The Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce has made cash awards to five businesses in the city which had the best Christmas decorations. In the retail category, Stewart’s College Towne Shoppe and F. J. Rogers Company won $50 each. Honorable mention went to Harry Daniel’s Inc., the Yesterday’s bar, and Dwyer’s Florists.
Five candidates from St. Mary’s Church were installed as extraordinary ministers by Bishop Christopher Weldon in Springfield recently. The five are: Carl G. Schmittlein, John M. Russell, John J. Feeney, Dr. Russell F. Gervais, and Paul E. Malatesta.
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The Three County Fair hopes to revive what has been a gradual decline in interest in thoroughbred horse racing here, now that the city of Brockton has decided to resume racing there after a 10-plus-year hiatus. “It will be a tell-tale year for racing,” said Frank Basile, president of the Three County Fair. He predicted other tracks at fairs across the state could resume racing if Brockton has a successful racing season.
An estimated 25 percent jump in health insurance premiums is expected to cost the city about $1.3 million, prompting the mayor to predict the coming fiscal year will not be “business as usual.” Despite the snow on the ground, Mayor Clare Higgins and Finance Director John Musante have begun crunching numbers for fiscal year 2002, which begins in July.
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A development nearly 30 years in the making will see its final phase of construction begin next spring with the groundbreaking for an assisted living facility at the Greenleaves Retirement Community on Northampton Road in Amherst. “Planning is going forward and we’re planning to do construction next year,” said David Robinson, the project designer for Amhad Development Corp.
Some two years after his death, James P. Sullivan’s philanthropic and civic legacy lives on. In his will, Sullivan, of Easthampton, gave nearly all of his estate to two organizations close to his heart: Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary and the Easthampton Community Center. Each organization recently received about $30,000 after his estate was settled.