50 Years Ago
- The Northampton School Committee last night reaffirmed its stand against implementing a breakfast program in any city schools this year, despite indications that continued refusal may result in penalties. Committee members also criticized Supt. John M. Buteau for not sending a written request to the state Board of Education for a waiver for the one school, Williams Street, in which the breakfast program is required next month.
- Joan Leegant, admitted to the Massachusetts bar in December 1975, has recently become associated with the office of Atty. Elizabeth A. Porada of 76 Gothic St. Ms. Leegant, a native of Westbury, N.Y., is a graduate of Radcliffe College and the Boston University School of Law.
25 Years Ago
- Barnes & Noble, and possibly Marshall’s and the Gap, are planning stores at the Mountain Farms Mall. Barnes & Noble plans to open by September. The store is to occupy 24,000 square feet to the west of Wal-Mart.
- A favorite destination for botanists, backyard gardeners and children, the Lyman Conservatory at Smith College will get new glass for its greenhouses and additional space for students, staff and the public as part of a renovation due to begin in two weeks.
10 Years Ago
- University of Massachusetts Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy has condemned fliers including racist, anti-Semitic and hate-filled messages that were received electronically by several campus offices Thursday morning. Subbaswamy described the messages sent to printers and fax machines as a “cowardly and hateful act” that is being investigated by campus police and the Information Technology department.
- A program that serves expectant mothers and their children until they are 5 years old is opening a new location in Northampton. The Women, Infants and Children program, or WIC, relocates Friday to the Silk Mill on Straw Avenue from the Head Start office on Vernon Street.