50 Years Ago
- The First Church of Northampton and Smith College’s music department have received $129,681 each from the estate of a Northampton native who died two years ago. The money was left by Ethel Louise Lyman, who was born in 1893. She was head music librarian at Smith College for 17 years and then served in the same position at the University of Indiana for 20 years, before she retired in 1960.
- The on-again, off-again construction of the first building in the Northampton Industrial Park will begin again on Monday, according to Southampton contractor Edward J. O’Leary, who poured a concrete foundation for the building last spring. O’Leary said he does not have a tenant for the proposed building, but he is erecting a roof and “shell” to protect the foundation from frost damage in the winter.
25 Years Ago
- Five weeks after Election Day, George W. Bush at last laid claim to the presidency Wednesday night with a pledge to “seize this moment” and deliver reconciliation and unity to a nation divided. Al Gore exited the tortuously close race, exhorting the nation to put aside partisan rancor and support its new chief executive.
- Amy Longley has been named the 2001 Easthampton Junior Miss. An Easthampton resident, she is a senior at the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts High School.
10 Years Ago
- Members of the West Cummington Church and several supporters held a 5-mile walk from Cummington to Plainfield on Sunday to protest Kinder Morgan’s plans to build a 412-mile interstate natural gas pipeline known as the Northeast Energy Direct Project.
- Studio owners Elizabeth and Kathy Roberts have opened a branch of Pure Barre, a national franchise workout concept, at 63 King St. The Pure Barre technique works each muscle group to fatigue, then stretches them back out to create long, lean physiques without bulk.