Meet the Team Behind Howe Lumber Co.
East Brookfield, MA
Trusted Building Material Specialists in East Brookfield, MA
Howe Lumber is a local team of building material specialists in East Brookfield, MA that’s ready to help you get your next project started off right. From product knowledge and excellent customer service to complete project design and material selection, we’re here to support you at every phase. We welcome professional contractors managing major home renovations, homeowners who want to upgrade rooms in their homes, and DIYers looking for the right tool or product. Visit us for helpful guidance and quality products.More Than Building Materials
We offer a lot more beyond the materials you need to get started. We provide a full-service design process to help customers move from an initial idea to a computerized design plan. Our local lumberyard team is knowledgeable and can help you explore options, make informed decisions, and select products that match your plans and budget. Updating a kitchen, building a new deck, or replacing windows, doors, and cabinetry are all excellent investments. Our team is here to help you do it right.Quality Products for Every Project
We carry high-quality building materials from nationally recognized brands, including Trex, Andersen, Jeld-Wen, and Benjamin Moore. Our inventory helps customers complete projects from frame to finish with dependable products they can trust. In addition to lumber and building supplies, we offer a vast selection of hardware, tools, fasteners, paint supplies, and other everyday essentials. Whether your project is large or small, you can find knowledgeable advice and the products needed to move forward.A Partnership-First Approach
One thing we avoid is simply trying to sell you something. Many customers know exactly what they need. For those who don't, we take the time to understand what you’re trying to accomplish and help you find the right solution to make it happen. We’re builders too and know that every project has different requirements. Your plans, timeline, budget, and material needs all matter when choosing products and services. We’ll listen and offer recommendations based on what makes sense for you.Service You Can Trust
We build strong customer relationships through honest advice and responsive service. When you work with our team, you can expect practical guidance from professionals who care about helping you succeed. Our expertise is in helping customers compare materials, plan a renovation, coordinate installation, or find the right hardware item. When you enter our doors, we’re committed to making every process easier and more productive.Contractor Support Services
Contractors need reliable material partners to keep projects moving. Our team supports builders, remodelers, and trade professionals with high-quality materials and knowledgeable sales assistance to keep jobs on schedule. We prioritize accurate orders, clear communication, and responsive support for our building partners so you can focus on completing quality work for your clients.Family-Owned Since 1965
Howe Lumber has been proudly family-owned and serving the region since 1965. For generations, our home improvement experts have built our reputation on hard work, quality products, reliable service, and a genuine commitment to the communities we serve. Our history matters because it reflects the values we bring to every customer interaction. We’re proud to remain a trusted local resource for contractors, homeowners, and DIY customers who value personal service and knowledgeable support.Familiar Faces, Experienced Advice
Many of our current team members have been part of Howe Lumber for more than two decades. Their long-term experience provides customers with valuable product knowledge, project insight, and familiarity with the needs of our local community. Seeing familiar faces of building supply professionals makes a difference. It means you can return to a team that remembers your needs and understands your project. That personal connection is an important part of the Howe Lumber experience.Help Beyond Major Projects
Our team’s knowledge isn’t limited to designing and completing major home improvement projects. Every day, we welcome homeowners and DIYers who need help with repairs, maintenance, upgrades, and weekend projects around the house. Need a particular fastener, tool, hardware part, or material for a repair? Stop in and ask. We're here to help you identify what you need and find quality products that fit the task at hand.Visit Howe Lumber
Visit the lumber experts in East Brookfield, MA at Howe Lumber. We’re ready to help with building materials, hardware supplies, design guidance, and practical project advice. Planning an upcoming project? Use our online form to request a general price quote. A member of the Howe Lumber team will be happy to help you take the next step.
More Information About the Howe Lumber co. Staff
More Information About Scott Norrie
Q: What year did you start working at Howe Lumber?
A: 1998
Q: What is a typical day like for you?
A: There is no typical day for me. Which is great.
Q: What are you usually doing outside of work?
A: On the couch watching reruns of The King of Queens
Q: What is your favorite season?
A: Fall
Q: What is your proudest achievement?
A: My boys. And the fact that we can beat the Jurassic Park game at the local bowling alley with less than a roll of quarters.
Q: What is a fun fact about you?
A: I do Improv Comedy in my spare time.
Q: Is there life on other planets??
A: Of course.
More Information About Ben Brigham
Q: What year did you start working at Howe Lumber?
A: 2017
Q: What is a typical day like for you?
A: I quote out houses, windows, doors, and deck pretty much anything that my contractors need I do my best to support them. I also go to jobsite when I am needed to figure out what is needed for the job
Q: What are you usually doing outside of work?
A: Relaxing with the family and out on the pond that I live on. I also have two dogs that love to go outside and run around in our fenced yard
Q: What is your Best Vacation Spot?
A: Outerbanks - North Carolina
Q: What is your guilty pleasure?
A: Relaxing with cold drink in my hand
Q: What is your favorite season?
A: Summer
Q: What is your proudest achievement?
A: The proudest achievement would be getting married to the best wife a man could ever ask for. I know pretty cheese
Q: What is your ideal summer Sunday?
A: Out on the pond on either my boat or jetski relaxing
Q: What do you collect?
A: Sports cards
Q: What is your favorite takeout order?
A: Feta cheese or barbecue chicken pizza
Q: Who is your favorite superhero?
A: Captain America
Q: What is your favorite holiday?
A: Christmas
Q: What is your dream vacation?
A: Anywhere with family
Q: What is a fun fact about you?
A: I love exploring the world that we live on I have been to multiple places in Europe which are Italy, Greek, Cotia, Montenegro, and Ireland will be coming up in 2024, I also have been to Russia. I am trying to go to as many places that I can go to before I can't anymore
Q: What is one word that describes you?
A: Caring
More Information About Emily Grigas
Q: What year did you start working at Howe Lumber?
A: 2019
Q: What are you usually doing outside of work?
A: Helping around my families dairy farm
Q: What is your Best Vacation Spot?
A: Newport - Rhode Island
Q: What is your favorite season?
A: Winter
Q: What is your ideal summer Sunday?
A: Floating at the lake with my girlfriends having a few cocktails and snacks
Q: What do you collect?
A: Tupperware, stuff is everywhere
Q: What is your favorite holiday?
A: Christmas (because my birthday is in December too)
More Information About Joe Prizio
Q: What year did you start working at Howe Lumber?
A: 2019
Q: What are you usually doing outside of work?
A: Going to the gym, hiking and doing nature photography
Q: What is your Best Vacation Spot?
A: The grand Teton mountain range/Yellowstone national park
Q: What is your guilty pleasure?
A: Video games, or cheese itz, Probably cheese itz
Q: What is your favorite season?
A: Fall
Q: What is your favorite holiday?
A: Halloween
Q: What is your favorite book?
A: The entire Dresden files series by Jim butcher. It's currently 16 books of pure gold
Q: What is one word that describes you?
A: Laid-back
Q: What is your proudest achievement?
A: Winning judges aware the the Woodstock fair for my photography
Q: What is your ideal summer Sunday?
A: Losing my way to the top of a mountain
Q: What do you collect?
A: Magic the gathering trading cards
Q: What is your favorite takeout order?
A: Anything buffalo chicken
Q: Who is your favorite superhero?
A: Definitely Aqua Man (He's better than you think he is)
Q: What is your dream vacation?
A: A backpacking trip through either Iceland or Olympic National Park
Q: What is your favorite movie?
A: Lord of the rings Return of the king. We will also accept the fellowship or two towers as viable answers
Q: What is a fun fact about you?
A: I'm pretty good at doing impressions
More Information About Johhny Austin
Q: What year did you start working at Howe Lumber?
A: 2023
Q: What is a typical day like for you?
A: I am very busy with deliveries and meeting customers
Q: What are you usually doing outside of work?
A: Hunting , fishing and spending time with family
Q: What is your best vacation spot?
A: Jamaica
Q: What is your guilty pleasure?
A: Maple walnut ice cream
Q: What is your favorite season?
A: Fall
Q: What is your favorite movie?
A: Full Metal Jacket
Q: What is one word that describes you?
A: Committed
Q: What is your proudest achievement?
A: My children and grandchildren
Q: What is your ideal summer Sunday?
A: Kicking back in the shade at home with a cold drink or two
Q: What do you collect?
A: Stamps and old coins
Q: What is your favorite takeout order?
A: Chinese food
Q: Who is your favorite superhero?
A: Batman
Q: What is your favorite holiday?
A: Thanksgiving
Q: What is your favorite book?
A: All books relating to the outdoors
Q: What is your dream vacation?
A: Alaskan fishing
More Information About Jorge Delgado
Q: What year did you start working at Howe Lumber?
A: 2001
Q: What is a typical day like for you?
A: Traveling to help customers with Andersen issues or with requested product installation.
Q: What are you usually doing outside of work?
A: Trying to have as much fun as possible with my family
Q: What is your best vacation spot?
A: Old orchard beach
Q: What is your guilty pleasure?
A: Eating
Q: What is your favorite season?
A: Summer
Q: What is your proudest achievement?
A: Being a grandfather
Q: What is your ideal summer Sunday?
A: Going to church, cooking a big meal, watching football
Q: What do you collect?
A: Sports memorabilia
Q: What is your favorite takeout order?
A: Chinese food
Q: Who is your favorite superhero?
A: Wolverine
Q: What is your favorite holiday?
A: Christmas
Q: What is your favorite book?
A: Homeland by R.A. Salvatore/12th planet by Zacharia Sitchin
Q: What is your dream vacation?
A: Cruise around the world
Q: What is your favorite movie?
A: Life
Q: What is a fun fact about you?
A: Performed in a rap group when I was younger
Q: What is one word that describes you?
A: Blunt
More Information About Liam Hanrahan
Q: What year did you start working at Howe Lumber?
A: 2020
Q: What is a typical day like for you?
A: Running out doing measures or installs and quoting/ assisting customers with materials and tools
Q: What are you usually doing outside of work?
A: Running out doing measures or installs and quoting/ assisting customers with materials and tools
Q: What is your best vacation spot?
A: France
Q: What is your favorite season?
A: Fall
Q: What is your favorite holiday?
A: 4th of July
Q: What is your favorite movie?
A: Remember the titans
More Information About Ty Valentino
Q: What year did you start working at Howe Lumber?
A: 2006
Q: What is a typical day like for you?
A: Being someone's Rockstar Kitchen and Bath Designer. I love interacting with my people and your's could be the next home I change for the better. I love creating space and things it may be the thing I was born to do but I will allow the Universe to determine that for me. Maybe I belong on a Stage somewhere...
Q: What are you usually doing outside of work?
A: Singing, creating, riding, loving new places, running (not from the cops)
Q: What is your best vacation spot?
A: St John USVI, Provincetown or Hawaii notice they all have Water in common. Give me the Ocean Baby
Q: What is your favorite season?
A: Summer
Q: What is your proudest achievement?
A: Being the best I can at all things I do it can be a curse but it's who I am. Being a good kind soul is really who I am and if nothing else this is my legacy and what I will leave behind.
Q: What is your ideal summer day?
A: Put me in the blue water of the Caribbean and I'd be a happy Man. Surround me with my Friends and loved ones and take it to the next level. Just get my feet in the Sand let me smell the ocean, marsh and low tide
Q: What do you collect?
A: Amazing Designs I've done in 17 Years I'm really proud of the work I have done for my People
Q: Who is your favorite superhero?
A: Fictional The Dark Night but real life is my Dad who raised me for if not for him I'd been lost in this World. Thanks, pops, I miss you.
Q: What is your favorite holiday?
A: Halloween
Q: What is your dream vacation?
A: Italy Amalfi Coast who's buying?
Q: What is your favorite movie?
A: Is there such a thing? Too many to list but make me laugh make me think and I'm locked on the Screen
Q: What is a fun fact about you?
A: I'm an identical twin, he's good looking Guy
Q: What is one word that describes you?
A: Rockstar! Unique! Dedicated! Kind! Real! Creative! Clever! Loving! How can I squeeze myself into that box one word really
More Information About Jen Hughes
Q: What year did you start working at Howe Lumber?
A: 2019
Q: What is a typical day like for you?
A: BUSY!
Q: What is a typical day like for you?
A: BUSY!
Q: Best vacation spot?
A: Wells, ME
Q: Who is your favorite superhero?
A: Iron Man
Q: What is your favorite book?
A: A Song of Ice Fire (technically that's 5 books)
Q: What is your favorite movie?
A: Princess Bride
Q: Fun fact about you?
A: In my spare time I write and produce a podcast
Q: Is there life on other planets?
A: Absolutely!
More Information About Sheila Orsi
Q: What year did you start working at Howe Lumber?
A: 2017
Q: What is a typical day like for you?
A: My typical work day consists of meeting with you either at the Howe Lumber showroom or in the comfort of your home! I love my job! It is such a thrill to work with you, create your color/style palette and make the space you have as functional AND beautiful as possible! My favorite part of the process is the "Final Reveal," where I like to come to your home and see our creation come to life!
Q: What is your favorite season?
A: Summer
Q: What is your proudest achievement?
A: Always, my proudest achievement, is our family! Although I give more credit to my husband and God blessing us with amazing children, grandchildren (< What? Cannot believe my kids are having kids?!) and the support of all of our relatives- and friends! Health & Love are the top 2 most valuable things in life! We are lucky to be blessed with them both!
Q: What is your ideal summer Sunday?
A: Oh - I love this! My ideal summer Sunday would have to be by the lake with my friends and family in August, sun blazing, swimming, kayaking, eating good food, then an evening fire by the water then playing games around the kitchen table with a few cocktails. Life doesn't get better!
Q: What is your favorite takeout order?
A: I love Thia Food!
Q: Who is your favorite superhero?
A: Dr. Strange
Q: What is a fun fact about you?
A: My husband and I LOVE to be outside, whether in the gardens or the woods on a trail hike or a mushroom hunt - Fun Fact: we have totally gotten into foraging and herbal medicines - it is amazing to have your eyes opened to the world of food and medicine that grow all around us!
Q: Is there life on other planets?
A: I sure hope so! What a lonely universe to think that Earth is the only planet with life. I think we humans are short sighted and short lived - to really understand LIFE itself... Dive deeper my friends!
More Information About Jason Thacker
Q: What year did you start working at Howe Lumber?
A: 2008
Q: What is a typical day like for you?
A: Constant interaction with customers and employees
Q: When I'm not at work I'm...?
A: Hiking, hunting, golfing, sharing time with friends and family
Q: Best vacation spot?
A: White Mountains of NH
Q: What is your favorite season?
A: Fall
Q: What is your proudest achievement?
A: Raising good people
Q: What is your favorite takeout order?
A: Spicy noodles from the Thai House
Q: What is your favorite holiday?
A: Thanksgiving - Be Thankful
Q: What is your favorite book?
A: Pillars of the Earth
Q: What is your dream vacation?
A: Any beach with a book and a beverage
Q: One word that describes you?
A: Giving
Q: Is there life on other planets?
A: They're already here...