Promotions announced at DA’s office

NORTHAMPTON — The Northwestern district attorney has made promotions and other staffing changes following the departure of three prosecutors for legal positions in other state and federal agencies.

Assistant District Attorney Aidan Lanciani has been promoted to handle felony cases in Superior Court after working in the Greenfield District Court since February of 2021. ADA

Jillian Parent, who has worked for the office since September of 2021, was promoted from a district court prosecutor position to one in the Child Protection Unit, where she will prosecute Superior Court cases involving child victims.

ADA Alex Keir has been named to replace Parent as attorney-in-charge of the Orange District Court. Keir, who joined the DA’s office in September of 2022, grew up in Franklin County and graduated from Pioneer Valley Regional High in Northfield.

For ADA Lanciani’s new assignment, in addition to investigating, indicting and prosecuting general felony cases in the Hampshire and Franklin Superior Courts, she will supervise and coordinate with the Northwestern District Anti-Crime Task Force on their investigations, arrests, and resulting prosecutions.

In doing so, she took over the post vacated recently by former ADA Joseph Webber after 12 years with the office. Lanciani had been working alongside Webber on Task Force cases for the past two years.

Parent joins Child Protection Unit ADAs, led by Unit Chief Lori Odierna, who supervise investigations and prosecute crimes against children.

In departures from the office, former ADA Jillian Handy left in November to join the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office; former ADA Anne Yereniuk left in January to join the United States Attorney’s Office in Portland, Maine; and former ADA Joseph Webber departed last month to become First Assistant Clerk Magistrate in the Franklin Superior Court in Greenfield.

Brick & Mortar Realty opens office in Northampton

NORTHAMPTON — Brick & Mortar Realty has opened its third location at 196 Pleasant St., Suite 400, in Northampton.

This site complements the two existing Brick & Mortar Realty locations, at 479 West St. and 30 Boltwood Walk in Amherst.

With this expansion, nine experienced Northampton agents formerly of Maple & Main Realty have joined Brick & Mortar Realty: Deborah Cahillane, Mark Carmien, Lisa Darragh, Shelly Hardy, Susan Mayhew, Chrissy Neithercott, Alexis Noyes, Adrienne Roth, and Anne Young.

Caryn Hesse of Brick & Mortar has also joined the Northampton office. All agents have retained their previous contact information, including phone numbers, email addresses, and websites.

Founded in 2019 by Broker/Owner Greg Stutsman, Brick & Mortar Realty had grown to include 16 agents prior to this latest expansion to 25. In 2024, the company achieved over $50 million in sales, making it one of the highest-grossing agencies in Hampshire and Franklin counties.

Stutsman, a native of the Pioneer Valley, continues a 40-year family tradition in real estate started by his mother, Ellen Stutsman.

Roman named executive editor at NEPM News

SPRINGFIELD — Elizabeth Román has been promoted to executive editor for NEPM News. Román joined New England Public Media (NEPM) as managing editor in 2022 after reporting for nearly two decades at The Republican. In her new role, Román will oversee NEPM’s local newsroom, ascertaining community needs, setting editorial priorities and supervising journalists, local program hosts, freelancers and interns.

Sam Hudzik, who has led the NEPM newsroom for over a decade, will leave NEPM and the world of public media for a position in housing law in March. As executive editor for news, Román will assume oversight of the newsroom, reporting to NEPM’s VP for content and audience strategy.

Román is a lifelong resident of Springfield. She is a graduate of Holyoke Community College and UMass Amherst. In recent years, she has also edited El Pueblo Latino, co-founded Colectivo de Medios Latinos, and appeared as a panelist on NEPM’s “The Fabulous 413” and “The Rundown with Carrie Saldo.”

Gazette announces promotions

NORTHAMPTON — The Daily Hampshire Gazette has made three recent promotions:

Stephanie T. Hadley has been named regional advertising director overseeing the day-to-day sales operations and production teams for Newspapers of New England, which publishes four Pioneer Valley daily newspapers and a myriad of special sections.

Hadley started at the Gazette in 2016 as creative director before being promoted to sales operations director in 2019. Prior to joining the Gazette, she spent 12 years working at Turley Publications in Palmer as production and graphics manager.

Mike Templeton has been promoted to regional advertising manager for the Pioneer Valley division of Newspapers of New England. Templeton started as the digital advertising sales manager in May 2022. In his nearly three years with our organization, Mike has worked with the sales team to significantly increase the digital advertising revenue at both the Gazette and Greenfield Recorder. Templeton will continue to work closely with media consultants managing all advertising revenue.

Prior to joining Newspapers of New England, Templeton served two years as senior business account executive with Comcast Business and regional advertising sales manager with the Republican for more than four years prior.

Bradley Sherwood, media coordinator since June 2022, has been promoted to advertising operations coordinator. Sherwood has gradually taken on increased sales fulfillment and operational responsibilities over the years. He will work collaboratively to support the efforts of the company’s inside and outside sales teams in his expanded role.

Sherwood, an Amherst native, is a 2022 graduate of Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut.