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Aug 17, 2018

Deep field set for Bridge of Flowers 40th anniversary

Busque, of Manchester, Connecticut, showed up on the morning of the event, registered and won.Busque tracked down defending champion Glarius Rop, of Agawam, on the stretch of course that no longer exists. He passed Rop and beat the two-time champion by 43 seconds.Those two men are back this season and both will be among the favorites to win the race. The third-place finisher from a year ago, Scott Mindel, of Burlington, Vermont, also returns.Rop is a member of the Western Mass. Distance Project, and will have four teammates joining him. One of those is Amos Sang, of Chicopee, who won the 2014 Bridge of Flowers. Sang won the New England 5-mile championship this season with a time of 24:36.Northampton's Ben Groleau, another Western Mass. Distance Project runner, is the UMass record-holder in the mile with a time of 4:01. Groleau was fourth at the New England 5-mile championships in 25:27. Dennis Roche, of Springfield, another WMDP runner, finished fifth last year at the Bridge of Flowers.The women's field will be just as deep. Last year's champion, Holly Rees, of Cambridge, is returning. Rees ran an average of just under 6 minutes a mile in winning the women's crown in 37:05.Rees will be challenged by Semehar Tesfaye, of West Roxbury. Tesfaye won the Bridge of Flowers in 2016 in 39:03.Another major challenger is newcomer Aisling Cuffee, who graduated from Stanford but now lives in North Grafton and runs for Saucony under coach Ray Treacy. Cuffee has a 15:11 personal record in a 5K.The third, fourth and fifth-place finishers from a year ago also return in the women's field. Apryl Sabadosa, of Westfield, took third. Karen Bertasso, of Albany, New York, is a two-time Bridge of Flowers winner. She was fourth last year. The fifth-place finisher from a year ago was Jenna Giglioti, of Northampton, who joins Sabadosa as two of the top female runners in the Western Mass. Distance Project.Another person to keep an eye on is new...

Nov 24, 2016

20th annual West Springfield Holiday Tour of Homes to benefit Boys and Girls Club

Durocher Florist, Flowers by Webster, Northeast Security Solutions, Partners at the Cup, West Springfield Federal Credit Union and Sorrento Pizza; in Agawam at Cooper's and Floral Concepts by Tom; and in Feeding Hills at Partners Restaurant. Tickets also will be available in Westfield at the Pilgrim Candle Company, which will have its candles available for sale at each of the tour homes on Dec. 3. During the tour, tour participants may go to the Monte Carlo Restaurant between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. for a hearty buffet luncheon, which includes soup, salad, a number of main course options, assorted festive desserts and tea and coffee. The cost of the lunch is $15 per person and includes tax and gratuity, with $1 from every meal donated to the boys' and girls' club. Currently the club offers before- and after-school programs at four elementary schools and at the club, serving more than 200 children each school day. In addition, the club provides a middle-school drop-in program at the club and offers vacation, early school release and summer day camp programs, helping to serve an additional 250 youth throughout the year. The snow date for the tour of homes is Dec. 4. For more information on the event, call the Boys and Girls Club of West Springfield at 413-736-1831 or visit wsbgclub.org. (MassLive.com)

Aug 15, 2016

Glarius Rop wins Bridge of Flowers 10k

LS — More than 600 runners braved intense heat and oppressive humidity to run the 38th Bridge of Flowers 10K Classic Road Race Saturday morning, when Agawam’s Glarius Rop paced the field to win the event in 33 minutes, 15 seconds. While Rop was a former champion, having won the event in 2013 and finishing second in 2014, the women’s race featured a first-time winner. Newcomer Semehar Tesfaye made her Bridge of Flowers debut a memorable one by besting a tight field to the top of the podium with a winning time of 39:03. Rop almost didn’t participate in the race, deciding at the last minute to run. He said he has had a busy summer of running and wasn’t sure if he was going to again do the Bridge Race. But because the event is so close to his Agawam home, he made the hour trip north. The native of Kenya and former American International College runner had plenty in his tank, winning by 36 seconds over runner-up Eric Blake of West Hartford, Connecticut, whose time was 33:51. “I ran last weekend and two weeks ago, and I felt like I wasn’t going to do well,” Rop said while cooling down after the event. “But it turned out good.” Despite winning by a wide... (GazetteNET)

Jan 8, 2016

Real Estate Transactions For Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin Counties January ...

Agawam Andrea Machia to Jason A. Larocque, Carmelina D. Larocque and Antonio Castro, 476-478 Corey St., $225,000. Andrew M. Morrison and Amber Morrison to Ryan Fields and Melanie Gorton, 644 North St., $184,500. Kenneth L. Vermes to Yuriy Vovk, 108 Hastings St., $167,000. Richard J. Marcheselli and Lorraine A. Marcheselli to Rebecca Stone, 137 Colemore St., $180,000. Amherst Walter R. Lewison to Eric Lewison, trustee, Richard Lewison, trustee, and Walter R. Lewison & Agnes M. Lewison Irrevocable Trust, 20 Kendrick Place, $100. Margit Mintz to Priscilla A. Page, 23 Greenleaves Drive, $135,500. Roger Plasse to Bring Ng and Virginia S. Ng, 26 Greenleaves Drive, $155,000. Sylvia B. Stoneham and Mark C. Stoneham, attorney in fact, to Michael Jacob-Goldstein, 43 Autumn Lane, $167,800. Deep Chinappa and Rebecca Hart to Douglas B. MacMillan, 828 Main St., $221,000. Thomas Ricci, James Ricci, Susan Ricci and Margaret McCarthy to Deep K. Chinappa and Rebecca N. Hart, 615 Bay Road, $248,500. (MassLive.com)