The Republican from Springfield, Massachusetts (2024)

July 21, 1983

Publication:

The Republicani

Location:

Springfield, Massachusetts

Issue Date:

Thursday, July 21, 1983

Page:

36

Extracted Article Text (OCR)

Hometown Notes Chicopee Might Give STA 2nd Chance Elderly Swim ANNOUNCING Society REE Emissions Check UM Pushes Pollution Plan OICIAL TECHNICAL SI STATION 902 NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY 2821 BOSTON RD WILBRAHAM VJRACLE processing operation Cott for appointment (Spartan Safety Coded) CODESAETT 1983 Penney Company'lnsJ 2 HOLTCKE V7S4" 538 0015 O'CONNORS JC Penne) for the new annual auto Inspection state required emissions testing Have your electrical and com bustion systems diagnosed REE by ramAutolite experts Arthur Dickson president of STA disputed that claim and said at the time that the firm was able to complete the project STA sued the city for $6 million last month for damages it claims were caused by the city noti fying the bonding company that the reval uation firm had defaulted Desmarais said he know if the bonding company Indemnity Insurance Co of North America will agree to take the role of insur ing that the work is done Dickson and the bonding company will be asked by early next week if they agree to the requests Desmarais said offer to let him (Dickson) go ahead once Desmarais said only if we have Desmarais said assessors have been discussing and preparing their demands with the aid of the Law Department He said the compromise offer developed after a July 14 four way telecommunication confer On exhibit will be Indian items from the permanent collection of the society including arrowheads grinding stones and pieces of ves sels Also on display will be a spe cial exhibit recreating a parlor in Hampden at the turn of the century There is no admission charge The cookbook will be on SPARTAN BRAKES Holyokers Will Tour Wang Labs BRIDAL SUPPLIES 1 I DECORATIONS Party Land OR ALL SEASONS 684 No Main St Long 733 9710 NORTHAMPTON 8 PEARL ST 584 8531 Daily News Thursday July 21 1983 15SE WING MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DR ROSE SAVIC announces she will be leaving the area The Wilbraham Com munity Health Center of Wing Memorial Hospital will continue to provide care to her patients and retain their records SERVICES Evangelist Joe Street By JUNE GREIG CHICOPEE Assessors will give the firm conducting property revaluation here another chance to complete the project if the firm Sys tem Technology Associates of Concord agrees to certain demands Richard Desmarais chairman of assessors said today that assessors are interested in getting the job our demands can be met give it one more Desmarais said know if they can meet the Desmarais said assessors will let the firm fin ish the job if a bonding company monitors work and if the revaluation firm provides asses sors with certain information that is used to determine new values Assessors accused STA in "May of defaulting on the contract for property revaluation and asked the Law Department to notify the bonding com pany that the firm defaulted Hampden Historical will hold an open house at the museum on Main Street Academy Hall Sunday from 2 4 pm problem that the consulting firm of Tighe Bond prepared for the school last year But Roland Dupois the deputy regional environmental engineer for water pollution con trol agreed with Littlefield that the university has done all it can and is waiting for action from the state government UMass has asked the state Legislature for money to fund a study of the problem to be con ducted by a consultant chosen by the Division of Capital Planning and Operation Littlefield said that state law requires a study channeled through DCPO Once the study is finished it must be reviewed by local interested parties including the Amherst selectmen and conservation commission before being presented for final approval to DCPO the state Department of Environmental Quality Engineering and the university Board of Trus tees Littlefield said The university must then ask for money to implement the recommendations he said The Tighe Bond report listqd three options ranging in cost from $600000 to $24 million The cheapest option involved moving the coal pile and pumping the contaminated water' from the site A more expensive plan involved placing a water tight lining under the coal pile channeling rain run off away from the brook and pumping out the contaminated water The $24 million plan also included the placement of a water tight cover over the pile A weekly swimming program for elderly people is being offered by the Springfield Council on Aging at the New North School on Birnie Avenue Elderly people are invited to swim free on Wednes days between 1 and 3 pm The council also has announced that hours have been expanded at the Mayflower Senior Center in Wachogue Church at 80 Arvilla St The center is now open daily from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm or more information about senior center activities call Virginia Thompson at 787 7323 Open House HOLYOKE City and business officials will go to Wang Laboratories in Lowell riday to get a briefing on the com operations Mayor Ernest Proulx said today Wang Laboratories is building a $175 mil lion manufacturing plant off Whitney Ave nue which will ini tially employ about 800 persons The plant is scheduled to be completed in the winter Wang Laboratories plans to open up a hir ing and testing facility for employment in this city soon A possible location is the former Holyoke Community College building on Sargeant Street The high tech com pany which builds word machines is a $3 billion which has more than 20000 employees world wide It is growing at a rate of more than 30 percent per year Proulx said about 12 persons are going to the Lowell plant including Thomas McColgan executive director of the Holyoke Chamber of Commerce ence involving Associate City Solicitor Robert Nowak Dickson counsel and Robert Riley of Boston the bonding attorney I Desmarais said the project is expected to take about four months to complete The board wants a new schedule from the company and once it is submitted no extensions win be given ne said He said the state Department of Revenue has told assessors that properties must be revalued at 100 percent market value in time for final fis cal 1984 tax bills Tax bills for the first six months of fiscal 1984 will have to be estimated he said But second half bills should be actual tax bills reflecting 100 percent values Cape Cod Trip Springfield Council on Aging is sponsoring a trip to Cape Cod on Aug 27 The trip will include a tour of Bay a ride on the Cape Cod Railway and a cruise on the Cape Cod Canal or more information contact trip coordinator Dorothy Brown at the Winchester Square Senior Center on the lower level of the Urban League building 756 State St INAL SUMMER CLEARANCE TIRE 4 AUTO CENTER GOODfiUR 56 8 101 SUNDAY JULY 24th 1983 10:30 AM and 7:00 PM SKYLINE INN SKYLINE ROOM (12th loor) 7 1 1 Dwight St Springfield Mass Everyone' Is Welcome All Seats Are ree God's Power and Love will be manifest to meet Your Needs Miss Out! 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