50 Years Ago
- Plans are being drawn up by the city’s Water Department to remove part of the upper Leeds Reservoir dam because the upper portion of the dam requires so many repairs. The upper portion will be removed and the level of the upper reservoir lowered permanently under the plans being developed, Water Supt. Leon A. Murray said today.
- David W. Cramer, a 46-year-old auto repair company manager who has never been elected to public office before, yesterday won the Northampton Democratic mayoral primary. Cramer’s primary victory virtually assures that he will be the next mayor of the city, unless City Council President Robert R. Patenaude decides to accept the Republican mayor nomination which he won through a sticker campaign. Patenaude said a few days ago that it was “safe to assume” that he would not run as a Republican if Cramer was the Democratic nominee.
25 Years Ago
- A new course in technology at Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School aims to teach the course by integrating the subjects, like construction and agriculture, that have long been the mainstay of a vocational education. The course was added this year because the state now requires that all schools offer a course in technology.
- A fountain that was dormant for decades at Trinity Row Park in Florence is running once more. The Department of Public Works, which fixed it, plans to work next on one in Spring Grove Cemetery, according to Guilford Mooring, assistant director of the department.
10 Years Ago
- Employees of Hotel Northampton voted 34-23 Tuesday against joining a union, following months of organizing among dozens of workers. The election was conducted by the National Labor Relations Board after a majority of workers signed cards signaling they would like to be part of a union.
- MGM revealed new designs for its $800 million resort casino complex in downtown Springfield on Tuesday, eliminating a 25-story glass hotel towner and 54 apartment units. The redesigned plans, which were submitted to the city, move the hotel from the middle of the 14.5 acre complex to Main Street, where the apartments were located.