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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Cheshire Seeks Options West Mountain Runoff

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
CHESHIRE, Mass. — The recent increase in rain has exacerbated an ongoing issue of flooding in the neighbors of West Mountain and Curren Roads. 
 
A few months back, a resident of West Mountain Road, Michael Lemanski, adjacent to Curren Road, complained about the runoff from Curren coming down the hill and into his yard. 
 
Over the years, the area's drainage system has changed. Initially, runoff would flow into the woods through a pipe on the right side of Curren Road, which then connected to a pipe on the left side, channeling water across the road and into the woods, said Corey McGrath, Department of Public Works director.
 
Then a garage was built and a pool was put in, so this system changed to a "strict 90" and ran it along the edge of the road, underneath the driveway, another 60 feet, then daylighted the runoff into a privately owned field.
 
"It's never worked. It's always been a problem. It overflows. It's not big enough. It goes down the driveway, and it cuts across his lawn, and washes out everything," McGrath said during the Select Board meeting on Tuesday. 
 
Now, McGrath is proposing installing a storm basin on the right side of Curren Road, pipe it farther down the road on the town's right of way, totally surpassing Lemanski's property, directing the water across the road, and then daylight it into that field. 
 
"Now, I don't know if we're removing one headache and getting another one, dumping it into that property," he said. 
 
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