■Kenneth T. Walden, president of the Williamsburg Country Club, announced today that he and a group of local businessmen have purchased all the assets of the Williamsburg Golf Club. The nine-hole course and clubhouse will be improved immediately by adding a new snack bar and pro-shop and by improving the tees.
■David and Julie Eisenhower will be special guests at a dinner and reception honoring Gov. Francis W. Sargent Tuesday at the Hatfield Club. The Friendship Dinner is sponsored by the Francis Sargent Committee chaired by Mrs. Robert Fischer and Mrs. Raymond Parenteau.
■A local coalition will meet with the state legislature today in Boston to seek help in easing the burden of Williamsburg financial obligations to the Western Massachusetts Hilltown Cooperative Charter School. With fourteen Williamsburg children accepted at the school next fall, the local public system projects a loss of close to $63,000.
■Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union, said yesterday she fears the new republican leadership in Congress could “inflict permanent damage” on the U.S. Constitution. Strossen spoke at the annual meeting of the local chapter at the Unitarian-Universalist Society of Northampton.
■The Northampton Survival Center plans to seek funding to expand its emergency food pantry. The nonprofit organization is expected to announce next week that it will begin a capital campaign to raise $850,000 to renovate its home at 265 Prospect St. in Northampton.
■Leverett’s push to join the Franklin County Solid Waste Management District is moving forward, with the district’s board of directors recently approving the Select Board’s request to become part of the waste disposal group.