# @auburnfocal on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DN8efyNjcig
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69295653-auburnfocal-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/610f27e30b.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-08-29T16:03:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Daniel Jacobi II (@auburnfocal) — https://gondola.cc/auburnfocal

## Caption

Select images from recent stories from around the Pioneer Valley!

1. District Court Judge Laurie MacLeod claps during a Western Massachusetts Veterans Treatment Court special session at the Holyoke War Memorial Building, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in Holyoke. The special session is to honor Judge MacLeod's service and her upcoming retirement.

2. Crowd members settle into their seats before the Northampton at-large council member and mayoral debates at the Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in Northampton.

3. Lab Technician Angela Bodley mixes tubes of soil samples at the UMass Amherst Paige Laboratory, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Amherst.

4. Julia Derocher, right, dances in the crowd during the Arcadia Folk Festival at the Mass Audubon Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, in Easthampton.

5. J and J's Home and Yard Owner Jack Carpenter blows away leaves during a cleanup job at a home, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, in Northampton.

6. Tom Aitken practices putting at the Northampton State Hospital Disc Golf Course, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Northampton.

7. Kayakers fish at Nashawannuck Pond, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Easthampton.

8. U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern looks for a ripe tomato during a visit at Bardwell Farm, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Hatfield.

9. Northampton Mayoral candidates from left: Dave Dombrowski, Dan Breindel, Jillian Duclos and Gina-Louise Sciarra take turns speaking during a debate at the Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in Northampton.

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Jacobi II | @auburnfocal | https://gondola.cc/auburnfocal | Photographer |

## Tags

arcadiafolkfest, kayak, photography, massachusetts, hatfield, discgolf, amherst, science, court, holyoke, music, umass, westernmass, farm, bombyx, easthampton, northampton, debate

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