■An administrative law judge for the National Labor Relations Board has found that the management of Bookland, Inc., Bookstores violated a federal labor law last summer by attempting to “coerce” employees not to organize a union. Bookland has three shops in the area, including one on King Street in Northampton.
■The incidence of measles, mumps and rubella in Hampshire County has declined significantly since the inception of immunization programs in the state, according to a report issued this month by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The number of cases reported here has declined from 379 in 1965 to 45 in 1974.
Pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists will all gain safer passage on Northampton streets, a panel says, if the city adopts a coordinated plan on traffic — and people agree one by one to change their habits. That is the major recommendation in a draft report of the mayor’s Task Force for Safer Streets, which has studied Northampton’s traffic safety concerns since September.
■Kevin Nolan, coordinator of alumni affairs and student life and longtime teacher at Clarke School for the Deaf, is retiring from the school in June after a 21-year teaching career. In 1985, Nolan became the first deaf American to be elected to public office, as city councilor from Ward 2.
■The beloved downtown store Faces will remain open. Colebrook Realty Services Inc. announced Sunday that the store was sold to Chris Andrew Inc., which plans to keep the landmark retailer open for business.
■Not a drop fell from the sky, but rainbows were everywhere in Northampton on Saturday. The city’s 34th annual Pride Parade and Celebration filled downtown and the Three County Fair Grounds off Bridge Street with colorful banners, clothes and hairstyles along with messages of inclusion.