Letter: New Name for Apkin

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To the Editor:

George Apkin & Sons Inc., would like to share with you some exciting news about our company. We have been working on a strategic plan to ensure that we will be able to continue servicing all our industrial and dealer customers seamlessly for the long term. To ensure that success, we have recently partnered with the Joseph Freedman Co. in Springfield and its affiliates, Perlman Recycling in Pittsfield and Eastern Vehicle Recycling in Westfield.

We are very excited for the depth that this partnership brings. They have a long history dating back 132 years, a great reputation, a professional and friendly team, and a full suite of metal recycling services to further complement our operations.

The only real change will be a small name change to: Apkin Inc. All of our employees in Adams are staying onboard in their current positions, and both of us (Joe Apkin and Bill Apkin) will be staying on as well. Joe Apkin will be leading the company as president, and Bill Apkin will be staying onboard in an advisory role. Sally Cable and Cindi McLain will remain in the office for anything you need.

We appreciate the community that we work with, and it is important to us that we sustain the reputaton and the standing that we have built. To ensure that, we have worked trelessly to make sure that we have partnered with a company that shares our values. We are confident that you will not be disappointed by the transiton.

Thank you to all who have supported us through the years, we look forward to a new chapter.

Joe & Bill Apkin, the Apkin Team
Adams,Mass. 

 

 

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BArT Charter Public School Announces First Quarter Honor Roll

ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Arts & Technology (BArT) Charter Public School has announced the students who made the honor roll for the first quarter of the 2026-2027 school year.
 
Students who earned 85 percent or above in all of their classes received the distinction of "Honors." Students who earned 90 percent or above in all of their classes received the distinction of "High Honors."

Academic courses at BArT are aligned with the Massachusetts State Curriculum Frameworks for the appropriate grade level and include all standards deemed necessary for a complete, college-preparatory, middle and high school education.

Students in Grade 6 who earned Honors are Maxwell Allen, Iriana Arana Gomez, Autumnrayne Ciarla, Jayke Dennison, Trey Johnson, Dannae Luna, Payton Luscier, Giovanni Oliver Jr., Damien Peavey, Ava Townsend, Cassandra Wick, & Henry Zawistowski.

Students in Grade 6 who earned High Honors are Aurora Berning, Aria Galambos, Gretta Hildabrand, Autumn Legrand, Annika Marko, Olive Mastro, Alessandra Neely, Essence Reynolds, Darell Robinson Jr., Sage Rondeau, Dresden Schneider, & Lucille Vincent.

Students in Grade 7 who earned Honors are Clara Cahoon, Dax Coviello, Trinity Groves, Valentina Molina Diaz, Mildred Nicolas, Aerilynn Reynolds, & Noah Rosa Pietri.

Students in Grade 7 who earned High Honors are Luca Ciepiela, Lana Darby, Logan Ells, Logan Ely, Michael Graeff, McCullan Knox, Eric Leard, Thomas Marko, Hannah Nhim Ovitsky, Samson Nhim Ovitsky, Orlando Ramos, Sharon Shufelt, Ruby Smith, & Astrid Wells.

Students in Grade 8 who earned Honors are Lexi Bentley, Addison Ely, Katherine Fajardo, Imogen Guerin, Kira Hamilton, Henry Herzberg, Gavin Marotta, Jonathan Martin, Charlotte Nicholas, Marcos Palma-Marchiando, Philomene Paulyk, Lillian Ryan, Scarlette Smith, Iyrielle Spratling-Keele, & John Zawistowski.

Students in Grade 8 who earned High Honors are Akua Acquah, Silas Canfield, Fernanda Chavez Quispe, Emma Danylieko, Elizabeth Isham-Morton, Nayomi Martin, Llewella Miller, Talia Nevo, Gloria Nyamehen, Bethany Oberle, & Owen Rathbun.

Students in Grade 9 who earned Honors are Christian Columna, Liam Connors, Sadie Lavigne, Dante McClerklin Jr., Stephen Nyamehen Jr., Henrietta Owusu, Isabella Silva, & Kailani Velez Aguto.

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