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Man has drug charges moved to Superior Court

City man with 5-month-old busted for heroin in Holyoke HOLYOKE (WWLP) – Holyoke Police, along with state and federal law enforcement officers, arrested two men Friday afternoon, near Sargeant Street and Beech Street, on multiple drug charges.

Holyoke Police Lt. Jim Albert said that at around 12:45 p.m., detectives arrested 35-year-old Christopher Petelle of Westfield and 40-year-old Joseph Rollins of Chicopee while they were sitting in a car at a pharmacy parking lot, with Petelle’s 5-month old son in the back seat.

Albert said the detectives saw several bags of heroin, as well as needles and syringes, near the baby. The baby was safely taken away, and the Department of Children and Families was called in to investigate.

Petelle and Rollins were charged with Possession of Class A (Heroin) and Conspiracy to Violate the Drug Laws, but Petelle was also charged with Reckless Endangerment of a Child. Both are expected to be arraigned in Holyoke District Court on Monday, April 25.

“I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.”

— VLADIMIR NABOKOV

Mother of victim thanks community for donations

Earth Day clean up volunteer teams work in downtown Westfield. See additional Photos Page 7. (Photo by Lynn F. Boscher)

Earth Day clean up WESTFIELD – Approximately 100 people signed up and showed up for the City’s annual Earth Day Clean Up. Originating from the Masonic Temple on Broad St. the volunteers fanned out across the city to make their hometown cleaner and greener.

Groups from different organizations such as civic, church and business created cleanup teams to get a lot accomplished.

WSU Students, staff celebrate Earth Week, Arbor Day WESTFIELD — In honor of Earth Week and Arbor Day, Westfield State University students, with assistance from Jason Florek, assistant director of Trades WSU Students planting trees and Grounds, and the Grounds Department, planted trees around campus. The effort was led by student Tim Warren who has been working to help the university become certified as a Tree Campus by the Arbor Day Foundation.

By CHRISTINE CHARNOSKY Staff Writer WESTFIELD – A city man, who allegedly sold heroin to a Westfield High School junior who died from an overdose has had all his charges moved to Hampden Superior Court.

Lombard-Hawthorne, 22, was arrested shortly after 5:30 p.m. February 6 by Westfield Police Department and Massachusetts State Police assigned to Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni’s Office on charges of distribution of Class A drug and possession of Class A drug just hours after Westfield High LILLIAN (LILY) School 11th grader Lillian ANDERSON (Lily) Anderson, 16, was found dead from a suspected heroin overdose.

These drug charges were dismissed in Westfield District Court on April 15 after he was indicted and arraigned in Superior Court.

On April 11, Lombard-Hawthorne was also arraigned in Hampden Superior Court on an additional charge of involuntary manslaughter.

Westfield Police logs show a medical emergency call was received at 10:09 a.m. Saturday morning when Anderson was found unconscious and not breathing.

Later that day, when police searched the defendant’s vehicle, three heroin packets labeled “American Gangster” were found in the vehicle’s ash tray. Heroin packets labeled “Gucci” and “American Gangster” were found near Anderson’s body, he said.

He is due back in Superior Court on May 11.

See Anderson, Page 5

Lawmakers to open debate on nearly $40B state budget BOSTON (AP) — House lawmakers are gearing up for what could be a marathon debate over Massachusetts' nearly $40 billion budget.

Debate on the spending plan crafted by the House Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to begin on Monday.

The state's new fiscal year begins July 1.

More than 1,300 amendments have been proposed,

WSU Students plant trees.

WSU Students celebrate Arbor Day. (Photos submitted)

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Dog Lovers and Furry Companions Needed for Bark For Life

By LORI SZEPELAK Correspondent WESTFIELD-Dog lovers and their furry friends will converge on Stanley Park next Sunday, May 1, to raise awareness and funds for the American Cancer Society.

Audrey Singer, chair of the volunteer planning committee for the Bark For Life of the Pioneer Valley, will be among those walking with “Carl,” her Red Bone and Bloodhound mix companion of 11 years.

“Carl has been participating since we started this event at Stanley Park six years ago,” said Singer.

Singer is working with Andrew Paterno, community manager, Relay For Life, American Cancer Society (ACS), on lastminute logistics and is encouraged by the teams already registered to participate.

“The Bark For Life event is an opportunity for people to celebrate canine companionship and fight back against cancer with their dogs,” said Singer. “Everyone is welcome to attend, whether you are a cancer survivor, someone whose friend or

relative is facing the disease, or you just want to help make a difference in the fight against cancer.”

Paterno noted this year’s theme is the Olympics and the planning committee has several surprises in mind, including gold medals for the winners in several “doggie games,” ranging from a triathlon and high jump to the best gymnast.

A dress-up contest also featuring the Olympics theme is slated and categories will include “best owner/dog look-alike” and “best costume.”

“It’s fun recognition,” said Paterno.

For Singer, chairing this event for the second year is a labor of love since cancer has struck friends of hers as well as family members including her grandparents.

“I have lost a number of family members, a dear friend and my grandparents to cancer,” said Singer. “Experiencing those losses gave me the impetus to make a difference.”

Now in its sixth year at Stanley Park, the Bark For Life event is planned from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., starting with registration at

the Meeting House. The quarter-mile track will be set up in a loop fashion so that participants can walk additional laps if desired.

“We want to engage a new generation to join us in the fight against cancer,” said Singer, noting that some of the extracurricular activities for participants will include basketball and volleyball games set up. “We will also have wading pools available for the dogs to splash in.”

Last year, Paterno noted that the Bark For Life of the Pioneer Valley brought together 235 dog lovers and their furry friends, and raised more than $27,000 for the American Cancer Society.

“This year we have set a goal of $30,000,” said Paterno, noting the event is made possible by the “generous support” of the Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Hospital in South Deerfield, that will also provide an emergency veterinarian on-site during the walk, the East Springfield Veterinary Hospital, and Dave’s Soda & See Bark For Life, Page 5

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Audrey Singer is the chair of the volunteer planning committee for the American Cancer Society’s Bark for Life canine event at Stanley Park. Singer, seen with “Carl” who will be walking with her on May 1, reviews details with Andrew Paterno, community manager, Relay For Life, American Cancer Society.

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Jammies and books featured in Littleville’s ‘Half-Sleepover’ HUNTINGTON — Littleville Elementary School hosted a “HalfSleepover” literacy night on Tuesday, April 5. Families were invited to dress in pajamas and bring a favorite stuffed animal or blanket. Different stations were set up around the school for the families to experience.

Activities included: making cereal necklaces, creating acrostic poems with each family’s last name and campfire reading where families used flashlights or sat next to a “campfire” to read their story.

Principal Megan Coburn, who was also dressed in her pajamas, was the guest reader and shared Piggie Pie and Fritz and the Beautiful Horses with the families. Snacking on popcorn and water, families traveled from station to station. Each student picked a new book to take home and enjoy. Finally, at the end of the night, a raffle basket was given to a lucky student filled with books, writing journals, puzzles and snacks.

“I loved that this event brought families together for something fun and education,” noted Coburn.

This night was made possible with funding from the Gateway Education Foundation. Approximately 75 people attended.

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No Soup For You: Man upset after restaurant runs out of soup MANSFIELD, Texas (AP) — A Texas lawyer upset that he wasn’t provided a cup of soup during a recent meal has notified a restaurant owner that he’ll sue if not reimbursed the $2.25 for the soup.

Dwain Downing also is seeking $250 in attorney fees for the time spent drafting a letter sent to Benji Arslanovski, who operates Our Place Restaurant in the Fort Worth suburb of Mansfield.

Downing says the soup was listed on the menu as part of a Saturday special. He says the restaurant offered no discount or substitution when it ran out.

The lawyer argued the menu amounts to a contract with the customer and Arslanovski violated the terms of the contract.

But the restaurateur says the menu makes clear the soup comes with a meal “while supplies last.”

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, April 25, the 116th day of 2016. There are 250 days left in the year.

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n April 25, 1816, Romantic poet Lord Byron, beset by financial problems and personal turmoil (including a failed marriage), left his native England at age 28, never to return. (Byron died eight years later in Greece.)

Francisco to organize the United Nations.

In 1959, the St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping.

In 1964, vandals sawed off the head of the “Little Mermaid” statue in Copenhagen, Denmark.

On this date: In 1507, a world map produced by German cartographer Martin Waldseemueller contained the first recorded use of the term “America,” in honor of Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci (vehs-POO’-chee).

In 1792, highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier became the first person under French law to be executed by the guillotine.

In 1862, during the Civil War, a Union fleet commanded by Flag Officer David G. Farragut captured the city of New Orleans.

In 1901, New York Gov. Benjamin Barker Odell, Jr. signed an automobile registration bill which imposed a 15 mph speed limit on highways.

In 1915, during World War I, Allied soldiers invaded the Gallipoli Peninsula in an unsuccessful attempt to take the Ottoman Empire out of the war.

In 1944, the United Negro College Fund was founded.

In 1945, during World War II, U.S. and Soviet forces linked up on the Elbe (EL’-beh) River, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany’s defenses.

Delegates from some 50 countries gathered in San

In 1974, the “Carnation Revolution” took place in Portugal as a bloodless military coup toppled the Estado Novo regime.

In 1983, 10-year-old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, received a reply from Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov to a letter she’d written expressing concern about possible nuclear war; Andropov reassured Samantha that the Soviet Union did not want war, and he invited her to visit his country, a trip Samantha made in July.

In 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed in orbit from the space shuttle Discovery. (It was discovered that the telescope’s primary mirror was flawed, requiring the installation of corrective components to achieve optimal focus.)

TEN YEARS AGO: In a video posted on the Internet, al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden and said any government formed in Iraq would be merely a “stooge.” President George W. Bush ordered a temporary suspension of environmental rules for gasoline, making it easier for refiners to meet demand.

FIVE YEARS AGO: President Bashar Assad of Syria sent the military into the southern city of Daraa, where an anti-government uprising had begun the previous month.

ONE YEAR AGO: A magnitude-7.8 earthquake in Nepal killed more than 8,200 people. Families of soldiers, leaders and visitors gathered in Turkey near former battlefields, honoring thousands of Australians and New Zealanders who fought in the Gallipoli campaign of World War I on the 100th anniversary of the ill-fated British-led invasion.

Italy celebrated the 70th anniversary of a partisan uprising against the Nazis and their Fascist allies near the end of World War II.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Actor Al Pacino is 76. Ballroom dance judge Len Goodman (TV: “Dancing with the Stars”) is 72. Rock musician Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is 71. Singer Bjorn Ulvaeus (ABBA) is 71. Actress Talia Shire is 71. Actor Jeffrey DeMunn is 69. Rock musician Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is 66. Country singer-songwriter Rob Crosby is 62. Actor Hank Azaria is 52. Rock singer Andy Bell (Erasure) is 52. Rock musician Eric Avery is 51. Country musician Rory Feek (Joey + Rory) is 51. TV personality Jane Clayson is 49. Actress Renee Zellweger is 47. Actress Gina Torres is 47. Actor Jason Lee is 46. Actor Jason Wiles is 46. Actress Emily Bergl is 41. Actor Jonathan Angel is 39. Actress Marguerite Moreau is 39. Singer Jacob Underwood is 36. Actress Melonie Diaz is 32.

Actress Sara Paxton is 28. Actress Allisyn Ashley Arm is 20.

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Massachusetts bill would ban tobacco sales to those under 21 BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a statewide ban on the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to people under age 21.The Senate is scheduled to debate on Thursday a bill that would raise the minimum age for purchasing tobacco from 18 to 21.Supporters hope such a law would discourage more young people from taking up smoking.The bill would allow anyone who turns 18 before Jan. 1, 2017, to continue buying tobacco. Other provisions in the legislation include new regulations for e-cigarettes and a ban on the sale of tobacco products at all health care institutions.

Republican Gov. Charlie Baker said Friday that he supports the concept.In 2005, Needham became the first community to hike the tobacco age to 21. Boston approved a city ordinance last year.

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The House budget would hold overall state spending to about 3 percent above current year levels, even while state revenues are forecast to climb more than 4 percent in the next fiscal year. There are no new taxes.

The plan would provide public school districts with $33 million more than proposed by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker, but many other agencies or programs would get the same or less funding.

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AG Healey to host national conference targeting cybercrime NORWOOD, Mass. (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey is hosting a threeday forum focused on the best ways to fight the growing problem of cybercrime in the U.S.The National Cyber Crime Conference kicks off Monday morning at the Four Points by Sheraton in Norwood.Healey says the conference will help to provide law enforcement, prosecutors and investigators with the tools and information to help combat cyber criminals.Assistant Director of the Cyber Division of the FBI James Trainor will deliver the keynote address at the conference.

Trainor is responsible for leading the FBI’s efforts to identify, pursue and defeat cyber foes targeting global U.S. interests.The conference is expected to draw more than 600 law enforcement officers, prosecutors and investigators from across the nation.

WESTFIELD — The Community Garden at Genesis has garden plots available this spring. The plots are 17 feet by 25 feet. Cost is $25 per plot. The ground will be plowed and harrowed so that it is ready for planting by late April.

Water is available for the gardens. To reserve a plot or for more information, please call 413-454-7869.

Stamp Camp Workshop offered RUSSELL — The Russell Public Library is sponsoring a beginner’s Stamp Camp Workshop on Thursday, April 28th beginning at 6pm. Participants will learn the fine art of stamping and will be able to assemble three different types of greeting cards. The theme for the evening will be Mother’s Day, but other card samples will be available. Seating is limited, and there is a $4/per person charge to offset the cost of supplies.

For additional information, or to register, contact the library during library hours of Monday, Wednesday and friday from 3pm to 8pm, or Tuesday and Thursday from 10am-2pm at 413.862.6221.

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Eastern States Exposition Mass. Corporators Scholarship available WEST SPRINGFIELD — The Massachusetts Eastern States Exposition Corporators Scholarship is available now.

The scholarship is offered to students residing in Massachusetts who have participated in the Exposition’s youth programs.

Applicants must be accepted or currently attending a two or four year accredited higher education institution. The deadline to apply is June 30, 2016.

Applicants will be required to provide a transcript of latest grades and recommendations from a youth activity advisor or leader. Only applications that are fully completed and submitted with supplemental information will be considered.

Candidates may be required to attend interviews.

The number of recipients and amount of the scholarships awarded will be determined by a committee after reviewing the applications. Decisions will be made in early July.

The application is available at www.thebige.com/ese/about/ ma-corporators-scholarships.

Transcripts, recommendations and supplemental information must be sent to Carol J. Pederzani, Executive Assistant to the President, Eastern States Exposition, 1305 Memorial Avenue, West Springfield MA 01089, or by email to cjpederzani@TheBigE.com.

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Eastern States Exposition’s centennial celebration will take place at The Big E, Sept. 16 – Oct. 2, 2016, in West Springfield, Mass.

WESTFIELD - The Department of Public Works announces the following rubbish and recycling schedule for Patriots’ Day 2016: Due to the Patriots’ Day observance,MONDAY, APRIL 25, 2016 rubbish and recycling curbside collections will be cancelled with make-up collections one day later thus Friday’s collections taking place on Saturday.

Recycling is on the “B” week schedule.

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Sanders caught in political trap The Vermont senator is too strong to concede the Democratic race, but too weak to actually win.

By GABRIEL DEBENEDETTI Politico.com Looking at the tough political layout of the five states voting Tuesday, Bernie Sanders’ advisers are expecting him to win the smallest of them (Rhode Island) and hope he can surprise Hillary Clinton in the biggest (Pennsylvania).

But even under that best-case scenario, Sanders will face a familiar problem. His delegate deficit is likely to grow, and the campaign will continue to find itself caught in a unique bind that the Vermont senator and his top aides have chewed over countless times in meetings and conversations in Burlington, Vermont, and Washington, D.C. over the past week: Sanders is too strong to concede, but too weak to win.

His online money machine continues to pump along. He still draws thousands to his jam-packed rallies. There’s even the prospect of a series of likely May wins peeking over the horizon.

Yet the path to the Democratic nomination has all but vanished after his 16-point loss in New York last week. Now, with national polls showing him roughly even with the former secretary of state and with $17 million in his pocket as of the beginning of April, Sanders is faced with a series of tricky questions about his place in the race over the next two months — the first of which is how, exactly, to articulate his remaining route to victory.

He hasn’t yet figured out how to answer them. “[Sanders] is now the rule, not the exception,” said Democratic strategist Joe Trippi, the campaign manager for Howard Dean’s insurgent 2004 campaign – which ended in February of that year. “We’ve just entered the stage now with either super PACs or online fundraising that means the second- or third-place candidate is likely to always have enough money and grassroots support to go to the end. Normally you’d be dead the day after South Carolina [which Sanders lost by 48 points]. He would’ve been under the old funding model."

“The decision they’ve got to make: What is it that they want to do here?” Trippi added. "You can fight all the way to the convention, or you can do what she did when it became obvious [that Clinton would lose in 2008]: Pull back a little and basically be on the floor, and make the motion to have the convention unanimously vote for Obama."

For the moment, the Sanders campaign has hesitated to bite on either option, even wavering on how much to attack Clinton, opting instead to see how Tuesday’s results play out.

Choosing to back off too soon would anger or disappoint Sanders' millions of loyal supporters, his team worries. But deciding to continue fighting could risk damaging the likely Democratic nominee ahead of the general election, though that’s not a concern that weighs heavily on their thinking.

After taking some time to step back and breathe after Sanders’ humbling loss last week — in the description of one senior aide — the senator’s brain trust resumed work, instructed by the candidate to keep assuming that he would continue competing with Clinton in some form or another through the Washington, D.C. primary on June 14, the final scheduled contest.

Even without guidance as to whether Sanders intends to continue trying to take down Clinton or turn into a message candidate at some point, the calculus remains the same, say his senior campaign strategists: as long as Sanders remains mathematically in the race, and as long as he has the money to fund it, there is no reason to exit — forget the questions about Democratic unity.

Thus far, that has meant aides are resuming organizing and buying ads in May and June states like Indiana and California, and continuing preliminary logistical conversations and planning meetings for the July national convention in Philadelphia.

Absent direct marching orders to either intensify or draw back the campaign, Sanders’ strategists are taking their cues from the candidate, who publicly insists in interviews, fundraising emails, and speeches that Clinton’s lead of over 200 pledged delegates is surmountable. And while he maintains that he’s still in the race to win, he has swung between maintaining his standard pre-New York barbs over Clinton's Wall Street speaking fees, her super PACs, and her Iraq War vote in some campaign speeches to hardly including any mention of her at all in others — sometimes on the same day.

In interviews, Sanders has hesitated to sketch out a specific plan for clawing back Clinton’s delegate lead through the coming states.

“Well, we’re going to have to do — obviously, win big in the number of the primaries and caucuses that yet remain. A poll came out yesterday that has us within striking distance in California, a larger state. I think we can do very well in California,” he told NBC on Saturday, asked to explain his path ahead.

His goalposts have shifted in recent months. When it became clear earlier in April that New York was out of reach, people close to Sanders started suggesting Pennsylvania was the real prize — but even that rhetoric has softened as polls See Sanders Trap, Page 5

Democrat defends Jackson, rips ‘political correctness’

By NICK GASS Politico.com Former Democratic presidential candidate Jim Webb slammed criticism of Andrew Jackson in light of the Treasury Department's announcement last week that it would replace the former president's image on the $20 bill with that of abolitionist Harriet Tubman, suggesting that coverage of Jackson's time as president has fallen prey to a culture of political correctness and a "myth of universal white privilege."

Writing in an op-ed for The Washington Post published Sunday evening, the former Virginia senator criticized the newspaper itself for summing up Jackson's "legendary tenure" as being “known primarily for a brutal genocidal campaign against native Americans."

That characterization, Webb wrote, "offers an indication of how far political correctness has invaded our educational system and skewed our national consciousness."

"This dismissive characterization of one of our great presidents is not occurring in a vacuum," Webb wrote. "Any white person whose ancestral relations trace to the American South now risks being characterized as having roots based on bigotry and undeserved privi-

lege. Meanwhile, race relations are at their worst point in decades."

Webb commented that the most "important discussions are being debated emotionally, without full regard for historical facts."

"The myth of universal white privilege and universal disadvantage among racial minorities has become a mantra, even though white and minority cultures alike vary greatly in their ethnic and geographic origins, in their experiences in the United States and in their educational and financial well-being," he continued.

Like Alexander Hamilton, late of Broadway fame, Webb remarked that Jackson, too, was a "brilliant orphan."

"Self-made and aggressive, he found wealth in the wilds of Tennessee and, like other plantation owners such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, owned slaves. He was a transformational president, hated by the reigning English American elites as he brought populist, frontier-style democracy to our political system," Webb wrote. "Jackson became the very face of the New America, focusing on intense patriotism and the dignity of the common man."

Acknowledging that Jackson ordered

the removal of Native American tribes east of the Mississippi River, Webb contended that Jackson's "approach" was "supported by a string of presidents." It was "a disaster," Webb noted, but cast doubt as to whether its motivation was "genocidal."

"Robert Remini, Jackson’s most prominent biographer, wrote that his intent was to end the increasingly bloody Indian Wars and to protect the Indians from certain annihilation at the hands of an ever-expanding frontier population," Webb continued. "Indeed, it would be difficult to call someone genocidal when years before, after one bloody fight, he brought an orphaned Native American baby from the battlefield to his home in Tennessee and raised him as his son."

Pointing to Jackson's actions that ended the Second National Bank as well as marshaling troops to quell secessionists in South Carolina, Webb praised Jackson's "coarse but refreshing openness to the country’s governing process."

As a society, Webb concluded, contributions from both Tubman and Jackson should be respected, adding, "And our national leaders should put aside their deliberate divisiveness and encourage that we do so."

Trump slams Cruz and Kasich’s ‘horrible act of desperation’

By NICK GASS Politico.com Mere hours after the campaigns of Ted Cruz and John Kasich announced that they had reached a deal on a strategy to deny Donald Trump the Republican nomination, the GOP front-runner fired back in a scathing statement that drove home his running argument that the political system in the United States is “totally rigged” and would be unacceptable in other places in American business.

“It is sad that two grown politicians have to collude against one person who has only been a politician for ten months in order to try and stop that person from getting the Republican nomination,” Trump said in a statement released through his campaign.

Cruz, Trump said, “has done very poorly” and is in “free fall” after his resounding drubbing in the New York primary.

Echoing a line the Texas senator has used against him, Trump added that “he does not react well under pressure.”

“Also, approximately 80% of the Republican Party is against him,” Trump said.

In Kasich’s case, Trump noted that the governor of Ohio has only won one state out of 41 contests, “and he is not even doing as well as other candidates who could have stubbornly stayed in the race like him but chose not to do so.”

“Marco Rubio, as an example, has more delegates than Kasich and yet suspended his campaign one month ago,” he said. “Others, likewise, have done much better than Kasich, who would get slaughtered by Hillary Clinton once the negative ads against him begin. 85% of Republican voters are against Kasich.”

Trump then turned to criticizing the two candidates’ apparent coordination, calling it “often illegal in many other industries and yet these two Washington insiders have had to revert to collusion in order to stay alive.”

“They are mathematically dead and this act only shows, as

puppets of donors and special interests, how truly weak they and their campaigns are,” Trump said. “I have brought millions of voters into the Republican primary system and have received many millions of votes more than Cruz or Kasich. Additionally, I am far ahead of both candidates with delegates and would be receiving in excess of 60% of the vote except for the fact that there were so many candidates running against me.”

Thanks to his campaign, Trump concluded, “everyone now sees that the Republican primary system is totally rigged.”

“When two candidates who have no path to victory get together to stop a candidate who is expanding the party by millions of voters, (all of whom will drop out if I am not in the race) it is yet another example of everything that is wrong in Washington and our political system,” he said. “This horrible act of desperation, from two campaigns who have totally failed, makes me even more determined, for the good of the Republican Party and our country, to prevail!”

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Anderson’s mother, Sara Nueva, shared a lengthy post on Facebook last month thanking the community for donations made via gofundme. More than $8,000 was raised, well surpassing the $5,000 goal.

Some of the money went towards Anderson’s funeral expenses, but various donations were also made to honor her daughter. She asked The Westfield News to share her post with its readers.

Here is some of what was posted to Facebook: “I want to express my deepest gratitude for the many donations we received from the community and from our friends and family to our daughter’s memorial fund on the Go Fund Me website, and for the hundreds of expressions of sympathy for our family. . . . ” “The support of the Westfield community at the loss of our beautiful Lily has been a tremendous comfort to us.

“In our religion, we are called upon by the Lord to honor the soul of our loved ones who have passed on with good works in this world. With the support of all those who donated in Lily’s memory, we are blessed to make wonderful things happen for our community.

“We have made a $500 donation to the Westfield Homeless Cat Project, where Lily had volunteered and for which she raised money at her religious school, and from where we adopted one of our wonderful kitties . . .”

“We have also made a $200 donation to the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Western Massachusetts, my former workplace and where Lily and her younger sister Gabbi volunteered for the past several years . . .”

“In Lily’s sister’s honor, we made a $500 donation to the sewing department at Westfield High School to purchase new irons and ironing board covers, as well as fabrics and notions for the dedicated sewing students.

“In honor of Lily’s love of the fine arts and in support of the many incredibly talented students at Westfield High School, we have purchased a new photographic enlarger and three color photographic printers for the photography studio at the high school. . . .”

“We cannot thank everyone enough for expressing their love both for our daughter and for the children of Westfield.”

——— Staff Writer Christine Charnosky can be reached at christinec@thewestfieldnewsgroup.com Follow her on Twitter @charnoskyWNG

White House to honor Gloucester chief for addict program GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts police chief who developed a program that helps opioid addicts get help is earning praise from the Obama administration.White House to honor Gloucester chief for addict programGloucester Chief Leonard Campanello is one of ten "Champions of Change" scheduled to be honored at the White House on Friday.Campanello initiated an Angel program last year that allows addicts to go to the police station and turn over their drugs and drug paraphernalia without being arrested. In return, they'll be connected to a volunteer "angel" who will get them help.Departments across the country have adopted similar programs, and hundreds of addicts have entered treatment.Campanello says the initiative has helped reduce overdoses and crime.A White House statement says Campanello has shown "compassionate leadership."More than 900 people were nominated.

Belchertown man dies while diving off Gloucester GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The scuba diver who died off the coast of Gloucester this weekend has been identified as a Belchertown man.

Authorities say 61-year-old Peter Piemonte was diving with several other people on Saturday off Gloucester's Eastern Point when he went under water and did not resurface within an appropriate time. He was described by the Coast Guard as an experienced diver.

He was unresponsive when he was brought to the surface by one of the other divers.

The Coast Guard and Gloucester Emergency Services responded to the scene and took Piemonte to Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester, where he was pronounced dead.

The cause of death remains under investigation.

Westfield Police Association fund drive continues WESTFIELD — The annual Westfield Police Association fund drive benefits local youth sports teams, events and charities.

Any questions or concerns can be directed to Westfield Police Association President Officer Mark Carboneau at 413246-3794. If contacted, interested parties can make their checks payable to Westfield Police Association ONLY. No cash please!

As always, The Westfield Police Association appreciates your continued support.

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Body discovered in Agawam ID’d as that of missing woman AGAWAM (AP) — A body found on the shore of the Connecticut River has been identified as that of an 18-year-old woman who was reported missing in January.

The Springfield Republican reports Chicopee police confirmed Friday that the body of Brianna Cuoco, of South Hadley, had been found.

Authorities retrieved the body Thursday from the west shore of the river in Agawam after a kayaker discovered it.

Cuoco was last seen at about 1 a.m. Jan. 18, when she left her boyfriend’s house. He later reported her missing to authorities. Searchers appeared to concentrate their attention along the Connecticut River because she was last seen in that area.

Cuoco attended Chicopee Comprehensive High School.

There’s no word yet on a cause of death.

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Continued from Page 1 Pet City, as well as by the support of the many participants who “work so hard to raise money for this cause.”

Funds raised from Bark For Life help the ACS save lives by funding groundbreaking research, supporting education efforts, and providing free information and critical services for cancer patients.

“Cancer survivors and their families are the main focus of the event,” said Paterno. “We honor our survivors and offer a place for them to gather and connect with those who have been touched by cancer.”

Audrey Singer is the chair of the volunteer planning committee for the American Cancer Society's Bark for Life canine event at Stanley Park. Singer, seen with "Carl" who will be walking with her on May 1, reviews details with Andrew Paterno, community manager, Relay For Life, American Cancer Society.

Audrey Singer is the chair of the volunteer planning committee for the American Cancer Society’s Bark for Life canine event at Stanley Park. Singer, seen with “Carl” who will be walking with her on May 1, reviews details with Andrew Paterno, community manager, Relay For Life, American Cancer Society.

Paterno added that having dogs as a part of the celebration is important since they can be a “fantastic addition to the treatment process.”

“In many circumstances pets understand that something is wrong and will stick by one’s side,” said Paterno.

Singer thanked the 41 teams already registered as well as the volunteers who have stepped forward to help and welcomes anyone who is eager to join the fight against cancer.

“Our teams have donated raffle baskets and parents from the Highland School have already committed to helping with our Bark-B-Q,” said Singer. “We encourage middle and high school students to also get involved, including with our reception for cancer survivors, since community service hours are available.”

Paterno also acknowledged the staff at Stanley Park for their ongoing efforts.

“The park goes out of their way every year and has been extremely welcoming for the past six years,” said Paterno.

The celebration will also include music by disc jockey Nick Gagne of Preztige Worldwide, a large basket raffle, a 50/50 raffle, and the Bark-B-Q featuring hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, cookies, soda and water. Doggie ice cream will also be available for one’s four-legged friends.

To register a team or for more information, visit the website RelayForLife.org/BarkForLifeMA or call the American Cancer Society at (413) 493-2110. Also, for up-to-the-minute details, visit the society’s Facebook page at American Cancer Society Bark For Life of the Pioneer Valley.

For any business or organization interested in donating a raffle prize or for anyone interested in donating their time, contact Singer at audrey.bark.413@gmail.com.

“We encourage participants to form teams and ask family and friends to support their efforts financially to help the American Cancer Society save lives from cancer,” said Singer. “We encourage teams to register prior to the event but we will also take registrations that morning.”

Boston officials seek input on body camera pilot program BOSTON (AP) — Officials in Boston will hold three community forums this week to gauge the public's opinion on a body camera pilot program for the city's police department.

The Boston Globe reports Commissioner William Evans said police officials have been researching other cities' body camera programs with the hopes of initiating their own trial run for the technology in May or June.

A spokeswoman for Mayor Martin Walsh says the city budget has earmarked $500,000 for the pilot program, which would outfit 100

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Evans says he's consulted city officials, a Harvard University legal team, the Social Justice Task Force and others in developing the body camera plan.

Councilor Andrea Campbell says the forums are an opportunity to hear the public's concerns, thoughts and ideas.

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continue to show Clinton holding a lead there.

Sanders’ team thinks he lost ground in Pennsylvania after his wider-than-expected margin of defeat in New York, which it believes got out-sized attention because it was the only state voting last week. And now, while Clinton is set to rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, a sign of her camp’s confidence in the state, Sanders is eager to project the image that he’s looking ahead to the states ahead, opting to host an event in West Virginia — where he’s likely to win, but which does not vote until May 10.

That scheduling move belies the postures of many staffers: essentially holding their breath through Tuesday, assuming they’ll get more clarity on the direction forward after Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Delaware, and Rhode Island have their say. Bad losses across the board, acknowledged one aide, could create yet another damaging round of press coverage of the type that has riled the Sanders camp in recent weeks — such as a Saturday New York Times story that looked at the Clinton camp’s thinking on selecting a runningmate.

“The media narrative is, every time we lose once, ‘it’s all over.’ And that has more bite as it gets later on [in the process],” groused one high-level staffer, who also bristled at recent news stories hinting at dissension in the campaign ranks after senior strategist Tad Devine and campaign manager Jeff Weaver appeared to project separate messages following New York’s vote.

In the meantime, staffers have turned their attention to the states looming ahead, tentatively sketching out a path predicated on Sanders finishing atop national polls and with over 20 states in his pocket by the convention.

Seeing dim prospects in Kentucky’s closed primary, the campaign is now hoping for a stretch of May wins in Indiana, West Virginia, and Oregon, followed by others like Montana in June. That wouldn’t significantly cut into Clinton’s delegate lead, aides acknowledge, but Sanders seems intent on campaigning through California, the biggest delegate target of all, which votes June 7.

Such a performance, they hope, would help Sanders’ ultimate pitch to super-delegates — top aides note that Clintonbacking Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy’s office now says he will cast his super-delegate vote for whichever candidate is leading in pledged delegates at the convention, and they were watching closely when Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet was drowned out

by Sanders backers chanting “change your vote” at his state’s convention this month.

Still, after a month of working to convince skeptical Democrats that super-delegates would come around to him, even that effort has gotten less of an airing in the last week as no single high-profile party leader has switched from Clinton to Sanders.

On at least one front, the campaign appears to be pressing forward intently even if the candidate himself has dialed back at times: criticizing Clinton.

She is no longer the prime antagonist in each of Sanders’ campaign speeches, though her name does pop up regularly during his appearances on the campaign trail. On Sunday in Providence, for example, it wasn’t until deep into his speech that Sanders lit into her — but he specifically hit her on her lack of support for a carbon tax, not his usual litany of criticisms.

Yet in the campaign’s public press releases that go nationwide, Clinton remains Public Enemy Number One. Sunday’s speech, for example, was billed as “Sanders Challenges Clinton on Climate Change in Rhode Island."

When NBC asked Sanders on Saturday about his divisions and commonalities with Clinton, he replied, “I think there is a lot that unites us. I think there is a lot that divides us."

The headline of the campaign's press release promoting the interview, however, told a slightly different story. It read: “‘There is a Lot that Divides Us’ He Tells Meet the Press."

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BUSINESSFINANCIAL Chicopee Bancorp, Inc. Reports First Quarter Results and Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.09 per Share CHICOPEE — Chicopee Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ:CBNK), the holding company for Chicopee Savings Bank (the “Bank”), announced the unaudited results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

The Company also announced on April 18, 2016, that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.09 per share.

Stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 6, 2016 are expected to receive the cash dividend on or about May 23, 2016.

The Company reported an increase of $593,000, or 150.1%, in pre-tax income of $988,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2016, compared to $395,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015. The Company reported net income of $698,000, or $0.14 earnings per share, for the three months ended March 31, 2016, compared to a net income of $313,000, or $0.06 earnings per share, for the same period in 2015. The 123.0% increase in net income for the three months ended March 31, 2016 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2015, was the result of a $345,000, or 86.3%, decrease in the provision for loan losses, an increase in net interest income of $417,000, or 8.3%, and an increase of $4,000, or 0.6%, in non-interest income, partially offset by an increase of $173,000, or 3.6%, in non-interest expense and an increase of $208,000, or 253.7%, in income tax expense due to the higher level of taxable income during the three months ended March 31, 2016.

Net interest income increased $417,000, or 8.3%, from $5.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 to $5.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The increase in net interest income was due to the $474,000, or 7.9%, increase in interest income, partially offset by the increase in interest expense of $57,000, or 5.8%. The increase in interest income was due to the $50.2 million, or 9.4% increase in average loans outstanding from $535.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 to $585.9 million, for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

The increase in interest expense of $57,000, or 5.8%, was due to the increase in interest expense on Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) advances from $263,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 to $306,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2016. FHLB advances were used to fund the $50.2 million loan growth in order to manage the material rate risk position and increase in interest rates.

The net interest margin remained stable increasing one basis point from 3.52% at March 31, 2015 to 3.53% at March 31, 2016.

The net interest rate spread of 3.31% and the average yield on interest earning assets of 4.17% for the three months ended March 31, 2016 remained unchanged from the three months ended March 31, 2015. The average cost of funds remained stable decreasing one basis point from 0.86%, for the three months ended March 31, 2015, to 0.85%, for the three months ended March 31, 2016, due to the continuation of low market interest rates.

Average earning assets increased $40.1 million, or 6.6%, from $607.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 to $647.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The increase in average earning assets was due to the $50.2 million, or 9.4%, increase in average loans offset, in part, by a decrease in other earning assets of $9.1 million, or 27.2%. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, the average balance of demand deposits, an interest free source of funds, increased $11.2 million, or 11.7% compared to the three months ended March 31, 2015.

The provision for loan losses decreased $345,000, or 86.3%, for the three months ended March 31, 2016 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2015 primarily due to an improvement in non-performing loans and delinquent loans. Non-performing loans decreased $2.0 million, or 22.3% from $8.8 million, or 1.61% of total loans, at March 31, 2015 to $6.8 million, or 1.15% of total loans, at March 31, 2016. Total delinquent loans decreased from 1.36% of total loans at March 31, 2015 to 0.59% at March 31, 2016.

For the three months ended March 31, 2016, non-interest income, excluding the effect of OREO write-downs, increased $108,000, or 16.8%, from $642,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 to $750,000. The increase was due to the increase of $74,000, or 14.4%, in income from service charges, fees and commissions, an increase of $36,000, or 92.3%, in income from loan sales and servicing, partially offset by a decrease of $3,000, or 3.4%, in income from bank owned life insurance (BOLI). For the three months ended March 31, 2016, a $104,000 OREO writedown was recognized in non-interest income.

Non-interest expense increased by $173,000, or 3.6%, to $5.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016, compared to $4.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015. The increase in non-interest expense was a result of the $173,000, or 6.8%, increase in salaries and benefits, an increase of $32,000, or 8.8%, in data processing, an increase of $33,000, or 18.5%, in professional fees, an increase of $12,000, or 16.0%, in stationery, supplies and postage, an increase in advertising of $15,000, or 10.3% and an increase of $81,000, or 12.8%, in other non-interest expense. These increases were partially offset by the $74,000, or 46.5%, decrease in foreclosure related expenses, a decrease of $55,000, or 11.6%, in occupancy expense, a decrease of $28,000, or 15.5%, in furniture and equipment and a decrease of $16,000, or 13.0%, in FDIC insurance expense.

Flora Joins Berkshire Bank as VP, Business Banking Team Leader PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Bank, America’s Most Exciting Bank®, is excited to announce that Jamison Flora has joined the Bank as Vice President, Business Banking Team Leader/ SBA Liaison.

Flora brings over 16 years of industry experience to his newly acquired position. His responsibilities in this new position include fostering the business banking footprint in the state of New York as well as growing the SBA Lending program bank wide.

Prior to joining Berkshire Bank, Flora served as VP, Business Banking Senior SBA Relationship Manager with KeyBank, focusing on the SBA loan program for the Central New York and Capital Region territories, with attention on acquisition, expansion and start-up financing. He also managed relationships of companies that gross between $3-$20 Million in annual revenue, moving on to help grow the Bank’s SBA business in the Capital Region.

Dedicated to community involvement, Flora is on the Board of Directors of the Schenectady County Community College Foundation and Capital District Youth for Christ, a nonprofit located in Clifton Park, NY. He also volunteers at the City Life Club in Schenectady, NY and is an Ambassador for the local Christian Business Men’s Connection chapter.

Flora is located in Albany at 41 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Jamison Flora, VP, Business Banking Team Leader/ SBA Liaison, 518-859-4823, jflora@berkshirebank.com.

About Berkshire Bank Berkshire Hills Bancorp (NYSE: BHLB) is the parent of Berkshire Bank, America’s Most Exciting Bank®. The Company, recognized for its entrepreneurial approach and distinctive culture, has $7.8 billion in assets and 93 full service branch offices in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, and Vermont providing personal and business banking, insurance, and wealth management services. In 2015, Berkshire Bank was named one of Massachusetts’ Most Charitable Companies by the Boston Business Journal. Berkshire Bank is the home financing and retail banking provider for the Massachusetts Teachers Association Benefits, MTA. To learn more, visit www.berkshirebank.com, call 800-773-5601 or follow us on: Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Berkshire Bank is the official bank of NESN’s Boston Bruins Coverage.

Voices of Working People’s History HOLYOKE — Western Massachusetts Jobs with Justice presents Voices of Working People’s History ~ from the origins of May Day in Chicago to the rising of low wage workers today ~ inspired by Howard Zinn ~ a program of dramatic readings ~ lots of songs ~ with a Western Mass. emphasis.

Sunday, May 1, 2016, at the Holyoke Heritage State Park Visitors Center, 221 Appleton St, Holyoke.

Free. Space is limited! Reserve a seat in advance at http:// wmjwj.org/voices.

Veterans, we can help you SPRINGFIELD –Springfield Partners for Community Action and The Episcopal Diocese of Western Mass announce the Second Annual “Wellness to Work” Veterans Health and Career Fair to be held on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 from 10:00 am -2:30pm at Christ Church Cathedral to introduce those who have served in our military to resources available to assist them with health care, education, employment, financial services, housing and legal needs.

Our Veterans Work First program has identified that there is a gap between available jobs and the skills of veterans in our community. Our program coordinators work hard to find and create employment opportunities tailored to our veterans’ skill sets, experience, and goals. Among the other services we provide to veterans are: case management; educational financial assistance; financial literacy workshops; medical needs assistance; tenant rights and responsibilities education; temporary transportation; VA claims assistance; and wraparound services/referrals. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Walt Fludd, Director of Veterans Services 413.263.6500 X6591.

Springfield Partners for Community Action is the federally designated Community Action Agency for the greater Springfield area, serving low-income individuals and families. Established in 1964 under the Economic Opportunity Act, Springfield Partners is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, SOMWBA–certified enterprise. The agency has over 50 years of experience providing services and advocacy to alleviate the conditions of poverty for area residents.

Twitter Executive, Internet Entrepreneur Wayne Chang to be Commencement Speaker at UMass Amherst on May 6 AMHERST – Wayne Chang, who launched his career as a high-tech entrepreneur while a student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, will be the featured speaker at the school’s Undergraduate Commencement on Friday, May 6. He will address about 5,500 students receiving bachelor’s degrees, as well as family and friends, at McGuirk Alumni Stadium.

During the ceremony, Chang will be awarded an honorary doctorate. Currently director of product strategy at Twitter, Chang joined the company after it acquired Crashlytics, a mobile crashreporting service he co-founded in 2011, for a reported price of more than $100 million in 2013.

UMass Amherst will also award an honorary doctorate to Sheila C. Bair, who chaired the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from June 2006 through July 2011, one of the nation’s most challenging economic periods. Her work at the FDIC brought her recognition by Time magazine as one of the world’s most influential

people.

Bair’s career has included stints as a Senate aide, senior vice president for government relations at the New York Stock Exchange, assistant secretary for financial institutions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and as a faculty member at UMass Amherst’s Isenberg School of Management from 2002-06. Last year, she was appointed president of Washington College in Maryland.

Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Chang wrote his first software program on an Apple IIe at age seven. While attending high school in Haverhill, Mass., he was part of the team at Napster, the first peer-to-peer filesharing system. As an undergraduate at UMass Amherst, Chang created i2hub to provide what was then something absolutely unique: a platform through which college students could interact with one another. Launched in February 2003, within a month it had to shut down, unable to handle the traffic coming its way. Chang retooled the site and reopened it in March 2004. It went on to provide

stiff competition for the newly introduced Facebook, but was shut down in November 2005 due to legal pressure.

Chang also founded the Scene Review News Network. In 1999, he was a security consultant for AllAdvantage and in 2002 he became a director at Pacific Northwest Software. In 2007, he founded Boylston Technology Group. Chang also has served on the board of directors of the nonprofit Community Dispute Settlement Center.

An avid and prescient angel investor, Chang has gotten in on the ground floor at more than 40 companies, including DraftKings, JetSmarter, SURKUS, Tablelist, SoFi, Gusto, Planet Labs and Slash Keyboard. He is also a limited partner in several prominent venture funds and has financed an award-winning film, and a second to be released next year.

UMass Amherst’s Commencement ceremony will begin at 4:30 p.m. at McGuirk Alumni Stadium on Friday, May 6. Full details can be found at www.umass.edu/ commencement

Massachusetts, MITRE Launch the Massachusetts Innovation Bridge BOSTON – Governor Charlie Baker announced the launch of the Massachusetts Innovation Bridge, a partnership between the Commonwealth and The MITRE Corporation, a public interest nonprofit that operates research and development centers sponsored by the federal government. The Innovation Bridge will help federal agencies solve the nation’s most difficult challenges by tapping into the world-leading innovation and high-tech ecosystem in Massachusetts, while creating new business opportunities in the Commonwealth.

Through the Innovation Bridge, federal agencies will create new relationships with innovative academic institutions, thought leaders, established companies, and with companies that previously did not work with the federal government. Together, they will discover innovative ideas, products, and services to enhance federal agency missions. The new collaborative workspace will also give Massachusetts companies, higher education institutions, and nonprofits access to new federal business opportunities.

The partnership with MITRE will also strengthen the Commonwealth’s military installations, by building on the existing connections between the innovation economy and state military assets such as Hanscom Air Force Base, Natick Soldier Systems Center, and Joint Base Cape Cod. “Massachusetts is the most innovative state in the nation, and we are uniquely equipped to forge connections between privatesector innovators and the Department of Defense," said Governor Baker. “The Massachusetts Innovation Bridge will be an important piece of connective tissue in our state's innovation ecosystem.

This first-of-its-kind workplace will foster deep collaboration between Massachusetts researchers and innovators, and missiondriven federal partners hungry for innovative solutions.”

"For the Air Force, we really see diversity as mission critical,” said Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James. “We need to broaden our partnerships to include non-traditional companies to ensure we can access cutting-edge technology and ideas."

The Innovation Bridge, located at CIC Boston, will be a firstof-its-kind collaborative business portal. The Innovation Bridge will provide a dedicated space for leadership forums and workshops, technology scouting, and venture capital portfolio and university research exchanges. The Innovation Bridge will also stage hackathons and crowd-sourcing opportunities, and host events to educate entrepreneurs about federal acquisition and emerging simplified acquisition opportunities.

MITRE will provide a dedicated senior executive to lead, plan, and coordinate the Innovation Bridge’s mission and operations.

The Innovation Bridge’s operations will be underpinned by MITRE’s deep technical expertise in areas critical to the nation and Massachusetts.

MassDevelopment, the state’s finance and development authority, and the lead agency supporting the Massachusetts Military Asset and Security Strategy Task Force, will provide convening capability, office space and administrative support for the Innovation Bridge.

The Massachusetts National Guard will also offer connections to military leadership and the high-tech industry. The Innovation Bridge held its first event today, an industry forum, in collaboration with Secretary of the United States Air Force Deborah James.

“Massachusetts leads the nation in innovation, and it’s important that we strengthen the relationships between federal agencies and our local businesses, universities, and researchers,” said Senator Elizabeth Warren. “These partnerships are good for the federal government, and they help build opportunities for businesses and institutions here in the Commonwealth.”

“In the 21st century, the technologies that are transforming our world are coming from Massachusetts,” said Senator Edward J. Markey. “From life sciences to high technology to advanced manufacturing, everyone wants to be a part of our amazing ecosystem of innovation and ingenuity. The Massachusetts Innovation Bridge will be an incubator for the ideas, discussions and networks that will solve our greatest challenges, connecting the wealth of Massachusetts’s research, military and educational assets to the federal government. I commend Governor Baker and the MITRE Corporation for their partnership in building this new critical infrastructure.”

“Our region has earned an enviable reputation as a magnet for innovation thanks to our unparalleled concentration of worldclass universities, federally-funded research facilities, trailblazing tech companies and our talented workforce,” said Congresswoman Niki Tsongas. “Giving the federal government greater access to this leading innovation ecosystem by building a ‘bridge to innovation’ will create new business opportunities for local companies and universities, and will help federal agencies better leverage the rapidly advancing high tech landscape. The Governor’s Military Task Force, MassDevelopment and MITRE deserve credit for turning this pioneering idea into reality. And, I appreciate Secretary James’s support and partnership, which combined with the Innovation Bridge announcement, is recognition of the widespread economic and national security benefits that our region readily provides.”

“Massachusetts is the home to world class universities, renowned research facilities in multiple sectors and dynamic technology innovators,” said Congressman Mike Capuano. “By facilitating a partnership between non-governmental entities and state and federal government agencies, we will foster new opportunities for collaboration, job creation and research based economic growth.”

“The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is home to leaders in academia, business, defense, and the high tech sector who consistently work together to advance our innovation economy,” said Congressman Stephen F. Lynch. “By directly connecting Massachusetts’ businesses and organizations with our federal agencies through the Massachusetts Innovation Bridge, the Commonwealth’s private sector can innovatively address the challenges facing our public sector. I give great credit to Governor Baker, MassDevelopment, and the Governor’s Military Asset and Security Strategy Task Force for being the driving force behind this important initiative.”

“These partnerships underscore the vital contributions of the Commonwealth’s ecosystem of innovation,” said Congresswoman Katherine Clark. “By connecting the federal government to our world-class research, innovators, businesses, and universities, we are solidifying our role as a national leader in the 21st century economy.”

“The convergence of government and technology is critical to meeting the needs of a 21st century economy,” said Congressman Seth Moulton. “The Massachusetts Innovation Bridge partnership is an example of why this is the case. This partnership will connect the federal government with world-leading innovation and high-tech centers to address our needs. It will also solidify our state’s role as a leader in the innovation economy and strengthen our capacity to help develop advanced national defense solutions.”

“We’re excited to partner with the Commonwealth to bring the Innovation Bridge to life and provide a unique venue to bridge between federal agencies and the vibrant Boston innovation ecosystem,” said Peter Sherlock, MITRE senior vice president. “Our public interest mission, conflict-free charter, technical skills and labs enable us to work on behalf of our federal sponsors to harness the region’s strengths and address the nation’s hardest challenges.”

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Westfield Spanish American Association volunteers.

Full Gospel Church volunteer group.

Earth Day in Westfield Rainbow Girls contingent.

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Gulfstream team.

JONATHAN FLAGG

Westfield Girl Scouts.

Westfield State University, Circle K Club.

Barbara Coleman picks up some debris.

City of Westfield Mayor Brian Sullivan pitches in.

Diana Jay looks everywhere for trash.

Emily Quinn, Kim Barton, Josephine Barton show some of what was picked up.

Volunteers line up to pick up supplies.

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5-year old Gino Roselli tries his luck.

Westfield Sportsman Club Fishing Derby

Clair Wynn looks on as Brooke Stanisewski’s fish is measured in at 15 ½ inches.

Logan Allen being given the finer points of fishing by Tom Duclos his grandfather.

9-month old Remmi Phelon gets her first fishing lesson from her father Jim.

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7-year old Callie Manfredi enjoys her day of fishing.

Jack Beaulieu gets his hook baited by his father Eric.

7-year old Chance Gahran waits patiently for a fish to bite.

13-year old David Tower shows off his 16 ½ inch rainbow trout.

Brooke, Faith and Jon Stanisewski share a good day out.

Bev and Tom Hall show 10-year old Brooke and 5-year old Anthony Manfredi how it’s done.

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SPORTS

Nicole Marek on the uneven bars.

2016 Mass. and N.H. YMCA State Gymnastics Championship WESTFIELD — 2016 Mass. and N.H. YMCA State Gymnastics Championship took place at Westfield South Middle School.The events started Friday evening and through Sunday afternoon.

PHOTOS BY KELLIE ADAM Bianca Hiltz on vault.

Nicole Marek and Bianca Hiltz get a pep talk from their coach.

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Craig sets pole vault record

Perez wins Classic hurdles SPRINGFIELD – Ed Perez won the 110 meter high hurdles and ran the third leg of the Owls winning 4×100 meter relay to help the Westfield State men’s track and field team to a fourth place finish at the 12 team Springfield Classic meet on Saturday.

Perez completed the hurdles in 15.07, and teamed with Paul James, Jordanio Oquendo and Elijuan Diaz to win the 4×100 in 43.39 seconds.

Other top point scorers for Westfield included Dereck Stone, who placed second in the high jump by clearing 1.88m (6′-02.00″).

Patrick Delisle took second in the pole vault with a height of 4.10m (13′-05.25″), John Tomlin had a runner up finish in the 400 meters (50.84), Matt Moussamih was second in the 800 meters with a time of 1:58.63, and Brent Kane took a third in the 400 meter hurdles (59.51).

Westfield will compete at the MASCAC/New England Alliance championships next Saturday at Rhode Island College. – Courtesy of Westfield State Sports

Westfield State’s 2016 senior class and their families were recognized between games.

(Courtesy of Westfield State Sports)

Westfield State ‘Senior Day’ split WESTFIELD – Westfield State erupted for a 10-5 win over Fitchburg State in the second game of a Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference game to split the doubleheader and send its senior class out on a high note on Senior Day at Bud and Jim Hagan Field.

Westfield scored two runs in each of the first three innings to stake themselves to a 6-1 lead. In the first inning, Dan McCormack led off with a single, took second on wild pitch, advance to third on Danny DiMatteo’s single and scored on a base hit by Nate Barnes. DiMatteo scored on the next play, scoring on a shallow sacrifice fly to center and scoring with a headfirst dive across the plate.

In the second, DiMatteo’s RBI groundout scored Tyler Beach, and Tyler Adams singled and came around to score on an inningextending error.

Holding a 6-3 lead in the 6th, the Owls tacked on four insurance runs, with Barnes

singling to start the rally, and scoring on a double by Aaron Clancy. Beach drove in a run with a base hit later in the inning. Barnes and Beach each had two hits for the Owls.

Junior starting pitcher Matt Nunes (2-1) earned the win for Westfield, with senior closer Pete Liimatainen working the final 1-2/3 innings for the save.

Starter Javier Lozada took the loss for Fitchburg. Aaron Mooney finished 3-3 with a walk, 2 rbi and a run scored. Robert Lewis III finished 2-4 with two runs scored.

In the first game, Fitchburg State starting pitcher Tommy Parsons held Westfield without a hit through 5 innings on the way to a 5-3 Falcons’ win.

Westfield finally broke through with a pinch-hit double from Stephen Brown to lead off the bottom of the sixth.

Fitchburg pushed across a lone run in the 3rd, fourth and fifh innings. In the third, See Senior Day, Page 11

SPRINGFIELD – Westfield State sophomore Ashley Craig set a school record in the pole vault to help the Owls’ women’s track and field team win the Springfield Classic track and field meet on Saturday.

Westfield won the 14-team meet with a score of 102. Coast Guard was second with 96 points, and Wheaton third with 89.5.

Craig cleared 3.66M or 12′-0″ in the record setting vault, surpassing her own outdoor mark of 11′-10″.

The result caps an eventful week for Craig, who was originally believed to have set a record last week before a scoring error was revealed after the meet that officials had not set the bar at the announced height.

Craig’s winning vault highlighted a group of solid performances for the Owls.

In the 1500, Westfield State got a 1-2 finish from Ashley Monahan and Jessie Cardin, with Monahan edging her teammate by .62 seconds in 4:48.27.

Senior Naloti Palma won the discus with a throw of 44.20m (145′-00″) just two inches shy of her own school record. Palma had a runner up finish in the shot put with a toss of 12.48m (40′11.50″) on her final throw of the afternoon, and placed fifth in the hammer throw.

Senior Meg McNamara placed third in the 100 hurdles in 15.69 and fourth in the triple jump with a hop, skip and jump of 10.46m (34′-04.00″).

Sophomore Katherine Paltz took a second place finish in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:10.34. – Courtesy of Westfield State Sports

2016 HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SCHEDULES WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Monday, April 25 SOFTBALL vs. Ludlow, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ TENNIS vs. Sabis, 4 p.m.

JV SOFTBALL vs. Ludlow, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ LACROSSE at Chicopee Comp, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, April 26 BASEBALL vs. Amherst-Pelham, Bullens Field, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ LACROSSE vs. East Longmeadow, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ TRACK & FIELD at Holyoke, Roberts Sports Complex, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ TENNIS vs. Agawam, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL vs. Amherst-Pelham, Westfield High School Field, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ LACROSSE vs. East Longmeadow, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Sci-Tech, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Sci-Tech, 5:15 p.m.

Wednesday, April 27 SOFTBALL vs. Chicopee Comp, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ TENNIS at Chicopee Comp, 4 p.m.

JV SOFTBALL vs. Chicopee Comp, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Sci-Tech, 4 p.m.

Thursday, April 28 BASEBALL at Pope Francis, Forest Park, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ TENNIS at East Longmeadow, 4 p.m.

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JV BASEBALL at Pope Francis, Forest Park, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL at Belchertown, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL at Belchertown, 5 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ LACROSSE at West Springfield, Clark Field, 5:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ LACROSSE at West Springfield, Clark Field, 7 p.m.

BOYS’ LACROSSE vs. Agawam, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ LACTOSSE vs. Agawam, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, April 29 SOFTBALL at Hampshire, 4 p.m.

JV SOFTBALL at Hampshire, Time TBA **Saturday, April 30** BOYS’ LACROSSE vs. Algonquin, Time TBA BOYS’/GIRLS’ TRACK & FIELD at Steele Relays, West Springfield High School, Time TBA JV BOYS’ LACROSSE vs. Algonquin, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 2 BASEBALL at Minnechaug, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ LACROSSE vs. Minnechaug, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL at Minnechaug, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ LACROSSE vs. Minnechaug, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Agawam, 5 p.m.

BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Agawam, 6:15 p.m.

Tuesday, May 3

SOUTHWICK-TOLLAND REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Monday, April 25 BASEBALL vs. Granby, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL at Turners Falls, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL at Smith Voke, 4 p.m.

JV SOFTBALL at Turners Falls, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, April 26 GIRLS’ TRACK & FIELD vs. Monson, South Hadley, Richard Atkinson Track, 4 p.m.

BASEBALL vs. Monument Mountain, Whalley Park, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL vs.

Monument Mountain, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL at Gateway, 4 p.m.

JV SOFTBALL at Gateway, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, April 27 BOYS’ TRACK & FIELD at Hampshire, 4 p.m.

Thursday, April 28 BASEBALL vs. Sci-Tech, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL vs. Sci-Tech, 4 p.m.

Friday, April 29 BASEBALL at Gateway, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL vs. McCann Tech, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL at Holyoke, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL at Holyoke, 5 p.m.

JV BASEBALL at Gateway, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 2 BASEBALL at Sabis, Forest Park, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL at Sabis, Forest Park, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, May 3 GIRLS’ TRACK & FIELD vs.

Belchertown, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 4 BASEBALL vs. Putnam, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL vs. Ware, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ TRACK & FIELD at South Hadley, Mount Holyoke College, 4 p.m.

JV SOFTBALL vs. Ware, 4 p.m.

Thursday, May 5 GIRLS’ TRACK & FIELD vs. Hampshire, Richard Atkinson Track, 4 p.m.

Friday, May 6 BASEBALL vs. Greenfield, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL vs. Smith Academy, 4 p.m.

JV SOFTBALL vs. Smith Academy, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Smith Voke, James E. Vincent Gymnasium, 5 p.m.

JV BASEBALL vs. Greenfield, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 9 BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL at Dean Tech, 4 p.m.

Monday, April 25 BASEBALL vs.

Smith Voke, Bullens Field, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL vs.

Smith Voke, Whitney Park, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL vs.

Smith Voke, Jachym Field, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, April 26 No Sports Scheduled Wednesday, April 27 BASEBALL at Granby, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL at Granby, 4 p.m.

Thursday, April 28 BASEBALL vs. McCann Tech, Jachym Field, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL vs. McCann Tech, Jacyhm Field, 4 p.m.

Friday, April 29 BASEBALL at Sci-Tech, Forest Park, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL vs. Pathfinder, Whitney Park, 3:30 p.m.

JV BASEBALL at Sci-Tech, Forest Park, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 2 BASEBALL vs. Pioneer Valley Christian Academy, Bullens Field, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL at Dean Tech, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, May 3 No Sports Scheduled Wednesday, May 4 BASEBALL at McCann Tech, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL at McCann Tech, 4 p.m.

Thursday, May 5 No Sports Scheduled

Friday, May 6 BASEBALL vs. Pathfinder, Bullens Field, 3:30 p.m.

SOFTBALL at Sci-Tech, Blunt Park, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL vs. Pathfinder, Jachym Field, 3:30 p.m.

Monday, May 9 No Sports Scheduled Tuesday, May 10 BASEBALL at Dean Tech, Springdale Park, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL vs. Commerce, Whitney Park, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 11 No Sports Scheduled Thursday, May 12 BASEBALL vs. Franklin County Tech, Bullens Field, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL vs. Putnam, Whitney Park, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL at Franklin County Tech, 4 p.m.

Friday, May 13 No Sports Scheduled Monday, May 16 No Sports Scheduled Tuesday, May 17 BASEBALL at Commerce, Marshall Roy Field, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL at Renaissance School, Marshall Roy Field, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 18 No Sports Scheduled

GATEWAY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Monday, April 25 BASEBALL at Monson, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL vs. Pope Francis, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL at Monson, Veterans Field, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, April 26 SOFTBALL vs. Southwick, 4 p.m.

JV SOFTBALL vs. Southwick, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, April 27 BASEBALL at Putnam, Blunt Park, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL at Putnam, Blunt Park, 4 p.m.

Thursday, April 28 JV BASEBALL vs. Franklin Tech, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL vs. Easthampton, 4 p.m.

JV SOFTBALL vs. Easthampton, 4 p.m.

Friday, April 29 BASEBALL vs. Southwick, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL vs. Lee, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL vs. Southwick, 4 p.m.

JV SOFTBALL vs. Lee, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 2 BASEBALL vs. Hoosac Valley, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL at Monson, Quarry Hill Elementary School, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL vs. Hoosac Valley, 4 p.m.

JV SOFTBALL at Monson, Quarry Hill

Elementary School, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, May 3 JV BASEBALL vs. Lee, 4:15 p.m.

BASEBALL vs. Lee, 4:15 p.m.

Wednesday, May 4 BASEBALL at Ware, Memorial Field, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL at Ware, Ware High School Field, 4 p.m.

Thursday, May 5 Friday, May 6 SOFTBALL at Granby, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL at Palmer, Legion Field, 4 p.m.

JV SOFTBALL at Granby, 4 p.m.

BASEBALL at Palmer, Legion Field, 7 p.m.

Monday, May 9 BASEBALL vs. Sabis, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL vs. Sabis, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, May 10 No Sports Scheduled Wednesday, May 11 BASEBALL at Lee, Maple Street Complex, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL at Pope Francis, Holyoke Community College, 4 p.m.

JV BASEBALL at Lee, 4 p.m.

ST. MARY HIGH SCHOOL Monday, April 25 GIRLS’ LACROSSE at Pope Francis, Spec Pond Field, 4 p.m.

BASEBALL vs. Mount Everett, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ TENNIS vs. Central, Municipal Tennis Courts, 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 26 GIRLS’ LACROSSE at Monson, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ TENNIS vs. Greenfield, Municipal Tennis Courts, 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 27 GIRLS’ LACROSSE at Chicopee, 5 p.m.

BOYS’ TENNIS vs. Pioneer Valley

Christian Academy, Municipal Tennis Courts, 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 28 GIRLS’ TENNIS at Palmer, 4 p.m.

JV Baseball vs. Pathfinder, Hampden Ponds Field, 4 p.m.

Friday, April 29 BASEBALL vs. Ware, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ LACROSSE at Pope Francis, Spec Pond Field, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 2 BASEBALL at Monson, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ LACROSSE vs. Chicopee Comp,

Boardman Field, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, May 3 GIRLS’ LACROSSE vs. Chicopee Comp, Boardman Field, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ TENNIS vs. Greenfield, Municipal Tennis Courts, 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 4 BASEBALL vs. Palmer, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ TENNIS at Mohawk, 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 5 BOYS’ TENNIS at Lee, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ TENNIS at Lee, 4 p.m.

Friday, May 6

BASEBALL at Hampshire, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ LACROSSE vs. Lee, Boardman Field, 4 p.m. **Saturday, May 7** BOYS’ LACROSSE vs. Monument Mountain, Boardman Field, 11 a.m.

Monday, May 9 BASEBALL at Lee, Maple Street Complex, 4:15 p.m.

GIRLS’ TENNIS vs. Frontier, Municipal Tennis Courts, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, May 10 GIRLS’ LACROSSE vs. Pope Francis, Boardman Field, 4 p.m.

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Lax blazes past MCLA NORTH ADAMS – The Westfield State women’s lacrosse team scored the final five goals of the first half and cruised for the remainder of the game handing the MCLA Trailblazers a 15-2 defeat in MASCAC action at Shewcraft Field. With the win, the Owls remain atop the conference at 4-1 and improve to 11-4 overall. MCLA drops to 3-9 and 0-5 in the league.

In the opening half of play, the Owls scored the first three goals as three different players found the net. Alexa Tonelli scored the game’s first goal, while Sydney Lambert and Lucy Barrett would convert to give the Owls a 3-0 lead. MCLA’s Tanelle Ciempa would cut into that deficit when she would score off a nice spin move with 18:23 remaining to make it 3-1.

The two teams traded goals over the next two minutes making 4-2 before the Owls ran off five straight markers to end the half and seize control. Once again the Owls depth paid dividends as the goals were all scored by different players.

In the half, the Owls owned a commanding 25-6 shot edge and held a 13-5 advantage in ground balls. Seven different Owls recorded goals in the half.

The Owls would score the first five goals of the second half, two of them by Liz Navoni, to stretch the lead to 14-2 and they wouldn’t be threatened from there.

Westfield didn’t allow a goal over the final 43 minutes of play as they outscored MCLA 11-0 over that stretch.

Five Owls scored a pair of goals as Hunter Zackaricz, Sydney Lambert, Alexa Tonelli, Liz Navoni, and Samantha Lungarini led the balanced attack. In all, ten different Owls found the net. Westfield used a trio of keepers with Mimi Khampaeng earning the win in net.

Sundra Lam took the loss in net for MCLA stopping 12 shots on the afternoon. – Story courtesy MCLA sports info

Senior Day

Continued from Page 10 Andrew Currie singled and came around to score on a Nathan Littman RBI single. In the fourth, Mooney’s RBI single delivered Mike St. John to the plate.

Littman hit a 2-run home run in the top of the seventh to extend the Falcons’ lead to 5-0.

Javier Lozada finished with three hits, including a double for Fitchburg.

Westfield scored three times in the bottom of the seventh to keep the game interesting, with Christian Morales RBI double the big blow of the inning, but Parsons fanned the final two Owls hitters to get the complete game win.

Parsons (5-3) allowed just two hits while striking out nine and walking four. Fitchburg is now 14-16 for the season, 7-3 in the MASCAC. Freshman starting pitcher John Gegetskas (3-2) took the loss for Westfield. The Owls are 15-17 and 5-5 in the MASCAC. – Courtesy of Westfield State Sports

Westfield State seniors Jamie Ricciardi (left) and Emilie Manna (right) celebrate Senior Day with family at Alumni Field. (Courtesy of Westfield State Sports)

Sweeping walk-off for WSU WESTFIELD – After Fitchburg State catcher Emily Comtois (Windham, N.H.) hit a three-run home run to tie the game in the top of the seventh inning, Westfield State right fielder Erika Gouin (Hampden, Mass.) hit a walk off sacrifice fly, leading the Owls to a 7-6 victory over the Falcons and a doubleheader sweep over their MASCAC rivals Saturday afternoon on Senior Day at Alumni Field.

Gouin’s fly ball to shallow right field scored sophomore third baseman Maddy Atkocaitis (Westfield, Mass.), who tagged from third and beat the throw home with a head first slide. Atkocaitis led off the inning with a triple over the center fielder’s head before Gouin drove her home in the next at bat.

Fitchburg State entered the seventh inning trailing 6-3, but senior Marisa Gemma singled to center and shortstop Maddie Medina reached on an error before Comtois launched the game-tying home run deep over the left field wall.

Westfield State led 2-1 in the second game before plating four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. The Owls scored two runs on a Falcons throwing error when Emma Dunbar was caught in a pickle, then added two more on RBI singles by Sullivan and Gouin for a 6-1 lead.

Fitchburg cut into the Westfield lead in the fifth inning, when second baseman Marissa Gemma (Leominster, Mass.) led off the

inning with a triple, then scored on a wild pitch. After a Maddie Medina walk, third baseman Tori Cyrus doubled to right center field to score Medina and cut the Owls lead to 6-3.

Both teams went scoreless in the sixth inning before the seventh inning heroics.

Freshman pitcher Sarah Eugenio (Marshfield, Mass.) improved to 7-6 on the season with the win, allowing four earned runs on nine hits and two walks. Galen Kerr (Concord, Mass.) took the loss for Fitchburg, surrendering seven runs, but only three earned, on 10 hits.

Westfield State took the opening game by a score of 10-2 in five innings. With the sweep, Westfield State improves to 13-20 on the season, 6-4 in the MASCAC. Fitchburg State drops to 15-15 overall, 5-5 in conference play.

In the opener, Westfield scored three runs in the third inning and six runs in the fourth inning to earn the victory.

Trailing 2-1 entering the bottom of the third inning, Sullivan tied up the game with a solo home run before the floodgates opened.

After an Atkocaitis single, Gouin then ripped a liner to left field which was misplayed by the left fielder and went all the way to the wall, scoring Atkocaitis and allowing Gouin to advance to third. Designated player Michaela LeBlanc (Marblehead, Mass.) then grounded out to the pitcher, scoring Gouin to give the Owls a 4-2 lead.

In the fourth inning, Sullivan drove in two more runs, singling to right field with the bases loaded to put Westfield ahead, 6-2.

After Atkocaitis reached on error, Gouin doubled to the left field wall to plate two more Owl runs.

LeBlanc followed with a sacrifice fly and senior captain Jamie Ricciardi (Tewksbury, Mass.) hit an RBI single to center field to score Gouin for the final tally.

Gouin was 3-for-3 with a double, 3 RBI, and two runs scored, while Sullivan also drove in three runs on two hits, including her first career home run.

Sullivan (6-8) also earned the win in the circle for the Owls, pitching a complete game while allowing just two runs on four hits.

Falcons right fielder Michelle LeBlanc (Ashburnham, Mass.) had two of Fitchburg’s four hits and drove in a run with an RBI single in the second inning. Freshman Kaylee Sylvestre (7-6) took the loss for the Falcons, allowing 10 runs on 11 hits.

The Owls honored their two senior captains—Ricciardi and second baseman Emilie Manna (Reading, Mass.)— in Senior Day festivities before the games.

Westfield State returns to action on Monday, April 25 when it hosts Smith College in a doubleheader at Alumni Field beginning at 3:30 p.m. – Courtesy of Westfield State Sports

WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY SPRING SCHEDULE APRIL, 26

APRIL, 30

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Softball at MCLA (DH) North Adams, MA 2:00 p.m.

——— Baseball at MCLA (DH) North Adams, MA 2:00 p.m.

——— Softball at MCLA (DH) North Adams, MA 4:00 p.m.

——— Baseball at MCLA (DH) North Adams, MA 4:30 p.m.

Baseball at Massachusetts Maritime Academy (DH) Buzzards Bay, MA 12:00 p.m.

——— Softball at Massachusetts Maritime Academy (DH) Buzzards Bay, MA 2:00 p.m.

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Softball vs MASCAC Tournament

Baseball at Massachusetts Maritime Academy (DH) Buzzards Bay, MA 2:30 p.m.

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Women’s Lacrosse vs Framingham State Westfield, MA 5:00 p.m.

APRIL, 27 Women’s Lacrosse at Salem State Salem, MA 6:00 p.m.

MAY, 3 Women’s Lacrosse at MASCAC Quarterfinals

APRIL, 30 Softball at Massachusetts Maritime Academy (DH) Buzzards Bay, MA 12:00 p.m.

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Baseball vs MASCAC Tournament

MAY, 6 Baseball vs MASCAC Tournament

MAY, 7 Baseball vs MASCAC Tournament ———

Softball vs MASCAC Tournament ———

Women’s Lacrosse at MASCAC Championship

MAY, 8 Softball vs MASCAC Tournament ———

Baseball

MAY, 5

vs MASCAC Tournament

Women’s Lacrosse at MASCAC Semifinals

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RUBES Leigh Rubin

AGNES Tony Cochran

ARCHIE Fernando Ruiz and Craig Boldman

DADDY’S HOME

Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein

YOUR

HOROSCOPE

Contract Bridge

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DOG EAT DOUG

SCARY GARY

Brian Anderson

Mark Buford

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, April 25, 2016: This year, focus on your strengths, knowing what needs to happen. You have a friend who often misrepresents situations. Confirm his or her information. Others express so much energy and vitality, especially when it comes to being with you. You have many choices to make if you are single. You could find dating exhausting, as you often have difficulty choosing which person to relate to. Trust that you will know the right person when he or she appears. Sometimes, once you are in a relationship, you find that the other party often is holding back. If you are attached, accept this person for who he or she is, and try to understand what motivates this person. The qualities that might not please you make up the person you love.

Maintain a sense of humor, and relating will become far easier. SAGITTARIUS can be authoritarian at times.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19)

HHH You might be surrounded by an

DOGS of C-KENNEL Mick and Mason Mastroianni

B.C. Mastroianni and Hart

ONE BIG HAPPY Rick Detorie

ANDY CAPP Mahoney, Goldsmith and Garnett

ZACK HILL John Deering and John Newcombe

element of confusion, as someone switches mental stations on you. You can adapt, but this person might really act and feel as if he or she is off the wall. Refuse to get angry, and simply state what is going on in a key matter. Tonight: You might have difficulty gaining a perspective.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH A close interaction between you and another person could make you feel uncomfortable. You might not be sure you will get what you want. Friends could be getting another impression, but it’s what you feel that counts. Don’t underestimate your ingenuity in a tight spot. Tonight: Listen to a loved one’s opinion.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Defer to another person, though on some level you might not be sure that this person’s interest is the same as yours. A sense of direction and knowing what you want helps you through a problem. Defer to a roommate or loved one who is close.

Tonight: Do some wish fulfillment.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH Pace yourself. You have a lot of ground to cover. You know when you have had enough of all the talk and swapping of ideas. Your interest is to get to the bottom of a problem and, if possible, eliminate it.

Recognize you might need to break from this conversation after a while. Tonight: Curl up with a game or a good book.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You could hear another person share his or her feelings. You could be confused by a partner. Excess could mark spending right now. Expect ramifications, even if it might be someone else’s upset. A child or younger friend could become ornery. Tonight: Slow down and don’t have any expectations.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You might be coming from a different space, where you need to look at a situation from a different point of view than your own. What is great is that you realize your vision is limited simply by your experience, and one can always open up. Tonight.

Try for a quiet night at home.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Conversation happens easily, though you might be confused by what another person might share. You could have difficulty making a decision, but you don’t need to come to a final conclusion just yet.

Trust your inner thoughts about a daily matter. Tonight: Get some extra R and R. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH You could be quite exhausted from dealing with another person’s needs and qualms. Your lack of patience comes out when dealing with a younger person or loved one. Try not to misdirect your feelings. A friend pitches in, making your day a lot easier. Tonight: Order in.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You feel as if you’re finally in your element and not easily distracted. You know what is expected and what you want to do with a touchy situation. A lot of confusion runs through a domestic issue. You don’t necessarily see a matter from the same point of view as a roommate or loved one.

Tonight: Whatever feels right.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH You might be well advised to stay mum and not share everything you know with another person. Fatigue marks a decision, no matter how you look at a personal matter. Pull back in the midst of confusion, and you will hear many different versions of what has happened. Walk in someone else’s shoes. Tonight: Feel free to refuse calls.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Expect some hoopla around a friendship and what his person is doing.

One-on-one relating with this person proves insightful and points to a new direction.

Fatigue or irritation could become an issue

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHH You could be in a situation where you are not sure what is best yet you must take the lead. Get as much feedback as possible.

If need be, slow down and don’t make any impulsive decisions. Don’t be too serious. Opportunities surround a dear friend or loved one.

Tonight: Could go to the wee hours.

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Franklin Avenue hosts Spring Cleaning Event WESTFIELD — Franklin Avenue Elementary PTO is helping you with your spring cleaning this Saturday, April 30 from 11 to 3 pm.

Clean out your closets and bring your gently used linens, towels, clothing, and shoes to our Hartsprings Foundation (Big Brothers/ Big Sisters of Western Mass) donation drive held in our parking lot at 22 Franklin Avenue in Westfield. No electronics, mattresses or furniture will be accepted.

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Instruction will be provided by the Westfield State coaching staff and current college players. The focus of the camp will be on offensive and defensive skill development via individual instruction and drill work in the mornings along with team competitions and games in the afternoon.

The cost is $210 and camp runs from 9 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. daily. All registrations and deposits received by June 10 will be guaranteed a spot and camp t-shirt. The registration form can be found on the Westfield State University baseball website.

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By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Sonia E. Mulvaney to Bank of America, N.A., dated August 2, 2007 and recorded at Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 16851, Page 169 of which mortgage Bank of America, N.A. is the present holder, for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the mortgaged premises located at Unit No. D18 a/k/a Unit No. 18D, of the Riverbend Condominium, 555 Russell Road, Westfield, MA 01085 will be sold at a Public Auction at 3:00PM on May 23, 2016, at the mortgaged premises, more particularly described below, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit:

By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Barbara Z. Nikiel to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as a nominee for America's Wholesale Lender, dated March 21, 2007 and recorded at Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 16629, Page 437 of which mortgage The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee for the benefit of the Certificate holders of the CWABS Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-7 is the present holder by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as a nominee for America's Wholesale Lender to The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee for the Benefit of the Certificate holders of the CWABS Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-7 dated April 12, 2011 recorded at Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 18785, Page 439, for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the mortgaged premises located at 8 Conner Avenue, Westfield, MA 01085 will be sold at a Public Auction at 2:00PM on May 23, 2016, at the mortgaged premises, more particularly described below, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit:

Certain real estate situate in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, in the Condominium known as Riverbend Condominium, being Unit #D-18, as shown on the copy of a portion of the Floor Plans hereto before filed with the Master Deed dated January 4, 1980 recorded in the Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 4891, Page 121-146, to which plan reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said Unit. The post office address for said Unit is 555 Russell Road, Westfield, Massachusetts.

Together with an undivided 1.93634% interest in the common areas and facilities of said Condominium as defined in said Master Deed.

Subject to and together with any right of way there may be.

Hampden Probate and Family Court 50 State Street Springfield, MA 01103 Docket No. HD08P1958GM1 HD08P1959GM1 NOTICE AND ORDER: Petition for Resignation or Petition for Removal of Guardianship of a Minor In the interest of Janellis Rivera and Alexis Rivera of Westfield, MA Minor NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES 1. Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition to Resign as Guardian of a Minor or Petition for Removal of Guardian of a Minor filed by: Margarita Vazquez on March 1, 2016 will be held 05/12/2016 08:15 AM Guardianship of Minor Hearing Located 50 State Street, 4th Floor, Springfield, MA 01103 2. Response to Petition: You may respond by filing a written response to the Petition or by appearing in person at the hearing. If you choose to file a written response, you need to: File the original with the Court; and

The land in Westfield, Hampden Mail a copy to all interested County, Massachusetts, being parties at least five (5) business bounded and described as fol- days before the hearing lows: 3. Counsel for the Minor: The Beginning at an iron pin at the Subject to easement rights to intersection of the westerly line minor (or an adult on behalf of New England Telephone and of Conner Avenue and the south the minor) has the right to reTelegraph Company, et al, un- boundary line of land formerly quest that counsel be appointed der instrument dated October owned by Collin Pomeroy, later for the minor.

29, 1976 recorded as aforesaid supposed to be of one Road, 4. Presence of the Minor at in Book 4345, Page 98. and running thence Hearing: A minor over age 14 Subject to and together with the WESTERLY eight (8) rods ten has the right to be present at benefit of the provisions of and one-half (10 1/2) feet to an any hearing, unless the Court Chapter 183A of Massachusetts iron pin at the junction of land of finds that it is not in the minor's General Laws (Ter. Ed) as said Pomeroy and land lately best interests. amended. owned by one Lewis Stevens, ORDER TO PETITIONER(S) thence IT IS ORDERED THAT copies Subject to the provisions of said Master Deed and the By-Laws SOUTHERLY by land now or of this notice and the Petition for and the Rules and Regulations formerly of said Stevens, four (4) Resignation or Petition for Removal of a Guardian of a Minor filed therewith, as they may be rods to an iron pin; thence be served in hand on the minor, amended from time to time. (if 14 or more years of age and EASTERLY eight (8) rods, nine Subject to and with the benefit of (9) feet and parallel with the first not the petitioner), the guardian, easements for encroachment bound to an iron pin in the west- the parents of the minor, and and for maintenance, repair, re- erly line of Conner Avenue, any other person if ordered by the Court, at least fourteen (14) placement and use of all com- thence days prior to the hearing date lismon elements located within said Unit, in common with all NORTHERLY four (4) rods to ted above. other Units as set forth in the the point of beginning.

If Service in hand cannot be acMaster Deed. complished on any interested For mortgagor’s title see deed Subject to easements, restric- recorded with the Hampden party, IT IS ORDERED that coptions and provisions of record as County Registry of Deeds in ies of this Notice and the Petition for Resignation or Petition set forth in the Master Deed, to Book 8890, Page 535. for Removal of Guardian of a the extent that the same are apMinor be served on the interplicable.

The premises will be sold sub- ested party by leaving at and ject to any and all unpaid taxes For mortgagor’s title see deed and other municipal assess- mailing by regular first class mail recorded with the Hampden ments and liens, and subject to to last and usual place of residCounty Registry of Deeds in prior liens or other enforceable ence of the interested party at least fourteen (14) days prior to Book 16851, Page 167. encumbrances of record entitled date of hearing listed above. to precedence over this mortThe premises will be sold sub- gage, and subject to and with ject to any and all unpaid taxes the benefit of all easements, re- If the identity or whereabouts of and other municipal assess- strictions, reservations and con- an interested party is not ments and liens, and subject to ditions of record and subject to k n o w n , I T I S F U R T H E R prior liens or other enforceable all tenancies and/or rights of ORDERED that copies of this Notice and Petition for Resignaencumbrances of record entitled parties in possession. tion or Petition for Removal of to precedence over this mortgage, and subject to and with Terms of the Sale: Cash, cash- Guardian of Minor be served on the benefit of all easements, re- ier's or certified check in the sum the interested party at least strictions, reservations and con- of $5,000.00 as a deposit must fourteen (14) days prior to the ditions of record and subject to be shown at the time and place hearing date by mailing first all tenancies and/or rights of of the sale in order to qualify as class mail and by publishing a copy of the Order and Notice parties in possession. a bidder (the mortgage holder once in The Westfield News, and its designee(s) are exempt Terms of the Sale: Cash, cash- from this requirement); high bid- Westfield, publication to be at ier's or certified check in the sum der to sign written Memor- least seven(7) days prior to the of $5,000.00 as a deposit must andum of Sale upon accept- hearing date. be shown at the time and place ance of bid; balance of purof the sale in order to qualify as chase price payable in cash or If required, service on the United a bidder (the mortgage holder by certified check in thirty (30) States Veteran Administration and its designee(s) are exempt days from the date of the sale at and the Department of Children from this requirement); high bid- the offices of mortgagee's attor- and Families may be accomder to sign written Memor- ney, Korde & Associates, P.C., plished by regular first class mail andum of Sale upon accept- 321 Billerica Road, Suite 210, at least Seven (7) days prior to ance of bid; balance of pur- Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100 or the hearing. chase price payable in cash or such other time as may be desby certified check in thirty (30) ignated by mortgagee. The de- THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE: An important court proceeding that days from the date of the sale at scription Sarah Helps Seniors for the premises conthe offices of mortgagee's attor- tained in said mortgage shall may affect your rights has been scheduled. If you do not underney, Korde & Associates, P.C., control Can in the event of a typo321 Billerica Road, Suite 210, graphical error in this publica- stand this notice or other court papers, please contact an attorYou Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100 or tion. ney for legal advice. such other time as may be desHelp ignated by mortgagee. The de- Other terms to be announced at April 22, 2016 scription for the premises con- the sale.

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Suzanne T Seguin tained in said mortgage shall www.sarahgillett.org Register of Probate control in the event of a typo- The Bank of New York Mellon graphical error in this publica- f/k/a The Bank of New York, not tion. in its individual capacity but solely as trustee for the benefit Other terms to be announced at of the Certificateholders of the the sale.

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The Westfield Planning Board will conduct a Public Hearing on May 3, 2016, at 7:00 P.M. in City Council Chambers, Municipal Building, 59 Court Street, Westfield, MA on the application of Heka Health, Inc. who seeks an amendment a Site Plan Approval (voted 3/15/16) per Zoning Ord. Sec. 4-90.3 and 6-10 allowing for a Marijuana Dispensary and Processing Operation at 98 Sgt. T.M. Dion Way (Parcel 51R4), in the Industrial A district.

The application is available for public inspection during regular business hours at the Planning Office and at: www.cityofwestfield.org

April 25, 2016 LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Health Western Massachusetts Hospital The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Public Health, Western Massachusetts Hospital hereby invites the submission of sealed bids for the following: Replacement of (2) walkways on our main hospital campus; • Removal and disposal of existing 5’ x 100’ blacktop walkway with a new, 7’ x 100’ concrete walkway.

• Removal and disposal of existing 5’ x 35’ concrete walkway and replacement with concrete walkway of same dimension and design.

License Commission For The City of Westfield

Proposals must be submitted in a non-transparent sealed envelope, which is plainly marked on the face Walkway replacements Notice is hereby given, under at Western Mass Hospital. It is Chapter 138 of the Massachu- the responsibility of the Consetts General Laws that Skyline tractor to schedule an appointBeer Company, LLC, d/b/a Sky- ment at Western Massachusetts line Trading Company, has ap- Hospital to collect all project plied for a Wine & Malt Bever- measurements, specifications ages license at 124 Elm Street, and details. Appointments can Westfield, MA First floor to be li- be made with Pamela Couchon censed, 3 rooms, 1 entrance (413) 784-9113. and 1 exit (1,250 sq ft) and 1 exit through kitchen. Basement for Proposals will be accepted by storage, including wine and beer mail or in person at Western storage (1,250 sq ft).

Massachusetts Hospital, 91 East Mountain Road, Westfield, MA Public Hearing upon the applica- 01085 no later than Wednesday, tion will be held, Monday,May 9, May 11, 2016 at 9:00AM. The 2016 at 6:15 P.M. in room 207, Commonwealth of MassachuCouncil Chambers, of the Muni- setts, Department of Public cipal Bldg., 59 Court Street, Health, Western Massachusetts Westfield, MA Hospital reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to Christopher Mowatt, Chr waive any defects, informalities, Edward Diaz and minor irregularities in proAlice Dawicki posals as may be deemed in the best interest of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Public Health, WestApril 25, 2016 ern Massachusetts Hospital. All proposals must be submitted in LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT the form of a proposal and must conform to the specifications.

License Commission For The City of Westfield Notice is hereby given, under Chapter 138 of the Massachusetts General Laws that Bocage, Inc., d/b/a Spider Monkey, has applied for an all alcoholic general on premises license at 252 Elm Street, Westfield, MA in a three story building with only the first floor to be licensed, 1 room, 1 entrance 2 exits, approx 3000 sq ft with an outdoor patio area of 400 sq ft., basement for storage of 2400 sq ft. Total sq ft.

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Public Hearing upon the application will be held, Monday, May 9, 2016 at 6:00 P.M. in room 207, Council Chambers, of the Municipal Bldg., 59 Court Street, Westfield, MA Christopher Mowatt, Chr Edward Diaz Alice Dawicki

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Due to the consumers served, bilingual Spanish is preferred. Minorities encouraged to apply. Excellent benefits. No nights, weekends or holidays! Salary in the high $40's.

Send resume to human-resources@wmeldercare.org No Phone Calls

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The Royal Nail & Spa Salon is looking for a Licensed Massage Therapist & Licensed Hair Stylist Call Tai for more information 413-727-1964

PETS THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME PET SITTING SERVICE Vacation care, over night sittings, daily dog walks.

(413)667-3684

Bernese Mountain Puppies Ready to go end of April. $1200. Call Kelly in Southwick: 413-569-1420

FIREWOOD AFFORDABLE FIREWOOD Seasoned and green. Cut, split, delivered. Any length.

Senior and bulk discount.

HUGE SAVINGS ON GREEN HARDWOOD. BUY NOW AND SAVE $$$.

Call (413)530-4820 or 413-626-3888

WANTED TO BUY PAYING CASH FOR COINS, stamps, medals, tokens, paper money, diamonds and jewelry, gold and silver scrap. Broadway Coin & Stamp, 144 Broadway, Chicopee Falls, MA. (413)5949550.

THE WESTFIELD NEWS

DEADLINE: 2PM THE DAY BEFORE Email floram@thewestfieldnewsgroup.com

To Advertise call 413-562-4181 Ext, 118 APARTMENT

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A CAREER?

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Large yard, parking. $950 p/month. No pets please.

Call today, won't last.

Available immediately (413)348-3431

Did you recently graduate?

Are you a people person?

Do you like sales & advertising?

Come Join Our Team!

The Westfield News Group is seeking

SALES PROFESSIONALS to market our four print publications & websites to businesses in the Pioneer Valley.

Submit Your Resume To: resumes@thewestfieldnewsgroup.com

Business Directory CHIMNEY SWEEPS A STEP ABOVE THE REST! JMF CHIMNEY SERVICE Repair your chimney before winter wreaks havoc. We do brick repair, crown seals and repairs. We also do stainless steel liner installs, as well as stainless rain caps. We sweep all flues. Free estimates provided.

Call: 413-330-2186 HENTNICK CHIMNEY SWEEPS. Chimney repairs and rebuilds. Stainless steel caps and liner systems. Inspections, masonry work and gutter cleaning. Free estimates. Insured.

Quality work from a business you can trust. (413)848-0100, (800)793-3706.

CONCRETE WEST POURED CONCRETE 4 foot garage foundations; floors, driveways, excavation, patios and additions.

ALWAYS FREE ESTIMATES. In business for over 20 years.

Fully insured.

413-562-2911 or 413-427-2363

DRYWALL T-BEST DRYWALL. Complete professional drywall at amateur prices. Our ceilings are tops!

Call Mike 413-821-8971. Free estimates.

ELECTRICIAN JIM FERRIS ELECTRIC Senior discount. No job too small! Insured, free estimates.

40 years experience. Lic. #16303. Call (413)330-3682.

POEHLMAN ELECTRIC All types of wiring. Free estimates, insured. SPECIALIZING IN PORTABLE AND WHOLE HOUSE KOHLER GENERATORS, SERVICE UPGRADES, SMALL JOBS, POOLS. Gutter de-icing cables installed. All calls answered! Best prices, prompt service. Lic. #A-16886.

(413)562-5816.

MASTER ELECTRICIAN 40 years experience. Insured.

Reasonable prices. No job too small. Lic# A7625.Call Tom Daly, (413)543-3100.

TURCOTTE ELECTRIC 30+ years experience. Electrical installations, emergency service work. Generac portable or whole house generator installations.

HVAC controls. Knob and tube wiring removal for insurance company requirements. Fully insured. All calls answered.

Master's Lic #A-18022 (413)214-4149

A RON JOHNSON's Floor Sanding, Installation, Repairs, 3 coats polyurethane.

Free estimates. (413)569-3066.

RNF FLOORING Installation and repair of Hardwood, Tile and Laminate Flooring. Licensed and insured.

Like us on Facebook for 5% off your first project.

413-315-0719 Jeremiah Brady RNF_Floors@yahoo.com HAULING

PHIL’S DUMP RUNS & DEMOLITION Better Business Bureau A+ Removal of any items in cellars, attics, etc... Also brush removal and small demolition (sheds, decks, fences, one car garages). Fully insured. Free estimates. (413)525-2892, (413)265-6380.

HOME IMPROVEMENT AFFORDABLE BUILDING CONTRACTOR 20 Years experience.

Licensed & insured.

Repairs, Renovations & Construction. Specializing in Decks, Roofs, Garages, Additions & Log Cabins and Basement conversions Call Dave: 413-568-6440

DAVE DAVIDSON: Bathroom & Kitchen Remodeling "GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME" Complete Bath Renovations.

Now serving CT. Insured. Quality Work on Time on Budget Since 1984. MA. License #072233, MA.Registration #144831. CT. HIC. #0609568 569-9973. www.davedavidsonremodeling. com DELREO HOME IMPROVEMENT All your exterior home improvement needs. Roofing, siding, windows, decks and gutters. Free quotes. Extensive references, fully licensed & insured in MA/CT.

HOUSE CLEANING TWO MOM'S CLEANING SERVICE Personalized Cleaning Commercial & Residential Fully Insured & Bonded Call NOW for FREE Estimate 10+ Years Experience References Available 413-326-1278 HOUSE PAINTING ALWAYS CALL FIRST!!!

M&M SERVICES 29 Years serving the Westfield area. Painting, staining, house washing, interior/exterior. Wall coverings. Water damage and ceiling/wall repairs.

Commercial/residential. Free estimates. Insured. References.

Call Carmine at: 413-568-9731 or 413-537-4665 No job too small !!

LETOURNEAU & SONS PAINTING ONE CALL DOES IT ALL! We are a family owned and operated, painting and home improvement company serving the Westfield area since 1986.

We specialize in residential/commercial, exterior/interior painting and staining, ceiling and drywall repairs, water damage repair, exterior home repairs, and carpentry of all types.

SPRING SPECIAL! 10% off any exterior painting or staining contract if signed by April 30th!

Call Bill for your FREE no obligation estimate (413) 977-9633 or (413) 562-5727 www.Ls-painting.com

JOHNSON'S PAINTING SERVICES

Interior & Exterior 25 years experience Including aluminum siding.

Commercial & Residential.

Water damage repairs, ceiling, wall and exterior repairs. Power washing.

FOR FREE ESTIMATE call: Ken 568-5146

LANDSCAPING & LAWN CARE MULCH! MULCH! MULCH! SAWMILL DIRECT BEST QUALITY

www.delreohomeimprovement.com

Others try to match our price...but can't beat our quality. Accepting most competitors coupons.

We deliver.

Run by veterans.

Green Meadow Lumber

Call Gary Delcamp (413)569-3733

568-0056

JOSEPH'S HANDYMAN COMPANY Carpentry, remodeling, kitchen, baths, basements, drywall, tile, floors, suspended ceilings, restoration services, doors, windows, decks, stairs, interior/exterior painting, plumbing. Small jobs ok. All types of professional work done since 1985. Call Joe, (413)364-7038.

LANDSCAPING & LAWN CARE A & J LANDSCAPING Spring & Fall Clean-ups; mowing, trimming, mulching, planting and landscape design.

Arborvitaes for sale.

Quality work & service.

Bobcat services also available (Call Mike @ 562-6502)

Call Tony 413-519-7001

LANDSCAPING & LAWN CARE ACCURATE LAWNCARE Cleanups, leaf/brush removal, trimming, mulch, gutter cleaning. Call (413)579-1639.

AFFORDABLE Lawnmower Services Tune-ups/Repairs. FREE pick-up & delivery.

Same day service available.

786-0022

Hagger's Landscaping Services LLC

PLUMBING & HEATING NICK GARDNER PLUMBING, WELDING & MECHANICAL SERVICES. Reliable service, Professional. Certified Welding.

Insured. MA Lic. #PL31893-J. Call (413)531-2768 Nick7419@comcast.net

DUMP TRUCK & TRACTOR SERVICE

Spring Cleanups; Mulching and Stone, Lawn mowing, Hedge Trimming, Thatching, Aeration, Top soil/Mulch deliveries, Plantings, Koi ponds

POOL SERVICES

All your landscaping needs Residential & Commercial

REMOVE YOUR UN-WANTED POOL TODAY! IN-GROUND or ABOVE-GROUND. Plumley Landscape Inc., It’s easier than you think!

(413) 626 6122 or visit: www.haggerscape.com

(413) 862-4749

LAWN CARE Spring Clean-ups: Gutter-cleaning, leaf removal; Rototilling; Senior discounts. Free Estimates.

TREE SERVICE

413-314-8575 SPRING CLEANUP: Commercial & Residential.

Weekly mowing and maintenance, tree removal, dethatching, mulch, gutter cleaning, etc.

Call Shea Landscaping (413)244-3028 T&S LANDSCAPING Highest quality, lowest prices.

Lawn mowing. Residential & Commercial. Weekly/Bi-weekly No lawns too small

A BETTER OPTION GRANFIELD TREE SERVICE Tree Removal, Land Clearing, Excavating. (413)569-6104 American Tree & Shrub: Removal, pruning, bucket/crane work. Stump grinding, light excavation and tree planting.

Fully Insured, Free Estimates.

24-hour Emergency Services.

Veteran Owned 40 yrs. Experience 413-569-0469

(413)330-3917

MASONRY ABC MASONRY & BASEMENT WATERPROOFING. All brick, block, concrete. Chimneys, foundations, hatchways, new basement windows installed and repaired. Sump pumps and french drain systems installed.

Foundations pointed and stuccoed. Free estimates.

(413)569-1611. (413)374-5377.

OFFICE CLEANING GREAT WHITE CLEANING Office Cleaning, Full Janitorial Service. 25 years in business!

Call 413-568-2566

PAINTING & WALLPAPERING HOME DECOR has been making beautiful new rooms for over 16 years. From cabinet makeovers to faux finishes, staging for sales and decorating advice for a new look. Call Kendra now for all your painting needs. Fully insured.

Free Estimates (413)626-8880 or (413)564-0223

WESTFIELD- 2 BEDROOM, Newly renovated. Nice neighborhood. Walk to Stanley Park.

Hardwood throughout, garage. $840/month. 413-530-7136.

WESTFIELD- 2ND FLOOR, one-bedroom, kitchen and bath. $675/month includes utilities.

First, last, security. No pets.

413-250-4811.

ROOMS

JIM'S TRACTOR SERVICES Grading & leveling of trap rock, dirt driveways & short roads; loader work. Dump truck delivery available.

Equipment transportation.

Licensed & Insured (413)530-5430

Fully Insured/Free Estimates

WESTFIELD 1&2 bedroom apartments, rent includes heat and hot water. Excellent size and location. No dogs. Call weekdays (413)786-9884.

WESTFIELD: 2nd Floor 3 Bedrooms, Kitchen, Livingroom, Bath.

First/Last/Security $1100 p/month + utilities 413-250-4811

floram@thewestfieldnewsgroup.com • PROFESSIONAL SERVICES • To Advertise call 413-562-4181 Ext. 118 FLOORING & FLOOR SANDING

WESTFIELD: Beautiful, 2 bedroom townhouse. Clean, quiet, 1-1/2 baths, carpeting, appliances, hot water included.

Sorry no pets. $875.

(860)485-1216.

Equal Housing Opportunity

UPHOLSTERY KEITH'S UPHOLSTERY & REPAIRS 30+ years experience for home or business. Discount off all fabrics. Get quality workmanship at a great price. Free pickup and delivery. Call (413)562-6639.

WELDING WOLFE'S WELDING 24-hour Snow-Plow Repair On-site welding repairs Shop fabrication, weld services DENNIS WOLFE (413)888-0083

SOUTHAMPTON, FURNISHED ROOM to rent. Country setting, 2nd floor. Single occupancy only. Female preferred,(second floor has two other rented rooms, female occupied). Not on bus line. Quiet home, owner occupied. Fields, woods, trails, back yard. Includes laundry, utilities, Wifi. No cable. $400/month. Available now.

Please calls only. No texts or emails. Call after 2 pm, 413-2597044 for information and appointment to view. In Southampton near Westfield line.

CONDO FOR RENT WESTFIELD: Newly renovated 2-bedroom Condo. $850/month heat included. For sale or rent.

Call (860)207-0800.

BUSINESS PROPERTY LIQUOR STORE FOR SALE Leased location. $139,000 plus inventory. $800k total sales.

5 East Silver St., Westfield.

413-267-0497

STORE / PROPERTY FOR SALE A&L Market, Chester, MA, since 1840. Grocery, meat, dairy and liquor. Turn-key, with current inventory. Includes 2 apartments (currently occupied); 2 bedroom & 1 bedroom. $295,000.

Call Peter at 413-354-6593 WESTFIELD: Commercial space available in down-town area.

Perfect for office, hair salon and massage therapy. 600+ sq. ft.

Call 4513-519-7257 to set up a viewing.

MOBILE HOMES Ludlow: 2 Bedrooms, 12'x68' New furnace, H20, shed. Porch, deck. Furnished. Appliances. $29,900 593-9961DASAP MHVILLAGE.COM

WINDOW CLEANING SERVICES CRYSTAL CLEAR WINDOWS Cleaned inside and out!

Including storms and screens.

Fully insured. Free estimates.

Call Paul NOW for your SPRING appointment.

413-237-2053

A1 ODD JOBS/HANDYMAN Debris removal, landscaping, Spring yard cleanup, interior and exterior painting, power washing, basic carpentry and plumbing. All types of repair work and more. (413)562-7462