26 • COMMUNITY ADVOCATE • Friday, October 8, 2021
COMMUNITY BUSINESS Hudson Trading thrives with strong reputation for serving the community By Jeff Theodore Contributing Writer HUDSON - What sets Hudson Trading and Loan, LLC apart from other pawnshops? Stewart Medoff, owner of the popular store since it opened 24 years ago on Main Street, credits his success to continuity and trust. “We have a homegrown reputation. My manager, Dana, grew up in the area and his father worked here before he did,” Medoff says. Patrons know they can trust Medoff and his staff. “We are straight, upfront and consistent,” he says. “We are licensed by the [town] and overseen by the state. If we aren’t honest, we can be shut down. Sometimes people who pawn their items here for $5,000 loans are nervous about getting their stuff back. I tell them to call the police
Trading is the largest independent buyer of scrap gold and silver coins and jewelry in MetroWest and the sole pawnshop between Boston and Worcester. A jewelry salesman for more than four decades, Medoff initially had no intention of entering the pawn business. “In the mid-90s, a guy who worked for a jewelry store I did business with went to work for his brother-in-law who opened a pawn shop,” Medoff recalls. “I was intrigued because I had never been in a pawn shop before. It was a perfect symmetry for me to open a pawn shop because it was both a source and an outlet for jewelry.” For the first time in his life, Medoff decided to put together a business plan to open his own pawn shop. The shop specializes in buying and selling gold and silver
Stewart Medoff, Founder and Owner (l) and Manager Dana Balthazar
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coins and bullion as well as karat jewelry. They also make collateral loans. Additionally, Medoff and his staff make house calls to buy and appraise jewelry from estates. Medoff says he’s noticed an increased interest in buying silver these days. “It’s more affordable than gold,” he says. A while ago, Medoff decided to reinvent his retail pawn business and create a larger online presence through his website, hudsonpawnbrokers. com. “We decided to concentrate on selling silver coins and bullion as well as gold,” Medoff says. “Our prices are competitive with online dealers,” he says. “We have good stock in coins
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and bullion. Another advantage is that you can walk out of our pawn shop with the coins or bullion in your hands.” For Medoff, the pawn business has paid off, just like he planned it. “Everything is a risk and there are no guarantees for success, but I took a chance and it has worked,” he says. “Oh, and did I mention we have type 1 and type 2 US silver eagles in stock?” Hudson Trading and Loan, LLC is located at 109 Main St. in Hudson. Individuals can also call at 978-562-1068.
By Jesse Kucewicz Contributing Writer SHREWSBURY - Songbird Dental, the Shrewsbury dental practice first opened by Dr. Luciana Messina in August of 2016, officially broke ground on its future location at 235/237 Main St. in Shrewsbury last week. The new building is just a mile and a half from Songbird Dental’s current location in downtown Shrewsbury. In addition to building a new home for her practice, this will be the first commercial real estate project for Luvin Realty, the group formed by Dr. Messina and her husband, Vincent Messina. The new build will allow the couple to expand upon Dr. Luciana’s current practice and leave
room for continued growth in the future. “She wanted to grow a little bit, and she really didn’t have a lot of space,” Vincent told the Community Advocate. “The look and feel are going to be slightly different and a little bit more our own.” In addition to expanding the practice, the Messinas are excited for the opportunity to build equity in their own property, all without the limitations of the current location. “It’s the simple matter of just owning your own world,” Vincent Messina said. “With this, there is no restriction, and she can basically do what she wants to do.” Songbird Dental is expecting to officially open in its new building in March of next year.
