Did this citizen scientist develop the perfect, chemical-free lawn?
By L ina Z eldovich
Special to The Washington Post
JACKSON MADNICK, A 76-year-old resident of Wayland, Mass., rarely mows, waters or fertilizes his lawn, and he never sprays it with weed killers. Even so, his grass looks like a thriving, emerald-green meadow yearround. It emerges green from under the snow, and it keeps its vibrant hue in summer droughts. If that sounds too good to be true, Madnick has even more surprises to share: He bred this grass himself.
Madnick became a citizen grass scientist after his cat, Kitty, died of cancer in 1999. “I moved into a house near a golf course, and I had a cat that went outside all the time,” he says. “And within two months of moving in there, she got a huge lump and she died.” His vet suggested that lawn chemicals may have played a part.
As he researched his cat’s death, Madnick, a multimedia show designer who planned concerts, fireworks, theme park shows and other events, learned that the traditional American lawn is a lot less green than it appears.
When fertilizers and herbicides became widely available after World War II, manufacturers were eager to sell them not only to farmers but also to homeowners, says Nancy Gift, a weed ecologist who is executive director of Cornell Cooperative Extension. To drive up sales, they promoted perfect plush green turfs as a status symbol. But the amount of water and chemicals needed to keep grass beautiful can be harmful to the environment, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
So Madnick wondered if he could redesign lawn care from the ground up. He wanted to find a grass that didn’t need chemicals and required little water.
He read up on turf science, spending hours in libraries. He planted different varieties of grass seed in paper coffee cups in his backyard. “I grew close to 70 kinds of grasses from
Premium. He named the grass after his daughter and his mother, who shared the name “Pearl.” “My mother was an environmentalist and she taught me to care about the planet,” Madnick says.
The key lies in the mix. “When you have more species growing together, you actually have a greater ecosystem function,” says Rebecca Barak, a conservation scientist at the Chicago Botanic Garden who studies seed mixes for prairie restoration.
three, four and even five feet long. He began selling it to drought-prone places such as Utah, California and countries in the Middle East. Over the years, Pearl’s Premium has won several awards, including a $50,000 prize at the MassChallenge competition in 2010 and the Boston Museum of Science “Invented Here” innovation award in 2013.
around the world that supposedly needed less chemicals and less water,” he says. But none of those grasses liked his harsh treatment. “A year later, after a hot summer, they were all dead.” The only survivors were three varieties that thrive in the desert — cactus-like species that were too prickly to walk on. Madnick kept at it, though. He asked several turf scientists for hardy-grass recommendations and narrowed his list to seven varieties, including red fescue, tall fescue and Kentucky blue. Hoping to find a winning combination, he planted those seeds in different ratios.
“I had a theory that maybe the right seeds in the right proportions might have an interaction and do something different,” he says. But the mixes died, just like the solo grasses before them. He doubled down, covering his patio with numbered pots for different ratios of his seven-seed mix and logging the proportions, the amount of water he used and how long each mix survived. Madnick wasn’t secretive about his efforts, but he did keep it fairly private. “I didn’t want people to think I was a mad scientist,” he says. The work was time-consuming. “I did hundreds of these at a time, and it did take me a good portion of the day,” Madnick says. His partner, Betsy West, occasionally questioned the endeavor. “Why are you
spending so much time on this?” she would ask, when yet another batch wilted and died.
“A couple of times I almost gave up,” Madnick says. “But then I read a book about Thomas Edison that said that if he stopped one experiment short of discovering the lightbulb, he might not have ever discovered the lightbulb. It was perseverance and luck. So, I continued.”
Five years and 7,000 mixes later, Madnick’s efforts paid off. One container grew a lush green grass with an elegant thin blade. Madnick couldn’t believe his luck, but when he picked up the pot, he knew why it was thriving. “The roots were so long; they were coming out of the bottom of the pot.”
When planted in the right proportions, the grasses formed a symbiotic relationship that allowed them to sprout unusually long and robust roots. Typical lawn grasses grow three- to four-inch roots; Madnick’s mix boasted roots nearly twice that long. When the mix is planted in soil rather than a pot, the roots reach the groundwater, making the lawn more resilient and self-reliant. “From that one ‘aha’ batch, I grew 3,000 more trials until finally I optimized the interaction,” he says.
He kept tweaking the mix until the roots became 12 to 14 inches long, then he began selling the mix as Pearl’s
Her own group is experimenting with mixes of fescues as an alternative to the more commonly used lawn seeds such as Kentucky bluegrass. Fescues, she says, are tough and slow-growing grasses, and their presence in Madnick’s mix could explain why the grass is hardy and low-maintenance. “They don’t really require fertilizing and they do grow these really deep and kind of thick mats of roots,” she says. “Because they grow so slowly, they just don’t use as much water.”
Madnick says Pearl’s Premium requires initial watering to sprout its uber-roots but needs little care afterward. “You can mow it, but you don’t have to,” he says. “If you don’t mow it, it flips over and becomes a meadow.”
As Madnick honed his combo, the roots kept growing longer, gradually reaching
And Madnick continues to work on his mix. He began adding some organic fertilizers to his seeds, to help the grass grow even longer roots. Eventually, the roots became so extensive that he couldn’t experiment in pots anymore, so he moved on to using long, transparent plastic tubes that allow him to see the roots and measure their progress. Now in its seventh generation, the grass grows roots that are at least six feet deep, but Madnick wants to see exactly how long they can grow. He and West now run the company and the experiments together, from inside their home.
“In my kitchen, I have a clear plastic tube that’s eight feet tall, and I’m growing it in the tube to see if it can get eight or more feet,” he says. “They might actually grow longer than that, but that’s the biggest tube I could buy without gluing tubes together.”
Lina Zeldovich is a freelance writer in New York City.
Jackson Madnick with his dog, Zoe, who is the “spokesdog” for Pearl’s Premium, the grass mix that he developed.
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GARDEN NOTES
STOCKBRIDGE
Upcoming programs at Berkshire
Botanical Garden
Berkshire Botanical Garden presents the following upcoming programs. Music Mondays continue on July 15, The Lucky 5. Performances run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Food trucks will be available at selected performances. Cost is $15 members, $20 nonmembers: Saturday, July 20, “Re-Centering through Mandalas,” 10 a.m. to noon. This workshop, led by Beth Adoette, holds space to explore what is calling us in the present moment through the creation of beautiful, individual nature mandalas. Find support from a group of curious, like-minded people as you explore boundaries and intentions, and allow nature and art to help reset in a creative, intuitive way. Cost is $40 members, $60 nonmembers. To register or for more information, visit www.berkshirebotanical.org. Berkshire Botanical Garden is located at 5 West Stockbridge Road.
WEST SPRINGFIELD West Springfield Garden Club meeting
The West Springfield Garden Club will meet on July 18, at the Irish Cultural Center located at 429 Morgan Road at 6 p.m. After a brief business meeting, this month’s speaker, Haabiba Rothenberg-Whitney, an author and illustrator, will be talking about her latest children’s publication, “The Shy Giraffe.” She penned this book, inspired by the Springfield Garden Club’s recent Magical Fairy Garden exhibit. She will share her process of capturing the essence of a garden experience. Space is limited, so if you wish to attend, please email Joan at graceshad@msn.com
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Lee Reich | In the Garden
Tips on low-maintenance irrigation
Drip system uses less water, reduces weeds
I’M A BIG FAN OF DRIP irrigation, an irrigation system by which water is frequently, but slowly, applied to the soil. It’s better for plants because soil moisture is replenished closer to the rate at which they drink it up. With a sprinkler, plants vacillate between being thirsty and their roots gasping for air. Because of the efficient use of water, drip is also better for the environment, typically using 60 percent less water than sprinkling. And drip is better for me — and you, if your garden or farmden is dripped. By pinpointing water to garden plants, large spaces between plants stay dry so there’s less weeds for us to pull. And best of all, with an inexpensive timer at the hose spigot, I turn on the system in April and then pretty much forget about watering until the end of the growing season.
Today I was reminded about the “pretty much” part of being able to forget about watering until the end of the season.
I noticed recently that some plants were wilting and assumed that emitters bringing water to these pots were defective. Sometimes they dripped and sometimes they didn’t. The problem, determined after some investigation, was due to the seasonal line that connects the drip main line to the spigot; this
Here is the essence of drip irrigation, with water applied frequently, only in drips, to provide consistently moist, but never waterlogged, soil for optimum plant growth. (LEE REICH PHOTO)
short section is almost clear, plastic tubing. Sun shining on the tubing grew a nice crop of algae within. I disconnected the tube and was able to remove an almost intact tube of algae that had been clogging the line!
Thorough cleaning and reconnecting the tubing, wrapping it in aluminum foil to exclude light, and cleaning the sediment filter in the drip line had everything working waterly again. Geez, you gotta be a rocket science to keep things working smoothly. Well, not quite.
I’ve now marked my calendar to check the drip system every 3 weeks.
In addition to checking periodically to make sure that the water flows unob -
structed, my watering system — any drip system — requires other regular attention, including a small amount of hand watering. The reason has to do with the shape of the wetting front drip presents in the soil. As a drip of water enters the ground, gravity pulls water downward at the same time that capillary forces pull water sideways. The result is, underground, a wetting front shaped like an ice cream cone, at first widening with depth and then narrowing to a point. The width of the cone
depends on soil porosity. Clay soils have small particles with commensurately small pores. Those small pores exert a strong capillary pull so the ice cream cone spreads wide, as much as six feet at its widest down from each point source of water. At the other extreme is a sandy soil, whose large particles have large spaces between them and comparatively little capillary pull; the result is a slender ice cream cone, spreading no more than a couple of feet wide.
Don’t wash your brushes in the sink and other painting cleanup tips
By Jeanne Huber
Special to The Washington Post
Q. What is the best way to clean up after painting?
A. The reward of painting walls, trim or furniture is instant: Everything looks new and fresh. But then comes the cleanup. What do you do with brushes, rollers and paint trays coated with paint? Cleaning the tools properly allows you to use them again. But you don’t want to send paint down the drain or onto your landscaping.
Most paint today is water-based. It’s a liquid when you apply it, so it’s easy to overlook the fact that the part that stays behind once the water evaporates is mostly plastic — usually acrylic but also sometimes vinyl or another polymer. If paint is washed down the drain, the plastics can clog a septic system, add to sludge in a community sewer system or wind up in rivers and eventually the ocean as microplastics.
You should avoid washing paint down a drain — especially a storm drain. In most communities, storm drains empty directly into the nearest stream, river or bay, without any treatment.
But how do you wash tools and not send the wash water down a drain? Here are some suggestions.
Choose equipment wisely
• If you are just touching up paint, consider using an inexpensive chip brush. You can treat it as disposable or wash it. Because the bristles are sparse and short, these brushes don’t hold much paint, making them easy to wash.
• You might also consider roller covers to be disposable — but that doesn’t mean you need a fresh one for each coat or each day of a multiday project. If you wrap tools tightly in a plastic bag or plastic wrap between sessions and don’t wait more than a day or two to use them again, you can clean up only at the end.
the wetting front, they’re on their own.
A drip system is a series of emitters, so the wetting fronts can merge together at their widest points presenting a wetting front that in soil cross section looks like waves below ground, with peaks at ground level at each emitter. Between emitter peaks, the ground is dry near the surface.
Plant a seed there and, in the absence of rain, the seed will just sit.
Tuck a transplant into the soil there and, in the absence of rain, it will dry out and die.
Hand watering gets that seed or transplant’s roots growing; once the roots reach down far enough to tap into
Only one more maintenance item for my drip system. If it has rained cats and dogs, that is, more than 1 inch, as measured in a rain gauge, I might turn off the drip system temporarily. Then — and this is very important — I’ll stick a Post-It note on which is written “Drip” to my bathroom mirror as a reminder to turn the drip system back on in due time. Drip irrigation is low maintenance, but not no maintenance.
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 www.leereich.com/blog.
Here are steps to take before, during and after the painting. (ADOBE STOCK IMAGE)
Terry and kim kovel | Antiques & Collecting
A welcome moose in the garden
THERE ARE FEW THINGS in nature more majestic than a moose, but that doesn’t mean you would want one visiting your garden! A typical adult bull moose is about 6 feet tall and weighs over 1,000 pounds, making the species the largest member of the deer family. Most of us with gardens have seen the devastation a deer can wreak on flowerbeds. Now imagine what an even bigger version could do.
Moose are herbivores and can eat about 50 pounds of plant matter a day, and they aren’t picky about which plants they eat. Gardeners in the northernmost U.S., especially Alaska, know that not much can get between a 1,000-pound animal and the trees, shrubs and vegetables it sees as a snack. Even a six-foot fence, the most reliable deterrent, doesn’t always work. But there are no such worries with this zinc garden figure of a moose, which sold for $3,328 at New Orleans Auction Galleries. At 61 inches tall, it’s about the size of a real moose, antlers and all, but this one will accent your garden plants instead of eating them.
Q. I have two newspapers that I found in a relative’s historical storage box containing research paperwork tracing their lineage. One is “The Rebel,” dated August 9, 1862. The other is “The Daily Citizen” (first edition?) dated July 2, 1863. It is printed on a green floral designed wallpaper. How do I tell if they are authentic?
A. Both of your newspapers have famously been copied and reprinted since the 19th century. The earliest copies were made as souvenirs for G.A.R. reunions. Later ones were made to observe the 50th and 100th anniversaries of the Civil War. “The Daily Citizen” was published by J.M. Swords in Vicksburg, Mississippi. During the Civil War, many publishers in the South ran out of newsprint, so Swords printed issues of “The Daily Citizen” on wallpaper. The July 2, 1863, edition has a note from the Union forces that captured Vicksburg, declaring “This is the last wall-paper edition” and “It will be valuable hereafter as a curiosity.” It is extremely unlikely that your
This life-sized zinc figure of a moose brings the majesty of the animal kingdom to your garden — without the risk a real moose would present to your plants.
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copies are originals. The Library of Congress has online guides to antique newspapers (https://guides. loc.gov/noteworthy-newspaper-issues), including these issues. They list ways to recognize originals (there are certain clues in the size, proportions and certain spellings) and additional resources.
Q. Can you advise me what this platter might be worth? It has a scene printed on it in blue, and the back reads, “Metropolitan Scenery, View of Greenwich.” It is from about 1825. It is 17 by 21 inches. No chips, cracks, or stains. It was my 88-year-old aunt’s father’s. It was given to me before she passed away.
A. The Goodwin pottery firms in the famous English pottery-mak-
ing district of Staffordshire made a series of “Metropolitan Scenery” tablewares that had prints of notable views in and around London. “View of Greenwich” was one of the designs in the series. This type of scenic pattern is often called “historical china.” Many companies around Staffordshire made it from about 1830 to 1920. These companies, including Goodwin, often changed owners or names, or merged with other companies, so it can be difficult to find information about them. However, you can often identify pottery made in Staffordshire by the presence of a pretzel-shaped knot in the maker’s mark on the back. Staffordshire ceramics with blue scenic patterns like yours are worth about $200.
TIP: Some types of stone and metal remain free of organic stains if they’re left in partial sunlight and heat, but not if in deep shade.
Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel answer readers’ questions sent to the column. Send a letter with one question describing the size, material (glass, pottery) and what you know about the item. Include only two pictures, the object and a closeup of any marks or damage. Be sure your name and return address are included. By sending a question, you give full permission for use in any Kovel product. Names, addresses or email addresses will not be published. Questions that are answered will appear in Kovels Publications. Write to Kovels, The Republican, King Features Syndicate, 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803 or email us at collectorsgallery@ kovels.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.
Card, advertising, Au Bon Marche, two figures, dressed in red, white and blue, holding American flag, French and English text on reverse, Maison Boucicaut, 4 1/2 x 3 inches, $10.
Furniture, table, sewing, wicker, turnedout edge, woven diamonds, festoon trim, cabriole legs, scrolls, painted, pink, Victorian, 28 inches, $60.
Advertising, sign, Boss’ Biscuits, 5 Cent Packages, list of varieties, black lettering, frame, New London, Connecticut, c. 1880, 17 x 15 inches, $120.
Cloisonne, vase, red panels with phoenix bird, blue panels with butterflies, shoulders, narrow neck, tapered base, Japan, late 19th century, 11 inches, $125.
Bicycle, high wheel, Rideable Bicycle Replicas, 60 spoke front wheel, sun metal rear wheel, c. 1975, 48 inches, $235.
Textile, pillow, Gettysburg 50th Anniversary, eagle carrying flag, crossed cannons, dated, 1913, 17 x 17 inches, $300.
Daum, vase, stick neck, shaded orange, silver overlay branches with leaves and buds, silver marked M Maurio, Daum Nancy, 7 inches, $345.
Beehive, plate, Classical scene, artist painting vase, seated, woman watching, standing, multicolor, gilt rim, “Kusnt bringt Gunst,” Royal Vienna, 9 1/2 inches, $625.
Game, chess, Directoire style, abstract turned pieces, light and dark wood, France, c. 1800, largest piece 1 inch, $955.
Watch, Elgin, Corsica, open face, branch shape Roman numerals, acorn shape indices, gilt leafy scrolls in center, 14K gold, monogram on reverse, 1 3/4 inches, $1,190.
LOS ANGELES
Average rate on a 30-year mortgage falls slightly
Rate eases
borrowing costs for home shoppers
By A lex Veiga Associated Press
The average rate on a 30year mortgage fell slightly this week, providing modest relief for home shoppers facing record-high home prices.
The rate fell to 6.89% from 6.95% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, it averaged 6.96%.
The average rate has mostly hovered around 7% this year — more than double what it was just three years ago. The elevated mortgage rates, which can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, have put off many home shoppers this year, extending the nation’s housing slump into its third year.
Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing their home loans, also fell this week, pulling the average rate down to 6.17% from 6.25% last week. A year ago, it averaged 6.30%, Freddie Mac said.
Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, including how the bond market reacts to the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate policy and the moves in the 10-year Treasury yield, which lenders use as a guide for pricing home loans.
The yield, which topped 4.7% in late April, has been generally declining since then on hopes that inflation is slowing enough to get the Fed to lower its main interest rate from the highest level in more than two decades.
On Thursday, the yield was down to 4.18% in midday trading in the bond market after a new update on inflation raised expectations that the central bank will soon begin lowering its benchmark rate.
Deeds
AGAWAM
Andrea L. Poirier, Suzanne R. Averill, Suzanne R. Averil, Michael J. Poirier and Joseph J. Poirier to Jacob Averill, 76 Fox Farms Road, $255,000.
David P. Mcgurn and Christy A. Mcgurn to Stephen Hawes and Lynn McAlees, 67 School St., $399,900.
Elias Family Limited Partnership, Aziz S. Elias and Deborah Elias to Christine Coulombe, 4f Maple View Lane, $320,000.
Kapetanios Realty LLC, to Bochasanwasi Shree Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha-Northeast , 916 Suffield St, $1,550,000.
Lindsay Cournoyer and Thomas Klaubert to Stacey Lyn Belliveau, 58 Alhambra Circle N, $305,000.
Mark R. Magistri, representative, and Theresa A. Grus, estate, to Carol A. Slate, 12E Castle Hill Road, $326,000.
Paul F. Radtke to JCS Properties LLC, 29 Yale Ave., $250,000.
Peter A. Boadry to Equity Trust Co., custodian, Robert Lareau IRA, and Robert Lareau, 188 Line St., $212,760.
Raymond J. Nardi and Marie P. Nardi to Timothy Girich, 462-464 Corey St., $380,000.
Richard Tonelli and Eleanor Tonelli to James J. Gutowski and Ellen L. Dignazio, 75 Greenacre Lane, $313,000.
Yichao Xu and Jingyuan Chai to Hafza Fathima Madeen, 236 Mill St., $550,000
AMHERST
Steve A. Ozcelik and Nuray Ozcelik to Harkness Road LLC, 850 Belchertown Road and 142 Harkness Road, $120,000.
Robert C. Stebbins and Susan G. Stebbins to Lia Brassord, 88 Blue Hills Road, $640,000.
Karen L. Alexander to Alfred Vachris and Ivan Chavarria-Siles, 26 Greenleaves Drive, $300,000.
Tamara Agarwal and Gaurav Agarwal to Marc A. Robert and Andrea Butterfield, 7 Foxglove Lane, $755,000.
Edith Peter, trustee, and Edith Peter Revocable Trust to Barbara T. Kana and Michelle P. Kana, 9 Red Fox Lane, $649,000.
David P. Markland and Claudia A. Brown to William R. Tuthill, trustee, William R. Tuthill Living Trust, Janet M. Durfee, trustee, and Janet M. Durfee Living Trust, 47 Pokeberry Ridge, $972,500.
Andreas Leidner, personal repre-
sentative, and Bernhard Leidner, estate, to Hao Wang and Zhiliang Wu, 77 Eames Ave., $583,000.
ASHFIELD
Jeremy L. Eaton and Matthew J. Glassman to Michael Epstein and Sheila Graves. 28 Meadow Lane. $358,000.
BELCHERTOWN
Eric J. Pacheco and Emilie K. Surapine to Nathan Evancic and Ana Evancic, 24 Granby Road, $75,000.
Keith A. LaFlamme and Maureen E. LaFlamme to Aaron Kay and Shannon Kay, 141 Granby Road, $830,000.
Timothy Merchant and Holly Merchant to Lyhieng A. Mao and Sovina Raya, 4 Daniel Square Extension, $418,000.
Jeffrey A. Rakers and Kristen M. Rakers to Brian Chamberlain, 37 Hickory Hill, $620,000.
BLANDFORD
Caitlin R. Talbot to Meghan Sullivan and Nicholas James Tetrault, 10 Kaolin Road, $379,900.
John C. Zalot and Michele D. Zalot to David Barone and Sally Barone, 4 Beulah Land Road, $500,000.
BRIMFIELD
John Robinson to James Esterbrook and Johanna Esterbrook, 146 Warren Road, $495,000.
Raymond A. Rousseau and Ginger K. Rousseau to Daniel Johnson and Heather Johnson, 65 Dix Hill Road, $380,000.
BUCKLAND
Pathlight Inc., “fka” The Association for Community Living Inc., to Corey Bruffee and Helene Kasper, 11 Creamery Ave., $543,000.
CHESTERFIELD
Nancy L. Parmentier to Dan Berger and Laura Katz, Lake Shore Drive and Sugar Hill Road, $350,000.
Mary Senatore, personal representative, and Gaylon Roy Donovan, estate, to Steven Michael Jones Jr., and Brenda Lee Jones, 121 Ireland St., $686,000.
Eliot A. Ladd, personal representative, and Kevin A. Ladd, estate, to Deborah A. Moreau, 502 Main Road, $357,503.
Peter G. Smith and Sarah A. Smith to Pamela A. Williams and Raymond S. Henderson, 238 Bryant St., $287,000.
Gregory S. Smith and Cynthia L.
Smith to Peter G. Smith and Sarah A. Smith, 47 East St., $504,000.
CHICOPEE
Albert R. Mason and Maureen R. Mason to Sybel Gonzalez, 145 Springfield St., $220,000.
Cindy Weathers, trustee, Skypeck Family Irrevocable Trust, trustee of, and Lori St. Laurent to Dioselina Maldonado Colon, 23 Kennedy St., $280,000.
Danielle C. Kaiser, representative, James Horace Magnan, estate, James B. Magnan, estate, and James H. Magnan, estate, to David Mitchell, 45 Horseshoe Drive, Unit 6135D, $185,000.
Debra A. Marcotte and Gary R. Gauthier to Michael Daryl Hinton, 149 Cyran St., $355,000.
Denise L. Coleman to Silent Enterprises LLC, 854 Grattan St., $164,000.
Elliot N. Scher and Geoffrey W. King to CT River View LLC, 828 Chicopee St., $920,000.
Enrique M. Chavez and Evelyn Chavez to Katie Vient and Justin Moynihan, 81 Jacob St., $352,000.
Kyle R. Picard to Michael Deady and Marlene Bedell, 121 Outer Drive, Unit L6, $185,000.
Michael P. McCool and Molly McCool to Finn Conor McCool, 17 Warwick Road, $250,000.
Nicholas Martinelli to Joshua J. Pittello, 517-519 Springfield St., $14,200.
Norman LaPolice Breton, Norman D. LaPolice, Leonard F. LaPolice, Celeste M. Vautrain and Jeannine C. Millett to Livingwater Capital LLC, 73 Summit Ave., $240,000.
Philip J. Alarie and Katharn Ann Waterman to Michael Clemente, 34-36 Richelieu St., $320,000.
Robert Couture, Lilia Couture and Lilia Akhmedzyanova to Chapman LLC, 12-16 Chapman St., $1,400,000.
Roxanne Furgal, representative, and Linda Furgal, estate, to Alyssa C. Arnell, 55 Mary St., $285,000.
Scott Thomas and Cathy Thomas to Michelle Navarro, 98-100 Fair St., $290,000.
Shawn R. Hazeltine, Susan G. Hazeltine and Susan G. Miller to Mayra Lopez, 44 Greenwood Terrace, $225,000.
Silent Enterprises LLC, to Pah Properties LLC, 854 Grattan St., $210,000.
Slats Realty Trust, trustee of, and Eric A. Szlachetka, trustee, to David N. Plante, 10-14 Sheridan St., $385,000.
Steven E. Humel and Christine S. Humel to Amber M. Joly and Kevin A. Joly, 177 Holyoke Ave., $406,500.
Ted Popper to Revamp Realty LLC,
148 Joy St., $175,000.
DEERFIELD
Wapping Road Holdings LLC, to Carter Simonds and Talbott Lea Simonds, 62 Wapping Road, $925,000.
Edward Zajac, conservator of Henry Zajac, “aka” Henry F. Zajac Jr., “aka” Henry Frank Zajac Jr., to Jonathan L. Pepyne and Megan K. Pepyne, Mountain Road, $188,000.
James A. Golonka and Lawrence F. Golonka to 5 Elm Street LLC, 5 Elm St., $509,000.
EAST LONGMEADOW
Bryant Biccum, Samantha Biccum and Samantha Stevens to Analytical Sciences Marketing Group LLC, and Anniemac Private Equity Cash2Keys, 353 Pease Road, $475,000.
Christina E. Rolfe to Adam Joseph Christensen, 149 Elm St., $400,000. Christine M. Lupo, trustee, and 286 Maple Street Nominee Realty Trust, trustee, to Brownmeadow LLC, 286 Maple St., $290,000.
Christine Mary Talbot, Christine Mary Fini and Michael Joseph Talbot to David Blank and Natalia Blank, 45 Old Farm Road, $900,000.
Hadley B. Pellegrino and Tayvon T. Hodge to Carley A. Ballard and Christopher J. Dabkowski, 5 Corning St., $430,000.
Happy Acres LLC, to Bedrock Financial LLC, trustee, and Morning Dew RT, trustee of, Happy Acres Lane, Lots 2-5, $690,000.
Jeanette E. Zych, estate, Jeanette Elizabeth Zych, estate, and Sherryl Ruel, representative, to Fitzgerald Home Solutions LLC, 29 Hampden Road, $155,000.
Limnos Realty LLC, to Craig A. Hanson and Tyna S. Hanson, Ash Street, $32,500.
Marlene Goldstein to Bedrock Financial LLC, trustee, and Morning Dew RT, trustee of, Rear Happy Acres Lane, Par B, $10,000.
Robert R. Driscoll and Lynn A. Driscoll to Margaret M. LaRocca, Margaret LaRocca and Luigi LaRocca, 872 Somers Rd, $475,000.
Thomas P. Ogoley and Kelsey Ogoley to Daniel Foster, 46 Highlandview Ave., $320,000.
EASTHAMPTON
Scott A. Callahan and Jessica H. Callahan to Laura Anne Espinoza Mufson and John Francis Burke, 33 Westview Terrace, $459,000.
Cassandra L. Wright McDermott and Pamela A. Wright to Alicia Rock, 6-8 Emerald Place and Emerald Street, $320,000.
Deeds
Joseph P. Sieracki Jr., and Andrew J. Sieracki to Tamara Nicole Sieracki and John Joseph Arbuckle III, 126 Plain St., $300,000.
Maria A. Arbour to Matthew Pelott, 5 Droy Circle, $300,000.
Robert R. Ackley and Dawn M. Ackley to Donna Brooks and Anthony Iovino, 8 Kimberly Lane, $445,000.
Donna M. Babyak to William L. Bundy and Paula C. Bundy, 98-100 Pleasant St., $375,000.
Walter B. Mitchell, Walter B. Mitchell, trustee, Karin G. B. Mitchell, trustee, and Walter B. Mitchell Declaration of Trust to Mintbath LLC, 45-47 ½ Union St., $500,000.
Brendan D. Taylor and Elisa J. Taylor to Hikari Mamata and Rachel Lynn Martin, 16 Pomeroy Meadow Road, $466,300.
Robert A. Goldberg to Laura Gregory, 10 Westview Terrace, $450,000.
GOSHEN
Hammond Acres Club Inc., to Nancy L. Parmentier, Lake Shore Drive, $100.
Nancy L. Parmentier to Dan Berger and Laura Katz, Lake Shore Drive and Sugar Hill Road, $350,000.
GRANBY
Kathleen R. Cowan to Jason M. Walker, 190 East St., $375,500.
Cascade Funding Mortgage Trust HB9, PHH Mortgage Corp., attorney-in-fact, and PHH Mortgage Services, attorney-in-fact, to Abbas Younes, 173 Batchelor St., $216,000.
Ruth I. Mercer and Cristin Ruth McNeil, attorney-in-fact, to Robert Damon Hopley, 126 South St., $215,000.
GREENFIELD
Bruce R. Bergstrom, Edwin A. Bergstrom and Gregg B. Bergstrom, personal representatives of the Estate of Ann D. Bergstrom, to Karen A. Bergstrom, 34 Overland Road, $266,670.
HADLEY
NCS Pearson Inc., and Normaple LLC, to Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School Educational, 300 Venture Way, $7,153,644.
HAMPDEN
Bedrock Financial LLC, trustee, and Cumberland Blues Realty Trust, trustee of, to Cassandra Fitzpatrick
and William Fitzpatrick, 151 Chapin Road, $731,500.
HATFIELD
AGNL Grocery Hatfield LLC, and AGNL Manager III Inc., to NHNR HOLD CO 2 LLC, 95 N. Hatfield Road and 95 North Hatfield Road, $44,000,000.
Kensington Marsh and Kenneth R. Matuewezski Jr., to Alvis Gonzalez and Olivia R. Warnock, 9 Raymond Ave., $480,000.
Barbara K. Pomeroy to Jason Judge, 38 Mountain Road, $600,000.
HOLLAND
Heather E. Johnson, Heather E. Morgan and Daniel Johnson to Luzannelis Pagan and Joseph Pizarro, 10 Blodgett Road, $360,000.
Marie A. Sisco to Vikki H. Godet, 10 Fenton St., $100.
HOLYOKE
Alicia Rosario and Oscar Rosario to Alyssa Y. Guevara, 408 High St., $500,000.
Boston Home Invest LLC, to Elliot Properties LLC, 174-180 Lyman St., $200,000.
Brittany Wajda and David Wajda to Alfred Estabrook, 24 Bayberry Drive, $325,000.
Edgar J. Diaz and Karelisse Lopez Perez to Edwin Feliciano and Tina Marie Feliciano, 45 Berkshire St., $320,000.
Elissette Marie Marquez to Daniel Barry Stone, 13-15 Meadow St., $270,000.
Jose Bayron and Jose L. Bayron Jr., to Wendy S. Charbonneau, 610 County Road, Unit #2, $300,000.
Julissa Soto to Emma Llosa, 44 Saint Kolbe Drive, Unit C, $150,000.
Maisha LLC, to Anchor Church Inc., 297 Apremont Highway, $250,000.
Pah Properties LLC, to Mason Scott, 60 Lower Westfield Road, $319,000.
LEYDEN
Melissa Adamski and Nikolas J. Adamski to Nancy Soderstrom, 97 River Road, $276,000.
LONGMEADOW
249 Redfern Drive LLC, to Jordan Russell, 249 Redfern Drive, $442,500.
Christopher K. Curtis and Stephanie E. Curtis to Benjamin Reardon, 6 Meadow Road, $335,000.
Edward Sierra to Mary Elizabeth Sierra, 136 Lincoln Road, $50,928.
Gregory L. Braden, trustee, Ashley
E. Krauss, trustee, and Diane M. Braden Revocable Indenture of Trust of, trustee of, to Bin Wang and Xiaowen Su, 68 Pendleton Lane, $990,000.
Luis Racks Installer Corp., to Thompson Sunderaj, 140 Massachusetts Ave., $305,000.
Robin T. Mulcahy and Timothy Mulcahy to Reatrey Chen and Amanda Rose Chen, 64 Lincoln Park, $429,500.
LUDLOW
Carlos M. Genovevo and Gracinda M. Genovevo to Curtis B. Perreault and Adriana M. Villegas, 32 Lakeview Ave., $330,000.
Edward F. O’Neil to Gary Edward Chenaille and Gail Anne Chenaille, 21 Homestretch Drive, $320,000.
Frederick J. Roper and Deborah A. Roper to James Dizon Heyrana and Ritchelle Canlas Heyrana, 115 Timberidge Road, $520,000.
Gisele Sargent to Tanya M. Camerota, 4 Waters Edge Drive, Unit 51, $238,500.
Jennifer Ann Buck, Jennifer A. Scala and James S. Buck to Dawn Marie Boghosian, 353 Fuller St., Unit 46, $326,000.
Joe S. Lopes to Jonah Parker Cummings II, and Florence Joy Marie Cummings, 53 Edison Drive, $370,000.
Louis P. Langlois and Lori-Ann Langlois to Nicole M. Landry, 280 Munsing St., $276,000.
Michele Mirlocca to Karen Coppolino, 51 Laroche St., $310,000.
Nicole Lynn Gleason and Jason Paul Dionne to Amy Marshall, 39 Pondview Drive, $305,000.
Oscar Rosario and Alicia Rosario to Danielle M. Baker and Christopher L. Moore, 20 Jennifer Drive, $605,000.
Paul W. Perreault to Stacy Lynn Martin and David E. Martin III, 19 Beachside Drive, $330,000.
Pauldin LLC, to Lee Realty Co. LLC, Avelino Way, Lot 7, $260,000.
Property Advantage Inc., to Kelly Closser, 21 Amherst St., $288,900.
Ryan B. Churchill, Julie A. Churchill and Julie A. Lamothe to Haleigh
Elizabeth Knowlton and Francis Tyler Tainter, 15 Richmond Road, $430,000.
Sally D. Sepiol and Sally Sepiol to Americo G. Dacruz and Madalena Dacruz, 55 Karen Drive, $410,000. Whitetail Wreks LLC, to Danill Gerasimchuk and Vyacheslav Gerasimchuk, Balsam Hill Road, Lot 78, $164,900.
MIDDLEFIELD
Andrew J. Charig, Andrew J. Charig, trustee, and Andrew J. Charig Gift
Trust to David A. Ingemi and Michele P. Ingemi, 104 West Hill Road, $325,000.
MONSON
Dustin B. Raney and Lindsy M. Raney to Kenneth Wilkinson and Taylor J. Fraychak, 9 Bethany Road, $500,000.
Jacques D. Bourgault to Jody Weidler, 152 Lower Hampden Road, $325,000.
Michael G. Roberge and Christina A. Roberge to Kimberly Segien and Robert Cline, 206 Palmer Road, $320,000.
MONTAGUE
Jason Michael Spencer and Tara C. Spencer to Pasha Realty LLC, 41 Coolidge Ave., $182,000.
Joel C. Tognarelli and Kristie R. Tognarelli to Emily Cavanaugh and Ryan Maloney, 1 Greenfield Road, $400,000.
Judith Foote, “aka” Judith A. Foote, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Robert Foote, “aka” Robert A. Foote, “aka” Robert Alan Foote, to Richard Cramm and Vivien Venskowski, 3 Taylor Heights, $534,000.
Harry S. Rockland-Miller to Gordon R. Morse, 29 Main St., $425,000.
MONTGOMERY
Frances J. Stefanowich to Doris L. Fowles, Off Pine Ridge Road, $4,000.
NORTHAMPTON
Kendra A. Dahlquist and Alexander A. Dahlquist to Andrea M. Freeman and Timothy A. Silva, 48 Sterling Road, $515,000.
Phyllis Cove, trustee, and Phyllis Cove 2021 Revocable Trust to Darya Mattes and Shahar Colt, 46 Ridgewood Terrace, $705,000.
Bonnie E. Hoffman and Steven T. Hoffman to Lindsey King Wilby, 79 Old Wilson Road, $475,000.
Elena H. Sharnoff and Lance R. Williams to Cristobal Pedregal Martin, trustee, and Cristobal Pedregal Martin Revocable Trust, 43-45 Orchard St., $675,000.
Charlene Bergeron and Charlene C. Henault-Henchey to Heather M. Doyle, 80 Damon Road, $125,000.
Bruce Cuddy and Judith L. Teraspulsky to Eli Dwight, 56 Warner St., $503,500.
Gerald W. Beltran and Laura Tate Beltran to Victoria Downey, 51 Loudville Road, $889,000.
Lisa Derrico and Lisa Van Gordon Derrico to T Roots 243 LLC, 243 Main St., $290,000.
Henry En Yi Chen and Skyler
Anne Treat to Deborah Barer and Benjamin Barer, 56 Summer St., $739,729.
Allison Tudryn, Allison Burnham and Matthew Tudryn to Patricia Mary Dugan Mullin, 48 Evergreen Road, $286,000.
Patrick J. Melnik Sr., trustee, and Beaver Brook Nominee Trust to Rhea Sujin Seo, Grove Avenue, $199,000.
Sea Gull Properties LLC, to Nidhi Thaker, Amandeep Guliani and Ravinder Guliani, 72 Barrett St., $160,000.
Sarah E. Chatterton, personal representative, Christine E. Sanborn, estate, Christine Elizabeth Sanborn, estate, and Christine E. LaRose, estate, to Nextgen Re LLC, 1024 Westhampton Road, $220,000.
Emerald City Partners LLC, to Glitterbird Crumbs LLC, 17 New South St., $240,000.
ORANGE
Bonita L. Bradshaw to Scot Gordon, 75 Congress St., $260,000.
PALMER
Amanda Szidat to Jacob A. Shrewsbury and Shaddai Ayala, 83 Fairview St., $333,000.
Brandon Fiske to Sharlene Song, 9 Darryl Circle, $90,000.
Chenevert Properties LLC, to Betsy Sanchez, 2089 Oak St., $495,000. Dominic Kirchner II, trustee, and Varakas Realty Trust, trustee of, to Timothy Merchant and Holly Merchant, 47 Fuller Road, $505,000. Jesse Heroux to JoeJoe Properties LLC, 61 Riverview Parkway, $186,000.
Lisa Ann Beaudry to Yevgeniy Tsvetov and Kseniya Galper, 40 Forest Lake Road, $435,000.
PELHAM
Chelsea E. Grybko, Michael V. Grybko and Lynda J. Grybko to Chelsea E. Grybko, 59 Arnold Road, $546,340.
PLAINFIELD
Dennis A. Gould and Judith A. Gould to Dennis A. Gould, trustee, Judith A. Gould, trustee, Dennis A. Gould Living Trust and Judith A. Gould Living Trust, 61 Grant St., $100.
RUSSELL
Steven M. Jones Jr., and Brenda L. Jones to Ryan L Slayton, 33 Old New England Path, $401,000.
Deeds
SHELBURNE
Aimee Gelnaw and Emily D. Howe to Charles Edward Burns and Sharon Marie Mulvey-Burns, 64 Water St., $506,000.
Lisa Sheehan, personal representative of the Estate of Craig A. Underwood, to Leslie Fowle and Shawn Robinson, 183 South Shelburne Road, $374,000.
SHUTESBURY
Branden Eugenio to Janet N. Hampton, Phillip M. Hampton and Claire Hampton Pernar, 244 Baker Road, $380,000.
SOUTH HADLEY
Brittany N. Ariyaratana, Kahatagasdigiliye Ariyaratana and Kavishka
Jaya Rathna to Nicholas Brandon Chavez, 287 Hadley St., $290,000.
Lucien A. Rousseau, personal representative, and Dyanne M.H. Rousseau, estate, to Oliver J. Mercier, 33 Dale St., $355,000.
Mary LaValley and Mary A. LaValley to Christopher Pratt, 8 Jacobs Way, $425,000.
J.N. Duquette & Son Construction Inc., to William B. Sawyer and Terry A. Sawyer, 33 Lyon Green, $634,400.
Kathleen R. Cowan to Jason M. Walker, 190 East St., $375,500.
Stacey St. Pierre to Moose Creek Realty LLC, trustee, and 12 Taylor Street Nominee Trust, 12 Taylor St., $100.
Shawn R. McFarland and Kimberly J. McFarland to Kimberly J. McFarland, 78 High St., $100.
Gerard F. LaChance and Diane M. LaChance to Kimberly A. LaChance, 31 Searle Road, $100.
Dan W. Malone and Kristina J. Malone to Kristina J. Malone, 63 Judd Ave., $75,000.
Diane D. Hooven, Theresa M. Ichihara, William G. Duguay and Deborah L. Bergeron to Erin M. Moore, trustee, and Erin Moore Family Revocable Trust, 3 Warner St., $306,000.
J.N. Duquette & Son Construction Inc., to Quinn Padraig O’Donnell and Jessica Natalie Forest, 28 Lyon Green, $615,000.
Richard P. Brown and Thomas Leonard to Sean Patrick Donnelly and Maiya Bao Kittleson Berkey, 88 Willimansett St., $275,000.
Craig T. Woodard and Martha E. Woodard to Matthew A. Woodard and Benjamin T. Woodard, 21 Woodbridge Terrace, $100.
Karen Kenny to Robert J. O’Donnell
and Pamela A. O’Donnell, 48 Shadow Brook Estates, $439,000.
SOUTHAMPTON
New England Remodeling General Contractors Inc., to Flanders Home Buyers LLC, and Cream City Home Buyers LLC, 75 Leadmine Road and 75 Lead Mine Road, $330,000.
Adell Donaghue and Jane A. Rothchild to Thomas E. Hankins and Katherine C. Hankins, 13 Cold Spring Road, $735,000.
Eileen F. Couture, trustee, Elizabeth E. Couture, trustee, and Couture Revocable Trust to Thomas A. Sears and Jacqueline M. Sears, Couture Road Off, $5,000.
Eileen F. Couture, trustee, Elizabeth E. Couture, trustee, and Couture Revocable Trust to Aaron J. Bauer, County Road Off, $2,750.
Norton Garfinkle and Isabel S. Minard, attorney-in-fact, to Southampton Town, 290 Fomer Road, 294 Fomer Road and Lyman Street, $475,000.
Susan L. Canning and William R. Canning Jr., to Lorraine M. Loiselle, 28 Hillside Meadows, $100.
Brittany E. Wright to BDS Investments LLC, 7 Freyer Road, $115,000.
SOUTHWICK
Aga Brothers LLC, to Elisabeth Neufeld, 234 Sheep Pasture Road, $310,000.
Fiore Realty Holdings LLC, to Hamelin Framing Inc., Tall Pines Trail, Lot 25, $160,000.
Fiore Realty Holdings LLC, to Hamelin Framing Inc., Tall Pines Trail, Lot 27, $160,000.
MHI Properties LLC, to Kyle David Garrapy, 110 Summer Drive, $315,000.
Mike Doiron, representative, and Jean Y. Doiron, estate, to Kenneth Potts and Molly Potts, 19 Charles Johnson Road, $500,000.
Russell Seegars to Victor Marchenkov and Liubov Marchenkov, 14 Rails End Road, Unit 14, $412,500.
SPRINGFIELD
227 Mill Street LLC, to 227 Mill Street Charitable Trust, 227 Mill St., $450,000.
Angelica Rosario to Candida Santos, 191 Thompson St., $260,000.
Annette M. Tremblay, representative, Helen T. Menard (REPS), Frances Berthiaume (EST) and Frances H Berthiaume (EST) to Maria A Arbour, 120 Welland Rd, $247,700.
Anthoney M Lomax to Yulissa Esperanza Lebron, 95 Dawes St, $320,000.
Bonnie Senecal to Sabrina Caceres, 1171 Bay St, $250,000.
GNS Real Estate Investments LLC, to Mtabele Mwandja, 47 Dresden St., $300,000.
Catherine J. Guerri to Kay Greaves, 81 Grand St., $235,000.
Danielle Cruz, Danielle Tetreault and Anthony Cruz to Caravaleau Nazaire and Fabienne Baptiste Nazaire, 5961 Laurence St., $390,000.
Douglas A. Laravee, Dale A. Laravee and David B. Laravee to Maria P. Wagner, 83 Pilgrim Road, $329,900.
Douglas C. Kinney and Deborah A. Kinney to Robert E. Dancy and Michael C. Stanish, 87 Benz St., $352,500.
DsS Group Investments LLC, to Edwin McCray and Jaida Lyons, 72 Chesterfield Ave., $350,000.
East Coast Contracting LLC, to Shirley Vazquez and Danny Ramon Perez, 65 Stuart St., $483,650.
Edward J. Lyons to David J. Cormier and Debra Cormier, Gourley Road, Par A-2, $12,500.
Ellie Larson, Benjamin Miller and Ellie Miller to Julia M. Parache-Urena and Jesus A. Ferreira, 109-111 Dwight Road, $380,400.
Cook & Associates Property Investment LLC, to Temeca L. Short and Malayaja Watt, 114 Lamont St., $290,000.
Felix De La Cruz to Manuel Cid, 70 Sherman St., $380,000.
Gabriel Paredes and Nelly Gonzalez-Torres to Owen James Christian Smith, 1061 Parker St., $305,000.
George L. White and Joanne R. White to Eberto Tomas Marroquin and Lucia Berduo Tomas, 14 Tumbleweed Road, $295,000.
Geraldine A. Brasin to Danielle Cruz, 170 Parkerview St., $297,000.
Ginkgo Holdings LLC, to Mallary Village LLC, 331-335 Allen St., $1,030,000.
Global Homes Properties LLC, to Edwin D. Gonzalez Rosario, 114 Mooreland St., $300,000.
Grahams Construction Inc., to Amado Vasquez Morales and Elvira Bartolon Rodriguez, 22 Leitch St., $550,000.
Hermite Dikilus and Antoine J. Gauda to Franiana M. Blanco Mendez, 58-60 Hollywood St., $385,000.
Iveliz Ramos and Kawalpreet Sandu to Lisbeth Guerrero, 14-16 Beauregard St., $330,000.
John G. Joanides to Congamond Management LLC, 7-9 Hastings St., $200,000.
John M. Stavro and Rachel R. Stavro to Bonnie Senecal, 61 Southern Road, $312,000.
Joseph R. Searles, representative, and Paul Musselwhite, estate, to Abdallah Alwreikat, 37 Nassau Drive, $140,000.
Julio C. Rodriguez to Hassan Tlais, 61 Miller S., $250,000.
Justin P. McKennon, Justin McKennon and Jill McKennon to Roland Hope and Linda Maija Iraids, 20 Taber St., $248,000.
Karl P. Baxter Jr., and Shonette Baxter to Kaynu Management Group LLC, 42-46 Baldwin St., $515,000.
Kenrick Williams to Daniel John Zarcone, 213 Tyler St., $245,000.
Kristine Rolley, Kristine Elizabeth Barona and Jorge S. Barona to Tafadzwa Dapi, 45 Ramblewood Drive, $300,000.
Kylin Sorl to Dnepro Properties LLC, and Bluprint Spaces LLC, 15-17 Bloomfield St., $231,750.
Lisa D. McGrady to Frederick Ashley Hurst Jr., and Lisa M. Hurst, 15 Jeffrey Road, $350,000.
Loren E. Boynton-Schimmel to Victoria E. Shortt and Kristopher D. Rojas, 70 Haskin St., $235,000.
Louise J. Roncalli to Judith E. Gagnon and Robert M. Boyd, 6 North Brook Road, $275,000.
Mabel Desiree Guicho and Jose Juan Guicho Jr., to Oluwatimilehin Fagade, 415 Wilbraham Road, $415,000.
Maryanne Bernini Caughlin, Frank O’Brien-Bernini, Barbara Jean Jackson, Nancy Lynne Rosazza and Daniel Stephen Bernini to Leonel Afonso F. Bunga and Teresa Vanessa A. M. Bunga, 82 Brittany Rd, $310,000.
Mass Housing Connect Inc., to Almiro De Jesus, Denizia De Oliveira Jesus and Luciano Vinicus De Freitas Menezes, 105-107 Marlborough St., $450,000.
Melro Associates Inc., to Round Two LLC, 29 Benz St., $203,000.
Mint Realty Group LLC, to Xiumei Ye, 39 Acushnet Ave., $293,500.
Mint Realty Group LLC, to Xiumei Ye, 60-62 Pomona St., $293,500.
Mtabele Mwandjam to Richemene E. Placius, 272 Mill St., $250,000.
Nanamensah K. Ansah to Samuel Farinloye and Adebimpe Farinloye, 39 Martha St., $320,000.
Pah Properties LLC, to Glorialyz De Los Santos and John R Garcia-Duran, 38 Manchester Terrace, $324,000.
Patrick Mastrobattista to Jose Bayron, 1271 Plumtree Road, $313,000.
Robert E. Dancy and Michael C. Stanish to Katherine Lindeman and Adam Rich, 110 Abbott St., $360,000.
Roland Hope and Meagan Hope to Lissette Morales and Samuel Diaz, 121 Bellevue Ave., $320,000.
Ronald W. Chechile and Debra Chechile to BH Property-Springfield LLC, 566-568 Main St., $350,000.
Viet Tran and Luybang Trinh to Kaynu Management Group LLC, 110 Pasadena St., $470,000.
Walkis Figueroa to Sadeeq Foster, 68 Parkside St, $288,000.
TOLLAND
Mark Shoham, trustee, and Tolland Property Nominee Trust, trustee of, to David Gufarotti and Jessica O’Brien, 56 Brook Lane, $415,000.
WALES
Frank Corrado Larosa, trustee, Dorothy Gardner Larosa, trustee, and Frank Corrado Larosa & Dorothy Gardner Larosa Living Trust, trustee of, to Konstanty Zaleski and Theresa Zaleski, 7 Cordially Colony, $490,000.
Zelia Palatino to Real Estate Homes LLC, 89 Stafford Road, $12,000.
WARE
Ryan Sinclair to Ryan Sinclair and Mark Sinclair, 5 Aspen Court, $100.
Cynthia A. Turek to Kimberly A. Turek, 1 Webster Road, $100.
Michelle E. Roberts-Perrault and Michelle E. Roberts to Craig S. Perrault and Michelle Roberts-Perrault, 13 Longview Ave., $100.
Suzanne M. Whitcomb to Matthew J. Przybyla, 110 Glendale Circle, $315,000.
Benjamin Perry to Stephanie Jones and Garrett Jones, 21 School St., $300,000.
WEST SPRINGFIELD
Anthony A. DiSilva, representative, and Betty Ann DiSilva, estate, to Daniella Tirone, 47 Apple Ridge Road, $255,000.
Anthony P. Williams to Abdullah Nassir and Abdulrahman Nassir, 348 Elm St., $210,000.
Daniel R. Madore and Lisa A. Madore to Diana Dalma, 180 Harwich Road, $317,000.
Demetrios N. Panteleakis and Erin T. Panteleakis to Michael T. Moriarty and Jennifer A. Dawkins, 86 Forest Ridge Road, $700,000.
Ellen Kupiec to Jillian Wroth, 355 Ely Ave., $360,000.
Joanne C. Hennessey to William Clarke and Maryanne SoohooClark, 114 Canterbury Way, Unit 9, $445,000.
Lucas Giusto, trustee, Dominic Santaniello, trustee, and Naples Home Buyers Trust, trustee of, to Flipping Best LLC, 63 Ashley St., $197,500.
Noah L. Cahillane to Erik Mirrow and Dareena Mirrow, 159 Connecticut Ave., $382,000.
Robert J. O’Donnell and Pamela O’Donnell to Kathleen A. Dinn, trustee, and Kathleen A. Dinn Declaration of Trust, trustee of, 35 Shady Brook, $365,000.
Deeds
Roberto Lopez and Cory Lashawn Phillips to Miquilina Evans, 262 Kings Highway, $302,000.
Suzanne Ashe, Lorraine Brisson, Florence Bolella, Francis Brisson, Jeannette Brisson and Alberic Brisson to Peter K. Menard and Michelle Menard, 0 Hyde Road, $140,000.
Theresa M. Wood to Ryan M. Dunn, trustee, and Anne Marie Dunn Irrevocable Trust, trustee of, 152 Canterbury Way, $435,000.
WESTFIELD
AGNL Grocery (Westfield) LLC, to NHNR Hold Co 3 LLC, 61 Medeiros Way, $62,000,000.
Edmund J. Grabowski and Mary E. Grabowski to Crystal Edmond and Timothy Crockett, 967 East
Brushes
Mountain Road, $318,500.
James E. Pratt and Mary Ann Pratt to Jeffrey T. Pratt and Beth A. Pratt, 217 Western Ave., $400,000.
Joshua A. Read and Ashley Read to Daniel R. Gagnon and Julie Anne Gagnon, 131 Lindberg Boulevard, $340,000.
Liana H. Monahan to Liana H. Monahan, 70 Tannery Road, $100.
Nancy R. Pezzini-Pasquini, representative, and Alfred M. Pezzini, estate, to Vladimir Teleyuyev and Anna Teleyuyev, 0 Dox Road, Lot 3, $105,000.
Nancy R. Pezzini-Pasquini, representative, and Alfred M. Pezzini, estate, to Roman V. Dubchak and Liliya S. Korolkova, 0 Dox Road, Lot 1, $110,000.
Nikolay N. Stepanchuk and Natalya Stepanchuk to Thomas H. Palaschak and Alexandria L. Dabek, 64 Deer Path Lane, $540,000.
Richard E. Doiron and Donna M. Doiron to Melissa M. Bodman and
• To minimize cleanup of a paint tray, buy a disposable liner or cover the empty tray with a plastic bag that’s big enough to completely enclose it.
• Using a clip-on spout for a paint can (such as the Allway paint can spout, $1.99 at Ace Hardware) helps keep the rim clean, which in turn means that when you finally put the lid back on, the paint seals well and stays usable for touch-ups or other projects.
While painting
• Before you begin, dampen your brush or roller with water, then work out the excess by flicking the brush or spinning the roller, or by brushing or rolling back and forth on cardboard. Dampening the tools first makes them easier to wash later. High quality brushes hold more paint partly because they have space for paint under the ferrule, the metal part that connects the bristles to the handle. It seems that pre-dampening the bristles with water helps keep paint in that well from drying prematurely.
• If you get interrupted, wrap your brush or roller in plastic if it will be unused for more than a few minutes. If you’re wearing disposable gloves, one easy solution is to grab the bristles with one hand and then pull off the glove with the other hand,
David A. Bodman, 63 Country Club Drive, $425,000.
Robert P. White Jr., Susan C. Cameron, Cathy A. Fournier, Emily S. White and James J. White to Thomas J. Howard V, 39 Atwater St., $281,800.
Tahnee R Hildack to Matthew Olinski, Wynter Niedzielski and Pamela Ann King, 11 Lewis St, $271,000.
Vladimir Merenkov and Nadezhda Merenkov to Denis Okhrimenko and Yuliia Okhrimenko, 28 Saint Paul St., $390,000.
WESTHAMPTON
Norton Garfinkle and Isabel S. Minard, attorney-in-fact, to Southampton Town, 290 Fomer Road, 294 Fomer Road and Lyman Street, $475,000.
Norton Garfinkle and Isabel S. Minard, attorney-in-fact, to Kestrel Land Trust Inc., Lyman Road, $145,000.
encasing the brush in the process. You’ll want a fresh disposable glove when you resume painting.
When it’s time to clean up
• Scrape as much paint off the roller or brush as you can. The curved part of a painter’s 5-in-1 tool works great as a squeegee for a roller, and the blade on this tool is effective on a brush. Then work the roller or brush back and forth on newspaper or cardboard until you’ve removed as much paint as possible. (Dispose of that paper or cardboard in the trash.)
• Clemson University recommends using three five-gallon buckets, each filled about two-thirds with water. If you’re washing multiple tools, start with the brushes, which probably hold less paint to wash out than the rollers.
• Wash the tools in the first bucket and scrub them to work out embedded paint.
• If you have a paint comb, use it to help remove paint between bristles on a brush. Comb from the ferrule toward the tips of the bristles.
• Flick the brush or spin the roller over the bucket, so the sides capture the splatter, to get out as much of the wash water as you can.
• Pour a little undiluted detergent onto the bristles, then wash the tools in again in the second bucket. (I’ve found that laundry detergent works great for this. I tried using an eco laundry detergent, but while it’s fine for laundry, it didn’t work as well for
WILBRAHAM
2301 Boston Road LLC, to Craig A. Savoie and Tracy A. Savoie, 5 Sunrise Glen, $449,650.
2301 Boston Road LLC, to Margaret M. Eulner, trustee, and Margaret M. Eulner Living Trust, trustee of, 45 Lodge Lane, $590,000.
Barbara F. Goodyear and John J. Owczarski to Lyia Kledong Hamel and Dustin Mark Hamel, 45 Brooklawn Road, $476,000.
Dorene A. Archambault, representative, and Roy Linn Scott, estate, to Phillip B. Chesky and Maureen A. Kelly Chesky, 12 Woodsley Road, $430,000.
Freedom Mortgage Corp., to Megan Ann Burlingham and Kermit Medrick Eggsware III, 8 Dalton St., $265,000.
Joanne E. Radkowski, estate, Lisa Radkowski-Lavelle, representative, Lisa Radkowski Lavelle, rep-
resentative, and Cheryl A. Brown, representative, to Hassane Elmontassir and Saloua Demrani, 7 Katie St., $440,000.
Kathryn A. Sloan, representative, Michael Alexander Sloan, estate, and Michael A. Sloan, estate, to Lisa McGrady, 2205 Boston Road, Unit N-137, $340,000.
Kevin Trigo to Christopher Nascembeni, 181 Manchonis Road, $90,000.
Ruby Realty LLC, to John J. Wynn, 3157 Boston Road, $370,000.
Staff An Jan Tiderman, Staffan Jan Tiderman and Abbey May Tiderman to Melody Murray, 19 Delmor Ave., $360,000.
Valro Homes LLC, to Joshua Santos, 14 Pine Drive, $355,000.
WILLIAMSBURG
Michael Hooker, trustee, and Lang Real Property Trust to Carrie A. Laird, 17 Mountain St., $228,500.
If you are just touching up paint, consider using an inexpensive chip brush. You can treat it as disposable or wash it. (ADOBE STOCK IMAGE)
this purpose. Wear gloves, though, because laundry detergent is quite alkaline and will dry your skin.)
• Wash the tools again in the third bucket. Once a brush is clean, smooth the bristles into the brush’s original shape.
• Hang the brush to dry, or place it across something like a yogurt container where the handle and ferrule support it but air can circulate. Most ferrules can rust, so do not leave a wet brush sitting on a surface where the stain could be an issue.
• Store dry brushes in their original cardboard wrappers. If you don’t have those, make replacements
from old file folders or cardboard about the thickness of a cereal box.
• After you wash all your tools, set the buckets aside where they won’t be jostled. Add secure lids if there is any chance that young children might be around them. Toddlers can easily tip into five-gallon buckets and not be able to right themselves.
• Solids in the wash water should settle to the bottom after about a day. Then you can pour the clear water down a sink drain (not a storm drain). Scrape the sludge at the bottom into cat litter in a cardboard box or other disposable container, and put that in the trash.
PUBLIC AUCTION
PUBLIC AUCTION
PUBLIC
MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE AT
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
2:00 PM-HOLYOKE
66 Sherwood Terrace
sgl fam, 1,333 sf liv area, 0.156 ac lot, 5 rm, 2 bdrm, 1.5 bth, Hampden: Bk 20108, Pg 460
3:00 PM-CHICOPEE
29 Albert Street
sgl fam, 768 sf liv area, 0.21 ac lot, 5 rm, 2 bdrm, 1 bth, Hampden: Bk 22447, Pg 351
4:00 PM-SPRINGFIELD 117 -119 Olmsted Drive
2 fam, 2,340 sf liv area, 0.19 ac lot, 12 rm, 6 bdrm, 2 bth, Hampden: Bk 16877, Pg 555
5:00 PM-SPRINGFIELD
37 Wilber Street
sgl fam, 1,210 sf liv area, 0.1 ac lot, 5 rm, 3 bdrm, 1 bth, Hampden: Bk 23288, Pg 240
TERMS: Cashier’s or certified check in the sum of $5,000.00 as a deposit must be shown at the time and place of the sale in order to qualify as a bidder. No CASH No personal checks will be accepted. Cashier/certified checks should be made out to whomever is going to bid at the auction. 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.
NORTH CHELMSFORD (978) 251-1150 www.baystateauction.com
MAAU#: 1029, 2624, 3039, 116, 2484, 2919, 3092, 3107, 0100030, 3099
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MORTGAGEE’S FORECLOSURE AUCTION
TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2024
11 AM 44 Fredette St, Unit 44 aka Bldg 2824 Unit 13 aka Bldg 2824 Unit I3, Chicopee, MA
FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2024
2 PM 226 Asselin St, Chicopee, MA Terms of Sale: Deposit by bank check required to register to bid at time of sale. Visit: currentauctions.towneauction.com or call. Balance to be paid 30 days from sale date. Other terms announced at sale. Auctioneer makes no representations to the accuracy of the information contained herein. NO CASH - S. Hill - MA Lic. AU 3381
DouglasAuctioneers.com ESTATES-ANTIQUES 413-665-2877
MORTGAGEES’ REAL ESTATE AUCTIONS TO BE SOLD ON THEIR RESPECTIVE PREMISE
MONDAY JULY 22, 2024
9:00 AMWEST SPRINGFIELD, MA 370 BRUSH HILL AVENUEDEPOSIT $5,000
10:00AM-SPRINGFIELD, MA 114 LUCERNE ROADDEPOSIT $5,000
11:00 AM - WESTFIELD, MA 105 PROSPECT STREET EXTENSIONDEPOSIT $5,000
WEDNESDAY JULY 24, 2024
9:00AM - SPRINGFIELD, MA 111 MANCHESTER TERRACEDEPOSIT $5,000
4:00 PMWILLIAMSTOWN, MA 462 HENDERSON ROADDEPOSIT $5,000
TERMSOFSALES:DEPOSITSINTHEAMOUNTS SPECIFIEDABOVEARETO BEPAIDBYTHEPURCHASER(S)ATTHETIME ANDPLACEOFEACH SALEBYCERTIFIEDOR BANKCHECK.ALLBALANCESDUEARETOBE PAIDWITHIN30DAYSOF EACHINDIVIDUALSALE. OTHERTERMS,IFANY, TOBEANNOUNCEDAT EACH SALE.
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