Leeds resident Bob Riddle reglues the leg joints on a dinning room chair during a Northampton Community RePair event at Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School last weekend. The event is sponsored, typically in the spring and fall, by the Northampton RePair and ReUse group, a group of volunteers who are committed to reducing the city’s solid waste stream through education and innovative solid waste reduction interventions. Community repair is a simple concept that brings together people who like to repair things (“fixers”) with people who need things fixed.  FOR THE GAZETTE/CHRISTOPHER EVANS

Easthampton resident Mark Leibold hand stitches the lining of a jacket during a Northampton Community RePair clinic at Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School last Saturday. The event is sponsored, typically in the spring and fall, by the Northampton RePair and ReUse group, a group of volunteers who are committed to reducing the city’s solid waste stream through education and innovative solid waste reduction interventions. Community repair is a simple concept that brings together people who like to repair things (“fixers”) with people who need things fixed. FOR THE GAZETTE/CHRISTOPHER EVANS

Easthampton resident Jacqueline Haney stitches clothing during a Northampton Community RePair event at Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School last Saturday. The event is sponsored, typically in the spring and fall, by the Northampton RePair and ReUse group, a group of volunteers who are committed to reducing the city’s solid waste stream through education and innovative solid waste reduction interventions. Community repair is a simple concept that brings together people who like to repair things (“fixers”) with people who need things fixed.  FOR THE GAZETTE/CHRISTOPHER EVANS

Leeds resident Bob Riddle, left, repairs a 60-year-old mixer for Denise Lello of Northampton during Northampton Community RePair event at Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School last Saturday. The event is sponsored, typically in the spring and fall, by the Northampton RePair and ReUse group, a group of volunteers who are committed to reducing the city’s solid waste stream through education and innovative solid waste reduction interventions. Community repair is a simple concept that brings together people who like to repair things (“fixers”) with people who need things fixed.  FOR THE GAZETTE/CHRISTOPHER EVANS

Bill Cameron of Make, Fix, Hack of Easthampton restores a vintage lamp during a Northampton Community RePair event at Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School last Saturday. The event is sponsored, typically in the spring and fall, by the Northampton RePair and ReUse group, a group of volunteers who are committed to reducing the city’s solid waste stream through education and innovative solid waste reduction interventions. Community repair is a simple concept that brings together people who like to repair things (“fixers”) with people who need things fixed.  FOR THE GAZETTE/CHRISTOPHER EVANS

Stan-the-Fixit-Man Pollack reacts after restoring a vintage lamp for Westhampton resident Nancy Obertz during a Northampton Community RePair event at Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School last Saturday. The event is sponsored, typically in the spring and fall, by the Northampton RePair and ReUse group, a group of volunteers who are committed to reducing the city’s solid waste stream through education and innovative solid waste reduction interventions. Community repair is a simple concept that brings together people who like to repair things (“fixers”) with people who need things fixed. FOR THE GAZETTE/CHRISTOPHER EVANS