# @auburnfocal on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DLvJ0cgRAVv
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69295660-auburnfocal-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/702d83b7ae.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-07-05T18:50:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Daniel Jacobi II (@auburnfocal) — https://gondola.cc/auburnfocal

## Caption

Select images from recent assignments around the valley.

1. Kelly Pepin rides a horse at The Therapeutic Equestrian Center, June 26, in Holyoke. Citing many difficulties, including a pause in activities and lessons for a year during the coravirus pandemic and rising costs for the care of older horses, the center’s Executive Director Geraldine O’Connor Page has decided to shut the barn doors in September after more than 40 years of service.

2. Southampton players run the championship banner around the edge of the field after winning the Massachusetts 10U Little League District 2 championship softball game against Wilbraham 6-3 at Parker Field, July 2, in Southampton.

3. Newly appointed Worthington Police Department Chief of Police and sole officer John Scobie at the department's headquarters, July 3, in Worthington. "I would like to have four or five other officers," Scobie said. "I have big shoes to fill."

4. Hanning Lanier, 3, plays in Bobbie's Meadow during the first Sunset Thursdays at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, July 3, in Amherst.

5. A deer grazes amongst a field of hay, June 25, in Amherst.

6. Organizer Pat Aslin holds a sign during a "Silent Bearing Witness" outside Northampton City Hall, June 26, in Northampton.

7. Owner Masuda Abdullah at Masuda's Cafe, July 1, in Amherst.

8. Southampton's Stella Trombley celebrates after hitting an inside-the-park home run during the Massachusetts 10U Little League District 2 championship softball game.

9. A crowd listens as Ben Malynoski, right, and his plus two perform during the first Sunset Thursdays at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.

10. Northampton Tapestry Health System Director Jenny Fleming-Ives at the Tapestry clinic, June 26, in Northampton. Fleming-Ives is retiring on June 30, marking over 30 years of work with Tapestry. "As JFK said, 'the torch has been passed to a new generation,'" Fleming-Ives said. "But, you never stop working as a social worker."

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## Credits

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

## Tags

ericcarle, wildart, police, softball, sliceoflife, photography, massachusetts, portrait, pioneervalley, littleleague, horse, deer, cafe, jazz, westernmass, protest

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