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Neal one step closer to 20th term in House By Ryan Feyre
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Fenton’s Governor’s Council bid fails Springfield City Councilor Michael Fenton failed to land a seat on the Governor’s Council.
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“I’ve spent my lifetime working on these issues for the people of this district,” Neal said. “There’s not a family, and I want See NEAL on page 4
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U.S. Rep. Richard Neal embraces his family after defeating challenger Jeromie Whalen in the Massachusetts 1st Congressional District primary race.
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SPRINGFIELD — Uproarious applause rang throughout The Cedars banquet room on 375 Island Pond Road as Pittsfield’s numbers appeared on the NBC News telecast just before 11 p.m. Not only had U.S. Rep. Richard Neal earned 58% of the vote in the largest Berkshire County community, but he had also officially won the primary election against challenger Jeromie Whalen. Shortly thereafter, the applause turned increasingly boisterous as the crowd gave Neal a standing ovation when he and his team entered the room. Now past 11 p.m., the congressman basked in the victory, embraced his family, waved at the cameras and stood one step closer to his 20th term in the U.S. House of Representatives and seventh representing the westernmost part of the state. The only person now in his way is a familiar foe: independent candidate and aviation safety activist Nadia Milleron, whom Neal defeated in November 2024 by earning 62% of the vote. “I’m not done fighting for you,” Neal said in front of his supporters following the victory. “We’ve still got an election
in November, but I know when I look at this audience, I’m yielding in your friendship, loyalty and support all of these years … let’s take it to November, reclaim the House of Representatives, and I can become chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.” Despite the victory, the night was not always pretty for Neal. Underlying numbers suggested that the congressman lost some ground in some communities, including Holyoke, which Whalen won with 56% of the vote. However, those gains for Whalen ultimately proved futile once Neal earned major wins in Springfield (65% of the vote), Chicopee, Westfield, Agawam and Pittsfield. According to results on the NBC News website, Neal secured 53% of the vote to Whalen’s 46%, or 46,125 votes to Whalen’s 39,714. Much like he had throughout his campaign trail, Neal touted his accomplishments as chair of the Committee on Ways and Means, the oldest tax-writing body in the House. He specifically highlighted the Inflation Reduction Act and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the latter of which offered relief to the American people during COVID-19, as major milestones during his most recent term.
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Fenton cites ‘geographic politics’ as Governor’s Council bid fails By Chris Maza
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SPRINGFIELD — Calling the results an illustration of “geographic politics,” Springfield City Councilor and local attorney Michael Fenton failed in his second attempt for the Eighth District seat on the Governor’s Council. Fenton conceded to incumbent Tara Jacobs, a resident of North Adams, who secured roughly 62% of the vote in the Sept. 1 state primary. With no Republican challenger on the ballot for the November general election, Jacobs earned her third term on the body that confirms the governor’s judicial nominees and approves nominations for positions such as the parole board. Fenton arrived with his husband at City Line Café in Springfield’s Hungry Hill neighborhood and told a group of supporters that included family members, former Springfield Mayor Mary Hurley, former Springfield City Councilor Tim Allen and Spirit of Springfield President Judy Matt that while he won Hampden County, he was not able to make enough inroads in the district’s other three counties to win.
“I’m really proud of the campaign. I think we did everything we could,” he told Reminder Publishing. “We spent a lot of time all across the district and spent a lot of time meeting voters in Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin. County and obviously Hampden, which is home base. But in the end, I think there’s, you know, certainly some geographic forces at play. You know, you can see the numbers happening in Berkshire and Hampshire and Franklin. And I think that it’s clear that the voters have of those places have shown that they’ve got a preference for somebody from Berkshire County than they do from Springfield, which is often represented in geographic politics.” Fenton, who ran on his record as a public servant on the Springfield City Council and his experience as an attorney, secured several Berkshire County endorsements during his campaign, including District Attorney Timothy Shugrue, Sheriff Thomas Bowler and Clerk of Courts Lisa Denault-Viale, but those did little to move the needle on Election Day. Fenton won Springfield with 64% of the vote, but the city’s turnout failed to top 12%. Fenton
also carried Chicopee with 58% and West Springfield with more than 55% and eked out Westfield. However, he narrowly lost Holyoke and saw significant setbacks in Jacobs’ home Berkshire County as well as Hampshire and Franklin counties. Jacobs dominated in key non-Hampden County communities including North Adams, Pittsfield, Amherst, Northampton, Greenfield, South Hadley and Easthampton. “I’m honored to have received the support that we had, especially in Hampden County and throughout the district, but I congratulate Councilor Jacobs on her victory and look forward to working with her to improve the judiciary for all of Western Mass,” Fenton said. In a social media post, Jacobs said, “This has truly been a campaign powered by the people who came together and made this win possible! Thank you to each and every one of you who wrote emails, letters to the editor, social media posts, who told your friends and families about what the Governor’s Council is, why it matters and why you support me continuing to serve Western Mass in this role. I am so grateful for
and Moulton, 74.2% to 25.8%. The primary win positions Markey to face off against Bolton Republican John Deaton in the Nov. 3 general election. Deaton, who got 40% of the statewide vote in his challenge of U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren in 2024 shortly after moving here from Rhode Island, did not have a primary opponent on Sept. 1. The Markey-Moulton matchup had all the markings of a defining race of the 2026 cycle for Democrats: it pitted a proud progressive against a more moderate Democrat, and represented a clash between a longtime incumbent and a
younger challenger pitching a new approach. The twist to the contest was that the candidate claiming the progressive mantle was not the younger challenger, but rather the longtime incumbent looking to defend his seat in power. Markey, 80, has said this race will be his last for U.S. Senate. The Malden Democrat joined the U.S. Senate in 2013, after beating fellow Democrat U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch and then Republican Gabriel Gomez in a special election to fill the seat that U.S. Sen. John Kerry gave up to become secretary of state. Before that, Markey was elected to 18
Springfield City Councilor and candidate for Governor’s Council Michael Fenton addresses supporters at City Line Cafe after conceding to incumbent Tara Jacobs on election night. Reminder Publishing photo by Chris Maza
your love, your support and your encouragement.” In addressing supporters, Fenton repeated the phrase, “The work is not done,” but declined to confirm whether he would make a third attempt at the position. Fenton also narrowly lost to Jacobs in a four-way race that included attorneys Shawn Allyn and Jeffery Morneau during the 2022 Democratic primary.
“I’m definitely not in a position to say that tonight,” he said. “But what I am fully committed to is public service, and I’ve been committed to that since I was 22 years old in elected office, and that has not changed tonight. I’m still committed to my community and will continue to do everything I can to improve it.” Fenton has one year left on his term on the City Council.
Sen. Markey defeats Rep. Moulton, will face Deaton in November By Colin A. Young State House News Service
BOSTON — For the second cycle in a row, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey has dispatched a primary challenge from another member of the state’s all-Democrat congressional delegation, cruising to victory on Sept. 1 over U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton and positioning himself one election away from another six-year term. The Associated Press called the race in Markey’s favor at 8:31 p.m. As of 8:36 p.m., the AP showed 3% of the total votes were counted, split between Markey
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton (left) and U.S. Sen. Ed Markey (right) talk to reporters after their first debate. Reminder Publishing file photo
full terms and two partial ones in the U.S. House of Representatives — he has represented part or all of Massachusetts in Washington D.C. since early November 1976. Markey said last weekend that the contest between himself and Moulton gave voters “a fundamental choice to make: a choice between progressive values or the status quo,” framing himself as being separate from the status quo, despite his half-century in Congress. If reelected, Markey has said he will push measures to lower household energy bills and carbon emissions (you don’t hear him say “Green New Deal” nearly as often as in 2020); advocate for Medicare for All and expanding Medicare to cover dental, vision and hearing; continue to push federal legislation to regulate Big Tech and artificial intelligence; support a pathway to citizenship for so-called Dreamers; back abortion protections in the Women’s Health Protection Act; and push to tax ultra-millionaires and “extreme” CEO pay.
On the road toward his third full term in the Senate, Markey again had to run against and outpoll another sitting member of the state’s congressional delegation. In 2020, Markey rebounded from an early polling disadvantage to defeat then-U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III in a competitive primary, 55% to 45%. Moulton, who turns 48 next month, was elected to the U.S. House six times by voters on the North Shore. The Democrat has not been shy about challenging members of his own party — he won his seat in the U.S. House in 2014 by defeating longtime Democratic Congressman John Tierney, briefly challenged U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi for the speaker’s gavel in 2018 and joined a crowded field for president in 2019. Moulton completed four combat tours in Iraq as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. In Salem, he co-founded and was president of Eastern HealthSee MARKEY on page 3
CORRECTION In the Sept. 3 edition of The Reminder in the story titled “DiZoglio ostracizes Legislature for ‘patronizing’ voters”, Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi was listed as the Hampshire County sheriff. Reminder Publishing regrets this error.
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early in November and has spent much of his time since trying to appeal to the growing base of unenrolled voters and what he calls “disenfranchised” Democrats in Massachusetts. He pitches himself as “a voice for balance, accountability, and practical solutions for working families.” If sent to Washington D.C., which is currently controlled by Republicans, Deaton said he’d work outside the supermajority to advocate for Massachusetts residents. He has also been open about not voting for fellow Republicans across the country. “I talked to Markey voters today, and of course Deaton voters, but all the people they’re not looking for ideology. They’re looking for solutions. And so, if people can get past labels: Democrat, Republican, progressive, conservative, and say which one of these candidates has the best solutions to our problems, I’m going to win this race,” Deaton told the News Service during a primary night party. Asked how he’d govern differently than Markey, Deaton said, “Independent, that’s the best word to describe me.” “I would give Massachusetts an independent voice. I don’t have loyalty to a person, i.e. Donald Trump. I don’t have loyalty to a party — the Republican Party. I don’t have loyalty to an agenda. I have loyalty to Massachusetts and America,” Deaton said. Deaton said he “wrestled with” the idea of running as an Independent instead of Republican. But he said, “when you look at the polling and everything, unfortunately, we live in a two-party system.” Massachusetts has not elected a Republican to the U.S. Senate since Wrentham’s Scott Brown defeated Attorney General Martha Coakley in a 2010 special election, and no Republican has been elected to a full term in the Senate since Edward Brooke was reelected to a second term in 1972. Colin Young is the deputy editor for State House News Service and State Affairs Pro Massachusetts. Reach him at colin.young@statehousenews.com.
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care Partners. On the campaign trail, Moulton has argued that the Democratic Party has “clung to the status quo, insisted on using the same old playbook, and isn’t fighting hard enough.” He said he was not challenging Markey because he disagreed with the senator on the issues, but because “this isn’t a fight we can put off for another six years. The future we all believe in is on the line.” In a statement sent out by Moulton’s campaign at 9:20 p.m. on Sept. 1, Moulton said he spoke to Markey and “pledged that I will do everything I can to help him win re-election in November, to ensure a Democrat represents the state we both love.” “We entered this race as an underdog and know the outcome tonight might not be what we had hoped for. We ran a race that stood on principle — that wasn’t just about politics as usual — and that elevated the voices of Massachusetts citizens who have been left behind by the status quo in Washington,” Moulton said. “I am proud of the race we ran, the culture our campaign built, and the conversations we started. Challenging the establishment and calling for a new generation of leadership isn’t easy, but it is necessary.” Moulton added that while “this campaign has been everything for the last year of our lives... it’s important to keep this in perspective.” “People are dying in wars, people are struggling to survive around the globe and on our own streets, and a lot of people remain disillusioned with our country and its leadership. That all represents work we still have to do, regardless of whether I’m in the United States Senate or not,” Moulton continued. Deaton, a Marine veteran and attorney, earned the Republican Party’s endorsement unusually
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Committee to celebrate halfway to St. Patrick’s Day By Trent Levakis
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EASTHAMPTON — For three days this month, Easthampton will once again host all things Irish. The city will celebrate Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day with the 2026 Easthampton Irish Festival for the second straight year. Hosted by the Greater Easthampton St. Patrick’s Day Committee, celebrations of the holiday’s halfway point will take place across the city from Wednesday, Sept. 16, to Friday, Sept. 18. The events will benefit the parade committee and its work. Committee Secretary Andy Covington told Reminder Publishing that it was only right to bring the festival back after the success of the inaugural season. “We may be one of the smaller cities in the parade, but we are a very strong city, and we have a great turnout every year for the parade,” Covington said. The Greater Easthampton St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee works year-round to support Irish culture in Western Massachusetts. It fundraises annually to award scholarships to local graduating high school seniors. It also represents Easthampton, Southampton and Westhampton in the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade. Covington said that September is the ideal month to connect with the community in support of their efforts because of the nice weather. “We get out to promote Irish heritage and Irish culture, and it really brings the town together. School starts up, the weather is still nice, so it really gets people out and about in the community. We have a lot of
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to say this firmly, there is not a family in Western or central Massachusetts that has not benefited from my work or been impacted by my influence in Congress.”
The Greater Easthampton St. Patrick’s Day Committee hosted its inagural Easthampton Irish Festival and celebration of the halfway to the holiday last year.
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great places to go in the city of Easthampton,” Covington said. “For someone like me with Irish heritage, it’s important to me, it’s important to the committee, but it brings businesses together, it brings community leaders together, it brings organizations together. It’s really a good opportunity to just bring the entire community together.” The committee’s scholarship fund started in 2010. Since then, the Greater Easthampton St. Patrick’s Day Committee has awarded about $20,000 to students in the greater Easthampton area. The festival celebrations also came in response to the group looking for new ways to connect the community and support its efforts after a challenging pandemic period. “Like everyone, we had a tough time during COVID. There weren’t a couple of parades that took place; we didn’t meet as a committee. COVID really took a hit on the committee, but we came out stronger than ever,” he explained. “So, we came up with this idea as a committee where for a couple
of days in September, almost exactly halfway to St. Patrick’s Day, we host several events, and our big fundraiser is our celebrity bartending event.” The celebrity bartending event will take place this year on Wednesday, Sept. 16, at Amy’s Place. It will feature state Rep. Homar Gomez, Easthampton Mayor Salem Derby, presidents of the Greater Easthampton St. Patrick’s Day Committee and Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade Committee and Dave Madsen from Western Mass. News. “We get a great turnout from the community, and all the tips go to the committee to fund our scholarship and the contingency in the parade,” Covington added. The following night, Thursday, Sept. 17, the official halfway mark to the holiday, the committee will host a traditional Irish music night at Abandoned Building Brewery from 6-8:30 p.m. The free event invites anyone in the community to come by and catch some authentic Irish music. Musicians are welcome to join in the jam
Days before the election, Whalen and Neal faced off in their lone debate of the season at the WWLP TV-22 Studios in Chicopee. The head-to-head encounter illustrated a fissure between the candidates, as Whalen took shots at Neal’s lack of in-person town halls and use of corporate
money to push certain agendas, while Neal criticized Whalen for a campaign that was “Light on facts, empty on promises, big on platitudes.” That acrimony, however, seemingly fizzled out following Neal’s victory. The congressman said that Whalen called him to congratulate Neal on the victory. He described the call as “pleasant” and added that he was “delighted” by the conversation. In his own closing speech, Whalen said he congratulated Neal on the victory. “I would say that there was no acrimony, which is what a campaign is supposed to end on,” Neal said about his final encounter with Whalen. A high school educator of 11 years, Whalen ran on a promise of abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, surtaxing the wealthy, supporting green new deals and protecting the working and middle classes. He argued that a new voice was needed for a new generation of Democratic leadership. Despite falling short of his goal, Whalen appeared to look back fondly on the experience. He said he was “eternally grateful”
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session led by The Corner Boys, the Irish trio from Holyoke. Closing out this year’s Irish Festival on Sept. 18 will be a performance by Watchfire, Boston’s premier Irish folkrock pub band, at New City Brewery. The band will make a special Western Mass. appearance just for the festival. “They’re going to be free events. We want to get the community together and enjoy some Irish music, talk and mingle, and it will be a good way to kick off the St. Patrick’s Day holiday, which sometimes we can start as early as six months out,” said Covington. “Obviously we’re still six months out, but a lot of work goes on behind the scenes. We want everyone to come out; everyone is welcome. We hope you can make one of them if not all three of them. We’re just hoping people can spread the word and make it down to at least one of the events.” For more information on the upcoming Irish Festival celebrations, visit the Greater Easthampton St. Patrick’s Day Committee Facebook page. for his team that stuck by him and the campaign journey “restored faith” in himself and humanity. He argued that the opponent was not the congressman or corporate money, but a failure to believe. With that, he urged people to believe in themselves and the greater good going forward. “When I’m back in class, I will look back at this night, and at this inflection point in American history, and know that we etched our names into it with courage, conviction and compassion,” Whalen said. “Because we’ve won regardless. No one can ever take this from us. The relationships we’ve made, the community we’ve built, the good we’ve brought into the world, these are ours to keep and ours to give.” Looking ahead, Neal said there’s still much to fight if he’s officially reelected. He said he intends to stand up to President Donald Trump on the tariff issue and his decision to eliminate tax credits from the Affordable Care Act. “Twenty-one million Americans received health insurance because of what we did,” Neal See NEAL on page 10
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Art Always celebrates, reflects on 25 years as community arts studio By Trent Levakis
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NORTHAMPTON — When Art Always opened 25 years ago, owner and founder Lindsay Fogg-Willits was only offering the community art classes and a creative hangout space alongside her other local arts education jobs. Now a quarter century later, it has become her full-time gig and grown into the community art studio it is known as today, offering creative options and classes for children and people of all ages. “Some businesses have a clear beginning: you open the doors, and that’s your anniversary date. Art Always wasn’t really like that,” explained Fogg-Willits. “The business grew organically out of my life, this community and the people I’ve met along the way. One opportunity led to another, more families found us, and I just kept going.” A Northampton native, Fogg-Willits began teaching her first classes 25 years ago after returning home following graduation from Skidmore College. The initial Art Always studio space was located in the old Yankee Hill Machine building in Florence, and at the time the endeavor was just a part-time effort, offering art classes to local children and their families while she worked full-time as an arts educator at Northampton High School. “I always wanted to be a teacher so that was something that I was pretty clear about,” Fogg-Willits told Reminder Publishing. “I thought, well, this is great; this will be a great way of kind of making money after graduating, and being with kids, and that’s what happened; it just sort of went from there. It seemed like a natural combination to do the art and the teaching.” When first starting, Fogg-Willits said she wanted a studio in Art Always that felt friendly and safe in all ways for people to express themselves. “That was sort of my goal, and I quickly learned in doing it — and I still think about this now — that so much of why people come to an art class is because they feel good when they’re there. There’s somebody who knows them, who talks to them, and they want to feel like
From left: A recent look inside the Art Always studio located at 188 Pine Street in Florence. A couple old photos from the early days of Art Always studio. Photo credit: Lindsay Fogg-Willits, Art Always
they have community,” she said. In the years that followed, Art Always continued offering programs as Fogg-Willits continued working in arts and education throughout the Northampton area. Early on, she taught full-time at Northampton High School and the Hill Institute, led after-school programs at area schools and served as administrative director of the Deerfield Academy Summer Arts Camp. “At first, I think I thought I’d teach some art classes and it would be because families want art, but more and more and more I think what I discovered is that they don’t just want art; they want somebody who knows who they are, who is going to root for them and listen to them and all of that. So that was sort of an interesting discovery along the way, and it’s become the thing I maybe like the most about my job,” said Fogg-Willits. “I was sort of just living my life. I was working my butt off to work multiple jobs all at the same time. I was teaching at Northampton High and then I’d end my day at 2:30, and I’d race over to my studio, and I’d teach two classes of little kids.” Soon enough, Art Always grew from part-time offerings to a fulltime job as opportunities arose
and more families found their way to the studio. With a little encouragement from her father to take advantage of what was brewing at Art Always, Fogg-Willits made the transition over to making Art Always her full-time priority. “I think at a certain point I remember sitting down with my dad, and he was like, ‘You’re going to have to take a leap at some point. You’re going to have to sort of leave one thing and trust that doing Art Always is going to be enough,’ and eventually I did that, which was a little scary because I don’t have benefits and get all these stable things that people who aren’t self-employed get,” she said. As her journey continued through several studio spaces — moving from the Yankee Hill building to inside the Brushworks Arts and Industry building, and eventually sharing space collaboratively with High 5 Books — the balance gradually shifted. As Art Always programming continued to expand, Fogg-Willits devoted more of her time to the studio and less to her other arts-related jobs. Over the years, Fogg-Willits
not only witnessed the efficacy of Art Always, but she also noticed the meaningful connections she was creating in Northampton and Florence. Some of the children who participated in Art Always programming years ago are now adults with children of their own whom they bring to the studio. Fogg-Willits said this has become a particularly meaningful reminder of just how much time has passed since those first summer classes 25 years ago. “For one, it makes me feel really old at times to see these people come in that have children and now I teach, but talk about really witnessing a community. Here you are in this one place, and this one sort of art-making experience has brought generations of people together. What an honor to do that, to provide the place for that,” said Fogg-Willits. “Every person who walks in the door, more and more it feels like I know in some way. There’s some connection to them, whether they were my high school student and this is now their little kid, or a friend of my parents who are now bringing their grandchildren; it’s community in
a nutshell.” Nowadays, Fogg-Willits said she has immense gratitude for the community and their connection to the studio, which sits at 188 Pine St. in Florence. She added it confirms her hard work over the years has been worth it. “On the one hand, I feel really proud of myself. I worked really hard to get here, so I do reflect on it. 25 years is my whole adult life, so I kind of trace back what that period of time has looked like and having children and sort of evolving and trying to do what I do from a place of integrity and what feels exciting, and all of that I’m really proud of,” she added. “There’s a whole lot of gratitude.” The studio plans to celebrate its anniversary throughout the year with its community while continuing to do much the same thing that started it all: giving people a welcoming place to create. Fogg-Willits added that she will explore opportunities to give back to the community throughout this upcoming milestone year, and people can learn more about the studio and look for future class offerings at art-always.net.
TheReminder.com Every week we will provide you with a complete listings of deaths from the preceding week from throughout Greater Springfield. We are doing this as a convenience to our readers in case you miss an obit in the daily paper. We hope you find this useful and that you will refer to it weekly. EASTHAMPTON Marian “Terry” Goodhind Kristin M. Thorstensen O’Connell Bronislaw Anthony “Bronie” Poplawski Jr.
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EASTHAMPTON — The one and only Bread & Puppet Circus is back on the road, and its fall 2026 tour, “The Upside Down World Circus,” will once again return to Easthampton on Sunday, Sept. 13, at Park Hill Orchard. The annual tour continues to draw on traditional circus tropes and familiar Bread & Puppet iconography by highlighting urgent issues of the day, touring the Northeast, Midwest and the South with puppets big and small, acts serious and silly and performances slapstick and sublime, according to organizers. Stilt dancers, paper mache beasts and a brass band will once again visit various communities, making “a raucous, colorful spectacle of protest and celebration,” organizers said. Founded in 1963 by Peter Schumann on New York City’s Lower East Side, the theater has been based in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont since the early 1970s. It is one of the oldest, nonprofit, self-supporting theatrical companies in the country. After the show, Bread & Puppet will serve its famous sourdough rye bread with aioli, and “Cheap Art” — books, posters, postcards, pamphlets and banners from the Bread & Puppet Press — will be for sale. “Ever since [its founding], the company has made larger-thanlife, politically charged puppet spectacles and served sourdough rye bread with garlic aioli to empower domestic resurrection from the toes up,” said Bread & Puppet Theater Press Liaison Paul Bedard. The Bread & Puppet Theater is an internationally celebrated company that champions a visually rich, street-theater brand of performance art filled with music, dance and slapstick, organizers said. Believing that theater is a basic necessity like bread, the company frequently brings its work to the streets for those who may not otherwise go to the theater. Its shows feature puppets often on stilts, wearing huge masks with expressive faces, singing, dancing and playing music. Using a “do it yourself” and “cheap art” mentality, the group makes work quickly, Bedard added. Any given show may have puppets made just for that year’s show or puppets that have been brought out of storage, repaired and repurposed decades after their creation. “We make and remake our puppets with gusto,” Bedard said. “Our shows are serious and silly, and I think people appreciate that. At every show, audience mem-
A look at this year’s Bread & Puppet Theater tour, “The Upside Down World Circus.” Photo credit: Bread & Puppet Theater
bers tell us that they last saw us in 1970-something or visited our farm in Vermont just last year. There’s a tradition and forward drive. We haven’t fixed the world yet, so we need these puppets to keep working and keep inspiring us to confront our upside-down situation.” Now in its 63rd year, Bread & Puppet will make stops in New York, Boston, Baltimore, Cleveland, Ypsilanti, Chicago, Minneapolis, Des Moines, Oklahoma City, Nashville, Decatur, Cincinnati and more. In all, the company plans 40 shows in 35 places across two months on the road. The tour makes a stop once
again at Park Hill Orchard; according to Bedard, it has become one of the most fun and largest shows on tour, he said. “The field and all the art there are beautiful. [owners] Russell [Braen] and Alane [Hartley] are wonderful advocates for our work and community builders in the area,” Bedard said. “We do have one request for folks attending this year: please come early. Parking takes time, and the best way to help out friends at Park Hill Orchard is to one, buy their produce, and two, arrive with ample time to park.” Bedard said the tour’s theme of “The Upside Down World Circus”
was a simple one. “The world is upside down. It seems everything is upside down,” he said. “We need to recognize that things are severely askew, demonstrate just how inverted it all is so that we can radically oppose this radically wrong system. This year’s circus looks at the brutality of empire, at home, abroad. But we also look to the many people and
organizations banding together to oppose this brutality.” Ticket prices vary by venue, but as with all Bread & Puppet shows, no one is ever turned away for lack of funds, Bedard said. Those needing financial assistance with a ticket should email tickets@ breadandpuppet.org. For more details and the full tour schedule, visit BreadAndPupper.org/tour.
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Hampshire communities react to kratom’s new statewide classification By Trent Levakis
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Health departments in Easthampton and Northampton are reacting to a recent state decision last month that classifies kratom as a Schedule I Controlled Substance in Massachusetts. The ruling was made as part of an emergency order by the Commissioner of the Department of Public Health. The action addresses public health concerns associated with kratom products and their availability within Massachusetts. Announced by Gov. Maura Healey on Aug. 13, it serves to restrict the sale of kratom across the state and provide new efforts in educating the public about the health risks, as well as connecting people with treatment and recovery services. The Northampton Department of Health and Human Services
had already been addressing concerns regarding kratom and other unregulated intoxicating products locally dating back to last year. Having been ahead of the curve in recognizing the emerging public health concerns associated with these products, the Northampton Board of Health adopted regulations prohibiting the sale of kratom and other unregulated intoxicating products in 2025. DHHS Health Commissioner Merridith O’Leary told Reminder Publishing she was pleased to see the state act on the issue. The driving force in the city’s efforts dating back to 2025 came from reports about the product increasingly appearing in convenience stores, smoke shops and gas stations, while being described as legal or “designer” street drugs. One event in particular prompted the city to take a closer look, O’Leary added, saying that DHHS
received a report from a Hampshire County Police Department involving a young adult who reportedly overdosed after using a kratom product that had been purchased at a retail store in Northampton. The report served as a catalyst for the department to begin assessing the scope of the issue and better understand exactly what products were being sold in the community. “From our perspective in Northampton, we had already seen firsthand how widely available these products had become and how little oversight existed over their sale. Kratom products were being sold in convenience stores, smoke shops and other retail locations in a variety of forms, often without meaningful safeguards or clear information for consumers about what they were purchasing,” O’Leary said. “We began a much more comprehensive process. We reviewed the products being sold
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locally, examined their labeling and listed active ingredients, researched what was known about their potential health effects, and looked at how other communities and states were responding.” Kratom was sold in different forms such as powders, tablets, capsules and more. Associated side effects of kratom use can include sedation, confusion, hallucinations, respiratory depression, kidney and liver injury, and cardiac problems. Regular kratom use can also lead to physical dependence and withdrawal symptoms similar to opioid withdrawal. Under state law, it is unlawful to possess or sell a Schedule I Controlled Substance without a state Controlled Substances Registration. Accordingly, as of the effective date of the order, the possession, distribution or sale of kratom in the state is illegal, and any person in violation is subject to imprisonment or a fine. In Northampton, the Board of Health adopted a regulation addressing the sale and distribution of kratom products. Since then, DHHS health inspectors have conducted compliance checks with local retailers to help ensure that prohibited products are not sold in the city. Northampton’s regulation included broader language addressing unregulated novel intoxicating products to provide the Board of Health with a tool to respond more quickly to future instances of potentially harmful, mind-altering products appearing on local shelves. O’Leary explained that the state’s action is important because it creates a more consistent approach across Massachusetts, as municipal boundaries can only accomplish so much; without statewide regulation, consumers can purchase the same products in a neighboring community. “I also believe it is critically important that the state’s response recognizes the potential impact on people who are currently using kratom or may be dependent on it,” O’Leary said. “This cannot simply be approached as an enforcement issue. Our colleagues at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Substance Addiction Services are communicating with healthcare providers about the changes and encouraging them to anticipate a potential increase in patients presenting with kratom-related withdrawal symptoms and requests for treatment for kratom-related substance use disorder.” O’Leary added that the public health response is incredibly important because if access to a product changes, the state and municipalities must also be prepared to support those who depend on the drug. “The state’s approach recog-
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said of the legislation. “There was no reason for the president to eliminate those tax credits for those people, and we’re going to return to that immediately as well and restore those tax credits to people who need decent healthcare every single day.” Neal added that he plans to fight for the nutrition programs
nizes that enforcement, education, prevention, treatment and recovery support all need to work together,” O’Leary said. “Ultimately, our approach was driven by a public health concern: when products with potentially significant intoxicating effects are being sold in everyday retail settings without meaningful safety standards, clear labeling, age restrictions, or other safeguards, local communities need the ability to assess the risk and take action to protect their residents.” Easthampton Director of Public Health Ryan Griffin told Reminder Publishing that as recently as April of this year, a community health worker brought a kratom memo and literature to the Board of Health for their consideration on local kratom regulations once the city’s updated tobacco regulations were finalized. “Prior to this emergency order, effective Aug. 28, kratom products, although not heavily sold in Easthampton, had no age restriction or oversight. That was a specific concern as we implement our Nicotine-Free Generation policy, going into effect Sept. 10, that a side effect of the new tobacco regulations could be an increase in kratom sales and supply, as retailers under the NFG age cutoff look for alternatives, and kratom products often target youth consumers,” Griffin said. Griffin added that the state Department of Public Health has linked nearly 100 deaths in the state to kratom since 2020. Nationally, poison center exposure reports tied to kratom rose about 1,200% over the last decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “That’s why I believe this emergency ban was necessary and appropriate for the interim, until Massachusetts implements proper oversight and regulation on the sale of these products,” Griffin said. “Once the state’s order was announced, we sent a memo out to our local tobacco establishments explaining the emergency order and what it means for them. Our food and tobacco inspectors are aware the order takes effect on the 28th and will be looking for kratom products as part of their routine food and tobacco inspections going forward.” He added, “Protecting the public health of Easthampton residents is our core goal, and I believe proactive, evidence-based action is far more effective than a reactive approach. That said, a ban alone isn’t a complete solution. Limiting access has to go hand-in-hand with education and support, not stand in for it.” Information on safety guidelines, how to stay connected to treatment, and general resources for the public, healthcare providers and municipalities can be accessed at mass.gov/kratom.
that were cut from the tax bill and will continue to stand up for Social Security “like [he] always [has].” “I look at those credits, I look at Medicaid, funding to SNAP, and we’re going to rein in this reckless war in Iran that was a war of choice,” Neal said. “We are certainly going to hold ICE into account for what they’ve done, as well.” Neal will face Milleron in the general election on Nov. 3.
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LEGAL NOTICES CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION Docket No. HS26P0553EA Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Hampshire Probate and Family Court 15 Atwood Drive Northampton, MA 01060 (413)586-8500 Estate of: Esta Smith Busi Also known as: Esta S. Busi Date of Death: 06/09/2026 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Andre I Busi of Sunnyside NY requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that: Andre I Busi of Sunnyside NY be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in unsupervised administration. IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 09/22/2026. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including the distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, Hon. Diana S. Velez Harris, First Justice of this Court. Date: August 25, 2026 Mark S Ames, Register of Probate (September 10)
Docket No. HS26P0559EA Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Hampshire Probate and Family Court 15 Atwood Drive Northampton, MA 01060 (413)586-8500 Estate of: Paul Henry Lafontaine Also known as: Paul H. Lafontaine Date of Death: 06/13/2026 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with Appointment of Perosnal Representative has been filed by Linda M. Lafontaine of Southampton, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that: Linda M. Lafontaine of Southampton, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in unsupervised administration. IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 09/23/2026. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including the distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, Hon. Diana S. Velez Harris, First Justice of this Court. Date: August 27, 2026 Mark S Ames, Register of Probate (September 10) ) THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION – HIGHWAY DIVISION NOTICE OF A DESIGN PUBLIC HEARING Project Description: Southampton – William E. Norris Elementary School Improvements (Safe Routes to School) Project File No. 613397 A Design Public Hearing will be held to present the design for the proposed project in Southampton, MA. WHERE: William E. Norris School 34 Pomeroy Meadow Road Southampton, MA 01073 WHEN: Wednesday, September 23, 2026 @ 6:00 PM PURPOSE: The purpose of this hearing is to provide the public with the opportunity to become fully acquainted with the proposed project. All views and comments submitted in response to the hearing will be reviewed and considered to the maximum extent possible.
PROPOSAL: The purpose of this project is to provide traffic safety and pedestrian improvements to encourage safe walking and biking for students and drivers in a 0.42 mile stretch of Pomeroy Meadow Road where the William E. Norris School is located. The project includes reconstruction of an existing 4' asphalt sidewalk along a 2,200 foot portion of Pomeroy Meadow Road (east side): replace with a 8' wide shared use ADA compliant path, with 2' grass strip and vertical granite curbing along roadway, new crosswalks with ADA compliant Pedestrian Curb Ramps, new 5' wide sidewalk (west side) to fill gaps for providing better pedestrian connectivity, new mid-block crossing at Parsons Way, and road restriping to provide a parent queue lane beginning at Parsons Way.
A secure right-of-way is necessary for this project. Acquisitions in fee and permanent or temporary easements may be required. The Town of Southampton is responsible for acquiring all needed rights in private or public lands. MassDOT’s policy concerning land acquisitions will be presented in the hearing. Project inquiries, written statements and other exhibits regarding the proposed undertaking may be submitted to Carrie E. Lavallee, P.E., Chief Engineer, via e-mail to MassDOTProjectManagement@dot.state.ma. us or via US Mail to Suite 7550, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116, Attention: Project Management, Project File No. 613397. Statements and exhibits intended for inclusion in the public hearing transcript must be emailed or postmarked no later than ten (10) business days (14 calendar days) after the hearing is held. This hearing is accessible to people with disabilities. MassDOT provides reasonable accommodations and/or language assistance free of charge upon request (e.g. interpreters in American Sign Language and languages other than English, live captioning, videos, assistive listening devices and alternate material formats), as available. For accommodation or language assistance, please contact MassDOT’s Chief Diversity and Civil Rights Officer by phone (857368-8580), TTD/TTY at (857) 266-0603, fax (857) 368-0602 or by email (MassDOT.CivilRights@dot.state.ma.us). Requests should be made as soon as possible and prior to the hearing, and for more difficult to arrange services including sign-language, CART or language translation or interpretation, requests should be made at least ten business days before the hearing.
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CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION Docket No. HS26P0559EA FOR SALE: 35,000 square foot office/light inCommonwealth of Massachusetts PROPOSAL: The purpose of this project is to dustrial building on 4.5 acres of land in ConThe Trial Court provide traffic safety and pedestrian improvecord, Massachusetts. Situated at the end of a cul-de-sac, this property is 15 minutes from Probate and Family Court ments to encourage safe walking and biking for Rte. 128 and 20 minutes from Rte. 495. Not Hampshire Probate and Family Court students and drivers in a 0.42 mile stretch of only is there town water and sewer but the 15 Atwood Drive Pomeroy Meadow Road where the William E. town of Concord has its own electric company. In addition, Concord has underground ConNorthampton, MA 01060 Norris School is located. The project includes cord fibre optic internet. 7 minutes from histor(413)586-8500 reconstruction of an existing 4' asphalt sideic Concord center, enjoy Walden pond, Louisa Estate of: May Alcott's house and many other historic walk along a 2,200 foot portion of Pomeroy sites as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of Paul Henry Lafontaine Meadow Road (east side): replace with a 8' the United States of America. Use the entire Also known as: Paul H. Lafontaine wide shared use ADA compliant path, with 2' building or keep some of the tenants already Date of Death: 06/13/2026 occupying the building. Mowing, plowing, and grass strip and vertical granite curbing along maintenance already in place could reother To all interested persons: roadway, new crosswalks with ADA compliant main. Call with any questions: 978.580.1895 A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with ApPedestrian Curb Ramps, new 5' wide sidewalk pointment of Perosnal Representative has (west side) to fill gaps for providing better pedbeen filed by estrian connectivity, new mid-block crossing at Linda M. Lafontaine of Southampton, MA Parsons Way, and road restriping to provide a Dental insurance from Physicians Mutual Inrequesting that the Court enter a formal Desurance Company. Coverage for 400+ procedparent queue lane beginning at Parsons Way. ures. Real dental insurance - not just a discree and Order and for such other relief as recount plan. Get your free Information Kit with quested in the Petition. A secure right-of-way is necessary for this 1 - 8 5 5 - 5 2 6 - 1 0 6 0 d e t a i l s ! The Petitioner requests that: www.dental50plus.com/ads #6258 project. Acquisitions in fee and permanent or Linda M. Lafontaine of Southampton, MA temporary easements may be required. The be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of Town of Southampton is responsible for acquirsaid estate to serve Without Surety on the ing all needed rights in private or public lands. bond in unsupervised administration. MassDOT’s policy concerning land acquisiIMPORTANT NOTICE tions will be presented in the hearing. You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. Project inquiries, written statements and other You have a right to object to this proceedexhibits regarding the proposed undertaking ing. To do so, you or your attorney must file may be submitted to Carrie E. Lavallee, P.E., AMHERST HATFIELD a written appearance and objection at this Chief Engineer, via e-mail to Robyn Charli 10:00 Carpenter George E. Ryan and Laetitia A. LaFollette, 71 Amity Place, $500,000. Helen M. Hurley to Joshua Kubasek, 4 Plantation Road, $350,000. Court before: a.m.toon the return day MassDOTProjectManagement@dot.state.ma. Development Corp., to Joanne Fraser, 28usGreenleaves Drive, $417,000. of Amhad 09/23/2026. or via US Mail to Suite 7550, 10 Park Plaza, WORTHINGTON Keith Kirley, Aaron Kirley, trustee, andBoston, Aaron R. Kirley 2023 Family Trust to Laurence This is Trotman NOT a hearing date,R.but a deadline MA 02116, Attention: Project Manage- S. Hannan $415,000. Darryl L. Hollister, 23aGreenleaves Drive, ment, Project File No. 613397. Statements and $285,000. James Bernhard to Donna Conlon, 90 Patterson Road, byand which you must file written appearJames O. Mendelsohn to Georgia Metz and Joseph Metz, 211 West St., $120,000. ance and Development objection if you object to this proAmhad Corp., to Aaron J. Berkenwald and Bianca Berkenwald, 28 Greenleaves Drive, $345,000. exhibits intended for inclusion in the public ceeding. If you fail to file a timely written Anne L. Loftus, John M. Gallagher III, and Kelley M. Wolejko to Henrymust Whitlock, 185 Glendale Road, $325,000. NORTHAMPTON hearing transcript be emailed or postappearance andtrustee, objection followed by an Susan N. Katz, and Susan N. Katz 2019 Trust to Mark E. Griffin M. Motew, 71 Morgan Circle, marked no later thanand ten Melissa (10) business days Brian Jeffrey Van Koten and Jillian Zoe Decoursey to Esther Burson, 60 Clark Ave., $754,000. Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) (14 calendar days) after the hearing is held. $777,000. Nicholas D. Duprey and Betty L. Duprey to Valentina Isadora Valentini and Jake Thomas Gauntley, 298-300 South St., days of the action may205 be taken Spark Pennreturn LLC, today, Sutter Co LLC, University Drive, $500,000. $545,000. without further notice to you. This hearing is accessible to people with disabRobert H. Meeropol and Ellen V. Meeropol to Ellen V. Meeropol, trustee, Robert H. Meeropol, trustee, UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER EASTHAMPTON ilities. MassDOT provides reasonable accomand Ellen V. Meeropol Trust, 84 Musante Drive, $100. THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM Anne-Marie C. Harris and John Harris toPROAnne-Marie C. Harris, 15 Lawson Drive, $100. John R. Stifler to John R. Stifler, trustee, and John Reed Stifler Revocable Trust, 17 Florence Road, modations and/or language assistance free of $100. BATE CODE (MUPC) Malcolm P. Brown II, to Victoria Wenzel, 20-22 Chapman Ave.,request (e.g. interpreters in Amer$110,000. Thorne B. Wenner and Thorne B. Wenner Johnson to Fitzgerald Home Solutions LLC, 34 Warner St., charge upon $227,000. A Jonathan PersonalP.Representative appointed un-to Seth icanPutnam Sign Language and languages than Terrace, Ferguson and Anna Bourgeault and Johanna Putnam, 39other Westview $565,000. Karen P. Randall to Claire N. Shillington, trustee, and Claire N. Shillington Trust, 21 Winthrop St., $507,500. der theEnterprises MUPC in an unsupervised adminisEnglish, live captioning, videos, assistive listenCTW Inc., to Andrea Benack and George Wiemann, 19 Elizabeth Lane, $734,920. Rachel M. Goodman and Rachel Goodman to Rachel Chandler-Worth, 13 Drewsen Drive, $340,000. tration is not required to file an inventory or ing Ridgewood devices andTerrace, alternate material formats), as Raul Lopez and Janet Lopez to Montreal LLC, 41-43 $300,000. Dan H. Berger and Laura A. Katz to Ari S. Benjamin, trustee, and Benjamin Family Realty Trust, 106 Vernon St., annual accounts with theIV, Court. Persons in- to Grantwood available. For accommodation or language Havelock J. Purseglove and Sarah C. Clay Union LLC, 12 Johnson Ave., as$555,000. $1,250,000. terested in the estate are entitled to notice sistance, Grace LeClair Sannino to Amy Victoria Johnson, 14 Holyokeplease St., contact MassDOT’s Chief Di$450,000. Richard M. Neumann to Maya Golowasch and Jessica Bradley, 254 North Maple St., $330,000. regarding the administration directly from versity and Civil Rights Officer by phone (857Good View LLC, to Hong G Brothers LLC, 40 Fort St., $400,000. theGRANBY Personal Representative and may peti368-8580), TTD/TTY at (857) 266-0603, fax Si Ci Zhu to Hong G Brothers LLC, 300 Bridge St., $430,000. tion the Bernier Court intoany matter relating the 368-0602 or by email (MassDOT.CivilLaurie 181 West State St LLC,to181 West (857) State St., $625,000. Clarit Realty LTD., to 125 Carlon LLC, 97 Carlon Drive and 125 Carlon Drive, $1,800,000. estate, including the distribution of assets Rights@dot.state.ma.us). Requests should Inc., be attorney-in-fact, US Bank N.A., trustee, Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust and Select Portfolio Servicing Debra J. Simmons to James E. Bridgman and John G. Coan III, 465 Spring St., $2,000. and of administration. to expenses SR Homebuyers LLC, 28 New Ludlow Road, made as soon as possible and prior to the $200,550. Debra J. Simmons to Tamara Levi, 465 Spring St., $540,000. WITNESS, Hon. Diana S. Velez Harris, First hearing, and for more difficult to arrange serBillie Ann Tedesco, trustee, Joseph H. Tedesco, trustee, and Tedesco Family Trust to Andrea Leigh Tedesco Justice of this Court. HADLEY vices including sign-language, CART or lanand Allyson Leigh Tedesco, 4 Overlook Drive, $391,900. Date: August 27, 2026 guage120 translation or Road, interpretation, requests Donna C. Bowles to Tara Brugger and Jonah Brugger, Hockanum $1,275,000. Jacqueline Dolher Padilha, Bianca Bimbatti Berkenwald and Aaron J. Berkenwald to Jessica Scranton, Mark S Ames, Spark Penn LLC, to Sutter Co LLC, 205 Universityshould Drive, be made at least ten business days be$500,000. 46 Evergreen Road, $289,900. Register of Probate fore the hearing. (September 10) )
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