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Closings and delays abound in greater Westfield By PETER FRANCIS Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Long before the first flakes of superstorm Juno descended upon Westfield Monday, city officials wasted no time cancelling department and commission meetings. The Joint General Advisory School Committee Meeting, to be held at Westfield Vocational-Technical High School’s Tigers Pride Restaurant at 6 p.m., was postponed and rescheduled for Monday, February 2. Monday evening’s meeting has become an annual event for the school committee, who gets a tour of the school and shops following a meeting and receives updates and feedback from WVTHS instructors and administrators. The January meeting of the city’s Youth Commission has also been postponed, but the city’s Community Development Block Grant Coordinator Diana McLean, who moderates the commission’s meetings, said Monday that the meeting would likely be held in late February. The city’s Historical Commission also postponed their meeting Monday and has rescheduled it for next Monday, February 2, according to Commissioner Cindy Gaylord. A public hearing and an appearance from John MacMillan, an architect from Agawam’s See Closings, Delays, Page 8
Allen Young Jr., of Westfield, checks his side wing plow arm and cables prior to spraying a deicing agent on College Highway in Southwick Monday. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
Things to know as state braces for blizzard By BOB SALSBERG Associated Press FRAMINGHAM (AP) — New England is bracing for a blockbuster blizzard that’s threatening more than 2 feet of snow, hurricane-force winds, coastal flooding and widespread power outages. A look at how the storm might impact Massachusetts and what is being done to prepare: PILING UP In declaring a state of emergency, Gov. Charlie Baker said based on forecasts the blizzard has the potential to be a “top 5″ all-time storm in terms of snowfall. Forecasters say once the storm gets rolling late Monday and into Tuesday, snow could fall at a rate of 2 to 4 inches an hour, with blowing and drifting and damaging winds. Forecasters expect total accumulations could range from 2 to 3 feet around the state. TREACHEROUS TRAVEL Baker issued a state of emergency and ordered an indefinite ban on all nonessential motor vehicle travel starting at midnight Tuesday to help keep roads clear for snow removal crews. The governor said the travel ban was a “last resort” but one that was warranted under the circumstances. The MBTA will also suspend all public transportation services at midnight. Exceptions will be made for the travel ban, including for hospital and certain other health care workers. State Police Col. Timothy Alben said violators could face fines of up to $500, but based on responses to similar orders in the past, he does not expect many people to ignore the order. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation says it is ready for the approaching blizzard, with more than 4,000 road crews, 250,000 tons of salt and 420,000 gallons of deicing liquid. POWER OUTAGES Baker said power outages could number in the hundreds of thousands, and it could take several days to restore power. Forecasters are expecting wind gusts of 25 to 45 mph in the central part of the state and approaching hurricane-force winds of 75 to 80 mph on Cape Cod and the islands. National Grid and NStar say they are prepositioning additional crews and equipment in areas most likely to be affected. Otis Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod will be ready to house additional utility crews that could be brought in from other parts of the country. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency said people should have an emergency kit available that includes flashlights and extra batteries, a first aid kit, essential medicines and a supply of nonperishable food. Erik Loiko, of Westfield, was busy filling pails with sand in preparation FLIGHTS GROUNDED Officials at Boston’s Logan International Airport say no flights for Tuesday’s snowstorm. The sand pile is located at 12 Ponders Hollow Road next to the Westfield Department of Public Works building. Sand is See Blizzard, Page 8 limited to four-pails per resident. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
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By MEGHAN BARR Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Philadelphia-toBoston corridor of more than 35 million people began shutting down Monday as a monster storm that could unload a paralyzing 1 to 3 feet of snow swirled into the Northeast. Snow was blowing sideways with everincreasing intensity in New York City by midafternoon as flurries began in Boston. Forecasters said the storm would build into a blizzard, and the brunt of it would hit Monday evening and into Tuesday. More than 5,800 flights in and out of the Northeast were canceled, and many of them may not take off again until Wednesday. Schools and businesses let out early. State government offices closed. Cities mobilized snowplows and salt spreaders to deal with a dangerously windy blast that could instantly make up for what has been a largely snow-free winter in the urban Northeast. All too aware that big snowstorms can make or break politicians, governors and mayors moved quickly to declare emergencies and order the shutdown of highways, streets and mass transit systems — perhaps for days — to prevent travelers from getting stranded and to enable plows and emergency vehicles to get through. “It is not a regular storm,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio warned in ordering city streets closed to all but emergency vehicles beginning at 11 p.m. “What you are going to see in a few hours is something that hits very hard and very fast.” Boston is expected to get 2 to 3 feet, New York 1½ to 2 feet, and Philadelphia more than a foot. The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for a 250-mile swath of the region, meaning heavy, blowing See Monster, Page 3
Businesses share snowstorm advice, help By PETER FRANCIS Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Businesses large and small are feeling the effects of a huge snowstorm sweeping into the area Monday. Fran Hartnett, owner of Westfield Home and Garden on Springfield Road, said Monday afternoon that his store is stocked with rock salt, sand, calcium chloride, shovels and roof rakes for customers to come in and purchase. “Snow blowers, generators, we’ve got it all,” said Hartnett. “We’re prepared and we’re going to hopefully be here (Tuesday). If people need something we’ll be here, one way or the other.” Randy Cross, manager of Rocky’s Ace Hardware on Free Street, said that his store is well-stocked with salt and sand, as well as ice melt and shovels. “We stocked up ahead of time, so we have held up pretty well,” he said. Cross advised customers to stock up on essential goods and adhere to the city’s parking ban, which went into effect Monday evening at 5 p.m. “Stay the heck off the road and let the DPW do their jobs,” he said, adding that his store has put a big order in for Thursday. “Even though we may be running out of some stuff, this stuff will be back in stock early See Advice, Help, Page 8
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WEATHER DISCUSSION WINTER STORM WARNING STILL IN EFFECT Today, snow with areas of blowing snow with Additional snow accumulation of 10 to 14 inches. Cold. Near steady temperature around 19. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Tonight, cloudy. Snow likely...mainly in the evening. Areas of blowing snow in the evening. Total snow accumulation of 18 to 24 inches possible. Wednesday, partly sunny with highs in the 20s. Thursday, Mostly sunny, 20s.
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ODDS & ENDS Cuomo, de Blasio have scheduling snafu before NYC blizzard NEW YORK (AP) — As a blizzard bore down on New York City on Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio pledged to carefully coordinate the state and city’s efforts to safeguard the region from the storm — but initially stumbled on how, exactly, to deliver that message to residents. The two Democrats, who have a complicated relationship, were both in New York but instead of holding a joint news conference, each held their own storm briefing less than five miles apart. The two news conferences were briefly scheduled to start within 15 minutes of each other, making it impossible for them both to be broadcast live on TV to New Yorkers anxious about the storm. Cuomo’s was eventually moved up, and he finished his news conference in Manhattan just as de Blasio took the microphone in Brooklyn. Both men downplayed that the apparent scheduling gaffe was anything more than a innocuous quirk of logistics and dismissed any idea that it should affect the confidence of New Yorkers’ in the governments’ ability to coordinate during a crisis. “We have been totally coordinated,” Cuomo said. “Our staffs are talking, I talk to the mayor all the time, so we’re totally coordinated.” The odd — and perhaps inadvertent — dance began Sunday night, when City Hall released de Blasio’s schedule for Monday. It showed a storm briefing for 11:30 a.m. but noted that could change due to developing weather condi-
tions. The next morning, at 10:04 a.m., Cuomo’s staff advised of a 1 p.m. news conference with the head of region’s transit system. Four minutes later, de Blasio’s staff noted that the mayor would be speaking at 12:45 p.m. A flurry of wry jokes among political reporters on Twitter followed before Cuomo moved his briefing to noon, avoiding the conflict. It was not immediately clear why the two men did not schedule a joint news conference. Though Cuomo was in Manhattan, de Blasio suggested that “there’s a lot going on in Albany” that prevented the governor from appearing with him, before declaring that their staffs were marching in lockstep. Both men’s staffs knocked down any suggestion of an ulterior motive for the separate scheduling and insisted that the response to the storm was far more important than any political inside baseball. De Blasio and Cuomo, who have known each other for 20 years, often shower each other in public praise but the two men’s political plans have frequently tangled. Cuomo has repeatedly tried to insert himself into de Blaiso’s agenda — he co-opted the mayor’s pre-kindergarten plan last year, and earlier this month waded into City Hall’s tensions with the police unions — while de Blasio’s team has grown frustrated with Cuomo’s shifting stances, including his inconsistent messages during last year’s Ebola scare.
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2015. There are 338 days left in the year.
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n Jan. 27, 1945, during World War II, Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.
test aboard their Apollo spacecraft. More than 60 nations signed a treaty banning the orbiting of nuclear weapons.
ON THIS DATE:
In 1973, the Vietnam peace accords were signed in Paris.
In 1756, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria.
In 1977, the Vatican issued a declaration reaffirming the Roman Catholic Church’s ban on female priests.
In 1880, Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.
In 1984, singer Michael Jackson suffered serious burns to his scalp when pyrotechnics set his hair on fire during the filming of a Pepsi-Cola TV commercial at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
In 1901, opera composer Giuseppe Verdi died in Milan, Italy, at age 87. In 1913, the musical play “The Isle O’ Dreams” opened in New York; it featured the song “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” by Ernest R. Ball, Chauncey Olcott and George Graff Jr. In 1944, during World War II, the Soviet Union announced the complete end of the deadly German siege of Leningrad, which had lasted for more than two years. In 1951, an era of atomic testing in the Nevada desert began as an Air Force plane dropped a one-kiloton bomb on Frenchman Flat. In 1965, “Up the Down Staircase,” Bel Kaufman’s novel about a young, idealistic teacher at a New York innercity school, was published by Prentice-Hall. In 1967, astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a
In 1998, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, on NBC’s “Today” show, charged the sexual misconduct allegations against her husband were the work of a “vast right-wing conspiracy.”
TEN YEARS AGO:
Condoleezza Rice, in her first day on the job as Secretary of State, reached out by phone to European allies and partners in the war on terrorism and echoed President George W. Bush’s inaugural charge to promote liberty across the globe. Frail survivors and humbled world leaders remembered the victims of the Holocaust as they marked the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz.
FIVE YEARS AGO: Acknowledging that “change has not come fast enough,” President Barack Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to get jobless millions back to work while fighting for ambitious overhauls of health care, energy and education. Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad
tablet computer during a presentation in San Francisco. J.D. Salinger, the reclusive author of “The Catcher in the Rye,” died in Cornish, New Hampshire, at age 91. Actress Zelda Rubinstein died in Los Angeles at age 76.
ONE YEAR AGO: Mexico essentially legalized the country’s growing “selfdefense” groups, reaching an agreement with vigilante leaders to incorporate the armed civilian outfits into old and largely forgotten quasi-military units called the Rural Defense Corps. Folk singer and activist Pete Seeger, 94, died in New York.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Actor James Cromwell is 75. Actor John Witherspoon is 73. Rock musician Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) is 71. Rhythm-and-blues singer Nedra Talley (The Ronettes) is 69. Ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov is 67. Political commentator Ed Schultz is 61. Chief U.S. Justice John Roberts is 60. Country singer Cheryl White is 60. Country singer-musician Richard Young (The Kentucky Headhunters) is 60. Actress Mimi Rogers is 59. Rock musician Janick Gers (Iron Maiden) is 58. Actress Susanna Thompson (TV: “Arrow”) is 57. Political and sports commentator Keith Olbermann is 56. Rock singer Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) is 54. Rock musician Gillian Gilbert is 54. Actress Bridget Fonda is 51. Actor Alan Cumming is 50. Country singer Tracy Lawrence is 47. Rock singer Mike Patton is 47. Rapper Tricky is 47. Rock musician Michael Kulas (James) is 46. Actor-comedian Patton Oswalt is 46. Actor Josh Randall is 43. Country singer Kevin Denney is 39. Tennis player Marat Safin is 35. Rock musician Matt Sanchez (American Authors) is 29. Actor Braeden Lemasters (TV: “Betrayal”; “Men of a Certain Age”) is 19.
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Southwick prepares for snowstorm
Flight cancelations are posted on a departure board for US Airways at Logan Airport in Boston, Monday. New England is bracing for a blockbuster blizzard threatening more than 2 feet of snow, hurricane-force winds, coastal flooding and widespread power outages. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Flights canceled as storm descends The Associated Press Airline travelers are going nowhere fast because of the blizzard bearing down on the Northeast on Monday, and Tuesday doesn’t look much better. At midday, more than 2,600 Monday flights within the U.S. had already been scrubbed, according to tracking service FlightAware.com. Most were to or from a band running from Washington through New York to Boston. And more than 1,000 flights are delayed. For Tuesday, 3,200 flights have already been canceled, FlightAware says. United Airlines says it won’t fly Tuesday in New York, Boston or Philadelphia. United spokeswoman Mary Ryan said the airline would limit operations at Newark, N.J., and LaGuardia and Kennedy airports in New York on Monday night and cancel all Tuesday flights at those airports. Callers to the airline were also experiencing long times on hold because of the heavy volume. American Airlines will run a “very limited” schedule in the Northeast on Tuesday, said spokeswoman Andrea Huguely. She said American planned to suspend operations late Monday afternoon at LaGuardia, Kennedy, Newark, Boston and Philadelphia. Airlines cancel flights before storms arrive to prevent passengers from driving to the airport and getting stranded in the terminal. Airlines also want to avoid having their planes stuck at snowed-in airports. Most major U.S. carriers said they would allow passengers ticketed to, from or through the Northeast on Monday or Tuesday to change their plans without getting hit by a fee, typically $200, for changing a reservation. Specific terms of the waiver varied by airline. The blizzard in the Northeast was having ripple effects for travelers and airports across the country. In West Palm Beach, Florida, where temperatures were expected to be in the 70s Monday, about 30 percent of all flights were canceled. Fort Lauderdale and Orlando also reported many cancellations. The National Weather Service predicted that 2 to 3 feet of snow would fall in a 250-mile stretch of the Northeast, including the New York and Boston areas. Philadelphia was bracing for 14 to 18 inches.
By HOPE E. TREMBLAY Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – Southwick Board of Selectmen Chairman Russell Fox declared the town to be in a limited state of emergency at 7 p.m. Monday during the board’s regular meeting. The declaration allows Emergency Management Director Charles Dunlap to respond as needed throughout the storm. Dunlap began working at 9 a.m. Monday, hours ahead of Winter Storm Juno. Dunlap and members of his volunteer emergency management team met with public safety officials and members of the Board of Selectmen and Chief Administrative Officer Karl Stinehart, as well as participated in a telephone conference with MEMA, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency. At press time, Dunlap and his six volunteers were in a waiting period and were prepared for Juno to dump an expected 24 inches of snow in the area. The Department of Public Works was also at the ready with plow crews in place. “One thing we are on the lookout for is thunder snow,” said Dunlap. “This is severe weather that comes with accelerated accumulation of three to four inches of snow an hour.” Dunlap said there is a con-
Monster snow and potential whiteout conditions. On the snowy Metro-North commuter train platform in White Plains, New York, postal worker Peter Hovey said he will be playing it safe when he has to deliver packages on Tuesday. “If you’re telling me the trains might not run tomorrow, I’m telling you this: I’m not driving,” he said. “It’s going to be ridiculous out there, frightening.” In Hartford, Connecticut, Frank Kurzatkowski stopped for gas and said he also filled several five-gallon buckets of water at his home in case the power went out and his well pump failed. “I’ve got gas cans filled for my snowblowers,” he said. “I have four-wheel-drive.” Supermarkets and hardware stores did a brisk trade as light snow fell in New Jersey. Nicole Coelho, 29, a nanny from Lyndhurst, New Jersey, was preparing to pick up her charges early from school and stocking up on macaroni and cheese, frozen pizzas and milk at a supermarket. She also was ready in case of a power outage. “I’m going to make sure to charge up my cellphone, and I have a good book I haven’t gotten around to reading yet,” she said. About half of all flights out of New York’s LaGuardia Airport were called off Monday, and about 60 percent of flights heading into the airport were scratched. Boston’s Logan Airport said there would be no flights after 7 p.m. Monday. Coastal residents braced for a powerful storm surge and the possibility of damaging flooding and beach erosion, particularly in New Jersey and on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Officials in New Jersey shore towns warned people to move their cars off the streets and away from the water. Utility companies across the region put additional crews on standby to deal with anticipated power outages from high winds. The storm posed one of the biggest tests yet for
Charles H. Dunlap, director of the Southwick Emergency Management Agency, studies a road map in the town’s Emergency Management Center after Monday night’s Southwick Selectmen’s meeting. The Center serves as a command post to assist town government officials during emergency situations. (Photo by Frederick Gore) cern that temperatures will be at zero or below and if there is a power outage, it could be for an extended period of time. The town has a warming center at Town Hall at the ready, said Dunlap. “The warming center is ready as needed and can be opened at a moment’s notice,” he said. Dunlap said the best thing residents could do as the snow fell was to use common sense. “Take precautions when using snow blowers,” he said. “People should not park on streets so that plows can get
through easily, and people should stay off the roads so that emergency personnel can get through.” Selectmen Fox and Joseph Deedy checked in with Dunlap after the board meeting and said they were confident the management team was prepared to serve Southwick. “They had their meetings today and everyone is prepared and ready,” said Fox. Dunlap said Southwick is fortunate to have wellequipped emergency management operations with headquarters at Town Hall, plus a
second command center at the DPW garage and a mobile command. There will be no meals on wheels delivered for the elderly and no transportation provided from the Council on Aging Tuesday, and the Transfer Station will be closed for employees to help in storm cleanup. A parking ban is in effect from 5 p.m. Monday until storm cleanup is complete on all town roads. Residents are reminded not to plow their driveways across streets. Town Hall and the Library will be closed Tuesday.
Continued from Page 1 Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, who has been in office for less than three weeks. He warned residents to prepare for power outages and roads that are “very hard, if not impossible, to navigate.”
Wind gusts of 75 mph or more were possible for coastal areas of Massachusetts, and up to 50 mph farther inland, forecasters said. The storm interrupted jury selection in the Boston
Marathon bombing case and forced a postponement in opening statements in the murder trial of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez in Fall River, Massachusetts.
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COMMENT LETTER TO THE EDITOR To the Editor Arizona has come up with a good idea: students must past a civics test to graduate. Research shows that a majority of Born in the USA Americans could not pass a citizenship test like those taken by immigrants. And, from what too many say about our government, and our history it is clear that the researchers are right. A lot of sounds good, myth-misinformation has become fact in the mind of many. And, this is nothing new. I have been involved in civic affairs for 50+ years, and have heard it all. I have been amazed at how little some people know when it comes to our government and history. And, how many believe things said that are so very untrue as if it were gospel. I often thought that having to pass a citizenship test to vote would be good idea. But, I also figured that we would have to have some means of testing everyone, and that just would not happen. But, this sounds good that to graduate you need to pass a civic test. While math and science are important understanding our American Exceptionalism is vital. For those my age remember that we used to be taught Civics, until it seems too many everyday Americans began to use it to purse the exercise of their Rights and Responsibilities, then it became Social Studies. A coincidence was that the other night I was watching CPTV, Connecticut’s PBS; the program was Connecticut in the 1960’s. The JFK era spurred citizens to take up their responsibilities and to work together to resolve their own local problems themselves. They did, but those in the “establishment” did not like this as if people could take of their own problems themselves, and knew the real relationship of the voter tax-
payer to government, that some of those less than functional in government might see the success of “those” people threatening their status. When I first became involved in my early teens, because I cam from the wrong side of the city, was told: who are you to question your better? And, you could not know what works. As said before I was a Democrat until a couple of years ago, but for the most part it was the only game in town if you wanted to work the system to benefit my community. But, my independent thinking streak often put me at odds with Party people. And, worse, I was often proven right, and or that I had greater command of the real facts. This lead to my being labeled a “trouble maker” or “loose cannon.” But I guess that a lot of people are in the same category as there are so many former Dems, and Republicans who are not Independent voters. So, maybe if we start early to again educate people to the realities of our unique form of government and history we may start to get out of the mess that has been made. So, I will be calling upon our Westfield legislators to propose that they look at the Arizona law, and come up with legislation to do something similar. If you agree please join with me in encouraging Rep. Velis, and Sen. Humason to look into this. I welcome and urge your feedback. Brian Hoose, brhoose@comcast.net
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Time for Plan B? As unsavory as it sounds, Obama may need to press for a diplomatic solution with Putin By ANDREW S. WEISS Politico.com In his State of the Union, President Obama appeared eager to declare victory in Ukraine, saying the united front against Vladimir Putin had worked and that “Russia is isolated, with its economy in tatters.” The ever-touchy Russian president appeared to respond a few days later, through his separatist proxies, with a dramatic surge in violence in south-eastern Ukraine and last Saturday’s deadly artillery attack on the strategic port city of Mariupol, which killed at least 30 people. Thus far, Obama seems to be sticking to his administration’s customary response, taking the line that sanctions are the primary tool to force Putin to reverse course and that the West is not prepared to confront Russia militarily. “We will continue to take the approach that we have taken in the past, which is to ratchet up the pressure on Russia,” he said at a news conference in New Delhi on Sunday. The question is whether this approach is enough to prevent the full unraveling of the cease-fire and shield the fragile Ukrainian state from what George Soros has aptly described as Putin’s true intention: to “destroy the new Ukraine before it can establish itself … while maintaining deniability.” The immediate violence around Mariupol and elsewhere in the Donbas may pause, but the pattern is clear—Russia will back the separatists in order to disrupt Ukraine and keep the West off-balance. Barring any changes, this is what we can expect for the long term. There aren’t many credible options for averting this outcome. But perhaps the least unpalatable of an array of unsavory options is for Obama to take another look at a serious diplomatic effort with the Europeans to end the conflict once and for all. While there are new hints that Secretary of State John Kerry is eager to throw himself into the crisis, such moves are unlikely to pay off unless Obama personally gets involved. The president’s clear reluctance to engage in direct dialogue with Putin has been a curious feature for U.S. policy, given his readiness to engage with the leaders of longtime adversaries such as Iran and Cuba without pre-conditions. The Europeans lack credibility on two items important to Putin: ensuring recognition of Russia’s global role and stirring Russian anxieties about possible direct military support to Ukraine. Yet in other respects this may be what passes for an optimal moment in this crisis. In December a series of shocks battered the Russian economy, compounding the damage from the sanctions program and giving rise to hopes that the West’s strategy was working. Obama’s State of the Union confidence was unsurprising against the backdrop of a 50 percent drop in oil prices since June and a dramatic Russian currency crisis. But now, rather than simply asserting that Putin has won only a pyrrhic victory in Ukraine, Obama should use his position of strength to push for a longer-term settlement. Obama has his own reasons for not letting the dramatic rupture in U.S.-Russian relations spiral out of control. For several months, the White House has quietly tried to work with the Russians on a handful of issues of paramount importance to Obama’s foreign policy agenda. That cherry-picking approach has dampened the administration’s willingness to apply more pressure on Putin, say, by providing lethal military assistance to the Ukrainians. The fear has been that the Russians might retaliate by escalating the fighting inside Ukraine or by withholding cooperation in areas where their cooperation is a musthave such as the Iran nuclear negotiation, the fight against See Plan B, Page 8
Obama’s Arctic power grab President’s green push trumps Alaska’s long battle over ANWR By ANDREW RESTUCCIA Politico.com President Barack Obama’s quest to burnish his environmental legacy just landed in Alaska’s oil patch. The Obama administration’s surprise plan to impose new environmental protections on 12 million acres of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge poured fuel on the long-running fight over drilling in the sensitive region — long a priority in Anchorage and among the state’s lawmakers in Washington. Alaska gets more than 90 percent of its government revenues from the energy industry, and efforts to open up new areas for oil and gas exploration are backed by both Democrats and Republicans. The latest push from Obama has put new strains on Alaska’s already tense relationship with the Interior Department. The administration’s proposal, released Sunday, reflects Obama’s shift to the left on environmental issues in the past two years, putting pollution cuts and the preservation of sensitive lands at the center of his second-term agenda and setting up a clash with the Republican-controlled Congress. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who chairs the powerful Energy and Natural Resources Committee, rarely starts political fights on Capitol Hill, but she came out swinging on Monday, saying that the Obama administration has “effectively declared war on Alaska.” And she doubled down on her previous statement that the administration is “willing to negotiate with Iran, but they won’t negotiate with Alaska.” For Alaska lawmakers in both parties, drilling in ANWR is a nobrainer. They’ve been trying unsuccessfully to open up the massive refuge to oil exploration for decades. And Alaska’s lawmakers have long complained that Obama and other Washington politicians simply don’t understand the state or its needs. “This is where we live, and this is where we work, so show us a little respect,” Murkowski said. But the White House sought to portray Murkowski’s comments as an overreaction. “[W]e don’t think that the reaction that particularly Senator Murkowski had to this announcement was warranted,” White House counselor John Podesta told reporters traveling with Obama. Drilling is currently off limits in ANWR, and it would take an act of Congress to change that. Over the years, Republicans have repeatedly tried to open the refuge to drilling, often falling just short. Murkowski and her Alaska colleagues hope to launch another ANWR drilling push, but it’s unclear whether they can win 60 votes in the Senate — and they almost certainly couldn’t secure the 67 votes needed to overcome a likely Obama veto. But the president’s proposal will likely put ANWR drilling back on top of Republicans’ to-do list. In the aftermath of the midterm elections, ANWR fell off the GOP’s radar screen, with much of the attention focused on approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline and rolling back EPA regulations. The proposed wilderness designation, which would impose new protection in the refuge, is only a request that must be considered by Congress — and there’s little chance that Republicans will green-light the move. But Interior can begin imposing the higher level of protection in the refuge even if Congress doesn’t act. And Murkowski warned that the Interior Department planned to issue even more restrictions on the state’s oil and gas industry, omitting areas in the offshore Arctic waters from an upcoming five-year oil and gas development plan. That five-year plan hasn’t been publicly revealed by Interior yet. But Murkowski, who was briefed by Interior on Friday, was so incensed that she broke with protocol and publicly released details on the department’s plans. The other two members of the Alaska delegation, Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young, joined Murkowski in vowing to block Obama’s proposals, and they threatened to use appropriations, legislation and litigation to do so — though they offered few specifics on their plans. Those options, Murkowski said, had grown now that Republicans
control both sides of Capitol Hill. “There are tools, and the good news is that there are more tools now then there were in the previous Congress,” she said. Young, one of the blunter members of Congress, didn‘t hold back on his criticism of Obama. “This man, this person, has gone completely wacko,” Young said. And he derided Interior Secretary Sally Jewell as a “charlatan,” adding, “She doesn’t know what she’s talking about.” Plummeting oil prices this year have taken a devastating toll on Alaska’s economy, which relies heavily on revenues from oil companies that operate in the state. The state is drawing $10 million from its savings every day, and Gov. Bill Walker has proposed spending cuts and possibly even higher taxes. In response to Obama’s ANWR plan, Walker said in a statement he would “consider accelerating the options available to us to increase oil exploration and production on state-owned lands.” Alaska lawmakers have had a tumultuous relationship with Jewell, the former CEO of outdoor retailer REI who has served as Interior secretary since April 2013. Jewell infuriated Murkowski in December 2013 by rejecting the construction of a one-lane gravel emergency access road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge that Alaska lawmakers had sought for years. Murkowski has said the road would be a crucial medical link to connect the isolated southwestern Alaska fishing village of King Cove to an all-weather airport. But environmental advocates say the road could threaten sensitive wildlife and even be used for commercial development in the area. From Murkowski’s perspective, Interior’s decision to block the road because of its potential effect on the region’s ecology was a perfect example of how the Obama administration doesn’t understand Alaska. Interior’s Izembek road decision, about which Jewell informed Murkowski two days before Christmas in 2013, caused an early rift in their relationship, and Murkowski has regularly criticized the Interior chief over it, saying last year, “I cannot convey in words adequate to describe the frustration, the anger, the sadness with which I received that decision.” Murkowski said she had a similar reaction to Interior’s ANWR proposal. She got in touch with Jewell via phone while the secretary was in New Mexico. “I let it be known that I wasn’t too happy,” Murkowski said. Asked about the status of Jewell and Murkowski’s relationship, Interior Department spokeswoman Jessica Kershaw said, “The secretary continues to remain hopeful that she and the senator can find common ground to continue working on important issues for Alaska and the nation and the Secretary will continue to work toward that.”
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Emergency response and crime report Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 1:38 a.m.: disturbance, Bartlett Street, a caller reports her son was assaulted in her front yard, the responding officer reports a neighbor came to his driveway yelling and poured beer on his head, the victim said that he man held the bottle over his head as if he was going to strike with it and then grabbed the victim ripping his clothing the man reportedly smashed the beer bottle on the driveway as he left, the officer reports the suspect was extremely uncooperative when he spoke with him and spat at the officer and two assisting officers, the man was found to not be a neighbor but was in fact visiting his girlfriend who is a neighbor, Rey L. Augustine, 30, of 32 Lee Road, South Deerfield, was arrested for three charges of assault and battery on a police officer, assault with a dangerous weapon and resisting arrest; 8:27 a.m.: city ordinance violation, Foch Avenue at Prospect Street, a caller reports a dangerously icy street and sidewalk, the responding officer reports that the area is the city’s responsibility and the DPW was notified; 8:40 a.m.: city ordinance violation, Union Street, a code enforcement officer reports he received a complaint of an icy sidewalk at a Union Street, address, a notice was left with a tenant who agreed to advise his landlord, the officer reports he addressed similar issues at three other Union Street addresses; 9:34 a.m.: animal complaint, Prospect Street, a caller reports a sick or injured coyote is in the area, the first responding officer reports the coyote was spotted on Lawton Avenue but eventually the three patrol officers and the animal control officer involved in the search lost contact with the animal, the officer reports that the coyote seems to be staying away from people; 10:55 a.m.: city ordinance violation, Pochassic Road, a caller reports a resident’s sump pump is dumping water in the roadway creating a dangerous situation, the DPW was notified and agreed to send a bucket loader to scrape ice from the street, a DPW representative also delivered to the resident a copy of the relevant city ordinance violation; 11:17 a.m.: larceny, a caller reports an older woman stole a bottle of hair product, the responding officer reports “the elderly female was able to elude me using her walking cane”, the caller said that the suspect is a regular customer, the caller was advised to call police the next time the suspect comes to the store; 11:58 a.m.: well being check, Hampden Street, a person came to the station to request a well-being check for a client, the responding officer reports the highly intoxicated woman was found lying in her own excrement, an animal control officer was notified to take custody of a resident cat who would have been left alone when the woman was taken to hospital, the woman was transported to Noble Hospital and the cat was taken to the municipal animal shelter; 6:26 p.m.: larceny, Main Street, a caller reports a shoplifter has been caught in the store, the responding officer reports that merchandise was recovered but he store does not wish to pursue criminal charges, the suspect was served with a ‘No trespassing’ order;
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license, the officer advised the man that he was discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling, the said that he often shoots from his deck and nobody has complained previously, the officer advised the man that the police chief would be advised; 2:15 p.m.: city ordinance violation, Montgomery Road, a caller complains of untreated sidewalks on Montgomery Road, the responding officer reports one address in question had issues to be dealt with because of melting and refreezing and a verbal warning was issued, at the other address the officer reports that it appears as if nothing had been done to remove ice and snow, a previous complaint had been noted in December, there was no response at the door and a city ordinance violation citation was issued; 3:18 p.m.: threat to commit a crime, Noble Hospital, West Silver Street, a hospital staffer reports a patient threatened to assault an employee and vandalize his vehicle, the responding officer reports the patient left when a nurse mentioned security personnel, the caller asked only that the incident be documented; 3:56 p.m.: animal complaint, Stony Lane, an animal control officer reports she took custody of an injured hawk and trans-
ported it to the municipal animal shelter; 5:40 p.m.: vandalism, St. Paul Street, a caller reports the air was removed from the tires of two vehicles in his driveway, the caller does not require a formal report but wants the incident documented; 9:38 p.m.: fire, Northwest Road, a caller reports flames are reaching 15-20 feet into the air from a nearby address, the responding firefighters report a bonfire was found and extinguished by firefighters, the resident was advised of the pertinent regulations; 11:04 p.m.: liquor law violation, Washington Street, a community policing officer reports he assisted in the response to a complaint of a loud gathering and observed a male party on the porch holding a bottle of beer which he attempted to hide when he saw the officer, the young man was found to be younger than the legal drinking age and a city ordinance violation citation was issued, the bottle was seized and placed in the basket of the officer’s bicycle, another officer overheard a man telling a companion that he was going to steal the evidence from the basket and when he did so he was apprehended, Joseph Burke, 19, of 41 Boyd St., Worcester, was arrested for larceny of property valued less than $250.
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Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 Martin Benitez Jr., 37, of 46 Crown St., submitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding for a charge of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle brought by Westfield police and the charge was continued without a finding and dismissed upon payment of fees and assessments totaling $100. He was found to be not responsible for a charge of operating motor vehicle without a valid inspection sticker or for a motor vehicle lights violation. John W. Abbott, 47, of 42 Arnold St., was released on $1,000 personal surety pending a March 2 hearing after he was arraigned on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon on a
person older than 60 years-of-age and assault and battery with injury on a person older than 60 years-of-age brought by Westfield police. Heather L. Reed, 28, of 27 B. Main St., Chester, was released on her personal recognizance pending a March 5 hearing after she was arraigned on charges of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license and operating an unregistered motor vehicle brought by State Police. In a second case also brought by State Police, Reed was again released on her personal recognizance pending a March 5 hearing after she was arraigned on charges of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license and failure to wear a seat belt.
Gateway Superintendent’s Corner
If you’ve been listening, reading, or viewing the news over the past few weeks you have most likely noticed much debate about the long overdue federal reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This is a legislative act that has existed for many years but has not been ‘reauthorized’ in any official manner in the recent past. With both chamFriday, Jan. 23, 2015 bers in Congress now controlled 1:12 a.m.: city ordinance violation, Arnold Street, a patrol by the Republicans, and the officer reports he observed the operator of a vehicle in the White House by the Democrats, municipal parking lot urinate near a parked car, the vehicle left this sets up an interesting scethe parking lot but the officer was able to stop it on Elm Street, nario for any legislation. Given a city ordinance violation citation was issued; President Obama’s emphasis on 12:17 p.m.: found property, Granville Road, a caller reports education as well as having a three hypodermic needles are in the roadway, the responding Secretary of Education strongly officer reports the syringes were located and removed; in favor of accountability, and 1:53 p.m.: traffic complaint, Granville Road, a caller reports an educational act that was a Christmas tree fell off a truck collecting the trees, the DPW based upon the Texas model of accountability and put into place was notified; 2:01 p.m.: noise complaint, Russell Road, a patrol officer by a Republican president, one reports hearing four gunshots and investigating to find a man might be forgiven for thinking carrying a rifle, the officer reports that he man identified him- that a reauthorization should be self as a resident of the property and said that he had been easy, but that’s not the case. It appears that one of the bighunting squirrels, upon demand then man went into his house and returned with a pistol permit and an expired hunting gest sticking points is the testing of students and then using those results to judge children, their teachers, administrators, and schools based essentially on a ‘high stakes’ annual test of a limited number of subjects with students from third to eighth grade and once in high school. You may have read about the problems with having a once a year, fill in the blank (with an occasional short answer or short essay) test being the largest factor in determining a student or school’s success. We’re told this is to ensure our students are ‘college’ and ‘career’ ready but multiple studies have shown that LOST KEYS — I lost my keys likely while using the 21st Century Skills such as colsnow-blower on a Montgomery Street sidewalk or on a Murray laboration, problem solving, and Ave sidewalk. If found please email or call me. Its a single critical thinking skills, in conToyota key fob, with an Native Indian charm attached, some- junction with determination, thing like this one (see above). curiosity, and the ability to creThank you, Shelley. ate are at least as important in shelley2002@comcast.net being successful in college or a 413-313-4550 career – yet we don’t test those items. The growing outcry against such ineffectual testing from students, parents, teachers, administrators, school committees, employers and now many politicians has brought the impact of testing to the forefront of the ESEA reauthorization. Coupled with the historic separation of the federal government from the control of local educational policy and practice, we’re now set for an epic battle. In my mind this is an interesting conundrum for many of our politicians and an apparent Help, Bella is lost! 180-degree turn on educational policy for many in their respective parties. We’ll certainly be keeping an eye on this debate, and whether a change at the • Very Friendly federal level will eventually • Petite change the thinking in • 1-1/2 Yrs Old Massachusetts, as our state is • Spayed slated to vote on whether to completely move to the PARCC Missing since Saturday, December 27. Last seen near Highland and test this coming fall after ‘testHer name is Bella. Crane Avenue, Westfield. Contact Debbie at (413) 977-9634 ing’ it in roughly half of the schools in the state. As if this basic policy debate
their report). The full report is very interesting and links to this information may be found on the Gateway Superintendent’s Blog. While I believe it is important to measure student growth and success, I would venture to say, given all of the information available, that a standardized
test is not an effective way to measure the success of such a complicated venture as educating children to ensure their success in a rapidly changing world with characteristics that can hardly be called ‘standard’. I look forward to seeing how all of this plays out, both in Washington D.C. and in Boston.
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on testing and federal intervention in local education policy isn’t enough, the National Superintendent’s Roundtable, in conjunction with the Horace Mann League, has released a study (“American School Performance in Context”) on research that indicates results from these types of standardized tests are only part of the answer when comparing American student success with other countries (the so called Iceberg Effect in
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The Carson Center for Human Services Celebrating 50 Years of Real Help with Real Life 1963-2013 Andrew was pretty sure that the Carson therapist who ran his Parent Group did not have kids. The stuff she suggested sounded good, until you tried it out in real life. Real life was filled with Legos in the plumbing and nail polish paintings on the new kitchen countertop. Real life was the cost of those dance costumes and the fact that Andrew and his wife had not had a date since 2011. In group, the therapist sounded impossibly reasonable and well-rested, as though she’d had a quiet evening to herself the night before. She was nice and she knew her stuff, but still, her excellent posture put a strain on all the parents, whose shoulders universally sagged. This week’s topic was about making appropriate consequences for your kids’ mistakes. Parents were encouraged to work out the family rules and consequences during a Family Meeting, preferably when everyone is getting along. Parents were advised not to come up with oversized consequences in the heat of the moment that were unreasonable or impossible to fulfill. During Family Meeting, parents should ask the kids first to come up with the consequences to common problems that the family anticipates might occur during the week. The thinking is that since kids are little terrorists, the parents will look benevolent and merciful when their reasonable suggestions follow their children’s dramatic visions of vengeance for themselves and their siblings. (The therapist didn’t put it that way, but this is how Andrew understood it). Andrew had tried it out by asking his youngest son what he thought should happen if he played on his computer game longer than agreed. The therapist was right; his six year old son had said, in November, “I shouldn’t be allowed to play with it again until the end of the school year.” “You can work out a reasonable consequence that connects to the thing they have done wrong…be careful, tempers can run hot--the consequence should not be so unjust that it threatens the child’s bond with you as a parent,” the Carson therapist had said. At dinner, Andrew was trying to keep all of this in mind. They hadn’t had a Family Meeting yet. He and his wife had been up all night cleaning the bedding from the vomiting. The kids were now, during dinner, debriefing their vomiting experience in professional sport caster detail. The oldest child laughed so hard, he spilled his milk. The second reached over to help clean up the milk, and accidentally spilled his own as he did so. This delighted the youngest brother, who looked as though he might need to spill his milk to continue the joy. “That’s IT!” bellowed Andrew, in exactly the intimidating voice his therapist told them in group would ensure a future disastrous adolescence for everyone involved. “The next person who spills his milk will go A WEEK with NO TELEVISION and NO DESSERT and WILL DO ALL THE LAUNDRY!” The kids looked at him, flattened, laughter gone. His wife’s brows were arched and her mouth was set in a way that would ensure Andrew’s own misery for the rest of the meal and possibly the evening if he didn’t figure out how to fix this. Andrew thought about Parenting Group. He could say he didn’t mean it, but then he remembered the therapist with the good posture telling him that if he didn’t follow through on the consequences he’d laid out, that he would lose credibility with his kids. He reached out to the ketchup bottle and tipped his youngest son’s milk over onto the table with the back of his hand. “Oh! It’s me!” said Andrew. His sons looked at one another furtively and smiled.” Looks like I’ll have plenty of time to do the laundry this week, since I won’t get any television time!” The kids sprang to action cleaning up the table. The youngest passed by his Dad’s chair with the wadded up paper towels, and whispered, “I have a stash from Halloween, Dad, if the week gets too hard, come see me.” “No, I’ll take my consequence, Buddy—but thanks.” Bond intact. By JAC Patrissi
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In this Oct. 24, 2014 photo, Dr. Nader Sanai operates on cancer patient Lori Simons at Phoenix’s Barrow Neurological Institute. The surgery was part of one the most unusual cancer experiments in the nation, testing medicines very early in development and never tried on brain tumors before. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff) these tumors have little effect — median survival is about 14 months. “We’ve had an endless string of failures” to find better ones, Sanai said. His study is for people whose cancer came back. Doctors use a stored sample from the original tumor to see if its growth is driven by any genes or pathways targeted by one of the experimental drugs in development. If so, they give that single dose of the new drug before surgery to remove the new tumor. Then, the tumor tissue is examined under a microscope to see if the drug had its intended effect on the genes or pathways. So far, the study has tested one drug from AstraZeneca PLC in four patients. Another drug, from Novartis, will be added soon. “We’re trying to develop a portfolio of these” so there are many possible drugs available for new patients under a single “umbrella” study, Sanai said. It is called a “phase zero” clinical trial because it comes before the usual three-phase experiments to determine a drug’s safety, ideal dose and effectiveness.
“We view this as a great thing, as something that will produce better drugs that have greater chance of working,” said Dr. Richard Pazdur, cancer drug chief at the FDA. “Cost potentially will go down and certainly time will go down” for companies testing new drugs this way and patients seeking something that will help, he said. Finding treatments for brain tumors is “a huge unmet medical need” that justifies trying a new approach, Pazdur said. Dr. James Doroshow was involved in the only previous studies like this, done at the National Cancer Institute. In the past, “if you had a new drug, you’d give it to a patient, you’d measure the blood levels, but very rarely would you have a way to know whether the presumed method of action was working in the patient,” he said. The Arizona study gives a way to check that, because the tumor is removed right after the first dose is given. And if the drug does not work in any or few of the people who get it, the study could spare others a futile treatment, and limit the time and money a drug company invests. “If you’re going to fail, you
want to fail early and fail fast before you put thousands of patients into randomized trials,” Doroshow said. The experimental drug did not appear to help Simons, a 55-year-old former pharmacist from Gold Canyon, an hour’s drive east of Phoenix. Doctors decided to try an older drug, Temodar, after her surgery in late October. “The real interest in these kind of trials is not necessarily putting patients on these drugs but keeping them off drugs that aren’t going to work,” said Sanai, who treated Simons. The patient said she had no regrets about participating. “It’s a revolutionary trial. I think it will open up a pathway for many other drugs to be studied in this manner,” Simons said. “I go into this with no motive for me. It’s just for the future, people who have cancer like I do, and see what kind of treatments they can have.” ——— Online: Treatment options for brain cancer: http://1.usa.gov/ZqXBlz American Cancer Society info: http://bit.ly/UJMhZG
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Hard search for less invasive brain surgery leads to eyelid By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctor after doctor said removing the tumor causing Pamela Shavaun Scott’s unrelenting headaches would require cutting open the top of her skull and pushing aside her brain. Then one offered a startling shortcut — operating through her eyelid. The idea: Make a small incision right in the crease and sneak past the eyeball into the hard-to-reach center of the head. “The nice thing about it is, we have to saw off much less of your head,” is how Dr. S. Tonya Stefko of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center explains it. Less invasive brain surgery isn’t common but surgeons are working out different ways to get to tumors, aneurysms and other problems without as much trauma in hopes that patients recover faster. But Scott’s experience shows how difficult it can be for patients to learn about alternative options like the eyelid approach — performed by a small number of highly specialized surgical teams — or even to know what to ask. Scott knew that major medical centers often offer second-opinion consultations for long-distance patients, and started hunting — aided when her husband used a 3D printer to create a life-size model of her skull with her tumor, a meningioma growing behind her left eye, for surgeons to examine. “The sad thing is that people don’t know there are other options than what their smalltown doctor is telling them,” said Scott, 56, who traveled from her home in Morro Bay, California, to Pittsburgh for the surgery. “I feel like a walking miracle.” Reaching that spot above and behind the eyes, the underside of the brain, is a challenge. Traditional surgery means a large opening in the skull to give doctors plenty of room to maneuver. But they must move painstakingly past sections of healthy brain, and Scott was warned that because her tumor was in such a tough location, vision or even cognitive damage was a risk of that top-down surgery. Sometimes, surgeons can snake their tools through the nasal passages instead, a straighter shot through a natural opening. Now the eye is offering some paths into this difficult region, too. Think of the eye socket like an ice cream cone, with the tip pointing back toward the
wearing sunglasses. In Indianapolis, dentist Deborah Boyer underwent a similar months-long search to treat a meningioma growing around critical nerves and blood vessels, threatening her vision and motor function. She wanted both a brain and
an eye specialist. So she read medical journals online and hunted designated “centers of excellence.” Pittsburgh’s Gardner initially planned to cut through the side of her skull, a smaller operation than other doctors offered, but later decided the
corner of her eye offered a good path. Boyer said it took twice as long as regular surgery, but she was discharged in four days pain-free. “People need help to try to get connected more quickly, and to know what those options are,” she said.
Noble Express Care In this photo taken Jan. 13, 2015, Pamela Shavaun Scott holds a 3D printer model of her skull after her brain tumor was removed from behind her eye, in Morro Bay, Calif. Doctor after doctor said removing the tumor causing Pamela Shavaun Scott’s unrelenting headaches would require cutting open the top of her skull and pushing aside her brain. Then one doctor offered a startling shortcut — operating through her eyelid to get into the hard-to-reach center of the head. A big benefit: “We have to saw off much less of your head.” (AP Photo/Phil Klein)
brain’s center, said Dr. Paul Gardner, director of UPMC’s Center for Skull Base Surgery. Entering through the eyelid crease, surgeons can follow that cone to just the right spot to access the brain — removing a bit of bone about the size of two postage stamps from the inside. Entering the socket at a different angle, doctors also can make a cut in the crow’s feet at the corner of the eye. Or they can hide an incision in the eyebrow, making a small hole in the skull just above the eye. Dr. Robert Harbaugh, president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, cautioned that transorbital approaches haven’t been formally studied to compare ultimate outcomes, including safety, to traditional open surgery. “This is worth exploring,” he said. But, “because it’s new doesn’t mean it’s necessarily better.” The surgery is only for carefully selected patients, stressed Dr Alfredo QuinonesHinojosa, a John Hopkins University neurosurgeon who co-authored one of the first medical journal reports on the eyelid method a few years ago. Tumors can’t be too big. No important nerves can be in the way; he also turns away people with large sinuses, to be sure there’s room to get by. He calls infection the main risk. And it can only be done by a specialized team with experience in both the eye and the brain, added Gardner, who
will present some of Pittsburgh’s cases at a medical meeting next month. Stefko, UPMC’s director of orbital and oculoplastic surgery, has the job of protecting the eyeball, making the corridor for the neurosurgeons to work. Those kinds of multidisciplinary teams are rare, limiting wider adoption of these techniques, said QuinonesHinojosa. “You really have to learn how to be co-captains. Medicine and surgery hasn’t been, traditionally, like that,” he said. For California’s Scott, it took a few hours longer to remove her meningioma — a benign tumor that started in the brain’s protective covering and grew into the bone and near her optic nerve — through the small opening. But she awoke with essentially a black eye, and was back at work in her psychotherapy practice in two weeks,
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will be allowed to take off or land during the height of the blizzard. The last flight out of Logan is expected to leave at about 7:30 p.m. Monday, and flights Tuesday are scratched. Massport aviation director Ed Freni said the goal is to resume airport operations Wednesday. Logan handles about 1,000 flights per day. COASTAL CONCERNS From Cape Ann to Cape Cod and the islands, residents along the Massachusetts coast are bracing for a powerful storm surge and the possibility of damaging flooding and beach erosion. The National Weather Service has posted a coastal flood warning for high tide from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. Tuesday, with a flood watch remaining in effect for the afternoon high tide. Forecasters are expecting a storm surge of up to 3 1/2 feet and 25-foot offshore waves at high tide. In most areas, forecasters are expecting moderate flooding of shore roads and basements, but in some isolated areas, the effects could be more severe, including the possibility of structural damage to homes. Officials said it would be up to local communities to decide if mandatory evacuations become necessary. Some communities plan to open shelters. TRIALS POSTPONED The blockbuster storm is slowing down two closely watched trials in Massachusetts. U.S. District Court Judge George O’Toole said Monday that prospective jurors in the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev would not be called Tuesday and it was “iffy” if the jury selection process would resume Wednesday. Bristol County Superior Court Judge Susan Garsh, meanwhile, said opening statements that had initially been expected Tuesday in the murder trial of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez would be postponed until Thursday. IN THE BUNKER The state’s response to the storm is being coordinated from the MEMA bunker in Framingham, where Baker met with emergency officials and briefed reporters Monday. The first-inthe-nation underground emergency operations facility dates to the early 1960s, when President John F. Kennedy decided that states should have facilities to ensure the continuity of state government in the event of a nuclear attack. Approximately an acre in size, the bunker is 30 to 40 feet below ground with outer walls of reinforced concrete, 18 to 24 inches thick. About 300 key state government officials can work there.
Residents Thursday morning,” said Cross. While shovels, sand, salt and snow rakes have been predictably flying off the shelves in many of the bigger box stores in the region, smaller stores such as Westfield Home and Garden and Rocky’s Ace, as well as A. Boilard Sons, Inc., a building supplies company based in Springfield’s Indian Orchard neighborhood, will be selling bags of salt and sand, along with shovels and even generators, that people can walk in and purchase from their Oak Street location in Springfield. “We have plenty of different types of salts available and we still have a few generators and snow rakes in stock, as well as plenty of propane,” said Michael Boilard, president of A. Boilard Sons. Boilard stated that people residing all over Hampden County are welcome from all over Hampden County and that they can even call the company in advance to make sure what they need is still in stock. He added that, while he isn’t expecting a flood of people but that there have been a few new faces arriving to purchase items to combat the incoming snow. “We’ve probably sold 300, 400 bags of rock salt already to probably about 150 people or so,” said Boilard Monday. “Right now, we’ve got plenty of stock and we should make it through the day OK.” Boilard said that the company closes for the day at 4:30 p.m. and the amount of snow the area receives overnight will determine whether they’ll be open Tuesday. “But we’ll be here until people stop coming,” he said. Home Depot said it’s seeing high demand for shovels, salt, snow throwers and other suppliers throughout the mid-Atlantic up through New England. Stephen Holmes, a Home Depot spokesman, said the company’s supply chain and mer-
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Reinhardt Associates responsible for the design of Westfield’s proposed transit building, were slated for the meeting. Noble Hospital’s Express Care closed Monday at 7 p.m. and expects to reopen on Wednesday at 10 a.m. The Hospital’s Primary Care facilities at 57 Union Street and at 800 College Highway in Southwick also closed at 5 p.m. Monday evening and have plans to reopen Wednesday at 10 a.m. Noble’s Sports & Rehabilitation Center on 76 Main Street will also be closed Tuesday and will reopen Wednesday. In a statement, the hospital stated that all emergency cases should proceed to the Noble Hospital Emergency Department. All of Baystate Medical Center’s Health hospitals including Baystate Medical Center, Baystate Children’s Hospital, Baystate Franklin Medical Center, Baystate Mary Lane Hospital and Baystate Wing Hospital, will remain open Tuesday, while all outpatient services – including Baystate Medical Practice’s Primary Care and all outpatient specialty sites, as well as all reference laboratories – will be closed. Among the Baystate Medical Practices closed Tuesday will be both adult and pediatric primary care practices in Belchertown, East Longmeadow, Greenfield, Ludlow, Monson, Northampton, Palmer, South Deerfield, South Hadley, Springfield, Ware, West Springfield, Wilbraham. Baystate Breast and Wellness Center, Baystate Children’s Specialty Center, Baystate Rehabilitation Care (Agawam, East Longmeadow, Greenfield, Palmer, South Hadley, Springfield, Ware); Baystate Wound and Hyperbaric Medicine Centers at
SOUTHWICK—Lorraine E. (Geoffroy) Dion, 80, (1934-2015) a resident of this town for over 50 years passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at home surrounded by her loving family. Born and educated in Lowell, MA, Lorraine was the daughter of the late Victor and Irene (Lussier) Geoffroy. Lorraine was a former employee of Strathmore Paper Co. of Westfield for many years prior to her retirement. She was a communicant of Our Lady of the Lake Church in Southwick and enjoyed gardening, knitting, and crocheting. She is survived by her children, David H. Dion and his wife Donna of Westfield, MA, Michael R. Dion and his wife Kristine of Westfield, MA, Patricia D. Seymour of Westfield, MA, and Suzanne T. Seguin and her husband Mario of Westfield, MA, a brother Roger Geoffroy of North Chelmsford, MA, two sisters Pauline Clermont and Theresa Geoffroy both of North Chelmsford, MA, seven grandchildren Kellie Adam and her husband Steve of Westfied, MA, David M. Dion and his wife Adrian of Granville, MA, Brian Seymour of Freeport, FL, Robyn Seguin of Minneapolis, MN, Benjamin Seguin, Nathan Dion, Lindsey Dion all of Westfield, two great-grandchildren Zachary and Trenten Adam also of Westfield, and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Tellis G. Dion in 1995. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 10:00 am from the Southwick-Forastiere Funeral Home, 624 College Highway, Southwick, MA, followed by a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 11:00 am in Our Lady of the Lake Church, Sheep Pasture Rd. Southwick, MA. Burial will be in New Cemetery in the spring. Family and friends may gather at the funeral home from 8:30-10:00 am on Thursday prior to the services. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Noble Hospice Services, 77 Mill St. Westfield, MA 01085
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Baystate Medical Center and Baystate Franklin Medical Center; Baystate Outpatient Centers in East Longmeadow and Northampton; Baystate Brightwood Health Center; Baystate High St. Health Center; Baystate Mason Square Neighborhood Health Center; D’Amour Center for Cancer Care; Baystate Orthopedic Surgery Center; Baystate Radiology and Imaging (East Longmeadow, Enfield, Northampton, South Hadley); Baystate MRI and Imaging Center (Springfield); Baystate Urgent Care (Northampton, Springfield and Belchertown); Chestnut Surgery Center; Infusion services at all Baystate Health hospitals; Baystate Home Medical Equipment stores (Greenfield and Ware); Outpatient Services at Wesson Women and Infants’ Unit at Baystate Medical Center. All of Westfield’s schools have been cancelled, along with the Westfield Athenaeum, which has advised patrons to keep an eye out for Wednesday’s opening time. Westfield State University has also cancelled classes. In a statement from the office of Westfield Mayor Daniel M. Knapik, the city’s offices will be closed all day Tuesday and all scheduled meetings cancelled, as well as curbside trash and recycling pickups have been cancelled for Tuesday and will be running on a limited schedule Wednesday. The Mayor’s office added that the city’s on- and off-street parking bans have also been implemented until further notice. Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut communicated via a Twitter feed that 12 departures were cancelled Monday, with 24 departures cancelled for Tuesday. Passengers whose flights are scheduled to depart BDL should check with their airline carriers for the latest information.
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ISIL, and an IMF/EU/U.S. emergency financial package for Kyiv. Obviously, any new outreach by Obama and other Western leaders to Putin is fraught with risk, given his dreadful track record on Ukraine, constant distortions, and endless stream of broken promises. It may very well not pay any dividends in the near-term. And the content of a deal may look surprisingly familiar to those who negotiated the now-shattered cease-fire in Minsk last year. But, given how many levers Putin has at his disposal to make mischief inside Ukraine, there should be no illusions that the current approach is sustainable or that post-Maidan Ukraine can survive a lurch back into war. To understand why, it’s worth reviewing how we got here. Last summer the separatists were rapidly losing ground to Kyiv, leading Moscow in late August to escalate its involvement and make clear that it is prepared to escalate indefinitely. Unfortunately, Ukraine cannot win that fight. The original cease-fire hammered out in Minsk by Ukrainian, Russian, and Swiss negotiators came in the wake of a dramatic Ukrainian military defeat at the hands of the separatists and regular Russian army units who crossed the border in significant numbers. At the time, Obama and EU leaders meeting in Wales threw their support behind the Minsk agreement both because it was clear that Moscow was not prepared to let Kyiv crush the self-proclaimed People’s Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk and because NATO was not prepared to intervene to help Ukraine. Without saying so publicly, the United States and EU seemed to accept that a frozen conflict in the Donbas was the least bad option on offer, and nurtured hopes that the fighting would subside during the harsh Ukrainian winter. Just as importantly, they wanted to buy time for Western sanctions against Moscow to bite and for the Ukrainian leadership to focus on muchdelayed domestic reforms. In the weeks that followed, the Ukrainians dutifully implemented their obligations under Minsk while the Russians and the rebels dragged their feet or brazenly violated the agreement. Apart from accusing Moscow and the separatists of bad faith, most Western leaders seemed content to turn their attention to more pressing problems elsewhere. But the West’s position of strength is not as strong as it appears. The reformist gov-
A man photographs burnt out cars outside an apartment building in Vostochniy district of Mariupol, Eastern Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
ernment in Ukraine is simply too fragile to survive a protracted, full-scale confrontation with Moscow. For all its current difficulties, Putin’s Russia is not going to be brought to its knees by the existing array of sanctions and diplomatic pressure. Yet Western officials are still implicitly assuming, at best, that Putin one day will cry uncle or, at worst, that the Ukraine crisis can be left to simmer on the back burner. Which brings us to the agonizing, yet under-appreciated, policy dilemmas facing the Obama administration. Up to now, U.S. officials have been operating under very clear instructions not to break ranks with the EU on Ukraine. On one level that makes perfect sense. Transatlantic unity on sanctions and other issues has been one of Obama’s main diplomatic accomplishments. Driving wedges in the Western camp remains one of Putin’s most important goals. But on another level so long as this directive remains in place it will be very hard for the United States to pursue the kind of steps that might get Putin’s attention. Next Thursday’s emergency meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels is a case in point. Several senior EU diplomats told the Wall Street Journal over the weekend that “there were no concrete ideas on the table yet for fresh Russia sanctions and the
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Snowblowers and other essential winter supplies are plentiful at the Westfield Home & Garden Center at 81 Springfield Road. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
chandising teams are working closely to replenish any stores that run out of items. Around 2:30 p.m., Holmes said it was too early to tell if the storm would have any impact on store hours. Jon Hurst, president of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts, said the storm was hitting at a relatively slow time for the retail sector and he did not expect stores to experience huge losses. “We have certainly had past storms during the holiday season or right around Valentine’s Day which had more lost sales than will be likely seen this week,” Hurst said. Some retailers, particularly food and hardware stores, will benefit in the run-up to the storm, he added. The storm is hitting at an inopportune time for car dealers in the Northeast as they try to close out January with strong sales numbers. But Dwight McGuirk, president of Smith Cairns Subaru in Yonkers, New York, says he’s not worried. He expects to lose a couple of days of sales on Tuesday and maybe Wednesday, but says custom-
ers will return as soon as the weather breaks. “If they don’t buy it tomorrow, they’ll buy it next week,” he said Monday. Because the storm affects such a highly populated area, it’s likely to cut into U.S. sales in January a bit, said Jeff Schuster, senior vice president forecasting for LMC Automotive, an industry consulting firm. But unlike last year, when much of the country was in a prolonged deep freeze, Schuster said the impact should be temporary. “Assuming that this isn’t just one of many to come, this particular blizzard, the impact should be minimal,” he said. Westfield-based Keith G. Roy Construction is advising Homeowners and businesses to be cautious of snow on their roofs, as not removing the 18 to 24 inches expected during the storm could have serious consequences. Home and business owners should be mindful of the potential for roof collapse, frozen pipes and general property damage from the storm. According to statement on behalf of Keith G. Roy Construction, roofs that are flat or slightly pitched are at the greatest risk of collapse. Exterior signs of a potential roof collapse include shingles that are warped, loose, missing or torn. Shingles that are covered in moss or vegetation can be prone to rot. Loose material around chimneys, pipes, along with excessive debris on roof that can lead to rot as well. Overhanging branches from nearby trees can also gouge the roof in a storm, which could damage a weak roof structure. Interior signs of potential roof damage include spots and leaks on a ceiling, cracked paint or walls and peeling wallpaper, discolored plasterboard, mold on walls, ceiling, insulation, as well as poorly ventilated attics that show signs of moisture.
discussion of options was only starting.” Even though one EU foreign minister compared the Mariupol bombing to the Sarajevo marketplace attack in August 1995 that triggered NATO airstrikes against the Bosnian Serbs, there will be zero appetite around the table to use force in Ukraine. Expanding sanctions is also likely to be problematic. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier went so far as to claim that so long as the separatists don’t advance on Mariupol, “Nobody is desperately ambitious to impose sanctions.” , The EU might entertain new incremental steps done alongside the United States. For example, it could expand the list of individuals subject to asset freezes and travel bans. Or it could tighten the existing financing restrictions for certain Russian state-owned banks and companies. Other state-heavy sectors like mining might be added to these financing restrictions. If, in the end, there is a real push by the EU and U.S. to do more, we might see a move to further restrict access to Western banking services and additional types of energy technology such as LNG, with the U.S. bearing the brunt of the latter. But farreaching steps such as removing Russia’s access to the SWIFT international payment system, which reportedly is being pushed by British Prime Minister David Cameron, are almost certainly off the table. If the cease-fire in eastern Ukraine collapses, Obama will face even more unpalatable choices. The most likely course of events is that the fighting in eastern Ukraine could go on for quite some time in fits and starts yet at significant cost to innocent civilians. The cause of Ukrainian reform will take a back-seat to the war effort, even though this is not financially viable over the long term. U.S. military assistance might prolong the agony and raise the costs for Moscow but would not fundamentally reverse the course on the battlefield. (Russian authorities have seemed extremely sensitive over Russian battlefield casualties in Ukraine, but it seems unlikely that, by itself, this sensitivity will lead to changes in Putin’s behavior.) The new GOPcontrolled Senate may take up new sanctions measures that challenge the executive branch’s lead, undermine U.S.-EU coordination, and risk Russian retaliation. Barack Obama has spent most of Ukraine crisis attempting to de-emphasize its importance—and by implication, the significance of Putin’s efforts to resurrect Moscow’s power and influence at the expense of its post-Soviet neighbors’ independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. Yet clearly he is now eager to be seen as a president who left office with an activist agenda in foreign affairs. Unless Obama wants to leave behind a bloody quagmire in eastern Europe as part of his legacy, he should figure out a way to begin talks with Vladimir Putin. ——— Andrew S. Weiss is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment. He served on the National Security Council staff during the Clinton administration.
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Snowstorm shuts down sports By CHRIS PUTZ Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Several teams have run into a common opponent, and it’s one they can’t run from. Mother Nature has forced the cancellation of all sporting events involving the area’s high school teams (Westfield,
Westfield Voc-Tech, St. Mary, Southwick, Gateway) for Monday and Tuesday. The decision was made in accordance with the noschool, no-play policy set in place at several Western Mass. schools after school officials announced that classes had been cancelled Tuesday due
to the approaching winter storm. The entire slate of games has been postponed Jan. 27-28 with several games already rescheduled for Wednesday, and beyond. “We’re not practicing and we’re not playing,” said Cathedral/WHS Co-Op girls’
Westfield Department of Public Works employee Tyler Hildack uses a front-end loader to fill sand trucks in preparation of the monster snowstorm predicted to overtake the area. The entire high school sports schedule was bulldozed by Mother Nature with games cancelled Monday night and Tuesday. (Photo by Frederick Gore) ice hockey assistant coach David Pelletier, whose team is now faced with making up two games. “It’s a catch-22. The girls who need the rest are getting the rest.” Pelletier said his other players will be itching to get back on the ice as soon as possible. Several games were postNew England Patriots fan Anthony Monaco, of the South Boston neighborhood of Boston, poned Monday night, includwaits in line for his flight to Phoenix, at Logan Airport in Boston, Monday. Monaco, who has ing a resurgent Westfield girls’ Super Bowl tickets, hopes to fly out of Boston before a winter storm that is expected to hit the hoops team, which was area with about two feet of snow. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
expected to host Agawam. That game will be made up Jan. 30. Tuesday’s showdown between the Westfield and Northampton boys’ basketball teams was moved to Feb. 9. Westfield Voc-Tech’s trip to Hampden Charter School of Science has also been postponed. That game will now be played Feb. 12. Athletic directors at St.
Mary, Southwick, and Gateway were also working around-the-clock to reschedule games postponed due to the storm. Tuesday’s Pioneer Valley Interscholastic Athletic Conference ski race was moved to Feb. 3. All sporting events at Westfield State University were postponed Tuesday and Wednesday
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A Slamm dunk clinic SOUTH WICK – The Southwick Rick Center hosted a basketball clinic for local Suburban Basketball kids Sunday. Dr Steve Sobel, a noted speaker and Springfield Slamm semi-pro coach, conducted two 90-minute sesions for grades 5-8 at the Powder Mill Jr. High School. Semi-pro player Bobby Moore (New Haven, Conn.) demonstarted proper dribbling, passing and defensive techniques to the 24 participants in attendance. Dr Sobel discussed life lessons and how athletics can lead to success in the classroom. Due to the overwhelming success, officials for the Southwick Rec Center basketball committee have announced plans to offer three clinics next year for all players of the Rec Center.
PHOENIX (AP) — Media Day at the Super Bowl is unlike any other media day — or any other event, for that matter. Though the primary purpose still is to help journalists do their jobs, Super Bowl Media Day has morphed into a spectacle of its own, a threering circus filled with wild antics, costumes, obscure questions some ornery answers and the occasional marriage proposal (we’ll get into that later). A rundown of what makes Super Bowl Media Day so unique heading into Tuesday’s version in Arizona: HUMBLE BEGINNINGS Media Day started with the first Super Bowl, won by no-nonsense coach Vince Lombardi and the Green Bay Packers in 1967. During the first few years of Media Day, reporters often went to players hotel rooms to interview them. At the 1969 Super Bowl, New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath chatted with reporters while sitting poolside. In the early 1970s, news outlets started sending large teams of journalists to cover media day, a trend that continues today. The irreverence associated with Super Bowl Media Day began to pick up at the 1975 Super Bowl in New Orleans, where two players not playing in the game, Fred Dryer and Lance Rentzel, showed up dressed as reporters and started asking silly questions. THE REPORTERS While there are plenty of journalists asking game-related questions, numerous others flock to Media Day to ask off-the-wall questions or to get their moment in the spotlight. Comedy Central has sent comedians to ask questions at Media and pre-teen “reporters” have been dispatched by TV channels like Nickelodeon and Disney. The Letterman Show and Tonight Show have sent reporters to ask questions that
have nothing to do with the game. Some dress up for the occasion, like the reporter from Denmark who dressed up like Waldo last year and the female reporter from a Mexican TV station who wore a wedding dress and asked New England’s Tom Brady 2008 in if he would marry her. THE PARTICPANTS Some players embrace Media Day, having fun with it or seeing it as a chance to gain exposure. Shannon Sharpe, a loquacious tight end for Denver and Baltimore, always shined at Media Day and had a memorable back-and-forth with Atlanta cornerback Ray Buchanan in 1999. Buchanan showed up to that Media Day wearing a dog collar — emphasizing the Falcons being underdogs — and called Sharpe “Mr. Ed,” after the horse in the old TV show. New England’s Rob Gronkowski and Seattle’s Richard Sherman figure to be headliners this year. Of course, there are always players who want nothing do with talking to the media. At 1994 Media Day in Atlanta, Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Leon Lett sweated profusely and said he couldn’t breathe before breaking off his session after 11 minutes. Seattle’s Marshawn Lynch, a notorious media avoider, spent most of last year’s session hiding behind a teammate. He was fined $100,000 this season for failing to fulfill media obligations, so there’s a good chance he’ll clam up again at this year’s event. THE FANS A sign of how big Super Bowl Media Day has become? Fans can now buy tickets to watch the mayhem. About 7,000 fans showed up last year and this year tickets are available for $28.50 to watch the proceedings in downtown Phoenix at the US Airways Center, home of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns.
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BOYS’/GIRLS’ SWIMMING vs. Minnechaug, 4 p.m. WRESTLING at West Springfield, 7 p.m. JV BOYS’ HOOPS at Putnam, 5:30 p.m. HOCKEY at Groton-Dunstable Regional, 7 p.m. BOYS’ HOOPS at Putnam, 7 p.m. GIRLS’ HOCKEY CO-OP at Masconomet, Haverill Rink, 7:50 p.m.
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WRESTLING at South Hadley, 7 p.m.
BOYS’/GIRLS’ PVIAC ALPINE SKI RACE, Berkshire East, 5 p.m. JV GIRLS’ HOOPS at East Longmeadow, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS’ HOOPS at East Longmeadow, 7 p.m. WRESTLING at West Springfield, 7 p.m.
JV GIRLS’ HOOPS vs. Agawam, 5:30 p.m. JV BOYS’ HOOPS at Chicopee, 5:30 p.m. HOCKEY vs. Agawam, Amelia Park, 6 p.m. BOYS’/GIRLS’ INDOOR TRACK vs. Agawam, Chicopee Comp, Smith College, Northampton, 6:45 p.m. GIRLS’ HOOPS vs. Agawam, 7 p.m. BOYS’ HOOPS at Chicopee, 7 p.m.
JV GIRLS’ HOOPS vs. Ludlow, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS’ HOOPS vs. Ludlow, 7 p.m. GIRLS’ ICE HOCKEY (Co-Op) at Shrewsbury, North Star Youth Forum Ice Rink, 7:30 p.m.
WRESTLING @ Newburgh (N.Y.), Site/Time TBD GIRLS’ ICE HOCKEY CO-OP at Billerica, Hallenborg Rink, 5 p.m.
SOUTHWICK-TOLLAND-GRANVILLE REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ HOOPS vs. Cathedral, 7 p.m.
JV BOYS’ HOOPS vs. Dean Tech, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ HOOPS vs. Dean Tech, 7 p.m.
GIRLS’ HOOPS vs. Holyoke Catholic, 7 p.m.
GATEWAY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ HOOPS vs. Smith Voke, 6:30 p.m.
All HS Sporting Events Ppd.
WRESTLING at Mountie Invitational, Mount Greylock High School, 9 a.m.
SAINT MARY HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY vs. Amherst, Amelia Park, 8 p.m.
All HS Sporting Events Ppd.
HOCKEY at Greenfield, Collins-Moylan Arena, 3 p.m.
GIRLS’ HOOPS vs. Smith Voke, Westfield Middle School North, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ HOOPS vs. Hampden Charter School of Science, Westfield Middle School South, 6 p.m. BOYS’/GIRLS’ PVIAC ALPINE SKI RACE, Berkshire East, 5 p.m.
GIRLS’ HOOPS vs. Pioneer Valley Christian Academy, Westfield Middle School North, 5:30 p.m.
WESTFIELD VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ HOOPS at Pioneer Valley Christian Academy, First Baptist Community Center, 5:30 p.m. JV BOYS’ HOOPS vs. McCann Tech, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ HOOPS vs. McCann Tech, 7 p.m.
All HS Sporting Events Ppd.
GIRLS’ HOOPS vs. Pathfinder, 6 p.m. JV BOYS’ HOOPS at Holyoke Catholic, Holyoke Boys’ & Girls’ Club, 6 p.m. BOYS’ HOOPS at Holyoke Catholic, Holyoke Boys’ & Girls’ Club, 7:30 p.m.
WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY SCHEDULES 2014-2015 WESTFIELD STATE MEN’S-WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD DAY DATE OPPONENT
Place
Saturday
Jan. 31
Wesleyan Invitational
Middletown, CT
Saturday
Feb. 7
Dartmouth College Indoor Classic
Hanover, NH
Saturday
Feb. 14
MASCAC/Alliance Championships
Providence, RI
Fri.-Sat.
Feb. 20-21
New England Division III Finals
Springfield (M); Smith (W)
Fri.-Sat
Feb. 27-28
All New England Championships
Boston University
Fri.-Sat
March 6-7
ECAC Division III Championships
Armory, New York City
Fri.-Sat. March 13-14 NCAA Division III Championships Winston-Salem, NC @Winston-Salem State University
2014-2015 WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT
TIME
Tuesday
Jan. 27
FITCHBURG STATE
7:30
Thursday
Jan. 29
at Elms
7:00
Saturday
Jan. 31
FRAMINGHAM STATE
3:00
Tuesday
Feb. 3
at Bridgewater State
7:30
Thursday
Feb. 5
WESTERN CONNECTICUT
Tuesday
Feb. 10
at Salem State
7:30
Saturday
Feb. 14
WORCESTER STATE
3:00
Tuesday
Feb. 17
MCLA
7:30
Saturday
Feb. 21
at Fitchburg State
3:00
Tuesday
Feb. 24
MASCAC Quarterfinals
TBA
Thursday
Feb. 26
MASCAC Semi-finals
TBA
Saturday
Feb. 28
MASCAC Championship
TBA
2014-2015 WESTFIELD STATE ICE HOCKEY SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT Saturday
Jan. 31
at Plymouth State
6:00
Thursday
Feb. 5
FRAMINGHAM STATE
7:35
Saturday
Feb. 7
SALEM STATE
5:35
Tuesday
Feb. 10
at Worcester State
8:00
Saturday
Feb. 14
at Fitchburg State
5:30
Thursday
Feb. 19
at UMass Dartmouth
7:30
Saturday
Feb. 21
WORCESTER STATE
Tuesday
Feb. 24
at Plymouth State
Saturday
Feb. 28
MASCAC Quarterfinals
Tuesday
March 3
MASCAC Semifinals
Saturday
March 7
MASCAC Championship
5:35 6:00
2014-2015 WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT
TIME
Saturday
Jan. 31
12:00
Friday
Feb. 13
New England Championships
Saturday
Feb. 14
New England Championships
Sunday
Feb. 15
New England Championships
at Western Connecticut
7:30
TIME
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
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Feb. 24
MASCAC Quarterfinals
TBA
Thursday
Feb. 26
MASCAS Semifinals
TBA
Saturday
Feb. 28
MASCAC Championship
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Preparing for the knock of opportunity By DAN MoRIARTY Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Being ready when opportunity knocks is a process which vision, perseverance and patience to build the door to take the knock that opportunity gives. That is especially true in the public sector where there are so many competing demands on limited financial resources. The city’s development team, City Advancement Officer Jeff Daley and Community Development Director see any movement toward advantageously positioning the city. It took several years to create an industrial park off Industrial Park Road. The city has owned the property for decades and it was the proposed location of a new landfill until the state imposed a moratorium on those projects, then lay barren in a Rural Residential zone until the City Council voted to convert
that property to an industrial A zone. Creating the opportunity for something to happen. That industrial park was down the list of on-going projects, something to develop down the road, when suddenly there was interest from across the country. The Purchasing Department recently released a request for proposals (RFPs) for companies interested in developing land at that 66-acre industrial park. There is an April 4, 2014 deadline for companies to submit proposals. Daley said the California manufacturer could proposed a project for up to 30 acres of that land and that the city will leverage any proposal by requiring the applicant to extend infrastructure into their facility within the industrial park to reduce the city’s cost of installing those facilities. See WESTFIELD, Page 11
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By DAN MoRIARTY Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Westfield Gas & Electric Department is taking an innovative approach to business, trying to reduce its revenue through customer conservation of energy. General Manager Dan Howard said the traditional business plan of utilities has been to increase energy sales to maximize revenue. The municipal utility is doing just the opposite through innovative energy conservation programs for both residents and commercial customers. “We’ve taken a different view from that traditional model,” Howard said, “that if we don’t use as much energy we save money, our customers save money. We are at the forefront of energy conservation programs.” That approach is due to the higher cost of “peak” energy which far exceeds the cost of base energy. The department contracts for its base load to control costs based on consumption projections. Peak energy is addition power purchased on the spot market, typically at substantially higher prices See WG&E, Page 3
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NASCAR CEO Brian France speaks to the media during the NASCAR Media Tour in Charlotte, N.C., Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
NASCAR to leave championship format unchanged in 2015 By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR won’t change its new championship format, which chairman Brian France said Monday is “overwhelmingly popular” with fans. The Chase was revamped last year into an elimination-style system that created a winner-take-all final race among four drivers. Kevin Harvick won the season finale at Homestead in November to claim his first Sprint Cup title. France called it “perhaps the best Chase ever” and said the excitement will carry into this season. “It’s overwhelmingly popular with our most important stakeholder, the fans,” France of the Chase during the kickoff to the annual NASCAR media tour. “They (fans) like the fact that it tightened up competition. They liked the drama down the stretch. They like the emphasis on winning. And one of the things they told us that they really liked is the idea that we weren’t going to change anything. And they strongly suggested that we didn’t. And we’re not going to.” NASCAR launched the Chase in 2004 and tweaked it several times in the first 10 years. But it got a dramatic overhaul before the 2014 season, when the field was expanded to 16 drivers with four eliminated after every third Chase race. The final four drivers then went to Homestead even in the standings, with the highest finisher guaranteed the championship. The system worked in creating an eventful finale in which all four contenders raced for the win. France said he believed the simple formula that did not require following points — drivers made the Chase by winning a race, and advanced through the rounds with wins — was embraced by fans. “One of the magical parts of this Chase, and we want to make sure we keep it this way, is the simplicity of it: Win and you’re in,” said France. One change coming into 2015 will be that NASCAR will no longer permit teams to alter their car’s side skirts during a race, a widespread practice last season. Many crew chiefs believed the flaring of the skirts violated the rules, but because NASCAR was not acting on it, they were forced to manipulate the sheet metal to keep up with other teams. Steve O’Donnell, executive vice president and chief racing development officer, said cars will be brought back in if NASCAR sees the skirts have been manipulated during a pit stop. Policing the flared skirts will be done “by any means possible,” O’Donnell said. Other topics covered Monday by France: — Sprint is not likely to be replaced as title sponsor before its deal expires at the end of next season. Sprint said last month it will not renew its contract with NASCAR, but will honor the remainder of its deal. The last time NASCAR needed a new sponsor, when R.J. Reynolds said in 2003 it wanted out of its deal that expired at the end of 2007, the sanctioning body nabbed Nextel to take over in 2004. “I don’t anticipate anybody being in a position to leave early, but we’ll get out into the marketplace and see,” France said. — NASCAR would like to have the 2016 rules decided and delivered to teams earlier than ever, and is eyeing the All-Star Race in May as a possible deadline. Teams received the 2015 rules last September, and the 2014 rules were not set until last January. — France took a moment to acknowledge Jeff Gordon, who said last week this 23rd season will be his last as a full-time driver. “Jeff is a friend of ours, a friend of mine personally, and certainly I don’t have to tell you what he’s done for the sport,” France said. “I don’t have to tell you the amazing accomplishments on and off the track. From everybody at NASCAR, (we) wish him a strong final season.” France has previously acknowledged that attention in NASCAR is increased when Gordon is a part of the title race. The four-time champion is one of the very few drivers who transcends NASCAR and is famous beyond the sports landscape. It will be difficult to replace his star power, but France said it’s part of sports. “The changing of the guard, that’s always part of sports, part of NASCAR,” he said. “That’s what you count on, to have great farm system of aspiring talent, hopefully of a diverse background, to let their talents and their abilities land with the Sprint Cup Series.”
NASCAR CEO Brian France poses with diversity drivers Devon Amos, left, Natalie Decker, and Dylan Smith, right, during the NASCAR Media Tour in Charlotte, N.C., Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
GP Tampa Bay 48 N.Y. Islanders 46 Detroit 47 Pittsburgh 46 Montreal 45 N.Y. Rangers 44 Washington 46 Boston 48 Florida 44 Ottawa 46 Toronto 48 Philadelphia 48 Columbus 45 New Jersey 47 Carolina 46 Buffalo 47
W 30 31 27 26 29 27 24 25 20 19 22 19 20 17 16 14
L 14 14 11 12 13 13 13 16 14 18 23 22 22 22 25 30
GP Anaheim 47 Nashville 45 St. Louis 46 San Jose 48 Chicago 47 Vancouver 45 Winnipeg 48 Calgary 47 Los Angeles 47 Colorado 48 Dallas 46 Minnesota 46 Arizona 46 Edmonton 47
W 31 30 29 25 30 26 26 25 20 20 21 20 16 12
L 10 10 13 17 15 16 14 19 15 18 18 20 25 26
NOTE: Two points for a win, Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games No games scheduled
EASTERN CONFERENCE OT Pts GF GA 4 64 156 127 1 63 151 129 9 63 139 119 8 60 138 117 3 61 123 106 4 58 134 106 9 57 137 120 7 57 126 121 10 50 107 122 9 47 126 128 3 47 142 150 7 45 130 146 3 43 113 142 8 42 107 134 5 37 98 120 3 31 89 167 WESTERN CONFERENCE OT Pts GF GA 6 68 139 124 5 65 137 104 4 62 148 111 6 56 131 132 2 62 148 108 3 55 124 114 8 60 135 117 3 53 136 125 12 52 129 126 10 50 125 137 7 49 144 151 6 46 128 137 5 37 105 156 9 33 109 158
Home 19-4-1 16-4-0 16-4-6 16-7-3 15-5-2 14-6-3 12-5-5 15-7-4 9-7-4 10-6-4 15-10-0 12-7-3 9-12-2 7-7-6 10-9-2 10-13-2
Away 11-10-3 15-10-1 11-7-3 10-5-5 14-8-1 13-7-1 12-8-4 10-9-3 11-7-6 9-12-5 7-13-3 7-15-4 11-10-1 10-15-2 6-16-3 4-17-1
Home Away 18-5-3 13-5-3 18-2-1 12-8-4 18-4-2 11-9-2 12-8-3 13-9-3 16-7-1 14-8-1 11-8-1 15-8-2 12-9-3 14-5-5 11-9-2 14-10-1 15-6-6 5-9-6 12-9-3 8-9-7 11-10-5 10-8-2 11-7-5 9-13-1 9-12-3 7-13-2 8-14-2 4-12-7
Div 10-2-2 15-2-0 8-6-6 6-8-4 9-4-1 13-3-1 10-2-4 9-5-3 7-1-4 8-7-2 8-7-1 6-9-2 5-6-2 6-8-4 5-8-3 7-12-3 Div 10-3-5 12-3-2 9-6-0 9-5-3 12-7-0 10-4-2 9-4-2 14-4-1 7-3-6 5-8-3 3-9-5 7-5-3 10-9-0 2-14-3
Sunday’s Game Team Toews 17, Team Foligno 12 Monday’s Games No games scheduled
NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE Monday’s National Basketball League results were unavailable at press time.
EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf 37 8 .822 — 10-0 W-16 20-3 17-5 25-6 30 15 .667 7 7-3 W-1 18-6 12-9 20-8 29 15 .659 7½ 5-5 W-2 17-7 12-8 20-8 29 17 .630 8½ 4-6 L-1 13-11 16-6 18-11 25 20 .556 12 6-4 W-6 15-9 10-11 17-9 22 22 .500 14½ 4-6 L-1 10-10 12-12 15-13 20 24 .455 16½ 6-4 W-2 8-13 12-11 13-13 19 26 .422 18 8-2 W-1 12-13 7-13 14-12 18 26 .409 18½ 2-8 L-2 8-14 10-12 12-16 17 28 .378 20 6-4 L-2 7-15 10-13 11-15 15 27 .357 20½ 4-6 L-1 9-13 6-14 9-17 16 30 .348 21½ 2-8 W-1 8-11 8-19 10-15 15 32 .319 23 2-8 L-5 5-15 10-17 10-21 8 36 .182 28½ 3-7 L-5 3-18 5-18 6-20 8 37 .178 29 3-7 L-1 5-17 3-20 6-22 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf d-Golden State 36 6 .857 — 9-1 W-5 21-1 15-5 22-6 d-Memphis 31 12 .721 5½ 7-3 W-2 18-5 13-7 18-7 d-Portland 32 13 .711 5½ 5-5 W-1 20-5 12-8 14-10 Houston 31 14 .689 6½ 7-3 W-2 15-7 16-7 19-10 L.A. Clippers 30 14 .682 7 7-3 W-4 19-7 11-7 17-6 Dallas 30 15 .667 7½ 5-5 L-2 14-7 16-8 14-10 San Antonio 29 17 .630 9 8-2 W-2 17-6 12-11 18-13 Phoenix 26 20 .565 12 6-4 L-2 13-9 13-11 13-14 New Orleans 23 21 .523 14 6-4 W-3 14-5 9-16 17-11 Oklahoma City 22 22 .500 15 5-5 L-2 12-7 10-15 11-15 Denver 18 26 .409 19 4-6 L-6 12-12 6-14 11-15 Sacramento 16 27 .372 20½ 2-8 L-6 10-15 6-12 12-18 Utah 16 28 .364 21 4-6 W-2 8-12 8-16 7-16 L.A. Lakers 12 33 .267 25½ 1-9 L-8 6-16 6-17 6-27 Minnesota 7 36 .163 29½ 2-8 L-4 3-18 4-18 3-24 d-Atlanta Washington d-Toronto d-Chicago Cleveland Milwaukee Miami Charlotte Brooklyn Detroit Boston Indiana Orlando Philadelphia New York
d-division leader Saturday’s Games Charlotte 76, New York 71 Milwaukee 101, Detroit 86 Memphis 101, Philadelphia 83 Utah 108, Brooklyn 73 Portland 103, Washington 96 Sunday’s Games Miami 96, Chicago 84 Cleveland 108, Oklahoma City 98 L.A. Clippers 120, Phoenix 100 New Orleans 109, Dallas 106 Atlanta 112, Minnesota 100 Indiana 106, Orlando 99 San Antonio 101, Milwaukee 95 Toronto 114, Detroit 110 Golden State 114, Boston 111
Washington 117, Denver 115, OT Houston 99, L.A. Lakers 87 Monday’s Games Portland at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Sacramento at New York, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Orlando at Memphis, 8 p.m. Boston at Utah, 9 p.m. Denver at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Toronto at Indiana, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Memphis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Chicago at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Washington at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
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Need help Dear Annie: My wife has a good personality and makes friends easily. The problem is, she does not keep them. If someone rubs her wrong, she flares up in anger. If someone disagrees with her, she verbally abuses them. She also gets involved in everyone else’s personal affairs. When these negative things happen, the friends start backing off. Then my wife complains that we have no friends and it’s my fault because I’m not outgoing enough. But I am friendly and participate in group gatherings without getting involved in conflicts. I make friends and keep them. This has been going on for 30 years. How can I make her see that she is the one who is driving people away? -- Need Help Down South Dear Need: Your wife is disinclined to blame herself for these things. After all, if she had the capacity for genuine selfexamination, she might not be alienating her friends to begin with. You can discuss this honestly, calmly telling your wife that she seems quick to anger and slow to forgive, and perhaps she could learn a different approach, either on her own or through counseling. But if you are unwilling to risk that argument, say neutrally, “Some folks are very sensitive, and I try to be careful about what I say to them and always try to forgive them for things that annoy me. But it’s hard work.” That may give her some ideas about how to treat others, while not assessing blame. It’s your choice. You have to live with her. Dear Annie: I was ashamed of your response to “Need To Be Held,” who was dissatisfied with her husband’s affection. Telling her to get counseling, focus on the grandchildren, get out more, etc., was fine until I came to your last line: “Please consider doing volunteer work with babies at your local hospital.” There are probably hundreds of volunteer opportunities in her community. Just because she is a mother, you assume holding a baby would make her happy? A simple suggestion that she look into volunteering with an organization that matches her passions, whether that be at her local food bank, animal shelter, day care, library or anywhere she wants, would have been less ridiculous. -- Ventura, Calif. Dear Ventura: We appreciate your weighing in, but in your effort to be gender-neutral, you miss the writer’s main point. The woman’s problem isn’t a need to be useful and busy, for which any volunteer job would be helpful. It’s that she isn’t getting enough physical affection. She even signs her letter, “Need To Be Held.” She isn’t likely to find that at her local food bank or library. Volunteering at her local hospital, where she can hold babies, is a wonderful way for her to get the physical affection she craves, and it is also good for the babies. (Men can do it, too.) Dear Annie: “Been There, Done That” lamented the trend to give kids unusual names. These days, complicated names can be an advantage if you are searching for someone on the Internet. A person with a commonly spelled first name can be impossible to find. Fifty years ago, my kid sister announced that she was going to marry someone with a simple last name. But when she married years later, it was to a man whose name was even harder to spell and pronounce than hers. When I taught elementary school in the ‘70s, the principal suggested that it might be easier for students to call me something other than my last name, as long as it started with “Mister.” On my first day, I wrote my name on the board and told the students what the principal had said. They voted to call me “Mister John.” I remember one open house when a parent addressed me by my last name. Their daughter immediately interrupted to say they were incorrect. I was “Mister John.” -- Hard To Spell Last Name
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Thousands cheer for Pats at Super Bowl sendoff By RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Brushing aside the controversy over deflated footballs, jubilant New England fans gathered downtown Monday for a spirited send-off as the Patriots headed to Arizona for the Super Bowl. Several thousand fans packed City Hall Plaza in Boston, chanting “Brady! Brady!” and waving signs that read “Finish the Job,” ‘’In Tom We Trust” and “Keep Calm and Go Long.” Brady told the crowd his team will be relying on their support as it faces the Seattle Seahawks in Sunday’s NFL title game in Glendale, Arizona. “I couldn’t be more excited. I tell you, it’s an unbelievable accomplishment for our team,” he said as snowflakes swirled around the square. “It’s been a long ride. We have the best fans in America. We’re going to go represent you guys in Arizona as best as we possibly can. Go Patriots!” Mayor Marty Walsh sported a No. 12 Brady jersey as he and other officials led the crowd in cheers before the team left for the airport. Dan Connolly, Vince Wilfork, Devin McCourty and Matthew Slater also joined team owner Robert Kraft on the podium for Monday’s pep rally. The Patriots left on a midday flight to beat a blizzard bearing down on New England. One fan held a sign that read, “NO-HATERS-ZONE,” a reference to a week of grief directed at the embattled Patriots and their fan base. Coach Bill Belichick, beleaguered since the Patriots’ AFC Championship rout of the Indianapolis Colts by allegations that his team cheated by using underinflated footballs, didn’t mention the controversy. Over the weekend, Belichick insisted the Patriots followed NFL regulations to the letter and said he was done discussing the issue. “We really appreciate your support. You’ve been there all year for us. We love you, Boston!” Belichick told the crowd. “Be safe through these next couple of days of snow. We’ll be thinking about you,” he added. The massive winter storm bearing down on the Boston area didn’t deter Sue Dittullio of Hanover, Massachusetts, from turning out to support the team.
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New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, center, addresses a crowd of supporters during an NFL football sendoff rally at City Hall in Boston Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. (AP)
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mother got that he thought, ‘boy, I would like to build one of these buildings’,” said Beth Cardillo, executive director at Armbrook. “He started to look around for some land and found this spot in Westfield. The rest is history.” Nestled comfortably on North Road, conveniently located near the intersection of Routes 10 and 202 on the Southampton side of town, Armbrook Village serves people from all over Western Mass., including Westfield, Southwick and the Hill Towns, as well as people from out of state. The 122-apartment community offers independent, assisted living and memory-
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The Eqne soon enoug has a lot going for make for Ellen to tory and “Westfield to this city lly a lack of inven ically municipal utility is doing y Lorenzen been done Rogers, Lesle much has Right now, there’s actuast rates are still histor I can just the opposite through Kelleher, Fred And intere ik, George incredible. d 4 percent. and buyers. The innovative energy conservaSteve Piasc ing right arounif you list your house first-time home nts, left-right, se of a tion programs for both resistill hover now, Inn reside Frederick Gore) low. 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that property to an industrial A zone. Creating the opportunity for something to happen. That industrial park was down the list of on-going projects, something to develop down the road, when suddenly there was interest from across the country. The Purchasing Department recently released a request for proposals (RFPs) for companies interested in developing land at that 66-acre industrial park. There is an April 4, 2014 deadline for companies to submit proposals. Daley said the California manufacturer could proposed a project for up to 30 acres of that land and that the city will leverage any proposal by requiring the applicant to extend infrastructure into their facility within the industrial park to reduce the city’s cost of installing those facilities.
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tronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated August 23, 2005 and recorded with the Hampden County Registry of Deeds at Book 15284, Page 326, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, as Nominee for Taylor, Bean and Whitaker Mortgage Corp, its successors and assigns to CitiMortgage, Inc. dated January 20, 2012 and recorded with said Registry on January 27, 2012 at Book 19097, Page 136, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 3:00 p.m. on February 18, 2015, on the mortgaged premises located at 54 FEEDING HILLS RD , WESTFIELD, Hampden County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, TO WIT:
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Being a parcel of.land shown as 'Area 1.014 acres'' on a plan entitled ''Westfield, Mass. Plan of Lot for Allen L. Brownlee'' dated August 1, 1975 and prepared by Pharmer Engineering Corp. and recorded in Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book of Plans 160, Page 28, and being more particularly bounded and described as follows: BOUNDED
A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at Harmon Law Offices, P.C., 150 California Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in full of the purchase price. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale. CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Present holder of said mortgage By its Attorneys, HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C. 150 California Street Newton, MA 02458 (617) 558-0500 201112-1463 - YEL
January 27, 2015 February 3, 10, 2015 NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Jean J. Ziemba, a/k/a Jeane J. Ziemba and Martha Ziemba to MetLife Home Loans, A Division of MetLife Bank, N.A., dated October 17, 2008 and recorded with the Hampden County Registry of Deeds at Book 17523, Page 279, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by assignment from MetLife Home Loans, a Division of MetLife Bank, N.A. to Nationstar Mortgage LLC dated September 4, 2012 and recorded with said registry on September 28, 2012 at Book 19467 Page 264, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 1:00 p.m. on February 23, 2015, on the mortgaged premises located at 7 Kellogg Street, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,
NORTHERLY by two (2) courses of land now or formerly of Allen L. Brownlee et ux as. shown on said plan, a total distance of two hundred eighty- TO WIT: three and 34/100 (283.4) feet; A certain parcel of land, togethEASTERLY by last named land er with the buildings.thereon, as shown said plan, two hun- situated on Kellogg Street in dred and 00/100 (200.00) feet; Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, bounded and SOUTHERLY by Feeding Hills described as follows: Road, two hundred seventythree and 76/100 (273.76); and Beginning at the Southwest corner of land now or formerly of WESTERLY by other land now Edward J. Keefe on the easterly or formerly of said Allen L. line of Kellogg Street and runBrownlee et ux. as shown on ning thence: said plan, one hundred twentyseven and 48/100 (127.48) feet. SOUTHERLY on said Kellogg Street, 4 rods and 4 feet to land Subject to rights referred to in an now or formerly of Sanborn S. instrument dated December Conner; thence 14,1950 and recorded in Hamp- EASTERLY on land now or den County Registry of Deeds in formerly of said Conner about 5 Book 2091, Page 270, insofar as rods and 11 1/3 feet to land now the same may be in force and or formerly of Theodore B. Willock; thence applicable. NORTHERLY on land now or Subject to rights as set forth in formerly of said Willock, about 4 an instrument dated June 16, rods and 12 feet to land now or 1966 and recorded as aforesaid formerly of said Keefe; thence in Book 3194, Page 542, insofar WESTERLY on land now or as the same may be in force and formerly of said Keefe, to the place of beginning. applicable. Subject to restrictions and easements of record, if any. Subject to rights as set forth in an instrument dated November For mortgagor's(s') title see 7, 1969 and recorded as afore- deed recorded with Hampden said in Book 3471, Page 228, in- County Registry of Deeds in sofar as the same may be in Book 17523, Page 276. force and applicable. These premises will be sold and PARCEL II conveyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, The land in Westfield, Hampden restrictions, easements, covenCounty, Massachusetts bounded ants, liens or claims in the and described as follows: nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all Being all that parcel conveyed to unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, William A. Brownlee by deed of water and sewer liens and any Allen L. Brownlee dated Novem- other municipal assessments or ber 20, 1985 and duly recorded liens or existing encumbrances in the Hampden County Re- of record which are in force and gistry of Deeds as Document are applicable, having priority #63587 of 1985. Meaning and over said mortgage, whether or intending to convey and hereby not reference to such restricconveying, however the same tions, easements, improvemay be bounded and described, ments, liens or encumbrances is the same premises conveyed to made in the deed. William A. Brownlee by deed of Allen L. Brownlee dated Novem- TERMS OF SALE: ber 20,1985 and recorded in the Hampden County Registry of A deposit of Five Thousand Deeds as Document #63587 on ($5,000.00 ) Dollars by certified or bank check will be required to December 16,1985. be paid by the purchaser at the For mortgagor's(s') title see time and place of sale. The baldeed recorded with Hampden ance is to be paid by certified or County Registry of Deeds in bank check at Harmon Law Offices, P.C., 150 California Street, Book 12010, Page 42. Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, These premises will be sold and Newton Highlands, Massachuconveyed subject to and with the setts 02461-0389, within thirty benefit of all rights, rights of way, (30) days from the date of sale. restrictions, easements, coven- Deed will be provided to purants, liens or claims in the chaser for recording upon renature of liens, improvements, ceipt in full of the purchase public assessments, any and all price. The description of the unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, premises contained in said mortwater and sewer liens and any gage shall control in the event of other municipal assessments or an error in this publication. liens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and Other terms, if any, to be anare applicable, having priority nounced at the sale. over said mortgage, whether or not reference to such restric- N A T I O N S T A R M O R T G A G E tions, easements, improve- L L C ments, liens or encumbrances is Present holder of said mortgage made in the deed. By its Attorneys, HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C. TERMS OF SALE: 150 California Street Newton, MA 02458 A deposit of Five Thousand (617) 558-0500 ($5,000.00) Dollars by certified 201209-0060 - TEA or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the
THE WESTFIELD NEWS LEGAL NOTICES January 27, 2015 February 3, 10, 2015 NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by William M. Lafreniere and Tanya L. Lafreniere to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated July 22, 2005 and recorded with the Hampden County Registry of Deeds at Book 15201, Page 484, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP dated April 20, 2011 and recorded with said registry on June 10, 2011 at Book 18799 Page 306 and by assignment from Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP to Green Tree Servicing, LLC dated June 19, 2013 and recorded with said registry on July 1, 2013 at Book 19901 Page 195, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 12:00 p.m. on February 23, 2015, on the mortgaged premises located at 3-5 SHERMAN ST EXT, WESTFIELD, Hampden County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, TO WIT: The land in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, bounded and described as follows:
tions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00 ) Dollars by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at Harmon Law Offices, P.C., 150 California Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in full of the purchase price. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale. GREEN TREE SERVICING, LLC Present holder of said mortgage By its Attorneys, HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C. 150 California Street Newton, MA 02458 (617) 558-0500 201311-0867 - TEA
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Being Lot #2 as shown on a plan entitled ''Subdivision of Property, Westfield, Massachusetts, for In the interests of: Glen Korostynski ...'' July 24, Manuel J Vazquez 1984 ... D.L. Bean, Inc. RecorOf: WESTFIELD, MA ded In Hampden County ReMinor gistry of Deeds in Book of Plans 218, Page 103, being bounded NOTICE TO ALL and described as follows: INTERESTED PARTIES 1. Hearing Date/Time: A hearS O U T H E R L Y b y S h e r m a n ing on a Petition for AppointStreet, ninety-three and 79/100 ment of Guardian of a Minor filed on 01/05/2015 by Berychaina feet; Rivera-Nevarez Westfield, MA WESTERLY by lot #1, as shown will be held 02/04/2015 01:15 on said plan, one hundred thirty- PM Guardianship of Minor three and 03/100 (133.03) feet; H e a r i n g L o c a t e d 5 0 S t a t e Street, 4th Floor, Springfield, MA NORTHERLY by land of City of 01103. Westfield, as shown on said 2. Response to Petition: You plan, seventy-eight and 87/100 may respond by filing a written (78.87) feet; response to the Petition or by appearing in person at the hearEASTERLY by Ellsworth Street, ing. If you choose to file a writone hundred forty-nine and ten response, you need to: 95/100 (149.95) feet. File the original with the Court; and Subject to such rights as the city Mail a copy to all interested of Westfield may have to main- parties at least five (5) business tain a dike along the northerly days before the hearing. boundary thereof. See Book 3. Counsel for the Minor: The 5673, Page 400. minor (or an adult on behalf of For mortgagor's(s') title see the minor) has the right to redeed recorded with Hampden quest that counsel be appointed County Registry of Deeds in for the minor. Book 12926, Page 476. 4. Presence of the Minor at These premises will be sold and Hearing: A minor over age 14 conveyed subject to and with the has the right to be present at benefit of all rights, rights of way, any hearing, unless the Court that it is not in the minor’s restrictions, easements, coven- finds best interests. ants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE: An public assessments, any and all important court proceeding that unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, may affect your rights has been water and sewer liens and any scheduled. If you do not underother municipal assessments or stand this notice or other court liens or existing encumbrances papers, please contact an attorof record which are in force and ney for legal advice. are applicable, having priority over said mortgage, whether or Date: January 7, 2015 not reference to such restricSuzanne T. Seguin Register of Probate tions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed.
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100% HARDWOOD, GREEN, 3 SNOW PLOWING, snow remov- $$ AUTOS WANTED $$ PAYING CASH FOR COINS, year season. 1/2 & 1/4 cords al services for parking lot, sidestamps, medals, tokens, paper Top Dollar paid for your unalso available. Outdoor furnace walks and entryway. Central money, diamonds and jewelry, wanted cares, trucks, vans. wood also available, cheap. Baptist Church, 115 Elm Street, Running or not. We pay and tow gold and silver scrap. Broadway CALL FOR DAILY SPECIALS!! Westfield. Coin & Stamp, 144 Broadway, away. Sell your car TODAY. Call Aimee 413-575-0229. Wholesale Wood Products, Chicopee Falls, MA. (413)594413-534-5400 PAGE 16 -SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2013 www.thewestfieldnews.com (304)851-7666. 9550.
AFFORDABLE FIREWOOD. Seasoned and green. Cut, split, delivered. Any length. Now ready for immediate delivery. Senior and bulk discount. Call Firewood Articles For Sale 255 (413)848-2059, (413)530-4820.
TAG SALE: March 20, 21, & B E A U T I F U L 2 B E D R O O M 22. 10am-4pm. Moose Lodge, TOWNHOUSE in Westfield, 56 Washington St., Westfield. To clean, quiet, 1-1/2 bath, carpetbenefit the Westfield Homeless ing, appliances, hot water inCat Project. A NO KILL cat and cluded. Very reasonable heat kitten rescue. Anyone wishing to cost. Sorry no pets. Call for THE WESTFIELD NEWS donate items for this event may more information (860)485drop off anytime to: 1124 East 1216. Equal Housing OpportunMountain Rd., Westfield. FMI, ity. To Advertise 413-562-4181 860-745-0424 call 413-568-6964 • or CT email: westfieldhcp@aol.com DEADLINE: 2PM THE DAY BEFORE
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RED INK CARTRIDGE for Pitney Bowes Postage Meter. Model DM300C, (Reorder GREENDM400C. FIREWOOD for#765sale. 9). New in package. $25.00. Call Cut, split, delivered. Call for pri(413)562-4181 Ext. 125.
100% SEASONED OAK or mixed hardwoods. Cut, split, delivered. (128cu.ft) guaranteed. 1/2 cords available. Call John (413)885-1985.
SNOWBLOWER, Murray 14HP, 29”. Like new condition, electric start $475. or BRO. (413)896-2543.
AFFORDABLE FIREWOOD. Seasoned and green. Cut, split and delivered. Any length. Now ready for immediate delivery. Call (413)848-2059, (413)530-4820.
cing. 413-627-9110 or 413-3578725.
SILO DRIED FIREWOOD. (128cu.ft.) guaranteed. Firewood 265For prices call Keith Larson 100% HARDWOOD, $140. 3 (413)537-4146 orGREEN, 413-569-4132
year season. $150. 1/2 & 1/4 cords also available. Wholesale Wood Products, (304)851-7666.
SEASONED FIREWOOD 100% hardwood. Stacking available. Cut, split, delivered. (128cu.ft.) Volume discounts. Call for pricing. Hollister’s Firewood (860)653-4950.
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SEASONED FIREWOOD. Any length. Reasonably priced. Call Residential Tree Service, (413)530-7959. SILO DRIED firewood. (128cu.ft.) guaranteed. For prices call Keith Larson (413)357-6345, (413)5374146.
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PAyING CASH for coins, stamps, medals, tokens, paper money, diamonds and jewelry, gold and silver scrap. Broadway Coin & Stamp, 144 Broadway, Chicopee Falls, MA. 413594-9550
LANDSCAPE/MULTIPURPOSE EQUIPMENT Landlord Services 339 TRAILER 8'x12' includes weed wacker rack, APPLE gas canVALLEY holder $1,250. (Great for sleds, quads or bikes) RENTALS yearsLOADER of service to 10HP22 LEAF $1,250 (NewLANDLORDS motor/intake fan) Background checks 8HP LEAF BLOWER Credit - Personal on wheels. $300
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DASHE-INTEL 1 BEDROOM apartment in Westfield. Newly renovated. COmPREHENSIVE Heat,LANDLORD hot water and electricity inSERVICES cluded. Near bus route. Quiet, Tenant screening including secure. No smoking, nocrimipets. nal backgroundAvailable and credit checks. $795/month. December 1st.Call (413)348-5070. Steve or Kate (413)579-1754
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WEST SPRINGFIELD SQUIRES APARTMENTS, 1 bedroom, stove, refrigerator AC. $645/$695/month plus utilities. Call (413)562-2295.
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ALARM SYSTEMS ANDERSON ALARM SYSTEMS Residential & Commercial fire &
D I R E C T O R Y
ELECTRICIAN MARASCA MAINTENANCE Plumbing Electrical, & Heating; Painting/Power Washing.
HOME IMPROVEMENT BRUNO ANTICO BUILDING Remodeling. Kitchens, addi tions, rec rooms, more. decks, Prompt, reliable service, free
HOUSE PAINTING ALWAYS CALL FIRST!!! M&M Years SERVICES-20 serving the Westfield area. Painting, stain interior/ex ing, house washing,
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security alarms. CCTV, Access Over 30 years experience. control. Full central station monFree estimates. Senior Citizen estimates. Mass Registered itoring. Medical alert systems. #106263, licensed & insured. Discounts. Servicing Western Over 14 years experience. MA Call Bruno, (413)562-9561. Mass. 207-752-1567 LIC#7136C. Free estimates. 413-561-5515 DAVE DAVIDSON Bathroom & KITCHEN Remodeling. "GET MASTER ELECTRICIAN IT RIGHT THIS TIME" Com 40 years experience. Insured. plete Bath Renovations. MA. Li CHIMNEY SWEEPS Reasonable prices. No job too #072233, MA. Registra cense small. Call Tom Daly, (413)543- i o n # 1 4 4 8 3 1 . C T . HIC. t 3100. Lic# A7625. A STEP ABOVE THE REST! Now serving CT. In #0609568 JMF CHIMNEY SERVICE Quality Work on Time on sured. Repair your chimney before Budget Since 1984. 569-9973. winter wreaks havoc. We do FIREWOOD www.davedavidsonremodeling. brick repair, crown seals and re- com pairs. We also do stainless steel AFFORDABLE FIREWOOD. as liner installs, well as stainPAUL MAYNARD CONSTRUC less rain caps. We sweep all Seasoned and green. Cut, split, TION. All your carpentry flues. Free estimates provided. delivered. Any length. Now needs. (413)386-4606. Did your Call: 413-330-2186 with the cold weathfor immediate delivery. windows fail ready Don't wait another year! Call Call er? Senior and bulk discount. for replacement windows. (413)848-2059, (413)530-4820. Paul COMPLETE CHIMNEY Many new features available. CLEANING Windows are built in CT. All winRepairs, rebuilds, stainless steel dows installed by Paul, owner of FLOORING & FLOOR liners. FALL SPECIAL: $90 Maynard Paul Construction. My SANDING is on Cleaning. 413-237-2110 name my work. A RON JOHNSON's Sand- Floor ing. Installation, repairs, 3 coats HYDRAULIC REPAIRS H E N T N I C K C H I M N E Y polyurethane. estimates. Free SWEEPS. Chimney repairs and (413)569-3066. GOT HYDRAULICS? rebuilds. Stainless steel caps Macfabrications - Industrial and and liner systems. Inspections, equipment hydraulic system masonry work and gutter clean- GUTTER CLEANING repair. John Deere antique ing. Free estimates. Insured. hydraulic over-haul service. Quality work from a business www.macfabrications.com. G E T Y O U R G U T T E R S you cantrust. (413)848-0100, 413-998-3311 or 413-355-4662 C L E A N E D B E F O R E T H E (800)793-3706. FREEZE! We clean, flush and check for leaks. Call Matt for HOME MAINTENANCE DRYWALL free estimate. 413-777-8381 T-BEST DRYWALL. Complete professional drywall at amateur
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HAULING PHIL'S #1 DUMP RUNS/DE MOLITION. Removal of any
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Western Avenue area (West ACCURATE LAWNCARE, Fall field). Reasonable and depend Cleanup, leaf/brush removal, able. All phone calls returned trimming, mulch, gutter cleaning. promptly! Please call John Call (413)579-1639. 413-297-9099 Specializing in ALL CALLS RETURNED COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL Complete Fall Clean-ups and property plowing, removal, snow curb-side leaf & brush pick-ups. de-icing, sand and/or salt. estimates. Please ask for Free Reliable and experienced. Mel. 413-579-1407 Call Tom: 413-244-3028
K'S LANDSCAPING Time for Fall Clean-ups! Leaf, bushes, tree work. Gutter cleaning. Tractor & backhoe service, decorative & structural retaining walls. Storm clean-ups. Firewood sale. Free estim for ates; fully insured. Call Kris at: 413-210-6724
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KEITH'S UPHOLSTERY & RE PAIRS. 30+ years experience for home or business. Discount
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A NEW LOOK FOR 2015! Let Home Decor help. Interior painting and wallpapering, specializing in faux finishes. Servicing the area over 12 years. Call Kendra now for a free estimate and decorating advice. (413)564-0223, (413)626-8880. BRING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH A FRESH NEW LOOK! All your painting needs, both interior and exterior. Only quality paints used. We don't cut corners, we paint them. 21 years experience. H.I.C. & Insured. 413-531-3775.
apartments, rent includes heat and hot water. Excellent size Apartment and location. No dogs. 340 Call weekdays (413)786-9884. WESTFIELD
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WESTFIELD: 3 BEDROOM, LivingEqual Room, KitchenOpportunity and Bath, 3rd Housing floor. $950/month plus utilities. First, last and security. WESTFIELD - 5 room apartment, first floor, newly renovated. Carpeting, tile 413-250-4811 floors. Large back yard. Call (413)736-2120 leave slow message.
WESTFIELD: 1 Bedroom with WESTFIELD 1 bedroom, central locaheat & hot water, included. tion, parking for small car. No Storpets. age area, balcony. $725/month. $550/month utilities included. First, 1st/Last required. 413-562-2295 last, security. (413)862-4006. WESTFIELD 1&2 bedroom apartments, $700-$800/month includes
WESTFIELD: 2ndExcellent Floor, size 1 Bedheat and hot water. and room, Room, location.Kitchen, No dogs.Dining Call weekdays L(413)786-9884. iving Room, Bath. $850 p / m o n t h , i n c l u d e s u t i l i t i e s. 1WESTFIELD. s t / L a s t d e p oKitchen, s i t r e q u i r living ed. 413-250-4811 room/bedroom. $575/month includes utilities. First, last, security. (413)5683519.
WESTFIELD: 2ND Floor. Large charmingCLASSIFIED 2 bedroom, eat-in kitADVERTISINg chen. Parking, storage, laundry. Near St. Mary's Church. Sorry, DEADLINES no dogs. $700. 413-548-8156 • Pennysaver • Wednesday by 5:00 p.m.
WESTFIELD: Centrally located, • Westfield News • good size studio aprtments. ALL 2:00 p.m. the day prior OffUTILITIES INCLUDED. to publication. street parking. Close to bus route. $650-$775 per month. Email: dianedisanto@ Referencesw and deposits rethewestfieldnewsgroup.com quired. Please call 413-5197257 (413)562-4181 to set appointment for Ext. 118 viewing.
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LARGE FURNISHED ROOM. Parking, bus route, walking distance to all amenities. $120/weekly. Only responHUNTINGTON 1 room with sible mature adultcable needTV, apply. heat, hot water, air (413)348-5070, (413)862-4522.
conditioning, refrigerator and microwave included. $110/week. ROOM FOR RENT on bus route, fully Call (413)531-2197. furnished. $100/week. Call (413)7319233.
House FOR Rental 355 ROOM RENT in Southwick/Lakeview. Kitchen and SOUTHWICK SMALL 2 bedroom laundry Female house, allprivileges. new. $900/month plus preutilitferred. includes ies. 100 $450/month yard walk to South Pond utilwith ities. (413)244-0787 beach front rights. Call (413)525-1985. Business Property
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LAST RETAIL SPACE in new market SPACEin Montplace. 5OFFICE miles from Westfield gomery. $400/month. (413)977-6277.
WESTFIELD: Newly renovated, Homes space For Sale 390 versatile for office, studio, salon, massage, or start-up. WESTFIELD. RECENTLY RENORent one room, or suite. ReasVATED! 3 bedrooms, new roof, onable rates. Call Central. 413-454-4089. hardwood floors. Corner Park Square For Realty lot. $190,000. more information call (413)244-4703.
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BUSINESSHAMPDEN PROPERTY WESTFIELD Village. $29,900. 2 bedroom, 14’x67’. New sink, floor, windows, appliances, shed. DASAP.MHVILLAGE.COM (413)5939961. WESTFIELD: Liquor Store for Sale. Established loca-
Services 440 tion, 30 years. Full license.
Turn-key opportunity. Over A1 ODD JOBS/HANDyMAN, Debris $600,000 sales in merchandRemoval, landscaping, spring yard ise, $150,000 in lottery clean-up, interior and exterior sales. painting, power washing, carpentry and 2,000 sq. ft.basic leased store. plumbing. All types of repairseparwork and $165,000. Inventory more. ate.(413)562-7462. 413-267-0497
HOMES FOR SALE Westfield - 2 FamilyYour , Duplex , Advertise 3 Bedrooms in each unit. 2 car garage. Boilers 5 years old. S m a l l y a r d . F u l l y r e n t e d. Please call 413-519-7257 . To set up showing $195.900
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SERVICES A1 ODD JOBS/HANDYMAN Debris removal, landscaping, spring yard cleanup, interior and exterior painting, power washing, basic carpentry and plumbing. All types of repair work and more. (413)562-7462