50 Years Ago
- The Northampton Fire Department has special decals available that homeowners can place on windows of children’s bedrooms. In the event of a fire, the “tot-finder” decals, as they are known, alert firefighters to rooms in which children may be sleeping.
- Mayor David W. Cramer last night charged that he was “sold right down the river” by the Northampton School Committee and that too much city money is spent on education. Cramer accused the school committee of acting improperly when it approved a new three-year teachers’ salary contract last week when he was absent from the meeting.
25 Years Ago
- Agnes “Gush” Valenta, a 1952 graduate of Northampton High School and an ardent supporter of girls and women’s sports, is seeking to create a Northampton High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Valenta Thursday night asked the School Committee to approve a Hall of Fame she said would be overseen by a nonprofit athletic club and wouldn’t “cost the city or the school department a dime.”
- Police said today vandals rampaged through Ryan Road and Burts Pit Road Saturday night and early Sunday, slashing tires, damaging mailboxes, fences and lawn ornaments. The perpetrators also smashed driveway lamps and rifled mailboxes, throwing letters on the ground.
10 Years Ago
- A rath of hateful graffiti swept the nation surrounding Tuesday’s election, and it appears the outbreak made its way to the Happy Valley. Barely a month after volunteers cleaned graffiti off rocks along Mount Tom’s summit, photos that went viral on social media Thursday suggest the rocks were painted anew — this time with more hateful language.
- The Northampton Education Foundation typically specializes in doing good for children, but on Saturday they’re offering an adult prom for all those who wish to be kids again for a night. Saturday’s event, referred to as a “re-prom,” also celebrates NEF’s 25th birthday.