■Northampton’s registry of motor vehicles will remain on Center Street while city officials search for a suitable building to relocate the registry in the downtown area. The registry had been scheduled to move its operation this spring.
■For the second time in a year, Mayor Sean M. Dunphy has declined to begin the cable television licensing process required by law to establish a cable television franchise in the city. He feels that cable television is not a high priority item for the city at this time.
■The Belchertown School Committee voted 4 to 1 Tuesday night to form a high school football team. Although fund raising will be necessary to cover expenses in the early stages of the program, School Superintendent Richard Pazasis said that eventually the team would be funded entirely by the school department.
■Hundreds of people turned out on Tuesday morning to pay their respects to Henry P. Betsold or “Uncle Heinie,” as he was known to so many in Hatfield. St. Joseph’s Church was filled to capacity as family and friends attended the Mass to remember Betsold, who died Friday at age 73.
■The University of Massachusetts system may name a new president as early as Friday. A presidential search committee announced Thursday morning it had selected two finalists — Marty Meehan, chancellor of UMass Lowell, and John A. Quelch, professor of business administration at Harvard Business School.
■Organizers of the 34th annual Noho Pride parade Saturday anticipate a day of celebration as well as a time to discuss the unfinished work in the pursuit of equal rights. “The parade has become a perennial favorite, something like what a friend of mine calls Northampton’s own Fourth of July celebration,” spokeswoman J.M. Sorrell said.