50 Years Ago
- Between 500 and 600 persons turned out for the Northampton Fire Department’s annual open house yesterday at the fire station on Masonic Street. Fire safety movies were shown, and members of the department demonstrated some of the equipment.
- The food booth constructed by the Northampton Jaycees at David Wright Field will be turned over to the city during Booster Day ceremonies on Saturday at the high school football game against South Hadley. The booth will continue to be used during football games at Wright Field, with the Jaycees selling food. The city will now maintain the structure.
25 Years Ago
- Local health officials say they are on the alert for signs of the deadly anthrax germ that was deliberately introduced into a Florida workplace, although there have been no indications of it in New England. Meanwhile, local stores can’t keep up with the demand for gas masks, and a University of Massachusetts public health professor says the nation remains vulnerable to bioterrorist attacks.
- When the call went out at a meeting at JFK Middle School Wednesday for volunteers to bring the dream of a skateboard park in Northampton to reality, nearly every youth present raised a hand. By the end of the community meeting, 12 teenagers and adults had signed up to work on a design plan.
10 Years Ago
- Rick Steves, the PBS host known for his journeys across Europe, began his four-day trek across Massachusetts campaign in favor of legal marijuana Tuesday at the University of Massachusetts. And in true Steves form, the travel guru turned to drug policies in the places he knows best to make his case. “We can learn from other societies. Europe is very into pragmatic harm reduction,” he said to the audience of some 175 people.
- Fentanyl is becoming a leading cause of opioid overdoses in the state, officials said Tuesday. The synthetic opioid and the problems it is causing locally was the topic for the Hampshire HOPE coalition which met at the Hadley Farms Meeting House.