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His wild, theme park-style home in LA is full of joy

It even has a Disneyland room

By L isa B oone

The Los Angeles Times

BRANDON SHAHNI-

ani is obsessed with the 1980s sitcom

“The Golden Girls,” so much so that he decorated his breezy bedroom in pastel tones that would make Blanche Devereaux, the show’s famously flirtatious character, green with envy.

“I want to live in 1980s Miami Beach,” says the 28-yearold who’s the co-owner of the Fair Oaks Pharmacy and Soda Fountain in South Pasadena, a Disney adult, and occasionally, the drag persona known as ’Naynay.

“When I ask myself, ‘Where would I want to wake up?,’ the answer is right here,” he says. “And I sleep really well here.”

His bedroom, which he calls ’Naynay’s Expo Beach Resort, looks and feels like a hotel, with a soothing scent reminiscent of Coppertone sunscreen coming from a specialized scent-delivery machine, a resort activity schedule on the dresser and an emergency evacuation map on the back of the door.

Welcome to ’Naynay’s World Expo, Shahniani’s three-bedroom, three-bathroom 1982 townhome in Montrose, composed of 11

carefully curated immersive moments, each filled with the pop-culture sights, sounds and smells of his youth that make him “feel safe, expressed, playful and happy.”

“Whimsy is very important to my generation,” the zillennial says as he offers a tour. “The future is bleak for us,” he adds, even though his upbeat attitude and warm energy make you feel like you’ve known him for years.

To push back against generational anxiety, Shahniani has covered every wall in his house with sentimental items — hundreds in total — many of them from periods he is too young to have experienced. There’s a vintage Disneyland ticket book, a Rubik’s Cube and an old alumi-

num speaker from a drive-in theater. Some things, including a signed birthday greeting from Disney Imagineer Joe Rohde, are framed. Others, including an Egg McMuffin carton, lunchboxes and foodthemed Barbies, are simply mounted on the wall.

When you first walk in the front door, you’ll see ’Naynay’s Drag-In Dine-In Theater centered around a custom-made shiny red-andwhite vinyl booth. Across from the booth and above the bar, a pink-and-white television made from an iPad inside a plastic foam cooler plays old cereal commercials and clips from “I Love Lucy” and “Bewitched” on repeat.

“I love a diner and a drivein theater,” he says about his movie nights, where he screens films and serves TV dinners. But don’t expect him to sit still for long. “I’m not a big movie person,” he says. “I play movies for ambiance.”

His home is visually overwhelming — as colorful, whimsical and jam-packed as Disneyland’s Enchanted Tiki Room (which he prefers over theme park rides such as Space Mountain) — with license plates and custom-made signs by artists Reimi Mosses and Dan Rocky as big as movie posters.

“It’s clear that he, like me, was educated at theme parks,” says friend Charles

Phoenix, a midcentury pop-culture and design expert. His home “feels like we are in some sort of exquisite divine design reality. It touches a nerve in me that everybody has their own version of nostalgia. And what Brandon has created is his own nostalgia.”

Using sensory theme park tricks he picked up during his time as a storyteller at Disneyland, Shahniani, who grew up in South Pasadena, has filled his town house with sound effects from hidden speakers he controls with his iPhone. In the diner, for example, the speakers play outdoor sounds including crickets to create a real drivein movie atmosphere. Upstairs in his bedroom, tropical sounds and steelpan music add to the feeling of sleeping in a seaside resort.

Other rooms downstairs include the B-Movie Bathroom, ’Naynay’s Kitchen of Progress and the ’80s & ’90s Food Culture Hall of Fame dining room, which is illuminated by a Pizza Hut pendant. In the ‘80s Palm Common Room, a vintage keyboard, a computer mouse and touch-tone phone hang on the walls.

This spring, just outside the dining room, Shahniani will add the Expoterrace, a relaxing patio with a fountain, waterfalls and lush plants inspired by Living with the

Land at Epcot in Florida. Upstairs, in the bubble gum-pink Powder Room, Shahniani keeps his drag costumes, made by his favorite dressmaker, Kelsey Swarthout, who uses upcycled Disney sheets in her designs. He stores his makeup, wigs, earrings, eyelashes and purses in sleek cabinets and organizes them in a digital closet he built from an iPad and a plastic foam cooler. When he’s not getting ready as ’Naynay, he likes to watch “chick flicks” such as “Clueless,” “Earth Girls are Easy” and “Pretty in Pink.” Shahniani doesn’t perform as a drag queen, but he enjoys dressing up as ’Naynay for different events and theme park visits.

“I treat drag the way other people treat cosplay,” he says. Says Phoenix: “He’s so original. I’ve never known anyone who self-presents like him.”

Past the 1970s-themed mint chocolate chip bathroom, where you can lather up with Native Girl Scouts Cookies Thin Mint Body Wash, and through the Hall of ’Naynay, which displays seven retro portraits of Shahniani in his favorite drag outfits by illustrator Brittney Sides, you’ll find the Disneyland-themed Archive Room. Shahniani calls it a “teenage boy’s dream.”

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Lee Reich | In the Garden

How to harness more nitrogen for your plants

ALAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS

to pick up at the local garden center or hardware store this time of year likely includes fertilizer. It’s ironic that nitrogen is the fertilizer element generally needed most, yet the air contains about eighty percent nitrogen — 35,000 tons of it over every acre. The problem is like that of someone lost at sea; most plants can’t absorb nitrogen from the air.

A fortunate partnership has evolved between certain bacteria and plants that lets plants grab onto some of that airborne goodness.

Most familiar among these partnerships is that of legumes and rhizobia bacteria. Legumes include garden plants like peas, beans, and lupines, in addition to field plants like clover and vetch, and trees like honeylocust, black locust, and golden chain tree. In order to use atmospheric nitrogen, legumes must be infected with special strains of bacteria.

You can make sure your peas and beans are infected with the right bacteria by buying a legume inoculant when you buy your pea and bean seeds. This black powder (the bacteria comes mixed in dry peat) is applied either by shaking it with moistened seeds before sowing or dusting it directly over seeds in the furrow. As soil moisture stirs seeds out of dormancy, it also awakens the bacteria. The bacteria proceed to infect newly

GARDEN NOTES

HAMPDEN

Perennial plants wanted

The Hampden Garden Club is looking for perennial plant donations for its Memorial Day Plant Sale. If you are looking to thin out your perennials, garden members will come and dig the plants you want to donate. Contact Lil Fedora at 413-5661137 to set up a dig day.

STOCKBRIDGE

Upcoming events at Berkshire Botanical Garden

Berkshire Botanical Garden presents the following upcoming program: Join mixologist Billy Jack Paul for a hands-on

into nitrogen that plants can use.

emerging legume roots, and the roots respond by forming nodules. These nodules are obvious to the naked eye on plant roots.

Within the nodules, bacteria convert gaseous nitrogen from the air into soluble nitrogen, which is pumped up into the plant. In return for these efforts, the bacteria exact a parcel of the carbohydrates produced by the host plant.

The relationship is symbiotic, beneficial to both the host plant and the bacteria. In one study with soybeans, inoculated plants had a 67% greater yield than plants that had not been inoculated.

series exploring the art of seasonal and classic craft cocktails on Thursday, May 7, from 5-7 p.m. Discover how to harness the flavors of fresh botanicals to create inspired, delicious drinks, and learn techniques you can easily recreate at home for yourself or your guests. Each of the three sessions will feature unique cocktails guided by Billy Jack Paul’s expert instruction. This is a unique opportunity to learn from one of the Berkshires’ most creative cocktail artists, Billy Jack Paul, who specializes in pre-Prohibition and Prohibition-era cocktails and is the owner and mixologist of Mooncloud in Great Barrington. Enjoy an evening of flavor, technique and inspiration for your home bar. Cost $90 members, $110 nonmembers.

There is some specificity between strain of bacteria and type of legume, though for vegetable gardens, a combined pea and bean inoculant is what is commonly sold. A different strain would be needed for soybeans or for clover, though.

Soil inoculated with the appropriate bacteria rarely needs reinoculation. Inoculation is needed for new gardens, for soils in which peas or beans have not been grown for many years, and for soils subject to heavy chemical use (with either fertilizer or pesticides).

All parts of legume plants, and especially the seeds, which we eat, are rich in nitrogen and, hence, protein. As an infected plant in the ground ages, old nodules and roots slough off and then bleed nitrogen into the soil. If the plants’ leaves and stems are dug into the soil after the beans have been harvested, the soil is further enriched. In traditional agriculture, where use of petrochemical-fueled fertilizer is not available, legumes are used to supply nitrogen for succeeding crops. “Modern” agriculturalists have utilized this symbiosis with interplantings or successive cropping of corn and soybeans.

You can even tap into this free nitrogen of legumes on a backyard scale. Too much nitrogen fertilizer is wasteful since it suppresses the bacterial symbiosis, so limit nitrogen use.

I often check the roots of some of my pea and bean plants after harvest to see if they are well-nodulated. If all I see are bare roots, either the plants need inoculation, or there’s too much nitrogen in the soil. A lawn can also make use of this symbiosis if some legume — clover, for example — is allowed to share some space with the lawn grass. Studies in England showed that under ideal conditions clover might supply up to 100 pounds per acre of nitrogen to grass in a pasture. Even if the clover supplies only a quarter that amount (which may be more realistic for a lawn), this is equivalent to spreading the nitrogen equivalent of more than five pounds of 10-10-10 fertilizer every 1,000-squarefeet of lawn.

To really maximize use of “free” nitrogen, inoculate legumes and use them as part of a crop rotation. In gardens that are large enough, a portion or some bed or beds can be set aside solely for this purpose each season. The actual amount of nitrogen added to the soil depends on the plant and the environmental conditions. A legume might add, on average, about three quarters of a pound of nitrogen per hundred square feet. This translates to almost eight pounds of a 10-10-10, which is a typical recommendation for chemical fertilizer for a vegetable garden.

Friday, May 8 to Sunday, May 10, “49th Annual Plants and Answers Plant Sale.” This Mother’s Day weekend, Berkshire Botanical Garden will burst into spring with something new: two events happening side-by-side for the first time. The garden invites visitors to a weekend-long celebration of plants, play and community as the 49th Annual Plants-and-Answers Plant Sale overlaps with the second annual SpringFest

on Saturday, May 9. Together, they promise a vibrant, family-friendly welcome to the growing season. Garden members enjoy early buying hours on Friday, May 8, 9-11 a.m., with the sale opening to the general public from 11a.m.- 4 p.m. Weekend hours continue Saturday and Sunday, May 9 and 10 (from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. both days). Free parking will be available to all.

For more information, or to register visit www. berkshirebotanical.org.

Berkshire Botanical Garden is located at 5 West Stockbridge Road.

WILBRAHAM Garden Club monthly meeting

The Wilbraham Garden Club will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, May 7 at noon in the St. Cecilia Parish Center on Main Street.

The guest speaker is Chris Ferrero, a Cornell Master Gardener.

Her presentation, “Gar-

dening for Baby Boomers: 10 Ways to Garden Smarter as We Get Older,” will focus on ways to reshape your garden design, change the plants you use, and modify how you work in our garden as you age.

A light luncheon will be served and is open to all members.

Guest fee will be $5. Call Anna Howell at 413-5375788 with any questions and to register.

Plant & bake sale

The Wilbraham Garden Club will hold its annual plant and bake sale on Saturday, May 16, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on the Wilbraham Public Library grounds. Shoppers will find a wide selection of perennials, annuals, hanging plants, sun-loving and shade-loving plants, and other garden favorites all offered at reasonable prices.

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Rhizobia aren’t the only kids on the block when it comes to bacteria that can funnel that airborne nitrogen into a form that plants can use.

Frankia are another group of bacteria, these forming associations with so-called Actinorhizal plants. (Frankia used to be classified as an actinomycete, another kind of microbe.) Frankia isn’t a name that gets thrown around as much as rhizobia, but you’ve likely come across Actinorhizal plants such as seaberry (delicious fruit), broom, and bayberry. And you’ve surely come across autumn olive and Russian olive, reviled by many gardeners (not me) for being non-native and invasive, despite the fact that they bear deliciously fragrant flowers (now in bloom) and tasty fruit, are decorative, and, of course, enrich the ground with free nitrogen.

All the previously mentioned nitrogen fixers meet their energy requirements with carbohydrates from their host plants. Some nitrogen fixers do their work without a host plant. Soil bacteria in the genera Azobacter, Bacillus, and Clostridium fuel themselves with soil carbon locked up in the soil as organic matter.

Seaberry is a plant not in the pea family that, like peas, harbors friendly microbes that captures nitrogen in the air for plant use. (LEE REICH PHOTO)

Another group, chemolithotrops, fuel themselves with inorganic molecules such as various forms of sulfur, iron, or phosphorous in the soil. Many thrive in oxygen-poor environments. The simplest way to get all the nitrogen fixers to do their best work is, besides inoculating as needed, is to build up levels of soil organic matter with regular additions of raw organic materials such as leaves and straw, or compost. Also keep the soil covered (such as with a mulch of leaves, straw, or compost). Minimize tillage, which unduly speeds oxidation of organic matter. And limit use of nitrogen fertilizers, which meshes well with the other points because organic materials can fulfill all or a good part of plants’ hunger for nitrogen. And guess what? All this is more or less Mother Nature’s m.o.

The ’80s-inspired living room is filled with vintage technology, including chunky phones. (MYUNG J. CHUN / LOS ANGELES TIMES / TNS)

Fun house

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Which tracks for someone who has visited every Disney theme park in the world — Tokyo is his favorite — and was recently featured in AJ Wolfe’s book “Disney Adults: Exploring (And Falling in Love With) A Magical Subculture.”

The Archive Room is painted blue and filled with Disney parks memorabilia he’s collected over the years including his ticket stubs, which are safely stored in a fillable glass lamp. “From scouring through antique malls and online auctions to personal items from my childhood at the parks or things gifted by previous cast members and Imagineers, it’s a holy grail collection of all of my personal hyperfixations from the park,” he says.

Shahniani says his home feels special because so many friends helped with the design, the art on the walls and even his clothing.

His friend, theme park journalist Carlye Wisel, noticed these details too. “Visiting Brandon is glee-inducing not just because of the decor, but also the company,” she says in an email. “At our annual holiday party, he sets up gingerbread houses for us to decorate, puts presents on the steps, and even bakes enough of his signature cookies that we can bring a box home to our families. Spending time at Brandon’s house during the holidays is the closest I’ll ever feel to being inside a Christmas movie.”

Shahniani agrees: “It’s so fun to be here. There’s something so youthful about it.”

The feeling of being transported by youthful energy motivates Shahniani every morning when he starts his day by playing Pinar Toprak’s uplifting Epcot theme on the speakers downstairs. As he puts it, “I believe that my default way of thinking, feeling and seeing the world is being dictated by the way I was programmed as a young child. When the youngest, most innocent version of you is healed and well, then it’s easy to go out and do amazing things. And when little Brandon feels great inside, then big Brandon can go out and change the world for the better.”

Now he hopes to help others build the dream life they’ve always imagined. “I’m currently working on an accessible life-coaching resource in the style of an ’80s TV show, using YouTube videos, to show others they can defy the societal norm of being miserable,” he says. “It’ll be funny, effective, kitschy, nostalgic and change the way we use self-help for the better.”

Some people may see it as whimsy, he says, adding: “Others call it prioritizing your mental health.”

This article originally appeared in The Los Angeles Times.

Notes

Inside the library’s Brooks Room, visitors can enjoy the club’s bake sale, featuring an assortment of homemade cakes, pies, cookies, brownies, bars, cupcakes, muffins, and more. This event is the club’s major annual fundraiser, supporting its scholarship program and a wide range of community service projects.

EAST LONGMEADOW

Heirloom plants at garden sale

The First Congregational Church in East Longmeadow is having a plant sale, May 9, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. This almost 200-year-old church is located at 7 Somers Road. There will be a selection of heirloom plants from the church gardens for sale. From the gardens of church members and friends, there will also be a variety of plants, trees, shrubs, herbs, flowering vines, ground covers and perennials for sale. Some herb pots and specialty items will be available for Mother’s Day gifts. In the gazebo, will be free coffee and a bake sale. Inside the church, will be a garden related tag sale, a paperback book sale, puzzles and a used jewelry sale.

GREENFIELD

Seed library

The Greenfield Public Library has officially launched its new seed library. Home gardeners are invited to visit the seed library, located on the second floor of the library at the Information Services Desk, to choose up to five packets of seeds for their gardens. A variety of vegetable seeds (arugula to zucchini), as well as herb and flower seeds (amaranth to zinnia) will be available. Borrowing guidelines will be provided, and gardeners are encouraged to return seeds after the harvest season ends.

This program is free and open to everyone. For more information, contact Nancy Little at nancy. little@greenfield-ma.gov or call 413-772-1544.

MONSON

Plant sale

Monson Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale on Saturday,

May 9, at a new location — in front of Memorial Hall on Main Street starting at 9 a.m. A wide selection of perennials in addition to wildflowers, vegetables, shrubs, house plants, bulbs and herbs will be available. Prices range from $3 and up. There will also be an assortment of special gift planters for Mother’s Day gifts. The plants come from members’ gardens, and members will be available to answer questions about the plants they enjoy. Proceeds are used for local community projects such as the downtown plantings, holiday greens, and scholarships.

Annual plant sale

Down to Earth Gardeners will hold its annual plant sale on Saturday, May 16, from 9 a.m.-noon, rain or shine at United Methodist Church, 162 Main St., (corner of Main and Cushman streets, across from Dunkin’ Donuts). The sale features many plants for shade or for sun, a large selection of perennials, ground cover, shrubs, herbs and more.

SPRINGFIELD

Springfield Garden Club plant sale and scholarship fundraiser

The Springfield Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale on Saturday, May 30, from 9 a.m.- noon at the Monkey House in Forest Park. Free entry to the plant sale is available at the Trafton Road entrance to Forest Park, 200 Trafton Road.

A spring tradition and the club’s major scholarship fundraiser, this is not the kind of plant sale that focuses on reselling plants from wholesale growers. Except for a few donations from generous area garden centers, these plants are from members’ gardens or have been grown from seed specifically for the sale.

This is a major fundraiser for its scholarship program and fun for club members and customers alike.

There will be many experienced gardeners and master gardeners among here who can offer useful suggestions on which plants to buy or answers to some of your gardening questions. The Springfield Garden Club awards an annual scholarship of at least $2,000 to a graduating high school senior, undergraduate or graduate college

student majoring in a full-time plant science or environmental studies program, such as horticulture, floriculture, landscape design, conservation, forestry, botany, agronomy, plant pathology, environmental control, land management or other allied fields. Using proceeds from past plant sales, the club has given out over $80,000 in scholarships to students in the last 30 plus years and we look forward to adding to that this year. For more information on the Springfield Garden Club events go to www. springfieldgardenclubma.org or visit them on Facebook at https:// www.facebook.com/SpringfieldMAGardenClub.

AGAWAM Agawam Garden Club monthly meeting

The next meeting of the Agawam Garden Club will be held Tuesday, May 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the Agawam Public Library, 750 Cooper St. After a short business meeting. WMass Green Thumb Guru, master gardener and garden educator Ed Sourdiffe will present a talk on organic gardening. He is the go-to gardening expert on WWLP’s lifestyle program, “Mass Appeal.” Covered will be the basics including how to make your garden work for you instead of against you. How to save money and have amazing results with age-old and modern gardening techniques. It’s all about creating a healthy environment for you, your plants, and the planet.

Annual plant sale

The Agawam Garden Club is planning its annual plant sale for Saturday, May 30. This year’s event will be held at the historical Thomas Smith House, 251 North West St., Feeding Hills and will run from 9 a.m.-noon. The sale will include many perennials and shrubs all from members gardens and all a bargain. Because the plants are all grown locally in members gardens, they are well acclimated to the area. Proceeds from the sale go towards funding the club’s scholarship and providing educational programs for the year. Check the club’s website for further information at agawamgarden club.com.

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Terry & Kim Kovel | Antiques & Collecting

Saint Louis cameo glass is very distinctive

THE SAINT LOUIS GLASS FACtory, or Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis, is one of the oldest glass manufacturers in Europe, tracing its history to the Muntzthal glassworks in Lorraine, France, established in 1586. The factory started making lead crystal in 1781 and was renamed Cristallerie Royale de Saint-Louis in 1829. The rest of the 19th century brought further innovation, as the factory started producing colored glass; introduced paperweights, including millefiori, about 1840; and, like many other glassmakers at the time, made cameo glass when it came into fashion in the late 19th to early 20th century. Today, its antique cameo glass is among its most desirable products.

Saint Louis cameo glass is characterized by a thin transparent layer of colored glass with an acid cut design, usually flowers, over a clear base. A glass biscuit jar that sold for $300 at Woody Auction was unmarked but listed as “Saint Louis style.” Decorated with acid cut flowers in transparent amethyst glass over a colorless frosted ground, it resembles the cameo glass that the Saint Louis factory was known to produce. Today, Saint Louis is owned by Hermes and focuses on cut crystal. The factory, still located in Lorraine, has a museum dedicated to the company’s long history.

Q.

How should I sell my collection of Hummel figurines? I have more than 100, and they are originals from the 1950s. What would they be worth?

A. The best way to sell a large collection like yours is to contact an antiques shop or dealer in your area, or an auction house, preferably one that specializes in porcelain figures or similar collectibles. Most Hummel figurines have relatively low value today after the collecting craze of the mid- to late 20th century saturated the market, but very early Hummels, like yours, can be exceptions.

The first Hummel figurines were released in 1935. Figurines from the 1950s are usually marked with what collectors call the “Full Bee” or TMK-2, a mark that was used from about 1940 to 1959. Some of them can be worth over $100. You may want to look for additional information to get an idea of the value of your figurines before you sell them. Check your library for collectors’ guides to Hummels, like “The Official M.I. Hummel Price Guide: Figurines &

Saint Louis glass is so distinctive (and desirable) that you can find unmarked glass pieces, like this cameo cut biscuit jar, described as “Saint Louis Style.”

(WOODY AUCTION)

Plates” by Heidi Ann Von Recklinghausen or “Luckey’s Hummel Figurines and Plates: Identification and Value Guide” by Carl F. Luckey. Their prices may be outdated, but they may have some useful information. A collectors’ club like the M.I. Hummel Club (mihummel.org) may also be helpful. However you sell your collection, be sure to get a signed contract that covers all terms of the sale, including fees and insurance.

Q. I have a teak wood statue that I have read is called a Sawasdee Lady. It is a standing woman, over 5 feet tall, with carved details. I am considering selling it, but I have not been able to find a value for it. Can you help?

A. The Sawasdee Lady or Sawasdee figure is a traditional Thai statue that is usually placed at the entrance of a home or business. “Sawasdee” is a Thai greeting. The statues, usually figures of women or boys, have their hands in the Wai position, held to the chest with the palms together, which is a gesture of welcoming and respect. They are commonly made of teak wood, like yours. Most of the Sawasdee figures collected today date to the mid-20th century,

when trade with Europeans opened up a market for tourism in Southeast Asia, where teak has been carved into practical, decorative, and religious figures for thousands of years. Five-foot-tall statues like yours are generally worth about $200 to $300. Smaller statues usually have lower values. Prices can vary depending on the condition, quality of the carving, and whether the statue has additional decoration, like painting. For more information and a more specific value, you may want to contact a dealer or auction house that specializes in Asian art.

TIP: Tired of scrubbing and scrubbing glass to remove marks from masking tape and labels? Get commercial hand cleaner, pat some on the stain, and let it stand for 30 minutes. Then rub it off with a cloth and wash the glass.

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CURRENT PRICES

Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions.

Paper, comic book, The Avengers, No. 200, anniversary issue, double size, Marvel Comics Group, 1980, $50.

Toy, panda, mohair, black and white, on all fours, red collar with bell, brown glass eyes, button in ear, Steiff, 4 1/2 x 6 inches, $70. Rug, tapestry, Aubusson style, needlepoint, light brown field, multicolor flowers and leaves, dark brown border, wool, cotton, France, 9 feet x 5 feet 9 inches, $130. Red Wing, crock, stoneware, salt glaze, cobalt blue bee sting, applied lug handles, 3 gallons, $180.

Satsuma, tray, oval, scenic, samurai on horseback, landscape background, water, trees, scalloped rim, Kinkozan, late 1800s, Japan, 13 1/2 x 11 inches, $280.

Paperweight, art glass, frog, brown amber, large bulging eyes, on mottled sphere, round foot, signed, dated, John Nygren, 1987, 4 inches, $300.

Furniture, table, Rococo Revival, pink marble top, giltwood base, shaped apron, pierced lattice panels, carved C scrolls, cabriole legs, Italy, early 1900s, 35 x 59 1/2 inches, $450.

Dental, cabinet, metal, glass door, copper handle, two interior glass shelves, lower metal shelf, cabriole legs, early 1900s, 54 inches, $510.

Silver-Mexican, jug, fluted body, Bird of Paradise handle, malachite inlaid body, brass crest, glass eyes, marked, Lost Castillo, Taxco, 1970s, 5 inches, $960.

Glass-contemporary, box, square, mottled, gold and platinum leaf, enamel spots, pink, white, purple, silver plate mounts, signed, Kyohei Fujita, Japan, 3 3/4 x 4 inches, $1,560.

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Average US longterm mortgage rate rises to 6.3%

Rise in rate ends a 3-week slide

By A lex Veiga Associated Press

The average longterm U.S. mortgage rate rose this week, pushing up borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers in the midst of the spring homebuying season.

The benchmark 30year fixed rate mortgage rate rose to 6.3% from 6.23% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. That’s still down from one year ago, when the rate averaged 6.76%.

The increase ends a three-week slide, bringing the average rate back to where it was two weeks ago.

Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing their home loans, also moved higher this week. That average rate rose to 5.64% from 5.58% last week. A year ago, it was at 5.92%, Freddie Mac said.

Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, from the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy decisions to bond market investors’ expectations for the economy and inflation.

This week’s uptick in the average rate on a 30year home loan follows a rise in the yield on U.S. 10-year Treasury bonds, which lenders use as a guide to pricing home loans.

The 10-year Treasury yield was at 4.39% in midday trading on the bond market Thursday, up from 4.34% a week ago. The yield was at just

3.97% in late February, before the war with Iran broke out.

As recently as late February, the average rate on a 30-year mortgage had slipped just under 6% for the first time since late 2022. It’s hasn’t fallen below that threshold again in the weeks since the conflict in the Middle East began, sending energy prices soaring and heightening worries about higher inflation.

Bond yields, and mortgage rates, have remained volatile as the conflict drags on.

High oil prices helped push the Federal Reserve to announce Wednesday that it’s continuing to hold off on cuts to interest rates.

The central bank doesn’t set mortgage rates, but its decisions to raise or lower its shortterm rate are watched closely by bond investors and can ultimately affect the yield on 10-year Treasurys.

While lower rates could give the economy a boost, they simultaneously risk worsening inflation, which could in turn lead to higher mortgage rates.

The recent volatility in mortgage rates, has clouded the outlook for the spring homebuying season.

The U.S. housing market has been in a slump since 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes were essentially flat last year, stuck at a 30-year low. They have remained sluggish so far this year, declining in January and February and March from a year earlier.

Deeds

AGAWAM

Amjad Real Estate LLC, to Zain Safdar and Sana Abeer, 554-556

Franklin St. Extn, $520,000.

Craig M. Rovelli and Jeff A. Rovelli to Maria Lempke, Elaina Romona Lempke and Robert Ernest Lempke, 29 Lincoln St., $271,000.

David S. Walles and Katherine H. Walles to Joseph Bortolussi and Katie Bortolussi, 384 Pine St., $441,000.

Doreen J. Letendre and Thomas J. Letendre to Hannah Boulais, 762 Suffield St., $283,000.

Jeffrey J. Benoit to Nicholas J. Benoit and Jaclyn M. Benoit, 14 Briarcliff Drive, $440,000.

Michael Lee Noes, trustee and representative, 999 North Street Extension Irrevocable Trust, trustee of, and Terry Lee Noes, estate, to Vladimir Zabedyuk, 999 North St. Extension, $400,000.

Ronald Miller, representative, and Wayne Miller, estate, to Kristen Fitzgerald, 47 Corey Colonial, $260,000.

Sean Stevenson to Matthew Liimatainen and Matthew Robert Liimatainen, 67 Colemore St, $342,000.

AMHERST

Amy B. Gallant and Christopher E. Pariseau to Colin Heath Williams and Jacqueline Wambura, 53 Pine Grove, $325,000.

Thomas I. White and Lisa Cavallaro to Sean Byrnes and Kristen Byrnes, 12 Teawaddle Lane, $950,000.

Andrew MacLeod Johnson, trustee, Sara Johnson Meyers, trustee, and Johnson Family Living Trust to Anthony Confrey and Nancy Confrey, 1114 South East St., $875,000.

Amhad Development Corp., to Irene Blaho, 28 Greenleaves Drive, $305,000.

Alison I. Ash, trustee, and Alison I. Ash Revocable Trust to Theodore T. Allen and Emily S. Patterson, 174 Lincoln Ave., $1,200,000.

Amhad Development Corp., to Sotirios Stamatis, 28 Greenleaves Drive, $305,000.

Ian C. Bearce to Michael Morgan and Marie R. Morgan, 132 Pondview Drive, $417,125.

BELCHERTOWN

David Joseph Kreps and Tiffany Lyn Kreps to Michael J. McDonald and Diane M. McDonald, 100 Bardwell St., $428,000.

Michael J. McDonald and Diane M. McDonald to David J. Kreps and Tiffany L. Kreps, 600 N. Washington St., and 600 North Washington St.,

$428,000.

Shirley A. Kolosewicz to Brianna Grundstrom, 55 North Main St., $219,950.

Wicked Deals LLC, to Joseph Cebula, Alexandra Cebula and Shane Andrew Clark, 29 Chestnut Drive, $547,000.

Lisa Zahn and Joseph Zahn to Rachel M. Powers and Sam Mitchell, 103 Daniel Shays Highway, $475,000.

Raymond M. Bronner and Dennis D. O’Reilly to Raymond Bronner, trustee, Dennis O’Reilly, trustee, and Bronner O’Reilly Family Trust, 98 Turkey Hill Road, $100.

BLANDFORD

James Kim Bergland and Patricia M. Bergland to Conner R. Osden, 0 Sperry Road, $80,000.

Victor Mulholland and Leny Mulholland to Steven Sansouci and Kim Sansouci, 6 Blair Road, $50,000.

BRIMFIELD

Anthony Cardaropoli, representative, and Deborah J. Cardaropoli, estate, to Dominic Kirchner II, trustee, and Lumturi Realty Trust, trustee of, 128 Holland Road, $21,000.

Gavin Racicot to 381 Sturbridge Road LLC, 381 Sturbridge Road, $375,000.

Luiza J. Hopkins, representative, and James J. Hopkins, estate, to Hitchcock Free Academy, 11 Sturbridge Road, $300,000.

CHESTERFIELD

Jeane W. Anastas and Janice L. Gibeau to Edward J. Rickey and Colleen A. O’Connor-Rickey, Stage Road, $65,000.

CHICOPEE

Angelina Escudero to Opendoor Property J LLC, 41 Hicks St., $310,000.

Bull Stack Industries LLC, to Phantom Holdings LLC, 59 West St., $375,000.

Charles Harold Solock, estate, Charles H. Solock, estate, and Jennifer M. Fleury, representative, to Cheryl Ocana, 45 Hastings St., $376,000.

Chenevert Properties LLC, to Tyler Sostre, 107 Beauregard Terrace, $300,000.

Cheryl M. Sendek, Darren Depianta and Cheryl Sendek to Cheryl M. Sendek, 37 Woodcrest Court, $100.

David Aucoin and Tammy Aucoin to Kim Beebe and Alan Beebe, 117 Andersen Road, Unit G2, $225,000.

Diane T. Kowalski and John W. Kowalski to Diane T. Kowalski, 92 Truro St., $175,000.

R & R Home Improvement & Re-

modeling LLC, to Jomyra Cruz, 1709 Memorial Drive, $281,000.

Erik O. Cubi and Sinnet Abdoo to Dan Marcoux, 104-106 Madison St., $465,000.

Halifax Capital LLC, to Nilda Izquierdo, 61 Saint Jacques Ave., $299,000.

James S. Glanville Sr., to Glenda Diaz Ortiz and Christian Rivera Mendez, 460 Irene St., $332,500.

Michael R. Wheeler, representative, Lorraine A. Lengieza, estate, and Lorraine Lengieza, estate, to N. Riley Realty LLC, 551 Lafleur Drive, $204,000.

Micheal A. Parrish to Home Savers Group LLC, 83 McKinstry Ave., $300,000.

Sareen Properties LLC, to Mohammed Al Juboori, 88 Newell St., $375,000.

Veteran Stan LLC, to Joseph Melendez and Denisse Soto, 248 Hampden St., $450,000.

West Jam Man LLC, to Rosa Margarita Alfaro and Dennis Abdi Barillas Urbina, 1697 Westover Road, $318,000.

COLRAIN

Thomas Shields and Carolyn Shields to Joseph F. Gerante, Ed Clark Road, $50,000.

CUMMINGTON

Marcus H. Howes and Stephanie Howes to Chad Howes and Tara Howes, Berkshire Trail and Howes Hill Road, $101,000.

DEERFIELD

Allard’s Farms Inc. to 20 S. Deerfield LLC, 20 Industrial Drive West, $2,481,007.35.

EAST LONGMEADOW

D. R. Chestnut LLC, to Wayne D. Tangel and Virginia E. Vigneault, 11 Clover Lane, Unit V-16, $892,500.

Stephanie A. Gordon to Kevin Reynolds and Sara Reynolds, 16 Deerfoot Drive, $620,000.

EASTHAMPTON

Brenda J. Salyer and Annette Tector to Brenda J. Salyer, trustee, Annette Tector, trustee, Brenda J. Salyer Revocable Trust and Annette Tector Revocable Trust, 21 Holly Circle, $100.

Michael J. Natale, Rebecca Natale, and Rebecca S. Benigno to James Danglade and Hannah Zimmermann, 29 Sandra Road and 29 Sandra Drive, $479,000.

Lisa Schaarschmidt and Matthew Brehm to Pascommuck Conservation Trust Inc., Glendale Street, $50,000.

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Deeds

Colin J. Hoyt and Kimberly A. Hoyt to Emily Merriman, 7 Union Court, $440,000.

Matthew J. Clark to Hopkins Investments LLC, 18-20 Oakdale Place, $340,000. Budlia LLC, to Maureen Borg Johnson, trustee, Lawrence Borg Johnson, trustee, and Borg Johnson Revocable Trust, 4 Gaugh St., $310,000.

ERVING

Kenneth E. Zilisch to Erik Semb and Tracy Semb, 34 Moore St., $235,000.

GOSHEN

Charles E. Amo to Michael T. Bender, 12 Pine Road, $469,900.

GRANBY

Andrew D. Asselin to Maria C. Harris and Jailson Varela, 559 East State St., $592,000.

GREENFIELD

Wicked Deals LLC, to Unlimited Property Group LLC, 21 Holly Ave., $150,000.

Todd Goulston, Erica Masson, Jerad Goulston and Seth Goulston, personal representatives of the Estate of Eileen L. Goulston, to Benegan 2 LLC, 231 Conway St., $300,000.

Jeffrey E. Richardson and Robert L. Richardson Jr., to Myles Mastrototaro and Brooke Mastrototaro, 132 Poplar St., $410,000.

Jason D. Harrison and Laura W. Martin to Paula Mecagni, 25 Barton Road, $308,000. Jessica Matteson to Kaylee Ann Sayers, 9 Hancock Lane, $310,000.

HADLEY

Paul A. Kelley and Tracy S. Kelley to Andrew Hume Lind and Anna Catherine Whiston, 8 Aloha Drive, $727,000.

Anthony J. Kostek Jr., and Carol Anne Kostek to Michael J. O’Connor, 6 East Street Commons, $750,000.

Irene M. Rule, trustee, Michael A. Forget, trustee, and Irene M. Rule Revocable Trust to Peter J. Anzalone and Ying-Ying Shiau, 83 Bay Road, $749,000.

Marshall M. Steinbeck and Maureen M. Steinbeck to Irene M. Rule and Michael A. Forget, 11 West St., $900,000.

HAMPDEN

Ellen Lappalainen to Tristan J. Hebert and Jacob G. Lemire, 58 Baldwin Drive, $240,000.

Ian Edwards and Sara Edwards to Michael J. McLaughlin and Julia D. Gibson, 261 Chapin Road, $430,000.

Thomas M. Rosati and Donna L. Rosati to David W. Cooley and Heidi C. Cooley, 175

Scantic Road, $758,775.

HATFIELD

Wilma F. Davis and Larry S. Davis, attorney-in-fact, to Matthew Przybyszewski, 70 North St., $379,000.

HAWLEY

Douglas F. Blough, Sienna Valente-Blough and Edward Anderson to Garrett J. Kopeski, 49 East Road, $700,000.

HOLLAND

Christopher Knight and Nicole Damon to Dillon Hicks and Shannon E. Hicks, 15 Cherokee Road, $407,500.

HOLYOKE

Andrew Rohan to Phantom Holdings LLC, 126-128 Beech St., $425,000.

Barbara M. Hyland to Lisa Bihler Lyle and William Lyle Jr., 4 Carol Lane, $330,000.

Bull Stack Industries LLC, to Phantom Holdings LLC, 73-75 Walnut St., $700,000.

Jailson Varela to Jessica Lynn Deyette, 21 Francis Ave., $310,000.

Karen K. Galvin to Ryland M. Wright, 53 Nonotuck St., $310,000.

Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC, to Lisa Bihler Lyle and William Lyle, 50 W Glen St., $205,000.

Nicole M. Sealander to Caroline J. Karadimas, 308 Apremont Highway, $315,000.

Post Investment LLC, to Maria S. Velez, 54 Taylor St., $405,000.

Pulaski Heights Inc., to Pulaski Heights Ventures LLC, 76 Maple St., $4,238,254.

HUNTINGTON

Jan M. Mastej, personal representative, and Casimir R. Kazimierczak, estate, to Jameson L. Leveille, 46 Bromley Road, $225,000.

LONGMEADOW

Chandravathi Loke, Srinivas Loke and S. Rinivas Loke to John Thomas Walters and Barbara Walters, 70 Tennyson Drive, $999,000.

Daniel M. Edwards to Halil Ibrahim Kuzu, 1650 Longmeadow St., $343,000.

Jeffrey W. Trace to Maria E. Barrett, 112 Grassy Cutter Road, $475,000.

Karen McFarlane, representative, and Michael J. Flaherty, estate, to Meredith B. Hagaman and Daniel R. Schwarting, 53 Ashford Road, $835,000.

Leela R. Watson, trustee, Leela Ramaswamy, trustee, P. J. Ramaswamy Revocable Indenture of Trust of, trustee of, and Freida D. Ramaswamy Revocable Indenture of Trust of, trustee of, to Amanda J. Mercado, 60 Exeter Ave., $652,025.

Pah Properties LLC, to Zackery Dale Michael Henry Klamn and Jennifer Klamn, 27 Massachusetts Ave., $480,000.

Rosanna LaBonte and Walter O. LaBonte Jr., to Christopher Burger and Danielle

Burger, 0 Mill Road, $250,000.

Tara O. Harris and Rodney C. Harris to Rodney C. Harris, life estate, Tara O. Harris, life estate, Grady Harris, Sydney Harris and Kelsey Harris, 96 Riverview Ave., $100.

Victoria Ellis to Jeffrey Verge, 141 Lincoln Road, $390,000.

LUDLOW

Armand R. Lavoie to Daniel B. Dinis and Christina N. Dinis, 209-211 Ventura St., $399,900.

Bretta Construction LLC, to Vivian Williams, 102 Swan Ave., $599,900.

Carolyn Casey, representative, and Jerome W. Casey, estate, to Pah Properties LLC, 52 Aldo Drive, $190,000.

Helena N. Ferreira to Kazimierz Borawski and Danuta Borawski, 162-164 Highland Ave., $335,000.

Khoa Nguyen, trustee, Hien Lu, trustee, and Nguyen Lu Family Revocable Trust, trustee of, to John Griffin and Claire Griffin, Turning Leaf, Lot 88, $225,000.

Kimberly A. Danio, trustee, and 7 Oak Ridge Street Realty Trust, trustee of, to Ricky S. Moran, 7 Oak Ridge St., $320,000.

Margaret Lillian Bresnahan to Michael J. Foley, 665 Center St., 706, $375,000.

Miller Gap LLC, to Dnepro Properties LLC, Center Street, Lot 8, $62,500.

Miller Gap LLC, to Integrity Builds LLC, Center Street, Lot 6-R, $62,500.

MONSON

Denise Olszewski and John Olszewski to Thomas Olszewski, 27 Upper Palmer Road, $281,250.

Frank W. Hull to Joshua T. McCarthy, 1 Cedar Swamp Road, $346,000.

Raymond Francis Labonte Jr., and Phattiya Labonte to Gregory A. Beliakov and Elzaan Smit, 21 High St., $360,000.

Wayne Scott Levesque, trustee, and Levesque Family Trust, trustee of, to GitSit Solutions LLC, 135 Peck Brothers Road, $362,396.

NORTHFIELD

ARPC LLC, to Yvonne Simmermacher and Debra Andrew, 719 Mt. Hermon Station Road, $358,000.

Daniel James O’Brien and Morgan L. S. O’Brien, “fka” Morgan Leigh Suddeth, to Janet E. Mayhew and Donald N. Mayhew, 12A Parker Ave., $312,000.

Frances De Luca Hadsel to Frank Dawedeit, 22 Old Turnpike Road, $365,000.

David Kelly and Debby Wiesen Kelly to Richard P. Berquist and Irene A. Berquist, 181 Main St., $490,000.

NORTHAMPTON

Dufrayne LLC, to Betsy Nicoletti, 67 Park St., $699,000.

Sunwood Development Corp., to Ceili Brennan and Jesse Barden, 815 Burts Pit Road, $675,000.

Westgate LLC, to JahJan LLC, 21 Locust St., $599,900.

Marketsquare Condominium Trust to Salon 241 Market Properties LLC, 30 Market St., $100.

Ann Talarico, James Peter Talarico and Celeste Talarico to Celeste Talarico, trustee, James P. Talarico, trustee, Celeste Talarico Revocable Living Trust and Ann Talarico, 24-26 Orchard St., $100.

Sam Pranger Silvaine, Margaret Silvaine and Margaret Macleod to Elizabeth A. Bouyea, 589 Florence Road, $590,000.

J. Riley Caldwell-O’Keefe and Jessica E. Caldwell-O’Keefe to Natasha Gill, trustee, and Mina Trust, 44 Sheffield Lane, $953,000.

Daniel J. Barrett to Tink Bess and Christopher Van Camp, 72 Emerson Way, $970,000.

Rosiane C. LaRose, personal representative, and Jason Erik LaRose, estate, to Aaron LaRose and Lindsey Rothschild, 51 Coolidge Ave., $76,250.

Christa Grenat to Baz-4 Properties LLC, 195 Riverside Drive, $395,000.

Angela H. Long and Andrew T. Long to Sabra Thorner and Pietro Pettinato, 29 Pleasant St., $450,000.

ORANGE

Athol Realty Investments LLC, to Arsak Ahmad, 56 Shelter St., $271,900.

PALMER

Dominic Kirchner II, trustee, and Stoney Realty Trust, trustee of, to Tesandra Cartagena, 135 Thompson St., $565,000.

Jeho Shin and Jungrim Yea to Usman Sheikh, 3057 Foster St., $50,000.

Susan J. Syrek to Chad Nicholas Bigos, 1008 Chestnut St., $182,500.

Timothy Marquis to Joshua Jones, 6 Barker St., $180,000.

PELHAM

Patricia Schumm to Daniel P. McCullough and Stacey McCullough, North Valley Road, $20,000.

Patricia Schumm to Sally L. Taylor, 16 North Valley Road, $870,000.

Charles C. Walker to Jaime Pinero, 197-199 North Valley Road, $445,000.

RUSSELL

Barbara F. Winterson and Barbara Winterson to Daniel Hovelsrud and Victoria Hovelsrud, 49 Glasgow Drive, $424,900.

Prime Flips LLC, to Idaliz Alicea, 36 Patriots Path, $435,000.

SOUTH HADLEY

Frank J. Dziuba and Carolyn E. Dziuba to Kimberly A. Larrier, trustee, Jason R. Dziuba, trustee, and Frank J. Dziuba & Carolyn E. Dziuba Irrevocable Trust, 18 Landers St., $100.

Deeds

South Hadley Property Holdings LLC to 573 Granby Road LLC, 573 Granby Road, $13,100,000.

SOUTHAMPTON

Alice Marie B. Badecker, Stephy S. Cho and Alicemarie B. Badecker to Alicemarie Badecker, trustee, and Alicemarie B. Badecker Revocable Trust, 3 East St., $100.

Anthony J. Lavinio, Eileen E. Lavinio and Eilen E. Lavinio to Jessica Rohan and Andrew Rohan, 12 Golden Circle, $705,000.

SOUTHWICK

Brandon M. Clonch and Kimberly H. Clonch to Aleksandr Ptselnikov, 240 Hillside Road, $730,000.

James Foley to Christopher Foley, 7 Pineywood Road, $274,018.

Michael B. Guarco Jr., representative, John P. Guarco, representative, Michael B. Guarco Sr., estate, and Michael B. Guarco, estate, to Mazal Real Estate LLC, 814 College Highway, $215,000.

Theresa A. Demichele to Betty Lou Lempke, 62 Southview Drive, Unit 62, $325,000.

SPRINGFIELD

49 Euclid LLC, to SA Banbury LLC, 49 Euclid Ave., $265,000.

716 Spring Valley LLC, to Isaiah Williams, 914-916 Belmont Ave., $325,000.

Andrea M. O’Connor, receiver, and Spring Park Properties Inc., to Courtney Lemelin, 18 Hillside Drive, $246,500.

Andrew C. Robbins and Patrick Robbins to Sareen Properties LLC, 89 Judson St., $155,000.

Annette B. Eatmon and Charlotte L. Williams to Bridget Lorraine Pollard, 135-137 Suffolk St., $390,000. Aurelia Soriano to Ibrahim Aljashaam, 119 Littleton St., $195,000.

Bedrock Financial LLC, trustee, and 2191 Page Blvd - 83-85 Albert Ave Trust, trustee of, to Charlotte L. Williams and Annette Eatmon, 83-85 Albert Ave., $450,000.

Claire Carter to Jhimly Bienvenu and Beatrice Rosier Bienvenu, 62 Washburn St., $467,000.

Dennis M. Ryan, Daniel J. Finnegan, representative, Jean Burnett Ryan, estate, and Jean H. Burnett, estate, to Sareen Properties LLC, 169 Slater Ave., $192,500.

Direct Auto Realty East Inc., to Axis Holdings LLC, 880 Boston Road, $699,999.

Dominic J. Savio to Janequa Davis, 509 Plumtree Road, $330,000.

Elisabel Rivas, trustee, and 19-21 Rutledge Avenue Real Estate Trust, trustee of, to Naples Home Buyers Inc., 19-21 Rutledge Ave., $150,000.

Emily Le to Keisha Green, Nigel Greaves and Caryl Greaves, 35 Spruceland Ave., $555,000.

Emtay Inc., to Jennifer Robblets and Kyle Godet, 27 Parallel St., $300,000.

Enelida Reyes to Jonathan Garcia, 10 Pine Street Court, $52,500.

Fannie Mae and Federal National Mortgage Association to Global Homes Properties LLC, 349-347 Walnut St., $65,900.

Gemini Town Homes LLC, to Katheryne M. Rosario Torres, 50 Central St., Unit 504, $206,000.

Grahams Construction Inc., to David Maina and Nelly Nganga, 89 Crystal Brook Drive, $650,000.

Henderson Investments LLC, to Winyon Nunez Diaz, 150 Seymour Ave., $434,000.

Henry E. Alvarado and Daysi Alvarado to Troy Doming, 9 Utica St., $269,900.

Jennica L. Halbert and Jennica L. Verge to David Z. Podworski Jr., and Lyndsay Podworski, 67 Fallston St., $300,874.

JJS Capital Investment LLC, receiver, Springfield City and J P Morgan Jr., to Maximina Cordova, 63 Bay St., $249,000.

John O. Hayden to Victor L. Adaji and Mebol K. Jumba, 831 South Branch Parkway, $290,000.

John R. Rothery to Emtay Inc., 257 Redlands St., $140,000.

Jovanny Cartagena and Tesandra Cartagena to Rajan Shrestha, 31 Washburn St., $308,000.

Liang Chu-lee and Kuei-Mei Lee to Jose Carrion-Martinez, 143 Fieldston St., $300,000.

Linda Anthony to Wilberth Rivera Rios, 52 Osgood St., $385,000.

Lori S. Armida to Andrew Santana and Megan Santana, 43 Marmon Court, $335,000.

Luanne Michalek, representative, and Carol A. Miles, estate, to Malia Homebuyers LLC, Valley View Drive, $215,000.

Maria Isabel Rodriguez and Priscilla M. Rodriguez to Juan C. Bonilla Rodriguez, 148-150 Stafford St., $450,000.

Michael G. Robie and Lisa I. Robie to Lisa M. Lombardi, 153 Porter Lake Drive, Unit 153, $255,000.

Michael J. McLaughlin and Julia D. Gibson to Alyssa O’Neill, Joseph O’Neill and Scott Lemme, 1962 Allen St., $335,000.

Michele Ellis, George A. Ellis, estate, Kaitlin Whitedove and Christa M. Smith to Ministry International

Faith Out Reach, 301 Tinkham Road, $185,000.

Mooring NC IV LLC, to Rocedu Homes One LLC, 34 Sumner Ave., Unit 314, $196,000.

Naples Home Buyers Inc., to Joseph Santaniello, Suffolk St, $275,000.

Nicholas Benoit, Jaclyn Benoit and Jaclyn Mae Benoit to Amarilys De Jesus and Damaris Ossers, 23 Fairway Drive, $310,000.

RGR Development & Holdings LLC, to Maria T. Barroso, 155 Maple St., Unit 403, $95,000.

Richton & Wynne LLC, to Brandon Levesque, 744 Bradley Road, $330,000.

Robert A. Arroyo to Chenevert Properties LLC, 33 Alberta St., $195,000.

Robert J. Lefebvre, commissioner, Scott M. Urzedowski and Jessica M. Urzedowski to Genesis Flores, 107 Enfield St., $310,000.

Robin L. Jones to Moriah L. Taylor, 624 Worthington St., $160,100.

Roger L. Thomas and Sandra Thomas to Clifton Roberts, 7 Ashbrook St., $368,000.

Samantha Diaz to Dahlia L. James, 49-51 Mansfield St., $415,000.

Shelly Catherine Gottschling to Katherine J. Cunningham and Timothy F. Cunningham, 46 Hadley St., $325,000.

Stephanie Serrano to Shauna Charette, 130 Spear Road, $290,000.

Steven Al-Husseini to Tammy J. Breton, 140 Slumber Lane, $280,000.

Temple Of Praise Ministries to Iglesia Bethsaida Inc. Chicopee, 433 Eastern Ave., $200,000.

Timothy F. Mason, representative, Judy Ann Mason, estate, and George F. Mason, estate, to NRES LLC, 51 Blake St., $165,000.

Veteran Stan LLC, to Agapito Lopez, 46-48 Suffolk St., $455,000.

Veteran Stan LLC, to Elizabeth Abrew, 191 Laconia St., $303,000.

Wicked Deals LLC, to Melissa Roman, 297 Breckwood Boulevard, $330,000.

Zulma E. Rivera to Abraham Rivera Rios, 25 Laurelwood Lane, $372,000.

WALES

Naples Home Buyers Inc., to Jacob Lafreniere and Kristina Fusco, Haynes Hill Road, $415,000.

WARE

Jeffrey S. Choiniere to Luke Wilson, 254 Greenwich Road, $325,000. JCV Realty LLC, to Jeffrey S. Choiniere, 48 North St., $95,000. Wicked Deals LLC, to Network

Realty Partners LLC, 4 School St., $180,000.

Lawrence C. Godfrey and Barbara Godfrey to Lawrence C. Godfrey and Barbara Godfrey, 40 Gould Road, $100.

Jane Kirton, Jean Sinnamon, James F. Sinnamon and Thomas L. Sinnamon to James F. Sinnamon, 207 Greenwich Road, $100.

Thomas E. Motyka, personal representative, and Ann M. Motyka, estate, to Gavin Racicot, 375 Belchertown Road, $370,000.

WEST SPRINGFIELD

Barbara J. Beckwith to Ethan Schneider, 791 Morgan Road, $370,000.

Debra Mary Bardwell, representative, James Ginty Geren, estate, and James G. Geren, estate, to Joshua O’Brien, 841 Amostown Road, $298,600.

Dennis Clark, Karla Clark and Karla Zambelli to Joshua Shea and Kylea Shea, 117 Sibley Ave., $350,000.

Michael James Maiuri, trustee, Kathleen Marie Maiuri, trustee, and Maiuri Family Living Trust, trustee of, to Catherine L. Spadoni, Belknap Avenue, $3,000.

Tiago Moreira to Alex O. Obutu, 31 Russell St., $410,000.

Wollen Makori and Eunice Kwamboka to Victor Aranga and Irene Mokaya, 41 West School St., $390,000.

WESTFIELD

Charles MacMillan to Ernest Obeng, 49 Pochassic St., $460,000.

Dorota Bak, trustee, and Dorota Bak Declaration of Trust, trustee of, to Charles Joseph MacMillan, 1430 Russell Road, Unit 9, $219,000.

Jacqueline M. Sullivan to Nicole M. Baginski and Eric S. Castonguay, 32 Crescent Ridge Road, $770,000.

James P. Smith to Fitzgerald Home Solutions LLC, 74 South Maple St., $180,000.

Kathleen M. Wesley, Lisa M. Duval, trustee, Kathleen M. Wesley Family Trust, trustee of, Robert H. Wesley Jr., Karen A. Rogers, Paula Simi and Lindzee Simi to Isaiah Glessner, 324 Russell Road, Unit 204, $210,000.

Kathy A. Carr to Karen C. Tallis and Kathy A. Carr, 391 Pochassic Road, $100.

Keith R. Dearellano to Victor Harti, 42 Putnam Drive, $250,000. Kelly Ann Gourde, trustee, and 2026 Shaker Road Irrevocable Trust, trustee of, to James Fitzsimmons, 1057 Shaker Road, $390,000.

Matthew Keeney to Bryant Keeney, 14 Loring Lane, $295,000.

WESTHAMPTON

Scott W. Johnson and Jennifer M. Johnson to Keith A. Desjardins, 212 Northwest Road, $440,000.

WILBRAHAM

Anthony C. Scibelli, Michelle Scibelli and Carolyn V. Scibelli to Debra L. Szostkiewicz and Theodore P. McCormick, 34-36 Maple St., $758,000.

Bonnie J. Scherff to Anthony Demarco and Elizabeth Demarco, 6 Katie St., $515,000.

Christopher Nascembini and Christopher Nascembeni to Anand D. Patel and Ashaben A. Patel, 3 Mohawk St., $975,000.

Dwayne T. Lipinski, Erin Teal Lowe and Erin T. Lipinski to Brian J. Lawler and Sarah Lawler, 745 Glendale Road, $700,000.

Philip M. Pin and Michelle M. Glidden to Thomas Rosati Sr., Donna Rosati, Thomas Rosati Jr., and Christine Marie Rosati-Dalton, 26 Sandalwood Drive, Unit 26, $549,900.

WILLIAMSBURG

Elizabeth L. Duggan, personal representative, Edward John Duggan, estate, and Edward J. Duggan, estate, to Eleanor Lee Troske, 158 Main St., $287,500.

PUBLIC AUCTION

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MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE AT PUBLIC AUCTION

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

12:00 PM-SPRINGFIELD

51-53 Everett Street

2 fam, 1764 sf liv area, 0.14 ac lot, 8 rm, 4 bdrm, 2F/2H bth, Hampden: Bk 15442, Pg 156

2:00 PM-SPRINGFIELD

53 Terrence Street

Residential Developable Land, 0.17 ac lot Hampshire: Bk 15666, Pg 326

3:00 PM-WEST SPRINGFIELD

3 Wilfred Street

sgl fam, 1,512 sf liv area, 4.66 ac lot, 2 bdrm, 1 bth, Hampden: Bk 23024, Pg 68

4:00 PM-HOLLAND

13 Collette Drive

sgl fam, 1,060 sf liv area, 0.1 ac lot, 6 rm, 4 bdrm, 1.5 bth, fpl, Hampden: Bk 15900, Pg 356

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MAAU#: 1029, 2624, 3039, 116, 2484, 2919, 3092, 3107, 0100030, 3099

TERMS: Cashier’s or certified check in the sum of $5,000.00 as a deposit must be shown at the time and place of the sale in order to qualify as a bidder. No CASH. No personal checks will be accepted. Cashier/certified checks should be made out to whomever is going to bid at the auction. The balance to be paid within thirty (30) days at the law offices of Korde & Associates, P.C. 900 Chelmsford Street, Suite 3102, Lowell, MA 01851, Attorney for the Mortgagee Auctioneer makes no representation as to the accuracy of the information contained herein. Make your life easier,

MORTGAGEES’ REAL ESTATE AUCTIONS TO BE SOLD ON THEIR RESPECTIVE PREMISE

TUESDAY

MAY 12, 2026

3:00 PM - FLORENCE, MA 42 CLARK STREETDEPOSIT $10,000

THURSDAY MAY 14, 2026

3:00 PM - WARE, MA 76 ASPEN STREETDEPOSIT $10,000

4:00 PM - WARE, MA 79 PLEASANT STREETDEPOSIT $5,000

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