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50 Years Ago ■The Northampton Board of Public Works last night received an anonymous letter from a visitor to the city requesting that litter barrels be placed in downtown Florence. But the board declined to take action in Florence because of past...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Look Park trustees are anticipating the purchase of 12 additional acres. The land is being offered to the trustees by John Maroney of 447 Bridge Road. The land is bounded by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad bed and Arch...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Northampton’s Zoning Board of Appeals will be asked for a variance to permit a summer baseball-basketball camp to open this coming spring in Northampton. The camp, originally planned for Williamsburg, now is being eyed for a 40-acre site...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■McCallum’s department store, acquired yesterday by the First Hartford Corp. of Manchester, Conn., will remain open in its current location under the new management. First Hartford’s board chairman and chief executive, Neil H. Ellis, said...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

200 Years Ago■Died, at Westhampton, on Friday last, Mr. John Pittsinger, aged 72. Mr. P. was a native of Hesse Cassel and was taken prisoner by the Americans at the Bennington battle. He has resided in Westhampton about 40 years, and has sustained the...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■The American Party of the Pioneer Valley held its first meeting at the VFW Post in Florence last week. The goal of the American Party, says local chapter chairman Dr. Nicholas Greco, is to present the voters with an alternative to the...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■The Tin Man, damaged by vandals a few weeks ago, is back in one piece again atop the Hampshire Engineering building on Route 9. With new arms and kneecaps, the Tin Man will now brace the elements from a lofty perch, strapped to the...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■An 11-acre tract of land on the south corner of O’Neill and Northampton streets in Easthampton has been sold by A.W. Borowski Co. to the Sanland Development Corp. of West Hartford, Conn., and construction on a shopping center will begin...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Cattle rustling and hog stealing, traditional tactics of Wild West bad guys, have become a part of life here in Hampshire County. Dozens of cows, hogs and horses have been stolen from farmyards in recent weeks. Farmers uniformly believe...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Lt. Gov. Donald Dwight will speak at the city Republican candidates’ campaign kick-off Wednesday at the Look Park Dow Pavilion. His speech will concern the “importance of strong local government as a force in solving the problems of...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Sgt. Robert Allen has been named permanent police chief in Easthampton after serving as acting chief for two years. Allen was appointed to the post over Sgt. Daniel Gallagher, the only other man eligible for the post, in a 2-to-1 vote...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Frederick L. Cusick has joined the Gazette staff as police and court reporter. The son of Fred Cusick, Voice of the Boston Bruins, Cusick is an avid basketball fan and bowler. At one time he held the Bowdoin College track record in the...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Gov. Francis W. Sargent will swear in attorney Alvertus J. Morse as the new special justice of the Hampshire County District Court late this afternoon in the Superior Court courtroom. Morse’s swearing-in will end a six-month vacancy in...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Jonathan C. Roche, an at-large school committee candidate and a June graduate of Northampton High School, yesterday charged that school personnel are often hired on the basis of family connections rather than on merit. “Stories have been...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago ■A private conservation group today offered Shepard’s Island, a 16-acre tract in the Connecticut River just east of Northampton, to the state Division of Fisheries and Game for use as a recreation-conservation area. The Connecticut River...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago ■John L. Banner, 64, a prominent businessman and bank official in Northampton, who was known throughout the state as Mr. Three County Fair, died this morning at the Cooley Dickinson Hospital. About 25 years ago, he established the Banner...

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200 Years Ago■Orenzo Parsons and Douglas Hurlbut have entered into co-partnership in the business of cloth dressing, under the firm of Parsons and Hurlbut. They have erected a convenient shop for their business at a little distance north of Mr. Enoch...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Mayor Sean M. Dunphy formally announced yesterday that he will seek re-election to a third term. Dunphy, 32, made his long-expected announcement before a crowd of 400 people at the World War II Vets Club on Conz Street. ■Henry “Hammerin’...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago ■Six Northampton young women and their leader will leave this city Aug. 6 for a month of living with Mexican families as part of an Experiment in International Living program. The students are all graduates or current students at...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago ■The regional recycling center on Locust Street announced its first year a success in its first annual financial report. Gross revenue for the center was listed at $7,467.13 and expenses at $4,935. ■The Yankee Apothecary drug store at 47...