50 Years Ago
- The Smith College Board of Trustees yesterday voted to try to use the Alumnae Gymnasium for additional library space rather than razing the structure as planned. The action occurred at a special board meeting called to discuss the gym and a proposed addition to the Nielson Library.
- The Northampton Bicentennial Committee will sell its 300 remaining commemorative tankards, as well as decals and muster days buttons in a half-price sale on Veterans Day. These items will not be offered for sale again for at least 100 years, a spokesman noted.
25 Years Ago
- A consortium of three Northampton end-of-life care groups is working to create a 12-bed hospice center on the campus of Hampshire Care on River Road in Leeds. Construction could begin next year, according to Tom Hanley, director of health and elder services for the Hampshire Council of Governments, which owns the long-term care facility Hampshire Care.
- John F. Sutter, one of the pioneers of Northampton’s downtown retail “renaissance,” is closing his Main Street jewelry shop, saying he is “ready to move on.” Sutter will be heading to Point La Jolla, Calif., north of San Diego, where he said he plans to open a new “high-end” store featuring the work of Los Angeles-based Israeli jeweler Bez Ambar.
10 Years Ago
- All eyes were fixed on the big screen TV at Spoleto restaurant just before midnight Tuesday, watching as the results came in. The tally: 209 electoral votes for Hillary Clinton and 232 for Donald Trump. Some people were angry, others confused. But nearly all of those at the local Hillary Clinton campaign’s watch party were incredulous.
- Joining voters statewide, Hampshire County residents approved a measure legalizing marijuana. The measure — which legalizes the sale, use and limited cultivation by adults for recreation — takes effect in steps beginning Dec. 15.