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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...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

200 Years Ago ■The anniversary of the Declaration of Independence was celebrated in Northampton on Monday. An audience, collected without reference to party or political feeling, assembled at the Meeting House, where, besides the usual religious...

By PAIGE HANSON

Driving down the road on Route 5 in South Deerfield, commuters are met with a prehistoric surprise: a giant volcano with a huge dinosaur statue smack in front of a bright-green shack. Most find themselves asking, “What in the world is this...

By JAMES PENTLAND

CHESTERFIELD — Marking its 50th anniversary, Davenport School’s first-grade class of 1974 gathered after the town’s July Fourth parade Thursday to re-create a special photo taken on the school steps.Fire Chief and class member David Hewes said he got...

50 Years Ago■First prize in the Bicentennial slogan contest went to Isabel A. Holden, of 87 Round Hill Road, for her entry, “Northampton — build the best of the past into the future.” The contest was co-sponsored by the Northampton Bicentennial...

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — The first-ever Dwight Day on Saturday will celebrate the historic village in northern Belchertown with several history talks, a historical reenactment, and a cemetery tour intended to revive the glory and legacy of those who lived in the...

By STEVE PFARRER

Not long after 20 years of war finally ended in Vietnam in 1975, another wave of horrendous violence erupted just to the west.The Khmer Rouge, the Communist party of Cambodia, seized control of the country and began a brutal “reeducation” campaign...

By JAMES PENTLAND

WILLIAMSBURG — Like many mill owners before and since, the consortium that created the Williamsburg Reservoir in 1866 wanted more power for their factories, and they wanted to pay as little as possible for it.Eight years after the dam began its...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago ■Three Holyoke youths were rescued from falling off a moving Boston and Maine freight train last night by Northampton policeman Gerald L. LeVitre. The youths had boarded the train in the freight yards in Holyoke and had hung onto the...

By STEVE PFARRER

On the morning of May 16, 1874, the dam on the Williamsburg Reservoir, up in the hills along the East Branch of the Mill River, suddenly collapsed, sending 600 million gallons of water roaring downhill.The flood, which soon became a 30-foot-high brown...

50 Years Ago■Admitting that the state “very obviously” mishandled the Russell Daniels case, Gov. Francis Sargent said Saturday that the developmentally disabled 29-year-old has, in effect, been given a pardon. Sargent said that after Daniels is...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

200 Years AgoMiss B. Fisher offers for sale, at the house of Mr. Alexander Wright on the plain, straw bonnets of all kinds — the latest patterns from Charleston, S.C., Baltimore, and New York. Straws and Leghorns cleansed and repaired, and custom...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HOLYOKE — A $400,000 restoration of two 23-foot-tall murals at the Broadway-style Victory Theatre, created by Italian immigrant Vincent Maragliotti in 1942, is complete, another step in the process toward reopening the 1920 building that has been...