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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Hoosac Valley Cuts Staffing, Taps Reserves for $24M Budget

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
CHESHIRE, Mass. — The Hoosac Valley Regional School Committee on Monday approved a level-service budget for fiscal 2027 of $23,990,355 that includes staffing cuts and use of reserve funds.
 
Adams will see its total assessment rise by $193,745, or just under 3 percent, to $6,814,144; Cheshire's assessment is up about the same, at $196,900, or about 6 percent, to $3,402,982. 
 
Overall, the budget is up 3.22 percent over this year, an increase of $853,719. That's about half what had been proposed in February. 
 
To get there, the district is reducing staff by $362,000, and shifting another $514,000 in staff costs to rural aid and school choice funds. 
 
"Any time you're talking about productions, it's a tough conversation. There are no easy decisions to make," Superintendent Aaron Dean told the School Committee. "We've really looked at how we can utilize staff we have for student support in both the middle school and high school, and kind of reallocate some of the duties similarly."
 
Cuts include not replacing a retiring full-time school adjustment counselor, which is opposed by the Special Education Parent Advisory Council.
 
"Many families have spoken up that their students feel comfortable attending school because of the support of the SAC and by spreading the remaining portion to fit, we perceive students losing their confidence to attend school, feeling that they wouldn't have the support that they need in place," a member of SEPAC read in open forum. "SEPAC respectfully urges the School Committee to carefully consider the impact that any proposed reductions they have on the district's ability to meet its legal obligations."
 
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