50 Years Ago
- City school officials said last night that the opening of the enlarged Jackson Street School may be delayed until September. The enlarged school had been scheduled to open after the Christmas holiday ends, but construction delays and safety issues have postponed the merger until late February at the earliest.
- LaSalle Florists of Whately will open a new shop Saturday at the Hill & Dale Mall on King Street. The shop is designed to resemble a greenhouse with sloping, translucent panels on the roof and broad glass panes on the facade. It will carry plants for indoor and outdoor gardens.
25 Years Ago
- At Northampton celebration of Veteran’s Day Sunday, Springfield Congressman Richard Neal presented Ward 7 City Councilor Raymond W. LaBarge with a Purple Heart, for wounds he suffered in World War II while serving in the U.S. Navy. “It took us 50 years, but we’re getting it right today,” said Neal on the steps of Memorial Hall on Main Street.
- Marion Van Arsdell has been chosen to receive the Hilda Maehling Award from the National Education Association Foundation for the Improvement of Education. Van Arsdell began teaching in Northampton 15 years ago because she enjoyed helping young children with special needs, not for any recognition it might bring.
10 Years Ago
- Hampshire College has a robust history of protest since its founding in 1965, which continued overnight Thursday with the burning of an American flag on campus on the eve of Veterans Day. “We certainly think there’s much more productive, healthier ways of protesting,” said John Courtemanche, a spokesman for the college. “We’re obviously looking for constructive ways for people to voice their anger.”
- Beloved artist Greg Stone’s last gift to the city was everything the community needed: Hope, he called it. The artist was working on the sculpture, unveiled Friday during a ceremony on the lawn of the Hampshire County Courthouse, when he was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. He completed the project shortly before his death on Sept. 29.