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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Berkshire Village Residents Challenge Cheshire Permitting Process

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
CHESHIRE, Mass. — Leaders of the Berkshire Village Tenants Association are questioning whether the town adhered to proper state procedures when permitting Crown Communities LLC to operate.
 
For the past two years, Crown Communities has operated under a lodging permit. However, leaders of the Berkshire Village Tenants Association are questioning whether proper state procedures were followed. 
 
During Monday's Board of Health meeting, officials stated that the town will seek clarification on the proper procedure for permitting or licensing manufactured housing parks.
 
"When you get the clarification, I'll make a suggestion that you be very careful how things are worded," said William Moreau, president of the Berkshire Village Tenants Association. 
 
"Again its very easy to get things confused and misinterpret stuff. There's a lot of misinterpretation going around."
 
Residents have repeatedly said they have been enduring the mobile home park's unsafe and deteriorating conditions for nearly 10 years because of neglect by the previous owners. 
 
"We are getting nowhere and it is frustrating," Moreau told iBerkshires.com. 
 
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