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By MADISON SCHOFIELD
About a year into her tenure as the new Ashfield Historical Museum curator, Sky Suslov is making good progress on her goal of decolonizing the museum.In addition to the mock general store storefront, along with artifacts from wars throughout...
50 Years Ago■Converting Northampton High School from a three-year to a four-year high school, as the Northampton School Committee recommended last night, is likely to be a good change, according to high school principal John J. Feeney. “Any secondary...
50 Years Ago■Converting Northampton High School from a three-year to a four-year high school, as the Northampton School Committee recommended last night, is likely to be a good change, according to high school principal John J. Feeney. “Any secondary...
By JIM BRIDGMAN
50 Years Ago■The Northampton School Committee last night voted to support a school building program that will change the structure of education in the city by converting the high school to a four-year school and add middle schools in place of present...
By JIM BRIDGMAN
50 Years Ago ■Members of Providence United Methodist Church in Easthampton voted decisively in favor of merging with the First United Methodist Church of Northampton on Sunday. Details of the merger will be worked out by the two churches. The...
By CONNOR PIGNATELLO
NORTHAMPTON — Packed in a small room in the upstairs of a Northampton house, millions of words reside.About 2,500 books, to be exact — and they’re all about baseball. Biographies, statistical annuals, magazines, instructional manuals, encyclopedias...
200 Years Ago ■Apple Tree Nursery! E. Hunt has for sale in Northampton two hundred apple trees comprising the following kinds: Greenings, Royals, Roxbury Russettings, Summer and Winter Pearmains, Baldwin, Newtown Pippins, Seek-No-Furthers, Golden...
By SAMUEL GELINAS
GOSHEN — It wasn’t long ago that the memorial ellipse within the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) State Park — the oval-shaped area that honors people and historical events related to the American Revolution — was falling apart and in dire...
By SAMUEL GELINAS
GOSHEN — The Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) will acknowledge various commemorations and dedications at the DAR State Forest on Saturday, highlighting Goshen’s roots stretching back to the American Revolution.The day will...
By SAM DORAN
BOSTON — Paul Revere rode up Beacon Street blaring the news of rapidly approaching redcoats while Gov. Maura Healey trumpeted a message of her own, calling for Massachusetts to “show off our state over the next two years” as it prepares for center...
50 Years Ago ■A Springfield firm has filed a request for a variance with the zoning board of appeals to permit it to construct a 219-unit condominium development around Fitzgerald Lake in Florence. The developer also contemplates building a community...
By SAMUEL GELINAS
CUMMINGTON — An over 200-year-old barn at one of the town’s oldest former farms will be entering a new phase of its history, as its owners uplift and outfit the structure into a “functional” space.Built between 1812 and 1818 and originally designed...
50 Years Ago■Smith College President Thomas C. Mendenhall has announced the appointment of H. William Gilbert, 44 Blackberry Lane, as business manager and director of procurement. Gilbert succeeds Charles DeBruler who retired this year after 27 years...
By ADA DENENFELD KELLY
The Hilltown History Trail was started out of a desire to enable community members to access the rich and thoughtful local history museums often open only a few hours per week. It is returning for its third year the first Saturday in August, despite...
By DON STEWART
He was prominent in the court of Napoleon Bonaparte and painted the Emperor and Josephine and many of the significant figures of that time. Among his close friends were the General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, father of the famed author, and the Marquis de...
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — With official approval from the Select Board and Massachusetts Historical Commission, South Hadley is moving closer to establishing its first local historic district at the Old Firehouse Museum and Fred M. Smith Memorial Green.“The...
By JIM BRIDGMAN
50 Years Ago■A formal application for a construction permit was filed yesterday with the federal government to build a $1.52 billion nuclear generating plant in Montague. The application, filed by Northeast Utilities, indicates that the proposed...
By JIM BRIDGMAN
200 Years Ago■The Boston & Albany mail stage will run in the following manner: leave Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 2 o’clock A.M.; arrive at Northampton same days at 8 o’clock, P.M.; leave Northampton every Tuesday, Thursday and...
By JIM BRIDGMAN
50 Years Ago■Plans for the 77-unit Tinkham Woods subdivision on Westhampton Road were approved unanimously last night in a vote of the Northampton Planning Board. The board’s decision was made with the knowledge that many Northampton residents were...
50 Years Ago■Kenneth R. Mosakowski, a 27-year-old library assistant at the University of Massachusetts, formally announced his candidacy yesterday for the seat held by U.S. Rep. Silvio O. Conte, Republican of Pittsfield. Mosakowski, a Democrat, said...
50 Years Ago■Over 1,500 canines will compete for top dog at the Holyoke Kennel Club annual dog show at the Three County Fairgrounds this week. Pewter trophies will be awarded for the first place, blue ribbon, group winners and best in show.■Dr. Ruth...
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