50 Years Ago
- Former Rep. Edward A. McColgan of Northampton said today that he will formally announce early next month for the First District Congressional seat held by Silvio O. Conte. McColgan, a Democrat, plans to use the 60 days of vacation time that he has accumulated in his position as director of the state’s Bicentennial Commission to begin the race.
- The Daily Hampshire Gazette last night was awarded the Thomas K. Brindley Award for distinguished public service among New England newspapers for its investigative series on the University of Massachusetts School of Education. The award was made for Gazette reporter Jonathan Neumann’s series on the school.
25 Years Ago
- The Northampton School Department got to take a “mini breath of relief” Thursday night, as city Finance Director John Musante put it. Musante told the School Committee’s budget and property panel that rather than face a budget next year essentially the same as this year’s, as he had said several months ago, it may see an increase of 1.25 percent.
- After submitting her resignation to the city earlier this month, Carolyn Misch, the city’s senior planner, has decided she will not leave her job. Misch, 34, said she and her husband, Timothy Jones, will stay put — the couple live on Massasoit Street — after re-evaluating a decision to move to the Denver area, where her husband had planned to accept a job in public education policy and law.
10 Years Ago
- Senate President Stanley C. Rosenberg is citing a lack of transparency around the state’s plan to create a refuge for venomous rattlesnakes on an uninhabited island. Rosenberg told Boston Herald Radio on Wednesday that wildlife officials made a “big mistake” and stirred fears by rolling out the plan too quickly and without enough public input.
- The Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School trustees approved a $9.16 million budget Thursday, eliminating four classroom positions, adding two classroom jobs and reducing the hours of three clerks.