50 Years Ago
- Massachusetts Junior Miss Debra Ann Murawski of Southampton arrived in a motorcade at Town Hall in Easthampton last night after winning the state junior miss title in Hyannis on Saturday night. Miss Murawski, 17, will travel to Mobile, Ala., in May to compete in the nationally televised America’s Junior Miss Pageant.
- Northampton Police Chief James J. Whalen today strongly criticized City Councilor Mary McColgan for urging last week that a police commission be established to oversee the operations of the department. In a written statement, the chief said her statements proposing the commission “are totally irresponsible and indicate a lack of knowledge of governmental matters as they relate to the police department.”
25 Years Ago
- Kim Rosner marked the founding of her Northampton-based fashion label, “Kim,” Wednesday, with an haute-couture runway show at Pizza Paradiso, on Crafts Avenue. The brief exhibit was the culmination of two months months of sewing and many years of ambition.
- The state Education Board voted unanimously Tuesday to give high school students up to five chances to pass the MCAS exam before the end of their senior year, despite concerns that the follow-up tests would be easier. State education officials said the retests, to be offered in the winter and spring of a student’s 11th and 12th grade years, would not be easier.
10 Years Ago
- As the clock ticks down on the year-long demolition delay imposed by the town’s Historical Commission on the Little Red Schoolhouse at Amherst College, a group advocating for its preservation is scrambling to find a new site for the building and money to pay for the move.
- Diane Dukette has returned to Cooley Dickinson Health Care as its chief development officer. Dukette previously worked at Cooley Dickinson Hospital from 2003 to 2013 where she served as vice president for development, including leading the $12.3 million Caring for the Future fundraising campaign.