50 Years Ago
- “Second Hand Rose,” the “everything shop,” which opened recently at the Goss Sugar House on Route 9 in Goshen, was described by visitors from Connecticut as “the most unique shop they had ever seen.” Co-proprietors, Terri Doherty and Joan Adrian of Amherst, admit that their stock includes a little bit of everything.
- Democrat David W. Cramer easily won election to his first term as Northampton’s mayor, while Republican William C. Ames beat two Democrats in a citywide race to capture one of the councilor-at-large spots in a generally unexciting city election yesterday.
25 Years Ago
- An old opera house opened its doors to a thoroughly modern form of entertainment Thursday, as a troupe of rising hip-hop stars danced its way through a documentary and a live performance. The Academy of Music played host to Off the Curb, a Newport, R.I.-based youth dance company that bills itself as being committed to spreading an anti-drug, anti-violence message through the popular medium of hip-hop dance.
- It was a triumphant day for the Manhan Rail Trail Committee Friday as officials broke ground on the first phase of the long-awaited 5.2-mile bicycle path. Across from the old fire station at the corner of Union and Liberty streets, federal, state and local officials dug shovels into the earth to begin the process of clearing the old railway line that the Manhan Rail Trail will follow.
10 Years Ago
- A year after the Business Improvement District disbanded in the wake of a Hampshire Superior Court ruling, the Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce is collaborating with the city to launch an organization that will fill its role downtown — keeping streets tidy, decorating during the holidays and supporting cultural events. The Downtown Northampton Association, or DNA, will rely on voluntary participation.
- Amherst Town Meeting successfully revised town bylaws at Monday’s session to allow electronic voting, approving spending for 260 hand-held devices. But two of the devices used in a demonstration prior to the votes — valued at $100 each — were not returned when collected from Town Meeting members, and as of Wednesday remained missing.