50 Years Ago

• Two of Northampton District Court Judge Luke F. Ryan’s children are scheduled to be admitted to the Massachusetts bar today. Maureen Ryan, a teacher at Smith Vocational High School, and William M. Ryan, a probation officer in Northampton District Court, are both graduates of Western New England College of Law.
• Jackson Street School fourth grade teacher Ann H. Wilson has been cited for excellence in teaching by the Wiegand Memorial Foundation. She will receive an engraved silver tray and a gift of money from the foundation. Frances Carnes, a teacher at the Ryan Road School, has also received an award.

25 Years Ago

• Goshen residents went to the polls Saturday to pass funding to renovate and expand Hampshire Regional High School, thus allowing the $26 million project to go forward. The last town to give its approval, Goshen OK’d a debt-exclusion override of Proposition 2½ by a vote of 85 to 64.
• A preliminary plan for a subdivision that would build 29 homes on a 49-acre parcel off Burts Pit Road received a go-ahead after the Planning Board voted unanimously to approve the proposal. Wayne Feiden, director of the Office of Planning and Development, said the plan submitted Thursday by developers of the Burts Pit Road subdivision — called the Plantation at West Farms — is a revision of an earlier plan.

10 Years Ago

• The Smith College School for Social Work is moving away from fragrances discernible in a conversational space. Spurred on by about five people with medical issues related to strong scents, dean Marianne Yoshioka launched the fragrance-free policy to further equality within the learning space.
• There will be a different look to Main Street on Saturday when the Complete Streets Demonstration Day transforms the pavement outside City Hall with temporary features including a bike lane and two small parks. The event is part of an initiative to make Northampton more pedestrian and bicycle-friendly with the help of a public health grant, Mayor David J. Narkewicz said Friday.