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THURSDAY, February 25, 2016
Capturing a career
Westover photographer
shares his fascination
with flight
By Emily Thurlow
Staff Writer
T
hrough the lens of a camera, Master Sgt. Andrew
S. Biscoe’s childhood
dreams take flight on a daily
basis as he captures moments in
time along the flight line.
The wonder of flight has
fascinated Biscoe since he was
old enough to look up at the sky,
which he says started to develop
when he was about 2 years old.
“Military airplanes are more
distinct and specialized than
standard jetliners and corporate
jets,” he explained of his preference for military airplanes. “The
visual spectacle hasn’t diminished since my childhood.”
And though one could argue
that because it’s his job, Biscoe
“has to say” such positive things
about the profession, having
grown up near Hanscom Air
Force Base in Bedford, the fascination with flight is something
See CAREER page 7
Despite having snapped shots
well into the thousands,
Master Sgt. Andrew S. Biscoe
continues to find himself
in awe of flight.
Turley Publications staff photo by Emily Thurlow
Campus spirit Police addition will help to take a bite out of crime
Department introduces
rises above
new K-9 team
chapel closing
By Emily Thurlow
Staff Writer
By Tyler W. Leahy
Staff Writer
CHICOPEE – Our Lady’s
Chapel has been part of Elms
College’s identity since its
inception. Now, campus and
community members must say
goodbye as demolition of the
building looms.
“Our Lady’s Chapel holds
a special place in the life of the
Elms community,” said Rev.
Mark S. Stelzer. “Generations of
Elms students, faculty and staff
have found great comfort and
peace in that sacred space.”
The chapel had been temporarily closed since early
December for potential repairs,
but following an in-depth assessment, the Elms College Board of
Trustees voted in early February
to tear down the structure.
“There are foundational problems that have gone
completely up throughout the
building. It’s completely a
structural issue,” said Elms
College Director of Institutional
Marketing Nancy Farrell. “The
deterioration was at a level real-
See Chapel page 8
CHICOPEE – The Chicopee
Police Department has added a
new member to the roster, but
he won’t be carrying a gun or
wearing a uniform.
Last week, the department introduced their new K-9
Officer “Kane” to the community. Having wanted to fulfill this
kind of role since he became a
police officer, the opportunity
is a “dream” for Police Officer
Ryan Romano.
“I’ve always wanted to be a
police officer, specifically a K-9
[handler/officer], but when I first
came on, there was already a K9 officer in place, so I just stuck
to crime work,” he explained. In
addition to that, Romano also
took up community policing
Proposed bike path reaches
multi-step review process
By Tyler W. Leahy
Staff Writer
CHICOPEE – In an energetic question and answer forum
that followed a Willimansett
neighborhood meeting, Mayor
Richard J. Kos acknowledged
that he has only a few weeks
to move forward the planning
process for construction of a
bike path along the Connecticut
River.
The Feb. 18 meeting held
at Stefanik Elementary School
provided residents with updates
on flood control improvements
to the city-owned levee along
the Connecticut River, as well
as the proposed Connecticut
Riverwalk North project.
“The process is at a stage
where it is up to us to give
[MassDOT] the go ahead,” said
Kos, explaining that a decision
is his to be made in regards to
continuing to move forward the
Connecticut Riverwalk-North
project that would install an
approximately 2.4-mile bike
path spanning from the Medina
Street boat ramp to Nash Park.
City Planner Lee Pouliot
explained that MassDOT,
which will handle construction
of the project, has approved a
Connecticut Riverwalk North
funding budget close to $3.3
million. To maintain the pos-
See bike path page 9
through the bicycle patrol.
When the city approved
the increase of police officers
from 106 to 115, this allowed
the department to add another
K-9 unit, and when the opening
(for a handler) became available,
Romano, who has been performing police work for 19 years,
was first in line at the chance.
The addition of Kane is the
first time in more than 20 years
that the department has had two
K-9 teams, said Police Chief
William Jebb. His goal, Michael
Wilk, public information officer
for the department, explained,
is to have a “complete” K-9 program with coverage on all three
shifts provided by the individual teams. At this point, Jebb is
organizing the shifts between
the two units to make sure they
are utilized where most needed
based on crime statistics.
See K-9 page 5
Old Plantation Inn site to be tilled
for new Mercedes-Benz dealership
By Tyler W. Leahy
Staff Writer
Turley Publications staff
photo by Tyler W. Leahy
A c c o m p a n i e d by h i s w i f e
Michelle, Springfield Automotive
Partners, LLC managing partner Peter Wirth explains why
Chicopee is an ideal location for
a Mercedes-Benz dealership.
CHICOPEE – The 295
Burnett Road property once
iconic in Western Mass. for its
30-foot-tall “Plantation man”
statue will now be the site of a
state-of-the-art luxury car dealership.
Joined by Springfield
Automotive Partners, LLC managing partner Peter Wirth, Mayor
Richard J. Kos announced plans
to return a Mercedes-Benz dealership to Western Massachusetts
on Feb. 17. The site of the former Plantation Inn on Burnett
See MERCEDES page 9
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in the city
Parks and Rec offers winter yoga classes
CHICOPEE - The
Chicopee Parks and
Recreation Department is
offering yoga classes for
overall fitness of body,
mind and spirit. Improve
health, balance and
have fun as you develop
strength, flexibility and
reduce stress. All classes
include physical postures,
meditation, breath exercise, and relaxation in
Iyengar Yoga style.
Participants may choose
from two class levels.
Gentle / Beginner
Yoga is a slow-paced class
suitable for all levels and
beginners that focus on
safety in poses, controlled
breathing, and relaxation.
Advanced Beginner
Yoga is more challenging
class including inversions
and arm balances, directions to refine poses and
encourage your existing
practice to move to the
next level.
Yo g a c l a s s e s a r e
taught by yoga teacher
Claudia Johnsen, and
meet on Tuesdays, Feb. 9
through April 5, (no classes on Feb. 16,) at Chicopee
High School in the Fitness
Room via door “L” at
the rear of the building.
Students bring a yoga mat,
blanket, 2 blocks, yoga
strap, cushion and water.
Gentle yoga meets from
5:45 to 7 p.m. Advanced
Beginner yoga meets at
7:15 to 8:30 p.m. Cost is
$70 for Chicopee residents
and $80 for non-residents.
Full session registration is
encouraged; drop-ins are
welcome at $12 per class.
Pre-register at the
Parks and Recreation
office on 687 Front St. For
more information call the
office at 413-594-3481 or
visit chicopeema.gov.
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Registrar urges residents to
check their voting status
CHICOPEE – The city
of Chicopee has 35,355 residents who will be eligible to
vote on March 1, the highest
number of registered voters of any previous state or
presidential primary. There are currently
13,024 residents registered as Democrats, 3,854
as Republicans, 65 members of Green-Rainbow
party, 160 members of
United Independent party
and 18,122 unenrolled voters (commonly known as
independent). There are
also 130 voters registered
with political designations
(Libertarian, Reform, and
Conservative.) Unenrolled
voters and voters enrolled
in political designation can
ask for any party ballot,
but someone registered in a
party can only vote on that
party’s ballot.
In anticipation of a
very busy Primary Day,
anyone uncertain of his or
her voting status or polling location should call the
Registrars of Voters office
at 413-594-1550 or email
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Hampden Charter
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274 Front St.
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City Council approves Naloxone grant
CHICOPEE – The
City Council approved
the acceptance of the
First Responder Naloxone
Grant totaling $11,319.80
from the Massachusetts
Department of Health
and Human Services for
the purchase of lifesaving
opioid reversal drug in an
effort to prevent overdose
deaths.
“Access to this life
saving medicine will allow
first responders to be properly prepared as we deal
with the opioid addiction
crisis in our area,” said Fire
Chief Dean Desmarais.
He explained that the
fire department’s inten-
tion is to have Naloxone –
more commonly known as
“Narcan” – available on all
of their apparatuses. The
grant funding will also be
utilized to expand training
guidelines for department
members as well as further
community outreach and
education efforts in relation to the ongoing opioid
crisis.
“The grant is expected to be expanded into
future years until the crisis is addressed,” said
Desmarais.
Since 2014, he
explained the department
has administered Narcan
to 48 different patients,
with some having received
the treatment on multiple
occasions. Over the past
two-and-a-half months,
Narcan was administered
17 times. Just surpassing
the halfway mark through
February, Narcan had been
administered seven times
within the month.
At-Large Councilor
Robert J. Zygarowski
noted that he had recently met with Police Chief
William R. Jebb to discuss
Narcan recently about officers carrying the overdose
drug in their cruisers in the
future.
Mayor Richard Kos
confirmed there will be
an announcement in the
near future with regard to
police department Narcan
usage.
“I appreciate the
Baker Administrations
commitment to addressing this crisis,” said Kos.
“Working with our state
delegation we are building
and improving our efforts
to respond appropriately to
such crisis.”
The Council also
approved an allotment of
$920,000 to the D.P.W.
Highway Special Account
for a continuation of the
Phase 5A CSO Restoration
Project.
Approved on Feb.
16, the funds taken from
the Undesignated Fund
Balance “Free Cash”
account will be used
for restorative work in
Wards 2 and 5. D.P.W.
Superintendent Jeffrey
Neece said that the majority of work will be done
on the area surrounding
Hampden Street and the
area surrounding Cochran
Street.
“It’s not just a sewer
restoration project, but an
infrastructure improvement
for our city,” said Kos.
The $700,000 of the
$920,000 allotted for the
project will be reimbursed
from the city’s available
state Chapter 90 funds.
Councilor Shane
Brooks explained that the
restorative effort is the first
foray of the sewer separation project into the downtown area of the city.
At-Large Councilor
James K. Tillotson voiced
his concern that major
reconstruction may be an
unnecessary excessive cost
Credit Union warms homeless children with donations
By Tyler W. Leahy
Staff Writer
CHICOPEE – As
part of a statewide effort
by members of the
Massachusetts Credit
Union Association, the
Chicopee Municipal
Employees Credit Union
spent January collecting
items to keep homeless
children warm during the
harsh winter months.
“ We h a d a h u g e
bin in the lobby and put
signs all over saying that
we were collecting blankets and warm clothing for homeless children in Massachusetts,”
said Chicopee Municipal
Employees Credit Union
employee Linda Couture.
Couture explained
that in order to make the
drive as successful as possible, the Credit Union
accepted monetary donations as well.
“With the money we
went shopping and purchased coats, clothing,
socks, hats and gloves,
and several bags full of
blankets,” said Couture.
“It’s winter, it’s cold and
no kid should be cold.”
This year marks the
first that the Chicopee
Municipal Employees
Credit Union participated
in its state-level association’s blanket and cloth-
Tosado selects Wheelock Policy
Fellow to assist on Beacon Hill
SPRINGFIELD
- Jose Tosado, state representative for the ninth
Hampden District, has
selected Wheelock
College student, William
Spofford, to serve as his
intern at the State House
on Beacon Hill. “I am excited to give
William the opportunity
to get hands on experience of the Legislature
in the Commonwealth,”
Tosado said. He said that
the move would help better serve the constituents
of the ninth Hamdpen
District.
S p o ff o r d , i n t e r ning under the Wheelock
Policy Fellows program,
will be receiving the
full experience of life
as a legislative staffer.
“William will be assisting
us with policy research,
as well as constituent services and representing us
at events that occur daily
at the State House,” said
Tosado. Spofford, originally
from Maine, is excited to
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have started participating.
On his first day, he toured
the State House, attended
several advocacy events,
and started learning the
ins and outs of running
the office. “So far, my internship in Representative
Tosado’s office has been
a n ex t r e m e l y e n j oy able experience,” states
Spofford. “One thing
that I really took away
after my first day was the
amount of passion that
Rep. Tosado and his staff
put into their work, as
well as, how much they
value hearing from their
constituents. I look forward to continuing my
work with Tosado’s office
and believe that my experience will continue to
improve as time goes on.”
Students looking to
intern with Representative
Tosado can email his
Legislative Aide Ernesto
Cruz at Ernesto.Cruz@
mahouse.gov with their
contact information. ing drive, after receiving a letter asking if the
Credit Union would like
to participate. Couture
explained that it was the
first time the Credit Union
had heard about the drive,
and it presented a cause
that employees were very
passionate in helping out
with.
Credit Union Manager
Laurie Mancini explained
that items collected at the
923 Front St. office were
donated to the closest area
homeless shelter, Friends
of the Homeless, Inc.,
located in Springfield.
“Originally it was just
going to be a new blanket
and new clothing drive,
but then we decided to
put a container out there
for monetary donations.
It’s so much easier sometimes for people to donate
money rather than go out
and purchase items, so it
worked out great, making
this a real success,” said
Mancini. “We were able
to collect so much money
and buy so many items
for the kids, and even the
adults, too.”
Mancini noted that
the success of the blanket and clothing drive
far exceeded the Credit
Union’s expectations, but
she was not surprised by
the generosity of its members.
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“Our members are
amazing. They’re so generous and they always
come through whenever
somebody is in need or
we do some sort of collection,” said Mancini. “It’s
heartwarming to know
there are a lot of good
people out there.”
Chicopee Municipal
Credit Union’s members
include city, town, state,
federal and government
employees working within
30 miles of Chicopee and
their families.
“We are so proud of
our members for stepping
up and helping. We have
some very generous people,” said Couture.
for low-traffic side streets.
He suggested that overlaying side streets instead
of reconstructing could
save Chapter 90 funds.
The Council, however,
approved the $920,000
needed to begin restorative
work in Wards 2 and 5
unanimously.
City Council also
approved Kos’s appropriation of $277,700 towards
infrastructural and utilities
work to the Lyman Mills
and Cabotville properties
in the West End District.
Kos explained that all
cost for the work will be
reimbursed via MassWorks
Infrastructure Program
grant funding, totaling
$2.64 million, which the
city secured in October.
Golf tournament
to tee off
CHICOPEE – A
golf tournament to benefit Shriners Hospital for
Children will be hosted by
The Oregon Sportsmen’s
Club on Saturday, June 4
at the Chicopee Country
Club. Shotgun start at
9 a.m. $100 per person
includes cart, lunch, dinner. There will be a prize
for Hole in One, closest to
the pin on Par 3s, longest
drive. The cost to sponsor a hole, which includes
company logo and name,
is $75. For more information contact Jim Adams
at 413-627-1122 or Sue
Adams at 413-627-1803.
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NFPA 2016 Bringing Safety Home
Grant Program is announced
R E G I O N - To
f u r t h e r t h e l i f e - s av ing impact of home
fire sprinklers, the National Fire Protection
A s s o c i a t i o n ’ s F i r e
Sprinkler Initiative is once
again offering grant funding for sprinkler advocacy
campaigns across North
America.
Fo l l ow i n g a s u c cessful launch in 2015,
the Bringing Safety Home
Grant will once again
assist as many as 10
selected U.S. state sprin-
kler coalitions and other
safety advocates with
up to $10,000 to support
activities that showcase
the importance of home
fire sprinklers. Sprinkler
a d vo c a cy i s g a i n i n g
momentum as more residents and policy-makers
understand the value of
the devices in new homes.
Home fire sprinklers, for
instance, can reduce home
fire deaths by about 80
percent and mitigate direct
property damage by about
70 percent, according to
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NFPA research. The vast majority of
U.S. fire deaths are still
occurring in homes. In
2014, home fires caused
more than 2,700 deaths,
or 84 percent of all U.S.
fire deaths, and injured
more than 12,000 others.
The life-saving capability
of home fire sprinklers is
the reason why all modelbuilding codes require
sprinklers in all new, oneand two-family dwellings. “We’re looking to
repeat the success of our
2015 Bringing Safety
Home Grant Program,
which played a huge role
in increasing awareness
and acceptance of home
fire sprinklers on a local
level,” said Lorraine
Carli, vice president of
Outreach and Advocacy at
NFPA. “With NFPA support, sprinkler advocates
throughout North America
have the power to present convincing cases for
why fire sprinklers should
be a necessity in all new
homes.”
Grant applicants
throughout the U.S. and
Canada can apply for
up to $10,000 to fund a
proposed home sprinkler
campaign or project in
their state or province that
underscores the necessity of sprinklers. NFPA
is asking applicants to get
creative: How can this
grant help you spread the
message in your state or
region that sprinklers in
new homes save lives? Is
there a new way to educate
the public and decisionmakers about the value of
home fire sprinklers? How
can you expand on a triedand-true method of sprinkler advocacy? NFPA has
also developed a number
of campaign ideas to help
applicants with local outreach strategy.
Applications, available at firesprinklerinitiative.org/grant, must be
submitted to [email protected] by
March 16.
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arrest logs
The Chicopee Police Department responded
to 508 calls for service from Monday, Feb. 15 to
Sunday, Feb. 21. The department’s police officers
made 6 arrests or summons arrests. Those arrested
will appear at future dates in court and are innocent
until proven guilty.
Tuesday, Feb. 16
Raymond Ronald Leblanc, Jr., 23, of 472 Front
St., Apt. 2, Chicopee, was arrested at 5:45 p.m. at the
intersection of Front and Grape streets for a WMS
warrant.
Wednesday, Feb. 17
Claude Mario Black, 49, of 7 Russell Terrace,
Holyoke, was arrested at 7:09 p.m. on Upton Street
on charges of operating a motor vehicle with a license
revoked as a habitual traffic offender and no inspection sticker.
Shawna Lee Golba, 37, of 90 Quartus St.,
Chicopee, was arrested at 8:17 p.m. on Quartus St. for
a WMS warrant.
Chantel R. Scott, 28, of 1 Springfield St.,
Apt. 324, Chicopee, was arrested at 9:05 p.m. on
Springfield Street on a charge of a false report to public safety dispatch and a WMS warrant.
Alyssa Louise Castonguay, 37, of 210 Clarendon
Ave., Chicopee, was arrested at 9:14 p.m. on
Clarendon Avenue on charges of disorderly conduct
and resisting arrest.
Friday, Feb. 19
Jake Santana, 19, of 585 Chestnut St., Springfield,
was arrested at 8:11 p.m. on charges of an unlicensed
operation of a motor vehicle and no inspection sticker.
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Arbors shows its got heart
CHICOPEE – The
Arbors Kids and The
Arbors Assisted Living
at Chicopee shared in a
multi-generational celebration for Valentine’s Day.
Turley Publications submitted photos
(Above) Arbors residents were touched by the thoughtfulness of the Arbors Kids and
took the especial large heart back home. (Right) Residents Helen Cote and Rene
Kelman stand with Room 9 Arbos Kids for a special Valentine’s Day celebration.
Showcasing school spirit
CHICOPEE – The
Lady Predators from
AJAC came to Chicopee
Comp to watch the Lady
Colts take on their cross
town rival Lady Pacers.
Comp
and
Chicopee fundraised
money for three-yearold, Chicopee-native
Michael Boutilier, who
was diagnosed with
Neuroblastoma. Both
teams wore t-shirts
reading “One City vs.
Cancer” during pregame warmups, and
Comp debuted special
pink uniforms that read
“No1 F A” on the back,
standing for “no one
fights alone.”
Third and fourth graders escorted the varsity players
onto the court for introductions and the National
Anthem.
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Gabrielles get gabbinG
Gabrielle Bergeron (right) and Gabrielle Roberge
(left), both 96 and of Aldenville, met at the hair salon
over the holidays to catch up on “old times.”
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PA office logs unprecedented 11 command awards
W E S TOV E R A I R
RESERVE BASE – The
439th Airlift Wing Public
Affairs Office staff recently brought home 11 command communication
excellence and media
contest awards – the most
awards of any Air Force
Reserve Command PA
shop.
The first-place winners will represent AFRC
at the upcoming Air Forcelevel competition.
Public affairs Airmen
manage all wing communication to the public,
media, local and national
civic leaders, and produces a monthly e-magazine
and a TV channel for the
airlift wing and the base’s
28 tenant units.
“I couldn’t be more
proud of the PA staff,”
said Lt. Col. James
Bishop, chief of PA.
Bishop and TSgt. Stephen
Winn attended a threeday AFRC PA Leadership
Symposium, during
which command officials
announced the awards Feb.
11. “This was particularly
rewarding to see Westover
earn the best PA shop in
the command – with 10
other individual awards.
All 11 trophies wouldn’t
fit in my luggage. It was
just amazing! My bag was
six pounds overweight.”
PA took home the
Brig. Gen. Harry J. Dalton
Jr. Award, earned by the
most effective unit-level
public affairs organization
communication program
achieved through research,
planning, execution, and
evaluation in support of
the Air Force mission.
The award recognizes
Westover PA’s efforts for
the entire year, encompassing all events, issues,
activities, and initiatives
for the top public affairs
office in AFRC. Other awards the
439th staff earned:
• AFRC award for
the top electronic publication across all units in the
Reserve Command for the
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Earlier this month, Chicopee Police introduced their
member, K-9 Kane and his partner, Ryan Romano.
$25,000 grant, which
includes $7,000 to purchase K-9 Kane, as well
as equipment essential for
maintaining the K-9 program. “The foundations
continued support of
Law Enforcement K-9
programs throughout the
Commonwealth is deeply
appreciated,” he said.
While still forming a
bond, Kane and Romano
have been attending the
weekly training sessions
led by President and
Captain of the Berkshire
County Sherriff’s Office
and K-9 Master Trainer
– one of only two in the
state – Dwane Foisy. Every
week, teams from all
over the Commonwealth
gather at various locations
throughout the state with
other K-9 units to train and
improve their skills and
techniques as paved by
the North American Police
Work Dog Association
in conjunction with the
Massachusetts Police
Work Dog Association.
MAPWDA – which was
established in 2008 – has
made it their mission to
enhance access to training, education and working ability of K-9 units in
the state.
“Right now we’re just
getting into the swing of
things. Kane rides with me
at work as he gets used to
sounds that will become
familiar to him.
“This really is a
dream come true,” he said.
“I’m looking forward to
serve the community with
my new partner.”
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• A F R C C iv i l i a n
Photographer of the Year
for a series of five stunning photos encompassing the Air Show, ESPN’s
tribute to Veterans, and
a portrait of retired Col.
Charlie Brown.
• AFRC Infographic
of the year, for an informative graphic depicting
where Westover’s reservists come from by state.
• AFRC Graphics
Illustration of the Year for
one of his Pope’s Puns
cartoons appearing in the
Patriot.
• AFRC Graphics
Animation for an animation featuring a cre-
ative rendering of the
CAPSTONE inspection
process used by inspector
general offices across the
command.
• Outstanding Digital
Presence, for the top
social media planning and
execution in AFRC.
• Video News Report,
Tech. Sgt. Stephen Winn,
for a video on a veteran’s
memorial event.
• Outstanding
Communication Senior
Noncommissioned Officer
(E-7-E-8), Master Sgt.
Andrew Biscoe
• Outstanding
Communication Airman
(E-1-E-4), Senior Airman
Monica Ricci
Council approves funds for preliminary
West End infrastructure work
K-9
Kane and Romano
join the already established K-9 team of Joseph
Brunelle and his partner,
"Paco". Though they have
already started to establish a bond, Romano said,
he’s got a long road ahead
of him as he and Kane
begin their 10-week patrol
school on March 28 alongside two other teams in
training from Warren and
Springfield.
“It’s a lot of work, but
I’m really looking forward
to it,” Romano said, noting that he already has
two German Shepherds at
home already.
Born on Dec. 13,
2014, the Sable German
Shepherd from the Czech
Republic received his
name from Romano’s
wife, Giovanna and 13year-old daughter, Kayla.
Romano picked up his
new partner earlier this
month, from Pennsylvania.
At his upcoming training,
Kane will learn obedience training, tracking of
missing and lost persons
and suspects, crowd control, and basic K-9 patrol
procedures. Once that is
complete, he will also
attend narcotics training.
Following the completion of both those training
schools, Kane will be certified for use in patrol and
narcotics detection.
“We are all excited to
welcome our new officer
to the department after his
training is complete, and
we are sure he will be a
welcome addition to the
entire community,” said
Wilk.
Jebb also offered
up thanks to the Stanton
Family, and the Stanton
F o u n d a t i o n , f o r t h e
Patriot e-magazine. The
award recognizes top-level
reporting, layout, photograph, breadth and depth
of coverage.
• William Pope won a
personal record - and very
likely a Reserve Command
record - five first place
awards this year.
• AFRC Category I
civilian of the Year for his
“global impact” in creating three cartoons for Air
Force magazine, six for
Citizen Airman magazine,
38 drawings for social
media, producing and
expanding the Westover
News Network to five area
towns, and designing the
award-winning Patriot
CHICOPEE – On
Feb. 16, the City Council
approved an order for
$277,700 from Mayor
Richard J. Kos for preliminary design, final design,
survey and easement work,
permitting, and bidding for
improvements to city utilities intended to support the
redevelopment of the former
Lyman and Cabotville Mills
located in the West End
District of the city. These
funds are reimbursable
through the $2.64 million
MassWorks grant, which
was awarded to the city in
2015. It requires Chicopee
to initially fund the design
and construction.
“This is the beginning of the project that will
lead to some major infrastructure improvements in
the West End,” said DPW
Superintendent Jeff Neece.
The West End is home
to two of the City’s most
significant industrial complexes, the former Cabotville
and Lyman Mills. Both complexes (the Mill District)
were targeted as redevelopment priorities as part of the
West End Brownfields Areawide Plan (AWP) completed
in 2012. Last year a local
developer secured ownership of the Lyman Mills and
intends to advance construction efforts to convert the
Mill into 80 to 110 live-work
loft apartments of approximately 800-square-feet per
unit.
These loft apartments
are planned to be rented at
market rates and would represent the first major private
investment in the West End
neighborhood in decades.
The developer intends to
have these units begin renting in June 2017.
As the Lyman Mills
project advances, potential exists for the project to
catalyze the redevelopment
of the Cabotville Mills. A
much larger complex, plans
to convert the Cabotville
Mills stalled in recent years,
but include the potential for
240 apartment units and
additional commercial and
office space.
Kos said the city recognizes the significant potential in both conversion projects to spark neighborhood
revitalization. Through this
proposal, the city intends
to address all infrastructure deficiencies that would
hinder the advancement of
either project. As the Mills
are located adjacent to one
another, completing all
required upgrades would
be both cost efficient and
result in the least disturbance for the neighborhood.
Infrastructure upgrades are
required to support these
projects.
Water system improvements include the removal
and replacement of obsolete and mechanically deficient original water lines
and appurtenances and the
resolution of a public safety
threat. Currently, the drinking water system is fed off
a cast iron pipe that runs
within the adjacent canal
and often is exposed when
the canal is drained. Should
a break in the pipe occur,
there is the risk of non-disinfected water flowing into
the pipe thereby contaminating the drinking water system. The project would discontinue use of the current
cast iron pipe and replace it
with 1,800 feet of new 12inch ductile water main on
the south side of the mill
properties with connections
to existing water mains
on Depot and Springfield
streets. New water lines,
branch feeds, valves and
eight hydrants would be
installed on the mill properties to serve the needs of
both projects.
Sewage and storm drain
improvements include the
on-site separation of a combined sewer and storm water
system. Work would include
the installation of sewer
manholes, sewer lines and
connections to the existing
system on Depot, Front and
Springfield streets.
Pump station improvements include upgrades to
an existing pump station
located adjacent to the mill
properties (north, near the
Chicopee River). The existing pump station is expected
to have the capacity to support the anticipated redevelopment off both mill
properties, however, system upgrades and replacement of key components are
required to ensure the system functions appropriately.
Upgrades include pump
and valve replacements,
replacement of sump pump
discharge, bubbler system,
valves and regulators and
other upgrades.
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Improvements include the
installation underground
electrical service for both
mill properties. The underground system would begin
at existing facilities at Front
Street, move across the
canal to a switch gear pad
with 175 feet of new electric
lines installed to service the
Lyman Mills and 300 feet to
service Cabotville.
The proposed improvements would ensure adequate service of all public
utilities to both mill properties, while upgrading derelict systems that current
pose public safety risks.
Further, the city would
negotiate easements with
both mill owners to maintain
ownership and access over
the newly upgraded utility
systems.
“This preliminary
work paves the way for the
larger MassWorks project
to begin,” said Kos. “These
improvements are the first
in a generation here in the
West End and will allow the
Lyman Mills to undergo an
extensive redevelopment.
As Governor Baker said last
fall, this is a game changer
for Chicopee.”
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Smoke alarms:
a sound you can
live with
N
o one thinks a fire will happen to
them. Unfortunately, circumstances
continue to surprise people – especially those unprepared. And sadly, this is the
time of year where those in fire services are
experiencing more fires, and fatal ones, from
all the usual causes. Already, Jennifer Mieth,
spokeswoman for the state Fire Marshal’s
office, reported that as of last week, the lives
of 13 people in the Commonwealth have been
claimed this year in fatal fires. Many of these
deaths, however, have one thing in common:
the lack of working smoke alarms. This needs
to change.
Whether the battery had been pulled out
– or there was none present at all – smoke
alarms are a sound that you can live with. To
change those disturbing numbers, the department of fire services has launched a statewide
campaign, “Smoke alarms: a sound you can
live with” to support local fire department
education efforts and will include television
and radio public service announcements,
transit ads, and social media. To prevent pulling out the battery and forgetting to replace it,
Mieth recommends residents install a 10-year
sealed smoke alarm.
“Sealed smoke alarms mean no more
changing batteries at 2:30 in the morning, but
replacing the entire smoke alarm and battery
unit once every 10 years. If we make it easier
for people to maintain their alarms, the hope
is that we will find fewer disabled smoke
alarms,” Mieth said.
And while most people have been told
that they should have working smoke alarms,
one thing most people don’t know is that they
should replace their entire alarms about every
10 years. Major manufacturers of smoke
alarms indicate they have a service life of
about 10 years and recommend replacement
after that. In the course of a decade, homeowners will have to replace many appliances such as toasters, coffee makers, and
even refrigerators. Because no appliance last
forever, it’s important to replace aging smoke
alarms too.
In a fire, seconds count. Fires double in
size every sixty seconds. The products in the
modern home emit extremely toxic gases.
Smoke and heat can make escape impossible
in less than 2 to 3 minutes in the average
home that does not have sprinklers. Working
smoke alarms provide one thing you don’t
have when there’s a fire: time. An early warning can give families the crucial seconds they
need to utilize their escape plans.
Smoke alarms really can be a sound you
can live with.
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Remembering Ann
By Charlene Murphy
Guest Columnist
A
nn Fitzgerald was as dependable as
morning light. As a teacher she was the
epitome of organization. Her years with
the Chicopee Cultural Council as treasurer cannot be surpassed. Her duties comprised running
back and forth to City Hall to process the endless grants voted upon by the Council. Keeping
meticulous records, Fitzy made sure schools and
various activities received their due.
The special memories were her involvement in various concerts: Arlo Guthrie and Tom
Paxton for the Soup Kitchen and Schooner Fare
for the Senior Center. Selling tickets for the
Guthrie concert and seated on the outside library
bench, the three of us-myself,Lillian Carmel and
Fitzty must have been a picture on those warm ,
humid July nights. As if this were not enough,
she worked the concerts as well. My husband
jokingly called us Larry, Curly and Moe. We
were all okie, dokie folkies!
For fourteen years, Ann welcomed performers, famous and neophytes to the Stained Glass
Coffeehouse in the former Federated Church.
Handing out the tickets to concertgoers, she
would say, “Make sure you sign your name for
the raffle- an LP, CD or jar of honey.” Many
times, she would be munching on her favorite
treat - a huge chocolate chip cookie at the same
time. After this, we could depend on her saving a table for pizza at the Bridge Cafe for the
workers. I don’t think she missed a concert in
all those years.
She loved flowers. No one reacted to, “Can
you use some black-eyed Susans, iris, tulips or
daisies?” like Fitzy. She would then tell me what
special section of her “garden” was the recipient
of my splitting surplus growth. When I was
ambitious, I had a large veggie garden. She had
that same dreamy look thinking about a potential salad with cherry tomatoes and romaine
lettuce. Her reaction was identical to animals.
I would swear she had a hidden dog biscuit in
her pocket. The way my pooches greeted her
was pure joy. This did not however, explain the
gravitational pull of Barbara Dumont’s cat All
of God’s creations were her friends.
I had never experienced the retiree activity of going to a casino, so she dragged me to
Mohegan Sun. Once we were near, she said,”
Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.” I told her I
wasn’t into jewelry. Huh? She was talking about
a slot machine. She won. I lost- plus I couldn’t
breathe from all the smoke. So much for that.
When she called and said she went to the
oncologist and chemo was next, I made Kay
Tetherly soup- a chicken soup in stages. It helps
chemo patients go back to eating slowly. She
sounded weak, but went for another chemo.She
was suddenly transferred to a merciful hospice
called Fisher Home in Amherst .I ordered a
small CD player and packed some folk CDs of
the performers she really enjoyed. Murphy’s
Law- the CD player came shortly on the day
after Barbara called to tell me Fitzy would have
to listen to those in heaven.
It is only fitting this week in February
when the temperature is so brutal my thoughts
are warm- about flowers, warm concerts and
Ann Fitzgerald eating still warm chocolate chip
cookies.
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the 52-year-old Chicopee
resident has been raised on.
“I’d say that I first got
hooked on planes watching them take off and
land from Hanscom,” he
explained. “When I leave
work [at Westover Air
Reserve Base], I get to
see planes flying over my
house. I find myself taking
pictures there, as well, so
I’m not sure I ever really
go ‘off duty’.”
Because his depth
perception was not ideal
for that of a pilot, Biscoe
decided to take his love
of aviation in a different
direction. He obtained
a journalism degree
from the University of
Massachusetts and enlisted active duty in the Air
Force.
And though photography is just one piece making up the puzzle of his
position in public affairs
as the editor of the base’s
magazine and author of
countless press releases,
capturing unforgettable
moments, he says, it’s
photography that help to
illustrate his passion for
planes.
“I’m where I want
to be,” Biscoe said with a
smile. “I can’t photograph
from the seat of an aircraft
anyways.”
With his “beloved”
55-300mm lens nestled in
his arms, he has snapped
shots of some incredible
occasions, some of which
have landed him professional awards, including
“Best Standalone” photo
in the entire Air Force.
“In July 2003, I took
a photo of a daughter of
a returning airman from a
tour in Iraq, jumping into
his arms. The airman’s
name was SMSgt. Glenn
Brault, who later was promoted to CMSgt.,” he said.
“This photo grew legs! It
took first place at the Air
Force Reserve Command
media contest, then made
its way to the Air Force
competition, where it also
took first place! The photo
involved framing and composition, and being in the
right place at the time.”
Another moment that
has been forever printed
into his memory took
place at the most recent air
show.
“The Blue Angels’
official arrival on May 13,
(Clockwise from top left)
The control tower provides
a “bird’s eye” view of the
area.
Though he’s not flying
a plane, photographer,
Master Sgt. Andrew S.
Biscoe says he’s exactly
where he wants to be in
life.
Whether a snowy day
or a sunny one, if given
the chance, Master Sgt.
Andrew S. Biscoe is always
ready to capture his favorite subjects: airplanes.
Turley Publications staff
photos by Emily Thurlow
2015 was one of the most
unforgettable moments for
me as a photographer and
aviation enthusiast,” he
said. “It was thrilling to be
able to look through my
viewfinder and watch that
moment happen…I was
proud and awestruck all at
once.”
Influenced by pro-
fessional photographers,
Biscoe said that his admiration for the art isn’t only
limited to people in the Air
Force.
“I’m influenced by
friends of mine who shoot
at weddings…air shows…
just about anywhere they
can take a camera,” he
said.
More than anything,
Biscoe describes himself
as a “proud” American
and to be able to showcase
the field that does their
part to keep the country
safe is the biggest reason
he gets out of bed each
day to return to his office
– which he admitted faces
away from the air field,
so he can get some work
done.
“To be able to capture
those flying into the sky,
those that marshal in or
salute the plane…those
are all my fellow airmen
and I’m proud of all those
I work with. My photographs are a tribute to their
service,” he said.
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rivermills
Chicopee Senior Travel Club offers trips
CHICOPEE - The
Chicopee Senior Travel
Club is offering the following trips: THE
YOUNG IRELANDERS
AT VENUS DE MILO,
SWANSEA: A day out
with great song and dance
as only the Irish can do.
The Young Irelanders,
staring former members
of Riverdance and Lord
of the Dance, perform on
Thursday, March 10, at
Venus DeMilo in Swansea.
The sound the band creates
is fresh and exciting, where
traditional Irish music,
Celtic music, folk music,
jazz music, country music
and popular music all come
together to give rise to a
very unique and multi-faceted sound. The package
includes round trip motor
coach, lunch, show, and
driver gratuity. The price
is $90 per person. MAPLE
SUGAR MADNESS
IN THE PIONEER
VALLEY, DEERFIELD:
A day of Maple Sugar
Madness in the Pioneer
Valley. The first stop will
be North Hadley Sugar
Shack. A guided tour
will follow the maple
syrup process, view boiling of sap and the tapped
trees. This delightful New
England family owned
treasure also features a
wonderful bakery and
market store. The historic
1884 Deerfield Inn stands
at the center of the village
of Deerfield. Relax in the
beauty and elegance of this
historic inn. Enjoy a March
Maple Menu for lunch at
Champney’s Restaurant
at the Deerfield Inn. $79
per person includes
transportation, guided
tour, lunch and gratuity.
COUNTRY ROYALTY
AT THE GARDE ARTS
T H E AT R E W I T H
MOHEGAN
SUN
CASINO: Wednesday,
April 20, an exclusive matinee show live from Branson
with the two biggest legends of country music on
the same stage…Hank
Williams and Patsy Cline!
Hank Williams Award winner Jason Petty re-creates
the role he has become
famous for, while Grammy
nominated singing sensation, Carolyn Martin, gives
a jaw-dropping performance as Patsy Cline. In
a show like no other, Petty
and Martin pay tribute to
the two most influential
singers in country music
history. $72 per person
includes motor coach,
free time at Mohegan Sun
with bonus, and driver
gratuity. CLAMS AND
CASINO, RHODE
ISLAND – CAPN’
JAC K S A N D T W I N
RIVERS CASINO: Enjoy
a New England Boiled
Dinner at Capn’ Jacks
along with a visit to Twin
River Casino with Casino
Bonus. Twin River has Live
Table Games - 65 newly
opened games including:
Blackjack, Roulette, Craps,
Big 6, Money Wheel, Three
Card Poker and more! The
package includes motor
coach, lobster or prime rib
lunch, visit to Twin River
Casino with casino bonus
and driver gratuity. RED
SOX VS YANKEES AT
YANKEE STADIUM:
Join the Chicopee Senior
Travel Club to Yankee
Stadium on Saturday, May
7, to see the Red Sox play
the Yankees at Yankee
Stadium. $114 per person
includes a visit Monument
Pa r k , v i ew p r e - g a m e
warm-ups, reserved game
seats, round trip motor
coach and driver gratuity.
Only four seats remain.
T R A N S - AT L A N T I C
CRUISE: The Chicopee
Senior Travel Club is
accepting reservations for
our Trans-Atlantic Cruise
from September 8 through
24 on Princess Cruises new
Regal Princess. Sail from
Copenhagen, Denmark to
New York City with stops
at Kristiansand, Norway;
Bergen, Norway; Glasgow,
Scotland; Belfast, Ireland;
Cork, Ireland; and Boston.
Price depends on cabin and
includes air to Copenhagen,
cruise, taxes, and insurance.
For more information
or to register call the Travel
Desk, 534-3698, ext. 113
Monday through Friday,
noon to 3 p.m.
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Are you ‘Fit to a T?’
CHICOPEE –Do you
know your Blood Pressure?
Cholesterol level? Weight?
T-score? For those that had
to think twice about what
a “T-score” is, chances are
you’re not alone. It’s all
about your bones. If you
want to shop ‘til you drop,
golf ‘til your legs ache
and line dance ‘til you’re
84 – knowing that your
bones won’t let you down
– here’s what you need to
know.
“Fit to a T” bone
health and osteoporosis education program,
for men and women of
all ages will take place
on Wednesday, March
16 from 2 to 3 p.m. in
the Garden level classroom. This program is
sponsored by Bone and
Joint Imitative USA and
National Network of
Libraries of Medicine.
Free resources and refreshments will be provided.
Registration required.
The Chicopee Senior
Center at RiverMills is
located at 5 West Main
St. in Chicopee. If interested, sign up in person at
the Rivermills Center or
call 534-3698. For more
information, contact Violet
Suska, ext.117.
Three-part alzheimer’s
program starts March 7
CHICOPEE – The
Chicopee Council on
Aging is offering a threepart Alzheimer’s Essential
Skills Program on March
7, 14 and 21 from 1 to 3
p.m. at RiverMills Center,
5 West Main St.
The free program
will be presented by the
Alzheimer’s Association.
“Communication” is
the topic for March
7. “Understanding
Behaviors” is the topic
for March 14. “Safety at
Home” is the topic for
March 21.
Organizers request
interested parties register at RiverMills, or call
413-534-3698. For more
information, call Program
Coordinator Holly Angelo
at 534-3698.
Healthy Eating 101 class will be
offered March 17
C H I C O P E E
– A Healthy Eating 101
course will be offered
on Thursday, March 17.
“Carb counting at breakfast: Start your day off
right” will start at 8:30
a.m. This diabetes-friendly discussion will give
you the tools for how to
count carbs at breakfast,
as well as ideas for what
would be a good, balanced
breakfast. Casserole, fresh
fruits cup, and coffee or
tea will be featured. A
suggested donation is $2.
Registration required.
The Chicopee Senior
Center at RiverMills is
located at 5 West Main
St. in Chicopee. If interested, sign up in person at
the Rivermills Center or
call 534-3698. For more
information, contact Violet
Suska, ext.117.
chapel
For now, weekday
masses are held in the
Mary Dooley Campus
Center. Saturday vigil
masses are held in the
Alumnae Library Theater.
“This temporary
arrangement has had the
effect of uniting the community of mass attendees
in many wonderful and
unexpected ways. People
arrive early and linger
after mass,” said Stelzer.
“The celebration of mass
in the campus center and
library subtly reminds us
that the Eucharist informs
the Elms’ mission as a
community of faith and
learning.”
Our Lady’s Chapel,
built in 1913, predates
the official opening of
Elms College, explained
Farrell. The chapel was
moved to its current location on the south side of
campus in 1993 to clear
space for other facilities.
The chapel’s stained glass
windows will be held in
storage, along with other
salvageable artifacts.
“The spiritual life on
campus is really about the
people and that sense is
as strong as ever. There’s
nothing changing about
that,” said Farrell. “Our
neighbors come to mass
regularly and it’s more
than the building. We’ve
been told that our neighbors really enjoy the sense
of community they’ve
had so far attending mass
inside of our college buildings, since the closing of
our chapel.”
Farrell said that losing
the chapel is a big surprise
to the entire Elms College
community, especial since
the structural damage is
mostly invisible to the
naked eye. The decision
to demolish the structure,
however, was not made in
haste, necessary for safety
reasons.
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4. Sum up
7. Shame & disgrace
12. Favorite Dr.
Seuss
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16. Lockjaw
18. 14th Greek letter
19. Durham school
20. Sodium
21. Ancient Olympic
Site
24. Used to be
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27. Audio sound
network
30. Girls actress
Dunham
31. 1000 calories
33. Mekong people
34. Floor covering
35. Moroccan capital
37. Curtsy
39. Cheer
6. Qatar capital
7. Of she
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Memorial
9. Not out
10. Tip of Aleutian
Islands
11. __ Ling, Chinese
mountain range
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resort island
13. One who acclaims
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25. Several carangid
2. Wet nurse
fishes
3. Rural France
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vacation retreat
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congregation
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system
42. Enough (archaic)
44. Release for a
price
47. Similar
48. Not frequently
experienced
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50. __ King Cole,
musician
52. Lady Spencer
53. Nauseated
56. More
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29. Mahogany family
genus
32. In a way, goes
away
36. Thyrotropin
38. Axe killer Lizzie
40. Solomon Islands
capital
43. Eerie
44. Root mean square
(abbr.)
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entrance to a mine
46. Assembled
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unit
58. This (Spanish)
59. Jeopardy’s Trebek
60. Small amount
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ly not anticipated.”
Farrell explained that
Elms closed Our Lady’s
Chapel in December for
assessment in hopes of
gaining an estimated cost
of restoration. The known
cost of renovation or restoration was much more
significant than anticipated. The Board of Trustees
is currently exploring
where a new chapel space
or structure may be placed
in the future, but Farrell
noted it is expected to be a
long-lasting process.
“Although saddened
by the necessary closing
of the chapel, everyone
associated with the chapel is encouraged by the
decision of the trustees to
begin a planning process
that will result in a new
chapel,” said Stelzer.
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Mayor
Richard J.
Kos explains
the planning
process for
a proposed
bike path.
Turley
Publications
staff photo by
Tyler W. Leahy
bike path
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sible $3.3 million in
funding through the
s t a t e Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n
Improvements Program,
Chicopee must continue a
multi-step planning review
process with MassDOT.
The city has already submitted a 25-percent design
review, and must submit a
design laying out 75-percent of the project in the
coming weeks.
Pouliot noted that
there are several steps
remaining in the review
process, which must be
completed by Jan. 14,
2017 – a deadline he considers fast-approaching
given the amount of work
that must still be done.
Willimansett residents mostly voiced their
concerns that a bike path
could mean increased
crime and public safety concerns, beckoning Kos to put an end to
Connecticut Riverwalk
North planning.
“I feel that the bike
mercedes
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Road, which has been
vacant since 2013, will be
demolished in favor of a
35,000 square foot dealership in a project with a
capital investment totaling
$11,800,000.
“Choosing this site all
comes down to four things.
The visibility – we have a
lot of traffic on the Mass.
Pike, and we’re actually
constructing the facility so
that it can be seen from all
sides,” said Wirth. “Next
is accessibility. It’s incredibly easy to get to that site
from almost any direction.
Also important is size. It’s
7 acres, which is hard to
find in a good location.
And to no small part, the
corporation of the city and
the pro-business, ‘yes, we
can figure this out’ attitude from the first meeting
on made us feel comfortable…every time my partners and I left a meeting
with [Mayor Kos], we felt
even better about our decision.”
Mercedes-Benz
USA selected Springfield
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path will enhance the safety of the neighborhood,”
said Police Chief William
R. Jebb.
He also explained that
a bike path would allow
easier patrol of the dyke
system, which criminals
have traveled along in the
past to remain undetected
from officers.
“Currently, for this
proposed bike path, there
are six designated areas
for cameras. Those cameras will feed directly into
the Police Department,”
said Jebb, noting the success of the camera system
installed in the downtown
area of Chicopee late last
year.
Jebb also said the
D e p a r t m e n t ’s s p e c i a l
police complement would
be utilized for walking
and biking patrols if the
Riverwalk project were to
be completed.
Residents raised concerns that the Riverwalk
would not be patrolled
during winter months,
meaning a potential for
increased crime.
“As I indicated, it is
my belief that this will
be a safer place with the
walkway,” said Jebb. “Our
intent is to patrol it yearround, however, the weather is going to dictate it.”
Since 2007, the city
has spent $8.5 million on
vegetation removal, erosion repair and infrastructural repairs to the flood
control system. Another
$1.4 million is needed to
produce a design storm
study and continue necessary repairs. A bike path
would not cause damage
to the system.
Residents can view
the 25-percent Riverwalk
design plan on the city’s
municipal website, as
well as documents from
previous public meetings.
Pending proper design
planning over the next
several months, Pouliot
explained that MassDOT
would begin construction
in January 2017. While
the city must continue
MassDOT’s design planning review in order to not
jeopardize the project, the
city can back out at any
time during the planning
process if it chooses to do
so.
Automotive Partners, LLC
as their preferred partners
for their Western Mass.
venture based on the concept and the success of
their existing dealership
in Nanuet, New York. The
dealership will serve a vast
area ranging from northern
Connecticut to to southern
Vermont, as well as from
Pittsfield to Sturbridge.
Wirth explained that
his New York-based dealership has won ‘Best of
the Best’ awards from
Mercedes-Benz USA in
three consecutive years
and the new dealership
in Chicopee will operate
under a similar model.
“ We a r e i n c r e d ibly excited about the
proposed plans to bring a
Mercedes-Benz dealership
to Chicopee,” said Kos.
“This is a substantial commitment by Peter [Wirth]
and his group that will
have the potential to transform this site and have a
prestigious presence for
years to come.”
S p r i n g f i e l d
Automotive Partners, LLC
is currently under a purchase and sale agreement
for the property with plans
to move forward in the
near future. Wirth estimated that the Mercedes-Benz
dealership will open for
business in the first quarter
of 2017. It will be the only
Mercedes-Benz dealership
in Western Mass. and the
first since the closing of a
West Springfield location
in 2007.
The city is in the process of deciding on an initial
incentivized tax break for
the project, which is slated
to be confirmed by Kos.
“This will be a significant project to the
region and to the city of
Chicopee. Having an out
of state business expand
and invest in our community points to the fact
that Chicopee has a geographic advantage as
the Crossroads of New
England as well as a sound
business-friendly climate,”
said Michael Vedovelli,
director of community and
economic development.
Wirth noted that the
dealership will initially
create 35 full-time positions, with the opportunity
for more depending on
sales success. His Nanuet,
New York dealership has
roughly 90 employees, he
said.
This calendar is intended to promote free events in Chicopee or events
directly benefiting a Chicopee based
non-profit organization. To place an
event on the calendar, email the listing with date, time, place, organization hosting and a brief description
of what will be happening to [email protected] by the end of
the work day on Thursdays. The item
will remain on the calendar until it has
happened or has been cancelled.
Thursday, Feb. 25
THE COLLEGE OF OUR LADY
OF THE ELMS will celebrate Black
History Month with a poetry reading by
Poet Jericho Brown. Brown will read
from his work at 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
Feb. 25, in the Alumnae Library
Theater. A reception will precede the
event at 7 p.m. Members of the community may attend all of these events;
they are free and open to the public.
Saturday, Feb. 27
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
located at 156 Springfield St. in
Chicopee, invites the community to a
dinner on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 5:30
p.m. On the menu will be a baked ham
dinner with potato, veggie, dessert, and
beverage. Adults $12, ages 6 to 10 will
be $6. There will be raffles and a 50/50.
Leave message for Joan 413-592-3596
or Anne 413-532-8618.
Sunday, Feb. 28
IRISH GALA. The Sisters of St.
Joseph of Springfield will sponsor an
Irish Gala on Sunday, Feb. 28, from 2
to 6 p.m. at the Castle of Knights, 1599
Memorial Drive, Chicopee. The fundraiser will include dancing, raffles, food
(warm corned beef sandwiches), cash
bar and music by the Andy Healy Band
with Mary Ward. Irish Soda Bread
made by Sisters and friends will be
sold. Proceeds will benefit the Sisters
of St. Joseph. Tickets are $25 per person and are available at the Sisters of
St. Joseph Congregational offices at
577 Carew Street, Springfield during
business hours. Contact Sr. Eleanor
Harrington at 536-0853 or email
[email protected] or
Mary Campbell at 739-7563 for more
information.
Monday, Feb. 29
FILM SCREENING: Venturi will
host a screening of the movie Selma at
7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 29, in the Alumnae
Library Theater, College of Our Lady
of the Elms. The Oscar- and Golden
Globe-winning film Selma (2014),
directed by Ava DuVernay and written
by Paul Webb, is based on the 1965
Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights
marches: In 1965, James Bevel, Hosea
Williams, Martin Luther King Jr. and
John Lewis set out from Selma, Ala.,
marching toward the state capital of
Montgomery. Members of the community may attend all of these events; they
are free and open to the public.
AJAC SIGNUPS: Signups will
be held at Papa Gino’s, 611 Memorial
Drive, Chicopee on the following dates
and times: Feb. 29, March 2, March 4
from 6:30 to 8 p.m. March 5 from 4 to
6 p.m. March 8 and 10 from 6:30 to 8
p.m. March 12 from 12 to 2 p.m. March
14, 16, 18 from 6:30 p.m. March 19
from 4 to 6 p.m. March 22 and 24 from
6:30 to 8 p.m. March 26 from 12 to 2
p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. March 28 and 30
from 6:30-8:30 p.m. For more information contact Fran Bowen at 593-0722.
ONGOING
CANCER HOUSE SEEKS
JEWELRY DONATIONS. The Cancer
House of Hope will be hosting the sale
on Saturday, March 19 from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. at the CHD location at 246 Park
Street, West Springfield. Donations of
vintage and costume jewelry in any
amount is requested so we can prepare them for the sale. For any donation
drop off information, please call the
Cancer House of Hope at 413-733-1858
or just drop by from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
FISH DINNERS will be sold
beginning with Ash Wednesday, Feb.
10 and all Fridays of Lent except Good
Friday, March 25 in the church hall
at Immaculate Conception Church, 25
Parker St. Indian Orchard from 4:30 to
7 p.m. Eat in or take out fried or baked
fish, mashed or French fried potatoes,
cole slaw –Adults $11 and children $5.
Desserts sold separately. Also frozen
pierogi, golabki, and kapusta available
for purchase. Everyone is welcome.
GOLF TOURNAMENT FOR
SHIRNERS. A golf tournament to benefit Shriners Hospital for Children will
be hosted by The Oregon Sportsmen’s
Club on Saturday, June 4 at the
Chicopee Country Club. Shotgun start
at 9 a.m. $100 per person includes cart,
lunch, dinner. There will be a prize for
Hole in One, closest to the pin on Par
3s, longest drive. The cost to sponsor
a hole, which includes company logo
and name, is $75. For more information
contact Jim Adams at 413-627-1122 or
Sue Adams at 413-627-1803.
SPACE AVAILABLE. FLEA
MARKET & CRAFT FAIR. Saturday
and Sunday, June 12 and 13, 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. Oregon Sportsmen’s Club, 610
Lombard Rd., Chicopee. Sites are $10
for the weekend. Indoor facilities, parking on site. To reserve space all Sue,
413-627-1803.
UPCOMING
BLOOD DONATIONS: Upcoming
blood donation opportunities in
Chicopee include Chicopee High
School, 820 Front Street on March 4
from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. If you would like
to donate blood simply visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS
(1-800-733-2767) to make an appointment or for more information. All blood
types are needed to ensure a reliable
supply for patients. A blood donor card
or driver’s license or two other forms of
identification are required at check-in.
Individuals who are 17 years of age (16
with parental consent in some states),
weigh at least 110 pounds and are in
generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other donors 18 years of age
and younger also have to meet certain
height and weight requirements.
HEALING HANDS OF LIGHT
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH is hosting a
Psychic Fair/Medium’s Day/Bake Sale
on Saturday, March 5 from 9 a.m. to 2
p.m. on 465 Granby Road. The event
will feature 15-minute private readings
for $20.
CARD, COIN & COLLECTIBLE
SHOW will take place on Sunday,
March 6 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the
Chicopee Boys & Girls Club, located
on 580 Meadow St. General admission
is $1 and kids 10 and under get in for
free. The event has over 40 tables and
is handicap accessible. The show features coins, sport and non-sport cards,
sets, wax boxes, autographs, vintage
cards, car supplies, Magic cards, toys,
and more. All proceeds will benefit the
Boys & Girls Club. Door prizes are
drawn every 30 minutes. For more
information, call 413-593-6046.
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Polish National Credit Union
supports CHS food drive
Turley Publications submitted photo
Lauren Foley, a senior at Chicopee High School, (pictured) said hosting efforts like that of PNCU’s are so
important to helping the school with collections.
CHICOPEE - Polish
National Credit Union
(PNCU) presented a check
and food collected at its
seven locations, to the
Chicopee High School
students during their annual spirit week food drive.
The donations were made
possible by the generosity of PNCU employees
and members that were
encouraged to help support the students’ efforts.
“We were pleased to
be a food drop off location for the Chicopee High
School students,” said Jim
Kelly, PNCU president
and CEO. “We are proud
of our employees who led
this effort. Great things
can happen when people
rally together.”
With only a week
dedicated to the drive, students were shifting their
focus from accepting food
donations to monetary
contributions. “Monetary
donations were used to
purchase more cans in
bulk than are typically
donated by students. We
are thrilled to have the
sponsorship of Polish
National Credit Union this
year,” said Lauren Foley,
a senior at Chicopee High
School, “Hosting efforts
like this are so important
The Western New England Spring
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Sunday, March 6, 2016 • 11am - 4 pm
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OVER 100 SAMPLES TO CHOOSE FROM
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Call (413) 737-7555
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Featuring The
2016
Wedding
Cake
Design
Contest
to helping us with collections.”
Students spent countless hours collecting
canned goods and gathering community donations. They want to ensure
there’s enough food to
meet the demand. They
believe the spirit of giving
is contagious and want to
set a positive example by
showing the school’s compassion and generosity for
those in need.
“The Annual Chicopee
High School Canned Food
Drive is an extraordinary
effort by students to raise
money and collect food.
Lorraine’s Soup Kitchen
is extremely grateful for
all the planning, dedication and organization of
the students every year!”
says Jennifer Gallant,
Lorraine’s Soup Kitchen
board member.
Headquartered in
Chicopee, Polish National
Credit Union has seven
full-service branches located in Chicopee, Granby,
Westfield, Southampton,
Hampden, and Wilbraham.
The Credit Union offers
online services at www.
pncu.com, and maintains
a Facebook presence at
facebook.com/PolishNatio
nalCreditUnion.
Turley Publications submitted photo
Mariel Baez, Inoah Lewis, Justin Clarkson, Victor Moreno,
Daria Poplawska, SreeKeerthi “Sree Manur” ManurSreeka
ntaMurthygari, Shawn Asiamah, Emilio Pereira-Tosado,
Paige Choquette, and Eren Yanbul and their Coach (on
the left standing) Mr. Saritag.
Math counts to
HCSS kids
Students from over
11 pioneer valley
schools compete
CHICOPEE
–
Hampden Charter School
of Science (HCSS) recently hosted the Connecticut
Va l l e y
Chapter
“ M AT H C O U N T S ”
Competition for the second year in a row. Middle
School math enthusiasts
from over 10 schools gathered at HCSS to compete
throughout the day. The
students competed both in
teams and individually.
The MATHCOUNTS
Competition Series is a
competition program in all
50 states, as well as U.S.
territories and schools
worldwide through
the U.S. Department
of Defense and State
Department. There are
over 500 local chapters.
Winners at the local, state
and national level earn
scholarships and prizes
from the program. Elms College names
students to Dean’s List
C H I C O P E E ,
Massachusetts – The
College of Our Lady of
the Elms has named the
following students to
the Dean’s List for the
fall 2015 semester of the
2015-2016 academic year.
Among the Chicopee
residents are: John-Marc
Austin, class of 2017;
Ashley Barrett, class of
2018; Christopher Bates,
class of 2017; Branden
Bertelli, class of 2016;
Theresa Brown, class of
2016; Katrina Caraballo,
class of 2016; Paulina
Chmielewski, class of
2018; Roger Conklin,
class of 2016; Maisha
Craft, class of 2016; Kara
Culloo, class of 2017;
Nicole DiDomenico, class
of 2018; Emilia Elmer,
class of 2019; Alicia
Fitzemeyer, class of 2016;
Patrick Goonan, class of
2016; Julia Hanna, class
of 2019; Clyde Harper,
class of 2017; Savana
Hennessey, class of 2018;
Viktoria Hryn, class of
2019; Cortney Johnston,
class of 2018; Michelle
Joubert, class of 2017;
Abdullah Karam, class
of 2019; Hussein Karam,
class of 2019; Joanna
Krupa, class of 2016;
Mateusz Kurc, class of
2019; Adam Kuzdzal,
class of 2016; Kristi
LaBrecque, class of 2017;
Ashley Lapierre, class of
2016; Stefanie Lauderdale,
class of 2019; Sarah
Laurin, class of 2017;
Aimee Lesniak, class of
2017; Arianna Martineau,
class of 2016; Shannon
McGowan, class of
2017; Choyce McIntosh,
class of 2016; Shaina
Merrick, class of 2016;
Mohammad Mourad,
class of 2018; Brianna
O’Connell, class of 2018;
J i l l i a n O r z e c h ow s k i ,
class of 2016; Kathleen
Orzechowski, class of
2016; Alicia Page, class
of 2016; Sarah Picard,
class of 2019; Jacquelyn
Pickett, class of 2016;
Hannah Powers, class of
2017; Kelsey Prive, class
of 2019; Ahmed Radi,
class of 2017; Shames
Radi, class of 2019; Enid
Rivera-Pratts, class of
2017; Julie Sargent, class
of 2017; Laila Shaikh,
class of 2017; Jane
Stebbins, class of 2017;
Daisy-Diane Sueiras,
class of 2016; Marissa
Tinnemeyer, class of 2017;
Caitlin Trombley, class of
2018; Shinead Vasquez,
class of 2016; Tiara
Weems, class of 2018; and
Katelyn Woishnis, class of
2017.
To qualify, a full-time
student must earn a GPA
of 3.5 or higher, without
incompletes.
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AIC announces
Chicopee Dean’s
List recipients
SPRINGFIELD
– American International
College in Springfield,
MA congratulates the 474
students named to the Fall
2015 Dean’s List. Dean’s
List students are full-time
students with a grade point
average between 3.3 and
4.0. Among the recipients from Chicopee are:
Rachel Smetana, Nelson
Reticence, Amanda Lapite,
Erin Maroney, Aliyah
Solivan, Andre Remillard,
Alyson Roberts, Natalie
Pizarro, Alexandra
Russ, Joseph Polidoro,
Sarah Palmer, Heather
Brouillard, Allison Roy,
Jacob Dubois, Shanele
Newsome, Aidanira
Rolon, Kyle Roy, Chanelle
Brodeur, Gabriela Starsiak,
Vi t a l i y B u k h a n t s o v,
Jessica Welsh, Claudia
Conde, Amanda Carestia,
Tess Kania, Stephanie
Storozuk, Kelsy Prats, and
Jesse Cram.
Founded in 1885,
American International
College is a private, coeducational institution offering undergraduate and
graduate programs with
Schools of Business, Arts
and Sciences, Education,
and Health Sciences.
26 named to
President’s List
at WNEU
SPRINGFIELD
– Western New England
U n ive r s i t y c o n g r a t u lates 26 students working toward a Doctor of
Pharmacy degree who
have been named to the
Fall 2015 President’s List.
The following
Chicopee students were
named to the President’s
List for achieving a semester grade point average of
3.80 or higher: Brittney
A. Amaral and Kylie F.
Josefiak.
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University is a private,
independent, coeducational institution founded
in 1919. Located on an
attractive 215-acre suburban campus in Springfield,
Massachusetts, Western
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students, including 2,575
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through Colleges of Arts
and Sciences, Business,
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and the School of Law.
Edward Bellamy
Middle School’s
Students of the
Month
CHICOPEE – Principal Matthew
T. Francis announced the most recent
Students of the Month at Edward
Bellamy Middle School. January’s honor
went to sixth grader Allison Zielinski,
seventh grader Johnathon Vandal and
eigth grader Orlianna Velasquez.
Allison Zielinski, Johnathon Vandal and Orlianna Velasquez.
Springfield College
releases Dean’s List
SPRINGFIELD
– Springfield College has
named the following area
students to the dean’s
list for academic excellence for the fall 2015
term. Among the recipients residing in Chicopee
are: Paula Russell, who is
studying Human Services;
Melphy Antuna, who is
studying Human Services
(UG); and Taisha Lopez,
who is studying Human
Services (UG).
Criteria for selection
to the dean’s list are as
follows: The student must
have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours of
graded coursework for the
semester, exclusive of “P”
grades; the student must
not have any incompletes,
missing grades or “CPs”
in the designated semester; the student must have
a minimum semester grade
point average of 3.500 for
the semester; and the student must not have been
barred from the dean’s
list due to a disciplinary
action.
Hogan named to Dean’s List
at Georgia Tech
AT L A N TA , G a .
– Alexander Hogan of
Chicopee, made the Dean’s
List for the Fall 2015
semester at the Georgia
Institute of Technology.
This designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have a 3.0 or
higher academic average
for the semester.
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Rhode Island is pleased to
announce that 4,986 undergraduates have qualified for
the Fall 2015 Dean’s List.
The students represent nearly all of Rhode Island’s cities and towns, all six New
England states, New York
and New Jersey, other states
and 18 countries. The fol-
lowing Chicopee students
were named to the Dean’s
List: Michelle P Dukette,
Hailey R Chapdelaine, and
Lauren Evelyn Sittard.
To be included on
the Dean’s List, students
must have completed 12
or more credits during a
semester for letter grades
with at least a 3.30 quality
point average qualify for
the Dean’s list. Part-time
students qualify with the
accumulation of 12 credits
with a 3.30 quality point
average.
The University uses a
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service, Merit, to publicize
student accomplishments,
like making the dean’s
list. This service sends
University stude
*Editor’s note: The Chicopee Register would love to publish and
acknowledge the accomplishments of our community’s students. To be
included on this list, submissions must have information provided directly
from the college or university the student has attended. Keep in mind that
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Locals named to Assumption College’s Dean’s List
WO R C E S T E R
– Recognizing outstanding
student academic achievement, Assumption College
has named 509 students to
the undergraduate Dean’s
List for the fall 2015 semester. To earn a spot on the
Dean’s List, Assumption
students must achieve a
grade point average of 3.5
for a five-class, 15-credit
semester. The Dean’s List is
announced twice every academic year, once at the completion of the fall semester,
and again at the completion
of the spring semester.
“Earning a position on the Dean’s List is
a testament to hard work,
a sharp mind, and a commitment to academic excellence,” said Assumption
College President Francesco
Cesareo, Ph.D. “These students’ dedication to their
studies reflects the seriousness with which they take
the formation of their intellectual and academic lives,
an important aspect of the
College’s mission.”
Among the recipients
from Chicopee are Andrea
Burnette, a member of the
class of 2016; Samantha
DeForest, a member of the
class of 2016; and Kyra
Robins, a member of the
class of 2019.
The Assumption
College curriculum enables
students to gain a depth
and breadth of knowledge
that leads to professional
success and personal fulfillment.
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Colts win ninth
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Colts perfect in league
after win against Pacers
By Nate Rosenthal
Turley Publications
Sports Correspondent
By Nate Rosenthal
Turley Publications
Sports Correspondent
CHICOPEE - It has been a
remarkable turnaround for the
Chicopee Comprehensive girls’
basketball team over the course
of the season. With a 60-50 win
over Belchertown, the Colts are
6-0 in the Suburban Division
and have clinched at least a tie
for the title. They 13-4 overall
and have won nine straight. The Colts started their season with their captain Alyssa
Stefanelli, recovering from knee
surgery and certainly struggled.
After a tough start, five weeks
have passed and the Colts have
not lost. It is likely not a coincidence that Stefanelli returned
to action in the first of the
nine wins, a victory over East
Longmeadow. Coming into this
game, the Orioles were just a
game behind the Colts and they
still have to play against each
other. The win put them up by
two on both Belchertown and
Chicopee with two league games
to play. The other is against the
Pacers.
The game began with
Belchertown taking the lead a
minute into the game and thanks
to their ability to control the
boards and get two and three
shots, they led by six through
the first six minutes. The Colts,
who had missed on several shots
finally got it going and scored
the last seven points of the quarter in those final two minutes to
lead 9-8. They kept building on
that lead and midway through
the second, Comp led by eight.
But Belchertown came right
back and closed it to one just
before the half. A couple of late
free throws, left it at 28-25 for
Chicopee Comp at the break.
Three pointers made the difference in the third for Orioles
as they started and ended the
frame with treys. Both tied the
game, but the second one sent
them into the fourth deadlocked.
In the first 30 seconds of the
fourth, the teams traded baskets
and because the Colts’ one was
a three, they led by a point. Over
the next two minutes the teams
went back and forth and it was
still a one-point game with 5:00
left. The game was effectively
decided in the next minute and a
half as Comp scored eight points
and led 53-44. They got it up to
12 points, before settling in with
a 60-50 win.
With 5:00 minutes left in
the third, Henry hit a three and
Belchertown had come back
from that eight-point deficit to
take a 31-30 lead. Tack made
he Chicopee High and
Chicopee Comprehensive
girls took the hardwood
for their second meeting this
year in a game that had serious
implication on the race for the
Suburban League championship. With their 64-40 win over
the Pacers, the Colts moved to
7-0 in the league and clinched
the top spot. It was their 10 win
in a row.
Coming into the game,
Chicopee had just two losses,
one each to Belchertown and
Comp. The Colts, who were
finishing off the season with
Belchertown, Chicopee and
Belchertown again, had effectively eliminated the Orioles
with a win earlier in the week.
This win over Chicopee was the
clincher.
The Friday night game
brought out a big crowd, not
only for the Chicopee High/
Chicopee Comp rivalry, but
also for the fact that this game
was dedicated to fighting cancer. This was the third year
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High’s Dorilyn Castillo
tries to block a shot by
Comp’s Breanna Tack.
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Pacers tally three in third to tie Orioles
By Tim Peterson
Turley Publications
Sports Correspondent
AMHERST - A little more
than a week after posting a 10 shutout road victory against
Chicopee, Belchertown entered
the third period with a 4-1 lead
in the second meeting of the
season between the Fay-Wright
Division rivals.
The Pacers battled back by
scoring three goals during the
final 15:00 of the contest, which
ended in a 4-4 tie at the Mullins
Center practice rink, last Friday
afternoon.
“We didn’t play up to our
potential in the first two periods, which is something that
has happened a lot this season,
but the players responded very
well in the third period,” said
Chicopee assistant coach Gary
Ziemba, who’s the spokesman
for head coach Al Styckiewicz.
“Belchertown is a very good
team and they’re always a fun
team to play against. We’re hoping to face them again in the
playoffs.”
The two hockey teams
have already locked up a berth
in the upcoming Western
Massachusetts Division 3A tournament.
Chicopee headed home
with an 11-6-1 overall record
and they’re in second place in
the league standings with a 103-1 record.
The Orioles (8-4-4, 7-3-4),
who tied Chicopee Comp, 5-5,
in their previous game, entered
the final week of the regular season sitting in fourth place in the
league standings.
“Having to settle for another tie is a little bit frustrating,
but the good thing is we didn’t
lose this game today. We played
solid defense in the first two
periods, but then we gave up
two goals in the first two minutes of the third period and they
were able to tie the score,” said
Belchertown head coach Matt
Crutch. “Chicopee is a very
good hockey team and you just
have to give them a lot of credit.”
Both teams were missing
key players in the second meeting.
C h i c o p e e s e n i o r J e ff
Zebrowski has missed several
games with an injury, but he’s
expected to return to action for
the postseason tournament.
“We’ve been struggling a
little bit since our captain suf-
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Chicopee’s Mike Palermo (16)
looks to carry the puck up the
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By Nate Rosenthal
Turley Publications
Sports Correspondent
W
E
S
T
SPRINGFIELD - The
Chicopee Comprehensive
hockey has enjoyed a successful regular season and
once again, will be in the
playoffs, having clinched
a berth in the postseason a full month ago.
This week, they took on
a Minnechaug from the
rugged Berry Division
and lost 6-2. After they
fell behind 4-0 in the
first period, they played
the Falcons evenly on the
scoreboard the rest of the
way.
The Colts, having
finished their season this
past week with wins over
Turners Falls, 7-1 and
Greenfield, 11-3, are in a
waiting mode for seeding.
In 2015-16, they finished
12-5-3 and 10-3-3 in the
Fay-Wright. A year ago,
they were 11-5-4 and 74-3, gaining the second
seed in Division 3A. The
Colts are presently tied
for second in the FayWright with Chicopee.
Whether they stay in
stay tied or drop to third
depends upon what the
Pacers due in their finale
with St. Mary’s. Amherst
has already clinched the
top spot in the league and
will probably be the top
seed in Division 3A. The
Colts will likely be seeded
somewhere between second and fourth.
Over the course of the
season, the Colts were 1-
Turley Publications photo by Gregory A. Scibelli
Garrett Riopeli tries to control the bouncing puck.
2 with Berry teams, having lost to Longmeadow
and beaten Westside. On
the plus side, within the
Fay-Wright, they beat
Chicopee two out of the
three games they played
them. On the negative they
lost to Amherst twice, tied
Belchertown twice and
tied Turners Falls once.
Turners will not be in
the postseason. In those
six games, the Colts were
1-2-3. By contrast, the
Pacers are 3-2-1 against
those three, splitting with
Amherst and taking both
Turners games. The lost
and tied Belchertown.
Yet to be determined is
where Wahconah out
of the Berkshires fits in.
They are 13-4-1 and have
two games against previously beaten opponents
this week. Belchertown is
still out there, lurking, and
they could slip into the
discussion, should they
beat Amherst. The hockey
teams will learn their fate
on Feb. 27
The Pacers will
likely be second or third,
but they could be fourth.
Much will depend upon
how Wahconah is placed,
assuming everyone wins.
Chicopee ventured to the
Lady Colts take 13th at states
Boys come in 24th
By Dave Forbes
Turley Publications
Sports Staff Writer
B O S TO N – T h e
Chicopee Comp girls
and boys indoor track
teams competed at the
state Division 2 championships at the Reggie
Lewis Center.
The girls finished
13th overall with 13
points, while the boys
came in tied for 24th
with South and Roxbury
with five points.
For the girls, senior
Jessikha Ribeiro placed
second in the girls high
jump at 5-02, eighth in
the 55-meter hurdles
preliminaries with a time
of 9.09 and fourth in the
finals at 8.95, and senior
Stephanie Lopes came
in 23rd in the long jump
at 14-03 and 43rd in the
55-meter preliminaries
with a time of 8.09.
Chicopee Comp also
placed 18th in the 4x400
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meter relay with a time
of 4:32.93.
For the boys, senior
Joey Black came in sixth
in the 300 meters with
a time of 36.80, senior
Tim Woods finished seventh in the 55-meter hurdles preliminaries with
a time of 8.19 and seventh in the finals at 8.23,
junior Will McKinstry
placed ninth in the 1000
meters at 2:43.35, junior
Derek Girouard placed
11th in the long jump
at 19-06 and 31st in the
55-meter hurdles preliminaries at 9.02, senior
Hunter Laughlin placed
14th in the long jump at
18-09 1-2, junior Rustian
Laponte finished 24th in
the shot put at 39-04,
junior Corey Heath came
in 25th in the 55-meter
hurdles preliminaries at
8.64 and junior Jordan
Lupien finished 29th in
the 55-meter hurdles at
8.80.
Chicopee Comp
also placed ninth in the
4x200 meter relay with
a time of 1:36.22, 17th
in the 4x400 meter relay
with a time of 3:43.75
and 13th in the 4x800
meter relay with a time
of 8:54.73.
Lady Pacers place
20th in Division 3
The Chicopee girls
took part in the Division
3 championships and
finished in 20th place
with 10.50 points.
S e n i o r To r i e l
McPherson came in third
in the 55 meters preliminaries at 7.49, and third
in the finals at 7.44,
senior Mia Facchini finished fourth in the high
jump at 5-02
Chicopee also
placed 17th in the 4x200
meter relay (McPherson,
sophomore Alexandra
Czop, senior Cassidy
Fournier and Facchini)
with a time of 1:55.29.
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413-283-8393 ext. 237.
Berry twice losing handily to East Longmeadow
and Agawam They also
beat, Taconic from the
Berkshires. If they lose to
St. Mary’s and thus finished tied with Comp, the
1-2 record in head to head
between the two may, play
a role as to who gets the
higher seed. They could be
affected by Belchertown.
The Colts fell behind
against the Falcons, early.
Just 1:57 into the game,
Matt Kowal converted a
pass from Liam Walsh
to put Minnechaug in
front, Nathan Champagne
had an assist as well.
At 4:06, Anthony Piteo
made it 2-0 with assists
from Cam Mariani and
Josh DeCarolis. Nearing
the midpoint, at 6:42,
Mariani scored on a
pass from DeCarolis and
Minnechaug had its third
goal. With 2:50 remaining in the first, they
made it 4-0. with Padrig
O’Brien fining the back
of the net. Assisting were
Will Gosselin and Logan
Closser. The Falcons kept
Parker Nunes busy, getting
on net, 14 times. Aleks
VanDerleeder, stopped
all nine shots he faced.
Neither team was called
for a penalty in the first
period.
The penalty drought
ended quickly in the second. Francis O’Brien went
out 28 seconds into the
second period. Less than a
minute later, Jeremy Lewis
was called for Comp,
but the real big one was
Minnechaug losing Piteo
for four minutes. O’Brien
still had 50 seconds left on
his when Piteo went out.
Even with the open ice,
there was no scoring until
both teams returned to full
strength. At 5:17, Comp
made it 4-1 as Dexter
Labonte scored on a pass
from Garrett Riopelli.
Minnechaug got that
right back at 5:46 when
Mariani fed DeCarolis.
Walsh had an assist as
well. Cam Kagan and Will
Noel went out on matching penalties at 8:25 and
Closser was sent off in the
final minute. His penalty
carried over into the final
frame. The shots on goal
were more even, at 10-9
from Minnechaug, reflecting the 1-1 scoring.
The third period saw
just one goal, as Mariani
scored unassisted with
4:01 left. The only penalty went against Vincent
Cardaropoli at 8:50. For
the game, the Colts were
nearly doubled the Colts,
39-21.
They finished their
regular season with the
two wins over Turners
and Greenfield. Against
Turners, Brandon Pavoni
had a hat trick, a tough
feat for a defenseman.
Sanchez makes D3Hoops.com
Men’s Basketball Team of the Week
WESTFIELD
– We s t f i e l d S t a t e
Owls junior guard and
Chicopee graduate Jesus
Sanchez has been selected to the D3Hoops.com
Men’s basketball team of
the week.
Sanchez scored
26 points in each of
Westfield’s games last
week, shooting 52 percent from the floor and
71 percent from threepoint range. The junior
nailed a game-tying
jumper with less than a
minute left in a 73-71
win over Elms, while
grabbing five rebounds
and dishing out three
assists. In a loss to
Salem State on Saturday,
Sanchez made 7-of-16
field goals and sunk 10of-11 free throws.
Through 23 games,
Sanchez is averaging a
team-high 15.3 points
per game to go along
with 3.7 rebounds and
2.3 assists. The 6-foot,
230-pound guard leads
the MASCAC in field
goal percentage (46.6)
among guards, and
ranks second among
all MASCAC players
in three-point percentage (38.6), trailing only
backcourt mate Jose
Allen, of Amherst.
Sapoukey helps
out Owls
WESTFIELD
– Westfield State women’s basketball player
and Chicopee resident
Rebecca Sapoukey finished with five points
in a 70-60 win over
Bridgewater State on
Wednesday, Feb. 17.
Red Sox, Niagara Falls trip
CHICOPEE - The
Chicopee Parks &
Recreation Department
is sponsoring a threeday road trip to enjoy the
excitement of two Red
Sox games in Toronto,
also included is a visit to
Niagara Falls.
Trip includes transportation, tickets for two
games, and hotel stay
for two nights. A passport is mandatory and
needed to enter Canada.
Trip departs Friday, May
27 returning on Sunday,
May 29.
There is a $100
deposit due upon sign up
with full payment due by
April 27.
For more information call Parks Dept. at
413-594-3481 or visit
our website at www.chicopeema.gov/parks.
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that Chicopee Comp has
done this. The Colts wore
pink uniforms to that end.
Before the game, youngsters from the AJACs
Predators came out on
the court accompanied by
members of both teams.
Chicopee High was also
involved in the fundraising. Another note was that
the winner of the 50/50
raffle, Graham Topor of
Comp, donated his entire
winnings to the cause.
The game itself started slowly, very slowly. In
the first 1:30, each team
scored a basket. Chicopee
made it 3-2 with a Maddie
Gutierrez free throw seconds later, and there was
not another score for 4:30
until Gutierrez buried a
three. After one, it was just
10-4 for Chicopee High.
The Colts scored the first
11 points of the second
quarter and took a lead that
they would not relinquish.
The teams went back and
forth through remaining
6:00 of the half and it was
a five-point Comp lead
at the break. With a 10-3
run in the first two minutes of the third, Comp
opened up a double-digit
lead. With 2:30 left, it was
over 20. The Pacers closed
out with five and it was
48-32 through three. The
final frame was more of
the same, before the Colts
gradually expanded their
edge, finally winning by
the 64-40 score.
Molly Willette had
24 points on the night, 14
of which came in the second quarter, when Comp
turned a six-point deficit
into a seven-point lead.
She was the only Colt in
double figures. Chicopee
was led by Maddie
tie
from page 12
fered an injury,” Ziemba
said. “We’re hoping to
have him back again for
the playoffs.”
Belchertown senior
Ben Magarian and sophomore Adam Mattingly
both had the flu and they
didn’t play in last Friday’s
game, which was a makeup from earlier in the season.
Junior goaltender
Kyle Greene, who made
a total of 29 saves in posting his first shutout of the
season against the Pacers
on Feb. 10, watched the
second meeting from the
bench. He was replaced by
freshman Justin Pendrick,
who made a total of 43
saves in his second varsity
start.
“Kyle is still our starting goalie, but if anything
happens to him, we do
Gutierrez with 16 points.
Twelve of those came
in the second and third
quarters. Taina Slaughter
was next with 12 points.
Rounding out the scoring for Comp was: Ashley
Rouleau, nine; Stefanelli,
eight; Kathy Jaracz, six;
Tack, five; Sam Spagnoli,
four, Arriana Hasiuk, four;
Selenya Gonzalez, two,
Alicia Lacosse, two. For
Chicopee it was: Kayla
Calaf, five, Sousa, three,
Dorilyn Castillo, two,
Destinee Coulombe, two.
Comp Boys Basketball
The Comp boys, beaten by Chicopee a week
ago, recovered nicely with
wins over Minnechaug,
59-40 and Belchertown,
75-39. The falcons gave
them a battle through three
quarters, staying within
ten points, but a late surge
by the Colts in the final
frame opened up the game.
Eric Perez led the team
with 14 points, followed
by Kenny Mendez with
12 and Bruce Carey with
10. The Colts had an easy
time with Belchertown.
This game was over in the
first quarter, when Comp
jumped out to a 32-7 lead.
By the half it was 51-15.
Duane Miller scored 19
to lead the way and Steve
Velasquez had 12.
With the two
wins the Colts are 145 overall and 9-3 in the
Suburban League, tied
with Longmeadow for
third. A half-game ahead
is Sabis at 10-3 and leading the league is Agawam
at 11-1. The Brownies
only loss came against
the Colts. The Colts finish this week with Ludlow
and South Hadley and
if things fall right, they
could still gain a share
of the Suburban title. In
fact, if Longmeadow beats
Agawam and Minnechaug,
while Sabis beats
have a very strong back
up in Justin,” Crutch said.
“He’s a very good goaltender and he deserved
an opportunity to make
another start. We played
strong defense in front of
him in the first two periods, but our team defense
let him down in the third
period.”
Down at the other end
of the ice, Chicopee junior
goaltender Jon Santos was
credited with 29 saves.
The Pacers, who outshot the Orioles, 15-6 in
the opening period, took a
1-0 at the 6:12 mark when
freshman Mike Palermo
scored his third goal of the
season, which was assisted
by junior’s Brett Geoffroy
and Nick Beem, who are
both assistant captains.
With 22.3 seconds
remaining in the opening
period, Belchertown junior
Aidan Dupont scored the
tying goal on a backhander, which was assisted by
senior’s Dylan Gillen and
Kyle Mikulski.
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Taina Slaughter makes a jump shot.
Agawam, those four teams
could finish in a four-way
tie for the top spot.
Chicopee Boys
Basketball
Chicopee has been
hot of late, but they had
a four game win streak
snapped with a 92-72 loss
to Amherst. The game
was in single digits for
the first half and then the
Hurricanes took charge
after the break, taking the
margin from nine to 19.
Milan Harrison had 26 followed by Chevon Cote at
12 and David Goudreault
w i t h 1 0 . T h e Pa c e r s
got back on the winning
side with a 60-49 victory
over East Longmeadow.
This was a three-point
game after three quarters.
Chicopee pulled away in
the fourth. Harrison had
21 to lead the way, with
Cote next at 15 and Jake
Midura at 14.
With the split, the
Pacers have still won 11
of their last 13 games
and are 15-4 on the season. They are a half game
behind Amherst in the
Valley Wheel at 7-2 and
a half game ahead of East
Longmeadow. The Pacers
have one game remaining against Westfield.
Meanwhile Amherst is
playing East Longmeadow
and Northampton. while
East Longmeadow also
plays Westfield. The possibilities for a three-way
tie, while slim, are definitely there.
In the middle of the
second period, senior
Christian Assimus netted
the go-head goal for the
Orioles, which was assisted by sophomore Nate
Pacheco and Gillen.
Pacheco scored the
only goal in the first meeting of the season between
the two teams.
Gillen, who has
scored a team-high 18
goals, added a pair of
goals during the final 32
seconds of the second
period increasing the
Orioles advantage to 41. Gillen’s first goal was
assisted by junior Cam
Cass and the second one
was unassisted.
Less than 2:00 into
the third period, the
Pacers had sliced the
deficit to 4-3.
Palmero scored his
second goal of the game,
which was assisted by
Geoffroy and Beem, on
a slap shot from inside
the left circle 41 seconds
into the period.
The duo of Geoffroy
and Beem also assisted
on the Pacers third goal,
which was scored sophomore Ryan McDonough
40 seconds later.
Chicopee junior Ben
Jablonski, who’s also an
assistant captain, netted
the game-tying goal on
a power play at the 7:41
mark. Junior John Baker
was credited with assist.
Both teams had
several scoring chances
during the final 7:00 of
regulation, but the score
remained tied.
The Pacers were
scheduled to close
out the regular season
against St. Mary’s at
the Fitzpatrick Skating
Arena on Wednesday
night.
The Orioles final two
regular season games are
against rival Amherst at
Orr Rink on Wednesday
night and Turners Falls
at the Mullins Center
practice rink on Friday
night.
a free throw 14 seconds
later and Comp was back
in front. Before the fourth
minute had ended, Selenya
Gonzalez made it 34-31
with a jumper. There was
no scoring until the final
2:30 and the teams went
back and forth. Jopson
for two for Belchertown;
Stefanelli for two Comp;
McKenzie scored for the
Orioles and Jaracz made
two free throws for the
Colts. Then with 10 seconds left, Johnson who
had started the third with a
trey, ended it with another,
tying the game at 38-38.
Stefanelli put the
Colts back in front for
good just 16 seconds
into the final frame with
a three to make it 41-38.
Henry had two free throws
and Jaracz followed with
a three and now it was
44-40. The Henry/Jaracz
trading of baskets continued for another 1:30 with
Henry making two free
throws and Jaracz making
one. Then it was Henry
with one and Jaracz with
a layup. With 4:22 to play,
Comp led 47-44. Then
Jaracz made what may
have been the key play of
the game, when she scored
on a layup and was fouled.
That was McKenzie’s
fifth and would foul her
out of the game. When
Jaracz made the free
throw, Comp would be
up 50-44. After a quick
turnover, Gonzalez buried a three to make it 5344. While there was still
3:39 to play, the momentum had shifted with this
9-1 run by Comp. Henry
made two free throws for
Belchertown to keep their
hopes alive with 3:00 to
go. Those hopes ended in
the 1:30 with a jumper by
Spagnoli and a three by
Rouleau. The latter made
it 58-46 with 1:50 left.
That was the dagger that
effectively ended it.
Rouleau led the Colts
in scoring with 15 points,
getting 12 in the first
half and seven in the first
quarter. Jaracz was next
with 13, but she ruled the
fourth quarter with nine.
Prior to that she had four
free throws. Tack dominated the send quarter for
Comp, scoring 10 of her
12 points. This was also
the best offensive night for
Stefanelli, since her return.
She had nine.
Henry led everyone
in scoring with 21 points.
McKenzie finished with
10 points. The Orioles are
now 14-4.
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Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
The Trial Court
Hampden Probate and
Family Court
50 State Street
Springfield, MA 01103
(413)748-7758
Docket No. HD16P0243EA
Estate of:
Nicole Louise Gurski
Also known as:
Nicole Baril-Gurski
Date of Death: 12/20/2015
CITATION ON
PETITION FOR
FORMAL
ADJUDICATION
To all interested persons:
A Petition for Formal
Adjudication of Intestacy
and Ap­point­ment of Per­
sonal Rep­resentative has
been filed by Leonard
Desrochers of Holyoke MA
requesting that the Court
enter a formal Decree and
Order and for such other
relief as requested in the
Petition.
The Petitioner requests
that: Leonard Desrochers
of Holyoke MA be ap­point­
ed as Person­al Rep­resenta­
tive(s) of said estate to serve
Without Surety on the bond
in an unsupervised administration.
important notice
You have the right to
obtain a copy of the Petition
from the Petitioner or at the
Court. You have a right to
object to this proceeding. To
do so, you or your attorney
must file a written appearance and objection at this
Court before: 10:00 a.m. on
the return day of 03/09/2016.
This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by
which you must file a written
appearance and objection if
you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely
written appearance and objection followed by an affidavit
of objections within thirty
(30) days of the return day,
action may be taken without
further notice to you.
unsupervised
administration
under the
massachusetts
uniform probate
code (MUPC)
A Personal Represent­ative
appointed under the MUPC in
an unsupervised administration is not re­quired to file an
inventory or annual accounts
with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the
administration directly from
the Personal Representative
and may petition the Court
in any matter relating to the
estate, including the distribution of assets and expenses of
administration.
WITNESS, Hon. Anne
M Geoffrion, First Justice of
this Court.
Date: February 11, 2016
Suzanne T. Seguin
Register of Probate
2/25/16
Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
The Trial Court
Probate and Family Court
50 State Street
Springfield, MA 01103
Docket No. HD12P1648GD
In the interests of:
Robert Nitcavic, Jr.
Of: Chicopee, MA
RESPONDENT
Incapacitated Person/
Protected Person
CITATION GIVING
NOTICE OF PETITION
Chicopee
Register
TO EXPAND THE
POWERS OF
A GUARDIAN
To the named Respond­
ent and all other interested
persons, a petition has been
filed by Vibra Hospital of
Western Massachusetts of
Springfield, MA in the above
captioned matter requesting
that the court:
Expand the powers of a
Guardian of the Respondent.
The petition asks the court
to make a determination that
the powers of the Guardian
should be expanded, modified, or limited since the time
of the appointment. The original petition is on file with
the court.
You have the right to
object to this proceeding.
If you wish to do so, you
or your attorney must file a
written appearance at this
court on or before 10:00
a.m. on the return date of
03/07/2016. This day is NOT
a hearing date, but a deadline
date by which you have to
file the written appearance
if you object to the petition.
If you fail to file the written appearance by the return
date, action may be taken in
this matter without further
notice to you. In addition to
filing the written appearance,
you or your attorney must
file a written affidavit stating
the specific facts and grounds
of your objection within 30
days after the return date.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely
take away the above-named
person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs
or financial affairs or both.
The above-named person
has the right to ask for a
lawyer. Anyone may make
this request on behalf of the
above-named person. If the
above-named person cannot
afford a lawyer, one may be
appointed at State expense.
WITNESS, Hon. Anne
M Geoffrion, First Justice of
this Court.
Date: February 22, 2016
Suzanne T. Seguin
Register of Probate
2/25/16
Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
The Trial Court
Probate and Family Court
50 State Street
Springfield, MA 01103
(413)748-7758
Docket No. HD16C0029CA
In the matter of:
Katherine Mary Santos
Of: Chicopee, MA
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
To all persons interested
in petition described:
A petition has been presented by Katherine M
Santos requesting that:
Katherine Mary Santos be
allowed to change his/her/­
their name as follows:
Katherine Mary Trombley
If you desire to object
thereto, you or your attorney
must file a written appearance in said Court at: Spring­­­
field on or before ten o’clock
in the morning (10:00 a.m.)
on: 03/18/2016.
Witness, Hon. Anne M.
Geoffrion, First Justice of
this Court.
Date: February 19, 2016
Suzanne T. Seguin
Register of Probate
2/25/16
Commonwealth of
legals
Massachusetts
The Trial Court
Probate and Family Court
50 State Street
Springfield, MA 01103
Docket No. HD09P2564PM
In the matter of:
Christine Theroux
Of: Springfield, MA
Protected Person/
Disabled Person/
Respondent
CITATION GIVING
NOTICE OF
CONSERVATOR’S
ACCOUNT
To the named Res­pon­dent
and all other interested persons, you are hereby notified
pursuant to Rule 72 of the
Supplemental Rules of the
Probate & Family Court, that
the 4th and Final account(s)
of Jewish Family Services
of Western Mass­achusetts
of Spring­field as Conser­
vator of the property of said
Respondent has or have been
presented to the Court for
allowance.
You have the right to
object to the account(s). If
you wish to do so, you or
your attorney must file a
written appearance and
objection at this court on
or before 10:00 a.m. on the
return date of 03/11/2016.
This day is NOT a hearing
date, but a deadline date by
which you have to object to
the account(s). If you fail to
file the written appearance
and objection by the return
date, action may be taken in
this matter without further
notice to you, including the
al­lowance of the account(s).
Additionally, within thirty days after said return day
(or within such other time as
the Court upon motion may
order), you must file a written
affidavit of objections stating
the specific facts and grounds
upon which each objection
is based and a copy shall be
served upon the Conservator
pursuant to Rule 3 of the
Supplemental Rules of the
Probate & Family Court.
You have the right to send
to the Conservator, by registered or certified mail, a written request to receive a copy
of the Petition and account(s)
at no cost to you.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely
take away the above-named
person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs
or financial affairs or both.
The above-named person
has the right to ask for a
lawyer. Anyone may make
this request on behalf of the
above-named person. If the
above-named person cannot
afford a lawyer, one may be
appointed at State expense.
WITNESS, Hon. Anne
M Geoffrion, First Justice of
this Court.
Date: February 12, 2016
Suzanne T. Seguin
Register of Probate
2/25/16
SALE OF MOTOR
VEHICLES
UNDER
G.L. c.255 Sec. 39A
Notice is hereby given
by Interstate Towing, Inc. pursuant to the provisions
of G.L. c. 255, section 39A,
that on March 1st, 2016 at
Interstate Towing, Inc the following Motor Vehicles will
be sold at private sale to satisfy our garage keeper’s lien
thereon for storage, towing
charges, care and ex­penses
◆
of notices and sale of said
vehicles.
2004 FORD EXPLORER
XLT
VIN: 1FMZU73E74UC17101
Ronald Johnson
550 South Quarter Rd
Russell MA
1990 BUICK REGAL
CUSTOM
VIN: 2G4WB14L2L1438229
Joel Quiros
36 Allison Lane
Springfield, MA 01129
1995 FORD EXPLORER
XLT
VIN:1FMDU34X8SUB25933
Charles Enroughtly
988 Birch Forest Ct
Virginia Beach, VA 23464
1994 MERCURY GRAND
MARQUIS GS
VIN:2MELM74W9RX629553
Jonathan Jopson
20 Wilford CT
Stonington, CT 06379
2 0 0 1 VO L K S WAG E N
JETTA GLS 1.8T
VIN:3VWSD69M41M165616
R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R
UNKNOWN
1995 GMC SONOMA
BASE
VIN: 1GTCS14Z9N8507350
Miguel Hernandez
25 Healey St Apt 1
Indian Orchard, MA 01151
1999 TOYOTA COROLLA
VE
VIN: 2T1BR12E6XC745686
Julia Gilbert
216 Rangewas Rd, Unit 162
North Billerica, MA 01862
2002 FORD ESCAPE XLS
MEMORIALS
haluchsmemorials.com
1FMYU02192KB31556
Avery C Duhart
68 Rollins St
Springfield, MA 01109
2003 FORD TAURUS SE
VIN: 1FAFP53U53G162824
R E G I S T E R E D OW N E R
UNKNOWN
1998 NISSAN MAXIMA
BASE
VIN: JN1CA21D3WT504771
Walbert Dejesus
3 Beacon Ave
Holyoke, MA 01040
1999 HONDA ACCORD
LX
VIN: 1HGCG6655XA048520
Omar Roman
40 Cambridge St
Springfield, MA 01109
2/11,2/18,2/25/16
VIN:
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Painting
Plumbing
Tax Services
KEN’S PAINTING SERVICES,
LLC
Interior/ exterior painting and
staining, wallpaper removal and
repairs, quality products and
workmanship. Fully insured.
Free estimates.
(413)896-8264.
LINC’S PLUMBING LIC #J27222
Scheduling Replacement
Heating Systems Now
Call LINC’S
For Your Connection
(413)668-5299
DONAT FOURNIER TAX
SERVICE
Call 413-563-0981 for an
appointment
QUABBIN PAINTING INTERIOR/
EXTERIOR PAINTING, handyman,
house
and
deck
powerwashing, deck staining,
gutters
cleaned.
Prompt
professional service. Fully insured.
Call 413-323-6425
[email protected]
EXPERIENCED
ROOFER
WORKS alone, quality work,
licensed. Best prices for sheds,
garages, and ranches. (413)7867924.
Plumbing
GREG LAFOUNTAIN PLUMBING
& Heating. Lic #19196 Repairs &
Replacement of fixtures, water
heater installations, steam/HW
boiler replacement. Kitchen & Bath
remodeling. 30 years experience.
Fully insured. $10 Gift Card With
Work Performed. Call Greg
(413)592-1505.
Roofing
Call us toll free at 1-800-824-6548
ATEKS TREE- HONEST, quality
tree service. From pruning to
house lot clearing. Fully insured.
Free estimates. Firewood sales.
(413)687-3220.
Pets
RETIRED RACING
GREYHOUNDS AVAILABLE
FOR ADOPTION
spayed/neutered, wormed,
shots, heartworm tested,
teeth cleaned
SKY-TECH ROOFING, INC. 25
years experience. Commercial,
residential. Insured. Shingles,
single-ply systems. Tar/ gravel,
slate repairs. 24 hour Emergency
Repairs.
(413)536-3279,
(413)348-9568, (413)204-4841.
Greyhound Options Inc.
Call Mary at 413-566-3129
or Claire at 413-967-9088
or go to
www.greyhoundoptions.org
Make a Fast Friend!
MANUFACTURING OPENINGS
AT SMITH AND WESSON!
Hiring on all shifts!
NOW HIRING!
Seeking Part-time van driver for a split shift
to transport individuals with disabilities to and
from our day programs. Must have experience,
a valid driver’s license and an positive driving
record. Drug Screen and CORI check
required. $10.00 per hour.
Stop by United Personnel’s job fair!
Location: The Hubbard Memorial Library
24 Center Street
Ludlow, MA 01056
Date:
3/2 Wednesday from 1-3PM
Accepting applications- Sunshine Village,
75 Litwin Lane, Chicopee.
AA/EOE
Help Wanted
DRIVERS: CDL-A 1YR. Excellent
Family Medical Ins. Guaranteed
Weekend Home Time. Earn
$65,000 + Monthly Bonuses.
Absolutely No-Touch. 888-4069046
Tree Work
FREE ROOF INSPECTIONS. ALL
TYPES OF ROOFING, shingle,
flat and slate. Call Local Builders
(413)626-5296. Complete roofing
systems and repairs.
Fully
licensed and insured. MA CS
#102453, CT Reg. 0615780.
Lifetime
warranty.
Senior
Discount. 24 hour service.
Van Driver- 15 Passenger
Pets
Will you be my Valentine?
Klara is a pocket sized terrier mix,
2 years of age. Klara is a perfect
average rated girl, perfect for a
first time dog owner. Crate trained,
walks great on a leash! Ok with
other dogs! Located in Worcester,
MA, completed application/home
visit/$200 adoption fee.
Applications found at
www.destinysroad
animalrescue.com
Horses
HORSEBACK RIDING LESSONS
offered year round at our state of
the art facility. Beginner to
advanced. Ages 4 years to adult.
Boarding, sales and leasing also
available. Convenient location at
Orion Farm in South Hadley.
(413)532-9753
www.orionfarm.net
Help Wanted
ARTISTIC? CUSTOM MONUMENT DESIGNS, located in
Wilbraham, seeks part-time help in
our art department with potential
for full-time hours during the
summer. Some customer service
experience helpful. Candidates
must have reliable transportation,
experience with computers, and
an eye for design and layout. Call
(413)596-9811.
Don’t forget to ask about our
$100 referral bonus!
If you can’t make it, apply at
www.unitedpersonnel.com
CNA’s, PCA’s, HHA’S,
SIGN ON BONUS
Positions available at
Professional Medical
Services, Inc.
Highest competitive rates &
mileage paid. EOE.
Call Denise. (413)289-9018
DRIVERS:
LOCAL EXPERIENCED Yard Hostler Openings!
Great Pay & Benefits! CDL-A, 1yr
Exp. Req. Estenson Logistics
Apply: www.goelc.com 1-855416-8511
FOSTER CARE: YOU can help
change someone’s life. Provide a
safe home for children and teens
who have been abused or
neglected.
Call
Devereux
Therapeutic Foster Care at 413734-2493.
FULL TIME CARPET &
UPHOLSTERY CLEANERS
No experience necessary, will
train. Must be neat, clean,
dependable,
and
have
an
excellent driving record Call 413583-8333
INSTALLATION
APPRENTICE
WANTED. Willing to train the right
candidate to install wood and gas
stoves. Full time. Great benefit
package
including
medical
insurance. Must be good with
heights. Some heavy lifting
required. General contracting
experience preferred. Apply in
person Olde Hadleigh Hearth and
Patio, 119 Willimansett St Rt 33,
South Hadley.
MAINTENANCE
MECHANICPOSITION available for hard
working, skilled individual with
strong home improvement and
handyman
experience,
multifamily residential. Full time
employment with benefits to the
right candidate. Fax or mail your
letter of interest and resumé to
APS, INC., 476 College Highway,
Southwick, MA/ Fax 413-5695854.
Reaching our online readers and homes in
50 local communities every week.
ADVERTISER NEWS
23 Southwick Street
Feeding Hills, MA 01030
(413) 786-7747
Fax: (413) 786-8457
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GAZETTE
5 Exchange Street
P. O. Box 448
Barre, MA 01005
(978) 355-4000
Fax: (978) 355-6274
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80 Main Street
Ware, MA 01082
(413) 967-3505
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REGISTER
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Fax: (413) 592-3568
◗ COUNTRY JOURNAL ◗ THE REGISTER
P.O. Box 429, 5 Main Street
Huntington, MA 01050
(413) 667-3211
Fax: (413) 667-3011
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(413) 612-2310
Fax: (413) 592-3568
◗ THE JOURNAL
REGISTER
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Palmer, MA 01069
(413) 283-8393
Fax: (413) 289-1977
◗ THE SHOPPING
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Palmer, MA 01069
(413) 283-8393
Fax: (413) 289-1977
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(413) 283-8393
Fax: (413) 289-1977
◗ THE SENTINEL
P. O. Box 601
10 South Main Street
Belchertown, MA 01007
(413) 323-5999
Fax: (413)323-9424
◗ SOUTHWICK
SUFFIELD NEWS
23 Southwick Street
Feeding Hills, MA 01030
(413) 786-7747
Fax: (413) 786-8457
◗ THE TOWN
REMINDER
138 College Street, Suite 2
So. Hadley, MA 01075
(413) 536-5333
Fax: (413) 536-5334
◗ WILBRAHAM
HAMPDEN TIMES
2341 Boston Rd.
Wilbraham, MA 01095
(413) 682-0007
Fax: (413) 682-0013
◗ THE TOWN
COMMON
24 Water Street
Palmer, MA 01069
(413) 283-8393
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Mobile Homes
WAS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION now taking applications for all
positions (skilled laborers, CDL
drivers and licensed equipment
operators). Applications accepted
9:00am- 2:00pm M-F at 2378
Boston Road, Wilbraham, MA
(413)599-1994
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limitation,
or
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color, religion, sex, handicap,
familial status, or national origin,
or intention to make any such
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limitation,
or
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for real estate which is in violation
of the law. All persons are hereby
informed
that
all
dwellings
advertised are available on an
equal opportunity basis.
Buy Now! BE IN FOR SPRING!
FIRST FLOOR, LARGE 5 room, 2
bedroom, no utilities, no pets,
large yard, off street parking
$800/month (413)204-2159
WARE: NEW To The Market, 3
bedroom, 2.5 baths, 2 car garage,
deeded beach rights to Beaver
Lake. $269,000.
WILBRAHAM CENTER 3 ROOM
1 Bedroom Apartment $750/
month FLANNERY & COMPANY
(413)596-9982
Call for a market plan
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original miles, Power windows
(413)534-4257
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familial status (number of children and
or pregnancy), national origin, ancestry,
age, marital status, or any intention to
make any such preference, limitation or
discrimination.
This newspaper will not knowingly accept
any advertising for real estate that is in
violation of the law. Our readers are hereby
informed that all dwellings advertising in
this newspaper are available on an equal
opportunity basis. To complain about
discrimination call The Department of
Housing and Urban Development “ HUD”
toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. For the N.E.
area, call HUD at 617-565-5308. The toll
free number for the hearing impaired is
1-800-927-9275.
Autos Wanted
$$$ AUTOS WANTED TOP Dollar
paid for your unwanted cars,
trucks, vans, big and small,
running or not. Call 413-534-5400.
NEW TO MARKET
1 TO 15 ACRES
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Palmer. Will sub-divide. All utilities
included. Call Pete (413)2836400. EZ Realty Co., Palmer, MA.
Your search
is over!
OFFICE SPACE SOUTH Hadley
1100 sq. ft. with parking. 138
College St., South Hadley. Call Bill
(413)563-7154
or
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(413)536-8560.
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WEDDING AND EVENT PLANNER
Photos by Karen Geaghan Photography
BANQUET FACILITIES
CAKES
Chandlers at Yankee Candle – Voted the most romantic restaurant
and best wine list in the valley for 10 years. Voted official best family
restaurant of Massachusetts. South Deerfield, MA. 413-665-1277 or log onto
chandlersyankeecandle.com.
Moore Cakes – Beautifully designed and sinfully delicious cakes since
1981. Contact Karen Moore at [email protected], 413-4367350. 47 Hillside Avenue, Warren, MA. www.mooreyummycakes.com.
CATERERS
The Hotel Northampton – Pioneer Valley's only true Grand Ballroom,
luxurious guestrooms, two restaurants, award-winning food, on-site
parking, steps from unique shops and galleries. 413-587-8105. www.
HotelNorthampton.com.
UMass Catering – Premier caterer serving the Pioneer Valley with
beautiful views in the heart of the UMass Amherst Campus. 413-5771234. Visit us online at www.umass.edu/catering.
Look Park Garden House – Gazebo, Pine Theater and Sanctuary for
wedding receptions and ceremonies, meetings, banquets and events for up
to 170 people. 300 North Main Street, Rt. 9, Florence, MA. 413-584-2220.
www.lookpark.org.
Main St. Deli – Specializing in intimate Wedding or Baby Showers in
our beautiful Carriage House room.Let us cater your special event in our
house or choice of venue. Reasonably priced. 141 Main St., Agawam. 413
821-9881, ask for Joanne. www.mainst-deli.com.
Magic Wings Butterfly & Conservatory Gardens – You and your guests
will be surrounded by 4,000 beautiful butterflies in a tropical setting
anytime of the year! Accommodations for up to 100 for your ceremony
and reception. All inclusive wedding packages available. We also host prewedding and rehearsal dinner parties. 281 Greenfield Road, Scenic Routes 5
& 10, South Deerfield, MA. 413-665-2805. www.magicwings.com.
FLORISTS
Publick House Historic Inn & Country Lodge – Has been creating
picturesque New England weddings for over 230 years. Visit www.
publickhouse.com or call 508-347-3313.
Sheraton Springfield – One Monarch Place. Your Weekend Wedding
Destination; rehearsal dinner, wedding and post nuptial brunch all in the
comfort of one location. Newly renovated, atrium style hotel with ballroom
seating for up to 500 guests. Complimentary room for the Bride & Groom,
Rolls Royce, Centerpieces and Parking included in all packages. Contact
Kristen Muszynski, your personal wedding consultant at 413-263-2117 or
[email protected] to set up your tour today!
Storrowton Tavern – Storrowton Tavern & Carriage House is a landmark
area facility located on the grounds of the Eastern States Exposition.
The operators of the facility, the Calvanese family, have over 45 years of
hospitality experience. They offer beautifully landscaped grounds, terraced
patios and an upscale banquet facility that can serve 400 guests. For more
information please visit ww.storrowtontavern.com. We are located at 1305
Memorial Ave., West Springfield, MA 01089. 413.732.4188. info@storrowton.
com.
Union Station – Northampton’s Union Station was designed by American
architect H. H. Richardson in 1886. This historic train depot has been
extensively renovated to contain one of the most elegant and unique
banquet facilities in all of New England. The Grand Ballroom at Union
Station. www.unionstationbanquets.com.
Atkins Farms Country Market – Atkins Flower Shop is managed by
three full-time experienced floral designers to assist you in planning the
wedding of your dreams. You can be assured of receiving the excellent
service and quality products from the floral department that you have
come to expect from Atkins. Their work is beautiful and expertly done
and offered to you at prices that are surprisingly reasonable. 253-9528.
www.atkinsfarms.com.
Otto Florists & Gifts – Traditional or contemporary, elegant or rustic our
experienced designers work within your budget to create the wedding of
your dreams! Call 413-967-5381 for an appointment. 7 North Street, Ware.
Sixteen Acres Garden Center – The Floral Shop at Sixteen Acres Garden
Center has been servicing Springfield for over 50 years. Our professional
staff members aim to provide a service that is unique and tailored to
suit individual needs. We provide a complete, high quality range of floral
products at competitive prices. The Floral Shop at Sixteen Acres Garden
Center offers flowers that are fresh daily and we take great pride in our
work. We have arrangements for all different occasions and all budgets.
For professional and experienced service please contact us at 413-7835883. Located at 1359 Wilbraham Road, Springfield, MA. Visit us on the
web at www.16acresgardencenter.com.
JEWELERS
Silverscape Designs – was founded by Denis Perlman over 30 years ago
and is noted for its commitment to showcasing the work of the finest in
American handcrafted jewelry & gifts. Silverscape also specializes in custom
designs for that perfect piece of jewelry. Silverscape Designs is located at
One King Street in Northampton, MA. www.silverscapedesigns.com.
The Wherehouse? – Located downtown in historic Holyoke. The most
unusual & interesting banquet function facility you’ve ever seen! Call
today for your appointment, 413-534-3039. Visit us online at www.thewherehouse.com.
Stevens Jewelers & Diamond Gallery – A family operated company with
wholesale and retail operations. Buying gold, silver and diamonds, jewelry
& watch repair, custom design & remounts. Personalized engraving,
appraisals. Visit us at our NEW location 1501 Elm Street, West Springfield,
MA. 413-731-9800.
BEAUTY & HEALTH
PHOTOGRAPHY
Brooks & Butterfield THE • DAY • SPA – Relaxed. Beautiful. Confident.
Voted the Best Day Spa 9 years in a row. 140 Main Street, Northampton.
413-586-0366. www.brooksandbutterfield.com.
CAKES
Atkins Farms Country Market – For over 20 years, our cakes have been
made from scratch, and we use only the highest quality ingredients.
Decorated with beautifully hand crafted frosting flowers and topped with
probably the best butter cream icing you’ll taste anywhere. Our cake has
had rave reviews from our customers from all around the Pioneer Valley
where we are also well renowned for our quality baked goods. 253-9528.
www.atkinsfarms.com.
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Karen Geaghan Photography – My life, my passion, my love! Specializing
in Life Cycle Photography: Weddings, Maternity, Newborn, Children &
Families. Doing small things with great love because in the end I believe
it's the little things that count the most. Clients become family! Visit me
at www.karengeaghanphotos.com or call 413-596-2227 or 537-3001. I
would LOVE to hear from you!
RENTALS
Michael’s Party Rentals – Showers, ceremonies, rehearsal dinners,
receptions. Tents for 10-500. Tables, chairs, dance floors, linens, tent
lighting, events, graduations, bbq’s. Call 413-583-3123 or visit us on the
web at www.michaelspartyrentals.com.
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