■The New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. has announced it will construct a single-story, 7,000-square-foot office building at 381 Pleasant St. The company presently has business offices at 88 King St.
■Tony Cadorette, 13, former Northampton resident and Gazette newsboy, will appear as the doctor’s son in the CBS television pilot film “Dr. Max,” starring Lee J. Cobb, sometime in April. Tony’s father, Louis H. Cadorette IV, is the son of the late locally prominent oral surgeon and his widow Mrs. Louis Cadorette of Pleasant St.
■City Council President Mary Clare Higgins said Thursday that she is a candidate for mayor, ending weeks of speculation about whether she would seek the seat. “I care about this city,” said Higgins, who becomes the fifth announced candidate to succeed Mayor Mary L. Ford.
■Charles W. Bowles, a major player in Northampton business for more than a decade as developer, property owner and restaurateur, has wiped his slate almost clean. He has sold his interests in a slew of enterprises, including the Depot Restaurant and associated Spaghetti Freddy’s and Tunnel Bar on Strong Avenue to Matthew Pitoniak.
■Some 100 University of Massachusetts students marched across campus Tuesday, demanding an apology from Amherst police for what they say was excessive use of force at Saturday’s Blarney Blowout. But they aren’t likely to get one. Town and police officials defended the police response, while Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan weighed in, calling students’ behavior Saturday “inexcusable.”
■Emily Williston Library Director Kristi Chadwick will leave her position for a job with the Massachusetts Library System at the end of the month. Chadwick, who has been director since September 2012, will work as an adviser to small libraries at the Massachusetts Library System’s Whately office but will continue to live in Easthampton.