50 Years Ago
- The doors of the recently opened Old King Cole restaurant on Main Street were locked today after, an employee said, it was discovered there was no money and no food to operate the restaurant. The employee said that when he opened the restaurant this morning, he found there was no working cash in the cash register, no food, and the toaster and several other appliances were missing.
- A preliminary census organized by the Western Massachusetts Native American Group here during July and August has uncovered some 130 persons of American Indian descent in Northampton and Florence. The census covered 90 percent of the city.
25 Years Ago
- The decision to cut teaching and staff positions as a result of a tight budget this year will mean larger math classes in one Northampton school, the loss of a special education teacher and remedial reading teachers at others, and the elimination of one hall monitor at the high school. School officials said the cuts were required to stay within this year s budget.
- Construction is expected to start next month on an addition to the Florence Savings Bank after the Planning Board Thursday gave a go-ahead for the $2.5 million project. Approved by a unanimous vote of the board, the project will build a two-story addition on the rear of the existing bank at 85 Main St. in Florence.
10 Years Ago
- More than 6,000 people, including families and college students, are expected to come to downtown Amherst for the annual Celebrate Amherst Block Party Thursday evening, when a 2,000-foot-long section of North Pleasant Street is transformed into a pedestrian mall.
- Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School Superintendent Jeffrey Peterson presented his plan for using the fields off Burts Pit Road mainly for agriculture on Tuesday night. The plan includes planting crops for the school’s agricultural programs, leasing fields to local farmers, and clearly marking all farm fields with signs.