200 Years Ago
- By virtue of a warrant from the selectmen of the town of Northampton to me directed, the freeholders and other inhabitants of said town qualified to vote in the choice of town officers, and those who are qualified to vote in other town affairs, are hereby notified and warned to assemble at the Town Hall on Monday, March 20, to act on sundry articles contained in said warrant. — Wm. W. Partridge, Constable of Northampton.
- Abijah Holcomb will pay cabinet work and chairs of all descriptions for lumber and grain of every description; also, for bricks, delivered at his shop a few rods west of the new meeting house in Northampton.
100 Years Ago
- The block on the corner of Main and Masonic streets, formerly known as the Beckmann building, is soon to put on its Easter finery and step out with best appearance on Main Street. For several months past it has been undergoing a complete renovation and is now nearing the end of its metamorphosis.
- Ralph J. Levy and his winning team in the ticket selling competition for the MacMillan lecture, had dinner with Commander MacMillan at the White House Inn after the lecture last night.
50 Years Ago
- Mayor David W. Cramer said yesterday that some city workers may have to be laid off in the coming fiscal year in order to help the city meet rising costs. However, at the same time, Cramer announced that he will ask the City Council to approve the creation of several new permanent city jobs in next year’s budget.
- The Massachusetts Electric Co. has been granted an $18.2 million rate increase by the state’s Department of Public Utilities. A spokesman for the company said on Monday that the rate increase, which took effect immediately, will cost the average home owner about 93 cents a month.