■Fishing enthusiasts will be able to get an insight into some of the better fishing areas in Hampshire County and tips on fishing in general by listening to WHMP tonight. Judge Luke F. Ryan, justice of Hampshire District Court and one of the most ardent fishermen in the area, will conduct his annual fishing season radio program, discussing prospects for anglers.
■Phillips Stevens, headmaster of the Williston-Northampton School, will submit his resignation to the school’s board of trustees today, the Gazette learned this morning. Asked why the 58-year-old educator had decided to resign, Associate Headmaster Nathan A. Fuller said, “I guess he just thought it was time to retire.”
■Jane Trigere’s love for stories should serve her well in her new job. As director of the Hatikvah Holocaust Education & Resource Center in Springfield, the Deerfield bookseller will connect people with the powerful stories of the Holocaust. In February, Trigere was named director of the 2,200-square-foot center, which is being built near the Longmeadow town line with a September opening possible.
■The Northampton High School Council has voted 9-2 against having Northampton schools join the state’s “choice” enrollment program. In the words of a member of the council, the group opposes it “on the grounds that it is bad education policy, that it would force us to compete with other school districts for a fixed educational dollar, that it is inequitable, and that the economic gains are uncertain”
■Local gender rights activists have added their words of appreciation for House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo, who was honored at a Lawyers for Transgender Rights reception Thursday night in Boston. The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, which works on legislative and advocacy campaigns for gender rights, presented DeLeo with a 2012 Transgender Ally Award at the event.
■A team of 16 educators will visit Northampton High School classrooms later this month, reviewing student work and meeting with all segments of the school community as part of an accreditation review by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). The high school was last evaluated by the association a decade ago.