■Foreign foods and gift items will be sold at a Smith College International Students’ Day Bazaar to be held Wednesday in Scott Gymnasium on the campus. The annual bazaar is sponsored by the Smith students’ service organizations and is open to the public.
■The Hampshire County Farm Bureau Woman’s Committee is sponsoring a contest to select a dairy princess from this county. The winner of the contest will compete in the Massachusetts Dairy Princess Contest, and possibly the National Contest. Girls interested in applying for this contest should be between the ages of 17 and 21.
■The Deerfield Zoning Board of Appeals last week granted the Yankee Candle Co.’s request to expand its new vintage car museum by an additional 4,500 square feet. The extra space, now being used for storage, will house some 20 American cars that could not fit into the main showroom. That space opened in August.
■Two Northampton men have started World Beer Direct, which will deliver beer from national and international microbreweries to customers’ homes or offices. Headquartered at 165 Front St. in Chicopee, World Beer Direct is owned by Lee Frankel and Arun Mathur, who both live in Northampton.
■The trial free composting program initiated by the Northampton Department of Public Works in June has been so successful the city is expanding it to make way for disposing of cooking oil. Since June, 275 households have taken part in the city’s free food waste collection program at the Locust Street Recycling Center, diverting more than 12 tons of organic waste from the landfill.
■Construction continues on an addition to the Northampton Survival Center off Prospect Street. Plans include adding a seminar and workshop space, reconfiguring the center’s administrative offices and adding more private meeting areas for clients seeking services.