■Dr. Donald Chrisman of 21 Franklin St. was elected president of the New England Orthopedic Society at its biannual meeting last Friday in Boston. Dr. Chrisman, who is chief of orthopedics at the Cooley Dickinson Hospital, has been on the society’s executive committee for several years.
■No concerts will be held at the University of Massachusetts Curry Hicks Cage until measures are proposed to prevent a gate-crashing incident such as the one that took place last Saturday. Several thousand non-paying students and persons not connected with the university broke down a door and forced over hurricane fences to gain entrance to a performance of Traffic, Buffy St. Marie and David Frye.
■A longtime dream came true for Molly Baran, 17, yesterday when she won the title of the 30th annual Greater Easthampton Junior Miss Scholarship Program. “I have been looking forward to this since I was 5,” said Baran, a Holyoke Catholic High School senior.
■On Thursday, Almer Huntley Jr. & Associates celebrated 40 years in business with an open house at its 30 Industrial Drive East offices for friends and current and former clients. Owner Almer “Bud” Huntley Jr. opened the firm in 1955, and in 1958 purchased E.E. Davis Civil Engineers and Surveyors of Northampton and changed the name to Almer Huntley Jr. and Associates.
■The Northampton Board of Health should expand to five members, all of whom are appointed by the mayor instead of elected by the City Council, according to a recommendation by a seven-member committee charged with reviewing the city’s public health services.
■To strengthen a program for higher-achieving undergraduates, the University of Massachusetts Amherst plans to construct a $182 million residential and teaching complex to serve the Commonwealth Honors College. The facility will include 1,500 beds, nine classrooms, faculty residences, lounge areas for students to meet and study together and office space for student services and program administration.