■Scores of dead and dying fish were still visible at the UMass campus pond this morning as cleanup attempts were completed from an oil-spill accident. The pond was victim of an oil leak from a 1,200 gallon fuel tank of the Theta Chi Fraternity late last week and Water Pollution Control officials were forced to summon large pump trucks in an attempt to save the goldfish population in the pond.
■Former Assistant U.S. Attorney John M. Callahan today announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for district attorney of the Northwestern District of Massachusetts, which includes Hampshire and Franklin Counties.
■Nine existing school jobs will have to go to balance a $15.5 million Northampton schools budget for next year. All new positions previously sought have been taken out of the spending plan. The $15.5 million proposed budget for 1995-1996 is $1.3 million below original requests.
■The bright green bank signs which caused such a roar of disapproval downtown will come down without so much as a fight. BayBank officials decided this week to retract their application for a special permit allowing two backlighted green signs at 155 Main St. in Northampton.
■Several members of the Northampton City Council indicated Thursday that they would be willing to put a debt-exclusion override on the November ballot to partially fund construction of a new $17 million police station. The city has ranked the construction of a new station as one of the its top capital improvement projects.
■Atkins Farms Country Market can go ahead with its plan to put more than 10,000 square feet of new storage and retail space onto its 1151 West St. site. Though members of the Planning Board observed that the expanded business and enlarged parking lot do not reflect the sustainable development ideals for the village center envisioned for Atkins Corner, they unanimously approved the plans Wednesday.