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A once-segregated garden honors the Black workers who built it, Page F2
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Above: Views of the Norfolk Botanical Garden. Of the 220 workers who built the gardens, 79 have been identified so far. At right, “Breaking Ground” is a bronze sculpture honoring the 220 Black workers. The cover photo features the botanical garden’s new $50 million Garden of Tomorrow. (PHOTOS KRISTEN ZEIS / THE WASHINGTON POST)
A once-segregated botanical garden honors the Black workers who built it By Ashley Stimpson
visited the garden. All that changed, however, about a decade ago. In 2007, HEN HELEN Ferguson Williams Helen got a call from Martha McClenny Williams (no was a girl, she begged her moth- relation to Helen), a member of the garden’s board of er, Mary Elizabeth Ferguson, directors. Helen’s mother, to take her to the Norfolk Botanical Garden. She wanted Martha Williams told her, was to be in the crowd when the the last known living worker of the Black, mostly female Azalea Queen —often the daughter of a U.S. president or crew who built the garden in a foreign dignitary —received the late 1930s, a project of the Works Progress Adminisher crown of flowers. tration, which was created in Years later, Helen’s niece asked Mary Elizabeth to take 1935 to put Americans back her to the garden to see the to work during the Great Depression. Christmas lights, a display that attracts more than Mary Elizabeth Ferguson 100,000 visitors each year. was 19 when she was hired by In both instances, the answer the WPA in 1938, the mother of a young son with an out-ofwas the same. work husband. She would be “She kept saying no, she didn’t want to go out there,” one of 200 African American women and 20 African Amersays Helen, 74. ican men who worked through So, no one in the Norfolk-based Ferguson family, bitter winters and brutal which eventually included summers, felling massive throngs of grandchildren and trees, moving wheelbarrows great-grandchildren, ever of heavy sludge and planting
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thousands of flowers on the swampy, snake-infested land that became the Norfolk Botanical Garden. Because of Jim Crow laws, the workers were not allowed to enter the garden after the work was complete. Even when segregation ended around 1965, many of them never visited, including Ferguson. And she never talked about the sweat and sore muscles that made it possible. “They wanted to put that painful past behind them,” says Martha Williams, explaining that before the Great Depression, the women had been educators, seamstresses and nurses. “They had done the work but didn’t tell anyone.” That long silence has been an obstacle in the Norfolk Botanical Garden’s ongoing mission to identify and honor all 220 workers, which it does every September during its WPA Heritage Day (this year
on Sept. 20), when descendants of the 79 WPA workers located so far gather to read their names out loud. And this year is even more significant. Yesterday, the garden publicly unveiled a new memorial to those original gardeners: a custom chandelier by Dale Chihuly, a celebrated glass artist known for his massive and colorful installations. It hangs above the new $50 million Garden of Tomorrow — a conservatory built to house and protect the world’s most threatened plants. A riot of pinks and reds and purples, the chandelier features every shade of azalea that the workers planted. “It is an honor to have my work become a part of the Norfolk Botanical Garden’s permanent collection and its history,” Chihuly said in an email. “I hope it captures the spirit and dedication of the 220 WPA workers who first shaped the azalea garden.”
“They had done the work but didn’t tell anyone.” Martha Williams
The story behind the blooms In the mid-1930s, city leaders in Norfolk set out to build an azalea garden on 100 sodden acres just north of downtown, hoping to imitate the success of similar gardens in Charleston, South Carolina, which drew scores of tourists even during the Great Depression. The WPA awarded the city a grant of $76,278 and assigned it to a crew of 220 Black workers. Each was issued a shovel, pickax, rake and bucket. One of those workers was Marie Freeman Davis Boyd. To her granddaughter Barbara Rice, she was Big Mama. Growing up, Rice spent a lot of time with Boyd, learning to cook and sew. “She taught me on one of those old Singer sewing machines with the pedal, and I used to sit on the floor SEE NORFOLK, PAGE F3
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Guests explore the butterfly garden at the Norfolk Botanical Garden. (KRISTEN ZEIS / THE WASHINGTON POST)
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by her, and I would push the pedal,” recalls Rice, 81, who lives in Virginia Beach. That’s when Big Mama shared stories about her days on the WPA crew. “It was a swamp, so it was infested with mosquitoes and snakes and other animals,” Rice says. “She did wear a dress but also thick, thick rubber galoshes because they were standing in water and mud, and, if you got too close to a snake, it would bite into the rubber instead of your skin.” In the winter, workers wrapped their legs in rags to keep warm. Boyd told her granddaughter that she was picked up every morning by a government truck, carrying with her all the food and water she would need for the day. There were no bathrooms or drinking water at the work site. “If you needed to go, you had to find a tree or a bush or something,” Rice says, “and the other ladies would kind of watch and kind of keep an eye out for you.” Over four years, using only hand tools, the women and men cleared 75 acres, cutting down 70-foot pines and wrenching stumps from the muck. They hauled the equivalent of 150 truckloads of dirt to build a levee for the surrounding lake. And they planted 4,000 azaleas, 2,000 rhododendrons and several thousand camellias, shrubs and daffodils that still delight the garden’s half-million annual visitors. It was backbreaking work for just 25 cents an hour but still more than they could get from government relief funds. By the time the project ran out of WPA money
in 1942, the 220 workers had created a world-class garden, one lauded on the cover of National Geographic. “There was so much recognition, but no one ever mentioned the people who actually did the work to make this beautiful garden,” Martha Williams says. Finding the gardeners In 2003, a group of middle school students made it their class project to encourage diversity at the Norfolk Botanical Garden. At the time, Martha Williams says, “there was absolutely minimal African American attendance at the garden.” Assisted by Martha Williams, the students began researching the garden’s origins and discovered the story that had been virtually forgotten in the intervening decades. Hoping to create an oral history, the students placed an ad in the local paper looking for family members of the workers. Staff announced the search at civic club meetings, community festivals and church events. Altogether, the students found 11 children of those who had worked on the garden. Their project ended in 2005, but Martha Williams, who now serves as the garden’s historian, continued the search. Over 20 years, she has located an additional 67 descendants and even found one living worker — Mary Elizabeth Ferguson. But even then, it took Ferguson, who opened her own beauty salon after her stint in the WPA, a few years to visit the garden. “I don’t think any of the ladies, including my mom, really wanted to go back there after everything they had been through,” Helen Williams says.
Eventually, Ferguson agreed to visit in 2009, on the garden’s inaugural WPA Garden Heritage Day, to unveil a bronze sculpture called “Breaking Ground” that honored the women and men who had toiled there. Seventy years after the government truck dropped her off at home for the last time, Ferguson climbed into a stretch limousine the garden had sent to retrieve her. “She just loved that,” says Helen Williams. “She loved the
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attention.” Ferguson returned for Heritage Day —often with dozens of family members at her side — every year until she died in 2017 at age 97. Meanwhile, the search for the workers continues. “If you heard stories in your family or if you have some pictures, we’d like to talk with you more and find out if your family member may have worked at the garden,” Martha Williams says. Workers would have been born between 1885 and 1922
and been a resident of the city of Norfolk during the Great Depression. Helen Williams says that discovering her mother’s story has made the garden, once off-limits, a central meeting place for Ferguson’s family. “I love going there. My mom’s children, my children, my grandchildren and great-grandchildren — they all love going there,” she says. “They love going to where great-great grandma was.”
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Growing figs in cold climates
OW TEMPERATURES, ALONG with overcast sky that’s periodically sneezing raindrops, doesn’t conjure up weather we usually associate with fig harvest. Still, I just returned from the greenhouse with near overflowing handfuls of dead ripe figs. This harvest does highlight one of the many characteristics of figs that makes it possible to grow them in cold climates. The particular characteristic, in this case, is the plant’s rather unique way of bearing fruit. In contrast to a peach tree, which bears fruits on one-year-old stems, or an apple tree, which bears on stems two, three, or more years old, fig tree might bear fruit on new, growing shoots; on 1-year-old stems; or on both new, growing shoots and on 1-year-old stems. So it’s not necessary to have stems survive winter in order to get a crop the following season. You can cut back stems in order to more easily protect a plant from cold or to make it easier to move a plant to a protected winter home. How your plant bears fruit depends on both the variety and how you prune it. Another way figs accommodate us cold-climate-fig-growers is by tolerating a surprising amount of winter cold. Figs are not tropical plants, shivering at temperatures below even 50 degrees Fahrenheit, but subtropical plants, enjoying a certain amount of cold weather and even tolerating temperatures down
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As growth begins in spring, remove any new shoots arising from below the top few inches of the trunk(s). Prune likewise if you overwinter your plant by some other method such as digging up your plant each fall, bagging its roots, moving it to a cold but not frigid home for winter, then planting it back into the hole in spring. And likewise, again, if you’re opting for overwintering a plant by bending its stems to or below ground level, then covering them with a tarp and mulch for insulation against bitter cold. (I go into more detail on pruning figs, including pruning for two crops per season, as well as other as aspects of “Growing Figs in Cold Climates,” which is the title of my book, available from the usual sources or www.leereich. com/books.) I was surprised at today’s fig harvest. Fig trained as espalier in the greenhouse with long, new shoots and figs develTrue, the plants are growing in a greenoping in almost every leaf axil. (LEE REICH PHOTO) house, but the temperature within on to 15 or 20 degrees Fahrenheit. originate, the sooner they ripen. A two a cool, cloudy day is about the same as I once stuck some fig cuttings in the to three foot stem typically suffices, with outdoors. ground outdoors here in Zone 5. They fruits ripening on new shoots that origiI was out of town so that harvest reprooted, but I eventually got distracted nate from near the top of the old stem. resents a few day’s ripening. with other plants and forgot about them. So if you’re growing one of the But given a sunny day, the greenhouse They died back to the ground that winmany fig varieties that bears fruit on will warm and ripening will be haster but surprised me by sprouting from new shoots and you’re growing it in a tened. ground level the next spring! container, make sure to leave one or A typical problem with greenhouse Fruits did form along the new shoots, more 2- to 3-foot stems. Retain them as figs is too much growth, self-shading, as expected, but those fruits didn’t permanent trunks, and every year, when and rotting fruits because of the tangled have time to ripen. The higher up along the plant is dormant, cut all stems back mess of branches. SEE REICH, PAGE F6 an old stem from which new shoots to that trunk.
den at Tower Hill as part of the garden’s 40th anniversary celebration. WEST SPRINGFIELD The purpose of the show is West Springfield to expose to and educate the HAMPDEN viewing public about floral Garden Club design as an art form as well meeting Hampden Garden as to the vast world of hortiThe West Springfield GarBOYLSTON culture. There will also be edClub meeting den Club will meet on Sept. ucational displays focusing on National Garden horticulture or conservation. 17 at 6 p.m. in the J. Edward On Thursday, Sept. 17, at 7 While the show is held at p.m., the Hampden Garden Christian Municipal Office Club Specialty Tower Hill, entries are expectBuilding, 26 Central St. Park- Club will host John Galvan, Flower Show ing is available in the mued from throughout the New presenting his program “All England area. Design entries About Berries.” Galvan is a nicipal lot across the street. The Central North District will showcase the talent Gather in the Justin Morgan small-fruit specialist with the and the Western & Central Auditorium on the second South District of the Garden around us and the horticulUMass Extension Fruit Profloor. The guest speaker will Club Federation of Massachu- ture entries will amaze with gram. He works closely with be the president of the West the variety of specimens in growers across Massachusetts setts will present a National Springfield Garden Club, Pau- and New England to support Garden Club Specialty Flower our own back yards. la Vosburgh. She will discuss The design division is Show, “Elevated Blooms: blueberry, strawberries, Celebrating 40 Years at Tower open to any National Garden “The Ins and Outs of Adding grapes and bramble producClub-affiliated Garden Club Hill” from Oct. 23 to 25. The tion. The program will be at a Pond to Your Landscape.” Water plants and fish will also the new meeting location member. The horticulture diShow will be hosted by the at the Town Hall (formerly be discussed. The public is vision is open to any amateur New England Botanical Garwelcome to attend. Contact BeckyJean at beckyjean@ beckyjeanthompson.com to RSVP.
Thornton W. Burgess Middle School), 85 Wilbraham Road, Hampden, Room A7. Guests are asked to use the library entrance. There is a $5 fee for nonmembers of the garden club.
gardener — they do not have to be a garden club member. Educational Exhibits are open to any individual or organization. The Show will be open to the public, Friday, Oct. 23, and Saturday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to the show is included with general garden admission. Admission is free for NEBG members. For more information or to request a schedule for the show, including contact and entry information, please contact the general chair, Beate Bolen, at beatebolen@ gmail.com. Send items for Garden Notes to pmastriano@repub.com two weeks prior to publication.
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area can go a long way 11 tips for using open storage hanging toward creating harmony,” Pearson says. without adding to clutter By Jolie Kerr
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PEN STORAGE, WHETHer in the kitchen, living room, closet or in such functional spaces as mudrooms, basements or garages, has plenty of benefits. Open shelving or racks provide easy access to your things and can make a room feel brighter and more open than spaces with hidden or closed storage like cabinets or drawers. Open storage and shelving, however, “require much more intention than most people realize,” says Micaela Quinton, director of design at Copper Sky Design + Remodel. “The best open-shelving designs look effortless, but in reality, achieving that look often takes years of collecting and thoughtful arranging. Without a thoughtful approach, open shelving tends to create visual clutter, rather than a sense of openness, making a space feel busier instead of calmer.” Visual clutter — too many objects competing for attention — can leave a room looking messy or disorganized, affecting both the aesthetic and functionality of the space. Getting open storage right can be tricky, but these expert tips can help you figure out how to make it work.
repetition,” Quinton says. Using larger items and leaving space for them to breathe also helps prevent visual clutter. “Overfilling shelves adds to the clutter,” says Steve Counihan, a general manager at California Closets. Delineate between decorative storage and functional storage “I think of open storage in two categories,” Quinton says, “decorative storage and functional storage.” First, designate basements, garages and secondary hallways as functional storage spaces for such items as jackets, umbrellas, bags, shoes and sports gear. “The goal is to keep the visual noise of everyday life out of your primary living spaces and your constant view,” she says. Then, treat open storage in the kitchen or family room as a place to decorate. But remember, Quinton adds, that “empty space is just as important as what you’re displaying. Editing down is critical, and when in doubt, remove something.”
Prioritize containment One key to making open storage work, without looking cluttered or messy, is using containers - especially ones that add visual interest or reflect your style. “Whether it’s clear plastic bins, fabric or rattan Use open storage to display baskets, or jars and large bowls, your most beautiful things containers keep open storage tidy, organized and visually appealing,” Open storage can make a room feel light and airy, but it’s not meant says Jennifer Pearson, a design lead to store anything and everything, at California Closets. says Catherine Balding, the Set limits co-owner of Balding Design Build. “The challenge is finding a balCounihan recommends limiting ance between form and function. what you display: “Don’t comEverything we store is not always pletely fill up every shelf.” Instead, visually appealing, such as cleaning group similar items to create visual products or first-aid supplies.” cohesion and routinely tidy and edit Balding suggests reserving open to keep the space functional and orshelving for items that are aesderly. “Open storage requires good habits to stay organized,” he says, thetically pleasing, such as books, “especially if you have items that baskets and glassware, including aren’t just for display purposes.” decorative jars or vases. “We recommend thinking about overall Matching creates visual order cohesion in the room,” she says. An easy way to keep things look“For example, a set of matching ing organized is to use matching teacups are typically going to play and/or coordinating containers. better than a mixture of your more sentimental mugs with unique and “Mixing different bins, baskets or containers can cause visual and varied designs.” mental disorganization,” Counihan Think big says. Mismatched hangers, too, are an often-overlooked source of visuDisplaying fewer, larger pieces instead of a lot of small items or al clutter. “Something as simple as mixing in artwork “breaks up the using matching hangers in an open
Store like with like Grouping such things as office supplies, decorations or books is an easy way to make open storage work efficiently. “Keep similar items batched together and create designated zones for each category,” says Pearson, who recommends labeling opaque containers. “Using labels on storage bins or shelf edges ensures the family knows just where to place items to keep the clutter tidy.” Use spacers for stacked piles Stacks of towels, sweaters and T-shirts are prone to toppling on shelves that are too wide. “Shelf spacing can be a challenge,” Pearson says. To keep stacks from leaning or falling over, use shelf dividers to create structure. Skip the wall hooks Adding wall hooks to create more storage can backfire in open storage settings. “This immediately creates visual clutter,” Quinton says. “Only utilize wall hooks in a hidden or out-of-sight location.” Don’t forget about dust “Remember that anything stored on a shelf or in an open manner will be subject to dust over time,” Balding says. This is especially true in kitchens, where sticky residue from cooking oils builds up and traps dust. “A big mistake I see is an overuse of open shelving in the kitchen,” Quinton says. “Open kitchen shelving only works if you’re committed to it. Everything is on display, so your dishes and accessories need to look curated and cohesive, and you’ll need to clean them regularly.” Also consider dust when selecting items to display in open storage and consider changes to make the space more functional. “An alternative would be to add glass doors to minimize dust while keeping the open storage for display items,” Counihan says. Remove it Finally, if the open storage in your home simply isn’t working, “don’t be afraid to remove it,” Quinton says. Removing or even reducing the number of shelves creates space that can calm a room that has started to feel overcrowded. “A little open shelving can add warmth and character,” she says. “Too much and I suggest getting a sledgehammer out.”
Main crop figs form on new shoots of the season. (LEE REICH PHOTO)
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My greenhouse figs stay neat and trim because I train them as espaliers, which is an ancient method of training plants to two-dimensional patterns that are decorative, formal and, for fruits, very productive. Espaliered branches all bathe in sunlight and air. My fig espalier is especially easy to prune. Along the back wall of my greenhouse, I trained one of my fig plants to the shape of a low, branching T. Off the top of the 18-inch-high trunk grow horizontal arms, called “cordons,” each running in opposite directions parallel to the ground and to the wall. In early spring, new shoots appear. I retain upright shoots originating about eight inches apart along the cordons; all other shoots are removed. Major pruning takes place at season’s end. All that’s needed is to cut back any new shoots developing along the trunk and to cut every vertical shoot down to the cordon from which it sprang. Once a cordon has grown the desired length, I cut all new growth from its tip back to its origin for that season. That’s it! Because new shoots originate some distance from the roots — the distance being up the trunk and at various places along the cordons — ripening begins earlier than if the plant had been cut back more severely. (I’m experimenting with growing espaliers outdoors, trained at or below ground level, and covered, as protection from winter cold.) Right now, figs have formed up and down along those vertical shoots, ripening more or less sequentially from the bottom up. Ripening will continue as long as warmth and sunshine allow.
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Terry & Kim Kovel | Antiques & Collecting
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ASTILLO” IS ONE of the most famous names in Mexican silver. The four Castillo brothers — Antonio, Jorge, Miguel and Justo — founded their workshop, Los Castillo, in 1939. Like many midcentury Mexican silversmiths, they had all trained at William Spratling’s Taxco workshop. They, in turn, trained other silversmiths who went on to found their own workshops. Some of them were additional family, like their cousin Salvador Teran. Antonio Castillo’s wife, Margot van Voorhies Carr, was another one of their silversmiths and she founded the Margot de Taxco workshop after they divorced. The Castillo name is still active in the world of Mexican silver. Antonio Castillo’s daughter Emilia is one of the country’s greatest contemporary silversmiths, attracting international attention when Neiman Marcus started selling her work in 1990. She continues using the mixed metals, nature imagery, and stone, enamel, and abalone embellishments that characterize much of Los Castillo’s work. Figural birds are a favorite decoration, often appearing as a handle on a silver pitcher. They are used in other ways, too. For example, a parrot decorated with colorful inlaid stone perches on top of each of a pair of Emilia Castillo chairs that sold for $3,000 at New Orleans Auction. The chair backs maintain the nature motif with scrolling metal leaves and vines whose patina gives them a realistic green color.
made in Japan for export during the mid-20th century and distributed in the United States by the Circle Import Export Co., which was based in California. At the time, there were many Japanese companies that made porcelain giftware for the American market. Hand-painted dishes, figurines, and inexpensive replicas of fine porcelain pieces were popular. Kelvin’s products included painted porcelain dishes and bisque figurines of birds, animals, and children. Some of their most popular pieces among collectors today are their “birthday dolls,” bisque figurines of children that came with a tag with a short celebratory poem. The Kelvin brand name was apparently active into the 1980s, although production had moved to Taiwan. We haven’t found the same pattern or item you describe, but we believe your ashtrays are authentic Kelvin Fine China based on the mark. Similar mid-20th-century ashtray sets made in Japan usually sell for about $30 to $50.
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My old regulator schoolhouse clock used to belong to my parents, but I am not sure exactly how old it is or where it may have come from. Do you know how I can find out more about it?
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The earliest regulator clocks were made in Europe in the 18th century. They were wall-mounted and had weight-driven movements and How can I tell if my Kel- long pendulums to make them vin Fine China ashtrays are more accurate than the tall case authentic? I have a set of four (grandfather) clocks that were shaped like spades (like the popular at the time. Because card suit) that stack to fit in a they were built for accuracy, holder. They are white with they usually had plain designs and no chimes; they only struck gold wheat sprigs. the hour. They were often used I cannot find a set like them and think they may for professional or scientific purposes, such as in clockmakbe very rare. The back is marked “Kelvin Fine China” er’s shops and observatories. underneath a crown, and Some of the most famous there is a peeling black stick- regulator clocks were made in Vienna, Austria, throughout the er that reads “Kelvin China 19th century. By the late 1800s, Japan.”
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Mexican silversmith Emilia Castillo upholds the legacy of her family’s craft, creating eye-catching pieces with mixed metals, stone inlay, and nature imagery. (PHOTO COURTESY NEW ORLEANS AUCTION)
many American clockmakers like E. Howard & Co., Gilbert, and Seth Thomas were producing regulator clocks. The style that collectors call “schoolhouse,” usually made with a wood case, an octagonal frame around the dial, and a drop front with a pendulum behind a glass door, was often seen in public buildings like schoolhouses, train stations, and post offices because of their precise timekeeping and the large dials and simple designs that made them easy to read. Starting in the 1920s, some companies stenciled “Regulator” on the glass door of pendulum wall clocks as a sign of quality and accuracy. Check your clock for a maker’s mark. That may help you find out additional information about it, such as its age. There are plenty of resources available about historic American clockmakers. Look for books like “American Shelf and Wall Clocks” by Robert W.D. Ball or “The Warner Collector’s Guide to American Clocks” by Anita Schorsch at your library, or contact a collector’s club like the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors, Inc. (nawcc.org). Remember
that your clock might be more recent than you expect. Many antique clock designs have been reproduced. TIP: If you live in an apartment and are a collector, be sure to get renter’s insurance and check your coverage. You may not be covered for water damage if it’s caused by broken plumbing in a suite above yours or water backup in your own apartment. Kovels answers readers’ questions sent to the column. Send a letter with one question describing the size, material (glass, pottery) and what you know about the item. Include only two pictures: the object and a close-up of any marks or damage. Be sure your name and return address are included. By sending a question, you give full permission for use in any Kovel product. Names, addresses or email addresses will not be published. We do not guarantee the return of photographs, but if a stamped envelope is included, we will try. Questions that are answered will appear in Kovels Publications. Write to Kovels, The Republican, King Features Syndicate, 300 W. 57th Street, 41st Floor, New York, NY 10019, or email us at collectorsgallery@ kovels.com.
Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions. Capo-di-monte, figurine, woman, holding bird, 18th-century costume, bicorne hat, blue jacket, pink-flowered skirt, blond hair, grassy base, gilt scrolls, crowned “N” mark, 16 inches, $30. Furniture, cupboard, jelly, oak, dark brown, shaped gallery, two drawers over paneled doors, paneled sides, shaped bracket base, porcelain pulls, 48 x 43 inches, $70. Depression glass, Cameo, candy jar, lid, tapered base, round foot, green, Anchor Hocking, 1930s, 6 3/4 inches, $135. Toy, robot, Super Astronaut, Rotate-O-Matic, walks, body rotates, lights blink, shooting noise, battery operated, box, SH Toys, Japan, 14 inches, $160. Bank, Colonial Home, dark green roof, center chimney, pierced windows, cast iron, A.C. Williams, 1890s, 3 x 2 1/2 inches, $270. Coca-Cola, carousel horse, leaping, painted, white, gray mane and tail, brown saddle, red and blue blanket, cast aluminum, red base, script logo, 50 x 57 inches, $435. Rug, hooked, geometric, multicolor stripes, gray diamonds, wool, cotton backing, Arts & Crafts, runner, 2 feet x 8 feet, $605. Silver-Chinese, sugar, globular, relief dragon, short collar, bamboo style handles, Chinese Export, marked, Hung Chong, c. 1900, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches, $960. Tramp art, box, hinged lid, chip carved, pincushion top, small mirror on front, geometric panels, green felt interior, 8 x 11 inches, $1,310. Paris, vase, pillow shape, painted, portrait, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, inscription on reverse, gilt trim, late 19th century, 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, $2,030.
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Mortgage rates climb Average rate on a 30-year home loan hits the highest level in more than 14 months By Alex Veiga
Associated Press
Mortgage rates rose for the third week in a row, pushing the average long-term U.S. home loan rate to its highest level in over 14 months. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rose to 6.76% from 6.71% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the average rate was 6.35%. Higher mortgage rates can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, limiting homebuyers’ purchasing power. As rates rise, that can also lead prospective home shoppers to delay buying a home, one reason U.S. home sales remain largely stagnant again this year. The average rate is now the highest it’s been since June 26, 2025, when it was at 6.77%. Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, often sought by borrowers refinancing a home loan, also rose this week. That average rate increased to 6.09% from 6.04% last week. A year ago, it was at 5.5%. Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, including inflation, broader policy rate decisions from the Federal Reserve and expectations from bond market investors for the economy. They generally follow the trajectory of the 10-year Treasury yield, which lenders use as a guide to pricing home loans. Both mortgage rates and bond yields have been mostly rising this year due to the U.S. war with Iran, which has pushed oil prices sharply higher. That’s led to heightened worries about inflation, which drives up bond yields. The 10-year Treasury yield has now hit levels not seen
since late 2023, after the Federal Reserve cranked its key interest rate higher to get super-high inflation coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic under better control. The yield was at 4.92% as of midday Thursday on the bond market. Just a week ago, it was at 4.77%. In late February, before the war, it was at 3.97%. Worries about the U.S. government’s growing debt have also helped drive up long term bond yields, prompting the U.S. Treasury Department to intervene last month. As inflation remains elevated, pressure is increasing on the Federal Reserve to take action to help lower it. Typically, the Federal Reserve will raise its main interest rate in order to rein in high inflation. Such a move then filters out through the rest of the bond market. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh said late last month at the Fed’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that inflation had not shown sufficient improvement and that the central bank might have “more work to do,” a sign he is weighing a rate increase at the Fed’s next meeting Sept. 15-16. Wall Street traders are betting on a roughly 70% chance the Fed will raise the federal funds rate at its meeting next week. That’s up from the 61% probability seen the day before, according to data from CME Group. The central bank doesn’t set mortgage rates, but its decisions to raise or lower its short-term rate are watched closely by bond investors and can ultimately affect the yield on 10-year Treasurys. The U.S. housing market has been in a slump since 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes were essentially flat last year, stuck at a 30-year low. U.S. sales of those homes slowed again last month.
Deeds AGAWAM Amjad Real Estate LLC, to Bryan Gosciminski and Anthony Gosciminski, 30 Kathy Terrace, $433,000. Cynthia J. Maloni to Geovanni Montesino and Madelaine Saborit, 335-337 Springfield St., $326,000. Michael Hogan to Johnny East LLC, 562 Springfield St., $145,000. Shahar Tal to Kamal Mirzay, 1159 River Road, $480,000. Sharon A. Conte to Jan Castonguay and Timothy B. Castonguay, 1178 Main St., $355,000.
AMHERST Neil A. Zagorin to Amy Rose, 705 Station Road, $157,000. Alray Taylor Second Chance Scholarship Fund to Michelle Chandler, 170 East Hadley Road and 170 E. Hadley Road, $261,000. Cathie J. Korey to Cathie J. Korey, trustee, and Cathie J. Korey Trust, 152 High St., $100. Doreen J. Reid to Michael R. Hudak and Nicholas D. Holschuh, 274 Strong St., $650,000. 6 Evening Star LLC, to John Kalas and Margaret Kalas, 6 Evening Star Drive, $1,350,000.
BELCHERTOWN Richard Hyszczak and Sandra Hyszczak to Gilbert J. Dacosta and Celeste M. Dacosta, 111 Daniel Shays Highway, $505,000. Denise L. Larivee and Justin Larivee to Normand Andre Boucher and Catherine Agnes Boucher, 4 Depot St., $405,000. Hock Leng Sng and Lily F.L. Sng to James St. Hilaire and Nicole St. Hilaire, 36 Stebbins St., $585,000. Alberta F. Pyles to Amelia Worsley, Richard P. Hutchins and Richard Hutchins, 51 Sheffield Drive, $518,000.
BRIMFIELD Brian Sacerdote, Samantha Sacerdote and Samantha Gerwatowski to Brian Sacerdote, trustee, Samantha Sacerdote, trustee, and Blue Spruce Revocable Trust, trustee of, 1451 Dunhamtown Road, $100. Joseph R. Faucher and Judith A. Faucher to Leighann M. Novotney, 292 Warren Road, $515,000. Leon M. Sandman, estate, and Alan Sandman, representative, to Daniel Kelleher and Paula Kelleher, 0 Haynes Hill Rpad, $175,000.
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LLC, 109 Church St., $285,000. Jacqueline J. Peloquin and Daniel P. Peloquin to Katherine Pires and Mark Pires II, 58 Christopher St., $184,000. Joel R. Patruno, trustee, and 2025 Placzek Irrevocable Trust, trustee of, to Samantha Hemmingsen, 71 Dayton St., $320,000. M & A Properties LLC, to Western Investments LLC, 0 Worthington St., $175,000. Mark Pires II, and Katherine Pires to Rene Barkyoumb and Tracy Laurino, 35 Beaumont St., $322,000. Maura K. Goulart, Jennifer A. Corridan and Matthew A. Godin to Deborah A. McDonnell, trustee, and McDonnell Family Trust, trustee of 9 Dowds Lane, $401,500. College Of Our Lady Of The Elms, trustee, to Ian Ciesla, 52 Cecile Drive, $335,052. Steven Lee McClure, representative, and Margaret Ann Deitz, estate, to Alexander Jovan, 71 Worthington St., $242,000. Suzie Nolin and Michael A. Nolin to Anthony Charles Pierno, 84 Clairmont Ave., $312,500. Yocasta M. Lara to Margaret M. Dull and Anthony J. DiDomenico, 58 Hearthstone Terrace, $335,000.
COLRAIN Green River LLC, to Louis Steiner III, Green River Road, $69,000.
CONWAY Jennifer Weil and Joshua Weil to Charles H. Blanker, 40 Whately Glen Road and Roaring Brook Road, $788,000. Lisa Clark to Jordan Perkins and Lukas H. Perkins, 287 Williamsburg Road, $623,000.
DEERFIELD John Colby and Beverly C. Rohlehr to Marek Tresnak, 151 North Main St., “fka” 365 Main St., $346,000. Margaret M. Michalski, trustee of the Revocable Indenture of Trust of Margaret M. Michalski, to Donald Hodgkins and Sarah Hodgkins, 54 Sawmill Plain Road, $645,000. Roxy Corp. Inc., receiver in Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Estate of John W. Romanowski and Estate of Stanley F. Romanowski, to Roxy Corp Inc., 91 Stillwater Road, $105,435. Ciesluk Farm Properties LLC, to Michael B. Antonellis, 345 Pine Nook Road and Pine Nook Road, $300,000.
EAST LONGMEADOW BUCKLAND Carol L. March to Douglas Field, 11 Woodward Road, $520,000. Cynthia A. Cote and Julie C. Purinton, “aka” Julie M. Purinton, and Robin L. Coburn, trustee of the Robin L. Coburn Investment Trust, to Brian J. Errante, 30 East Buckland Road, $425,000. Donna L. Wesoloski and Mark J. Wesoloski to Carl Heilman, 2-4 Franklin St., $279,900.
CHICOPEE Burhan Holdings Two LLC, to B & B Realty Partners
Donald J. Tranghese, representative, and Carlo F. Tranghese Jr., estate, to Donald J. Tranghese and Daphne Tranghese, 641 Prospect St., $290,000. Michael John Rowe and Kirsten Hallam Rowe to Richard Branden Bachand, 40 Alpine Ave., $442,000. Ronald P. Decoteau, trustee, Gary G. Decoteau, trustee, and Pauline Racette 2019 Revocable Trust, trustee of, to Nicholas S. Lamson and April Stone, 2 Hazelhurst Ave., $320,000. Tara N. Spence and Scott A. Spence to Laura Boisseau, 38 Donald Ave., $368,000.
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EASTHAMPTON Deborah August to Deborah August, trustee, and Deborah August Trust, 21 Groveland St., $100. Linda MacDonald to Elizabeth Lee Davis, 41 South St., $306,500. Linda M. Barron to White Raven Properties LLC, 352 East St., $273,000. Joy A. Battey and Joy A. Turner to Joy A. Turner and Gordon E. Williams Jr., 52 Oliver St., $100. CTW Enterprises Inc., to Steven N. LaValley, trustee, Alicia C. LaValley, trustee, and LaValley Second Amended & Restated Revocable Trust, 7 Elizabeth Lane, $649,900. Theodore R. Willingham Jr., and Terry J. Orr, attorney-in-fact, to NRES LLC, 3 Chestnut St., $200,000. Susan P. Manning and Timothy B. Riley to 16 Fairfield LLC, 9-19 Grant St., $675,000.
GOSHEN Stephen C. Erikson and Patricia F. Erikson to Kelly R. O’Connor, trustee, Michael J. Erikson, trustee, and Stephen C. Erikson & Patricia F. Erikson Irrevocable Trust, 56 Aberdeen Road, $100. Ronald P. Moson to William C. Fletcher III, and Kathleen C. Fletcher, 32 Pond Hill Road and Lake Drive, $520,000.
GRANBY Joni E. Fleming to Joni E. Fleming and Scott Brady, 662 Amherst Road, $100. Kotowicz Custom Homes LLC, to Megan Komosa, 337 Chicopee St., $797,800. Lawrence H. Humphrey Jr., and Shaina M. Humphrey to Jill Kopka, 95 Taylor St., $769,000. Breezy Acres LLC, to Sanctus Properties LLC, Kendall Street, $380,000. Edward F. Lopez and Lynn A. Walsh-Lopez to Matthew T. Kelleher, Matthew Kelleher and Marlyn Kelleher, 413 Batchelor St., $606,000. Robert K. Sapouckey and Darlene M. Sapouckey to Daniel P. Boudin, trustee, and 128R School Street Revocable Trust, 128R School St., $799,900.
GREENFIELD Claire J. Grogan and Patrick J. Grogan to Donald J. Mailloux and Susan B. Mailloux, 24 Myers Farm Lane, Unit 24, Myers Farm Condo-
minium, $210,000. Franklin J. Gibbons and Sara B. Gibbons to Casey Isaac and Zoe Ruhf, 8 Lillian St., $378,000. David C. Brooks, trustee of the Western New England Trust III, to Patrick McCaffrey, trustee of the McCaffrey Family Trust, 69 Washington St., $200,000. Charles Peters, Debra K. Peters and Milo M. Thompson Jr., to Eric DePalo, 366 Leyden Road, $280,667. Karen Larabee, trustee of the Karen Larabee Revocable Trust, and Michael T. Larabee, trustee of the Michael T. Larabee Revocable Trust, to Evens and Rose LLC, 24 Phillips St., $305,000. Jonathan J. Davey, conservator of the property of Terrence Norwood, “aka” Terrence S. Norwood Jr., to Joel Tognarelli and Kristie Tognarelli, 372 Federal St., $260,000. Suzanne N. Patnaude to Mary S. Bardsley and Mark J. Nuhfer, 20 Myers Farm Lane, Unit 20, Myers Farm Condominium, $294,900. David C. Brooks, trustee of the One Fifty Three—One Fifty Five Realty Trust, to David C. Brooks, “aka” David Brooks, 153-155 Deerfield St., $200,000.
vens to Maya E. Davis and Thomas C. Whittier, 27 Mount Tom Ave., $489,000.
caitis to James Degray and Michele Degray, 181 Moulton Hill Road, $550,000.
Lori L. Beaudry, trustee, Lori Beaudry-Flint, trustee, and Lori L. Beaudry Revocable Trust, trustee of, to Elizabeth D. Morgan, 33 Labrie Lane, $975,000.
John W. Tarbell and Lesley N. Tarbell to Roberta Gloria Darco, 202 Silver St., $495,000.
Robert E. Lafrenaye, estate, and Peter C. Warren Jr., representative, to Dreampath Home Buyers LLC, 62 Brookline Ave., $150,000. Ryan Randall Realty LLC, and KMAK LLC, to Halifax Capital LLC, 179 Sargeant St., $335,000. Theodore Harper to Ryan Taylor, 2 Oscar St., $310,000. Tracey John Leenders and Heather M. Leenders to Socrate A. Lopez, 11 Robert Drive, $385,000.
HUNTINGTON Ivy J. McClaflin and Ivy J. Gugenberger to Susan Manning, Timothy Riley and Tristan Strange, 15 Allen Coit Road, $585,000.
LONGMEADOW Aaron Zierenberg and Heaven Zierenberg to Chaya Emanuel, 83 Redfern Drive, $580,000.
Goldfinch Holdings LLC, to Lisa Guardione and Anthony Patricia McCarthy to Patricia McCa- S. Guardione, 23 Fernleaf Ave., $500,000. rthy, 39 Moody Bridge Road, $100.
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HATFIELD Rosemary A. Klaes to Patrick Dowling and Toby Simmons, 8 Primrose Path, $399,000.
HEATH Headlands Residential Series Owner Trust, REO series H, to JPH Building Inc., 144 Branch Hill Road, $285,000.
Jina Fast and Brian Weber to Matthew J. Voltoline and Karen Alexis Hill Voltoline, Rear 555-561 Longmeadow St., $525,000. Margaret O’Neill-Remillard, Margaret J. Remillard, Margaret J. O’Neill, Margaret J. O’Neill-Remillard and Gerald Albert Remillard to Jamie Lamarco, 169 Greenacre Ave., $469,900. Taylor A. Buckholz and Evelyn A. Pratt to Nicholas Hoff and Samantha Hoff, 70 Warren Terrace, $424,900.
HOLLAND Bruce J. Plumley and Belinda L. Plumley to Amy Pardon and Thomas A. Pardon, 189 Stafford Road, $489,000. Paul G. Laplante and Diane K. Laplante to Erik C. Winchell and Emily C. Winchell, 135 Sturbridge Road, $410,000.
HOLYOKE Charles Elfman, receiver, Holyoke City and Motherflippers Realty LLC, to Principia Holdings LLC, 97 Newton St., $120,000. Karen A. Hobert and Susan A. Duda to Heather M. Leveille and Fahd Khazraj, 26 Willow St., $240,000. Karen A. McCarthy to Tyler Ingraham, 45 Yale St., $370,000. Kimberli A. Paine and Sigrid A. Ste-
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LUDLOW Dolores M. Silveri to Keean Bell and Natasha Bell, 20 Pleasant St., $319,148. Florence M. Garrett to Mark Gut, 8 Helena St., $375,000. James T. DeSantis, trustee, and DeSantis Family Trust, trustee of, to Daniel McGrath and Dianna Sullivan, 308 Miller St., Unit 34, $425,000. Melissa A. Archer to Lucas Bryan Stewart and Katelyn Marie Stewart, 603 Alden St., $230,000.
MONSON H & L Builders & Developers Inc., to Jennifer Morin and Emil Morin, 108 Bogan Road, $75,000. Eric B. Jancaitis and Dawn A. Jan-
NORTHAMPTON Edward Gamber and Jenifer Gamber to Gamber Family Trust, Edward Neil Gamber, trustee, and Jenifer Chestora Gamber, trustee, 329 Prospect St., $100. Marie Chapman, trustee, Sheryl Champagne, trustee, and June C. Richter Irrevocable Trust to Karine Roesch, 44 Deerfield Road, $329,900. Safe Journeys LLC, to FunkyTowne Paquette West LLC, 15-24 Paquette Ave., and 142-144 West St., $2,370,000. Frank E. Kuschka and Brian E. Kuschka, attorney-in-fact, to E. Spencer Ghazey-Bates and Loren Kuschka Special Needs Trust, 33 Old Wilson Road, $100. Steven E. Samolewicz and Joan K. Samolewicz to Anna Samolewicz, 28 Coolidge Ave., $180,000. Patricia Foley Deangelis, trustee, Suzanne Foley Coffey, trustee, Kathleen Foley Spignesi, trustee, and Kathleen Burke Foley 2010 Revocable Trust to Claire Theron, 65 Blackberry Lane, $693,000. Phillip A. Bricker and Margaret S. Caplan to Nancy Goldstein, 72 Columbus Ave., $2,500. Gloria O. Lacy, trustee, and Yolando P. Acuzar Revocable Trust to Shimon Ben-Shir and Ronit Ben-Shir, 72 Barrett St., $190,000.
NORTHFIELD Peter Sund to Joshua Culver, 1158 Millers Falls Road, $276,000. Jamie S. Yost and Christopher L. Sikes, trustee of the Sikes Investment Trust, to Douglas Michael Dale and Michelle Patricia Hurley, 65 Highland Ave., $523,000. Melissa J. Famigliette and Susan P. Famiglietti to Frances De Luca Hadsel, 1158-A Millers Falls Road, $357,000.
ORANGE Laurence Obue and Lori Obue to Donna Jean Hunter, 106 Drew Boulevard, $485,000.
PALMER Ann L. Ryan to Joseph Simon Pella and Kevin Edward Pella, 45 Olney St., $525,000. Chenevert Properties LLC, and Halifax Capital LLC, to Jill Anderson, Eric Anderson and Thomas Hayden, 264 Flynt St., $400,000. Corey Alan Westermann, Christine Gauthier and Christine Lee Reilly to Tadeusz Bukowski, 12 Old Thompson St., $20,000. Ramin Piri Alamdari to Christopher T. Johnson and Tyrone Reid, 25 Bourne St., $435,000. Zachary J. Ferrara and Stephanie Rae Ferrara to Ryan Oliveras, 31453147 High St., $315,000.
PELHAM Guy G. Pettit, trustee, and Guy G. Pettit 2022 Trust to Emelia J. Carhart and Peter F. Schneider, 54 Meetinghouse Road, $901,500.
PLAINFIELD Matthew Ingellis and Payton Atwell to April Joy Littlefield, 234 South Central St., $440,000.
RUSSELL Beverly J. Braman to Jorden M. Nelson and Justine L. Braman, 78 Pine Hill Road, $257,000. Paul J. Pappas, Linda L. Pappas and Linda L. Vanderzeypen to Jason Pappas and Mary Pappas, 579 Huntington Road, $300,000.
SOUTH HADLEY Matthew W. Komer and Sarah B. Komer to Oleksandr Mazur and Nataliya R. Mazur, 246 Hadley St., $690,000. Anthony C. Pierno and Amy C. Pierno to Gina M. Barry, 37 Michael Drive, $435,000. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB, trustee, Christiana Trust, trustee, CSMC 2018-RPL6 Trust, Newrez LLC, attorney-in-fact, and Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, attorney-in-fact, to Edwan Alzuhairi, 15 Magnolia Terrace, $262,000. James W. Graves to Ashley W. Graves and Robin M. Graves, 64 Charon Terrace, $100.
Michael F. Kobus and Lou-Ann J. Kobus to Carlos A. Vitorino and Karen L. Vitorino, 35 Applewood Lisa A. Billiel and Michael J. Billiel to Laura A. Hurley, 60 Bartlett Lane, Lane, $500,000. Joseph A. Belisle to David Capriati $499,000. and Melisa Ann Capriati, 17 MounMarilene Do Amaral to Clayton tainview St., $350,000. R. Qualters, 114 South Main St., $420,000.
Greendale People’s Church to Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust Inc., 234 Tully Road, $375,000.
Daniel A. Sack and Alexandra Ripp to L. Bruce Darling Jr., and Masuyo Tokita Darling, 15 Silver St., $550,800.
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LLC, 157 Penrose St., $137,000. Christopher Stanavage to Brian G. Hurley, 70 Milton St., $244,900.
CONTINUES FROM PAGE F9 Big Y Foods Inc., to South Hadley Electric Light Dept., and South Hadley Town Electric Light, 65 Old Lyman Road, $750,000. Mark A. Lambert and Mary G. Lambert to Pratik Desai and Dishaben Desai, 33 Kimberly Drive, $585,000.
Evelyn Serrano and Evelyn Camacho to Carlos Torres, 139 Tiffany St., $250,000.
Steven P. Roberts to Raymond J. Ostendorf and John Miller, 55 Alvord Place, $365,000.
SOUTHAMPTON Carol A. Bellinger to Philip J. Lailer, 55 Pequot Road, $605,000. Dennis A. Williams and Susan C. Williams to Marie Buell and Jonathan Buell, 17 Bissonnette Circle, $950,000.
SOUTHWICK Oleg Kulyak and Liliya Kulyak to Jonathan Kupin, 7 Deer Run, $700,000. Peter J. Olson and Stephanie Fulbright to Sean Patrick Major and Ashley Elizabeth Major, 8 Wintergreen Circle, $745,000. Richard G. Thompson Jr., and Georgiann Thompson, estate, to Richard George Thompson Jr., 48 Tannery Road, $314,000.
Alex Wright and Lamar Wright to Undra Paulding, 21 Westford Circle, $275,000. Antonina M. Valentino to Sonia Cyr, 26 Nassau Drive, $207,500.
CHVC LLC, to Loudine Alty, 13-15 Wigwam Place, $405,000. Eric C. Bourcier and Gail Suzanne Bourcier to Milan Management LLC, 19-21 Wedgewood Circle, $394,000.
Raymond N. Laroche, Raymond Laroche and Darlene Marcoux, attorney-in-fact, to Zachary Tebo and Kelli Tebo, 195 Woodbridge St., $372,500.
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Christopher Woods to Milan Management LLC, 20-22 Wedgewood Circle, $394,000.
Gerineldo Alfonseca to Manuel Alexander Torres Tiburcio, 199 Eastern Ave., $460,000. Homestead J&T LLC, to Christopher W. Blakely, 21 Wrona St., $344,000. Jamie Devine, trustee, Dank Trustee Services, trustee of, and Tinkham Road Trust, trustee of, to Joel Rodriguez, 38 Tinkham Road, $330,000. Jerald Kinnison and Fancey Kinnison to Luis M. Reinoso Velazquez and Arileydi Jacqueline Lagares, 379 Roosevelt Ave., $335,000. Jotham Busfield, trustee, and JTDS Trust, trustee of, to Oscar Naula, 436-438 Frankin St., $310,000.
Peter V. Allen and Donna K. Allen to Yeslin B. Gonzalez-Perez and Elcia Chaj, 9 Esther St., $210,000. Stanley Home Investments LLC, to Richard Barnett and Carli Ross, 105 Overlook Drive, $425,000.
WALES Heather M. Hartman, representative, Harold Raymond Hartman, estate, Harold R. Hartman, estate, Kimberly A. Cole, Kimberly A. Hartman and Kenneth H. Hartman to Heather M. Hartman, 29 Lakeshore Drive, $294,000. Joanne Emanuel, representative, and Salvatore Floridia, estate, to Barbara Ann Burgos and David Charles Harris, 23 Shore Drive, $320,000.
WARE Jaroslaw Pianka to Mancia Services LLC, 10 Maple Ave., $215,000. NRG Ware Holdings LLC, to Roger Larson, Cynthia Larson and Shannon Larson, 136 Pleasant St., $180,000.
WARWICK
Kein D. Bailey and Virginia Bailey to Paul T. Young to Randy Herk, Athol Road, Charlotte Sanchez Rosado and Jose Miguel $40,000. Cruz-Diaz, 223 Mazarin St., $295,000. Lannox Williams to Angel G. Reyes, 85 Keddy St., $309,000. Luis A. Hernandez and Hilda Hernandez to Real Estate Investments Northeast LLC, 80 Patton St., $70,000. Lynn Marie Anderson, representative, William Stuart Latimer Jr., estate, and William S. Latimer, estate, to Nestor A. Noria Mango, 147 Bowles Park, $288,000.
Bobbie C. Longo to Sabina Tamang and Biren Tamang, 70 Vadnais St., $355,000. Cameron J. Danalis and Mark E. Champiney Sr., to Geovanie Perez and Ashley Bernal, 33 Noble St., $410,000. Charles H. Surridge to Serge Nakhabenko, 10 Tow Path Lane, $46,000. Christopher Malinowski and Martin E. Malinowski to Andrew Warren, 97 Sunset Drive, $300,000. Donna M. Diduk to Lawrence Ward and Michelle Ward, 7 Darby Drive, $480,000. Naples Home Buyers Inc., to Juan Carlos Espinoza, 37 W School St., $310,000. Richard S. Egan, David M. Egan, Susan J. Ayr, Joanne M. Hewins and Karen A. Waters to Jessica Manganello and Frank Manganello Jr., 32 Spruce St., $500,000. Round Two LLC, to Mihail Patosca, 7 Sibley Ave., $275,000. Sean Major, Ashley Major and Ashley Marshall to Joanne M. MacDonald, 175 Pontoosic Road, $500,000. Stephen C. Sobczyk to Nery Perez Guzman, 179 Joseph Ave., $372,000.
WESTHAMPTON Cynthia Lawton Singer and Alan Singer to William Paule Breen, trustee, Marlucia Lopez-Breen, trustee, and Wmadl Family Living Trust, 12 Stage Road, $390,000.
WEST SPRINGFIELD AAA Northeast to Pioneer Valley Credit Union, 150 Capital Drive, $2,350,000. Israel Cordero to Alexis F. Rodriguez and Bryant Martinez, 59 Salem St., $300,000. Janna M. LeClerc-McLaughlin and Jonathan A. Goodhind to Jarod Authier and Rachel Gelina, 75 Greystone Ave., $340,000.
Real Estate Investments Northeast LLC, to Charis M. Tarbett, 238 Sumner Ave., $435,000.
Matthew T. Kelleher, Marlyn Kelleher and William S. Brown to Kimberli A. Paine Marilyn Kelleher to Gerald A. Remillard and and Sigrid A. Stevens, 91 Braintree Road, Margaret O. Remillard, 497 Dwight Road, $485,000. $340,000.
Brianna M. Dieni to Tristan Nikolai Koopman, 44 Fallston St., $412,000.
Mint Realty Group LLC, to A&T Properties LLC, King Street, Lot 0, $60,000.
Campagnari Construction LLC, to JJJ17
Patricia A. Lamson to Sara Ott, 54 Thorndyke St., $260,000.
WESTFIELD Barbara F. Largay to Charles H. Surridge, 10 Tow Path Lane, $135,000.
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WILBRAHAM Alice Fernandes to Matthew Gobeille and Kristina Hatcher, 35 Lake Drive, $335,000. Carl P. Boyer, John C. Boyer and Adolfo Antonio Chandeck to Adolfo Chandeck and Luz Chandeck, 75 Beebe Road, $230,000. Mary B. Valentine to Peter Kochanowski, 212 Springfield St., $1,251,000.
WORTHINGTON Tiffany Pearl Thibodeau to Laura Oliver, 455 Williamsburg Road, $260,000.
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Pro Select precision golf bag, 9 irons, 3 drivers, umbrella, $100, call 413538-4484
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