Jerrey Roberts, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Andy Cote, who works for the electrical division of Amherst Public Works, installs a parking ban sign and light, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 at the corner of North Pleasant and Meadow streets. He said the town began installing the lights about two years ago and that this one is the 10th. He said the lights, which alert residents of snow removal, have been a big help to the town's plow drivers.

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Photo: Light duty

by Jerrey Roberts Staff PhotographerOctober 1, 2020

Jim Flynn of Northampton and his son, J.B., carry their kayaks up a dock Monday after paddling Fitzgerald Lake in Florence during sunny weather in the upper 70s. “It’s good to have an opportunity to take advantage of a beautiful day,” he said. After some rain Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, sunshine with balmy temperatures is forecast to return Thursday before cooler weather moves in Friday.

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Photo: A day on the lake

by Jerrey Roberts Staff PhotographerOctober 1, 2020

Judith Miller Conlin, who is the chair of the Southampton Cemetery Commission, paints the 110-year-old fence at Center Cemetery on Route 10 in Southampton, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. She was with a few other volunteers who were tackling the job. She said it is expensive to have it done by a professional, so she said she thought we would "roll up our sleeves and do what we can." Conlin said she welcomes more volunteers to join the task. "It's kind of fun. A Tom Sawyer party," she said. The group will be painting again on Saturday from 10-12 and next Wednesday from 3-5.

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Photos: A brush with history

by Jerrey Roberts Staff PhotographerSeptember 17, 2020

Workers from Big T Concrete in Southampton finish laying concrete Tuesday at the new River Valley Co-op in Easthampton. The floor of the building required 317 yards of concrete delivered by 27 trucks, according to Jonathan Wright, the general contractor.

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Photos: River Valley Co-op concrete plans finished

by Jerrey Roberts Staff PhotographerSeptember 16, 2020

Ian Cooper-Pettys, who works for David Noonan Painting in Colrain, paints the steeple of Plainfield Congregational Church, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. The church was originally constructed in 1840. Maintaining church steeples at higher elevations, such as this one at 1700 feet above sea level where wind and weather take their toll, can be expensive and challenging for church members to support.

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Photo: Tall order

by Jerrey Roberts Staff PhotographerSeptember 14, 2020

Emily Niedziela of Hadley works at Route 9 Farmstand in Hadley, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020.

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Photo: Behind the face covering, a young scientist

by Jerrey Roberts Staff PhotographerSeptember 3, 2020

Jainardo Batista, from front, Roman Lajara and Joshua Levine perform Cuban son, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020 at Spoleto restaurant in Northampton. Levine, who splits his time between Northampton and New York City, said he pitched the idea to Spoleto owner Claudio Guerra and has been playing the spot each Thursday for the past five consecutive weeks. Batista and Levine will perform as a duo this Thursday.

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Live Latin beat

by Jerrey Roberts Staff PhotographerSeptember 2, 2020

Volunteer Melle Lowenthal, right, of Northampton helps paint a mural designed by artist Sean Greene of Florence onto the pavement on the eastbound side of upper Main Street in Northampton on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020, as part of the Shared Streets and Spaces program modifications. The changes include the addition of bike lanes and parallel parking spaces, separated by a row of planters, to both sides of Main Street.

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Through our lens: Images from the pandemic, Aug. 17-23

by Carol Lollis Staff Photographers, Kevin Gutting Staff Photographers, and Jerrey Roberts Staff PhotographersAugust 27, 2020

A group of workers from Manafort-Precision, a concrete contractor in Worcester, finish concrete on a walkway near the Lincoln Campus Center, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020 as renovations and additions continue at the University of Massachusetts.

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Photos: Concrete thinking

by Jerrey Roberts Staff PhotographerAugust 27, 2020

Tara Sherman moves a storage cart used for first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020 in the Health Technology lab at Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School in Northampton. The department is in the process of renovation thanks to a $257,000 grant from the Massachusetts Skills Capital Grant Program, which was applied for by Sherman, the department head, and took a year to complete. Students in Health Technology are eligible to graduate with 10 certifications at no cost to them. They include certified nursing assistant, home health aid, phlebotomy, CPR and first aid. Equipment for the department includes low fidelity mannequins that respond to treatment, hospital beds with over-bed tables and bedside tables, wheelchairs, a wireless patient call system and phlebotomy drawing chairs and simulation arms. A kitchenette for home health aid students, new cabinets, sinks and countertops, and new flooring are also part of the renovation. Two smart boards and 30 iPads were also purchased. "I'm excited. I can't wait for the students to start using it," Sherman said. "We're ahead of or matching what colleges offer. It's putting our whole program in the right direction."

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Smith Voc Health Technology lab updated

by Jerrey Roberts Staff PhotographerAugust 21, 2020