50 Years Ago
- The board of public works yesterday opened the single bid it received for a contract to repair the Leeds Reservoir dams. The bid was for $241,000, or four times the cost estimated two years ago. Expressing shock at the cost, board members took the bid under advisement and decided to vote at its Oct. 27 meeting on whether to accept it or to call for new bids on the project.
- A City Council subcommittee last night voted to recommend that the council pass an ordinance creating a tow zone in front of Northampton High School. Residents in the area have complained about parking problems and traffic congestion caused in part by the large number of high school students who drive to school.
25 Years Ago
- After a one-hour walking tour Sunday of a woodsy 106-acre parcel in Leeds, about 45 people discussed their dreams for the property where the Hampshire Care nursing home sits. Their collective vision included an emphasis on nature, education, care for the elderly and disabled and intergenerational opportunities.
- About 300 people, most of them children, answered the call for auditions for the annual production of The Nutcracker Suite, presented by the Pioneer Valley Ballet. Auditions were held Sunday afternoon at the ballet studio on Merrick Lane.
10 Years Ago
- Senate President Stanley C. Rosenberg says he will vote in favor of the ballot initiative that would legalize marijuana in Massachusetts, allowing it to be taxed and regulated for recreational use. During an interview with radio station WGBH Thursday, the Amherst Democrat, for the first time, said he will vote in favor of Question 4 on the Nov. 8 election ballot.
- Construction of a long-planned underpass below the railroad tracks off King Street is under way, a project that will put an end to bikers and pedestrians climbing through a hole in a fence off Woodmont Road to cross the tracks that divide the city’s rail trail network.