■On Sunday, Hampshire Regional High School in Westhampton will be dedicated in ceremonies to begin at 2 p.m. The main speaker will be the Honorable Edward Brooke, United States senator from Massachusetts.
■Three days after the initial act of sabotage that shut the 6-inch gas transmission line at Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. in Southampton, an investigation conducted by the Department of Public Utilities, the state police, and even the FBI, has produced no information as to the identity of the saboteurs.
■A hundred people turned out at the Center for the Arts yesterday to munch on chocolate and bid on artworks, part of an annual fundraising benefit for HIV-positive people in Hampshire County. “This year we set a very ambitious goal, but I think we will hit it by the end of December,” said Cynthia Woolbright, a founding member of Friends of AIDS CARE/Hampshire County, which sponsored the event.
■In a standard fire department drill yesterday, City Councilors Edwin Scagel and Mary Clare Higgins agreed to venture into a smoky basement and retrieve victims. The fire department used Saturday’s mock fire to give members of the City Council’s Fire Committee a glimpse of its work — in this case, search and rescue.
■In December, the reopening of the Lord Jeffery Inn in Amherst is planned following a lengthy $14 million renovation that began in May 2010. General manager Robert Reeves says guests will notice that the traditional feel has been retained, but with all the modern touches travelers demand.
■The health services unit at the University of Massachusetts Amherst will eliminate 10% of its work force, losing more than 21 full-time positions, close its pharmacy, reduce laboratory services and scale back evening and weekend hours between now and the end of the academic year. The changes are intended to save about $1 million a year.