Mack Cooper, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Jane Hamel of Easthampton takes the strings off of a violin at Goat Peak Strings on Thursday August 9, 2018.

Reverse the Curse guitar: Easthampton’s Goat Peak Strings selling instrument commemorating Red Sox 2004 title

by Mack Cooper For the GazetteAugust 27, 2018

EASTHAMPTON — For renowned luthier and inlay artist and avid Red Sox fan Harvey Leach, a perfect way to commemorate the Red Sox 2004 World Series title was to do what he does best — make a guitar.And that guitar now resides in Goat Peak Strings in…

Shutesbury Elementary School

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Shutesbury, Leverett elementary schools to welcome new staff, curriculum

by Mack Cooper For the GazetteAugust 22, 2018

Granby East Meadow Elementary School Principal William Lataille stands in the new library - which was formerly the gym - in the renovated older section of the school.

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New elementary school to greet Granby’s youngest students

by Mack Cooper For the GazetteAugust 22, 2018

Marine veteran Joshua Bouchard chats with Bethany Pinard, second from left, and Jessica Caron in the kitchen of his Granby home during the re-dedication of his house on Friday, August 17, 2018. Caron is the office manager for general contractor Mason Sky, of Millbury, and Pinard is a veteran support specialist for the national organization Homes for Our Troops, based in Taunton, which oversaw the building of the original house for Bouchard in 2012 as well as the rebuilding of it after it was destroyed by fire on December 26, 2016.

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Home for Granby veteran built by Homes for Our Troops rebuilt after fire

by Mack Cooper For the GazetteAugust 17, 2018

FILE - In this Friday Jan. 7, 2011 file photo, water flows from a water fountain at the Boys and Girls Club in Concord, N.H. New Hampshire relies heavily on a federal loan program to make improvements to an aging drinking water system but hundreds of millions more is needed. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

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High lead levels found in fountains, sinks in South Hadley schools

by Mack Cooper For the GazetteAugust 17, 2018

Evan Yurko, 14, who is a freshman at Northampton High School, studies his next move while playing his coach during a meeting of the Northampton Scrabble Club, Monday, Aug. 13, 2018 in the community room at Burger King in Northampton. He won in the Division 4 National Scrabble Championship in Buffalo, New York, earlier this month.

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W-I-N-N-E-R: NHS freshman crowned Scrabble champion in national contest

by Mack Cooper For the GazetteAugust 14, 2018

TAHIRAH Amatul-Wadud

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Amatul-Wadud holds event to address Muslim attacks

by Mack Cooper For the GazetteAugust 11, 2018

Yes Computers in Northampton readies for this weekend’s tax-free holiday.

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Grand bargaining: Tax-free shopping returns this weekend

by Mack Cooper For the GazetteAugust 8, 2018

BRIAN BOYLES

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Brian Boyles to replace longtime Mass Humanities Executive Director David Tebaldi in October

by Mack Cooper For the GazetteAugust 2, 2018

left, Sudi Jumapili and far right, Asmani Jumapili, sit with their newly arrived family who are Congolese refugees from a camp in Burundi. The eight are from left to right, Zubeda Mwinibalu with her son Samir Mwinibalu,5, Kashindi Mitamba, the mother and grandmother, Nyota Jumapili, holding Zubeda's daughter,Saniya Jumapili,1, Mariam Jumapili, Fatuma Jumapili and her daughter Yusra Jeanne DJumapili, 7 months.

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Congolese refugee family reunited in Northampton

by Mack Cooper For the GazetteJuly 27, 2018