■Attorney William Stringfellow and poet Anthony Towne have acknowledged they did “offer and give sustenance and lodging” to the Rev. Daniel Berrigan while he was being sought by federal authorities. Berrigan was convicted in April of destroying draft records and was arrested on Block Island in a house owned by Stringfellow and Towne. Stringfellow is a Northampton native.
■A fire destroyed one of the oldest houses in Huntington on Sunday night. The home, owned by Deane S. Clark of Springfield, was built in the 1800s and had recently been completely remodeled.
■Three outgoing city councilors last night received bouquets of flowers and at the end of a long meeting, a cake bidding them farewell. It was the final meeting for Councilors Leonard Budgar of Ward 3, Maureen Tobin of Ward 7, and Richard LaBarge of Ward 6.
■This time of year means long, hectic hours for postal employees. Final totals aren’t in yet, but at the Amherst Post Office on Monday, the line for the service counter extended out the door, and, in the back room, packages were stacked taller than the people who work there.
■A 16-month investigation into the quality of Verizon’s basic telephone service in the 413 area code has produced an agreement that those involved say should benefit residents in nearly 100 communities. The settlement requires Verizon Massachusetts to make significant improvements to its infrastructure and landline network in Hampshire, Berkshire, Franklin and Hampden counties.
■Students and parents of the Hampshire Regional School District are trying to send the School Committee a message: They’d like their French classes back, s’il vous plait. The School Committee made the budget-based decision not to hire a new French teacher when one retired in June.