50 Years Ago
- Northampton’s Peck & Peck store at 18 Green St. has been sold, following the bankruptcy of its New York parent company. Jean L. Nawrocki, manager of the local store, which is now called Peck & Peck of Northampton, said that while the ownership of the store has changed, the Northampton shop will remain open and will continue to carry the same merchandise.
- The federal government has placed an area that includes most of downtown Northampton on the National Register of Historic Places. The placement, which has been sought by the city’s historical commission for the last year, qualifies property owners in the area to apply for 50 percent federal matching grants to restore and preserve their properties.
25 Years Ago
- Donald R. Friary, executive director and secretary at Historic Deerfield since 1976, will retire from the post in December 2002. One of the nation’s longest-serving museum directors, Friary will have completed 27 years as director when he leaves his position.
- Amherst Regional High School’s principal, who announced in February he would leave that post in August, has been named president of the new Holyoke Community Charter School. Scott A. Goldman, 40, of Amherst, was picked for the job Friday by the charter schoolÕs board of directors.
10 Years Ago
- Ruth Wheeler, 85, of Northampton, was recently recognized by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for her over 26,000 hours and 65 continuous years of volunteering at the VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System in Leeds.
- A year-long demolition delay of the Little Red Schoolhouse is over, and Amherst College said that the 79-year-old building is being torn down to make way for its new science center. This marks an unsuccessful end for those who were fighting to preserve the historic building, according to the Little Red Schoolhouse Preservation Committee.