50 Years Ago
- The Magnat Corp. of Easthampton has announced that it will purchase the former Multicolor factory on North Maple Street and move part of its operations to Florence. Magnat Corp. manufactures press machinery and various kinds of industrial rolls.
- The son of a local YMCA official has been transferred to Jordan, after working in a YMCA in war-torn Beirut, Lebanon, until last week. Gary Mysorski, 24, son of Benjamin Mysorski, membership director of the Hampshire Regional YMCA, and Marjorie Mysorski has been in Beirut as a world service worker for the YMCA since June 1974.
25 Years Ago
- Northampton has received a $40,000 grant from the State Department of Environmental Management to remove a tiny island in the Mill River. Sen. Stan Rosenberg lobbied for the grant. “The grant will begin the process of mitigating a potential cause of flooding in the Mill River area and reduced the risk to the surrounding infrastructure,” he said.
- Melissa J. Lampron, who earlier this month was named City Collector, has appointed an assistant. Sandra M. Driscoll began her career with the city in 1975 as a secretary in the school department. She transferred to the collector’s office in 1988 and was most recently principal account clerk.
10 Years Ago
- After several years of financial uncertainty, Historic Northampton has balanced its budget and tapped two new co-executive directors, who hope to breathe life into the 111-year-old organization housed on Bridge Street. Laurie Sanders, a naturalist, and Elizabeth Sharpe, a historian, will being their new roles May 1.
- After hearing concerns from the business community and some fixed-income residents, Mayor David J. Narkewicz will ask the City Council next week to approve revised water rates that are lower than councilors approved last month. Narkewicz said the new rates would still operate on a two-tiered system benefiting smaller, mainly residential, users.