuis, 1342 East Mountain Road, $450,000.

22 Woodland Ave., $10,000.

Ricky L. DiSanto to Hector M. Rios, Ciro L. Petrucelli Jr., and Sandra 6-8 Jefferson St., $310,000.

M. Petrucelli to Susan L. Petrucelli and Antonio L. Luis, 23 Noble Ave., $200,000.

David J. Williams, estate, and Susan M. Williams, representative, to Northern Studio LLC, 25 Ely St., $204,000.

Faith Gavin Kuhn, representative, and Rosemary A. Gavin, estate, to Andrew P. Mondry, 96 Broadway, $260,000.

J & F Management LLP, Francis A. Friguglietti and John P. Morizio to

Tova Realty Corp., to 101 Springdale LLC, 101 Springdale Road, $2,000,000.

U S A Veterans Affairs to Glenn Korostynski, 2 Fowler Ave., $160,500.

WESTHAMPTON Marianne G. Zurn to Jessica R. McKinnon and Rebecca Ann McKinnon, 23 North Road, $495,000.

WIBRAHAM AC Homebuilding LLC, to Timothy Lawson, Cypress Lane, Unit 45, $499,000.

Bruce A. Williams and Marjorie A. Williams to Sareen Properties LLC, 24 Grassy Meadow Road, $230,100.

Steven K. Meher, representative, and Alfred F. Meher, estate, to Stephen C. Davidson and Linda R. Davidson, 7 Lodge Lane, $315,000.

WILLIAMSBURG Barbara Ferrante Bricker, trustee, Barbara F. Bricker, trustee, and Barbara Ferrante Bricker Family Trust to Sarah Nichols and Rachel Koh, 3 North Main St., $235,000.

WORTHINGTON Robert W. Hooper and Kathy Hooper to Adam G. Church and Robyn A. Bettencourt, 734 Huntington Road, $239,000.

Travis L. Roberts and Mori C. Voiles to Tyler Burke, 549 Old North Road, $260,000.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 29TH at 11:00 A.M.

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5 ROOM / 3 BEDROOM 2-STORY

CONDEX STYLE DWELLING “LOCATED ON CORNER OF HOLLAND AVE. & BUSH ST.” 36A Holland Avenue WESTFIELD, MA

Features:

To be Sold on the Premises

• 2-Story Condex Style Dwelling • • Total of (5) Rooms w/ (3) Bedrooms & (1) Bath • • ±1,545 S/F of Gross Living Area Above Grade • • Gas Hot Water Baseboard Heat • Central Air Conditioning • • Public Water & Sewer • Vinyl Exterior • Deck • • Assessor’s Parcel # M:22, L:36, U:1 • Zoned: RB •

MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

5 ROOM / 3 BEDROOM 2-STORY

CONDEX STYLE DWELLING “LOCATED ON CORNER OF HOLLAND AVE. & BUSH ST.” 36B Holland Avenue WESTFIELD, MA

Features:

To be Sold on the Premises

• 2-Story Condex Style Dwelling • • Total of (5) Rooms w/ (3) Bedrooms & (1) Bath • • ±1,540 S/F of Gross Living Area Above Grade • • Gas Hot Water Baseboard Heat • Central Air Conditioning • • Public Water & Sewer • Vinyl Exterior • Deck • • Assessor’s Parcel # M:22, L:36, U:2 • Zoned: RB •

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

Deposit to be Increased to 10% of the 1380 Main St, 5th Fl, Springfield, MA Purchase Price within Five Business Days.

Attorney for Mortgagee 5% Buyer’s Premium Applies.

Other Terms to be Announced at Time of Sale.

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

Deposit to be Increased to 10% of the 1380 Main St, 5th Fl, Springfield, MA Purchase Price within Five Business Days.

Attorney for Mortgagee 5% Buyer’s Premium Applies.

Other Terms to be Announced at Time of Sale.

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

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Sale Per Order of Mortgagee Attorney John Davis

Of the firm of Halloran & Sage, LLP

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

MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE At Public Auction

SPRINGFIELD

LARGE MULTI USE PROPERTY THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2022 @ 11:00AM 760 SUMNER AVENUE (A/K/A 752-760 Sumner Ave)

Terms of Sale: : A deposit of $10,000.00 in certified funds (funds must be 90 days or less) at time of sale. Balance due within 30 days of sale.

Other terms at time of sale,

by Atty for the Mortgagee Harry Castleman.

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Aaron Posnik

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Antique furniture, quantity of Art including Edward S. Curtis (2 photogravures), Jewelry, Sterling, Clocks, Books, Glass & China, oriental rugs, and more. Estate lot of coins, gold (24 pcs), silver dollars and other currency. Estate collection of 17 classic outboard motors including Johnson, Evinrude, and others.

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Farms & Land Approved 17 Lot sub-division for sale.

Call 413-525-4542.

Tag Sales Tag Sales Agawam - 50 Haskell Street, Sat. 4/23, 9-4pm & Sun. 4/24, 9-3pm. Multi family sale, hshld items, tools, clothing, furn. etc.

Chicopee

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

Cats Kitten 2 months old, $180.

413-244-7901

KITTENS PERSIAN SIAMESE BENGAL MIX MALE AND FEMALE $50 - $75 (413) 777-9659

Puppy chihuahua mix $450.

Call 413-244-7901

Dogs

1480 Granby Rd.

Sat. 4/23 9am-4pm Sun. 4/24 1 9am-4pm Note: Park on side street Hitchcock table w/6 chrs, Cable Nelson Piano, 2 leather wing chairs, king size bed, dresser, lamps & occas. tbls. huge collection of historial & collectible books, Quaker woodstove, HO trains & access., pool table, vintage bocketbooks & hats. Bookcases, art, glassware & jewelry, and much, much more.

John & Jackie M.R. RUSSO Company

West Springfield Very large moving sale 4/22 - 4/24, 9-3:00 276 Hillcrest Avenue

AKC Lab Puppies 2, choc. & black, males, $1,500/ each. 413-537-1519

Beagle Pups for sale. Parents on premises. Males & females avail. Asking. $700. Call 978-355-4685

German Shepherd pups, champion Czeck & Belgian bloodlines, avail now. with 1st shots 4M, 3F, $1000/BO (413) 218-2321 Golden Retrievers Puppies, 1st shots & dewormed. $850. 2 females & 1 Male Call 802-895-2784

Miniature Schnauzer 2, 8 wks, males, black & salt & pepper, vet checked & vaccinated, $1800.

413-596-8190

Teddy Bear Pups 8 weeks old, $600./ea.

Call/msg 413-523-6002

Exotic Animals Chinchilla mixed gray, 6 months old. $400/best offer.

Call or text 413-523-6002

Place your service ad 24/7.

Call (413) 788-1234 or go to: www.MassLive.com Handyperson Services

RON’S GUTTER CLEANING SERVICE

* Cleaning since ’94 * Insured - Free Estimate * Very reasonable rates * Attention to detail CALL OR TEXT Chicopee cell 413-313-6507

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

BASEBALL, Football Basketball & Hockey cards, 1950’s-present, 50 to 90% off, selling boxes for $.25 BUYING ALL SPORTS CARDS, RETIRED KOREAN WAR VET 413-596-5783 Cross Country Skis, adult & children, poles, shoes included. 70’s type. $75.00 for all. 413-592-5098 Dark Brown leather sofa, 85’’ long, 43’’ deep, exc. cond., $2500.

Call (413) 567-7738

King Platform bed with 4 drawers, incl. 2 year old mattress, like new, always covered by mattress protector. $350/bo. 413-537-1298 Light Ceramic kitchen set w/4 chairs, exc. cond., $90. Call 413-331-4762 or 413-331-3633 Lowrey Royale Organ, beaut., walnut finish, incl.

Tufted bench, cost $60K, ask. $2,500. 413-519-8108

Tools, Tools, Tools 8 ’ fiberglass stepladder, new, one 6’ fiberglass stepladder, electric concrete mixer new, 125,000BTU heater propane. Much, much more.

Call 536-3061 or 413-478-1262

Auctions Auctions MORTGAGEES’ REAL ESTATE AUCTIONS TO BE SOLD ON THEIR RESPECTIVE PREMISE

WEDNESDAY APRIL 27, 2022 3:00 PM WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA 185 WINDSOR STREET DEPOSIT $5,000

THURSDAY MAY 5, 2022 2:00 PM - LEEDS, MA 107 WATER STREET DEPOSIT $5,000 TERMS OF SALES: DEPOSITS IN THE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED ABOVE ARE TO BE PAID BY THE PURCHASER(S) AT THE TIME AND PLACE OF EACH SALE BY CERTIFIED OR BANK CHECK. ALL BALANCES DUE ARE TO BE PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL SALE. OTHER TERMS, IF ANY, TO BE ANNOUNCED AT EACH SALE. CALL OUR AUCTION SCHEDULE LINE AT (617) 964-1282 FOR A LIST OF THE CURRENT DAY’S AUCTIONS AND VISIT OUR WEBSITE www.commonwealth auction.com FOR CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED SCHEDULING INFORMATION AND ADDITIONAL SCHEDULING INFORMATION COMMONWEALTH AUCTION ASSOCIATES, INC. (617) 964-0005 MA LIC 2235

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