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Jul 6, 2018

This pretty plant is dangerous — and it's growing in more than a dozen Mass. communities

Department of Agricultural Resources, said Wednesday. Advertisement Hogweed has recently been spotted in Acton, Blandford, Brimfield, Dover, Hinsdale, Lee, Martha's Vineyard, New Marlborough, Peru, Southwick, Stoughton, Sutton, and West Springfield, and control efforts are still in progress, according to the state Department of Agricultural Resources. Get Fast Forward in your inbox: Forget yesterday's news. Get what you need today in this early-morning email. However, the plant has been eradicated in several other communities, including Boston. "It's a very large plant with a large, flowering stalk that towers over people, like an umbrella of white flowers. It's very showy. I think that's what made people plant it years and years ago," Forman Orth said.While beautiful, hogweed can be extremely dangerous. It produces phototoxic sap that, after being exposed to sunlight, forms painful, fluid-filled blisters on human skin, she said. Experts say it can also cause blindness if it gets in your eyes.It also poses some ecological issues. Advertisement Once hogweed - which thrives along streams and riverbanks - sprouts flowers, it begins to die, Forman Orth said. Because it's top-heavy, it tips over and pulls up soil along riverbanks, causing soil erosion, she said.The plant recently made headlines after Virginia researchers discovered it had landed in the state for the first time last week, officials said.Researchers from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University acknowledged that while the plant - which was found in Clarke County on June 12 - can be toxic, they believe it was planted intentionally decades ago and hasn't spread since, according to a statement from the university.The plant has also invaded several other states, including New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, Oregon, and Washington, according to research from the University of Massachusett...

Jan 8, 2016

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

Kyle A. Dulude and Sophia Dulude, Nye Brook Road, $4,000. Lynette P. Avery and Lynette P. Parker to Marcelle V. Avery, 32 Woronoco Road, $100. Brimfield Jennifer Elmore and Christopher Elmore to Sarah J. Buzanowski and Kimmie L. Higgins, 75 Monson Road, $242,000. Robert R. Runge and Anita L. Ducharme to Bernard L. Parker and Melissa A. Parker, 1237 Dunhamtown Brimfield Road, $273,000. Chicopee Barbara A. Deslauriers, Alexander M. McKissick and Sophie A. McKissick to David Deslauriers and Susana Deslauriers, 70 Arlmont St., $115,000. Bich Nham Geung and Wah Geung to Ai Hong Huang, 32 Yorktown Court, $90,000. Chrissys Corner LLC, to Matthew 11:28 Church Of God, 16 Bolduc Lane, $150,000. U S A Housing & Urban Development to Joshua Alan Balise and Jessica Balise, 27 Helen St., $109,000. Grandview Development Associates LLC, to Joseph M. Parslow and Janet A. Parslow, 36 Elmcrest Drive, Unit 29, $285,000. Khanh Nguyen, representative, Oanh Ngoc Tran, estate, Ngoc Nguyen, Kevin Nguyen and Oanh N. Tran, estate, to Kris C. Wojtowicz, 107 Mandalay Road, $160,000. Magdalene N. Eboso, Magdalene N. Bagiira and Frankline Eboso to Christopher D. Sawa, 56 Longwood Drive, $215,000. Margaret M. Hayduk to Sharon A. Ribeiro, 42 Greenwood Terrace, Unit 6144b, $94,500. Ronald Gagne Sr., and Bonnie A. Gagne to Eric P. Alicea and Tanya M. Alicea, 84 Bell St., $172,500. Sarah A. Latour to Lori A. Turek, 62 Kelley Road, Unit V-2, $112,000. TNOP Inc., to At Home Properties LLC, 70 Arthur St., $65,000. Cummington Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Foundation to Franklin Woods Investments LLC, West Cummington Road, $94,000. Franklin Woods Investments LLC, to Vanessa A. Lewis, West Cummington Road, $175,000. Seth Mias to Susan M. Teasley, Cole Street, $20,000. East Longmeadow Cabot Real Estate LLC, to Joseph M. Carlos and Briana A. Carlos, Peachtree Road, $150,000. D R Chestnut LLC, to Jeffrey S. Goodless, 2 Feather Reed Lane, Unit III-03, $405,000. Danny S. Larochelle to Robert-Thomas Construction LLC, 45 Sturbridge Lane, $125,000. Laura J. Rollins, Richard C. Rollins Jr., and Laura J. Foley to Carla Lomangino, 150 Kibbe Road, $399,900. Robert A. Gagne and Lynn P. Gagne to Sammy Guilbe Sr., and Lisamary Guilbe, 11 Dawes St., $217,500. Robert J. Villeneuve and Oksana Villeneuve to Saad Abduljabbar and Wamedh Jassaim, 4 Veranda Ave., $285,000. W. Paul Schwabe III, to Golden Eagle Apartments LLC, 180 Denslow Road, Unit 6, $165,000. Easthampton Rupal Patel to Darshankumar Patel and Sonal G. Patel, 41 South St., $100,000. Michael H. Wayne and Michael W. Wayne to Michael H. Wayne and Maureen E. Wayne, 18 Knight Ave., $100. Brian J. Campedelli to W. Marek Inc., 14 Broad St., $140,000. F... (MassLive.com)