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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Greylock Thunder 18U Team Wins Tourney in Extra Innings

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TEWKSBURY, Mass. -- Paxton Ebling hit a sacrifice fly, and Izabela Tart doubled in a run in the top of the eighth as the Greylock Thunder 18-and-under travel softball team earned a 5-4 win in the championship game of the 37th End of Year Invitational benefiting ALS research.
 
The Thunder went 3-0 in bracket play on Sunday after starting the tournament 1-1-1 on Saturday.
 
Along the way, it avenged its only loss of the event, beating the New England Elite DiMauro squad, 5-3, after falling to that team, 8-7, on Saturday.
 
In the championship game, the Thunder edged the Shoreline Sting out of Connecticut behind pitchers Emma Lemire and Marlee Arnhold, who combined to allow just two earned runs.
 
Tart went 2-for-4 with three runs batted in, and Ebling doubled in addition to her sac fly. Kaleigh Jaros sparked the offense by going 3-for-3 with an RBI in a seven-hit Greylock attack.
 
In the bottom of the eighth, Shoreline got a run across and put two runners on with one out before Arnhold got a groundball out to Nevaeh Lopez and a pop fly to Grace Julieano at first to end the game.
 
Greylock started its Sunday with the win over NE Elite DiMauro. Grace Julieano went 3-for-3 with solo home run and scored one other time in the win. Kenadi Arnhold was 2-for-3 with a double, and Tart doubled in a run.
 
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