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Antonacci Buys Hampden Country Club
USA Hauling & Recycling president Jerry Antonacci bought the club at auction Tuesday.
Enfield businessman Jerry Antonacci purchased the recently-foreclosed Hampden Country Club at auction Tuesday.
Antonacci, president of USA Hauling & Recycling, Inc., bought the Western Massachusetts club, located just over the border from Somers, for $1.4 million. He said his children and nephews will head the golf operation, including his son, Guy Antonacci, a former club pro.
"We're going to try to make it a premier course," Jerry Antonacci said Wednesday, adding that the family planned to continue the on-site banquet operation as well.
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The 18-hole, 6,874-yard championship golf course sits on 145 acres, and includes a two-story, 18,430-square-foot clubhouse and banquet facility. Three separate houses are also included on the total property, which encompasses 295 acres.
The club closed abruptly in October, with the owners owing about $50,000 in back taxes. TD Banknorth foreclosed its mortgage and filed a $1.6 million lien on the property Dec. 1, according to Hampden public records.
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The Antonacci family also owns the on Route 190, a family recreation center which includes a miniature golf course, driving range, batting cages and go-karts. Jerry Antonacci said that facility is being renamed Sonny's Place, in honor of his father.
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