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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Adams Code Officer Charged With False Report

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Last year, Dr. Martin Bush received a late Christmas gift from Code Enforcement Officer David Rhinemiller in the form of a code enforcement violation. 
 
Rhinemiller received a gift of his own from Bush: a misdemeanor charge for allegedly making a false report as a public employee in connection with that violation.
 
Rhinemiller was to be arraigned on Friday in Northern Berkshire District Court but this was postponed to Sept. 4 by order of the court. 
 
According to the factual finding of the case, Rhinemiller's correction order to Bush carries potential criminal penalties including a fine of $25,000 or imprisonment for up to one year, or both. 
 
Every year, Bush operates a holiday display at his dental office, located at 9 Park St. in Adams, which annually runs from the Friday following Thanksgiving through Jan.1. 
 
This year, he received a correction order on Jan. 15 following a complaint about "unsafe conditions in a rental unit," stemming from holiday decorations that allegedly generated noise interfering with the normal operation or occupants' health of adjacent or abutting properties.
 
The order claims that an authorized inspection of the property took place — but by the time an inspection took place on Jan. 7, the display had already been dismantled. 
 
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