■Len Goren of Leeds and Joe Gessing of Northampton have decorated the 30-foot Norway spruce which was installed at Look Memorial Park yesterday morning. The tree was taken from the property of Mr. and Mrs. William Bradley, 200 State St., who had planned to have it professionally removed.
■A moratorium on hospital construction activity passed by the legislature on the last day of its 1971 session will have little immediate effect on Cooley Dickinson Hospital, a spokesman there said today. Frederick MacInnis, chief engineer at the hospital, said that any improvements to Cooley Dickinson are now only in the planning stages.
25 Years Ago
■Cooley Dickinson Hospital officials have announced that the Dickinson Programs, a major outpatient program of the hospital, will move from its current location at 76 Pleasant St. to 10 Main St. in the center of Florence, becoming the first tenant in a medical condominium complex that a group of local investors won approvals for in 1992.
■Smith College President Ruth Simmons yesterday received an unexpected check in the mail for $150,000 — a no-strings-attached grant recognizing her leadership. The grant is from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of the philanthropic organization’s new series of Presidential Leadership grants.
■Cherry Picked Books, one of Easthampton’s two used book stores, is going out of business at the end of January after doing business on Main Street for almost seven years. Owner Michael Engel said he worked hard to draw customers to his small shop at 101 Main St. but now feels it is time to close up shop.
■Kollmorgen Electro-Optical, the city’s largest manufacturer, is being sold to a New York City defense contractor for $210 million. L-3 Communications announced Tuesday that it will acquire Kollmorgen from Danaher Corporation.