■An estimated 5,000 persons attended an old-fashioned band concert and barbershop quartet sing preceded by an antique car parade on Main Street Common in Hatfield last evening. Leading the parade of 35 antique Model As and Ts was Police Chief Henry Sliwoski, followed by the Tercentenary Queen and her court in a Model T driven by Richard Labbee.
■Academic awards for the five students with the highest academic standing in each grade were presented at John F. Kennedy Junior High School recently. Grade 9: Jon Roche, Arlette Schumm, Brenda Kurz, Donna Whalen and George deVillafranca. Grade 8: Pam Korza, Lauress Wilkins, David Blum, Patricia Larkin, Cynthia Young. Grade 7: Monica Shumann, Susan Lee, Elizabeth Morse, Paul Henchey, Joseph Bazan.
■Paulette Quick of 20 Hampton Court has taken out nomination papers to run for the Ward 4 School Committee seat. “I want to be part of the system,” said Quick, the mother of two students who will be ninth and eighth graders next year in the city schools.
■The Rev. Philip Hall, a witness to great change in North Amherst, will deliver his farewell sermon Sunday after 23 years at North Congregational Church. “I’ve been a pastor to the people. That’s my truth. To be there for people in times of transition — losses, beginnings — that’s what I do best,” Hall said of his ministry.
■A former Northampton High School principal has become mired in controversy after drafting a new policy that would make condoms readily available to Provincetown public school students of all ages, without requiring parent notification. Provincetown Superintendent Beth Singer, who retired from Northampton in 2008, authored the policy, which Gov. Deval Patrick is now urging her to revise.
■Lifelong Northampton resident and legendary pilot Roger Atwood, 88, founder of the former Atwood Airport, died Thursday after a life spent sharing his passion for flying with others. Atwood founded Atwood Airport in 1946 and operated it until 1966.