Robert Baribeau:  

Life Grew up on Jefferson Avenue across from Calhoun Park 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 (1/62) and raised three children who are now RNs, with one grandchild pursuing his PhD in Nursing Anesthesiology. The oldest, borne in 1963, will be 63 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 2026, I keep busy, golfing, sitting on our HOA Board, and doing event and drone photography. Never, ever bored. 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). I was able to acquire a few floorboards from the 1st floor of Tech to make picture frames for an image of Tech I obtained from the archives at the museum on the quadrangle. Once or twice a year, my wife and I did circuit ride of state capitols to photograph all 50. We recently (06/2026...Expand for more