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By JIM BRIDGMAN

200 Years AgoGeorge W. Lucas, of Northampton, wishes to employ for a few months an assistant in teaching Sacred Music. A young man who would like to devote a part of the time to the study of the higher branches of music would be preferred.Lost, on the...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Mayor Sean M. Dunphy’s office announced today that the state Department of Public Works has approved the city’s application for a stop-light system at the intersection of Jackson Street, Bridge Road, and Cooke Avenue. ■Leonard Baskin,...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

200 Years Ago■E.H. Mills & J.H. Ashmun of Northampton have formed a connection in professional business as Counselors and Attorneys at Law. The old clients of Mr. Mills, and the public in general, may be assured that any concerns left in their...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

200 Years Ago■Charles P. Phelps offers for sale the valuable farm he now occupies in Hadley, with suitable buildings thereon, which are all in good repair, and nearly new. The whole is well calculated for one entire farm but may be divided into two or...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Downtown Northampton stores will be darker, the traditional Christmas lighting will be absent, and the neon signs of bars and package stores will be dimmed. But a bright note marks the latest local energy-savings measures – free bus fare...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■The executive director of Northampton’s Hotline-telephone referral program has been appointed director of Hope Home, a proposed therapeutic residence in Springfield for young people with drug problems. Floyd H. Ashlaw, 28, a Northampton...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■A 19-year-old former University of Massachusetts student apparently jumped to his death from the 19th floor of a high-rise dormitory yesterday, becoming the second dormitory fatality at UMass in three days. The death was ruled a suicide...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Area school officials said today that possible winter shortages of heating oil have raised the specter of a curtailed school program. However, all of the school superintendents contacted insisted that no specific local plans for cutting...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years AgoNew evidence of a gasoline shortage appeared this week as Exxon service centers “up and down the east coast” were put under an allocation system. Local gas stations responded variously to news of the curtailment. Fred’s Esso on King Street...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

200 Years Ago ■The Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden Agricultural Society held their annual Cattle Show, Exhibition of Manufactures, etc., in Northampton on Wednesday and Thursday last. A large concourse of citizens was brought together by the occasion,...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■An overflow crowd of 60 people told the Planning Board last night they are opposed to condominium developments in Residence A-zoned areas. The crowd, only two of which spoke in favor of condominiums, gathered last night for a public...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

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...