50 Years Ago
- The Northampton Lodge of Elks will hold an “appreciation night” Aug. 12 at the lodge at 43 Center St. to honor three long-time members, Maurice Carlson, John Garstka and Edward W. Slattery. The three men recently retired as trustees of the lodge.
- University of Massachusetts President Robert Wood charged today that the Dukakis Administration’s budget for his school “would scuttle a university on the verge of greatness and cheapen the worth of each degree.” Wood said that the administration’s budget was “a punitive, irrational and unworkable proposal that would erase the gains of a generation.”
25 Years ago
- Laughter was more prevalent than jeers as 20 demonstrators marched down Main Street Saturday afternoon demanding that women in Massachusetts be allowed to bare their breasts in public. No arrests were made, however. Northampton police said the Northwestern District Attorney’s office had ruled that indecent exposure refers only to genitalia, not to breasts.
- By October 1, Hampshire County TRIAD programs may find themselves dividing $250,000 in federal funding already approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee for new projects. The TRIAD program is a collaborative community partnership of senior citizens, local and county law enforcement groups and community-based social service organizations to prevent crimes that target the elderly.
10 Years Ago
- Two auto repair shops on Linseed Road in West Hatfield were heavily damaged by a fire Wednesday. All of the employees of Quality Automotive and Indie Auto made it out of the burning building safely, but the shop’s cat was unaccounted for as of 4 p.m. when most of the flames had been extinguished.
- Massachusetts should have little trouble adapting to President Barack Obama’s new rule on reducing powerplants’ greenhouse gas emissions because the state has already approved a more aggressive plan, according to Senate President Stanley Rosenberg of Amherst. Rosenberg, along with University of Massachusetts Amherst climate scientist Michael Rawlins and spokesmen for energy providers in western Massachusetts, applauded the plan.
