■Ten years ago, Bill Koczocik was a 6-year-old boy in a small rural village south of Warsaw in Poland. He had never seen a football. Saturday, Bill once again will be knocking heads with other boys his own age or older as an outside linebacker on the Northampton High School football team.
■Arthur W. Cook, special judge of probate and insolvency for the past 11 years, has submitted his resignation to Gov. Francis Sargent. When he was appointed to the judgeship in November 1960, Cook was appointed to succeed his father, Rufus H. Cook, who retired from the identical position in the Probate Court.
■For the second time this week, thieves targeted the same automobile dealership on King Street, this time breaking into 10 vehicles last night and stealing air bags and stereo equipment, said Northampton police. The thefts occurred at Lincoln Mercury of Northampton.
■Kellogg Brush’s proposed move to Mexico has drawn the attention of Gov. William F. Weld, an impressive list of state and federal officials, and several proposed local sites, to keep its 220 jobs in Massachusetts. But whether the company will remain now hinges on a state analysis of a financial incentive package structured for the company, Sen. Michael R. Knapik, said yesterday.
■Amherst Town Meeting on Wednesday defeated a rezoning effort designed to encourage housing and commercial development of village centers in North Amherst and at Atkins Corner. Many residents of those neighborhoods opposed the measure, saying they feared it would lead to additional student housing, especially in North Amherst.
■An animal rights activist wanted in the 2003 bombings at two corporate offices in northern California might be in the Northampton area, the FBI said Wednesday. The FBI said it had received a tip from the television show “America’s Most Wanted” about the possible whereabouts of 33-year-old Daniel Andreas San Diego.