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SENTINEL
Volume 101 • Number 3
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Selectmen
Possible
Prop 2 ½
override
coming
By Stephen C. Hill
Correspondent
BELCHERTOWN – With sentiment apparently on the rise for
a Proposition 2 ½ override, the
Board of Selectmen has begun
gathering information.
Town Administrator Gary
Brougham said Tuesday that he
has contacted town lawyers to get
information about exactly how an
override bid might be set in motion
and the legal particulars involved
in the process. He has also asked
for the town’s Board of Assessors
to provide information on how an
override might impact taxpayers.
“That’s good. It’s better to be
prepared than react willy-nilly,”
See OVERRIDE, Page 7
Students
drum up
support
Belchertown High School band members rally at the corner of Maple and Main streets on Monday evening in support of the fifth
and sixth grade band. The program at Chestnut Hill Community School has been put on the chopping block to help balance the
school district’s budget. A meeting was scheduled for Tuesday, April 12 to discuss budgeting options further, however, due to
press time that information was not available. See next week’s Sentinel for an update.
Students who gathered on the common were: Melissa Lignus, Daniel Meneke, Nicole Thornton, Katie Fitzpatrick, Tim Zych,
Abegail Brown, D Duseau and Michael Reidy.
A balancing act
Town boards begin
budgeting process
By Aimee M. Henderson
[email protected]
BELCHERTOWN – In a
standing-room-only crowd,
two to three people deep, members of the Finance Committee,
Board of Selectmen and School
Committee gathered around a
table last Thursday night for a
preliminary look at the town’s
budget for next year.
The meeting drew a large
crowd after it was announced
the previous night that the school
department was considering cutting junior varsity sports, the fifth
and sixth grade band program
at Chestnut Hill Community
School, Nature’s Classroom and
several teaching positions.
Finance Committee Chairwoman
Lynne Raymer said the town is
faced with an expected $1.9 mil-
Turley Publications photo by Aimee M. Henderson
Board expected to name new police chief
lion deficit. The town and school
departments were tasked with
reducing their budgets by $400,000
and $200,000 respectively.
To help bridge the gap, originally proposed, was to take
$400,000 from the stabilization
fund and use the $191,497 left
in free cash. During last week’s
meeting, however, members of
the Finance Committee voted in
favor of increasing the amount of
money being used from the stabilization fund to $550,000. That
money will be split between the
town and school department.
Of that money, the schools will
receive 65 percent or $357,500
and the town will receive 35 percent or $192,500. That reduces
their budgetary cuts by $77,500
for the schools and $72,500 on
the town’s side. Now the town
will be charged with cutting
$327,500 and the school department $122,500 (as of press time).
See BUDGET, Page 8
S
[email protected]
BELCHERTOWN – A new
police chief will likely be
announced during Friday’s meeting of the Board of Selectmen.
The board interviewed the final
three candidates in open session
last week.
Being considered for the
police department’s top spot
are: Lt. Robert Powers of the
Northampton Police Department,
Capt. Christopher Pronovost
See CHIEF, Page 15
Lt. Robert Powers of the Northampton Police Department interviews for the police chief position.
BPD joins effort to reduce distracted driving
[email protected]
BELCHERTOWN – Choosing
to drive distracted can be a fatal
decision.
According to the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2014, 3,179
people were killed and an additional 431,000 were injured in collisions involving distracted driv-
ers in all 50 states, the District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
In an effort to crack down
on texting while driving, the
See TEXTING, Page 9
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Community
The Sentinel
Obituary Policy
Turley Publications offers two types of
obituaries.
One is a free, brief Death Notice listing
the name of deceased, date of death and funeral
date and place.
The other is a Paid Obituary, costing $89,
which allows families to publish extended death
notice information of their own choice and may
include a photograph. Death Notices & Paid
Obituaries should be submitted through a
funeral home to: [email protected].
On display at Clapp
Exceptions will be made only when the family
provides a death certificate and must be pre-paid.
Firearms safety course offered
BELCHERTOWN – State certified instructor, police
officer Edward Oey will be offering a firearms safety
course Sunday, April 24.
Class will be held at the Swift River Sportsman Club,
350 Cold Spring Road in Belchertown, starting at 9 a.m.
As required by state law, it is an eight-hour classroom.
Pre-registration is required to guarantee a seat. For the
convenience of applicants, applications are available at
R&R Sports Shop on Federal Street or email robocop50@
aol.com for an application.
Applications are also being accepted for May beginner
and intermediate shooting classes.
Turley Publications photo submitted
Colorful collages created by Belchertown High School Honors Art I students are currently on display
at the Clapp Memorial Library.
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Copies of the book in a variety of reading formats are available at the library.
Monday, April 18 at 6:30 p.m., the
library will screen the Frontline documentary “Being Mortal.” The film, in conjunction with Dr. Gawande, examines how doctors care for terminally ill patients.
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Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation,
asserting that quality of life is the desired
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quality of life while isolating the dying,
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DCR
plans ‘Hike to Dana’
BELCHERTOWN – The Department of Conservation and
Recreation Quabbin Visitor Center is offering a special walk
to Dana Common Saturday, April 16 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
DCR interpreter Maria Beiter-Tucker will lead this
program that travels along the 1.8 mile road to the former
town center of Dana, one of the four towns disincorporated
in 1938 as part of the Quabbin Reservoir Project.
With stops along the way, Beiter-Tucker will share
stories and archival photographs of the area to provide participants with an understanding of the area’s history, and
also present information on current watershed management programs by the DCR. The walk culminates at the
Dana Common Historic and Archaeological District, a historically and socially significant site placed on the Nation
Register of Historic Places in 2013.
This free program will meet at Gate 40 off Route 32A in
Petersham, however reservations are required. Participants
should wear comfortable footwear for walking, dress
appropriately for the weather and be physically fit to walk
the nearly 4 miles to Dana Common and back. For registration and additional information on the program,
please call the Quabbin Visitor Center at 413-323-7221.
Lakes Committee looking at allowing
motorboats on Lake Arcadia
BELCHERTOWN – The Lakes Committee will hold a
public meeting Thursday April 21 at 7 p.m. in the selectmen’s meeting room, 102. The committee will present and
discuss the proposed amendment to the motorboats bylaw
regarding the allowance of motorboats on Lake Arcadia, to
be voted on at Annual Town Meeting on May 9.
PAGE Hydrant flushing set
The Belchertown Water District will be conducting the
annual hydrant flushing program May 2 to May 13 from
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Flushing will begin in the northern end
of the district and proceed south. Rusty colored water and
low pressure may occur during this program.
Belchertown
meetinGS
Thursday, April 14
• 7 p . m . – B o a r d o f
Selectmen meeting with
Finance Committee at Town Hall
Discover what summer
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Tuesday, April 19
• 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. – Last day of voter registration
for Annual Town Meeting/Election
• 7 p.m. – Agricultural Commission at Town Hall
• 7 p.m. – Finance Committee at Town Hall
Wednesday, April 20
• 6:30 p.m. – Zoning Board of Appeals at Town Hall
• 7 p.m. – EDIC at Town Hall
Due to the newspaper’s deadline, some meetings may
have changed or are not listed here. Current meetings
along with agendas are available at www.belchertown.org.
Click on “Town Hall”, “Town Clerk” and the meetings
are listed in the left hand column. For a complete listing
of Belchertown’s committee meetings, please refer to the
Official Meeting Bulletin Board located on the outside wall
by the parking lot entrance to Town Hall.
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Electronic and appliance recycle day scheduled
BELCHERTOWN – An electronic and
appliance recycle day has been scheduled
in Belchertown for Saturday, April 16 from
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the St. Francis Church
rectory parking lot, located at 10 Park St.
All towns are welcome to participate in
the recycle day. Bring any electronic items
to the parking lot, to include but not limited to: computer towers, laptops, scanners,
VCR, copiers, DVD, stereo equipment,
lighting, vacuum, answering machine, fax,
speakers, compact disc, circuit boards, radios, modems, fans, video equipment, game
consoles, tape players, typewriters. All of
the aforementioned items cost $5 each.
Microwaves, exercise equipment, lawn
mowers, dehumidifiers, snow blowers, small
engine items, monitors, etc. are $10 each.
TVs up to 24 inches are $15 each, 25 to
31inches are $20 each, 32 to 35 inches are
$25 each, and 36 and larger, wood console
and projection TV are $30 each.
Air condition units, $15; small dorm
refrigerators, $10; washers, dryers, stoves
$20; and large refrigerators, $25.
Cables, keyboards, car batteries, and
tools have no fee.
The same day will include a bicycle recycle day for no fee. Bring unwanted old or
new bicycles. It will be reused again. All
bikes are welcome including: mountain,
road, BMX, cruiser, old/new, children’s, etc.
Contact Jim Wood at 508-277-6728 with
any questions.
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and weight management specialist, brings his expertise to
patients at Holyoke Medical Center.
As a member of The American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric
Surgery he has had great success in aiding his patients in
maintaining excellent weight management results.
He will offer monthly weight management informational
meetings discussing obesity-related medical conditions and
the services available at Holyoke Medical Center. Topics will
include non-surgical and surgical options for weight loss and the
comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach he and his team have.
CELEBRATE EARTH DAY
APRIL 22, 2016
TRASH COLLECTION
The Town of Belchertown, Department of Public Works will be providing town
recyclable trash bags to anyone wishing to collect curbside trash on Earth Day,
Friday, April 22, 2016. Trash bags may be obtained at the DPW, 290 Jackson
Street, Highway Garage location, April 20-21, 2016. All trash collected must be
brought to the Transfer Station for disposal by Friday, April 22, 2016 or contact
the DPW office to arrange for pickup.
To register for an upcoming meeting, please call
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Community Garden accepting applications
BELCHERTOWN – The Belchertown Community Garden is taking
applications now for the 2016 season.
In its 12th year, the gardens occupy
a field at Lampson Brook Farm, 275
Jackson St. Under the guidance of the
New England Small Farm Institute
which leases the farm land of the former Belchertown State School from
the State, 15’x20’ prepared plots are
available to Belchertown residents at
just $20 each ($25 non-residents).
The plot fee for the season also
includes compost, the use of shared
tools in a well organized tool shed,
convenient access to water, a restroom, and parking space as well as
the companionship and experience of
your gardening neighbors. A library
of periodicals and books specifically
for the “home” gardener is also available in the big yellow barn adjacent
to the gardens.
The Community Garden welcomes
all gardeners, beginner or experienced. Depending on the weather and
soil conditions, the garden will open
at the beginning of May.
Saturday, May 7, Lampson Brook
Farm will welcome the second in the
series of three workshops on “Food
Sustainability at Home” presented by
expert Square-Foot Gardener, Kendra
Carney.
“Preparing Summer’s Splendor”
will begin at 10 a.m. and cover
choosing plant varieties for summer
crops, growing vertically, planting in
small spaces, controlling pests, and
more. The free workshop is support-
ed by a grant from the Belchertown
Cultural Council, and is open to all
interested in producing his or her
own high quality food.
In addition to the workshop,
Lampson Brook Farm will host a
“meet and greet” sponsored by the
Belchertown 4-H Clubs the same day,
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Adults and children
can learn about the 4-H Garden Club,
get their garden soil tested, meet the
Master Gardeners of Western Mass.,
and learn more about other 4-H clubs
in town. Plans are in the works for a
raffle, a bake sale, and a guided hike
about the farm.
For more information or to obtain a
2016 application for garden plots, visit
the NESFI office on site or by emailing [email protected].
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Great vendors, donated crafts and an extensive silent
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BELCHERTOWN – Hope's Place will present an evening with Bill Dean and Dennis Davis Tuesday, April 26. Dean, from Monson, has studied local eagles at the
Quabbin for the past nine years. He has documented the
incubation right up to the fledging of eaglets through
photos and videos. One may find out more about Dean
by visiting his website cutloosewildlife.com.
Davis has made many of the eagle's nests for local
wildlife and the fish and game, which have been put up
and down the Connecticut River. This is a “can't miss” event. Due to the high expectation of attendance, please call the church at 413-3237584 and make a reservation - leave your name, number
and how many will be attending. Hope's Place is a free meal offered to the community, the last Tuesday of every month, by Hope United
Methodist Church, 31 Main St., Belchertown, at
6 p.m. Children might really enjoy this presentation
and are always welcome. The church is handicapped
accessible. If you have any questions, please call the
church Tuesday through Friday mornings.
BCTV
schedule and shows
Thursday, April 14
8 a.m. – Selectmen meeting of April 11
10 a.m. – Conservation Committee meeting of April 11
12 p.m. – Planning Board meeting of April 12
7 p.m. – Selectmen meeting of April 11
9 p.m. – Planning Board meeting of April 12
11 p.m. – Conservation Committee meeting of April 11
Friday, April 15
8 a.m. – Conversation with Pakman
7 p.m. – Conversation with Pakman
8 p.m. – Selectmen – Police Chief Interviews
Saturday, April 16
4:30 p.m. – At the Dance with Tom and Deb
7 p.m. – Selectmen – Police Chief interviews
10 p.m. – At the Dance with Tom and Deb
Sunday, April 17
9 a.m. – Evangel Assembly of Wilbraham
3:30 p.m. – B.U.C.C.
4:30 p.m. – St. Francis Roman Catholic Church
6 p.m. – Christ Community Church
7 p.m. – Hope United Methodist Church
Monday, April 18
9 a.m. – Opioid – Dr. Potee
8 p.m. – Opioid – Dr. Potee
Tuesday, April 19
8 a.m. – Jessica Boundless Playground
9:30 a.m. – Stone House – Railroads of Belchertown
7 p.m. – Jessica Boundless Playground
8:30 p.m. – Stone House – Railroads of Belchertown
Wednesday, April 20
9 a.m. – BHS – Project Runway 2016
8 p.m. – BHS – Project Runway 2016
The BCTV Studio is located at 68 State St., Belchertown.
BCTV channels are 191, 192 and 193. The BCTV schedule
is available at www.Belchertown.org. On the main title page
select “residents,” click on Belchertown Community Television.
Selected BCTV shows are also available on Vimeo. Go to www.
Belchertown.org, go to quick links and click on “watch meetings and events online.” The schedule is subject to change.
The BCTV weather information system is broadcast on TV
channel 193 and displays the current weather conditions at
the BCTV station as well as, the current regional radar. This
service operates 24 hours a day with audio provided by the
National Weather Service from Albany N.Y., with forecasts,
storm and emergency warnings for the Pioneer Valley.
P O L I C E
Belchertown Police logs
Compiled by Aimee M. Henderson
[email protected]
Editor’s note: The following are brief
explanations of select entries in the
Belchertown Police log and all arrests. The
information was provided by a member of
the police department based on the review
of the detailed log summary. This feature
is designed to provide context and explanation to some of the calls police respond
to every day. Mass General Law prohibits
the release of names of those arrested for
domestic incidents.
The Belchertown Police responded to
304 calls during the week of March 30
through April 5. Of those cases there were
12 incidents, eight accident, eight arrests
and 30 citations.
ARRESTS/SUMMONS
Wednesday, March 30
9:27 a.m. – Joseph Dronzek, 32, of 204
Old Belchertown Road, Ware, was arrested
on a fugitive from justice warrant out of
Florida with original charges of burglary
from unoccupied building, possession of a
controlled substance, and battery on fire/
police/EMS and etc.
Thursday, March 31
12:18 a.m. – A 44-year-old female
from Belchertown will be summonsed to
court for abuse prevention order violation.
Officers were dispatched to a residence to
assist another agency. Officers brought the
female back to the station where she was
booked. Easthampton Police picked her up.
9:38 a.m. – A 37-year-old female from
Ware will be summonsed to court for operating after license suspension. While on patrol
an officer observed a vehicle with an expired
inspection sticker. The officer ran the license
plate and learned the status of the driver’s
license. The vehicle was stopped.
Saturday, April 2
1:48 a.m. – A 25-year-old female from
Chicopee will be summonsed to court for
assault and battery and threat to commit a
crime. An officer met a party in the lobby
who reported a past assault and battery at a
local establishment. Threats were also made.
Sunday, April 3
8:06 p.m. – A 22-year-old female from
Hampden will be summonsed to court for
operation of motor vehicle after right to
operate in Massachusetts was suspended.
An officer on patrol conducting radar on
Franklin Street observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. The vehicle was
stopped and driver identified. Her license
was active in Connecticut, but suspended in
Massachusetts.
INCIDENTS/ACCIDENTS
Wednesday, March 30
7:31 a.m. – Police responded to an accident on State Street in which a vehicle
traveling northbound collided with another
vehicle that pulled out of a business parking lot and failed to yield to oncoming traffic. Both vehicles were towed.
8:58 a.m. – Someone went to the police
station to speak with an officer about an
ex-boyfriend who was not welcome at an
apartment. The officer spoke with the person and offered a 209A, however it was
declined. The person was advised to call
the police if the unwanted person returned.
10:24 a.m. – Someone went to the police
station to speak with an officer about a
vehicle that had been broken into and items
were stolen. It happed while parked at an
apartment complex on North Main Street.
Thursday, March 31
9:23 a.m. – A resident was in the station
with a bone they had found. It was taken into
evidence. The detective forwarded it to the
medical examiner’s officer for further analysis.
8:42 p.m. – Officers were dispatched to
a motor vehicle accident involving a deer
near Daniel Shays Highway and Kimball
Street. The deer had suffered what appeared
to be a broken back. The officer euthanized
the deer on scene.
Friday, April 1
7:43 a.m. – A motor vehicle accident was
reported on Franklin Street. The vehicle
went off the road and into an embankment,
at which time it struck a pole, rotated clockwise and rolled. It came to a rest right side up.
Belchertown Fire was called for fluid spill.
The vehicle was towed.
12:58 p.m. – Police were called, with
Belchertown Fire Ambulance, for a medical
emergency in which two children were burned
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by scolding water from soup which had fallen
on the children after they grabbed the bowl.
They were transported to the hospital.
4:04 p.m. – A South Main Street resident
reported property damage to a cable box on
the side of the house. It was noted.
Sunday, April 3
4 p.m. – A Ware resident was in the lobby
at the police station to say they had lost
their prescription medication while clearing snow during their job. They thought it
might have fallen out of their pocket.
Monday, April 4
7:07 a.m. – Police were dispatched to
an accident on South Street in which a
vehicle traveling eastbound swerved and
collided with a tree. There was heavy frontend damage. The vehicle was towed and
the operator was transferred to the hospital.
A second vehicle involved was traveling
westbound when it slid off the road into an
embankment. The operator was not injured.
A third vehicle was reported to have been
involved, but left the scene.
12:52 p.m. – An accident was reported
on Amherst Road in which the operator of
a vehicle traveling westbound on Amherst
Street lost control in the snow, went of the
road and hit a tree. Airbags were deployed.
There were no injuries reported.
1:40 p.m. – An accident was reported
on Barton Avenue in which a vehicle was
stopped to take a left turn and a second
vehicle wasn’t able to stop in time and collided with it.
1:56 p.m. – An individual was placed
in protective custody. Police were called
to an apartment complex for an unwanted
intoxicated person. Officers arrived and
identified the person, who was placed into
protective custody. While in the booking
room the person said they wanted to harm
themselves and they were experiencing
medical problems. At that time the person
was transported to the hospital by Granby
Fire Ambulance.
2:05 p.m. – A two-car accident was
reported near the Granby line on State
Street. A vehicle slowed down at which
time another vehicle was unable to stop in
time and stuck the first vehicle.
4:01 p.m. – A two-car accident was
reported on Turkey Hill Road in which
the air bag was deployed. The first vehicle
tried to slow while going down the hill, slid
into the other lane and hit a second vehicle
in the rear passenger door. The operator of
the second vehicle was transported to the
hospital. Both vehicles were towed.
Tuesday, April 5
10:35 a.m. – An officer spoke with a
resident in the lobby of the police station
concerning damage to their lawn. The person was concerned their septic system was
damaged where a truck left deep impressions. A report was taken.
3:55 p.m. – Someone was in the police
station lobby to report a lost wallet at a
retail establishment. Subsequent to that, the
wallet was turned in the next day.
Granby Police logs
Editor’s Note: The Granby Police
Department responded to 185 calls and made
one arrest during the week of April 1-7. Those
arrested are presumed innocent until proven
guilty in a court of law. All information is
provided by the Granby Police Department.
ARREST
Wednesday, April 6
5:46 p.m. – Connor S. Reynolds, 23, of
187 Taylor St., Granby, was arrested for an
active warrant.
INCIDENTS
Friday, April 1
1:47 a.m. – Criminal citation issued for
operation with a suspended license following
a motor vehicle stop on West State Street.
Monday, April 4
6:46 a.m. – Officers investigated a motor
vehicle accident involving one vehicle on
East Street. No injuries reported.
7:25 a.m. – Officers investigated a motor
vehicle accident involving one vehicle
at Chicopee Street and Baggs Hill Road.
Injuries reported.
2:40 p.m. – Officers investigated a motor
vehicle accident at East State Street and
Chicopee Street. Vehicle struck utility pole.
No injuries reported.
8:05 p.m. – Criminal citation issued for
operation with a suspended license following motor vehicle stop on Chicopee Street.
Thursday, April 7
11:16 a.m. – Officers investigated a
reported theft on South Street.
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Tough times lead to
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ast week’s joint meeting between the Finance
Committee, Board of Selectmen and School
Committee was setting up for what was expected
to be a disaster.
The meeting room at Town Hall was overflowing
with concerned residents who wanted in to make sure
they could hear what was being said and be sure their
voices would be heard. A lot had been placed on the
chopping block the night before during a school budget
hearing, including junior varsity sports and the fifth and
sixth grade band program.
With the temperature on the rise as more bodies
packed into the small room, the tension between residents and board members started to grow. The meeting
began with residents still spilling out into the hallways
on both ends of the room, and they began requesting
the meeting location be changed to a larger place. It
appeared the meeting was going to take a turn for the
worse. But then something unexpected happened.
Everyone started working together. The meeting
was put on hold as residents made room for each other
to pile into the room. Belchertown High School band
members found a seat on the shelf at the rear of the
room and residents sat on the floor while others stood
two to three people deep. Even with a crowed, that was
likely more than the fire code for that room, people
respected one another.
The meeting continued in an organized fashion and
residents listened in true interest to what the board
members had to say. In turn, the board members gave
residents the floor to ask questions and make statements.
The conversation was respectful, intelligent and productive. At the end of three hours, even though the programs residents had turned out to support weren’t reinstated, they understood that it couldn’t be done in one
night. Instead, they asked questions and presented ideas
– including supporting a Proposition 2 ½ override.
This decorum was far different from a meeting that
had taken place in the very room weeks prior on March
21, when the finalist for the police chief’s position were
announced. During that meeting residents and board
members shouted at one another, name calling ensued
and little progress was made to reach a productive conversation. Residents left the meeting feeling defeated, in
stark contrast to last week’s meeting, in which residents
left feeling empowered with information to attempt to
make a difference.
There is a lot to be said about respecting one another.
More can be accomplished when everyone is working to
reach the same goal – in any avenue. It was encouraging
to see that this behavior still exists. Well done.
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Landscape mistakes
Mistakes in the landscape
can contribute to
homeowner’s repairs
shrubs because of their year-round impact.
If you live in a house where someone
mistakenly planted the perimeter too closely, plan on some time spent pruning. Allow
at least a foot or two-wide “alley” between
shrubbery and the exterior walls. In some
was going to write an article about sow- cases it may merely mean cutting back
ing peas, but when my husband men- to outward facing buds to direct growth
tioned that temps were to
away from the house. Other
remain chilly for at least the
instances may require harsher
in the
immediate future, I thought it
measures. Perhaps the shrub is
might be a good idea to accomGaRden entirely wrong for its location.
plish the not-so-fun stuff around
Better to remove it than deal
the yard now, and when the
with constantly heading it back.
weather finally breaks, it will be
Overgrown but desirable shrubs
“rainbows and butterflies.” Better
can be salvaged over time. As a
yet, “peas and pansies.”
general rule you can reduce the
Whether you have lived in
size of a shrub by one third each
your house for decades or moved
year. Simply removing some of
Roberta
in just recently, paying careful
the largest stems growing closest
McQuaid
Turley
attention to the landscape immePublications
to the foundation and then shapColumnist
diately around your house may
ing the rest of the bush may be
pay dividends in home repair
enough to allow air and sunlight
costs. At work, “perimeter mainteto penetrate painted surfaces.
nance” is a task no one particularly enjoys,
Now that we’ve spent a good deal of
but is necessary nonetheless.
time at ground level, it’s time to look up.
Start by examining the foundation around Problems with the over-story can also
your house. Are there places where soil necessitate home repairs if not attended
comes in contact with wood? This situation to. Shade trees that stretch their limbs over
is dangerous because when wood becomes neighboring roofs can increase moisturemoist and stays that way decay can set in. related issues. Again here, it is lack of air
The sills of your home could deteriorate! flow and sunlight that keep surfaces from
If that isn’t enough, carpenter ants seek out drying as they should. Moss growth on
moist wood in which to build their nests, asphalt shingles is unappealing at best. Old
causing a whole host of problems.
house enthusiasts be on guard: Wooden
The remedy for soil-to-wood contact is shingles are especially vulnerable to rot.
easy: simply take a hoe and grade garden
Although obvious, trees growing too
soil away from the house instead of towards close to structures can damage roofs in
it. While you’re at it, inspect your gutters. other ways. High winds and snow load will
Make sure they are working properly, free often cause diseased or weakened branches
of leaves and muck. Repair any leaking to fall. Roof shingles can be torn and more
seams, and position downspouts to drain a serious injuries can incur. Care should be
distance from your house’s foundation. This taken to lift the canopy several feet from the
will do wonders to prevent soil splash back roof. This is probably best accomplished by
and keep the surrounding area dry.
trained and licensed tree care professionals.
Another point of concern in the landscape Of course, the neighborhood squirrels will
is with our foundation plantings. No matter be disappointed! No longer will they have
how tall or wide the tag says a tree or shrub easy access to your attic!
will be at maturity, we have a hard time
Whether you are fixing your own landimagining it. Because of this we usually scape mistakes or those of a previous owner,
end up planting closer to the house than we it’s far better to address these issues when
should. Dense plantings that don’t allow they are small rather than waiting until they
sun or wind to penetrate the painted sur- become costly repairs. And what a better
faces behind them are the biggest culprits. time to do them than now, as we wait, albeit
Moisture buildup inevitably causes paint to not so patiently, for spring temperatures to
fail. Evergreens are worse than deciduous warm up!
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OVERRIDE | from Page 1
said Ronald Aponte,
selectmen’s chairman.
Selectman Nicholas
O’Connor said he talked
with the assessors’ office
and was told the tax rate
would increase $.75 in
order to raise an additional $1 million through an
override. The current tax
rate is $17.89 per $1,000
in valuation.
Currently the school
department has a projected budget deficit of
about $830,000 and the
Superintendent of Schools
Karol Coffin has said the
elimination of some teaching positions and some
popular programs such as
5th and 6th grade band and
junior varsity sports are
being considered. The town,
Brougham said, has about
a $400,000 budget gap and
will likely have to make cuts
in a variety of departments.
Town bylaws require a
balanced budget be passed
by Town Meeting by the
second Monday in May,
but the state has not yet
passed its budget that
includes aid to municipalities and school districts that has a significant impact on the town’s
ledgers, said Brougham.
Unfunded state and federal mandates are the
root of the town’s problems, he said, pointing
to a recent study by state
Auditor Suzanne Bump
that showed 97 new state
laws with significant fiscal
impacts on municipalities
were passed in the past
five years. At the same
time, according to Bump’s
report, state aid dropped
as a percentage of revenue
for cities and towns.
“ I t ’s a t s u n a m i ,”
Brougham said.
If an override effort
continues to gain momentum, Aponte said, the town
would almost need to have
two budgets ready, a more
generous one if an override
passes and the currently
planned one that would
rely on known available revenue. Time does
not allow for an override
election could to be held
before Town Meeting.
Proposition 2 ½ limits
the increase of the town’s
tax levy to 2.5 percent a
year. An override can be
placed on a town election
ballot by the selectmen and
passed by a majority vote.
An override ballot question must state in dollar
PAGE Parents support strong school budget
amounts how much the
override would raise above
the levy limit and what use
is targeted for the funds.
It would be a permanent
increase to the town’s levy
limit unless reversed by a
subsequent ballot vote. A
debt exclusion is a temporary increase in the town’s
levy limit to pay a borrowed amount.
By Stephen C. Hill
Correspondent
BELCHERTOWN – Parents attending a public hearing last week on coming
fiscal year’s school budget
offered suggestions - including a Proposition 2 ½ tax
override - to the school committee, which is struggling
to find ways to bridge a projected budget gap if current
revenue and spending figures remain unchanged.
Parents who heard that
the committee is considering cutting the fifth and
sixth grade band, junior
varsity sports at the high
school and the eliminating
of six or seven teaching
positions if more money is
not allocated, also suggested making different budget
changes, increasing fundraising by parents and using
parent volunteers.
About 70 people attended
the public hearing Tuesday,
April 5, in the Chestnut Hill
Community School Auditorium. (Another meeting was
scheduled for Tuesday, April
12, after press time.)
Superintendent of
Schools Karol Coffin said
an increase in spending of
$688,346, is needed to keep
the same level of educational services. The 2.5 percent
increase would only cover
negotiated salary increases
and inflation related costs.
The so-called level service budget would be
$27,802,388, she said, but
the town’s finance committee has currently pledged
$27,596,706, a gap of
$205,682. In addition, said
Coffin, Belchertown schools
need to add $625,349 to the
Recreation Director
Search Committee
Named – Almost
Selectmen named six
people to a panel of seven
that will serve as the recreation director search
committee.
Steven Williams from
the public works department, Dawn French from
the School Committee,
Brougham from selectmen’s
side and Bill Vosburgh from
the Recreation Commission
were named from town
departments that have regular interaction with the recreation department. From a
pool of five citizens at large
who expressed interest in
serving, Christopher Shea
and Donna Spraggon were
tabbed.
It was for the final
member of the panel
that the board was deadlocked, with Paul Anziano,
Matthew Jackson and
Michael Otto getting
votes but none receiving a
majority. After three ballots, Jackson was eliminated but the other two
remained. Selectman
William Barnett, who was
not present at the meeting,
will cast the deciding vote
later this week.
The deadline to apply
for the recreation director
position is May 11. Robert
Opalenik is retiring June
30, as after 17 years.
level services budget to “help
carry our school district forward.” Students, she said,
“are counting on us to equip
them for their tomorrow.”
Budgeted items that
Coffin called “must have
needs” include equipment
and textbooks to align the
district’s science curriculum
with state standards, technology upgrades at Chestnut
Hill Community School,
equipment and textbooks for
the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)
program, eight paraprofessionals to oversee indoor
recess at CHCS and Swift
River Elementary School,
a speech and language
pathologist, an adjustment
counselor for Belchertown
High School and replacement training for the retiring director of buildings and
grounds. Other needs, said
Coffin, are athletic equipment, summer assistance,
duplicator services and special education, which bring
the proposed school budget
to $28,427,687 – an increase
from last year of $1,313,695
– and widening the budget
gap to $830,981.
Parent Amanda Saklad
urged the band program
continue and questioned
the need for paid personnel overseeing students
at recess after Coffin said
no accidents or incidents
occurred in the past. “If
nothing’s happened…I’ve
done this job in the past.
It’s not that difficult to
stand in the door,” she said.
Another parent, Heather St.
Germain, suggested using
parent volunteers instead of
paid paraprofessionals.
But Coffin said the safety
of students is paramount. A
child in one room last year
needed attention from a
teacher watching two rooms,
leaving the other room of
24 students without supervision. Using volunteers
could create a liability for
the school system and the
parent volunteer, she said.
Dr. James Mugford was
one of many parents who
spoke against cutting funding
for sports and music. He said
the money saved by cutting
JV sports would harm students. “Kids who are engaged
in activities such as sports
tend to have a lower level of
juvenile delinquency” and
other issues, said Mugford.
Parents can help raise the
money to help cover that cost,
he said. “Give us a year to
show what we can do,” said
Mugford.
“If you’re willing to step
up on that, stop by,” responded Coffin.
School Committee member Michael Knapp asked
Coffin how cutting six or
seven teaching positions
would impact class sizes and
Coffin said the smallest classes would grow, bringing the
class size from 15 or 16 to
about 20.
Eric Weiss, a parent and
former School Committee
member said any cuts will
deprive students of opportunities they need and the
committee should continue
to work with the town’s
Finance Committee to find
additional funding. The deficit in requested school funding is not new, Weiss said, but
an on-going structural issue.
He blamed Gov. Charlie
Baker for focusing on charter schools rather than public schools and townspeople
from avoiding a tax increase
to address the school spending deficit.
“Nobody in town wants to
talk about a (proposition 2
1/2) tax override,” said Weiss.
“That’s what this town needs
to think about,” he said.
“The first time I heard
that word (override) was
tonight,” said Knapp. Parents
can talk to townspeople and
other municipal panels if
they want to push for a vote
on increasing taxes, he said.
“I think it’s pretty prevalent
that an override would be
unpopular,” Knapp said.
Proposition 2 ½ limits
municipalities in the state
from increasing the total tax
levy more than 2.5 percent
in a year, not including new
growth. A majority vote
by town meeting and then
again at a town election is
needed to exceed the limit.
The school budget, as
well as budgets for other
town departments, must be
finalized by April 25 and
printed in the warrant for
the May 9, annual town
meeting.
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By Stephen C. Hill
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BELCHERTOWN – The owners of
Cold Spring Golf Course have decided not to build a banquet facility and
instead concentrate on constructing condominiums at the top of the hill above
where the clubhouse is located on
Chauncey Walker Street.
Qianlong LLC, also known as US
Boston, has applied to change the zoning
of about five acres of the land from agricultural to multiple dwelling residential,
said Douglas Albertson, town planner.
The move would return the zoning to
what it was when the golf course was
originally under construction in the early
2000s, Albertson said.
The zone change was the subject of
a public meeting before the Planning
Board April 12. It will be placed before
voters at the May 9, annual Town
Meeting where a 2/3 majority vote will
be required for it to pass.
Qianlong had applied for and received
a zone change in 2010 to accommodate
a banquet facility but now believe that
condos will be a better fit for the property, said Scott Nielsen, of Amherst, who
is a consultant for the company.
Nielsen said Qianlong has no firm
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Travel through time with Belchertown students
School musical with pit
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BELCHERTOWN – Chestnut Hill
Community School in Belchertown presents its musical “Playing with Time,”
Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30 in
the Belchertown High School auditorium.
The public is invited to attend.
Set across time, this non-profit production
will introduce the audience to various eras
where characters are brought to life through
song, dance and music. It was written by
sixth grade teacher Stephen Walkowicz with
the music composed and arranged by music
teacher Joshua Guerraz.
“The young people who get involved with
this production are amazingly talented. Many
excel in school. Many play sports. Many are
very busy with other interests and activities.
Although we realize how terrific all our kids
are, some of them find things about themselves in these pursuits that they don't get
anywhere else,” said Guerraz and Walkowicz.
“The fact that this is a year long journey
and takes so much time and effort adds to
its impact. It takes real discipline and commitment to do this and those are really fine
qualities to possess and foster. Often our
performers make new friends they would not
have otherwise had and they learn to work as
part of a team. A play feels like a championship sporting event, but it isn’t. Everyone is
on the same side here, and everyone wins.
We think that is pretty great!”
Tryouts were held in September, with
rehearsals beginning in October. Guerraz and
Walkowicz, along with the valuable assistance of several other teachers, wanted to
involve students in all aspects of the musical.
Currently, there are more than 130 students, ages 9-12 in the fourth, fifth and
sixth grade, who make up the chorus,
speaking roles, pit band, and backstage
and design crew. Belchertown High School
students will coordinate the stage lighting
at the event.
“We value every child on our team and
want them to know that everyone is important, that we are all in this together,” said
Guerraz and Walkowicz.
Performances will be held at 7 p.m. on
Friday, April 29, and Saturday, April 30, at
Belchertown High School. Tickets will be
available at the door, $5 per adult and $3
for students and seniors. Any money that is
not used to finance this non-profit production will either be used for a future play or
donated to school programs.
budget | from Page 1
After all required expenses are taken
from the town’s overall budget, including $1.3 million for Pathfinder, there is
$38,424,184 left to divide between the
town and schools. That number is split
with 30 percent going to the town
($11,827,255) and 70 percent to the
schools ($27,596,929).
Resident Marybeth DiNapoli spoke up
during the meeting, saying that “cuts aren’t
always the solution.” She said, while it
seemed the crowd was there to intimidate
the boards, they were actually there “to
show support and to help find a solution.”
While Board of Selectman Chairman
Ronald Aponte did not go into specific
details on the town’s side, he did read a
“menu of cuts to decide upon.” Aponte said
the town’s side of the budget has an obvious deficit and eliminating services will be
absolutely necessary to come to a balanced
number. The details of those cuts have
not been decided yet. Another meeting is
scheduled for tonight, Thursday, April 14.
Town Administrator Gary Brougham said,
Members of the Finance Committee, Board of Selectmen and School Committee
gather around a table in the meeting room at Town Hall while residents standing
two and three deep listen on.
across the board, the town has had to cut its
budget for 12 consecutive years. Brougham
said 70 percent of the town’s debt is schools
related, and the town gives far above the
state requirement to the schools.
“We are very supportive of our schools, but
at this point…we too face mandates,” said
Brougham of the town’s side of the budget.
Throughout the meeting residents brought
up multiple times their interest in presenting
a proposition 2 ½ override at Town Meeting.
Brougham said, “Perhaps it is time to talk
about an override, but it’s not in time for this
budget.”
Brougham encouraged all residents to call
their local legislators and ask them to advocate for increasing Chapter 70 funds and
unrestricted local aid.
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TEXTING | from Page 1
Belchertown Police Department has partnered with 202 other law enforcement
agencies across the state, as well as the
Massachusetts State Police, in the national
mobilization: “U Drive. U Text. U Pay.”
“Driving and texting is illegal and irresponsible. People who break our state’s
texting law will be stopped and fined,”
said Belchertown Police Acting Chief
Bruce Jenks.
The national campaign combines
traditional and innovative enforcement
strategies.
The campaign is funded by a grant
through the Executive Office of Public
Safety and Security’s Highway Safety
Division from the NHTSA. Police will be
focusing in on distracted drivers from now
through April 29.
Texting while driving was outlawed in
Massachusetts in 2010, making it illegal
for drivers to write, send or read electronic messages or browse the Internet
while driving or even if stopped in traffic.
If caught they could face a $100 fine for a
first offense.
at the Belchertown Selectman’s Office as
well as the Clapp Memorial Library.
This water quality report will be included in bill mailings for all residential and
commercial users.
BELCHERTOWN – Local students are
invited to participate in a contest in which
they have the opportunity to showcase their
artistic talents.
I n fi n i t e I n k , a t a t t o o p a r l o r i n
Belchertown, is holding a flash sheet drawing contest. Students are asked to create an
11”x17” flash sheet on Bristol or similar
quality paper which can be displayed in the
shop. The sheet should contain hand drawn
designs for walk-in customers to select
from or get ideas from for their own tattoo
designs.
The flash sheet can follow a theme such
as Halloween, butterflies, fairies, Celtic
designs, etc. It can also be an abstract collection of tattoo quality drawings. Designs
can be color or black and gray. Flash sheets
should consist of approximately four to
seven designs per sheet. A set of flash
sheets can be created as well.
Please include the artist’s name, age,
grade, phone number, address and email
address on the back of the flash sheet. The
“Distracted driving is a major problem
in Massachusetts, and we’re trying to keep
the public safe by fining violators. If you
drive and text, you will pay,” said Jenks.
Ten drivers under the age of 18 are prohibited from using mobile phones and
other electronic devices, entirely, while
they are driving. This even includes making phone calls. The fine for a teen’s first
offense is $100, a 60-day license suspension, and they are required to complete a
driver attitudinal course.
A 2013 study by the Virginia Tech
Transportation Institute (VTTI) found that
any activity that diverts a driver’s eyes from
the road for two seconds or more, such as
texting or using a mobile device, increases
crash risk by a factor of three. This level
of impairment is similar to driving drunk,
with a blood alcohol concentration of .08.
Texting and driving requires motorists to
take their eyes off the road, hands off the
wheel, and mind off the task of driving.
“It’s not that complicated: If you text
and drive, we will see you, pull you over,
and fine you. We’re serious about enforcing texting laws,” said Jenks.
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artist should sign the front of the flash sheet
and include his or her age and grade level,
for recognition.
Infinite Ink will choose two young artists
to have their flash sheets framed and displayed on the walls of the tattoo shop for
customers to select from indefinitely. The
artist will receive recognition in the local
papers, an art basket with supplies, and a
gift card to Michael’s. Bragging rights is
also a prize, knowing that someone could
chose to wear the winner’s art for life. The
winning flash sheets will also be featured
on the shop’s Facebook page.
Drop the entry off at the tattoo shop or
mail to: Infinite Ink Tattoo & Piercing, 39
Federal Street, P.O. Box 1446, Belchertown
01007, or for students PVPA, return the
entry to the office and it will be collected
from there. Do not fold the flash sheet.
For questions, call Elizabeth Roberts at 413213-0380 or email [email protected].
The contest will conclude prior to the
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THE SENTINEL • THURSDAY, Ap ril 14, 2016
Welcome To GRANBY
‘RMV Near Me’ at senior center
[email protected]
GRANBY – Waiting in long lines at the
Registry of Motor Vehicles doesn’t have
to be a part of renewing a driver’s license
or vehicle registration for local seniors.
A new program called “RMV Near
Me” is now at the Granby Senior Center,
with Director of Senior Services Jessica
Scahill having been trained to guide people through the process online.
Scahill said after learning that the program was in place at another senior center
in the region, she decided to look into it.
She contacted the RMV after which she
became trained.
“For seniors, navigating the Internet can
be difficult,” said Scahill.
The program can assist seniors with
renewing licenses for those under the age
of 75, renewing registrations, changing
addresses, reporting lost/stolen disability
placard, and requesting replacement disability placard.
Scahill said all new requests for dis-
ability placards must be done at the RMV
in person, as well as any license renewals
over the age of 75 because an eye exam is
required. She said transportation can be
arranged in those situations.
“It sounded like a neat program,” said
Scahill. “That way there is someone there
to help them through the process.”
All that is required to participate in the
RMV Near Me program at the Granby
Senior Center, is an email address and a
debit or credit card. Scahill said the senior
center will even set up a one-time use email
address for this specific process, if needed.
“This cuts back in having to stand in
lines for hours. They can sit, have a cup of
coffee and be done in a half an hour,” said
Scahill. “It’s a lot easier and less stressful.”
Scahill hopes seniors will take advantage of the opportunity. She has been
receiving calls already to set up appointments. Scahill is even willing to assist
people outside of Granby if needed.
To set up an appointment to for questions about the program, contact Jessica
Scahill at 413-467-3239.
Town of Granby clerk reminders
Voter registration
If you are not a registered voter, Tuesday,
April 19 is the last day to register to vote
to be eligible to participate in the annual
Town Meeting on May 9 and annual Town
Election on May 16.
Voter registration will be held in the
Town Clerk’s office located in the Town
Hall Annex, at 215 B West State Street on
Tuesday, April 19 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Residents may also pick up mail-in voter
registration forms at the Granby Post Office
or the Granby Public Library. Residents can
also download a voter registration form or
register to vote on-line just go to www.sec.
state.ma.us and search for voter registration.
Mail-in forms must be post marked by
April 19 to be eligible to participate in the
election and town meeting.
If you are not sure on your voting status please call the Town Clerk’s office.
If you did not answer the 2016 Annual
Town Census you may be considered an
inactive voter. If you moved within the
town since the 2016 Annual Town Census
you must notify this office of the change.
If you moved out of Granby and have
now moved back to Granby you most
likely need to re-register. If you registered to vote through the RMV or online and never received an acknowledgement notice from the Town Clerks office
you might not be registered. If you have
any doubts about your voter registration
please call.
Dog licenses
All residents who licensed their dogs
through the Town Census should have
received their dog tags. If you did not
receive your dog tag call the clerks office.
For residents who have not license their
dogs, March and April are the months to
license (bylaws of the Town of Granby CH
XIV). The cost is $6 for spayed or neutered, and $15 for others. To avoid a $25
late charge fee dogs should be licensed by
May 1. If you wish you may license by
mail. Please include a copy of the rabies
vaccination or call the clerks office for verification, a self-addressed envelope with Two
stamps, a check made payable to the Town
of Granby, and mail to Town Clerk, 215 B
West State Street Granby, MA 01033.
Town census
Confirmation notices have been mailed
out to all those voters who did not answer
their 2016 Town Census as required
by Mass General Laws Ch 51, Sec 4.
Therefore, all voters who do not answer
this mailing will be designated as “inactive” on the Granby voting list.
To avoid any voting problems please
mail back this post card. If you did not
received an Annual Town Census or would
like to check on your voting status call the
town clerks office for verification.
Any questions or concerns can be directed to Kathy Kelly-Regan at the Granby
Town Hall, 467-7178.
Jr. Sr. High School honor roll
GRANBY– Granby Jr. Sr. High School would like to extend congratulations to those
students who achieved honor roll for the second quarter of the 2015-2016 school year.
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Grade 7
Maximum honors: Simon Abbott,
Zachary Couture, Dylan Holubowich,
Eric Rakowski, Emily Vallee
High honors: Gabriel Godard,
Robert Jenks, Edward Kusumo,
Jake Lachance, Jenna Learned,
Steven Pisano, Faith Roy, Nolan
Sullivan, Maxim Tishchenko,
Rosalynn Vollbrecht
Honors: Allison Bessette, Garrett
Cronk, Kyra Dimitropolis, Michael
Flaherty, Kyla Grenier, Dylan
Moriarty, Evan Normand, Frachesca
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Megan Lawson, Daniel Mainville,
Kayla McCrear y, Christopher
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Katelyn White
Honors: Kaeleigh Croteau, Emma
Doull, Braden Dwinell, Julia Gauvin,
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Esha Patel, Gavin Stamborski,
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Hamel, Edrick Kusumo, Carter
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Rodrigues-Jones, Madison Sexton,
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Ryan Shaw, Samuel White
Honors: Bridgette Archambault,
Isabel Bullock, Brianna Heath, Tanner
Imelio, John Monty, Grace Sinclair
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Maximum honors: Mallor y
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Jessica Cha pdelaine, Tianna
Dwinell, Emily Mainville, Rachel
Netta, Samantha O'Grady, Hannah
Parent, Isabelle Shepard
High Honors: Matthew Buxton,
Michelle Costa, Isabelle Cruz, Brandi
See HONOR ROLL, Page 14
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GRANBY
meetinGS
Thursday, April 14
• 6:30 p.m. – Board of Commissioners Granby
Housing Authority
• 6:30 p.m. – Finance Committee
Monday, April 18
• 6:30 p.m. – Select Board meeting
Thursday, April 21
• 6:30 p.m. – West Street School Building Committee
Spring fishing derby in Wales
WALES – The Wales Fish and Game Club will hold its
annual Spring Fishing Derby Saturday, April 16 and Sunday,
April 17. The ponds will be stocked with trout of various
sizes. Breakfast, lunch, beverages, snacks will be available
both days at the Clubhouse Café.
The cost is $6 for kids (3 fish) and $9 for adults. Reel in fun
prizes for kids and adults. Prizes will be given out on Sunday.
The club is located at 28 Holland Road in Wales.
Granby Public Schools
Fiscal Year 2017
Budget Presentation
PUBLIC HEARING
The Granby School Committee will hold a
Public Hearing on Monday, May 2, 2016,
to present the FY’2017
School Department Budget.
The public is invited to attend
the presentation which will be held at the
Granby Jr./Sr. High School
Donna Gnatek Media Center at 6:30 p.m.
A copy of the budget will be
made available 48 hrs. prior to the meeting
in the Superintendent’s Office for viewing.
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Celebrating
People
Retiring after 30 years of service
103 years
Bernice Gilman celebrated her 103rd
birthday with four generations: her
daughter Barbara Mailhott, son-inlaw Joe, granddaughter Lisa Warych
and great granddaughters Sarah
and Lauren Warych. She was born in
Churubusco, New York April 5, 1913.
She contributes her longevity to hard
work and good clean living. Here’s to
many more!
Sullivan named
‘Airman of the Year’
SrA Paige Sullivan, of Belchertown,
was recently awarded 2015
Operation Group Airmen of the
Year with the 439th Westover Air
Reserve base, Chicopee. She is
a full-time student at Holyoke
Community College.
Mark Johnson retired from the Granby Police Department after 30 years of service. His family surprised him with a party at the Polish American Club. Among
the 100 who attended were police officers Johnson worked with in the 1980’s to
ones he worked with up to retirement.
Pictured is Johnson with the three police chiefs he worked under from 1985 to
2016: current Chief Alan Wishart, Louis Barry and John Kirchhof.
Hope UMC holding talent show
BELCHERTOWN – H o p e U n i t e d
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Belchertown, invites residents to an evening of food and talent Saturday, April 16. Dinner will be served at 5 p.m. with the
talent show immediately following. Tickets
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Seniors
Belchertown Council on Aging
Granby Council on Aging
BELCHERTOWN – The Belchertown
Council on Aging is located at 60 State St.
For more information on any of the programs call 413-323-0420.
All activities take place at the Granby
Senior Center, 10 West State St. (467-3239)
unless otherwise noted. The COA is open
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
No membership is required to take part
in the activities/events, anyone over 55 is
welcome.
TRAVEL CLUB:
The Belchertown Senior Travel Club is
open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information about any of the below trips, call
323-0420.
Wednesday, April 20: Country Royalty
for $72 per person
Thursday, July 14: Lobster bash for $89
per person
Tuesday, Aug. 23: Gloucester Whale
Watch for $95 per person
Friday, Sept. 23: Buddy Jewell for $77
per person
Thursday, Dec. 8: Jimmy Stuff
Christmas Show for $81 per person
SAVE THE DATE:
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Thursday, April 14 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Join the center for an early evening class
in the art of Zendoodle. Stop down and
check out this new relaxing form of art
that anyone can partake in. Wal-Mart shopping trips
Fridays, April 15 and 29
Have the senior center van pick you up
from home to shop at Walmart or Big Y in
Ware. Door to door service for $3 round
trip. The April trip dates will be Friday,
April 15 and 29. Call Kim at 323-0420,
ext. 508 to sign up.
Book Club Tuesday, April 19 at 1 p.m.
Do you love to read? Discuss a good
book? Join the group Tuesday, April 19
at 1 p.m. A variety of authors and topics
will be explored. Call 323-0420 ext. 501
to sign up.
Upcycle
Friday, April 22 at 6 p.m.
Sign up today for this creative and fun
class on recycling/upcycling plastic bags.
Reservations are necessary and class size
is limited. Call Sue at 323-0420 ext. 501 to
reserve your space. This program is being
partially funded through the Belchertown
Cultural Council. LUNCH:
Lunch is served daily at 12 p.m.
Reservations should be made by noon
the previous day you wish to attend. The
suggested donation is $2.25. Anyone
over 60 years of age is eligible. Call
the Senior Center to make a reservation.
Transportation is available to Granby residents for $1 round trip.
TRANSPORTATION
Transportation is available Monday
through Friday for Granby residents.
This includes lunch, medical, activities
and shopping. They travel to Springfield,
Holyoke, Northampton, Florence, Chicopee
and all towns surrounding Granby.
Churches will observe ‘National Day of Prayer’
BELCHERTOWN – Thursday, May
5 at 7 p.m. there will be an observance
of the annual National Day of Prayer
on the Belchertown Common.
The event is being sponsored by
the churches of Belchertown and is
part of a national event during which
Evening movie
Thursday, April 14 at 6 p.m.
The center will be showing one new
release movie a month. This month
“Spotlight” will be shown Thursday, April
14 at 6 p.m. Bring a snack.
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Thursday, April 14: 9:45 a.m. Healthy
Bones and Balance Exercise, 11 a.m. lunch
with Kim to Bridgeside Grille, 12 p.m.
lunch pot roast with gravy, 1 p.m. Downton
Abby series
Friday, April 15: 9 a.m. Veteran’s agent,
10 a.m. Fallon informational, 12 p.m. lunch
Pollock filet
Monday, April 18: Closed for Patriot’s
Day
Tuesday, April 19: 11 a.m. Brown Bag
pick up, 12 p.m. lunch taco Tuesday, 12:30
p.m. quilting/needlework
Coffee hour is every weekday at 9 a.m.
The S.H.I.N.E. counselor is available
by appointment. Please contact the Senior
Center for assistance.
The Food Pantry is always looking for
donations of protein products, like eggs,
fish and chicken. The Food Pantry is closed
during Foot Care appointments until 1 p.m.
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blue
CSS lights up
Kindergarten registration
ongoing for next year
S
tudents at Cold Spring
School show their support of autism awareness by wearing the color blue.
The school district celebrated
“Light It Up Blue” Friday, April
1. Everyone was encouraged to
wear the color blue to show their
support and acceptance of autism.
Stop in Cold Spring School to get started
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High honors: Aislinn Bail,
Brooklyn Baran, Noah Bleakley,
Ta b i t h a C o l l i n s , M a d e l i n e
Connaughton, Joseph Desormier,
Benjamin M'Sadoques, Andrew
O ' C o n n o r, C a s e y R o u g e a u ,
Katherine Sarnacki, Drew Wiesel
Honors: Jordan Bessette, Meghan
Jolivet, Kurtis Kendall, Weishan Li,
Brendan O'Connor, Thomas Rezzani,
Benjamin Rokowski, Matthew
Simos-Chamberlain, Michael Sosa ,
Edward Wiley
LeBlanc, Megan Leone, Emily
Sawyer, Devyn Wyland
Honors: Taylor Dumais, Logan
Fabricius, Nicholas Lempke,
Angelica Soto, Kayla Tudryn
Grade 11
Maximum honors: Abigail
Beauregard, S arah C o u t u r e ,
Aaron Frank, Samantha Judicki,
Alexander Morehouse, Mayank
Sharma, Kathleen Sullivan, Gabriella
BELCHERTOWN – Residents of Belchertown with a
child who will be 5 years old before Sept. 1, 2016 should
go to Cold Spring School as soon as possible to register the
child for kindergarten. Planning will begin for next year.
To save time and to complete the various forms at one’s
own convenience, visit the Belchertown Public School’s
website at www.belchertownps.org. Go to “Schools”
click on “Cold Spring School” and the link to access the
kindergarten registration packet is located on the right
hand side.
If preferred, parents/guardians may also stop by Cold
Spring School any weekday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
to complete a registration packet. It is not necessary for
the child to be present during registration.
All parents/guardians will be asked to provide: certified birth certificate with raised seal, copy of immunization records and recent physical. They will also need to
provide two proofs of Belchertown residency such as a
mortgage statement or rental agreement/lease and utility
bill at the address listed, such as a heating electricity or
phone bill.
For more information, contact the Cold Spring School
office at 413-323-0428 between the hours of 7:30 a.m.
and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Lt. Mark Saloio of the Sturbridge Police Department
introduces himself to the board.
CHIEF | from Page 1
of the Amherst Police
Department, and Lt. Mark
Saloio of the Sturbridge
Police Department. All
three candidates were
asked the same series of
questions during open
interviews held Friday,
April 8.
The Board of Selectmen
will meet again Friday,
April 15 at 7 p.m. to discuss their final choice, and
to potentially name the
new chief.
Each candidate appeared
before the board for one
hour. Questions by the
board included thoughts
on community policing,
long-term goals, the opioid crisis, a school shooter
situation, elderly fraud and
how to help, working with
the district attorney, traffic
safety, budgeting, sexual
assaults against children,
the veteran’s treatment
court, new police officer
expectations, handling
disgruntled employees, important allies, and
impact bargaining.
Lt. Robert Powers
Powers has 30 combined years of military
and police experience. He
served in the US Marine
Corps from 1983-1988 and
as a staff sergeant in the
US Army from 1991-1995,
where he was stationed in
such places as Thailand,
Philippines, Guam and
Guantanamo Bay Cuba.
Powers was hired by
the Northampton Police
Department as a police
officer in 1995 and was
promoted to sergeant in
2006. He has served as a
senior staff instructor for
the Western Massachusetts
Police Academy since
2008. He was promoted
to the rank of lieutenant
in 2014 with the police
department, and holds a
masters degree in Criminal
Justice from Curry
College.
During Powers’ interview he told members of
the Board of Selectmen
that one of his goals is to
“be the best leader I can
be.” He said he’d like to
create an “environment in
which the police department is led, not managed.”
A c k n ow l e d g i n g t h e
current climate in the
Belchertown Police
Department, Powers
said he would hope to be
accepted into the department and be a good leader.
To the opioid question,
Powers said, “not every
person who is caught is a
criminal.” He said there
needs to be programs and
outreach put in place for
those who need it.
As for who his biggest
allies would be as police
chief, Powers said it would
be the officers in the
department and the community at-large.
Capt. Christopher
Pronovost
Pronovost has 29 years
of experience as a full-time
police officer, of which 22
of have been in a supervisory capacity. He began
his career in law enforcement at the Granby Police
Department, where he was
a full-time officer from
1987-1990. He was hired
by the Amherst Police
Department in 1990 and
was promoted to sergeant
in 1993. In 2003 Pronovost
was named detective sergeant and later promoted
to lieutenant in 2008. He
was made captain of operations in 2010. He holds a
masters degree in Criminal
Justice from Western
New England College.
Additionally, he has served
as an instructor at the
Massachusetts Municipal
Police Academy, as well
a s w i t h t h e We s t e r n
Mass Chief ’s of Police
Association and Holyoke
Community College.
D u r i n g P r o n ovo s t ’s
interview he called himself
an energetic “local guy,”
currently living in Granby,
adding that he spends a lot
of time in Belchertown.
Pronovost sees becoming chief of police as an
“opportunity for me to
meet some new challenges
in my life” as well as use a
new set of skills.
Pronovost said “we’ve
come to a crossroads now
with how to handle these
situations.” He said police
departments are moving away from enforcement and moving toward
rehabilitation. As for if
all offenders should be
arrested, Pronovost said it
would need to be looked at
more closely.
Pronovost told members
of the board of selectmen,
“This is a great opportunity for both me and the
town.”
Lt. Mark Saloio
Saloio has 22 years
experience in law enforcement, having started as a
correctional officer in 1994
at the Hampden County
Sheriff’s Department. He
was later hired as a patrol
officer for the Monson
Police Department in
1995 and later joined
the Sturbridge Police
Department in 1999.
Saloio was promoted to
detective sergeant in 2010,
operations lieutenant in
2011 and administrative
services lieutenant in 2013.
He holds a masters degree
in Criminal Justice from
Capt. Christopher Pronovost of the Amherst
Police Department
answers questions.
Westfield State University.
Additionally, Saloio serves
as an assessment facilitator for the Massachusetts
Police Accreditation
Commission.
During his interview
Saloio said police officers, like him, “thrive on
enhancing the quality of
life in the community.” He
added that it’s important
to have a life outside of
law enforcement, noting
that he enjoys boating and
water skiing in his leisure.
He said it’s important “not
to be one dimensional”
and to “live life.”
Aside from enhancing the quality of life for
everyone in town, one of
Saloio’s long-term goals
is to establish a succession plan within the police
department. He said it’s
important that everyone
know their role and be
prepared to move into the
next, if needed.
Saloio said, “we can’t
arrest our way out of that
crisis.” He said there needs
to be an educational component and treatment as
part of the process.
In five years, if hired
as chief, he hopes to
s e e – a t a m i n i m u m
– the Belchertown Police
Department become a
certified agency. He also
hopes there will be a spirited decorum with dedicated officers.
Turley Publications photo by Debra Dodge
Members of Quabbin Service Center are ready to serve you. They are: Doug,
Maria, Joe, Lisa and Jake, Chuck and Fran.
Quabbin Service Center
approaches 50th anniversary
By Tyler W. Leahy
Staff Writer
B E L C H E RT O W N –
With a 50-year anniversary
approaching later this year,
Quabbin Service Center, Inc.
has proven to be a family
business with a longstanding
commitment to customer service and a current emphasis
on cutting edge technology.
Francis Bodzinski opened
Quabbin Service Center in
1966 in his 20s, building a
commitment of excellence to
the people of Belchertown.
Now owned and operated by
his son Joe Bodzinski, the
service center has evolved
over time. Once a Mobil gas
station and inspection bay,
Quabbin Service Center is
now a full automotive repair
and maintenance facility
located at 18 Sargent St., its
home since 2008.
“Reaching the anniversary feels good,” said Joe
Bodzinski. “Our success has
come from the honest work
that we do and the support of
the town.”
In the past year, Quabbin
Service Center has focused
on implementing technology that will best serve
busy 21st century customers. Customers can utilize an
interactive website, in which
they can chat with a service
representative about their
needs. The service center
also began implementing its
own app.
Customers can schedule
appointments via email or
through the app, and receive
text message updates about
their service.
“The younger generation,
we are always on our phones.
We are very attached to our
phones, so it’s important to
make things as easy as possible,” said Lisa Bodzinski,
Joe’s wife. “And today,
everyone is so busy and
that’s one thing we can do.
We can make the transition
to losing your car as quick
and as easy as possible.”
Quabbin Service Center
offers free Wi-Fi to customers in their waiting room.
Customers also have the
option of payment plans
and gift cards available.
Currently, the service center
is in the process of setting up
an online store on eBay.
At this point in time,
Quabbin Service Center is
essentially capable of any
automobile work other than
body work, including auto
detailing.
“We want to expand our
luxury vehicle service. A lot
of people don’t realize that
we can order the parts and
are fully capable of working on their luxury vehicles,”
said Lisa Bodzinski.
All technicians at
Quabbin Service Center are
ASE-certified technicians.
Because the service center is
a NAPA Auto Care Center,
customers are offered extensive warrantees.
The Bodzinskis are brainstorming ways to celebrate
Quabbin Service Center’s official 50th anniversary, to come
in September. They are considering a “Customer Service
Week” celebration, including
gifting a 50-inch television to
a lucky winner drawn from a
pool of customers.
After all, it is excellent
customer service that has led
Quabbin Service Center to a
half-century of success.
“We will always work
diligently to offer the best
service and make sure customers can get their vehicles
back in a timely fashion,”
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SPORTS
Orioles look for second
straight playoff trip
By Tim Peterson
Turley Publications
Sports Correspondent
BELCHERTOWN - The 2015
campaign was a very successful one for the Belchertown boys
lacrosse team.
The Orioles, who captured
the Suburban League title for
the first time, qualified for the
Central/Western Mass. Division
3 Tournament with a 15-3 regular season record. Belchertown’s
outstanding season came to an
end following a 17-11 loss against
Cathedral in a quarterfinal match.
It was the second year in a row that
they lost to Cathedral in the quarterfinals.
“We played well in the quarterfinal game against Cathedral, but
we just ran out of gas in the fourth
quarter,” said Belchertown secondyear head coach Patrick Nee. “It
was an outstanding season.”
After losing a total of 13 players,
including 11 to graduation, Nee is
hoping to have another very good
season this spring.
“We did lose 13 players from
last year’s team, but we do have 21
returning players, including four
starters,” said Nee during a recent
interview. “We still have a strong
program and we’re hoping to qualify for the playoffs again this year.”
The Orioles boys lacrosse team
is beginning its seventh season
competing at the varsity level.
Nee, who’s also involved in the
Belchertown Youth Lacrosse program, is the sixth head coach during that span.
“It’s very difficult on the players to keep changing coaches every
year,” Nee said. “My son, Rory, is
in the seventh grade and he has told
me that I can’t leave my coaching
position at Belchertown until he
graduates in 2021.”
The Orioles four returning starters are seniors Christian Assimus,
Jordan Henault, Ben Magarian, and
Ryan McCarthy.
“Those four players are a
solid core,” Nee said. “It’s Ryan
McCarthy’s third year as a starting
goalie and he did a very good job
last year. Jordan Henault is a fantastic defenseman. Ben Magarian was
our fourth leading scorer last year.
He finished the season with a total
of 56 points. Christian Assimus is
a very good lacrosse player and
we’re looking for some more production out of him this year.”
The other four seniors listed
on the Orioles varsity roster are
Andrew Mitera, Kyle Mikulski,
Jack Medina, and Dylan Gillen.
Medina, Assimus, Henault,
Magarian, and McCarthy were
selected as the team captains by Nee.
“I chose those five players as
captains because they’re very good
team leaders,” Nee said. “They also
do very well in the classroom, so
they’re strong student-athletes.”
The four juniors on the varsity
team are T.J. Englert, Kyle Greene,
Ray Langevin, and Miltz Anderson.
The other 20 players listed on
the Orioles are either sophomores
or freshmen.
The largest class on this year’s
team is the sophomore group, which
is made up of 12 players. They are
Adam Wordsworth, Mark Tharion,
Jaxon Royal, Nick Pikul, Nate
Pacheco, Nick Makkiya, Aidan
Lyons, Josh Cox, Jonathon Bechta,
Aaron Alemda, and Josh Carey.
Rounding out the varsity team
Pacers slip past
Belchertown
By Tim Peterson
Turley Publications
CHICOPEE - After winning only
two matches a year ago, it didn’t take
the Chicopee boys volleyball team very
long to post their first victory of the
2016 season.
After falling behind 1-0 against East
Division league rival Belchertown, the
Pacers rallied to win the next three
games leading to a 3-1 home victory in
the season opening match, last Tuesday
afternoon, April 5.
“We had a down season a year ago,
but we’re looking to make the playoffs
this year,” said Chicopee head coach
Donald Turgeon. “We do have four
returning starters and we’re ready to go
this year.”
The game scores in the Pacers season opening victory against the Orioles
were 22-25, 25-23, 25-23, and 25-19.
“We’ve been working very hard in our
preseason practices and it does feel very
good to win our first match,” said senior
Sheldon Goodman, who’s one of the
Pacers returning starters. “We worked
very well as a team in this match today.
We’re hoping to have a much better season than we did last year.”
Goodman, who has been a member of the Pacers boys’ volleyball team
since he was a freshman, was credited
with 26 kills in the season opener.
The other three Pacers returning
starters are junior Austin Corcoran,
senior Eddie Mendez (15 kills), and
James Rodriguez.
Turley Publications staff photo by Dave Forbes
See VOLLEYBALL, Page 17
Belchertown’s Matt Perksin (18)
gets ready to serve the ball.
See LACROSSE, Page 17
St. Francis
wraps up
great season
Sarnacki’s five
goals leads
Granby to win
BELCHERTOWN - The St.
Francis 5th/6th grade girls completed another successful season
with a record of 15-4-1.
The girls competed in Division
1 with teams from Springfield,
S o u t h H a d l e y, C h i c o p e e ,
Holyoke, West Springfield and
Longmeadow. The team entered
the playoffs as the number one
seed and reached the finals for
the third straight year, only this
time falling short in the championship game to number two seed
Holyoke.
The team continued to play
balanced team basketball which
has led to its success over the last
three seasons. Congratulations to
the girls for their continued hard
work!
By Nate Rosenthal
Turley Publications
Turley Publications submitted photo
Top row (from left to right): Jessa Troy, Gina Camerota, Alexa LaFlamme, Saylor Reed, Karleigh
Richter and Natalya Pikul; Bottom row: Lindsey Chrabascz, Caitlin Bradshaw, Annette Laporte
and Avery Klingensmith.
CHICOPEE - All it took was a
couple of days without snow and
the lacrosse season was able to
begin in earnest. Behind five goals
by Kate Sarnacki, the Granby girls
beat Chicopee Comp, 10-5, on a
cold evening in Chicopee. The Rams took a 3-0 lead in
the first four minutes of a half
that saw 10 goals scored between
the two teams. Sarnacki got her
hat trick before the game was ten
minutes old. With 10 minutes
left in the half, Comp made its
best run and closed to within a
goal, but Granby got one back
See GRANBY, Page 18
The Week Ahead
Thursday, April 14
Baseball
Mohawk at Belchertown
Girls Lacrosse
Minnechaug at Belchertown
Granby at Westfield
Girls Tennis
Belchertown at Ludlow
Girls Track and Field
South Hadley at Belchertown
Boys Volleyball
Central at Belchertown
Friday, April 15
Boys Lacrosse
Taconic at Belchertown
Chicopee at Granby
Girls Lacrosse
Granby at Chicopee
Softball
Ludlow at Belchertown
Granby at Hopkins Academy
Boys Tennis
East Longmeadow at Belchertown
Boys Track and Field
Monson at Belchertown
Belchertown at Chicopee
Granby at McCann Tech
Softball
Palmer at Granby
Girls Tennis
Turners Falls at Belchertown
Boys Volleyball
Minnechaug at Belchertown
4 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
Tuesday, April 19
Baseball
Putnam at Granby
Boys Lacrosse
St. Mary at Belchertown
Granby at Wahconah (at Nessacus Middle School)
Girls Lacrosse
Amherst at Belchertown
Granby at Monson
Softball
Northampton at Belchertown
Boys Tennis
Holyoke at Belchertown
Girls Tennis
Holyoke at Belchertown
5 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
Wednesday, April 20
Baseball
Belchertown at Mahar
Softball
Pope Francis at Granby
Boys Tennis
Belchertown at Minnechaug
Girls Tennis
Belchertown at Chicopee (at Szot Park)
Boys Track and Field
Pope Francis at Belchertown
Boys Volleyball
Belchertown at Sci-Tech
Saturday, April 16
Baseball
Granby at West Springfield
12 p.m.
(at West Springfield Middle School)
Sunday, April 17
No games scheduled.
Monday, April 18
Baseball
Belchertown at Gateway
Boys Lacrosse
4 p.m.
12 p.m.
5 p.m.
12 p.m.
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
WESTFIELD – Westfield State senior
and Belchertown resident Jeremy Forgue
was named to the MASCAC Men’s
Outdoor Track and Field Weekly Honor
Roll for his performance at the Coast
Guard Invitational.
He took second place in the 400 hurdles
(56.93) and fourth place in the 110 high
hurdles (16.60).
Caney named to MASCAC
Weekly Honor Roll
WESTFIELD – MCLA women’s lacrosse
junior attacker and Belchertown resident
Natalie Caney was recently named to the
MASCAC Women’s Lacrosse Weekly
Honor Roll.
Tallied 11 points on eight goals and three
LACROSSE | from Page 16
are freshmen Joel Wycik, Zack Wrona,
Ryan Potter, Justin Pendrick, Andrew
Mungford, Collin Laramee, Ben Laliberte,
Nathan Jaszek, and Josh Carey.
Nee thinks Chicopee Comp and Chicopee,
who are both Division 2 teams, will be the
top two teams in the league standings, along
with his squad. Comp defeated Belchertown
10-8 in the 2015 season opener, which was
their only league loss.
“We play in a very difficult league and
it’s going to be a challenge for us to win
the league title again this year,” Nee said.
“Chicopee and Chicopee Comp are very
good teams and they’re our biggest league
rivals.”
The other three Suburban League teams
are St. Mary’s, Monson, and Granby, who
are all Division 3 teams.
“St. Mary’s, Monson, and Granby
improved a lot last year,” Nee said. “We
can’t look past those three teams.”
The first meeting of the season against
cross-town rival Granby is scheduled for
May 2 at Belchertown High School.
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assists in a 1-1 week for the Trailblazers.
Scored five goals with three assists in the
20-14 win over Johnson State College
before adding three more goals in the loss to
Massachusetts Maritime.
Panek tallies game-winner
for Fitchburg State
WESTFIELD - Kayla Panek, of
Belchertown, scored the game winning
goal 44 seconds into overtime to give
Fitchburg State a 7-6 win over Westfield
State in MASCAC women's lacrosse at
Alumni Field on Saturday, April 9
Just 44 seconds into overtime, Brianna
Dunn, of Monson, fed Panek near the
top of the fan, and Panek wheeled to her
left and fired a waist-high shot that Owls
goalie Mimi Khampaeng, of Hampden,
deflected but could not save to give the
Falcons the 7-6 win.
Panek led Fitchburg with three goals.
One of the non-league games that the
Orioles players are really looking forward
to is against Amherst, which is slated
for May 13 at 7 p.m. The Amherst boys
lacrosse coach is Matt Crutch, who’s also
the Belchertown hockey coach.
“The game against Amherst is very big
for the kids because they always want
to beat their coach,” Nee said. “We beat
them in overtime on their senior night last
year. It’s a friendly rivalry and it should
be another interesting game.”
The Orioles were scheduled to begin
the regular season at Comp last week,
but that match was postponed because of
snow. They were also postponed against
Wahconah on Monday afternoon. The
Orioles season and home opener was set
to be against Brattleboro Union High
School, which is a Division 1 team from
Vermont, on Wednesday afternoon. The
Orioles are also scheduled to host Taconic
at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
Tim Peterson is a sports correspondent for Turley Publications. He can be
reached at [email protected].
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ongratulations goes out to
the fifth and sixth-grade
team.
They reached the finals for the
third straight year.
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CHICOPEE • EAST GRANBY • HADLEY • PITTSFIELD
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VOLLEYBALL
from Page 16
It was also Chicopee’s
first win against
Belchertown since pulling
out a 3-2 road victory on
April 2, 2013.
The Orioles, who won
a total of seven matches a
year ago, are almost a brand
new team this spring with
only two returning varsity
players and a new head
coach.
“It’s a tough loss for us,
but the players have really
improved a lot since the
first day of practice,” said
Orioles first-year head
coach Scott Poulin. “I’m
really excited to see how
much they continue to
improve this year.”
Poulin, who replaced
Kevin Reidy, has also
coached the Lady Orioles
volleyball team for the past
seven years.
“Even though it’s the
same sport, coaching the
girls’ team is a lot different than coaching the boys
team,” Poulin said. “The
boys hit the ball a lot harder
and they also serve the ball
a little bit harder than the
girls do.”
The two returning varsity players for the Orioles
boys’ volleyball team are
junior Drew Duquette (six
kills, 12 assists) and senior
Anthony Hosmer, who
didn’t play in the season
opener because of an illness. Hosmer is also the
only senior listed on the
Orioles roster.
AAA Falcons
Girls Softball
signups
REGION - Looking for a
few more players from the
Springfield/Belchertown/
Granby/Chicopee area for
14 and Under team playing
in NEYSA Girls Fast Pitch
Softball League.
Team practices and plays
home games at Greenleaf
Park Springfield.
Also eligible if 15th
birthday is in 2016.
Please contact [email protected] or
call 413-323-5887.
“Anthony is our only
senior and he’s an outstanding volleyball player,”
Poulin said. “We really
missed him today because
he leads our team in many
different ways. We have a
bunch of younger players
and everyone looks up to
him.”
The opening game of the
match was very close from
start to finish, but the only
time that the Pacers held
the lead was at 1-0.
The Orioles took a 5-2
advantage following a serve
by junior Jake Woodcock.
A 3-0 spurt by the Pacers
tied the score for the second
time, but the Orioles pulled
away again.
Belchertown’s largest
lead of the opening game
was 22-15.
Chicopee would use a 61 run to close the gap to 2321. A kill by Duquette gave
the momentum back to the
visitors.
The next two games were
also very close, but the
Pacers managed to pull out
two-point victories in both
games.
Trailing 2-1, the Orioles
held an 11-4 lead in the
fourth set.
The Pacers would use a
10-3 run tying the score at
14-14 with Corcoran handling the serving duties.
Corcoran also served the
next three points and the
home team didn’t look back
after that.
The second meeting of
the season between the two
league rivals is scheduled
Turley Publications staff photo
by Dave Forbes
B e l c h e r t o w n ’s D re w
Duquette (10) jumps into
the air to strike the ball.
to take place on May 6 at
Belchertown High School.
Tim Peterson is a sports
correspondent for Turley
Publications. He can be
reached at dforbes@turley.
com.
PAGE 18
Legals
Sports
Golf Calendar
Shriners Golf Tournament
set for June 4
CHICOPEE – The second annual Shriners Hospital for
Children Golf Tournament is set for June 4 at Chicopee
Country Club.
The tournament begins with a shotgun start at 12:30
p.m. The cost is $100 per person. Cost includes cart,
lunch and steak dinner. Prizes for hole in one, closest to
the pin on par 3 and longest drive. The cost to sponsor a
hole is $75, which includes company logo and name.
For more information, please contact Jim Adams at
413-627-1122 or Sue Adams at 413-627-1803.
Inaugural Cory J. Gawacki
Foundation Tournament
CHICOPEE – The inaugural Cory J. Garwacki
Foundation Live to Give Tournament will take place on
Sunday, Sept. 28 at Chicopee Country Club.
The tournament will begin with a shotgun start at 1
p.m. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch
at 12 p.m. Dinner will be held following the tournament.
The cost is $125 per person or $500 for a foursome.
There are four levels of sponsorship available as well:
Eagle ($2,000), Birdie ($1.500), Tee Gift ($1,750) and
Tee ($100).
Please make checks payable to: Cory J. Gawricki
Foundation. Send registration to Theresa Scully, P.O.
Box 484, East Longmeadow, MA 01028.
Send us your golf tournament information. Contact
Sports Editor Dave Forbes at 413-283-8393 ext. 237 or
send an e-mail to [email protected].
GRANBY | from Page 16
before the break and then added to their lead with three
more for a five goal lead. The teams each added a goal
after that.
The Rams wasted little time putting pressure on Comp
goalie. After the face off, they moved the ball quickly
into the Comp zone and with just 1:47 gone. Kailyn
Croteau send one past Laizer for a 1-0 lead. Less than a
minute later, Madison Sexton found herself free in front
and she flipped the ball into the right corner. Sarnacki
got her first goal of the night a minute after that, pretty
much from the same spot as Croteau did to open the
game. Meanwhile, the Colts had not even gotten the
ball past midfield.
That changed as the game moved into its fifth minute
and 10 seconds after that, at 4:15, Kaylee Krajewski got
the Colts on the board from 15 yards on the right. The
Rams would answer that in short order, when Sarnacki
scored from 10 yards at 5:30.
Chicopee Comp made it 4-2 with 15:50 left in the
half, as Krajewski connected, again the shot came from
the right side. A minute later, at 14:52, it was Sarnacki
with her third goal and a hat trick, this shot coming from
the left side. The margin was back to three points. Julia
Frappier nearly made it four, but Laizer stopped her 10
yarder.
With half passing its midpoint, Comp got a lot more
aggressive and it paid off with a lot more opportunities
in the Granby end. Alyssa Stefanelli put one on goal
at 13:46, where it was stopped by Kaleigh Croteau. Second later with 11:03 left in the first half, Stefanelli
scored, as she redirected a shot by Krajewski from the
left. A minute after that with 9:56 to go, Comp made
it 5-4 with a goal from Emily Pavoni. Granby got that
back with 2:21 left as Frappier picked up her second
goal of the from the right. At the half, the score was 6-4.
As the second half got underway, the Colts got the
first shot on Croteau, that coming from Stefanelli a
minute and a half in. Frappier was stopped by Laizer a
minute after that. Another minute passed and Sarnacki
shot wide left.
The Rams made it 9-4 at 13:09 with Sarnacki converting a crossing pass from Hailey O'Connor. At 11:04,
Melissa Feilen got the Colts on the board in the second
half with a 10-yarder from the right.
The game went into a defensive mode at that point. The next score came with 5:54 and it was off the stick
of Sarnacki at 5:54. That made it a 10-5 game. Each
team would get one more shot on goal. At 4:20, it was
O'Connor for Granby and at 3:04, Pavoni was stopped
by Croteau.
Sarnacki had five goals to lead everyone. Next were
both Krajewski and Frappier, each with two goals and an
assist. Whitacre, Kailyn Croteau and Sexton had a goal
apiece for Granby, while Feilen, Pavoni and Stefanelli
had one each for Comp. Granby doubled up on shots,
18-9, while Laizer had eight saves and Kaleigh Croteau
had four.
For Granby, this was their opening game and they will
face Pope Francis early in the week. Comp lost 16-6 to
Pope Francis, getting two goals apiece from Pavoni and
Stefanelli. They are 0-2 and will play Belchertown in
their next game.
Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
The Trial Court
Probate and Family Court
Hampshire Division
33 King Street
Northampton, MA 01060
(413)586-8500
Docket No. HS16P0157EA
Estate of:
Calvin Sawyer Bowker, Jr.
Also Known As:
Calvin S. Bowker, Jr.
Date of Death: 10/25/2014
INFORMAL PROBATE
PUBLICATION NOTICE
To all persons interested
in the above captioned est
ate, by Petition of Petitioner
Ann Marie Beauregard of
Belchertown MA.
Ann Marie Beauregard
of Belchertown MA has been
informally appointed as the
Personal Representative of
the estate to serve without
surety on the bond.
The estate is being
administered under informal
procedure by the Personal
Representative under the
Massachusetts Uniform Pro
bate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory
and accounts are not required
to be filed with the Court,
but interested parties are
entitled to notice regarding the administration from
the Personal Representative
and can petition the Court
in any matter relating to the
estate, including distribution of asset and expenses
of administration. Interested
parties are entitled to petition
the Court to institute formal
proceedings and to obtain
orders terminating or restrict
ing the powers of Personal
Representatives appointed
under informal procedure. A
copy of the Petition and Will,
if any, can be obtained from
the Petitioner.
4/14/16
Belchertown
Conservation
Commission
LEGAL NOTICE
Pursuant to the authority of Massachusetts General
Laws Chapter 131, Section
40 (Wetlands Protection Act)
and the Belchertown Wetland
Bylaw, the Belchertown
Conservation Commission
will hold a public hearing on
Monday, April 25, 2016 at
7:15 PM Lawrence Memorial
Town Hall, Room 101. The
purpose of this hearing is to
review a Notice of Intent for
the construction of a single
family house, with a portion
of the building, grading, well
and lawn within a 100 ft. of
a Wetland and outside of the
Riverfront Area, located on
Emily Lane, Map 240, Lot
#55.00 (1) and submitted by
JP Builders, Inc. applicant.
Any person interested in this
matter should appear at the
time and place designated.
Copies of the Notice of
Intent may be examined and
reviewed at the Belchertown
Conservation Commission
Office or the Town Clerk's
Office.
4/14/16
Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
The Trial Court
33 King Street, Suite 3
Docket No. HS16P0175GD
In the matter of:
James Soltys
Of: Belchertown, MA
Respondent
Alleged Incapacitated
Person
CITATION GIVING
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR APPOINTMENT OF
GUARDIAN FOR
INCAPACITATED
PERSON PURSUANT TO
G.L. c. 190B, §5-304
To the named Respondent
and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed
by Dept of Developmental
Services of Springfield, MA
in the above captioned matter
alleging that James Soltys
is in need of a Guardian and
requesting that Deborah
Hill Stevens of Shelburne
Falls, MA (or some other
suitable person) be appointed
as Guardian to serve Without
Surety on the bond.
The petition asks the
court to determine that the
Respondent is incapacitated,
that the appointment of a
Guardian is necessary, and
that the proposed Guardian
is appropriate. The petition
is on file with this court and
may contain a request for
certain specific authority.
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
04/27/2016. 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
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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. Linda S
Fidnick, First Justice of this
Court.
Date: March 29, 2016
Michael J. Carey
Register of Probate
4/14/16
Legal Notice
Town of Belchertown
Board of Health
Pursuant to MGL Ch.
111, sec. 31, the Belchertown
Board of Health will hold a
public hearing on Monday,
May 2, 2016 at 8:00 PM
in the Lawrence Memorial
Hall Selectmen’s Meeting
for the purpose of considering amendments to Smoking
and Access to Tobacco
Regulations.
4/14/16
Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
The Trial Court
33 King Street, Suite 3
Docket No. HS95P0058GR
In the Interests of:
James Soltys
Of: Belchertown, MA
Respondent
Incapacitated Person/
Protected Person
CITATION GIVING
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR REMOVAL OF A
GUARDIAN OF AN
INCAPACITATED
PERSON
To the named Respond
ent and all other interested
persons, a petition has been
filed by Department of
Developmental Services of
Springfield, MA in the above
captioned matter requesting
that the court Remove the
Guardian of the Respondent.
The petition asks the court
to make a determination
that the Guardian and/or
C o n s e r va t o r s h o u l d b e
allowed to resign; or should
be removed for good cause;
or that the Guardianship and/
or Conservatorship is no longer necessary and therefore
should be terminated. 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
04/27/2016. 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. Linda S
Fidnick, First Justice of this
Court.
Date: March 29, 2016
Michael J. Carey
Register of Probate
4/14/16
PUBLIC NOTICE:
Cellco Partnership and its
controlled affiliates doing
business as Verizon Wireless
(Verizon Wireless) is pro
posing to build a 140’ tall
monopole Communications
Tower and associated equipment located at 134 Aldrich
Street, in Belchertown,
Hampshire County, Massa
chusetts, 01007.
Public comments regarding potential effects on historic properties may be submitted within 30-days from
the date of this publication
to: All-Points Technology
Corporation at 3 Saddle
brook Drive, Killingworth,
CT 06419, to the attention of
Ellen Gustafson,
(860) 663-1697 ext. 214,
[email protected]
Please respond within 30
days if you wish to comment.
4/14/16
Notice of Planning Board
Hearing Legal Notice
Relative to
Proposed Zoning
By-LawAmendments
Pursuant to
M.G.L. c. 40A, § 5.
The Planning Board of the
Town of Belchertown, MA,
will hold a public hearing
to discuss proposed amendments to the town's zoning
by-law, Chapter 145, Section
62, Part B of the Wireless
Communications Facilities,
Use Restrictions. Proposed
amendments by applicant:
J e n n i f e r Fa u l k n e r, 1 0 5
Aldrich Street. The public
hearing will be held as follows:
Place: Town Hall, 2
Jabish Street, Belchertown,
MA 01007
Date: April 26, 2016
Time: 7:05 pm
Anyone interested and
wishing to be heard should
appear at the time and place
designated.
The complete text relative
to the proposed amendment
is available for inspection
during regular business hours
at the Town Clerk’s office
and the Planning Office.
Christopher Laurenzo
Chairman, Planning Board
4/7,4/14/16
NOTICE
ERRORS: Each advertiser is requested to check
their advertisement the
first time it appears.
This paper will not be
responsible for more
than one corrected insertion, nor will be liable for any error in
an advertisement to a
greater extent than the
cost of the space occupied by the item in the
advertisement.
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Obituaries
DEATH NOTICES
Berard, Norma H.
(Leonard)
Died April 8, 2016
Memorial Service April 12,
2016
Beers & Story Palmer
Funeral Home
Colonel Byard,
Robert B.
Died April 9, 2016
Burial at a later date
Old Brick Church Cemetery
Spring Valley, NY
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Norma H. (Leonard) Berard, 87
Robert B. Byard, 82
L U D L OW – N o r m a
H. (Leonard) Berard, 87,
passed away April 8, 2016
surrounded by
her family. Born
Dec. 30, 1928 in
Springfield, she
was the daughter of John I.
and Mary H.
(Cope) Leonard.
Norma has lived
in Ludlow for
the past 10
y e a r s , p r ev iously living most
of her life in Belchertown.
She was a member of the
Ludlow Senior Center and
enjoyed gardening and most
especially spending time
with her grandchildren.
She previously worked at
the former Belchertown
State School in direct care.
In 1999, Norma was predeceased by her husband
George Berard, and she will
be dearly missed by her
children, Lawrence Breton
of NC, David Breton of
Westfield, George Berard
of Canada, Susan Rowe of
Brimfield, Paul Berard of
Colonel Robert Belmont
Byard (Army-retired),
8 2 , o f S p r i n g A r b o r,
Winchester, died peacefully surrounded by family on Saturday, April 9.
Colonel Byard was born on
Sept. 18, 1933, in Suffern,
New York, the son of the
late Belmont Byard and
Velma H. Slavin Byard.
He married Beverly Jean
Darling on Dec. 8, 1956,
in Ridgewood, New Jersey.
Surviving with his wife
of 59 years are two sons,
Wayde B. Byard (Brenda)
of Winchester and Kyle F.
Byard (Elena) of Rocklin,
California; a daughter,
Dale Virginia Byard of
Winchester; and seven
grandchildren, Justin R.
Westfield, and Kathleen
Berard of Chicopee. She
also leaves her siblings,
Marion Myette of
Ludlow, Lawrence
Humphries of
L o n g m e a d ow,
Claire Duffy of
Wilbraham, Edward
Humphries of West
Springfield as well
as 28 grandchildren,
50 great grandchildren and three
great, great grandchildren. Besides
her husband, she was predeceased by children Joseph
Sullivan, Michael Sullivan,
Patricia Berard, and Virginia
Berard as well as siblings,
Julia Flanders, Gertrude
Hadenchuck and John
Leonard, Jr. A memorial service was held Tuesday, April
12 at 12 p.m. at Beers &
Story Palmer Funeral Home
with burial in Brimfield
Cemetery. In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made in
her memory to the Ludlow
Senior Center. For details,
please visit www.beersandstory.com.
attend a comprehensive,
training program and will
receive monthly support and
education throughout their
volunteer experience. The
training is free to participants. Space is limited.
Welcomed are individuals
with a variety of interests and
backgrounds. Veterans who
wish to visit with veterans to
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Reiki practitioners to join
aReiki Team.
Contact Leslie Hennessey
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the Director of Admissions
for Reserves at the United
States Military Academy
at West Point; and for 16
years as the superintend e n t o f B e l c h e r t ow n ,
Massachusetts, Public
Schools. Burial will be at
a later date at Old Brick
Church Cemetery in Spring
Valley, New York.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Blue
Ridge Hospice, 333 West
Cork Street, Winchester,
Virginia 22601. The family
wishes to thank the staff
at Spring Arbor, especially
Sheila, Wanda, Matthew,
Jennifer, Geri, Richard,
Destiny and Breanna, for
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Hospice Life Care, a program of the Holyoke Visiting
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its volunteer program. The
training will be held on four,
consecutive Fridays: May 13,
20, 27 and June 3. They will
meet from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
at a local nursing facility.
Hospice volunteers provide a listening ear and companionship to terminally ill
patients and their families;
visiting with them in the
home and in nursing facilities throughout Hampden and
Hampshire Counties.
Interested individuals will
and Brenden G. Byard of
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Air Force Base, Montana;
Alicia D. Sentoff (Stephen)
of Arlington, Virginia; and
Kelsey L. Whitacre (Aaron)
of Spotsylvania, Virginia.
He also leaves behind his
loving dog, Henry, who
saw him through his final
illness. Colonel Byard was
a graduate of Suffern High
School, Rutgers University
and held a master’s degree
from Farleigh Dickinson
University. He served as
principal of Millbrook, New
York, Central School; as
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The Library Loft
Schoolhouse Commons Historical Center • 1085 Park Street, Palmer
We are celebrating our
10th year at the Schoolhouse Commons.
Thanks to our wonderful “friends,” volunteers and patrons,
we will be open on Fridays beginning in September.
Our New Hours
Tues. 10am - 4pm • Wed. 10am - 4pm • Thurs. 10am - 4pm
Fri. 10am-4pm • Sat. 10am - 4pm
Hope to see you there
Book donations will be accepted at the Palmer Public
Library or the Library Loft during open hours.
Please, no magazines or Reader's Digest Condensed Books.
We accept books only in good, clean condition.
For more information call 283-3330 ext. 100
Proceeds To Benefit the Palmer Public Library
CLUES ACROSS
1. Brave act
5. Ejects saliva
10. A vale
14. Expression of
surprise
15. Feels concern
16. Saddle horse
17. Emerald Isle
18. Silly
19. Female child
20. Cyprinids
22. Comedienne
Gasteyer
23. National capital
24. Court game
27. Tooth caregiver
30. Supervises flying
31. Small amount
32. Degree of loudness
34. Wore down
36. Upper-class young
woman (abbr.)
37. Actor Pitt
39. Red mineral
40. Have already done
41. Asian antelope
CLUES DOWN
42. Forms over a cut
1. Unreal
43. Performer
2. River in Norway
__ Lo Green
3. Long poem
44. Pressed against
4. Cygnus star
45. An alternative
5. __ fi (slang)
46. 5th note of a major
6. Known for its canal
scale
7. A citizen of Iran
47. Tell on
8. Inhabited
48. Patti Hearst’s
9. Midway between
captors
south and southeast
49. Breaks apart
10. Semitic fertility god
52. Russian country
11. __ Clapton,
house
musician
55. Female grunts
12. Lawman
56. Type of sword
13. City 3000 B.C.
60. Ottoman Empire
21. They hold valuables
title
23. Department of
61. Emaciation
Defense
63. He was Batman
25. Begetter
64. Nonmoving
26. Check
65. Group in China
27. Early union leader
66. A thought
28. Lawmaker
67. Withered
29. About Sun
68. Worldly mosquitoes 32. Negligible amounts
69. Tide
33. Roll
35. Just a little bit
36. Small, spotted
cubes
37. Founder of Babism
38. Father
40. Blue Hen State
41. Satisfies
43. Police officer
44. Digital audiotape
46. Covers most of
Earth
47. Inflorescence
49. Find this on hot
days
50. Fanatical
51. Absorption unit
52. Sitcom “My Two
__”
53. Phil __, former CIA
54. Partially burn
57. __ farewell
58. Ancient Greek City
59. A way to derive
61. Women’s social
organization
62. Female sibling
CROSSWORD ANSWER WILL BE FOUND IN SPORTS SECTION
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Calendar
Saturday, April 16
Sunday, April 24
Saturday, April 30
Monday, May 9
MESSAGES FROM THE OTHER SIDE:
Join Psychic Spirit Medium Lisa Lanno for
two hours of enlightenment with an evening
of “Messages From The Other Side.” The
fundraiser will support the Pease Keepers
Against Cancer Relay for Life team. Light
refreshments available. The program will
take place at Belchertown High School
from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 16. Tickets
are $40 in advance or $50 at the door.
Contact [email protected] for more
information.
RED TEE GOLF TOURNEY: The fourth
annual Red Tee Golf Tournament sponsored
by Anne’s Angels Relay for Life team will
be Sunday, April 24 at Mill Valley Golf
Links. Registration starts at 12:15 p.m. followed by a shotgun start at 1 p.m. The cost
is $40 for seven-day members and $50 for
five-day members and non-members which
includes greens fees, cart, and a donation to
the American Cancer Society. There will be
a 50/50 raffle, and mulligans are $5 each.
Sign up at the club house or email [email protected].
FASION SHOW: Bouquet of Fashions,
sponsored by the Men’s and Women’s Club
of Immaculate Heart of Mary parish on
Route 202 in Granby, will be held Saturday,
April 30 at 11 a.m. The event will take
place in the Parish Hall and include lunch
and a Fashion Show by “The Little Black
Dress” of Enfield, Connecticut. Admission
is $6 per person. There is ample parking
behind the church. For tickets, contact Gail
Roy at 413-467-7175 or Carol Zebrowski
at 413-467-7693.
RUN FOR HOPE: The MacDuffie
School’s fifth annual Run for Hope 5K
will take place Saturday, April 30 at 10
a.m. Proceeds from the student-run event
will benefit No Kid Hungry. The cost is
$25 and includes a barbecue after the race.
Registration for the Run for Hope 5K is
available at: http://www.active.com/granby-ma/running/distance-running-races/thefifth-annual-macduffie-run-for-hope-2016
Race day registration will also be available
beginning at 9 a.m.
COOKBOOK CLUB: The next meeting
of the Clapp Memorial Library’s Cookbook
Club will be Monday, May 9. Join the
group for a night of delicious recipes
and meeting new friends. Registration is
required and will begin on Monday, April
4. For more information, contact Ann at
the library or stop by.
Thursday, May 5 and
Saturday, May 7
GOLF TOURNEY: The third annual
BHS Hockey Boosters Golf Tournament
will be held Saturday, June 25 with an 11
a.m. shotgun start at Cold Springs Golf
Course, Belchertown. For more information and registration form contact Jennifer
Keefe at 413-250-4331 or email jennifer.
[email protected].
Saturday, April 16 and
Sunday, April 17
SPRING FISHING DERBY: Wales Fish
and Game Club, 28 Holland Road, Wales.
Saturday, April 16 and Sunday, April 17.
Cost is $6 for kids, $9 for adults. Breakfast,
lunch, beverages and snacks available for
purchase. Reel in fun and prizes for kids
and adults.
Friday, April 22
EARTH DAY TRASH COLLECTION:
The town of Belchertown Department of
Public Works will be providing town recyclable trash bags to anyone wishing to collect curbside trash on Earth Day, Friday,
April 22. Trash bags may be obtained at the
DPW, 290 Jacksosn St. Highway Garage,
April 20-21. All trash collected must be
brought to the transfer station for disposal
by Friday, April 22 or contact the DPW
office to arrange for pickup.
Tuesday, April 26
DEATH CAFÉ: The Granby Free
Public Library is hosting a “death café” on
Tuesday, April 26 at 6 p.m., facilitated by
Sandra Ward, president of the non-profit
Funeral Consumers Alliance of Western
Mass. Light refreshments will be served.
Death café is open to all; there is no fee to
attend. Pre-registration is preferred. To preregister stop in or call the library during
open library hours: Tuesday, Wednesday,
Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
Thursday from 1 to 8 p.m. and Saturday
from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Friday, April 29
TRIVIA NIGHT: Join the Clapp Memorial
Library on Friday, April 29 at the library
for a trivia contest. The fun starts at 7 p.m.
and people encouraged to come as teams,
preferably between two to five people.
Registration is preferred but not required.
QUILT SHOW: The BUCC Quilt Show
and Sale is coming up soon, scheduled for
May 5-7. The group is currently taking
donations of sewing related items (yarn,
books, notions, fabric, etc) for the sewing tag sale within the show. Contact Jane
Crutchfield at 283-4456 for pickup or more
information. Visit www.buccquiltshowandsale.weebly.com for more information.
Friday, May 20
PUTT-A-THON: The 12th annual PuttA-Thon for The Jimmy Fund is scheduled
for Friday, May 20. Contact Bell &Hudson
Insurance for more information on how
to get involved at 413-323-9611 or toll
free 800-894-9591. Players, volunteers and
sponsors are needed for this event, which
will take place on the Town Common.
There will be three tee times: 2 p.m., 4 p.m.
and 6 p.m. There will be mini-golf, a silent
auction, DJ Dave and food from Chubby’s.
Saturday, June 25
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Over 130 vendors
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CHAIR SEAT WEAVING &
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durable but inexpensive. Choice of
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Child Services
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list a license number to do so if
they offer this service in their own
home.
SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVOCACY- Need assistance- Let us
help! From birth to age 22.
Special Ed Advocates of Western
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and storms. Fully Insured. Free
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Electrician
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truck. Loam, stone, fill, driveway
repair, loader, tractors (413)5632229.
ALL HOME IMPROVEMENTS
and repair work / decks Additions /
basements / baths / kitchen
remodeling / perk test / septic
systems installed and repaired.
30+
yrs
experience.
Marty
(413)949-1901
C-D HOME IMPROVEMENT. 1
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baths, hardwood floors, painting.
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2016
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carriages, surreys, wagons, dr’s
buggies,
driveable
or
lawn
ornaments. Some furniture and
other
restoration
services
available.
Reasonable prices.
Quality
workmanship.
Call
(413)213-0373 for estimate and
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Kitchen, bath, foyers. References.
Lic #086220. Please call Kevin
(978)355-6864.
HOME IMPROVEMENTS. REMODELING. Kitchens, baths.
Ceramic tile, windows, painting,
wallpapering, textured ceilings,
siding, additions. Insurance work.
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Certified and insured. Call Dave at
(413)478-4212 for your free
estimate.
Lawn & Garden
AFFORDABLE LAWN CARE
SERVICE COMPANY
20 years in business.
HYDROSEEDING, MOWING,
BOBCAT, PAVER PATIOS, TREE
WORK, IRRIGATION, SEPTIC/
SEWER, EXCAVATION.
(413)283-5780
SPRING CLEAN-UP, RESEEDING, aerating, weekly and bimonthly lawn mowing. Free
Estimates. Call Bill (413)531-2334.
Pools
ABC POOL PALMER is starting
its 13th year. We are AAA Plus
rated BBB member with ZERO
COMPLAINTS.
Insured
&
Licensed #150679. We’re a drug
free employer.
Our services are: Above &
inground liner changes. Our liners
are of top quality with pro rated
guarantee up 20 or more years.
Leak detection, Openings, spa
repair, pool removals, all types of
pool & filtration repairs. Mark Kirk,
owner/ operator. Open 7 days, 7
to 7 at (413)531-4192. Payments
due at service. Thank you for your
business.
Masonry
STONEMASON SPECIALIZING
IN DRY stone walls, walkways,
patios, stairways, combination
stone and landscape timber walls.
35 years experience Europe/USA.
www.internationalstonemason.com
Kenn “Hawk” Kaminski
(413)572-6808
Painting
KEEP IT PAINTING– Klems
excellent
exterior
painting.
Interiors too. Specializing in all
aspects of quality painting and
staining. 25 years experience.
Free consultation. Steve (413)4778217
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Painting
Roofing
Help Wanted
Help Wanted
FORBES & SONS PAINTING &
STAINING, LLC Interior/ exterior
residential/
commercial/
new
constructions. Deck restorations,
minor carpentry repairs, wallpaper
removal. Owner operated since
1985. Free estimates. Insured.
(413)887-1987
SNOW AND RAIN PROBLEMS –
TRY GALVALUMNE METAL
ROOFING
20 COLORS AND CARRIES
A 40 YEAR WARRANTY
CALL FOR A FREE BROCHURE
FISH ASSOCIATES
413-596-4372
BRIMFIELD
FLEA
MARKET
Helpers during the 5/10-5/15
show. Work at Beer Booth. Call
(413)245-3145 for details. College
students welcome.
Tree Work
Positions available at
Professional Medical
Services, Inc.
Highest competitive rates &
mileage paid. EOE.
Call Denise. (413)289-9018
SEASONAL LIFEGUARD AND
SUMMER RECREATION
COUNSELOR
positions available for Warren
Parks & Recreation. Job description and applications available
at www.warren-ma.gov or at Town
Clerk's Office, 48 High Street,
Warren, MA. Mail applications to
Warren Parks & Rec., PO Box
609, Warren, MA 01083. Deadline
May 1, 2016. Town of Warren is
an EOE.
www.forbesandsonspainting.com
KEN’S PAINTING SERVICES
Interior/exterior painting and
staining, wallpaper removal and
repairs, quality products and
workmanship. Fully insured.
Free estimates.
(413)896-8264.
www.kenspainting.tech
QUABBIN PAINTING INTERIOR/
EXTERIOR PAINTING, handyman, house and deck powerwashing, deck staining, gutters
cleaned. Prompt professional
service. Fully insured. Call 413323-6425
[email protected]
Plumbing
LINC’S PLUMBING LIC #J27222
Scheduling Replacement
Heating Systems Now
Call LINC’S
For Your Connection
(413)668-5299
Roofing
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.
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.
AAA1 - TROM’S TREE SERVICE
Let me save you money. Tree
removal, hazard tree removal,
cordwood, stump grinding. We’re
fully insured and workmen’s comp.
for your protection.
Free
estimates. Mon.-Sun. Call Jason.
413-283-6374.
ATEKS TREE- HONEST, quality
tree service. From pruning to
house lot clearing. Fully insured.
Free estimates. Firewood sales.
(413)687-3220.
CNA’s, PCA’s, HHA’S,
SIGN ON BONUS
PART TIME WANTED to stack
firewood and run equipment. Must
be consistent. Tetreault & Son
(413)245-9615
Pets
BE A RESPONSIBLE PET
OWNER - Financially needy? Call
for assistance to spay/neuter your
cat/dog. (413)565-5383
CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR
ANIMALS.
RETIRED RACING
GREYHOUNDS AVAILABLE
FOR ADOPTION
spayed/neutered, wormed,
shots, heartworm tested,
teeth cleaned
Make a Fast Friend!
Greyhound Options Inc.
Call Mary at 413-566-3129
or Claire at 413-967-9088
or go to
www.greyhoundoptions.org
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.
BANK TELLERS
Hometown Bank is currently taking applications for part-time
and full-time tellers in each of our eight locations. The applicant
will provide account services to customers by cashing checks,
receiving and disbursing cash deposits, recording loan payments,
answering questions in person or on the telephone and refering
other bank services.
If you are a person with great customer skills, attention to detail,
have general math skills and teller or cash handling experience,
then forward your resume to Norma Collins, Human
Resources, 27 Sutton Avenue Oxford, MA 01540 or email to
[email protected]
We are an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered for positions
without regard to veteran status, uniformed service member status, race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information
or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
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
Athol t Auburn t Leominster t Oxford
South Lancaster t Sturbridge t Webster
hometowncoop.com
(508) 499.1903
Member FDIC / Member SIF
Equal Opportunity Employer
Help Wanted
Help Wanted
Driver/School Van – New
openings for PT school van drivers
in your area. Starting pay at $13
per hour with annual raises during
the first five years! Earn $13-$14
with
previous
experience.
Additional bonuses can increase
your average hourly rate up to
$15! 7D license bonus, first time
physicals paid! M-F split shift, 4-6
hours a day. Keep van at home.
Join Van Pool now by calling
David after 9:30 at (413)5991616. EEO
LOOKING FOR AN Assistant
Store Manager. Retail experience
required. Fork truck experience.
Daytime and weekend hours.
Please send resumé to Turley
Publications, Box K, 24 Water
Street, Palmer, MA 01069
NEIGHBORLY CLEANING &
Care is looking for mature,
responsible adults with own
transportation, experience and
references for a housekeeping
position. Mother’s hours, great
pay! Call Nancy today @
(413)267-4297.
PART
TIME
3RD
SHIFT
HOUSEKEEPING AND DIRECT
CARE 8-16HRS WK
PART TIME MED POUR/PASS,
COOKING AND DIRECT CARE
816 HRS WK
Brookhaven Assisted Care 19
West Main St. West Brookfield,MA
508-612-7525
PART TIME COACH cleaner
wanted. Must be able to work
early mornings and weekends.
Please call Lizak Bus Service
(413)436-5262.
PART-TIME WAITSTAFF and
bartenders needed for weddings
and functions. Minimum wage and
up depending on experience.
Harding Allen Estate (978)3554920.
SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS:
McCarthy & Sons- Brookfield,
Barre, Palmer now training for Fall
placement. $18.50 to $20.50
Bonus program, paid holidays,
snow days, sick time, Don't
hesitate,
limited
openings!!
Tantasqua/Quabbin/Pathfinder
Tech. Call Today 508-867-8704 or
download
an
app
from
www.mccarthybus.com
SEASONAL HIGHWAY EMPLOYEE Wanted. Temporary 12 week
Position- No Benefits. Work
Schedule 40 hr/week. Work
Location- Brookfield. Valid Class D
Driver’s License required. Position
will begin April 2016. Applications
available at Brookfield Highway
Garage, 56 Mill St. Brookfield, MA
01506
SMALL
LOCAL
TRUCKING
company is seeking a reliable
class A truck driver with experience. Regional & OTR work.
Home often. Strong customer
base with year round work.
Competitive pay & ability to make
a great income with possible lease
to own program as well. Paper
logs.
Apply
Now
at
www.anatrucking.com or in person
at
113
Bethany
Road,
Monson (413)267-0007
THE TOWN OF New Braintree is
looking for a full-time Highway
Department Laborer. CDL & Class
B licenses required and hydraulics
license helpful. Please call
Highway Superintendent Richard
Ayer
at
(508)867-2451
or
(508)847-2628.
US POSTAL SERVICE now
hiring. (800)278-0147, $21/hr. avg.
w/Fed. Ben. incl. to start. FT/ PT.
NOT affiliated w/ USPS.
Reaching our online readers and homes in
50 local communities every week.
ADVERTISER NEWS
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West Springfield MA 01089
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Fax: (413) 786-8457
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5 Exchange Street
P. O. Box 448
Barre, MA 01005
(978) 355-4000
Fax: (978) 355-6274
◗ QUABOAG CURRENT
80 Main Street
Ware, MA 01082
(413) 967-3505
Fax: (413) 967-6009
◗ THE CHICOPEE
REGISTER
24 Water Street
Palmer, MA 01069
(413) 592-3599
Fax: (413) 592-3568
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P.O. Box 429, 5 Main Street
Huntington, MA 01050
(413) 667-3211
Fax: (413) 667-3011
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24 Water Street
Palmer, MA 01069
(413) 612-2310
Fax: (413) 592-3568
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REGISTER
24 Water Street
Palmer, MA 01069
(413) 283-8393
Fax: (413) 289-1977
◗ THE SHOPPING
GUIDE
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Palmer, MA 01069
(413) 283-8393
Fax: (413) 289-1977
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P. O. Box 601
Belchertown, MA 01007
(413) 323-5999
Fax: (413)323-9424
◗ THE SOUTHWICK
NEWS
380 Union St Ste 52
West Springfield MA 01089
(413) 786-7747
Fax: (413) 786-8457
◗ THE WARE
RIVER NEWS
80 Main Street
Ware, MA 01082
(413) 967-3505
Fax: (413) 967-6009
◗ THE TOWN
REMINDER
24 Water Street
Palmer, MA 01069
(413) 536-5333
Fax: (413) 536-5334
◗ WILBRAHAM
HAMPDEN TIMES
24 Water Street
Palmer, MA 01069
(413) 682-0007
Fax: (413) 682-0013
24 Water Street
Palmer, MA 01069
(413) 283-8393
Fax: (413) 289-1977
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109 West St.
Ware, MA 01082
www.Century21ToomeyLovett.com
Ware:
413-967-6326
800-486-2121
West Brookfield:
508-867-7064
Bernice Giard Realty
774-262-6667
WARE: Very affordable, all done
over, ready to move in, cheaper
than rent. $90,000.
Our inventory is LOW!
LOOKING FOR
SINGLE FAMILY HOMES
If you want your home
sold this year, call us
for a free Market Analysis!!!
Dorrinda
O’Keefe-Shea
Jill Stolgitis
Mary Hicks
Alan Varnum
Bruce Martin
Joe Chenevert
Michael
McQueston
ALL REAL ESTATE advertised
herein is subject to the Federal
Fair Housing Act, which makes it
illegal
to
advertise
“any
preference,
limitation,
or
discrimination because of race,
color, religion, sex, handicap,
familial status, or national origin,
or intention to make any such
preference,
limitation,
or
discrimination.” We will not
knowingly accept any advertising
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.
WARE- SPACIOUS 2 bedroom
apartment, third floor, electric
heat. Good area. $575 monthly,
water, sewer, trash removal
included. 1st & security. No Pets.
Available April 1st! Call (413)9677772.
978-434-1990
413-477-8780
508-612-4794
508-867-2727
508-523-0114
508-331-9031
508-362-0533
Mobile Homes
House
for Sale
For Rent
HILLSIDE VILLAGE
APARTMENTS
FOR RENT
Real Estate
WEST BROOKFIELD,
$449,900.
Antique Cape, 4 Bedrooms,
plus Nursery, 2.5 Baths.
Gourmet
Kitchen
Island,
overlook Large enclosed Porch.
Potential Artist Studio 20 x 30
with loading dock. 3 Acres.
✦
For Rent
GOT KNEE PAIN? Back Pain?
Shoulder Pain? Get a painrelieving brace at little or no cost
to you. Medicare Patients, call
Health Hotline now! (800)2796038.
OAKHAM, LAKE DEAN Area,
Ranch House & Rental Cabin
$219,900. 2 Car Garage, 4
Bedrooms, 2 Baths, & Laundry
Room.
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WALES 2 BEDROOMS, 14’x70’.
Appliances, shingle roof, 2 decks,
nice yard. Own $487 monthly
mortgage. Built-in bureaus. 413593-9961
DASAP.MHVILLAGE.COM
WARREN A MODERN Studio/
$550 and 1 BR $650 with new
kitchen, carpet and appliances.
Free hot water. Beautiful rural
setting with a mountain view.
Located on 67. Please call
(413)436-5301
Applications now being
accepted for one, two and
three bedroom apartments
All real estate advertising in this
newspaper is subject to the Federal
Fair Housing Act of 1968, which makes
it illegal to advertise any preference,
limitation or discrimination based on
race, color, religion, sex, handicap,
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.
WARE- BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY 3
BR TOWNHOUSE APT. $850
plus utilities, w/d hook-up, storage.
No smoking, no pets. Credit
check/references (413)320-5784.
PALMER 2 BR Condo, 1st fl, 1
bath, electric heat, w/d hook-up.
No pets/ smoking. Section 8 OK.
$850/mo (413)687-1444.
WARE TWO BR, 2nd fl. $700.
Clean, safe, sunny, yard, deck,
laundry,
parking.
Close
to
downtown. Call (508)867-3823.
No Pets
THREE RIVERS HIGH Street.
Three bedroom duplex. First, last
& security. $725.00 a month.
(413)297-3577
PALMER 1 BR. 2nd fl. Available
ASAP $700 First, last. No utilities.
No smoking. No pets (413)2625245 Lori
WARE- 3 BR, 1.5 bath Condo. No
smoking. No utilities. $1,000 first,
last. Available ASAP. (413)2625245
•Heat and hot water included
•Ample Closets
•Fully Applianced
•Community Room
•Laundry Facilities
•Cats Welcome
•Extra Storage
•24 Hour Maintenance
For Information call
(413)967-7755 EHO
17 Convent Hill, Ware, MA
Vacation Rentals
Auto Parts
USED AUTO PARTS, 91-day
guarantee.
Large
inventory,
engines, transmissions, radiators,
tires, glass. Excellent service, junk
car removal. Amherst-Oakham
Auto Recycling Coldbrook Road,
Oakham. 1-800-992-0441.
Autos Wanted
$$$ AUTOS WANTED TOP Dollar
paid for your unwanted cars,
trucks, vans, big and small,
running or not. Call 413-534-5400.
Find Your
New Pet
in Our
Classifieds
WARM WEATHER IS year round
in Aruba. The water is safe, and
the dining is fantastic. Walk out to
the beach. 3-bedroom weeks
available. Sleeps 8. $3500. Email:
[email protected] for more
information.
Auto For Sale
2005 PONTIAC GRAND AM, six
cylinder, red. Good overall
condition. Call or text Rick
(978)503-4503. Good second car.
Asking $1,850.
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Water District
holding annual
meeting
BELCHERTOWN – The annual
meeting of the Belchertown Water
District will be held Tuesday, April 19
at the Belchertown Water District, 206
Jabish St., Belchertown.
Polls are open from 6 to 8 p.m. One
commissioner will be elected for a term
of three years. The annual meeting will
begin at 6:30 p.m. The special meeting
will begin at 6:25 p.m. The warrant
containing the articles to be acted upon
has been posted on the official bulletin
board in Lawrence Memorial Hall, at
the bulletin board corner Bay Road and
Metacomet, on the bulletin board at the
sound end of the common, and the bulletin board at the Old Town Hall. All
registered voters of Belchertown residing in the water district are eligible to
vote in district affairs.
Family Center
hosting Zoo
on the Go
Traveling with The Sentinel
BELCHERTOWN – Zoo on the
Go, a traveling educational program
from Forest Park Zoo, will be visiting the Family Center with some
very special friends on Friday, May
6. Because there is a maximum of 20
people for the presentation, and so
that everyone has a chance to interact
with the animals, there will be two
presentations. The first presentation
will be at 1 p.m. and the second will
be at 1:40 p.m. Each presentation is
30 minutes.
If you plan on attending, please
contact Lori Allen at 413-835-5201
or at [email protected]
or go to the center to sign up. Sign
ups must be received by May 2.
The Sentinel tagged along with Nadine Natle to her second Road to the Horse in
Lexington, Kentucky. She met two “great friends” there, Carol Ross and Phyllis
McLearney. Are you taking a vacation? Pack us in your suitcase, snap a photo and
email it to [email protected]. We’d love to see where you’ve taken us!
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