■Mrs. Abbie Czelusniak of Northampton has filed papers for her uncommitted slate of delegates from the 1st Congressional District to the Democratic National Convention in Miami. Mrs. Czelusniak gathered over 1,000 signatures for her slate, which is reportedly the only uncommitted slate in the state this side of Boston.
■In an emergency session last night, the Easthampton School Committee met to discuss the recent bomb scares. The high school was dismissed Thursday and Friday of this week, after being on vacation Monday through Wednesday, bringing the number of school days missed because of threats to 10.
■Mayor Mary L. Ford ended her monthlong retirement talks with Lawrence J. Jones yesterday, ousting the eight-year fire chief at noon and naming a 27-year department veteran as acting chief. Edward Passa, 49, the senior deputy chief among five at the Fire Department, took over its leadership today at 8 a.m.
■There were 106 reported incidents of antisemitic vandalism or harassment in Massachusetts last year, the Anti-Defamation League said today. There was a 25 percent increase in the number of reported antisemitic incidents in Massachusetts, even as the figure nationwide declined for a second consecutive year, according to the ADL.
■Cooley Dickinson Hospital trustees voted Monday to merge with Massachusetts General Hospital, selecting the Boston hospital over Baystate Health of Springfield. The merger is intended to put Cooley Dickinson on a more secure footing in a time of rapid change in health care finance and to preserve the hospital’s “vitality and viability.”
■Williamsburg voters overwhelmingly approved a $12.7 million renovation and expansion of the Anne T. Dunphy School during a special Town Meeting Monday night. The final design for the school is expected to be completed by December, with construction scheduled to start in March 2013.