Robert Baribeau:  

Life Grew up on Jefferson Avenue in the North End that we referred to as the Brightwood section. Used to walk the mile to school in the mornings to save a bus ticket that cost a dime!!!! Remember buying the strips of (10) tickets in the cafeteria for a buck? Remained in the Springfield area since graduation from high school. Actually, attended Cathedral High for freshman and sophomore years before transferring to Tech. Was married (12/61) and raised three children who are now RNs. The oldest will be 60 this year. I have 4 grandsons. lived 36 years in rural Southwick, MA until remarriage in 1998. Returned to the Southwick homestead in 2005. Spent a rewarding 34 years at Pratt & Whitney (UTC) and retired in 2002. As of 2023, I keep busy, golfing, sitting on our HOA Board, and doing event and drone photography. Never, ever bored. My wife, Carol, is now really fully retired (2011). I photo-chronicled the 2004 demolition of Technical High School and the relocation of the Alexander house from State to Elliot Street (where it was originally situated when built in the 1800s). Once or twice a year, my wife and I do a circuit ride of state capitols to complete my quest to photograph all 50. We have resumed our quest to photograph the capitols. We recently (06/2023) made a 2100 mile circuit ride that included Denver, Cheyenne, Pierre and Bismarck. ...Expand for more