Jim Bridgman

50 Years Ago

  • Three of the six units of the Gazette’s printing press were moved today to the new Conz Street offices the newspaper will occupy next week. The move to Conz Street will mark the ninth time the Gazette has relocated in its 190-year history. It has been at its present site since 1927.
  • The Northampton High School athletic director has recommended that female coaches who work the same hours and perform substantially the same work as male coaches be entitled to equal pay. The school board has disputed a federal Department of Labor finding that it owes several female coaches back pay, and the matter is still pending.

25 Years Ago

  • With the majority of city homes too costly for people with low or middle incomes, the Northampton Housing Partnership wants to work with city planners to increase the number of affordable units. “We want to be one of the entities trying to push the city to require affordable housing,” said Don Bianchi, chairman of the Housing Partnership.
  • The Northampton school department is not pleased that it spent more than $2,000 and countless administrative hours preparing for a state-mandated audit that was postponed indefinitely. It wants to make sure the governor knows it. To that end, the School Committee Thursday voted to send Gov. Paul Cellucci a symbolic bill for its time and expenses — accompanied by a strongly worded letter.

10 Years Ago

  • A cafe serving coffee and tea, sandwiches, salads, soups and desserts is the latest addition to the downtown Northampton retail mainstay Faces under the new ownership of Camile and Tiffany Hannoush and Amy and Chris Pariseau. A ribbon cutting and grand re-opening celebration for the store was held Oct. 3.
  • Cymbals clanged and horns tooted as the 29th annual Pulaski Day parade made its way down King Street. The festivities marked a day dedicated to celebrating Brigadier Gen. Casimir Pulaski, a Polish military officer who fought in the American Revolution and is known as the “father of the American cavalry,” and preserving the Pioneer Valley’s rich Polish heritage.