■The Globe Theater on Pleasant Street will open its doors to the public Saturday with two classic American films: W. C. Fields in “You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man,” and the Marx Brothers in “Duck Soup.” The two movies will be shown at 7 and 9:45 p.m., setting a precedence for future showings at the theater, according to co-owner Stephen Brown.
■Ward 6 City Councilor Harry “Buzz” Chapman announced this morning he will seek re-election to that seat this fall. Chapman, 27, is now serving his first term, and is so far running unopposed in his re-election bid.
■“Saving Private Ryan,” the new film by Steven Spielberg that opened last weekend to generally excellent reviews, is creating a buzz both locally and nationally among veterans of D-Day and other World War II battles — as well as prompting increased phone calls from some vets to the Northampton VA Medical Center. Veterans should not see the movie alone, or they should at least be able to talk to someone afterwards, says Dr. Robert Gardnier, program director for the in-patient Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Unit at the VA in Leeds.
■Susan Banks, 33, the new director of the Grove Street Inn, a shelter at 91 Grove St., has replaced Richard Hendricks, who left after a year and a half. Banks is the sixth person to direct the shelter in the last eight years.
■In a move that surprised colleagues, Craig Melin announced Monday that he will resign as president and chief executive officer of the Cooley Dickinson Hospital effective Jan. 31. He has guided the hospital through shifts in health care economics for the past quarter-century.
■A former bank officer and lawyer who switched careers will lead the Grace Episcopal Church. Rev. Thomas N. Synan, 52, was selected by the church’s search committee to replace the Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld, who left the rector post at Grace Church last year to become bishop in New Hampshire.