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units restricted to 60% Area Median Income, and the remaining 30 unrestricted “market” units predominantly house low-income families. Property owners and the Preservation of Affordable Housing anticipate converting an additional 18 units at Meadowbrook
to 60% Area Median Income units as part of its proposed financing and renovations, increasing affordability restrictions to 95% of the property. Phase 1 of the project will consist of 120 units across 10 of the 28 residential buildings, including 36 one-bedroom, 76 two-bedroom
and eight three-bedroom units. One hundred and fourteen of the 120 Phase 1 units are expected to qualify as LIHTC 60% Area Median Income units. The Crafts Avenue lot was doSee AWARDS on page 2
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NORTHAMPTON — State officials toured Massachusetts on Sept. 3 to announce $278 million in state and federal financing and tax credits for housing development, including $12.2 million for two housing projects in Northampton. As part of the tour, Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Juana Matias visited the Meadowbrook Apartments in Florence to announce $6.85 million for the first phase of rehabilitation for 120 units at the site, and another $5.35 million for a new 30-unit development at 27 Crafts Ave. behind City Hall. Meadowbrook Apartments is set to begin a $15 million upgrade to its units, as well. The updates include new flooring, kitchen and bathroom upgrades, improved ventilation, additional units adapted to ADA compliance, new siding and windows, unit deck repairs, roof replacements, parking lot and driveway paving, walkway repairs, landscape repairs and upgrades and a gas line replacement throughout the community. Currently, 222 of the 252 total units at Meadowbrook are Low Income Housing Tax Credit
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Council moves divestment resolution to Finance Committee By Tina Lesniak Correspondent
EASTHAMPTON — After more than an hour of public comment at its Sept. 2 meeting, the Easthampton City Council voted to move a resolution asking the city to divest from businesses that support Israel and Palestine to its Finance Committee. After discussion at the committee level, the motion will return to the full council for further discussion and a possible vote of support. More than two dozen people spoke about the proposed resolution. About two-thirds of them
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nated to housing nonprofit Valley Community Development for affordable housing development. The $5.35 million in funding will go toward the housing, which, when completed, will include 30 studio apartments in the future six-story building. Twenty of those units will be designated to those coming out of homelessness, Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra explained. “This is really thrilling. We are so grateful to have you here and to celebrate these two projects in Northampton that were awarded grants,” said Sciarra. “Northampton, like the rest of the commonwealth, needs more housing; there’s no question. We need it at every level, but we especially need affordable housing, and we need it now. Governor [Maura] Healey, and you, Secretary [Matias], and I are all in agreement that Massachusetts needs to build more, but also it’s really critical to preserve the affordable housing that we already have. That’s what’s so exciting about this project here at Meadowbrook.” The state’s investment in the Meadowbrook Apartments’ renovation utilizes about $2.8 million
were in favor of it. The resolution calls for the City Council to urge “the city treasurer and the city retirement board to divest from, and refrain from future investments in, companies with a substantial, ongoing, and intentional complicity in violations of international law and human rights in Israel and Palestine.” After public comment ended, several councilors echoed the same concerns as many of the people who spoke about the resolution. They said that they supported the resolution but felt like it was important for it to go through the Finance Committee to discuss possible ramifications
and legal issues. “I feel like I have the obligation,” said President Koni Denham, noting that it could go to Rules or Finance — ultimately deciding on Finance. Denham also said that she was deeply moved by the comments of those who spoke. Finance Chair Thomas Peake noted that although the resolution is nonbinding, it does have the potential to create “powerful policy” and that it likely needed more discussion. The people who spoke against the resolution mostly voiced concern about the resolution not being something the City Coun-
cil should be addressing. Owen Zaret, former city councilor, called the resolution “not the proper scope” for the council. Cathy Wauczinski argued for the resolution to be sent to committee before it’s voted on. She called the resolution “virtue signaling.” Several other speakers compared the resolution to a similar one in Northampton and noted that Northampton is now being sued for its resolution. Those in favor of the resolution spoke of their right to have tax dollars support ethical businesses.
Sarah Carr said that residents should be “using the local financial power we have.” The council’s discussion about the resolution comes over two years after the body passed a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. In a press release sent to Reminder Publishing, Easthampton Divest said they have received 475 signatures in support of a resolution and has the backing of Jewish Voice for Peace Western MA. The resolution is expected to be taken up by the Finance Committee in the next month or so and then return to the full council after that.
in state tax credits through the LIHTC Program and $4 million in state subsidy funds. The Crafts Avenue project received $2 million in tax credits through the same program and $3.335 million in state subsidies. Preliminary plans shared three years ago for the Crafts Avenue project showed the average apartment size will be 327 square feet. The building will include bicycle storage rooms, a laundry room, and offices for property management, resident services and maintenance staff on-site. “This is a project that is very near and dear to me both literally and figuratively because it is right behind City Hall, a new construction behind City Hall, and it’s on land that we have carved off from the municipal campus, which contains some parking but also an old retaining wall and really busted set of concrete stairs that need to be done away with at this point,” Sciarra explained. The Affordable Homes Act and Healey’s tax cuts package made the money possible, according to Healey’s office. These awards are the largest single round from this housing program in more than a decade. “We’re on a mission to build more homes and lower housing
costs in every part of Massachusetts, and today we’re hitting the road to show that work in action,” Healey said in the statement on the announcement. “These awards will create more than 2,500 new homes in 20 communities across the state, and it’s made possible by the Affordable Homes Act that I proposed and signed. This is about making sure that Massachusetts is a state where teachers, nurses, firefighters and young people can actually afford to live.” Healey did not attend the Northampton stop on the tour, but Matias joined Sciarra, Preservation of Affordable Housing President and CEO Aaron Gornstein, Vice President for Ownership and Operations Dena Xifaras, members of state Sen. Jo Comerford’s office and Western Mass Director for the Office of Governor Kristen Elechko. Gornstein and Xifaras led Matias, Sciarra and other attendees on a tour of the apartment site, including some of the apartments that will be part of the first phase of renovation. “Housing needs look different across the commonwealth, and this funding round responds with a wide range of solutions. These investments will deliver more
than 2,500 new homes, while preserving existing communities and expanding opportunity for families, seniors, veterans and others,” said Matias. The awards across the state include $154.7 million in subsidy financing from the Executive Office of Housing and Livable
Communities, $61.8 million in state low-income housing tax credits, $47.9 million in 4% federal LIHTC and $13.2 million in 9% federal LIHTC. The state and federal tax credit awards are expected to generate nearly $500 million in equity for the developments.
GULLUNI TALKS OUTREACH PROGRAMS, COURTHOUSE ON SO THAT REMINDS ME — During the most recent episode of “So That Reminds Me”, Hampden County District Attorney Anthony Gulluni (far left) sat down with hosts Ryan Feyre (center) and Tyler Garnet (far right) to talk about outreach programs and the new Springfield courthouse. To hear the full episode, visit thereminder.com/ourpodcast or search “So That Reminds Me” on your favorite podcasting platform.” Reminder Publishing photo by Dennis Hackett
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selves in our strategy.” Work will also continue at Mountain View Middle School to expand the NEST values of Easthampton High School to that community. At Easthampton High School, the community focuses on the ideas of Nurture, Encourage, Support Together. Balch explained that the middle school will work this year on how those values show up at the middle school. Balch’s work was praised as the School Committee revealed her evaluation ratings. At the start of her second year as Easthampton superintendent, Balch earned an overall proficient rating on her evaluation but an exemplary rating on management and operations. The School Committee praised her work in the spring when she had to create multiple budgets for several different financial scenarios, depending on whether the override passed. They noted her empathy in working with limited re-
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EASTHAMPTON — At its Sept. 8 meeting, the Easthampton School Committee and superintendent laid out goals for the school year and introduced two new assistant principals. The committee also heard parental concerns about the high school’s cell phone policy. Superintendent Michelle Balch reviewed her priorities for this school year, focusing attention on learning, equity, belonging and shared responsibility. Balch explained that these plans would ground the district for the next three years and bring everyone together to work for common goals. Balch emphasized the importance of engagement with parents and the community, noting that a survey has been sent out asking about these four areas. She also added that these areas of focus are not just for the central office, but she wants to make sure that “Everybody sees them-
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EASTHAMPTON — For the third straight year, QueerCore Fest returns for what organizers say is its most vibrant celebration of queer, trans, gender-diverse and femme voices, as well as artists of diverse ethnic and racial heritage. The two-day festival unites music, art and activism for two days of collective empowerment, joy and resistance under the credo “Loud music for collective liberation,” organizers said. With the community ethos of a do-it-yourself basement punk show, QueerCore Fest will once again feature a lineup of 13 multiracial, queer, trans, gender-diverse and femme-fronted punk and hardcore bands from across the country on Friday, Sept. 18, and Saturday, Sept. 19, at CitySpace in Easthampton. QueerCore Collaborative will present the event in partnership with UMass Students for Alternative Music, Mount Holyoke College ALT, and Smith Music Collective. It will also feature a maker’s market in partnership with Yet Another Queer Pop-up Market and tabling by local community resources. Doors will open at 6 p.m. on Friday with the show beginning at 7 p.m. On Saturday, doors will open at 3 p.m. for a 4 p.m. show. For tickets and to view the full music lineup for the two-day festival, visit events.humanitix.com/queercore-fest-2026. The festival is co-created by the QueerCore Collaborative for the 2SLGBTQIA+. Organizer Ben Delozier told Reminder Publishing that, as someone who grew up in a “rural and sheltered environment,” they saw firsthand how punk music and its spaces could aid personal expression and unite those looking for community. “This music for me — punk, hardcore, emo, heavier music — when I first encountered it, it was going to live shows at these tiny little DIY venues at the city closest to me, and punk music was like this doorway into a much bigger world for me,” Delozier explained. “I felt like going to those shows, the people that showed up there, I was just like, ‘wow the world is so much bigger than I knew or that I thought’ and just the expansiveness of being human, all the different ways of
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being human, I felt like going to those shows showed me a bunch of kinds of people I hadn’t met before in that space.” The passion for music stayed with Delozier into adulthood. In recent years, they played in some punk bands and was exposed to UMass SALT, a student-run DIY group at the University of Massachusetts Amherst that has hosted live music since 2014 and is a partner of QueerCore Fest. After experiencing the community that would attend these shows, it was clear to Delozier that they wanted to create another space offering these same types of DIY shows. “It wasn’t lost on me that when I looked around the room [while performing through UMass SALT], I saw a bunch of queer kids and kind of just the misfits and the people that probably didn’t feel like there were other spaces that night that were for them, but this was a space that was,” said Delozier. “I think that was a pretty magical moment for me to just
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of reminders. That’s what QueerCore Fest is,” Delozier added. This year’s lineup features local and regional bands that intersect with queer and multiracial identities. Delozier said that the hope is that attendees can connect with these bands and follow their artistic path after seeing them at QueerCore Fest. “Our hope is to connect people to bands locally and regionally that they can follow so that they can get plugged into other spaces that are going to feel really nourishing on their hearts beyond just the events that we’re doing,” Delozier said. Delozier said they are “lucky and very humbled” to see how the event has grown and to have received feedback from the diverse community that has grown through the event about how much offering an event and space like this as an annual celebration of collectivism has meant to them. In solidarity with marginalized communities worldwide, QueerCore Fest is once again serving as a benefit show and raising funds for the Palestine Children’s Relief
Fund, a non-political humanitarian organization providing essential care to children and families in Gaza and beyond. Delozier said the decision to support the PCRF reflects the event’s themes of collective liberation. Delozier credited local community partners for their support in putting together the event, including the Mass Cultural Council, the Easthampton Cultural Council, CitySpace, Yet Another Queer Pop-up Market, Bombyx Center for the Arts, UMass SALT, Mount Holyoke College ALT, Smith College Music Collective, Daily Operation, Vegan Pizza Land, Hope and Olive and Silver Screen Designs. “It’s been amazing to collaborate with those groups and use them as an ecosystem of extended community that we can take our participants and direct them towards,” Delozier added. “We want this to be bigger than a oneoff event, and we also really want to leverage that we have amazing humans doing all kinds of organizing work already in our area and how we can connect them to that.”
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behalf of others that should be allowed in Northampton, or we just really don’t wanna be in that at all?,” Stratton said. “At the same time though, I think that our moratorium that we’re gonna fast track here should be something that makes an allowance for in-house data needs, supporting another type of business.” At Large City Councilor Meg Robbins also proposed an amendment to the council’s ordinance. She said she wants the moratorium to “not apply to computer services, information technology rooms, telecommunications equipment or similar equipment that is accessory and incidental to an otherwise lawful principal use.” She noted the $5 million that was recently awarded to Holyoke for a quantum computing complex as a reason for wanting
this amendment. Maiore said the moratorium sponsors were open to “any and all” feedback from councilors and the public. “I’m hearing what Councilor Stratton is saying in terms of, he’d like to amend this. I’m also hearing what Councilor Robbins is saying … we should add quantum computing in there,” Nabad said. I think that all of this can be developed better. And I think it can be amended if we need to amend it. And obviously it would find its way through Planning and Sustainability.” The council’s discussions come at an interesting juncture in the data center discussion. Just days after the council’s meeting, Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order reSee DATA CENTERS on page 9
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NORTHAMPTON — Preliminary discussions about data centers have evolved into a tangible path forward for Northampton after the City Council’s most recent discussion. On Sept. 3, City Council President Rachel Maiore presented an ordinance amendment to the full body that would place a 365-day moratorium on data centers in Northampton while the city studies their impacts. The amendment, which was also sponsored by Ward 3 Councilor Laurie Loisel and Ward 1 Councilor Gwen Nabad, includes an 180-day extension of that moratorium if the council wishes to pursue that road. “There seems to be a lot of anxiety in the city, and I understand that, but I feel like we need to look at this,” Loisel said. “And I think the moratorium, I hope, will help take the heat off and just let us look at it with some measure of dispassion so that we can get the information we need to make the decisions that we need to make.” Coinciding with this ordinance amendment is a resolution that Maiore, Loisel and Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra presented, which asks Maiore to appoint a joint committee to study the impact of data centers. If the resolution passes, Maiore — as the council president — would choose a 10-member joint committee that includes three city council-
ors, two city department heads approved by the mayor and five city residents who “possess experience or expertise in the professional fields of data processing, environmental, and/or economic and/or community impact of data centers.” The resolution states that Maiore would have until Oct. 1 to choose the committee, and that select committee would present findings and recommendations to the full City Council by or before April 1, 2027. For the most part, councilors offered cursory opinions on the two items during the Sept. 3 meeting, but more comprehensive discussions are planned. Eventually, the ordinance amendment was referred to the Planning Board and Legislative Matters Committee for a joint meeting on Sept. 24, and the council will officially vote on the resolution at its Sept. 17 meeting. One major point of discussion on Sept. 3 stemmed from Ward 6 Councilor Chris Stratton, who shared a concern about the size of some data centers and the “gigantic [artificial intelligence] workloads” they carry. He also said he wants to distinguish between someone who offers data as part of their business and an existing business of another nature that needs data services. Stratton said he’ll propose an amendment regarding electric supply at a future meeting. “Is there some sort of modest-size data as a business on
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NORTHAMPTON — Jazz will once again engulf the streets of downtown Northampton as the Northampton Jazz Festival returns Sept. 25 and 26, bringing 80 musicians to 17 venues for its 15th annual event. Since its founding in 2011, the Northampton Jazz Festival has become a celebrated music event bringing over 2,000 visitors to the city of Northampton, according to organizers. “It’s a fabulous milestone, and we’re really proud of it. We are an all-volunteer organization. We have no paid staff. There’s a 10-member board, and we all work hard to put on this festival,” said Northampton Jazz Festival President Ruth Griggs. The weekend’s events kick off with the Jazz Strut that Friday, Sept. 25, at 4 p.m. in Pulaski Park. That is followed by Jazz Fest Day on Saturday, Sept. 26, which features free performances at seven locations across the city. “The Northampton Jazz Festival has developed a really positive reputation over the years, especially these past couple of years,” Griggs added. “The word is out that this is a great little festival and that we treat our musicians really well and that it’s a very accessible festival. I’m just really proud of the reputation that this little festival has earned.” Headlining this year’s festival is alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, who will perform at the Academy of Music on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 7:30 p.m. Benjamin is a six-time Grammy nominee, arranger, composer, bandleader and educator, whose music blends R&B, several strains of jazz and funk. Benjamin’s tone, which has been compared to Johnny Hodges, uses many forms of music, according to organizers. Her acclaimed albums “Phoenix” (2023) and “Pursuance: The Coltranes” (2020) garnered praise from The New York Times, The Guardian and DownBeat. Her newest album, “We Dream,” released on June 5, responds to the current time. She
Clockwise from left: Northampton Jazz Festival headliner, alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, performs her new album “We Dream” on Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Academy of Music at 7:30 p.m. Hot Club of New England performs at Pulaski Park on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 5 p.m. At right, Johnny O’Neal Trio will perform at Edwards Church on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 2:30 and 4 p.m. Photo credit: Northampton Jazz Festival
will perform with Oscar Perez on piano, Elias Bailey on bass and Jonathan Barber on drums. “We’re especially excited to bring Lakecia Benjamin to the Academy of Music this year as our headliner,” said Griggs. “Lakecia is the future of jazz. She is bold, she’s a composer, she’s a John Coltrane scholar, and she has collaborated with some of the most respected musicians in jazz today, such as Chris Potter, in her latest album ‘We Dream.’ She blends multiple genres into her music, bending toward the future this great American music tradition known as jazz.” Benjamin’s concert is the only ticketed event at the festival. Tickets are $35 to $55 plus fees and are available at AoMTheatre. com or at the Academy of Music Box Office Tuesday through Friday from 3-6 p.m. Student tickets are $20 plus fees, and Mass Cultural Council’s Card to Culture tickets are available for this concert. Tickets are available at northamptonjazzfest.org/ jazz-fest-2026. The full lineup of free daytime festival performances on Jazz Fest Day will feature jazz musicians from across the country
a 270-day moratoriData Centers approved um and Westfield approved a 12-month moratorium. Continued from page 5
quiring data centers to receive local approval before state permitting agencies can advance projects. Concurrently, many Western Mass. communities have already taken action on the issue. Holyoke recently approved a ban on future development of the centers, while Agawam
The City Council next meets on Sept. 17 at 6:30 p.m. in Council Chambers on 212 Main St. and over Zoom. No agenda is attached yet. The council’s Legislative Matters committee and Planning Board will hold their joint meeting on Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. in Council Chambers. No agenda is included in that meeting yet, either.
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and region performing in downtown venues. Griggs said the festival’s growth over the years has made it a hotbed attraction for jazz from all over. The Friday night Jazz Strut will begin with performances at Pulaski Park by the Northampton High School Jazz Band ensemble MS Sunshine, followed by the Smith College Jazz Ensemble. Sets throughout the evening and late night will be performed at Spoleto, Northampton Brewery, India House, GOMBO, Eastside Grill, Progression Brewing, Haze and Toasted Owl. Griggs further spoke to the festival’s distinct qualities and its approachable nature. “I think the other thing that
we’ve established is a certain uniqueness about this festival that people have grown to really embrace and that’s that we’re accessible, we’re free and open to the public, we’re open to all, we’re in different venues around town so people get to enjoy Northampton and all that Northampton has to offer, let alone jazz, and it’s a very intimate festival,” said Griggs. To view the full lineup and schedule for this year’s two-
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CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION Docket No. HS26P0585EA 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: Richard R. Martel Also known as: Richard Martel, Richard Raymond Martel Date of Death: 12/30/2025 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Bruce K. McCafferty of South Hadley 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: Bruce K. McCafferty of South Hadley 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 10/01/2026. 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: September 03, 2026 Mark S Ames, Register of Probate (September 17)
CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION Docket No. HS26P0589EA 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: Ellen C. Kopec Also known as: Ellen Cipra Kopec Date of Death: 08/10/2026 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by William C. Kopec of Haydenville 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: William C. Kopec of Haydenville 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 10/07/2026. 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: September 10, 2026 Mark S Ames, Register of Probate (September 17)
CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION Docket No. HS26P0595EA 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: Mark David Klerowski Also known as: Mark D. Klerowski Date of Death: 01/28/2021 To all interested persons: A petition for Late and Limited Formal Testacy and/or Appointment has been filed by Michelle M LaPlante 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: Michelle M LaPlante 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 10/07/2026. 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: September 09, 2026 Mark S Ames, Register of Probate (September 17)
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION – HIGHWAY DIVISION NOTICE OF A DESIGN PUBLIC HEARING
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Cynthia M. Ely and Debra J. Weigel to Kenneth R. Drake and Scott J. Drake, 708 Bay Road,
$250,000.
CHESTERFIELD
Lynn D. Martus to Lynn D. Martus and Kevin M. Martus, 211 Sugar Hill Road,
$100.
CHESTER
Denis R. Proulx, trustee, Lynn M. Proulx, trustee, and Denis R. & Lynn M. Proulx Living Trust, trustee of, to Cherylann R. Henry, 187 Route 20, $204,000. Maryanne Pacitti to Western Mass Hilltown Hikers Inc., 0 Emery St., $10,000.
CUMMINGTON
Mark G. Bevan and Diane R. Bevan to James Edward Bernhard, 83 Porter Hill Road,
$495,000.
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CTW Enterprises Inc., to Steven Lee and Stephanie Kang, 11 Elizabeth Lane, $659,900. Tara Ann Henson and Christopher Ehorn Jr., to Thomas Kindred and Catalina Betancourt, 50 Plain St., $419,000. U.S. Bank Trust N.A., trustee, RCAF Acquisition Trust and Selene Finance L.P., attorney-in-fact, to Vyatcheslav Tsukanov, 5 Morin Drive, $245,000. Alberto Perez to Katelyn M. Thibault, 13 Carillon Circle, $515,000. Robert E. Singler to Robert E. Singler, trustee, and Singler Family Trust, 359 Main St., $100. Blake A. Gullett to Zachary P. Osterland, 22 Maine Ave., $315,400.
GRANBY
Donald J. Crane, personal representative, Raymond J. Crane Sr., estate, and Raymond J. Crane, estate, to Ryan Matthew Barthelette and Stephanie Ann Barthelette, 37 Harris St., $275,000.
HOLYOKE
Alane P. Mallet, trustee and representative, Tree House Holdings Real Estate Nominee Trust, trustee of,
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. In case of inclement weather, a cancellation announcement will be posted on the internet at https://www.mass.gov/orgs/highwaydivision/events. JONATHAN GULLIVER UNDERSECRETARY AND HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATOR CARRIE E. LAVALLEE, P.E. CHIEF ENGINEER (September 10, September 17, 2026)
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CHIEF ENGINEER David L. Faytell and Dani B. Pers Faytell to Christopher J. Maschino Jr., 142 Spruce Hill Ave.,
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