Area not exempt from soaring lumber prices
Mark Penfield of R.G. Penfield & Sons Inc. in his Greenfield workshop with some lumber. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Hamshaw Lumber employees David Flood and Adam Clement in the covered lumber building in Orange . STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Hamshaw Lumber employees Adam Clement and Sam Costin help a customer load lumber in Orange. The price of wood has skyrocketed lately. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Lumber for sale at Hamshaw Lumber in Orange. The price of wood has skyrocketed lately. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Stacked lumber at Hamshaw Lumber in Orange. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Mark Penfield built his first garage in Greenfield with his brother when he was 12 years old. Douglas Hamshaw has been in the lumber business since 1967. And Evan Jones is the ninth-generation owner of Cowls Building Supply in Amherst. And these three.
Area not exempt from soaring lumber prices
Mark Penfield of R.G. Penfield & Sons Inc. in his Greenfield workshop with some lumber. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Hamshaw Lumber employees David Flood and Adam Clement in the covered lumber building in Orange. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Hamshaw Lumber employees Adam Clement and Sam Costin help a customer load lumber in Orange. The price of wood has skyrocketed lately. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Lumber for sale at Hamshaw Lumber in Orange. The price of wood has skyrocketed lately. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Stacked lumber at Hamshaw Lumber in Orange. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Board games: Initiative will deliver antidote to cooped-up family blues
Lev Ben Ezra, the executive director of the Amherst Survival Center, talks about a donation of games organized by Hannah Rechtschaffen, right, of The Mill District and Andy Haase of Cowls Building Supply. The wheelbarrow represents just a few of the 400 games and puzzles that were expected. Service coordinator Marcella McNerney looks on, center. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Lev Ben Ezra, the executive director of the Amherst Survival Center, talks about a donation of games organized by Hannah Rechtschaffen of The Mill District and Andy Haase of Cowls Building Supply. The wheel borrow represents a small amount of games that should total 400 when they all come in. To the left is Stacey Theriault, the manager at the Mill District General Store and Andy Haase. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Board games: Initiative will deliver antidote to cooped-up family blues
Lev Ben Ezra, the executive director of the Amherst Survival Center, talks about a donation of games organized by Hannah Rechtschaffen of The Mill District and Andy Haase of Cowls Building Supply. The wheelbarrow represents just a few of the 400 games and puzzles that were expected. At right is service coordinator Marcella McNerney and Rechtschaffen. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Lev Ben Ezra, the executive director of the Amherst Survival Center, talks about a donation of games organized by Hannah Rechtschaffen of The Mill District and Andy Haase of Cowls Building Supply. The wheel borrow represents a small amount of games that should total 400 when they all come in. To the left is Stacey Theriault, the manager at the Mill District General Store and Andy Haase. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS