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TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014
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Intersection improvements unveiled
Matthew J. Chase, project manager for the Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. a transportation and land development service, explains an illustrated drawing of the redesigned intersection at North Elm and Notre Dame streets during an informational meeting at Westfield High School last night. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
By Dan Moriarty Staff Writer WESTFIELD – More than 70 residents attended an informational meeting last night at the Westfield High School Auditorium to hear details of proposed improvements to the intersection of North Elm Street and Notre Dame Street. City Engineer Mark Cressotti, himself a resident of Prospect Hill, and Matthew Chase, P.E. of Vanasse Hangen Brustlin (VHB) Inc., detailed the project which is intended to relieve congestion at that intersection. Cressotti said the concept is to add dedicated left turn lanes to both the northbound and southbound traffic on North Elm Street. Chase said that the bridge over Powdermill Brook limits the addition for a southbound left turn lane to about 50 feet, sufficient length to queue three to four vehicles intending to turn onto lower Notre Dame Street. The northbound left-turn lane will be about 250 feet long, sufficient to queue 20 vehicles intending to turn left to upper Notre Dame Street. The traffic improvement project also includes widening Upper Notre Dame Street at the North Elm Street intersection to accommodate motorists, in particular trucks, intending to make a right turn onto the southbound lanes of North Elm Street.
Westfield City Engineer Mark Cressotti, right foreground, and Matthew J. Chase, right background, project engineer for Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., of Worcester, present an illustrated drawing of the newly redesigned intersection of North Elm and Notre Dame streets during a meeting in the Westfield High School auditorium, as more than 50 residents listen. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
At times it seems that there were several different information meetings as diverse groups of residents asked question about the impact of the project on their specific neighborhoods. Residents offered a number of suggestions to amend the scope of work to address their
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Southwick board considers $1 sewer rate increase By Hope E. Tremblay Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – The Board of Selectmen discussed a proposed increase to the sewer rate last night, but tabled a vote until next week. Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Randy Brown sent a letter to the board last week outlining several options to compensate for the difference in what the sewer department generates for revenue and what it costs to operate and maintain the system. “At this time, we recommend increasing rates to $7.65 to cover the sewer division’s yearly operation and maintenance, excluding the IMA (Inter-Municipal Sewer Payment), to minimize impacts to sewer users,” wrote Brown. The proposed rate is a $1 increase over the current rate. Selectwoman Tracy Cesan participated in the sewer committee’s discussions on the rate and said “we did a lot of research on this.” See Sewer Rate, Page 3
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Former State Rep. Cele Hahn dies
Admitted robber escapes penalty By Carl E. Hartdegen Staff Writer WESTFIELD – A Springfield man who pleaded guilty to the armed robbery of the MoFroYo frozen yogurt store in the Little River Plaza will pay no tangible penalty for the crime. City police responded to a report of an armed robbery at the store early in the afternoon of Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, and the three store employees told the officers how they had been robbed by a Hispanic man who claimed to have a gun but never produced it. The store manager later told police that he had surrendered about $280 to the robber. Det. Sgt. Steven K. Dickinson was ANGEL LUIS GOMEZ involved in the investigation and found that the suspect had picked up an ice cream cup before he staged the robbery. The cup was sent to the crime lab for examination but Dickinson reports that the first inspection did not yield a fingerprint. Detectives were able to persuade a city resident who
specific issue. Cressotti said that the construction of the traffic improvements will not begin until the Pochassic Street (Drug Store Hill) Bridge is
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Schools face $2M budget shortfall By Peter Francis Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Last night, the Westfield School District made a $57.6 million budget request for fiscal year 2015, an increase of over $2.1 million from the FY14 budget. Ronald Rix, director of business and technical services for Westfield Public Schools, presented the FY15 budget yesterday evening, the first which he had built “from scratch”, to the Westfield School Committee. Highlights in the district’s budget are fixed step increases for negotiated raises ($1,347,495), salary steps ($455,972), and salary longevity ($74,575). Other fixed costs which saw increases included out-of-district vocational tuition ($64,198), leases for Juniper Park, Hampton Ponds, and district parking lots ($22,954), special education tuitions ($126,476), educational software ($83,290), transportation ($265,676), and utilities ($198,790). Fixed cost items that saw decreases in the proposed budget were salary reductions such as severance, out-of-grade, and overtime pay ($247,663), legal contracted services ($20,000), rental/lease for copiers ($71,779), textbook costs ($139,996), building based budgets ($2,635), insurances/unemployment ($14,000), and other expenses dealing with software, stipends, vehicles, etc ($24,350). Rix noted that offsets of the FY15 budget totalled $1,949,228, very similar to the $1,976,878 shortfall between the district’s budget request of $57,628,862 and Westfield Mayor Daniel M. Knapik’s proposed district budget of $55,651,984. Knapik, who also serves as School Committee Chairman, said that in the past he has guaranteed the city’s side of step increases in the school budget, but that he cannot do so this time around. “We won’t finish loading up the rest of the city’s budget in the software until Friday,” he said. “But the number that I ran See Budget Shortfall, Page 5
By Peter Francis Staff Writer PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO – Former State Rep. Cele Hahn has passed away at age 72. Hahn, a Republican, served four terms as Westfield’s voice in Beacon Hill’s lower house from 1994 to 2002, and was a ranking member of multiple committees during her tenure in the legislature, on the Joint Committee on Banks & Banking, Election Laws, and the House Committee on Long-Term CELE HAHN Debt and Capital Expenditures. She also served for eight years on the Insurance Committee, where she worked for HMO reform and Non-Group Health Insurance. Hahn also held committee assignments with the Commerce and Labor Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee. Originally from the state of Iowa, Hahn earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Iowa in 1964 and worked as a reporter for newspapers See Cele Hahn, Page 3
Senior Center pre-bid meeting set By Dan Moriarty Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Purchasing Department will conduct a pre-construction meeting to give general contractors and subcontractors information about the Council on Aging senior center project. City Purchaser Tammy Tefft said this morning that the pre-bid conference is an information session with details of both the proposed building provided by the design team, and the bid process provided by the Purchasing Department. The project was advertised on April 2, 2014. “It’s not mandatory, but they can hear details about the project,” Tefft said. “It’s also to be seen and to see who else may be interested in the project. It gives then an idea of the construction start and timeline” Tefft said the subcontractors are required to submit their bids next week and those bids are then sent to the general contractors. “There are a number of sub-trades, such as electrical, roofing HVAC, that will submit their bides for their See Pre-bid Meeting, Page 3
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Westfield residents, Anne Woodson and her husband Tom, made it to the Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta Georgia on Monday April 7, 2014 before being rained out. Remember, if you’re travelling somewhere, make sure to get a picture of yourself with a copy of The Westfield News and e-mail it, along with a description, to pressreleases@thewestfieldnewsgroup.com. Keep reading to find out where The Westfield News will show up next.
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This past weekend, the American Legion Post 124 sponsored Jack the Rabbit’s visit to nursing homes and hospitals in the area. At the Holyoke Soldier’s Home, Commander Gene H. Theroux and Jack enjoy a gettogether with Tom Pitoniak, a member of the Post, with his sister, Dorothy Taudel. (Photo by Don Wielgus)
Odds & Ends Police: Man comes to courthouse in stolen car SONORA, Calif. (AP) — Police say a man was arrested after using a stolen car to get to a court appearance in California. James Manning was taken into custody after police say they received a call from an auto dealership in Redding on Friday reporting the vehicle was stolen. The 2001 Mitsubishi’s GPS indicated it was parked in front of the Tuolumne County courthouse. Officers found the car, which already had a different set of license plates on it. Manning’s wife, 45-year-old Teresa Castillo, told officers her husband had bought the car earlier in the day for $200 so they could drive to his court appearance. The 49-year-old Manning and his wife were arrested on suspicion of vehicle theft and possession of a controlled substance. They remained jailed on Monday. It could not immediately be determined if the couple had lawyers.
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, April 15, the 105th day of 2014. There are 260 days left in the year.
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n April 15, 2013, two bombs packed with nails and other lethal metal shards exploded at the Boston Marathon finish line, killing two women and an 8-year-old boy and injuring more than 260 people. (Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty to 30 federal charges, including the use of a weapon of mass destruction; his brother and alleged accomplice, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, died in a shootout with police.)
On this date: In 1764, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, the highly influential mistress of France’s King Louis XV, died at Versailles at age 42. In 1850, the city of San Francisco was incorporated. In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died, nine hours after being shot the night before by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington; Andrew Johnson became the nation’s 17th president. In 1874, an exhibition of paintings by 30 artists, including Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Paul Cezanne, opened in Paris. (A critic derisively referred to the painters as “Impressionists,” a name which stuck.) In 1912, the British luxury liner RMS Titanic foundered in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland more than 2½ hours after hitting an iceberg; 1,514 people died, while less than half as many survived. In 1914, Mooseheart, Ill., held its “Good Roads Day,” organized by the Moose Lodge, in which Illinois Gov. Edward F. Dunne used a shovel to ceremonially start work on paving a two-mile section of the Lincoln Highway by volunteers using state-loaned equipment.
In 1945, during World War II, British and Canadian troops liberated the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. In 1947, Jackie Robinson, baseball’s first black major league player, made his official debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on opening day. (The Dodgers defeated the Boston Braves, 5-3.) In 1964, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel connecting Virginia’s Eastern Shore with Virginia Beach was opened to traffic. In 1974, members of the Symbionese Liberation Army held up a branch of the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco; a member of the group was SLA kidnap victim Patricia Hearst, who by this time was going by the name “Tania” (Hearst later said she’d been forced to participate). In 1986, the United States launched an air raid against Libya in response to the bombing of a discotheque in Berlin on April 5; Libya said 37 people, mostly civilians, were killed. In 1989, 96 people died in a crush of soccer fans at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England. Students in Beijing launched a series of pro-democracy protests; the demonstrations culminated in a government crackdown at Tiananmen Square.
Ten years ago:
In an audiotape, a man identifying himself as Osama bin Laden offered a “truce” to European countries that did not attack Muslims, saying it would begin when their soldiers left Islamic nations; key European nations, including Iraq war opponents Germany and France, vigorously rejected the overture. Iraqi militants freed three Japanese hostages after holding them about a week. In the finale to the first edition of the NBC reality show “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump “hired” Bill Rancic (RAN’sihk) over Kwame Jackson during a segment that was telecast live.
Five years ago:
Whipped up by conservative commentators and bloggers, tens of thousands of protesters staged “tea parties” around the country to tap into the collective angst stirred up by a bad economy, government spending and bailouts. A U.S. Army master sergeant was convicted of murder at a court-martial in Vilseck, Germany in the 2007 killings of four bound and blindfolded Iraqis. (John Hatley initially received life in prison, but had his sentence later reduced to 40 years.) Pirates released the Greek-owned cargo ship Titan that had been hijacked off the Somali coast on March 19.
One year ago:
Venezuela’s electoral council quickly certified the razor-thin presidential victory of Hugo Chavez’s hand-picked successor, Nicolas Maduro. North Koreans celebrated the birthday of their first leader, Kim Il Sung, by dancing in plazas and snacking on peanuts. The Denver Post won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the movie theater massacre in Aurora, Colo., while The New York Times captured four awards for reporting on a harrowing avalanche, the rise of a new aristocracy in China and the business practices of Apple and Wal-Mart. Adam Johnson’s “The Orphan Master’s Son” won the Pulitzer for fiction, while Ayad Akhtar’s “Disgraced” won the drama prize.
Today’s Birthdays:
Country singer Roy Clark is 81. Author and politician Jeffrey Archer is 74. Rock singer-guitarist Dave Edmunds is 71. Actor Michael Tucci is 68. Actress Lois Chiles is 67. Writer-producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason is 67. Actress Amy Wright is 64. Columnist Heloise is 63. Actress-screenwriter Emma Thompson is 55. Bluegrass musician Jeff Parker is 53. Singer Samantha Fox is 48. Olympic gold, silver and bronze medal swimmer Dara Torres is 47. Rock musician Ed O’Brien (Radiohead) is 46. Actor Flex Alexander is 44. Actor Danny Pino is 40. Actor Douglas Spain is 40. Actor Luke Evans is 35. Rock musician Patrick Carney (The Black Keys) is 34. Actor-writer Seth Rogen is 32. Actress Alice Braga is 31. Rock musician De’Mar Hamilton (Plain White T’s) is 30. Actress Emma Watson is 24.
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Cele Hahn in Miami, FL., Huntington, W.VA., and Albany, N.Y. before finding her way to western Mass., where she and her husband Curt built, owned and operated the 50,000-watt radio station WNNZ on Union Street in Westfield for 20 years. She is survived by her husband of 44 years, two children, Chris and Thea, and five grandchildren. In Westfield, local civic leaders spoke highly of the former state rep. Monday, remembering her as a no-nonsense representative who was everything a politician should be. “She was a good friend of mine and supporter of my former boss Steve Pierce, who was the state representative for 12 years,” said Michael R. Knapik, former state senator for the 2nd Hampden-Hampshire District and current executive director of university advancement for Westfield State University. “Cele was very well-known in the community as a past-president of the Chamber of Commerce, a local businessperson and the owner of our local radio station.” Knapik remembered her first foray into politics in ’94, which coincided with his run for the state senate. “It was a great opportunity for her,” he said of Hahn running for his old seat. “She brought a skillset which most legislators don’t have, with a great amount of experience from the private sector as a small business owner, and also from the press.” “She was almost the prefect candidate, and she was a great partner for representing Westfield and it’s needs. She served this community exceptionally well, and was a great partner of mine during the terms she served,” he added. “She was a no-nonsense, serious public servant who had an urgency based on her background to get things done in Boston, and she became a very active spokeswoman for pro-economic development, pro-jobs policies, and she was a very good, unabashed standard-bearer for the Republican Party.” Knapik sang Hahn’s praises on city efforts during her eight year-tenure, especially her work on the Great River Bridge project. “That’s the singular public works accomplishment over the last generation for Westfield, and she spent the better part of her career helping that along the way,” he said. Brian “Bo” Sullivan, Knapik’s development officer in WSU’s Advancement Division and co-host of the “Bo and Brad” weekday morning show with Brad Shephard for Springfield’s WHYN NewsRadio 560-AM, fondly remembers and credits Hahn with helping him launch his career.
Continued from Page 1 “I knew Cele since I was in middle school when I’d help my dad broadcast high school football games,” said Sullivan. “After I graduated from the University of Hartford in May of ’89, she hired me in September.” Sullivan spent a year at WNNZ before jumping to WHYN, but Hahn’s influence remained with him for years after his last signoff in Westfield, even as he campaigned as a Democrat to take over her seat in 2002. “She gave me my foot in the door and taught me the radio business,” Sullivan said. “Cele was a professional. She had one of the last locally-owned radio stations, and she and kept it going as long as she could, which, in my eyes, was great to see because theres nothing like working for hometown talent.” Lynn Boscher, former executive director of the Westfield Chamber of Commerce, recounted his experiences with Hahn and said her marriage to her “best friend” left an impression on him. “She and Curt have been an inspiration to me and my wife,” said Boscher, who also ran to succeed Hahn in Boston in 2002. “She was a longtime friend and proponent of Westfield who had a proven record of getting things accomplished in a bipartisan way.” “She used her newspaper and business skills to benefit Westfield, and she will be missed,” he said. “I knew and listened to Cele (on radio) long before she became state rep, and I know she’s been physically absent from the city for Bill Harmon pours champagne for Cele Hahn in 1994 to celebrate her election to the awhile, but she hasn’t been absent from our Massachusetts Great and General Court. (File Photo by Carl E. Hartdeegen) minds and hearts,” said Knapik’s successor in the Senate and Hahn’s in the House, Donald F, “I’ve known the Hahns since 1986 when I arts show,” said Mark Auerbach, a public relaHumason, Jr. (R-Westfield), who said that he owned WSPR,” said Michael Harrison of tions consultant from Longmeadow who also remembered Hahn most for her tough persona Longmeadow, publisher of Talkers Magazine, writes an arts column for The Westfield News. on the Hill but also the small, unsung courte- a leading trade publication in the talk radio “I got to know them, however, when I was the sies she extended in the community and to industry. “We were competitors for two years, PR director for the Springfield Symphony fellow pols. and ended up becoming very good friends Orchestra. When we held our summer pop “She announced in her last term that she after. I then watched her campaign and evolve series in Westfield, they did everything to wasn’t going to run again (in 2002), which into an elected official, and she was the finest promote it.” gave myself, Bo Sullivan, and Lynn Boscher politician I ever knew. It was a loss for broadAuerbach referred to Cele as the face of the time to get ourselves ready to campaign,” he casting when they sold the station (WNNZ), a Union Street station, while Curt was the said. “And usually, when an official announc- loss for politics when she retired.” behind the scenes wizard. es they aren’t running for reelection, it makes Harrison is a steadfast believer that, had she “When she had her show ‘Conversations them a lame duck, but with Cele, it only made wanted to, she could’ve gone on to even with Cele’, she was considered somebody to her presence stronger.” higher statewide office. listen to,” said Auerbach, who left the station “She still has a very tough rep in Boston. “In talk radio, we’re extremely skeptical of after taking a job with WFCR New England She was very ardent in fighting for Westfield,” politicians, but I was amazed by her. She Public Radio. “But I adored Cele. And even Humason said. “(Her death) is a loss for could’ve been governor,” he said. “She was when she had to back away from radio (while Westfield, but I’m glad she’ll be remem- very well-liked, an incredibly dignified and in office), she had such community spirit.” bered.” “They were great mentors for my radio and talented woman who was so good-natured and Hahn’s legion of colleagues in radio also sincere. What a loss for Westfield.” journalism career,” he added. “They were spoke of the effect Cele and Curt had on their “I worked for the Hahn’s in the early ’90s always positive, always opening doors, and careers and lives on-air. when they hired me to produce and anchor an I’m permanently indebted to them.”
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Sewer Rate Continued from Page 1 The sewer committee’s analysis found that the town’s general fund pays the IMA to Westfield, which was $24,568 in FY14. The cost is not paid by the users. It also found that excluding the IMA payment, the average sewer deficit over the past five years is approximately $125,000. Unlike the water budget, the sewer budget does not include costs that are town expenses billed to the water division, such as gas and oil, office telephone, postage, administrative expenses to town, and medicare. In Fy14, these expenses totaled $82,250. “If the sewer department is to be self-sufficient and in line with the water department, these costs should be passed along to the sewer users,” Brown stated. Brown outlined three options for the board’s consideration, The first is the $1 increase to $7.65, which would be a $690 cost for the average homeowner. The second option is a rate of $9.50, which is an average cost of $855, and the third option is a rate of $9.90, or $890 for the average user. Cesan said the first option, which was recommended by Brown, is the “happy medium” option. Selectman Joseph Deedy asked when the last increase took place. Cesan said there were several years of 50-cent increases that ended in 2012. “So if they didn’t stop the incremental increase, we’d be at a dollar now anyway,” said Deedy. Both Deedy and Cesan said they hoped that eventually the sewer department would run like the water division and the costs to operate and maintain the sewer system would be covered by the fees. Board Chairman Russell Fox asked if the board wanted to table the vote. Although Deedy and Cesan said they were prepared to vote Monday, they agreed to table so Fox could “digest” the recommendation. The new rate would take affect in FY2015.
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Pre-bid Meeting Continued from Page 1 specific scope of work,” Tefft said. “Those subcontractor bids are then sent to the general contractors to be included as part of the bid for the entire project. “The general contractor picks the subs, it’s up to them which vendor they pick,” Tefft said. “Usually they pick the lowest bidder, but not always if they have a relationship with a specific sub.” Tefft said the general contract bids for the 20,000-square-foot building project, as well as site preparation, are due on May 7, 2014. The city hopes to begin the construction work this summer with a projected opening of the new facility in the early fall of 2015. City officials are hoping that the project bids will come within the $7 million budget set by Mayor Daniel M. Knapik at the start of the design process. The design team anticipates that the regional economic climate will have considerable influence how contractors sharpen their pencils when preparing their bid submissions.
Positive school behavior supported By Hannah Y. Meader WHS Intern WESTFIELD- This year a new initiative is being implemented in Westfield’s elementary schools called the SchoolWide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (SW-PBIS). The SW-PBIS provides elementary schools with a consistent, yet flexible three-tier social emotional framework to educate students on positive expected school behavior. Each school is given the opportunity to customize the initiative to their own individual needs while maintaining consistent expectation standards throughout all of Westfield’s seven elementary schools. “There’s the assumption that every kid knows how to act in school,” said Betsy Philpott, supervisor on special assignment for the Westfield Public Schools. “Kids have different backgrounds and may act out the same behaviors at home that aren’t appropriate for school.” The schools are beginning the initiative by creating a team that decides what their main expectations are going to be and creates an acronym to fit these expectations. Each school tailors their expectations to the needs of the building. “The schools get to tweak it so that it works for them,” Philpott said. “The staff has the flexibility to deem what issues are the most important.” On Monday, Highland Elementary School held their kickoff event for SW-PBIS. Highland chose the acronym PAWS for their expectations, standing for practice responsibility, always be safe, willing to learn and showing respect. The event started off with each grade level representing the different expected behaviors. They were assigned different roles and celebrated the event with things like a cheer from the kindergarteners and a PAW promise from the third-graders. The event closed with a staff skit illustrating the difference between behaviors that are expected and the ones that aren’t. Highland took small steps prior to yesterday’s kick-off of the new SW-PBIS’s initiative, such as hanging acronyms up in the hallways. This is the first time Westfield has implemented a schoolwide behavior program, but teachers and students are excited and looking forward to the new changes. “It’s tailored to the staff and students and it’s free to join and give input,” Philpott said. “This will help define specifically what good behavior is in the building and help develop a lot of social skills.”
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Please be advised that Governor Deval L. Patrick has ordered that the United States flag and the Commonwealth flag be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise until sunset on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, in honor of the individuals who lost their lives and were injured during the Boston Marathon Bombings of April 15, 2013. This gubernatorial order applies to: 1. The main or administration building of each public institution of the Commonwealth, e.g. town and city halls. 2. Other state-owned or state-controlled buildings. 3. All state military installations. Hello Westfield! I’m calling about the envelope company closing. How long has Old Colony been in Westfield? C’mon! And the mayor can’t do anything to talk to the owner of the building? Do something about the rent? Not taxes but the rent? We pay enough taxes now. No need to give any of the companies tax breaks. But to help the people out, 200 people. Savage Arms, everybody should have known that once they sold out, something might happen, sooner or later. But c’mon – Old Colony Envelope? I’ve been here all my life – 57 years. I know a lot of people who worked there out of high school before getting before getting good jobs. Some people who are still there. And it’s a shame to see them disappear from Westfield and I think the mayor should be doing something about it. If not, it could be time to vote in a new mayor. Thank you very much. National Envelope is a private business that is maximizing efficiencies by combining operations into another one of their plants. That was a business decision that no politician could change. This is a message for Councilor Harris. We need more like you and Dan Allie. No more yes men. Yes, I’m calling the PulseLine because I read in Friday night’s PulseLine about Dumus Incorporated making a place for teenagers and that is a good idea because I am a resident in one of their buildings and there would be all kinds of rules for these teenagers to follow. There would be no drugs. There would be no alcohol. There would be a staff on 24-hours, I guess. Why wouldn’t keeping these teenagers off the street be a good idea? Dumus Incorporated would be keeping these kids off the street, keeping them out of jail, probably helping them get their GED and making them part of society, where they could pay taxes when they got older. So stop putting down what these people are doing because you’re not doing it. You’re not volunteering to do it. So goodbye. Kudos to the caller who saw the insanity of putting more and more properties in non-profits, like Domus and such. Pretty soon Westfield is going to become a non-profit Brockton, Massachusetts. Keep it up. I was calling about the lady who was complaining about the bike path being next to her house. Yeah, I guess I wouldn’t want it there, either, but she’s talking about unsavory characters lurking around. Well, she had trees there before and they were probably the same people lurking around and being on the path because you see lots of people crossing that trestle and they’ve been using that path for a long, long time. And maybe she couldn’t see them but they could see her peeking through the trees. So, it’s unfortunate that it is so close to her house but I don’t see the difference in the people that are going to be looking at her, the same ones. Hi! A while back I called into the PulseLine and inquired why there weren’t any benches with backs on them in the new Park Square. The PulseLine was nice enough to look into it for me and they even enclosed a picture. I guess the trend now is don’t put benches with backs on them to avoid vagrants sleeping on the benches. The picture was that of a man sleeping on a bench. Well, I happened to go by the little park by the north side today, across from the Westwood parking lot there, and there are six benches with backs over there. What’s up with that, Mr. Mayor? Ok, thanks. Have a nice day. Continue the conversation http://thewestfieldnews.com/pulseline-form
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Don’t think you can fool the IRS By Kelsey Snell Politico.com The IRS is cash-strapped and audit rates are down, but that doesn’t mean the average Jane or Joe can hide the ball from the tax man. The tax-collecting agency devotes more resources to chasing big fish like convicted tax cheat Wesley Snipes than the average middle-class taxpayer, that’s true. But the IRS is now using sophisticated software and data analysis that puts it in touch with taxpayers before the official audit process begins. “Now with automation and the electronic submission of W-2s and 1099s, the IRS just matches the information,” said David Kautter, managing director of the Kogod Tax Center at American University. “If you don’t report something, it is almost automatic that you’ll get a letter from the IRS.” The agency reported it reviewed less than 1 percent of all tax returns in 2013, compared with slightly over 1 percent the prior year, continuing a downward trend. The average audit rate in 1996 was about 2 percent. Individuals with income topping $10 million saw an audit rate of more than 24 percent, while the rates for people who earned between $25,000 and $200,000 never climbed above 0.77 percent. But the audit rates are somewhat misleading. The vast majority of taxpayers receive W-2 forms that detail automatically generated earnings from an employer, bank or other institution. All of that information is simultaneously transmitted to the IRS and stored digitally. Agency computers can quickly and easily check to make sure the taxpayer’s figures match those reported by their employer or bank. If the numbers are off, the computer typically sends the taxpayer a letter telling them to settle up, all before the audit process formally begins. Most people make an honest effort to pay their taxes — the IRS reported this year that more than 85 percent of taxpayers voluntarily comply with the law, a number that has been consistent. That’s good news as the IRS has become responsible for car-
rying out major social programs, from Obamacare to tax credits to support low-income workers — all while Congress has been slashing the agency’s budget. But the strains have forced tax officials to be more strategic. “What’s happening over the years is that the IRS has relied more on systems and less on traditional audits so the audit effort can be focused on places where there are real issues,” said Edward Kleinbard, a professor at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law and former chief of staff at the Joint Committee on Taxation. “The IRS has been significantly underfunded relative to the number of burdens placed on it.” Audits are no longer the backbone of tax enforcement. Instead, they’ve become a strategic tool to target taxpayers who are claiming big deductions — like wealthy people donating to charity and small businesses writing off expenses. “Wage-earning non-itemizers, for instance, have precious little room for mischief while business owners make a variety of judgment calls that could conceivably be called into question,” said Robert Kerr, senior director of government relations at the National Association of Enrolled Agents, which represents tax agents. The system has critics, including National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson. The agency’s internal watchdog says that the increased reliance on automated letters means that the actual rate of IRS reaching out to taxpayers is actually closer to about 7.5 percent. Olson has argued that these interactions exist in a middle ground of “unreal audits” that undermine a taxpayer’s right to challenge the assumptions made by the IRS. She also worries that low-income and middle-income taxpayers are most likely to be contacted automatically and the least able to afford representation to navigate the system. But Kerr and many other observers point out that the IRS has very few options. “We live in a world that values doing more with less, and you can sometimes do that until you reach the point where all you can do with less is less,” Kerr said. “It is a zero-sum game.”
The case for tax reform And why liberals should be listening, too
By R. GLENN HUBBARD Politico.com For many Americans, today’s Tax Day thoughts will likely center on how much of a year’s earnings must be surrendered to Uncle Sam to fund the federal government. But another concern is why we lose so much income and so many jobs because our tax system is so badly designed. For our elected officials, Tax Day also offers the chance to consider the most significant economic policy change they could make to raise growth and incomes: tax reform. The standard economic arguments for long-term supply-side gains from tax reform are right. But they understate the case for tax reform in yielding short-term demand-side gains in the economy and the extent to which tax reform can improve economic opportunity. Economic gains from tax reform for investment and incomes animate the push for corporate tax reform by many business leaders (with positive nods from both the president and the Congress) and the more comprehensive plan put out in February by Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), the outgoing chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Corporate tax reformers rightly point out the large amounts of U.S. corporate equity income trapped overseas to avoid significant extra U.S. taxes on top of taxes already paid abroad. That tax approach, in which the United States differs from many other industrial economies, reduces the competitiveness of U.S. firms in global markets while also limiting the stock of funds available for more investment and employment in the United States. Reducing the U.S. corporate tax rate – currently the highest in the industrial world –would increase, investment, employment and wages, especially if financed in large part by broadening the corporate tax base. Economists once thought the tax burden was borne entirely by owners of capital, but many now see it as generating a significant burden on workers through lower wages. (By reducing investment, the tax reduces productivity and wages.) But attacking corporate taxes is not enough: Many, if not most, tax reformers argue for even more sweeping tax reform.
Partly, this desire acknowledges that corporate tax reform is difficult without broader business income tax reform – that is, reducing tax rates on business income more generally, including individual tax rates, while broadening the tax base. In addition, the gains from overall tax reforms would be very large. Reforms that lower marginal tax rates, broaden the tax base and tax income once (and only once) can increase GDP growth by 0.5 percentage points each year for a decade. It is difficult to imagine a more potent policy tonic for higher output, employment and wages. Broadening the tax base is not simply about generating revenue to finance rate reduction. Fundamental tax reform reduces government-induced distortions in the allocation of capital across types of investments and wasteful health-care spending. Revenue gains from base broadening can also be used to support economic inclusion by subsidizing work by low-income individuals through an enhanced Earned Income Tax Credit, a pro-work and opportunity alternative to increasing the minimum wage, or an alternative subsidy to wages from work. For the long run, conservative policymakers are interested in fundamental tax reform because of its connections to improved prospects for growth. But liberals should be interested, too. Federal government spending as a share of GDP has risen to as high as 25 percentin the past few years and is currently still elevated at 22 percent of GDP; a lack of long-term spending restraint in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid will push this figure up substantially. The current federal tax structure has produced at most 18-19 percent of GDP in years of good economic growth across periods in which marginal tax rates have been high or low. Raising tax rates on the incomes of economically successful individuals and businesses will not raise the revenue needed for a much larger government, and those high rates create economic disincentives that inhibit growth. Higher revenue on a sustained basis would need to come from a reformed tax system, with higher rates of taxation affecting most, not a lucky few, taxpayers. Here the United States can learn from European tax systems, with their greater reliance on broad-based consumption taxation to fund larger social spending. So fundamental tax reform offers something for both sides See Tax Reform, Page 8
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Complainant arrested after reporting party By Carl E. Hartdegen Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Four college college-aged tenants, apparently distracted by a commotion in front of their Hampden Street house, left the party in their apartment shortly after midnight Friday to find out what the disturbance was outside. City police report that a caller complained about a loud college-aged party which was disturbing his peace at 12:46 a.m. Saturday and Officer Andrew Cekovsky reports that he arrived to find two of his colleagues – officers Kevin Bard and Jeffrey Vigneault – in of front the reportedly noisy address with a male party who appeared to be yelling at them. Cekovsky reports that he could hear the man yelling and swearing at the officers before he opened the door of his cruiser and found that the excited man was the person who had reported the disturbance, Raymond A. Rusciano, 47, of 26 Hampden Street. Cekovsky found that Rusciano had begun his obscenity-laced tirade against the officers as soon as they arrived, before they were able even to speak with any of the young revelers. The thrust of the man’s complaint was that his peace had been disturbed by his neighbors and the police would do nothing because the young subjects of his complaint were their friends. The man told Cekovsky that he had gone to the party address to ask the young resident to moderate their noise and they had refused. He also said that he had been “jumped” by a black male party when he left after making his complaint. Cekovsky noted that Rusicano had made no mention of an assault when he called police to complain about the party and also noted that his body and clothing were neither wet, dirty nor disheveled after the alleged assault. Cekovsky did not observe any indications that he had suffered any injury. Cekovsky reports that Rusciano refused to calm down and quiet, drawing the attention of neighbors including four tenants (all of whom were Caucasian) of the residence Rusciano had originally complained about who came outside because of the noise he was making. Cekovsky warned Rusicano that he would be arrested if he did not moderate his behavior and the man began to taunt him, daring him to make the arrest saying that he would sue the officer if he did so. Rusciano was arrested for disorderly conduct. Once he was removed from the scene, spewing obscenities and continuing his tirade while he was transported to the station, the officers dispersed the party. The landlady was notified of the incident. He was arraigned in Westfield District Court Monday and was released on his personal recognizance pending a June 4 hearing.
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An illustrated drawing of the redesigned intersection at North Elm and Notre Dame streets was unveiled last night during an informational meeting in the Westfield High School Auditorium. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
Intersection Continued from Page 1 completed. That work is expected to be done by June and the rebuilt bridge opened to all traffic. One resident asked if opening the Pochassic Street Bridge would trigger closure of the upper Notre Dame Street Bridge over the Pioneer Valley Railroad by state officials, again leaving Prospect Hill residents with just one means of egress off the hill. Cressotti said that typically there is a process by the State Department of Transportation (DOT) if it discovers structural issues with a bridge, beginning with posting a weight limit for vehicles. “The Pochassic Street Bridge was posted a year or more before they closed it and the weight limit kept going down,” Cressotti said. “The Notre Dame Bridge is currently not posted (with a weight limit) at all.” Chase said that in addition to the left-turn lane additions, the intersection will be raised by about four inches to improve drainage. Several residents said raising the elevation of the intersection will push
storm water down lower Notre Dame Street which, they claimed, already has drainage which is not sufficient to collect stormwater. Cressotti said the problem is that drainage in the intersection and lower Notre Dame Street is a gravity system which empties into Powdermill Brook and that over time the streambed has risen because of siltation, half burying the drainage outflow. The other problem with the current drainage system is that during significant rain events the water lever of the brook rises and at times could backflow into the drainage system. Pastor Wally of the Full Gospel Church on Union Street, a former engineer, suggested that a pump station be added to push stormwater through a pressurized line into the brook. Chase said that the city intends to extend a center turn lane beyond the initial 250 feet down North Elm Street to the area of the Westwood Building. That center turn lane would provide a queue for motorist intending to make
left turns onto either side of the road. Those turning area would be designated by the installation of rumble strips. Stephen Hitchcock, the owner of Industrial Precision Corporation on Southampton Road, suggested eliminating all southbound left turns and requiring motorists to go to the roundabout turn lane at the Great River Bridge to access streets, and neighborhoods, off Union Street. Many of the motorists make left turns off the southbound lane of North Elm Street, especially at lower Notre Dame Street, using those residential streets as cut-through routes to reach Union Street. Residents cited truck traffic taking those routes to avoid having to cross the Great River Bridge to turn around at the traffic control light in front of Holy Trinity Church, then having to cross the bridge a second time to reach Union Street. Cressotti said that planners will address that suggestion and added that extending the drainage system to the
south along North Elm Street may elevate ponding issues at the intersection. Jeanne Morganelli of Atwater Street questioned Cressotti about the impact of the traffic improvement project on neighborhoods off Prospect Street, residential streets used by WHS students to avoid traffic congestion on Montgomery Road, a problem that will increase when the Pochassic Street Bridge is opened. “Westfield High kids will be racing down Foch Avenue and Pine Street to Prospect, then onto my street so they can make a left turn down Parker Avenue to avoid the traffic backed up Montgomery Street,” Morganelli said. Cressotti suggested parking vehicles on the roadside to create traffic calming choke points as a means of slowing vehicles. Lora Martone of Lower Notre Dame Street asked the engineers “to listen to the people who live here, to our safety concerns. Listen to what we say.”
Armed Robbery Continued from Page 1 works in the state police crime lab to apply his talents to the cup and a fingerprint was discovered. The print was matched to Angel Luis Gomez, 28, then of 67 Fordham St., Springfield, who was then incarcerated in the Hampden County Correctional Center in Ludlow, having been arrested for an armed robbery with a knife in Springfield. Arraigned in Westfield District Court for armed robbery in August, the charge was dismissed in October after Gomez was indicted and arraigned in Hampden Superior Court for the same crime. Dickinson reports that, on March 13, Gomez pleaded guilty to both the armed robberies he had been accused of. He was sentenced to a 4-5 year term for the Springfield robbery and to a 2-3 year term for the robbery at the MoFroYo store. In each case, Gomez will be on probation for two years after his release. He was credited with the 319 days he had been incarcerated
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Budget Shortfall Continued from Page 1 today – kind of ballpark, and all revenues aren’t adjusted to my made things work in Westfield,” said Rix. “Fiscal things are tight satisfaction yet – was somewhere between $3 and $4 million throughout the state, throughout the nation.” “(Tonight) people saw that we’re doing things a little different, short totally.” Knapik said that these figures aren’t set in stone and move we’re looking at level service, but within that, there’s tweaks and changes,” he added. “Look at the plusses and minuses on our around quite a bit when other factors are applied. “This is not uncommon, but I’m not really in a great position fixed costs. We’ve taken technology to shift costs and save to predict that we’re going to close $1.9 million or anywhere money, but other things are catching up. That’s today’s world.” “People didn’t listen to me,” said Knapik. “$1.3 million for close to that,” he said. Rix broke down the total offsets for the FY15 proposal, with that teacher pay raise package. Half of that would’ve been $500,000 being offset through school choice, the district circuit $673,000. My offering to the union originally was something breaker, and pre-paid tuitions, $200,000 coming through Public that we obviously could afford based on the projections that I had Law 94-142 (Education of all Handicapped Children), $140,168 last year, and now look at what it’s done to the bottom line. But coming from early childhood tuitions, $59,060 coming from people didn’t want to hear that.” cafeteria custodial services, and $50,000 from athletic fees. “$1.9 million is a lot of money to make up,” Committee mem“Last year, we took $800,000 out of school choice for trans- ber Cindy Sullivan said, to which Knapik replied “83 percent of portation, and pretty much deleted that,” he said. “We’re project- your budget is in personnel. We were fair and honest with the ing $500,000 to offset expenses within budget. Our Public Law union all along about the numbers, and that’s what it is.” 94-142 grant will go to offset some of the salaries of our staff.” Following Rix’ presentation, conversation shifted to how the Committee can close a $1.9 million gap between the district’s request and the Mayor’s budget, which prompted a word of advice from District Superintendent Dr. Suzanne Scallion. “I would express extreme caution about where we’re going to find those funds, because we’ve cut staff for two consecutive Westfield District Court years,” she said. “We’re making such good progress that this is a Monday, April 14, 2014 very difficult time to look at cutting (teachers). I think the Cory J. Lafreniere, 33, of 444 Wells Road, Becket, was held in momentum is significant.” lieu of $500 cash bail after he was arraigned on a charge of violation Scallion said that many communities statewide are looking at of an abuse prevention order brought by Westfield police. budget overrides of as much as $13 million, and believes that Lisa M. Ousiany, 46, of 1 Bungalow St., Southwick, submitted Westfield’s budget plight is not unique. to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding for a charge of larceny “I know other communities are grappling with similar issues,” of property valued less than $250 brought by Westfield police and the charges were continued without a finding with probation for six she said. “If 83 percent of your budget is personnel, thats the only place months. She was assessed $100. Anthony J. Champney, 19, of 180 Main St., Medway, was you can look,” she said. “But if you look at the schools, the needs are very evident. We’ve been waiting for some technology released on his personal recognizance pending an April 25 hearing changes and basic tech needs. We have some significant needs at after he was arraigned on charges of trespass and being a person the Voke. Clearly, we’re waiting for news on the new school younger than the legal drinking age in possession of liquor brought project. We have a lot of work to be done over the next few years by Westfield State University police. Isaac Partlow, 33, of 51 Allendale St., Springfield, was released and this would be a difficult obstacle.” on his personal recognizance pending a June 10 hearing after he was Ultimately, a decision was not made on the request, but a arraigned on charges of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended motion to move the budget to the Finance Sub-Committee license and speeding brought by Westfield police. passed unanimously. Walter E. Hawley, 54, of 29 Hayden Road, Blandford, was A date for the Finance Subcommittee to evaluate the budget released on his personal recognizance pending a June 3 hearing after hasn’t been set yet, but Knapik said that the Subcommittee he was arraigned on a charge of trespass brought by Blandford would look to have the budget done by the end of the month and police. ready to present to the City Council in mid-May. Michael Carrier, 19, of 129 Beaver St., Milford, was released on Following the meeting, opinions were mixed regarding the his personal recognizance pending a June 3 hearing after he was reaction to the budget and what it’s fate will be going forward arraigned on charges of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended through the Finance Subcommittee. license and operating in the wrong direction on a one-way roadway “It’s the first time (doing the budget) for me, but we’ve always brought by Westfield State University police.
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A synthetic polymer nose, left, and ear are posed to be photographed at a research facility in the Royal Free Hospital in London, Monday, March 31, 2014. In a north London hospital, scientists are growing noses, ears and blood vessels in the laboratory in a bold attempt to make body parts using stem cells. It is among several labs around the world, including in the U.S., that are working on the futuristic idea of growing custom-made organs in the lab. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Studies: Lab-grown nostrils, vaginas working well LONDON (AP) — Two new studies describe the latest achievements in growing body parts in a lab and transplanting them into people, this time with nostrils and vaginas. Windpipes, bladders, blood vessels and other structures have previously been created in part from a patient’s own cells and then implanted. Eventually, scientists hope to tackle more complicated things like lungs and kidneys with this strategy, which is aimed at avoiding rejection of transplanted organs. The latest experiments were published online Friday in the journal Lancet. “They both show that by using fairly simple tissue engineering techniques, you can get real tissue forming where it’s supposed to,” said Dr. Martin Birchall, of The Ear Institute at University College London, who co-authored an accompanying commentary. He said the simple methods could be useful for making other body parts, including joint cartilage, bowels and the esophagus. One experiment involved four teenage girls in Mexico who were born without vaginas because of a rare disorder. Currently, surgeons use tissue grafts to create vaginas for such patients, but that method carries a risk of complications. The experimental results were reported by Dr. Anthony Atala of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North
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Carolina, with researchers there and at the Metropolitan Autonomous University in Mexico City. Atala said the procedure might also prove useful for replacing vaginas removed because of cancer, and repairing or replacing the organ after an injury. For the experiment, researchers took a tissue sample less than half the size of a postage stamp from the patients’ genitals. They multiplied cells from this tissue in the lab, seeded them onto a biodegradable scaffold and molded it into the right size and shape for each patient before implantation. The first surgery was done in 2005, and the Lancet report provides a follow-up of the patients for an average of nearly seven years. The women report normal levels of sexual functioning, without any longterm complications. It is not known whether the women could get pregnant; only two have wombs, Atala said. One of the women, in a video provided by the Mexican university, said she felt fortunate “because I have a normal life.” The university didn’t identify the woman. In the other experiment, Swiss scientists built new outer nostrils for See Lab-Grown, Page 7
Annual Event Provides Support with Education and Resources Springfield – May is National Stroke Awareness Month and the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, will once again host a forum open to stroke survivors and their caregivers. The 2014 Pioneer Valley Stroke Survivors and Caregivers Forum; Happy Days After Stroke will take place on Wednesday, May 7th at the Mass Mutual Center in Springfield. Close to 400 will attend the event which is designed to bring together stroke survivors and caregivers so they may become better connected with the network of resources available. The event will run 9:00am – 2:00pm and the day will include over one dozen exhibitors, local healthcare providers and stroke survivors who will educate and share information. The forum will be hosted by Boston comedian and American Stroke Association supporter Chris Tabb whose family has been personally touched by stroke. The Pioneer Valley Stroke Forum is open to the public and admission is just $5 which will include a light breakfast and heart healthy lunch. For more information or tickets call the American Heart Association at 203-303-3339. Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death in America today. It’s also a major cause of severe long-term disability. If you or someone you know is experiencing a stroke, call 911 See Stroke Survivor, Page 7
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Young doctors still pulled to specialties BALTIMORE (AP) — Despite nationwide efforts to encourage medical students to pursue primary-care specialties like pediatrics and internal medicine, most University of Maryland School of Medicine graduates are choosing other specialties. This year, 57 percent of Maryland graduates will begin residencies in non-primary-care fields, the same percentage as last year’s graduating class and slightly more than the class of 2012, of which 51 percent chose non-primary-care fields. Though experts disagree about the scope and severity of the physician shortage, there’s broad agreement that the demand for primary-care doctors will skyrocket in coming years, due to about 32 million people becoming insured and needing basic care. However, that doesn’t mean the 91 students in Maryland’s class of 2014 who chose to pursue other specialties will be out of work. There’s also an expected shortfall of specialists, thanks to the graying U.S. population. As people age, they tend to need more specialty care, experts said. “The physician shortage is equally serious for specialists as for primary care,” said Christiane Mitchell, director of federal affairs and government relations for the Association of This past Sunday, Buzz Off, Cancer, took place at the Scanlon Banquet Hall at Westfield State University. Sponsored by the Class of 2016, a donation at the door entitled you to special performances, pizza, and cake. Tony Isotti, owner of Tony’s Famous Barbershop in Springfield, standing on the left, did the honors of giving haircuts to the students. (Photo by Don Wielgus)
Westfield State students buzz off hair, raise money WESTFIELD – One Mission: The Kid’s Cancer BuzzOff, is a fundraising project that benefits pediatric cancer patients and their families and cancer research. Westfield State students, faculty, and staff have been raising money and pledging to shave their heads. At the conclusion of the fundraiser, both male and female participants shaved their heads in honor of cancer patients who often lose their hair
during treatment. Women teammates who decided to buzz off their hair, first cut it off so it could be donated to Locks of Love, a non-profit that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under the age of 21 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. The event took place in Scanlon Banquet Hall on the campus of Westfield State University Sunday.
USD med school expanding class size in fall 2015 VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — The University of South Dakota is expanding its medical school class size starting in the fall of 2015. USD Sanford Medical School currently admits 56 students to its medical degree program every year. Eleven more students will be added per class during the next four years. Dr. Mary Nettleman is the medical school’s dean and vice
Lab-Grown five patients who had skin cancer on their noses. When surgeons removed the tumor, they also took a tiny bit of nose cartilage. They grew the cells for four weeks in the lab to make a small flap. That was then implanted onto their nose and covered with skin from their foreheads. Normally, cartilage is taken from the patient’s ear or ribs to recreate the nostril. Ivan Martin of University Hospital Basel, the study’s senior author, said none of the patients reported any side effects by one year after surgery, and all were satisfied with their new nostrils.
Continued from Page 6 “Now that we have demonstrated this is safe and feasible, we can use (this technique) for more complicated clinical needs,” he said, adding that the same approach is being tested in people to supply knee cartilage. He said scientists were slowly gaining more expertise in making
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body parts, but predicted it could take another couple of decades before the process becomes mainstream. “It’s not a trivial thing to engineer a functional tissue,” he said. ——— Online: www.lancet.com
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Obituaries Edwin L. Damon AGAWAM - Edwin L. Damon, 95, entered into eternal rest at his home on Tuesday, April 8, 2014. Born in Ilion, New York, he was son of the late Glen and Florence (Zirbel) Damon. He served in the US Army during WWII in North Africa. Edwin moved to Agawam, MA in 1948 with his late wife Phyllis. He was a hardworking entrepreneur who founded Witch Equipment in 1960 and continued to have an active presence in the company throughout his life. As a dedicated member of the First Baptist Church he served on numerous committees. He had an avid interest in education and technology and he was an enthusiastic stock trader. Edwin’s greatest passion in life was his family. He was a loyal friend and was genuinely interested in learning about the lives of those he met. He always loved to exchange stories and touched the hearts of many people throughout his life. He joins his wife, Phyllis B. (Bemis) Damon who passed away in 2011. He leaves two sons, Dr. E. Steven Damon and his wife, Sheryl Damon of Suffield, Craig A. Damon and his wife Donna Damon of Southwick; a sister, Jean Kull of Old Forge, NY; seven grandchildren, Courtney Coty, Russell Nash, Angela Kisiel, Susan Damon, James Damon, Amy Damon, Christina Damon, and seven great-grandchildren. The funeral will be Friday at 8:45 a.m. from the Agawam Funeral Home, 184 Main Street with a Service at the Agawam First Baptist Church at 10:00 a.m. The burial will follow in Agawam Center Cemetery. Calling hours are Thursday 4:00-7:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the First Baptist Church, 760 Main Street, Agawam, MA 01001.
Elsie E. Hayden WESTFIELD – Elsie E. (Sternberg) Hayden, 90, of Westfield, died on Sunday, April 13, 2014 in Noble Hospital. She was born on March 4, 1924 to the late Kurt and Clara (Lovell) Sternberg. She graduated from Classical High School in 1942 and participated in a library training program for the Springfield Athenaeum. She was employed as a Librarian at Westfield State College. She was a Past Matron of Golden Chapter Order of Eastern Star and was a state officer. Elsie was a member of the First Congregational Church and the Wyben Union Church. She enjoyed summers in Martha’s Vineyard and spending time with her family. She also enjoyed oil painting, crafts, ceramics and doll making. She was predeceased by her husband, Earl J. Hayden in 2007. Elsie leaves her son, Wallace Hayden II and his wife Mary of Westfield; two daughters, Frances Wackerbarth of Granville and Clara Pinkham and her husband Lawrence of Rochester Hills, MI; and a brother, Karl Sternberg and his wife Lisa of Hampden and sisterin-law, Eloise Adair of Southwick. She also leaves eleven grandchildren, Christopher, Dawn, Tiffany, Charles, Cassandra, John, Mark, James, Sara, Nicholas, Lydia and nine great-grandchildren, Emily, Rachel, Joshua, Nicholas, Kennedi, Brooklyn, Ezra, Orrin and Brandon. She was predeceased by a brother, Frank Sternberg. The funeral will be Friday, April 18 at 11:00 a.m. from Firtion-Adams Funeral Service, 76 Broad Street, Westfield. Burial will follow in Middle Farms Cemetery. Calling hours will be Wednesday from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at the Funeral home. Donations may be made to Wyben Union Church, 678 Montgomery Road, Westfield, MA. 01085. The family would like to thank everyone at Noble Hospital and Renaissance Manor for their kind care. www.firtionadams.com
Joseph A. Walsh AGAWAM - Joseph A. Walsh, 53, a resident of Agawam, died early Friday morning, April 11, 2014 at Heritage Hall South. He was born and educated in Westfield, a son of the late Joseph E. and Marilyn (Brown) Walsh. Joe was previously employed for several years as a fork lift operator with Hood Ice Cream Corporation of Suffield. Joe was a free spirit who lived life on his own terms. He was a hard worker, an honest man who loved working on his cars and loved trees. He was a wonderful friend to many and did whatever he could to put smiles on his children’s faces. He loved fiercely. He lived his life to the fullest and will be missed. He leaves two loving children, Kathleen R. Walsh of Chicopee, and Joseph R. Walsh of Springfield; the love of his life, Marie Woodell Mathes of Agawam; four siblings, Linda J. Nicholson and her husband David of Southwick, Jim A. Walsh and his wife Ellen of West Boylston, Susan L. Walsh and her longtime companion Frank Phillips of Granby, CT, and Lauren E. Walsh Cruz and her husband Joe of North Grafton; his former wife, Gabrielle Collins of Westfield; and his former longtime companion and mother of his son Joseph, Heather Pirnie of Springfield; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. His funeral will be private and at the convenience of his family with burial in the Walsh family lot in New Cemetery in Southwick. There will be no calling hours. Memorial contributions in Joe’s memory may be directed to the American Diabetes Association, 2080 Silas Deane Highway, Rocky Hill, CT, 06067. Arrangements are by the Southwick Forastiere Funeral Home, 624 College Highway, Southwick. For more information please visit www.forastierefuneralhome.com
Popcorn and a Movie RUSSELL - On Tuesday, April 22, at 1:30 p.m. the Russell Council on Aging will show “Philomena”, a movie based on the novel The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith. Popcorn and beverages will be served. The movie will be shown at the Russell Senior Center, 65 Main St., Russell. It is open to anyone in Russell and neighboring communities and is free of charge. For more information, please leave a message on the Russell COA information/reservation line at (413) 862-6205 and someone will return your call or e-mail Carrie Florek at cfrcoa@gmail.com.
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Proposal calls for new strategies on autism BOSTON (AP) — A bill that would establish a state autism commission and proposes other strategies for addressing the needs of the growing number of children diagnosed with the disorder is expected to come up for a vote in the Massachusetts House of Representatives this week. The measure unveiled by House leaders on Monday calls for the development of a training program to help school districts and teachers educate students with autism with the goal of keeping as many children as possible in regular classrooms with individualized attention. The bill would create a permanent state commission to monitor the new programs and make additional recommendations. “I believe this bill is the next, crucial step to make Massachusetts the leader in caring for residents confronting autism,” House Speaker Robert DeLeo, D-Worcester, said in a statement. The proposal, tentatively scheduled for debate on Wednesday, would also allow families of children with autism spectrum disorder and other conditions to put money aside in tax-exempt savings accounts to help cover long-term expenses such as education, medical care, housing and job training. The legislation would also expand eligibility for IQ-based state programs designed for adults with autism.
Tax Reform Continued from Page 4 to love. And in the short run? Much of the Obama administration’s discussion of fiscal policy in general and tax policy in particular has centered on demandside effects – mired, for instance, in a discussion over the merits of “stimulus.” As a policy to increase aggregate demand, the mix of policies in the 2009 stimulus package was too focused on the mantra of “targeted, timely and temporary.” These were not the right tools to fight an adverse shift in aggregate demand as a consequence of the global financial crisis. But there is a larger point. Stemming the fall in investment and employment demand in the crisis would have been aided by a jolt—a positive shift in long-term expectations and confidence. Fundamental tax reform, particularly if business-income tax cuts were frontloaded, might have provided that jolt. And it still could, though the effects would have been even higher during the aftermath of the financial crisis. On Tax Day, it’s only natural to think about the bite taxes take out of our incomes. But we should be thinking about how to make the system work better, too. R. Glenn Hubbard is dean of Columbia Business School. He was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush.
Westfield Senior Center Offers ‘Talking Books’ WESTFIELD - The Westfield Senior Center’s “Talking Books” read-aloud and discussion group meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 10:30 a.m. in the Senior Center Craft Room. This group is open to anyone who would like to listen to a short story read aloud, learn a bit about the story’s author, and participate in what is often a lively follow-up discussion. Consider joining the group on April 22 as volunteer leader Kathy Benedict reads “The Boy in the Tree” by Elizabeth Spencer. The story is the tale of a woman who befriends a young boy in a tree in her backyard, though her adult son believes that he just doesn’t exist! The Westfield Senior Center is located at 40 Main Street. Free parking is available in the Stop & Shop lot or, for no more than three hours, in the municipal lot behind Bank of America.
Measles, Rubella Initiative Measles and Rubella Initiative collections were held at Walmart last month during Red Cross Month. Over $1,000 was collected by the Westfield Honor Society students, from Walmart customers and staff. Each dollar raised saves the life of a child by covering the cost of a measles and rubella inoculation in many overseas countries. Westfield Gas and Electric agreed to match up to $1,000. Thousands of children’s lives can be saved by this initiative. (Photo submitted)
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Continued from Page 7 American Medical Colleges, which say, to provide care in the ER if those predicts a deficit of more than 90,000 services could be delivered in another physicians by 2020. “It’s a common myth setting, such as an outpatient clinic or a that (the shortfall is) only in primary physician’s office. care.” But Ravert is not deterred. She says That’s good news for Debra Ravert, there’s still a long way to go before who will soon graduate from Maryland affordable and accessible alternatives and begin a four-year residency in emer- will be available to everyone who needs gency medicine at the Johns Hopkins them. Besides, she said, she has her Hospital. options open. At a “Match Day” ceremony March 21 “I am certain that, even if the environat the Hippodrome Theatre, Ravert and ment doesn’t shift, I will change,” she her classmates learned where they would said. “As I become more comfortable and continue their training. Of the 164 stu- more experienced, I’m sure I will want to dents in the class, 161 matched with a branch out — whether that’s administration or teaching or something else.” residency program. Another popular specialty for Maryland The annual match is organized by the National Resident Matching Program, a graduates was general surgery. Fourteen computerized system that matches the students, including Heather Lillemoe, preferences of applicants with the prefer- were matched with general surgery proences of residency programs at teaching grams this year, up from eight students last year. hospitals across the country. At the March 21 ceremony, Lillemoe, During the ceremony, which is held on the same day at the same time across the 26, squealed with delight and threw her country, each graduate opens an envelope arms in the air after ripping open her containing the name of the program they envelope. The Baltimore County native was accepted for a program at Vanderbilt will attend. At Maryland’s other medical school, University in Tennessee, her first choice. “I’m really proud of our class,” Johns Hopkins University, at least 124 out of 126 students matched. The top five Lillemoe said after the ceremony. “A lot specialties for Hopkins students are: of my friends got their first choice; it’s internal medicine, general surgery, pedi- been a really exciting day — the emotion, the anxiety.” atrics, anesthesiology and psychiatry. Match Day is a culmination of a Several University of Maryland students said their choice of specialty was months-long, agonizing application pronot primarily influenced by broader cess that, for some, does not end as they trends in health care policy — like the had hoped. Jon Jaffe, for instance, had Affordable Care Act’s emphasis on pri- his sights set on orthopedics — one of the mary care — or the availability of resi- most competitive specialties — but he dency slots. They simply followed their didn’t match. interests. Jaffe, 25, will spend the next year At Maryland, emergency medicine was training as a general surgery intern at a popular choice, as it has been for the Union Memorial Hospital; he’ll reapply past several years, despite a lot of recent to orthopedics residencies for the followdiscussion among policy-makers about ing year. ways to reduce overutilization of ER ser“This was not how my plans were vices, which are among the most expen- drawn up,” Jaffe said. sive services provided to patients. And he’s not alone. There are a finite Ravert — the mother of six children, number of residency slots available, who all attended Friday’s ceremony — despite an increased number of students was one of 15 students who matched in applying and enrolling in medical schools an emergency medicine program. in Maryland and nationwide, according “Everything about it appealed to me,” to AAMC data. she said. “You get to see a ton of people Jaffe and others said when they applied every shift. You get to help people when to medical school, they didn’t give much they’re at their most vulnerable.” thought to the growing competition for Ravert said although she enjoys the residency slots. “rush of saving lives,” she’s also looking “You take it one step at a time,” forward to helping people who arrive in Lillemoe said. “I don’t think getting a the ER with non-life-threatening ailments residency spot was even something I and “just need some TLC.” considered when applying to med school, Those are the kinds of visits, though, which is kind of funny, considering that that health care officials would like to is the ultimate goal.” eliminate. It’s not cost-effective, experts
Southwick Public Library Teen Writing Group SOUTHWICK - The next meeting of the Southwick Public Library Teen Writing Group will be held on Wednesday, April 23 from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the library’s Community Room. New members are always welcome.
Alan’s ‘2 for 2 Fridays’ Pancakes WESTFIELD - Volunteer Alan Sudentas whips up scrumptious pancakes at the Westfield Senior Center on the third Friday of every month from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Participants get two big pancakes and a cup of coffee for two bucks. Tickets can be purchased at the Senior Center Greeter’s desk on the morning of the breakfast. No advance tickets, no sign-ups, and no reservations for these monthly pancake breakfasts are necessary. In addition, the Senior Center Wellness Nurse is also at the Senior Center on the third Friday of the month to take blood pressures, review medications, and discuss medical and health concerns. Invite some friends and treat yourself to breakfast “out” on April 18 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Senior Center! The Westfield Senior Center is located at 40 Main Street. Free parking is available in the Stop & Shop lot or, for no more than three hours, in the municipal lot behind Bank
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THE WESTFIELD NEWSSPORTS WHS volleyball, tennis excel WESTFIELD – The Whip City truly was “home sweet home” Monday as Westfield enjoyed a shutout in their high school boys’ tennis home opener against West Springfield, 5-0. Jacob Barbieri (6-0, 6-2), Chris Unger (6-2, 6-1), and Tristin Viale (7-5, 6-4) won at first, second, and third singles for Westfield, respectively. Bombers’ Alec Best and Casey McKenzie won at first doubles, 6-1, 6-1; and, No. 2 doubles pair, Rob Bernadara and Robbie Maxton enjoyed a 6-3, 6-2 victory. BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL Westfield def. Minnechaug 25-18, 25-8, 25-18 WILBRAHAM – John Bucko recorded 19 kills and three blocks, Chris Paradis and Ian Canty combined for 24 assists and three aces, and John Oleksak (4 kills) led Westfield, which delivered a nearly flawless effort, especially in a commanding second set of a three-game sweep. “It was a great set of volleyball,” Westfield coach Tyler Wingate said of the middle frame, which saw Minnechaug net just eight points. “It was probably one of our best of the season, and we finished it well out in Set Three.” Westfield improved to 5-1 overall.
The Westfield and St. Mary high school girls’ varsity lacrosse teams battled on Monday at the Bombers’ home field. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Saints’ Nikki Green (14) attempts to Westfield’s Victoria Whalen, left, attempts to flick a shot pass St. turn the corner around a Westfield defender. (Photo by Chris Putz) Mary goalie Karissa Foley Monday. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Westfield tops St. Mary By CHRIS PUTZ Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Westfield raced out to an early lead, and never looked back in a 21-4 win over St. Mary Monday at the Bombers’ home field. Victoria Whalen tallied three goals and five assists for Westfield, Ashlee Owen recorded five goals, and teammates’ Olivia Florek (3 goals), Grace Silva (2 goals, 2 assists), and Laura Paye (3 assists) contributed as well. Westfield goalie Maileen Kozak made eight saves in net. Eriin Dow led the St. Mary offense with two goals, Andrea Watson and Taylor Marshall each had one, and Lauren
Chapdelaine had an assist. Carissa Foley and Carly Woodruff combined for 10 Saints’ saves. ORIOLES TOP SAINTS: St. Mary fell to 1-2 in boys’ lacrosse action with a 14-9 loss at Belchertown Monday. Corey Papineau delivered in defeat for St. Mary, scoring six goals and collecting two assists. Tim Mercer (2 goals, 1 assist) and Andrew Gearing (goal) also contributed for the Saints. St. Mary won its season opener against Monson, 11-5. Despite suffering a second straight defeat, Saints’ coach Mason Conlon remained upbeat. “We have more numbers than last year,”
St. Mary defends the ball against Belchertown Monday.
St. Mary chases down the ball on defense. (Photo by Chris
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Conlon said. “We have more kids moving up through the Westfield program. We’re slowly chugging along. It’s a long process. The kids are going to have to work and practice and get back to the basics of lacrosse.” BOMBERS EDGE TERRIERS: Sam Scarfo (3 goals, 3 assists), Matt Chlastawa (4 goals, 1 assist), Garrett Fitzgerald (1 goal, 2 assists), Austin Hodgdon (2 goals, 1 assist), Anthony Sullivan (2 goals), Noah Swords (goal, 7 ground balls), and Luke Chlastawa (assist) powered the offensive unit; Craig Ward dominated faceoffs, Jake Cupak made 15 saves, and Westfield’s defensive unit shined at the Bombers defeated host South Hadley 13-10.
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Lachtara perfect, again!
Southwick’s Jenn Yelin beats the tag at second base by Smith Academy’s Charlotte S.Vann during yesterday’s game in Southwick. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
By CHRIS PUTZ Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – The Southwick-Tolland Regional High School softball team has been simply perfect in the early going, thanks to some offensive fireworks and the spark of a young pitcher. Southwick freshman ace Emily Lachtara pitched her second straight perfect game, a third consecutive no-hitter to help propel the Rams to a 6-0 shutout of Smith Academy Monday. Lachtara struck out 16 batters over seven complete innings. She was helped out defensively by outfielder Megan Zabik who made two key plays in left field. Sidney Rogers (2-for-4, triple, 2 RBIs, run scored), Sam Brozinski (2-3, RBI), Zabik (1-2, RBI, run), Tara Dowd (1-2, RBI, run), Morgan Harriman (hit), and Kate Silva (hit) led the Southwick hit attack.
Westfield 9, Hampshire 8 Westfield posted an incredible come-from-behind victory with a big three-run sixth inning. “It was a rock ‘em, sock ‘em comeback,” Westfield coach Joe Stella said. “The kids really showed their character. It was quite impressive.” Jesse Pratt (3-for-4, 2 RBIs), Maddy Atkocaitis (1-2, two walks), Kate Puza (3-4, double, 3 RBIs, 2 runs), Lexi Minicucci (2-2, two walks, RBI), Analise Eak (hit, RBI), Maddie Brockney (2-3, double, RBI, run), and Vicky Camp (1-4, run) paved the way on offense for Westfield. Bombers’ pitcher Taylor St. Jacques (3 Ks) earned the victory on the mound. Easthampton 17, Gateway 3 Jordan Cooper and Casey McKittrick each went 1-for-2 to lead Gateway. McKittrick notched an RBI, and Cooper scored a run.
HIGH SCHOOL Standings, Results
SOFTBALL Westfield………………..6-0 Southwick………………4-0 Gateway…………………0-3 Westfield Voc-Tech…0-2
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BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL Westfield………………..5-1
BOYS’ TENNIS Westfield………………..3-0 St. Mary…………………0-1*
BOYS’ LACROSSE Westfield………………..5-1 St. Mary…………………1-2
GIRLS’ TENNIS Westfield………………..0-0* St. Mary…………………1-0*
GIRLS’ LACROSSE Westfield………………..2-2* St. Mary…………………1-2*
BOYS’ TRACK & FIELD Westfield………………..0-0 Southwick……………….1-0 *No Report
Monday’s Results GIRLS’ LACROSSE Westfield 21, St. Mary 4 BOYS’ LACROSSE Belchertown 14, St. Mary 9 Westfield 13, South Hadley 10 BOYS’ TENNIS Westfield 5, West Springfield 0 BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL Westfield 3, Minnechaug 0
SOFTBALL Southwick-Tolland 6, Smith Academy 0 Westfield 9, Hampshire 8 Easthampton 17, Gateway 3 BASEBALL Westfield 10, Longmeadow 4 Gateway 9, Holyoke Catholic 4
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BASEBALL Westfield…………………4-1 Southwick……………….2-1 Gateway………………….3-0 Westfield Voc-Tech….2-0 St. Mary………………….2-0
Rams’ starting pitcher Emily Lachtara, center, delivers to a Smith Academy batter Monday in Southwick. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULES TUESDAY April 15
WEDNESDAY April 16
THURSDAY April 17
FRIDAY April 18
SATURDAY APRIL 19
MONDAY April 21
WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL No Sports Scheduled
GIRLS’ V TENNIS at Amherst, Amherst Regional Middle School, 4 p.m. BASEBALL vs. Minnechaug, Bullens Field, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Minnechaug, WHS, 4 p.m. BOYS’ V LACROSSE vs. Agawam, 4 p.m. BOYS’ JV LACROSSE vs. Agawam, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL at Pittsfield, Doyle Field, 4:30 p.m. JV SOFTBALL at Pittsfield, 4:30 p.m. GIRLS’ JV LACROSSE at East Longmeadow, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS’ V LACROSSE at East Longmeadow, 7 p.m.
BOYS’ V TENNIS vs. Sabis, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL at Holyoke, John Young Softball Field, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL at Holyoke, Crosier Field, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ V TRACK & FIELD at Holyoke, Roberts Sports Complex, 4 p.m.
BASEBALL vs. Central, Bullens Field, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ V TENNIS vs. Northampton, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Central, WHS, 4 p.m.
GIRLS’ V TENNIS vs. Holyoke, 1 p.m. BASEBALL at Cathedral, Forest Park, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ JV LACROSSE vs. Minnechaug, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ V LACROSSE vs. Minnechaug, 5:30 p.m.
SOUTHWICK-TOLLAND REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’/GIRLS’ TRACK & FIELD at Hampshire, 3:30 p.m. SOFTBALL vs. McCann Tech, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL vs. McCann Tech, 4 p.m.
BASEBALL vs. Monson, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Monson, 4 p.m.
SOFTBALL vs. Holyoke Catholic, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL vs. Holyoke Catholic, 4 p.m.
BASEBALL at Sabis, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL at Sabis, 4 p.m.
SOFTBALL at Palmer, 4 p.m.
No Sports Scheduled
BASEBALL at Hampshire, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL at Hampshire, 4 p.m.
GATEWAY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL No Sports Scheduled
BASEBALL vs. St. Mary’s, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. St. Mary’s, 4 p.m.
SAINT MARY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ LACROSSE at Monson, 4 p.m. BASEBALL vs. Holyoke Catholic, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Holyoke Catholic, Site TBD, 4 p.m.
GIRLS’ LACROSSE at Cathedral, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ TENNIS at Palmer, 4 p.m.
BOYS’ LACROSSE at Granby, 4 p.m.
No Sports Scheduled
BASEBALL at Gateway, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL at Gateway, 4 p.m.
WESTFIELD VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL at Dean Tech, Springdale Baseball Field, 4:15 p.m.
SOFTBALL at Commerce, Marshall Roy, 4 p.m.
BASEBALL vs. Pioneer Valley Christian School, Bullens Field, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL vs. Putnam, Whitney Field, 4 p.m.
No Sports Scheduled
SOFTBALL at Dean Tech, 11 a.m. BASEBALL vs. McCann Tech, Bullens Field, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. McCann Tech, Jachym Field, 4 p.m.
WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY SCHEDULES Westfield State 2014 Baseball Schedule
Men’s Golf 2014 Spring Schedule Day DATE OPPONENT TIME Tuesday April 15 MASCAC Championships Blackstone National Country Club, Sutton, Mass. 10:00 Thursday April 17 Western New England University Invitational Veterans Memorial Golf 10:00 Course, Springfield Monday April 21 Assumption College Invitational Heritage Country Club, Charlton, Mass. 10:00 Tuesday April 22 Elms College Invitational Westover Country Club, Granby, Mass. 10:00
Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track and Field DAY DATE OPPONENT
Place
Saturday
Day DATE OPPONENT
TIME
Tuesday
April 15
at MCLA (2)
2:00
Wednesday
April 16
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND
3:30
Friday
April 18
at Framingham State (2)
2:00
Monday
April 21
SALEM STATE (2)
12:00
Wednesday
April 23
at Keene State
3:30
Thursday
April 24
EASTERN CONNECTICUT
3:30
Saturday
April 26
FITCHBURG STATE (2)
12:00
Sunday
April 27
at Curry
12:00
April 19
Springfield College Invitational
Springfield College
April 26
MASCAC/Alliance Championships
UMass Dartmouth
May 2-3
New England Division 3 Championships
Springfield College
Thursday
May 1
Conference Tournament
TBD
Fri.-Sat.
May 9-10
ALL NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
Westfield State
Friday
May 2
Conference Tournament
TBD
Thu.-Fri.
May 15-16
ECAC Division 3 Championships
RPI, Troy, NY
Thu.-Sat.
May 22-24
NCAA Division 3 National Championships
Ohio Wesleyan
Saturday
May 3
Conference Tournament
TBD
Sunday
May 4
Conference Tournament
TBD
Saturday Fri.-Sat.
2014 Westfield State Lacrosse Schedule DAY DATE OPPONENT Tuesday
April 15
at Bridgewater State
7:00
Thursday
April 17
at Western Connecticut
7:00
Wednesday
April 23
FRAMINGHAM STATE
7:00
Saturday
April 26
at Mass. Maritime
1:00
Tuesday
April 29
MASCAC Tournament Quarterfinals
Thursday
May 1
MASCAC Tournament Semifinals
Saturday
May 3
MASCAC Tournament Championship
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE All Times EDT (x-if necessary)
FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) Wednesday, April 16 Montreal at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Columbus at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Thursday, April 17 Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Colorado, 9:30 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
2014 Westfield State Softball Schedule
TIME
DAY Tuesday Friday Monday Wednesday Saturday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
DATE OPPONEN April 15 at MCLA (2) April 18 at Framingham State (2) April 21 SALEM STATE (2) April 23 SPRINGFIELD (2) April 26 FITCHBURG STATE (2) May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4
TIME 2:00 2:00 12:00 3:00 12:00 MASCAC Tournament MASCAC Tournament MASCAC Tournament MASCAC Tournament
Daily Playoff Glance
Friday, April 18 Montreal at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Detroit at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Saturday, April 19 Chicago at St. Louis, 3 p.m. Columbus at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Colorado, 9:30 p.m. Sunday, April 20 Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, Noon Detroit at Boston, 3 p.m. Tampa Bay at Montreal, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 10 p.m. Monday, April 21 Pittsburgh at Columbus, 7 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Anaheim at Dallas, 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22 Tampa Bay at Montreal, 7 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 8 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. Wednesday, April 23 Pittsburgh at Columbus, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Dallas, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago, 9:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24 Boston at Detroit, 8 p.m. x-Montreal at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 9:30 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles,
10:30 p.m. Friday, April 25 N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. x-Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m. x-Dallas at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26 x-Detroit at Boston, 3 p.m. x-Columbus at Pittsburgh, TBD x-Minnesota at Colorado, TBD x-Los Angeles at San Jose, TBD Sunday, April 27 x-Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, Noon x-St. Louis at Chicago, 3 p.m. x-Tampa Bay at Montreal, TBD x-Anaheim at Dallas, TBD
Monday, April 28 x-Boston at Detroit, TBD x-Pittsburgh at Columbus, TBD x-Colorado at Minnesota, TBD x-San Jose at Los Angeles, TBD Tuesday, April 29 x-Montreal at Tampa Bay, TBD x-N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, TBD x-Chicago at St. Louis, TBD x-Dallas at Anaheim, TBD Wednesday, April 30 x-Columbus at Pittsburgh, TBD x-Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, TBD x-Minnesota at Colorado, TBD x-Los Angeles at San Jose, TBD
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Mclean, Bombers beat Lancers Westfield first baseman Brent Houle, right, makes the out on a Longmeadow runner. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
Westfield’s Colin Dunn, left, and Ashton Kennedy exchange a high-five during yesterday’s game against visiting Longmeadow. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
A Westfield base runner, right, scores at home as the Longmeadow catcher runs for a wild throw. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
By CHRIS PUTZ Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Kenny Mclean improved to 2-0 on the mound for Westfield, and the Bombers’ baseball team defeated Longmeadow 10-4 Monday at Bullens Field. Westfield stormed out of the gates with a five-run, first inning. The Bombers tacked on three more runs in the fourth, and two in the sixth. Westfield’s Chris Sullivan and Chris Riga went 3-for-3 with a double, Jake Toomey was 2-for-4 with a double, and Colin Dunn finished 2-for-4 with a triple. Gateway 9, Holyoke Catholic 4 CHICOPEE – Gateway settled down, settled in, and settled a score against Holyoke Catholic. Gateway spotted Holyoke Catholic four runs early – thanks to five walks and a costly error – but kept its composure, and soundly defeated the Gaels. Gators’ pitcher Curtis Dowers improved to 2-0. He allowed two hits and seven walks, and struck out 10 batters. He also helped himself out at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a run and two RBIs. “That first inning was shaky,” Gateway coach Gary St. Peter said, “but (Curtis) fought through that, which was great.” Gateway’s offense remained hot – despite cold temps and soggy fields in Huntington – with Justin Edinger (2-for-4, 2 runs scored, 4 stolen bases), Geoff Sobotka (3-4, 3 runs, 2 RBIs, double), and Tom Ruffo (hit, double, RBI) leading the way. “It was nice to see us executing and also getting multiple hits in an inning, keeping rallies going,” St. Peter said.
Westfield’s Kenny McLean delivers to a Longmeadow batter during yesterday’s game at Bullens Field. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
Westfield’s Chris Riga connects during the fourth inning of Monday’s game against visiting Longmeadow. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away New York 7 6 .538 — — 6-4 W-2 4-3 3-3 Toronto 7 6 .538 — — 5-5 W-1 3-3 4-3 Tampa Bay 7 7 .500 ½ ½ 5-5 L-2 4-3 3-4 Baltimore 6 7 .462 1 1 5-5 W-1 3-4 3-3 Boston 5 8 .385 2 2 3-7 L-2 2-4 3-4 Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Detroit 6 4 .600 — — 6-4 L-1 4-1 2-3 Chicago 7 6 .538 ½ — 5-5 W-1 5-2 2-4 Minnesota 6 6 .500 1 ½ 6-4 W-3 3-3 3-3 Cleveland 6 7 .462 1½ 1 4-6 L-1 3-3 3-4 Kansas City 4 7 .364 2½ 2 4-6 L-3 4-2 0-5 West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Oakland 9 4 .692 — — 8-2 W-3 3-3 6-1 7 5 .583 1½ — 5-5 W-1 2-3 5-2 Seattle 6 7 .462 3 1 6-4 L-1 2-5 4-2 Los Angeles Texas 6 7 .462 3 1 4-6 L-1 4-3 2-4 Houston 5 8 .385 4 2 3-7 L-1 3-4 2-4 AMERICAN LEAGUE Sunday’s Games Cincinnati 12, Tampa Bay 4 Toronto 11, Baltimore 3 Chicago White Sox 4, Cleveland 3 Minnesota 4, Kansas City 3 Texas 1, Houston 0 L.A. Angels 14, N.Y. Mets 2 San Diego 5, Detroit 1 Oakland 3, Seattle 0 N.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 2 Monday’s Games Baltimore 7, Tampa Bay 1 Seattle 7, Texas 1 Oakland 3, L.A. Angels 2 Tuesday’s Games Chicago Cubs (Hammel 2-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 1-0), 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 1-1) at Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 0-1), 7:05 p.m. Cleveland (McAllister 1-0) at Detroit (A.Sanchez 0-0), 7:08 p.m. Seattle (Beavan 0-0) at Texas (R.Ross 0-0), 8:05 p.m. Boston (Peavy 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Er.Johnson 0-1), 8:10 p.m. Kansas City (Ventura 0-0) at Houston (Harrell 0-2), 8:10 p.m. Toronto (Morrow 1-1) at Minnesota (Hughes 0-0), 8:10 p.m. Oakland (Straily 1-1) at L.A. Angels (Richards 2-0), 10:05 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Atlanta 9 4 .692 — — 7-3 W-4 4-2 5-2 Washington 8 5 .615 1 — 5-5 W-1 4-2 4-3 New York 6 7 .462 3 2 6-4 W-1 2-4 4-3 Philadelphia 6 7 .462 3 2 5-5 L-1 3-4 3-3 Miami 5 9 .357 4½ 3½ 2-8 L-8 5-3 0-6 Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Milwaukee 10 3 .769 — — 9-1 L-1 4-3 6-0 St. Louis 8 5 .615 2 — 6-4 W-3 4-2 4-3 Pittsburgh 6 6 .500 3½ 1½ 4-6 L-3 4-2 2-4 Chicago 4 8 .333 5½ 3½ 4-6 L-2 2-4 2-4 Cincinnati 4 8 .333 5½ 3½ 3-7 W-1 2-4 2-4 West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Los Angeles 9 4 .692 — — 7-3 W-3 2-3 7-1 San Francisco 8 5 .615 1 — 6-4 W-1 3-3 5-2 San Diego 6 7 .462 3 2 5-5 W-2 4-3 2-4 Colorado 6 8 .429 3½ 2½ 5-5 L-2 4-2 2-6 Arizona 4 12 .250 6½ 5½ 3-7 L-4 1-9 3-3
Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay (Price 2-0) at Baltimore (Tillman 1-1), 12:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 1-1), 7:05 p.m. Cleveland (Salazar 0-1) at Detroit (Smyly 1-0), 7:08 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 3-0) at Texas (Darvish 1-0), 8:05 p.m. Boston (Buchholz 0-1) at Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 1-0), 8:10 p.m. Kansas City (Guthrie 2-0) at Houston (Keuchel 1-1), 8:10 p.m. Toronto (Dickey 1-2) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 0-2), 8:10 p.m. Oakland (Milone 0-1) at L.A. Angels (Skaggs 1-0), 10:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE Sunday’s Games Cincinnati 12, Tampa Bay 4 Philadelphia 4, Miami 3 Atlanta 10, Washington 2 Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 6, Chicago Cubs 4 L.A. Angels 14, N.Y. Mets 2 San Francisco 5, Colorado 4, 10 innings San Diego 5, Detroit 1 L.A. Dodgers 8, Arizona 6 Monday’s Games Atlanta 9, Philadelphia 6 Washington 9, Miami 2 Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 7, tie, 6 innings, susp., rain St. Louis 4, Milwaukee 0
N.Y. Mets 7, Arizona 3 San Diego 5, Colorado 4 Tuesday’s Games Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 7, tie, 6 innings, comp. of susp. game, 5:30 p.m. Atlanta (Hale 0-0) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 2-1), 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hammel 2-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 1-0), 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Cole 2-0) at Cincinnati (Leake 1-1), 7:10 p.m. Washington (Strasburg 1-1) at Miami (Koehler 1-1), 7:10 p.m. St. Louis (S.Miller 0-2) at Milwaukee (Estrada 1-0), 8:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Mejia 1-0) at Arizona (Arroyo 1-0), 9:40 p.m. Colorado (Nicasio 1-0) at San Diego (Erlin 1-0), 10:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 0-0) at San Francisco (Lincecum 0-1), 10:15 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh (Liriano 0-2) at Cincinnati (Cueto 0-2), 12:35 p.m. St. Louis (J.Kelly 1-0) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 1-0), 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Gee 0-0) at Arizona (McCarthy 0-2), 3:40 p.m. Atlanta (Teheran 1-1) at Philadelphia (Burnett 0-1), 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 1-1), 7:05 p.m. Washington (Roark 1-0) at Miami (Fernandez 2-1), 7:10 p.m. Colorado (J.De La Rosa 0-2) at San Diego (Cashner 1-1), 10:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Maholm 0-1) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 0-0), 10:15 p.m.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION EASTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf z-Indiana 55 26 .679 — 4-6 W-1 35-6 20-20 37-14 z-San Antonio 62 19 .765 — 7-3 L-1 32-8 30-11 38-13 y-Miami 54 27 .667 1 5-5 L-2 32-8 22-19 34-17 y-Oklahoma City 58 23 .716 4 6-4 L-2 33-7 25-16 36-16 y-Toronto 48 33 .593 7 8-2 W-2 26-15 22-18 32-19 y-L.A. Clippers 56 24 .700 5½ 7-3 W-1 33-7 23-17 35-15 x-Chicago 48 33 .593 7 9-1 W-1 27-14 21-19 35-16 x-Houston 54 27 .667 8 5-5 W-2 33-8 21-19 31-20 x-Brooklyn 44 36 .550 10½ 7-3 W-1 28-12 16-24 26-24 x-Portland 53 28 .654 9 8-2 W-4 30-10 23-18 30-21 x-Washington 43 38 .531 12 7-3 W-3 22-19 21-19 32-19 x-Golden State 50 31 .617 12 6-4 W-1 27-14 23-17 30-21 x-Charlotte 42 39 .519 13 8-2 W-2 24-16 18-23 29-22 x-Dallas 49 32 .605 13 7-3 W-1 26-15 23-17 29-22 x-Atlanta 37 44 .457 18 6-4 L-1 24-17 13-27 27-24 x-Memphis 49 32 .605 13 6-4 W-4 26-14 23-18 28-23 New York 35 45 .438 19½ 6-4 W-2 18-22 17-23 24-26 Phoenix 47 34 .580 15 5-5 L-3 26-15 21-19 27-24 Cleveland 32 49 .395 23 5-5 L-2 18-22 14-27 20-31 Minnesota 40 41 .494 22 5-5 L-2 24-16 16-25 23-28 Detroit 29 52 .358 26 3-7 L-3 17-24 12-28 23-29 Denver 36 44 .450 25½ 4-6 W-3 22-18 14-26 20-30 Boston 25 56 .309 30 2-8 L-1 16-24 9-32 21-30 New Orleans 33 48 .407 29 2-8 W-1 21-19 12-29 14-37 Orlando 23 58 .284 32 4-6 L-3 19-21 4-37 17-34 Sacramento 28 53 .346 34 3-7 W-1 17-23 11-30 15-36 Philadelphia 18 63 .222 37 3-7 W-1 10-31 8-32 13-38 L.A. Lakers 26 55 .321 36 2-8 W-1 14-27 12-28 14-37 Milwaukee 15 66 .185 40 2-8 L-2 10-30 5-36 12-39 Utah 24 57 .296 38 1-9 L-5 16-25 8-32 12-39 Monday’s Games Houston 104, San Antonio 98 Tuesday’s Games Detroit at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Brooklyn at Cleveland, 8 p.m. Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. New York at Brooklyn, 8 p.m. Washington 114, Miami 93 New Orleans 101, Oklahoma City 89 Philadelphia at Miami, 8 p.m. Denver at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Dallas at Memphis, 8 p.m. Philadelphia 113, Boston 108 L.A. Lakers 119, Utah 104 Toronto at New York, 8 p.m. Wednesday’s Games L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 8 p.m. Toronto 110, Milwaukee 100 Memphis 97, Phoenix 91 L.A. Clippers at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Indiana at Orlando, 7 p.m. Houston at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Charlotte 95, Atlanta 93 Golden State 130, Minnesota 120 Phoenix at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m. Chicago at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Washington at Boston, 8 p.m. Chicago 108, Orlando 95 Golden State at Denver, 10:30 p.m. Utah at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
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Annie’s Mailbox By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar
Dismayed Dear Annie: I am 27 and am engaged to my 26-year-old fiancee. However, she recently told me about her college days, which included a lot of sex with both men and women, sometimes in groups. She said she really enjoyed it, but it is in the past. I find it difficult to understand why she didn’t tell me this long ago, and I wonder where her head is now. How can I trust her to be honest with me and not fall back into her old ways? I mean, if you had a great time at Disneyland, wouldn’t you want to go back? -- Dismayed Dear Dismayed: Not necessarily. Your fiancee didn’t tell you this earlier because she didn’t think your relationship was solid enough to withstand her confession. Frankly, we don’t believe couples need to tell each other every detail about prior relationships. It can poison the well. Partners should know about previous engagements, marriages and children, but other romantic entanglements don’t need to be confessed unless they will have an impact down the line. By telling you that she had sex with women and in groups, you are now wondering whether your fiancee is bisexual and will want group sex again. But it’s not like Disneyland. A lot of college kids engage in rather adventurous sexual escapades because they are experimenting and sampling everything. It doesn’t mean she is still interested in any of this, and you aren’t giving her the opportunity to prove she has outgrown it. Nonetheless, such concerns merit further discussion. Please get into premarital counseling to see whether you can work through this. But we caution you: If her prior life means you will never trust her, we don’t recommend marriage. Dear Annie: Every month I take many medications. In the past, when I’ve finished one, I tear the label off of the container and throw it into the recycling bag. I think that throwing these out is such a waste. I called the pharmacy and asked whether the containers are returnable, and they told me no. Do you have any idea why they do not reuse these containers? -- Anonymous Dear Anonymous: We contacted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and here is what we were told: Reuse of this sort of container is complicated, due to the remaining residues from different medications and the facilities that pharmacies would need to have onsite to be able to safely reuse the containers. Plastic medicine bottles can be recycled, but collection varies greatly throughout the country. Some residential recycling programs collect medicine bottles for recycling, as do some pharmacies and stores. (For example, Whole Foods encourages consumers to bring all No. 5 plastics to their store, which generally includes medicine bottles.) A helpful resource for finding recycling outlets for specific materials is Earth911. com. Dear Annie: Sorry, but your answer to “Grinch in Arizona” could have been better. She said she and her husband say in advance that they are giving donations to an animal shelter instead of presents, but her stepdaughter keeps giving them gifts. You said they should bring a card from the animal shelter saying the donation had been made in their honor. Giving a donation to “Grinch’s” favorite charity is not a gift to the family. It would be much better to tell the family you are giving donations and ask whether they have a favorite charity. If not, then Grinch could suggest their animal shelter. -- Cheryl Dear Cheryl: Since this couple made it clear in advance that this was their holiday policy and they wanted no gifts in return, we thought it was acceptable. But many readers agree with you. Annie’s Snippet for Income Tax Day (credit William Simon): The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column.
HINTS FROM HELOISE New Roles for Prescription Bottles Dear Readers: Recently, we asked you to send in your hints on all the ways you reuse those small, brown, plastic PRESCRIPTION BOTTLES. Here are some of the many ways you reuse and recycle these bottles: * Rosanna D. in Kentucky wrote: “Use for travel storage of used diabetic fingerstick pins and test strips. Once home, seal the bottle for trash disposal.” * Mary G., via email, said: “After collecting and drying seeds from my garden, I store them in empty prescription bottles. Just be sure the seeds are completely dry, or they will mildew.” * Charlotte F., via email, said: “As a Cub Scout den leader, I taught my Scouts to use empty prescription bottles to keep matches dry. In a separate bottle, store tinder (cotton fibers and other dry plant material) for kindling fires (under strict supervision only, of course).” * Marty B. in Arkansas wrote: “My hunting buddies and I use these bottles to store cotton balls saturated with deer scent. Take the lid off and place on the ground. When finished hunting, put the lid back on.” -- Heloise
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, April 15, 2014: This year you often get into situations where you encounter a conflict of ideas and actions. You will learn how to handle this type of collision, and you’ll come up with compromises as a result. You often wonder which voice to listen to. Whether your impulsiveness or your logic dominates will be your call. If you are single, you could meet someone of interest after June. Do not rush out to meet someone; rather, be yourself and trust that the right person will come along. If you are attached, the two of you seem to get each other fired up. You also act as if you were newlyweds. You will smile when you look back at this year. SCORPIO is as intense as you are, but he or she is more secretive. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH The Full Moon triggers some high drama. Normally, you would choose not to get involved, but right now you might feel cornered. A friend will come to the rescue. Let this person know how much you appreciate him or her. Tonight: Enjoy dinner together. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Focus on getting the job done and accomplishing whatever you want. Pressure could come from a touchy situation that is not being resolved easily. You would be wise to go with the flow and not get caught up in someone else’s issue. Tonight: Join a friend for dinner. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Your playful personality draws in many different results. You might want to manipulate a situation involving a financial matter. You could have difficulty coming to an agreement with others, as they seem to think they have a better route. Tonight: Relax all you want. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You could be in for quite a surprise. Where you might have anticipated a level-headed interaction with a boss or supervisor, you could run into a last-minute problem. Your imagination will help you find the right path through this present maze. Tonight: Add in some naughtiness. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You are full of energy and ready to meet a challenge head on; however, someone else likely won’t be willing to do the same. Be careful, as words could be exchanged and a full-blown argument might ensue. Tonight: Do not allow a rift to continue. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You suddenly might be more willing to take a risk. You could feel pressured to go one way or the other with a financial situation. Allow someone else to share more of what he or she desires. Be flattered by this person’s vulnerability. Tonight: Catch up on a pal’s news. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Use the morning for pursuing any matter that is close to your heart. You might not be getting the exact results you desire, but the Force is with you. A partner could trigger you in an argument. Let your imagination rock and roll. Tonight: Make it your treat. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH You might have difficulty getting going, but once you do, you could be a force to behold. Delay an important decision until later in the afternoon, when your imagination and creativity merge. Listen to feedback. Tonight: Add more romance to your life. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH A meeting in the morning will provide you with more than one great idea to get you to a specific end. Honor a change, but know that you don’t need to commit to that course. If you relax, you will be able to tell the trees from the forest. Tonight: Get some extra R and R. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Others naturally gravitate toward you. You might be in a situation where you will want to assume a bigger role. Evaluate the time and cost of taking on another commitment. Clearly, you know what you want. Tonight: Hang out with your friends. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Make a point to take the high road. Misunderstandings seem to be happening out of the blue. You might be facing some extreme feelings when trying to decide which way to go. Excitement seems to arrive in the most unexpected manner. Tonight: Could be a late one.
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hours/week during school year.
Estate of: www.thewestfieldnews.com Minimum AA in ECE and EEC KATHLEEN G RIDER Teacher certified. Hours 10:30 am Also Known As: 4:30 pm. Salary Range: $12.25KATHLEEN RIDER Date of Death: March 11, 2014 $13.25/hour.
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0001 Legal Notices April 15, 22, 29, 2014 NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Joshua Michael Graveline and Danielle Choiniere Graveline to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated August 28, 2006 and recorded with the Hampden County Registry of Deeds at Book 16151, Page 453, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. to Nationstar Mortgage LLC dated April 25, 2012 and recorded with said registry on May 10, 2012 at Book 19253 Page 81, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 11:00 a.m. on May 7, 2014, on the mortgaged premises located at 88 Woodmont Street, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, TO WIT: The land in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts bounded and described as follows:
and conveyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or liens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and are applicable, having priority over said mortgage, whether or not reference to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed. TERMS OF SALE:
A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at Harmon Law Offices, P.C., 150 California Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in full of the purchase price. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale. NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Present holder of said mortgage By its Attorneys, HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C. 150 California Street Newton, MA 02458 (617) 558-0500 201208-1047 - TEA
Two lots known as follows: Lot #19 (nineteen) on a plan of lots recorded in Hampden County Registry of Deeds Book of Plans 3, Page 42; and
April 15, 2014 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS THE TRIAL COURT PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT
Lot #20 (twenty) on a plan of lots recorded in Hampden County Registry of Deeds Book of Plans Hampden Division 3, Page 42. 50 State Street Being the same premises con- Springfield, MA 01103 veyed to the Grantor by Deed (413)748-8600 recorded immediately prior to. Docket No. HD14P0676EA For mortgagor's(s') title see INFORMAL PROBATE deed recorded with Hampden PUBLICATION NOTICE County Registry of Deeds in Book 16151, Page 451. Estate of: KATHLEEN G RIDER These premises will be sold Also Known As: and conveyed subject to and KATHLEEN RIDER with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, ease- Date of Death: March 11, 2014 ments, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, im- To all persons interested in the provements, public assess- above captioned estate, by Petiments, any and all unpaid taxes, tion of Frederick W. Rider, Jr. tax titles, tax liens, water and of Agawam, MA a Will has been sewer liens and any other muni- admitted to informal probate. cipal assessments or liens or existing encumbrances of record Frederick W. Rider, Jr. of which are in force and are ap- Agawam, MA has been informplicable, having priority over said ally appointed as the Personal mortgage, whether or not refer- Representative of the estate to ence to such restrictions, ease- serve without surety on the ments, improvements, liens or bond. encumbrances is made in the deed. The estate is being administered under informal procedTERMS OF SALE: ure by the Personal SOUTHWICK - Master Gardener Thelma Green ofRepresentChicopee ative under the Massachusetts willAbe the Southwick Public Library’s guest speaker Wednesday, deposit of Five Thousand Uniform Probate Code without ($5,000.00) by certified April 16 at 7Dollars p.m. when she willsupervision detail her experiences restoring by the Court. Inventor check will beatrequired to ory accountsofare thebank herbal garden Storrowton on and the grounds the not BigreE be paid by the purchaser at the quired to be filed with the Court, (Eastern States Exposition) in West Springfield. The presentation, time and place of sale. The bal- but interested parties are enwhichisistosponsored the Friends of the Library, is free and open ance be paid bybycertified or titled to notice regarding the adbank Law Ofto thecheck public.at ItHarmon will discuss the ministration content and maintenance of the from the Personal fices, 150 California gardenP.C., and herbal gardensStreet, generally as well as the soil Representative andrequirements can petition Newton, Massachusetts 02458, the Court in any matter relating forby various herbs. conditions for potted herbals will also or mail to P.O.The Box 610389, needed to the vinegar estate, and including distribube noted Highlands, and ThelmaMassachuwill share cookies, tea recipes, all Newton tion of assets and expenses of setts 02461-0389, within thirty made from herbs. administration. Interested parties (30) days from the date of sale. are entitled to petition the Court Deed will be provided to pur- to institute formal proceedings chaser for recording upon re- and to obtain orders terminating ceipt in full of the Westfield purchaseRiver RUSSELL - The Canoe Club will hold or restricting the powers of their Perprice. The description the on Westfield River WildwaterofRace April 19, with the awards cersonal Representatives appoinpremises contained in said mort- ted under informal procedure. A emony being heldinatthe Strathmore gage shall control event of Park in Russell. Both the novice copy of day. the Petition and for Will,the if and expert races will be held on the same Registration an error in this publication. any, can be obtained from the novice race will open at 8 a.m., with the race starting at 10 a.m. at Petitioner. if any, the to be an- bridge) theOther DPWterms, yard (below green in Huntington. The expert nounced at the sale.
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registration will open at noon, with the race beginning at 1:30 p.m. at the base of the Knightville Dam (off Route 112). For more inforNATIONSTAR LLCat www.westfieldriverraces.com or mation you canMORTGAGE visit the website Presentus holder of saidatmortgage contact by email paddling4fun@gmail.com or by phone at (413) 636-2397. By Registration forms are available to download from its Attorneys, the website.LAW OFFICES, P.C. HARMON
To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of Frederick W. Rider, Jr. of Agawam, MA a Will has been admitted to informal probate. Frederick W. Rider, Jr. of Agawam, MA has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond.
The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.
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SILO DRIED FIREWOOD. (128cu.ft.) guaranteed. For prices call Keith Larson (413)537-4146.
0285 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.
0295 Boats ALUMACRAFT BOAT 1995, 16'5" WITH GALVANIZED TRAILER Includes: 20HP & 6HP, 42" trolling Evinrudes, side instrument console, Lowrance fish finder, 3 seats, 3 rod holders, 2 down riggers, 2 down rigger rods, travel cover, Biminy top, 2 anchors, 2 navigation lights, happy troller. Maintained by dealer. Very clean. Asking $6,500.
0340 Apartment WESTFIELD 1&2 bedroom apartments, rent includes heat and hot water. Excellent size and location. No dogs. Call weekdays (413)786-9884.
WESTFIELD large, 1st floor, 2 bedroom apartment. Hardwood floors, washer/dryer hookups. Across the street from church, playground, school. Available May 1st. $900/month. First, last, security required. Call (860)335PLEASANT STREET, Westfield. 8377. 4 room, 1 bedroom apartment. Stove, refrigerator, storage. $725/month plus utilities. (413)562-2295. WESTFIELD large 3 bedroom, 2nd floor apartment. Washer dryer hookup, etc. $925/month plus utilities. First, last, security. Call (413)572-2332. WESTFIELD 2 bedroom apartments, large closets, free heat and hot water included, laundry, p a r k i n g . P o s s i b l e p e t . WESTFIELD, 1st floor, 1 bed$895/month. (413)562-2266. room, kitchen and bath. No pets. $595/month plus electric. First, last, security. Call (413)2504811. WESTFIELD 2nd floor apartment, walking distance to center of Westfield and park. 4 bedrooms, 1 bath, washer/dryer WESTFIELD, 2nd floor, 2 bedhookup, gas heat. $1,000/month room, kitchen, living room, bath, plus utilities. No pets. Off street e n c l o s e d p o r c h . N o p e t s . parking. First, last, security. Call $795/month plus utilities. First, for appointment (413)210-1059. last, security. (413)250-4811.
DASHE-INTEL Comprehensive Landlord Services Tenant screening including criminal background and credit checks. Call Steve or Kate (413) 579-1754 www.DasheIntel.com
0340 Apartment WESTFIELD 3rd floor efficiency apartment. Recently remodeled, kitchen with lots of cabinet space, appliances included. Dining room, living room, laundry hookups in basement, quiet neighborhood, off street parking. No pets. Non smoker. $525/month plus utilities. (413)374-8803.
PARK SQUARE TOWNHOUSES WESTFIELD
$840-$860/month with $40. heat discount * Deluxe 2 bedroom townhouses, 1 1/2 baths, spacious, closets * Dishwasher, wall/wall carpeting * Air conditioning, laundry facilities, 900 sq.ft.. private entrances FREE HOT WATER Convenient to Mass Pike & 10/202
140 Union Street, #4 Westfield, MA For more information call (413)568-1444
WESTFIELD Beautiful 2 bedroom townhouse, clean, quiet, 1-1/2 bath, carpeting, appliances, hot water included. Very reasonable heat cost. Sorry no pets. From $795/month. Call for more information (860)485-1216 Equal Housing Opportunity.
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MONTGOMERY 5 miles from Westfield. Spacious office includes utilities and WiFi. SINGLE FAMILY 3 bedroom $350/month. Call (413)977Cape style home for rent. Hard- 6277. wood in bedrooms. Located in quiet/private neighborhood a mile from Stanley Park, Westfield. $1,250. Dianna (413)530- 0390 Homes For Sale 7136. RUSSELL, 5 room, 2 bedroom, 1 bath. Updated plumbing, electric. Town utilities. 155 Main 0370 Office Space Street. $104,000. (508) 2591856. WESTFIELD 82 BROAD STREET. 850sq.ft. 4 room office suite available. Utilities in0440 Services cluded. Call (413)562-2295.
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0340 Apartment WESTFIELD. AVAILABLE JUNE 1ST. Large 2nd floor, 2 bedroom apartment. Newly remodeled. Washer/dryer hookups. Hardwood floors & ceramic tile. Private yard, off street parking and garage. $950/month. Pet free, smoke free. Applications being taken. Looking for long term tenants. (413)562-9117.
0345 Rooms HUNTINGTON 1 room with heat, hot water, cable TV, air conditioning, refrigerator and microwave included. Call (413)531-2197.
A1 ODD JOBS/HANDYMAN. Debris removal, landscaping, spring yard cleanup, interior and exterior painting, power washFOR SALE BY OWNER. 3 fam- ing, basic carpentry and plumbily house on 0.47ac Business A ing. All types of repair work and zoned in downtown Westfield. more. (413)562-7462. Excellent potential for a variety of businesses. Price negotiable. For more information call LAWN MOWING, Spring/Fall (413)454-3260. cleanups, hedge trimming and all your landscaping needs. (413)626-6122 or visit: www.haggerscape.com
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ROOM TO RENT in a quiet neighborhood. Kitchen and laundry privilege. Heat, A/C, utilities. Available now to non-smoker. $600/month, Westfield. (413)355-2338 or (413)5627341.
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Excavating
CARPET, LINOLEUM, CERAMIC TILE, HARDWOOD FLOORS. Sales, Service. Installation & Repairs. Customer guaranteed quality, clean, efficient, workmanship. Call Rich (413)530-7922.
SEPTIC SYSTEMS, house sites, demolition, land clearing, driveways, stumping, patios, retaining walls, walkways. CORMIER LANDSCAPING, (413)822-0739.
Home Improvement
DAVE DAVIDSON BATHROOM & KITCHEN REMODELING. “GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME” Complete Bath Renovations. Mass. License #072233, Mass. Registration #144831. CT. HIC. #0609568. Now serving CT. Insured. Quality Work on Time on Budget Flooring/Floor Sanding Since 1984. (413)569-9973. WAGNER RUG & FLOORING, LLC. 95 www.davedavidsonremodeling.com MAINLINE DRIVE, WESTFIELD. A RON JOHNSON’S FLOOR SAND(413)568-0520. One stop shopping for ING. Installation, repairs, 3 coats all your floors. Over 40 years in busi- polyurethane. Free estimates. (413) 569-3066. ness. www.wagnerrug.com
Chimney Sweeps 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, 1-800-793-3706.
Drywall T-BEST DRYWALL. Complete professional drywall at amateur prices. Our ceilings are tops! Call Mike 413-8218971. Free estimates.
Electrician POEHLMAN ELECTRIC. All types of wiring. Free estimates, insured. SPECIALIZING IN PORTABLE AND WHOLE HOUSE KOHLER GENERATORS, SERVICE UPGRADES, SMALL JOBS, POOLS. Gutter deicing cables installed. I answer all calls! Prompt service, best prices. Lic. #A-16886. (413)562-5816. TURCOTTE ELECTRIC. 30+ years experience. Electrical installations, emergency service work. Generac portable or whole house generator installations. HVAC controls and energy saving green technology upgrades. Fully insured. All calls answered. Master’s Lic #A-18022. (413)214-4149. JIM FERRIS ELECTRIC. Senior discount. No job too small! Insured, free estimates. 40 years experience. Lic. #16303. Call (413)330-3682. MASTER ELECTRICIAN 40 years experience. Insured, reasonable prices. No job too small. Call Tom Daly, (413)543-3100. Lic# A7625.
Gutter Cleaning
DELREO HOME IMPROVEMENT for all your exterior home improvement needs. Roofing, siding, windows, decks and gutters. Call for free quote. Extensive references, fully licensed & insured in MA. & CT. www.delreohomeimprovement.com Call Gary Delcamp (413)569-3733.
RAIN GUTTERS CLEANED, REPAIRED. Antennas removed, chimneys repaired and chimney caps installed. Roof leaks repaired, vent areas sealed. Sr. citizen discount. Insured. Free estimates. H.I. Johnson TOM DISANTO Home Improvements Services. (413)596-8859 before 9p.m. The best choice for all interior and exterior building and remodeling. Specializing Hauling in the design and building of residential additions, since 1985. Kitchens, baths, #1 PHIL'S DUMP RUNS/DEMOLITION. siding, windows, decks, porches, sunRemoval of any items in cellars, attics, rooms, garages. License #069144. MA etc... Also brush removal and small dem- Reg. #110710. FREE ESTIMATES, olition (sheds, decks, fences, one car REFERENCES, FULLY INSURED. Call garages). Fully insured. Free esti- Tom (413)568-7036. mates. Phil (413)525-2892, (413)265PAUL MAYNARD CONSTRUCTION. 6380. All your carpentry needs. (413)386A DUMP TRUCK. Attic, cellars, yard, 4606. Did your windows fail with the scrap metal removal. Seasoned Fire- cold weather? Don't wait another year! wood. (413)569-1611, (413)374-5377. Call Paul for replacement windows. Many new features available. Windows A.R.A. JUNK REMOVAL SERVICE. are built in CT. All windows installed by Furniture, trash, appliances. Full house Paul, owner of Paul Maynard Concleanouts, basements, attics, yards. struction. My name is on my work. Furnace and hot water heater removal. 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE. Free estimate on phone. Senior dis- R.J. FENNYERY HOME IMPROVEcount. Call Pete (413)433-0356. MENT'S. Professional roofing & siding contractor. All types of home www.arajunkremoval.com. repairs. Expert emergency leak repair. Reasonable rates. MA Lic. Home & Office Cleaning #CS066849. MA Reg. #149909. Call Bob (413)736-0276. RJFennyery. CLEANING SERVICE. VERY REA- com SONABLE - 8 years experience. We can help you keep your house in perfect condition. Satisfaction guaranteed. Home Maintenance Free estimates. Excellent references. Call (413)455-9633. HANDYMAN/CARPENTER. All home repairs: Honey to do list, bathroom reHome Improvement modeling, tile work, sheetrock repairs, winterization. No job too small. 35 years profressional experience. (413)519BRUNO ANTICO BUILDING RE- 3251.
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Landscaping/Lawn Care
ALWAYS CALL FIRST!!! M&M SERVICES-20 Years serving the Westfield area. Painting, staining, house washing, interior/exterior. Wall coverings. Commercial/residential. Free estimates. Insured. References. Mass Reg. #121723. Call (413)568-9731. No job too small !!
S.E. LANDSCAPING. Lawn mowing, mulch, spring cleanups, gutter cleaning, pressure washing. Call (413)977-1105.
At SANTA FE PAINTING CO. We're your color specialists! Brighten up your home for Spring! Get all your interior painting needs done now. We paint and stain log homes. Call (413)230-8141. A NEW LOOK FOR 2014. Let Home Decor help. Interior painting and wallpapering, specializing in faux finishes. Servicing the area over 12 years. Call Kendra now for a free estimate and decorating advice. (413)564-0223, (413)626-8880. KELSO FAMILY PAINTING. Filling summer schedule for exterior painting, interior painting anytime. Call Kyle (413)667-3395.
Landscaping/Lawn Care A SPRING CLEANUP. Commercial, residential. Weekly mowing and maintenance, tree removal, dethatching, mulch, gutter cleaning, etc. Shea Landscaping, (413)569-2909. CORMIER LANDSCAPING. Spring cleanups, lawn service, mulching, retaining walls, excavating, decks, driveways, patios, tree work, stone work. Call (413)822-0739.
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)5691611. (413)374-5377.
Plumbing & Heating NICK GARDNER PLUMBING, WELDING & MECHANICAL SERVICES. Professional, reliable service. MA Lic. #PL31893-J. Certified Welding. Insured. Call (413)531-2768 Nick7419@comcast.net
Roofing ONE STOP SHOPPING for all your ROOFING needs! POWER WASHING/CLEANING revitalizing your roof, removing ugly black stains, mold and moss, we’ll make it look like new plus prolong the life of your roof. We do emergency repairs, new construction, complete tear off, ice and water protection barrier systems, skylight repairs. Snow & ice removal. FREE gutter cleaning with any roof repair or roof job. 10% senior discount. Free estimates. MA. Lic. #170091. Call (413)977-5701
Tree Service A BETTER OPTION - GRANFIELD TREE SERVICE. Tree Removal, Land Clearing, Excavating. Firewood, Log Truck Loads. (413)569-6104.
AMERICAN TREE & SHRUB. ProfesLAWN MOWING, Spring/Fall cleanups, sional fertilizing, planting, pruning, cahedge trimming and all your landscaping needs.(413)626-6122 or visit: www.hag- bling and removals. Free estimates, fully insured. Please call Ken 569gerscape.com 0469. PLUMLEY LANDSCAPE, INC. Call us today for all your landscape needs. Landscape design and planting, irriga- CONRAD TREE SERVICE. Expert tion installation and repair, and complete tree removal. Prompt estimates. yard renovations. Drainage problems, Crane work. Insured. “After 34 stump grinding, chipper service, bobcat service, gravel driveways, excavation years, we still work hard at being and demolition, including getting rid of #1.” (413)562-3395. that unwanted pool. (413)862-4749.
MODELING.Kitchens, additions, decks, rec rooms, more. Prompt, reliable service, free estimates. Mass JOSEPH’S HANDYMAN COMPANY. T&S LANDSCAPING. Highest quality, Upholstery Registered #106263, licensed & in- Carpentry, remodeling, kitchen, baths, lowest prices. Lawn mowing. Residenbasements, drywall, tile, floors, sus- tial\commercial. No lawns to small. KEITH'S UPHOLSTERY & REPAIRS. sured. Call Bruno, (413)562-9561.
pended ceilings, restoration services, doors, windows, decks, stairs, C&N CARPENTRY. Suspended ceil- interior/exterior painting, plumbing. ings, home improvements and remod- Small jobs ok. All types of professional eling. Licensed and insured. Call work done since 1985. Call Joe, (413)364-7038. (413)262-9314.
Weekly, biweekly. (413)330-3917.
30+ years experience for home or business. Discount off all fabrics. Get quality YARD CLEANUP, thatching, leaf brush workmanship at a great price. Free removal, hedge/tree trimming, pickup and delivery. Call (413)562mulch/stone, mowing. Call Accurate 6639. Lawncare, (413)579-1639.