Jack Starr, 10, jumps into the water at Musante Beach, June 21, in Leeds. DANIEL JACOBI II / Staff PhotoVeterinarian assistant Brandon Owen, left, is kissed by Cocoa during the 17th annual ‘March Forth with Your Dog, Not Your Typical Dog Show’ at Northampton High School, March 1. DANIEL JACOBI II / Staff PhotoProperty manager Zyda Santiago, right, consoles a resident as firefighters battle a fire at a building along High Street and Franklin Street, Dec. 2, in Holyoke. DANIEL JACOBI II / Staff PhotoWater is dumped onto Amherst Regional head coach Rich Ferro, center, after Amherst won the PVIAC Class B lacrosse championship game against Northampton at Clark Field, May 27, in West Springfield. The Hurricanes stunned the rival Blue Devils, winning 9-6 and receiving their first PVIAC title since 2003 and second ever in program history. DANIEL JACOBI II / Staff PhotoNorthampton’s Johnny Nields-Duffy reacts as West Springfield fans rush the field after the MIAA Division 2 semifinal soccer game at Ludlow High School, Nov. 18, in Ludlow. West Springfield defeated Northampton 1-0. DANIEL JACOBI II / Staff PhotoUMass Minuteman Marching Band sousaphone members run onto the field for the halftime show during the season-opening NFL game between the New England Patriots and the Las Vegas Raiders at Gillette Stadium, Sept. 7, in Foxborough. DANIEL JACOBI II / Staff PhotoAyla Dunn-Coleman, 8, holds a saw-whet owl on her finger during a lesson on birds of prey by Tom Ricardi outside the Westhampton Public Library, Aug. 28. DANIEL JACOBI II / Staff PhotoEleanor Mayard, back left in red, Trula Hadden, back right, Levi Liiimatainen, Desi OยSullivan and Elliot Scully-Henry, students at the Anne T. Dunphy Elementary School in Williamsburg, cheer as their boat makes its way down the Mill River. The race was part of a school wide STEM project called the Rubber Duck Boat Race. CAROL LOLLIS / Staff PhotoMarcela Simpon, left, an inclusion coach for dual language learners, leads a group in an exercise while Rebecca Solomon a speech-language pathologist, supports Pressure Gary in a play-based setting during Gary’s Head Start classroom routine. CAROL LOLLIS / Staff PhotoCourtney Whitely takes a short break from weeding acorn squash on land he leases from Grow Food Northampton. When asked about working for himself after years of working for other farms Whitely talked about the ability to work at his own pace, “It lets me be self reliant, and plus I can study my crops,” he said. CAROL LOLLIS / Staff PhotoSheldon Reid hands a rack of tobacco to Shawn Simpson during harvest at Teddy Smiarowski Farm in Hatfield. CAROL LOLLIS / Staff PhotoJackson Corviel sprays Braelyn Prucnal during Westhampton Elementary School’s field day. CAROL LOLLIS / Staff PhotoEric Haydocy takes a moment with his son, Hunter Haydocy,13, as they wait for football practice to start. Eric, who is in need of a kidney transplant, started his day at 6 a.m. with dialysis. CAROL LOLLIS/ Staff PhotoFarmers working for Wanczyk Evergreen Nursery pick decorative squash in a field in Hadley. CAROL LOLLIS / Staff Photo
