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Editor’s note: This article originally ran in the Valley Advocate.When she was 10 years old, a fourth-grade teacher asked Debora Bridges during a classroom lesson “what it felt like to be a slave” as a “little colored girl.” It happened in 1961. In...

AMHERST — A ceremony to honor those from Amherst who died in service to the United States takes place Monday morning at War Memorial Pool.For the first time since 2019, a brief parade will precede the annual Memorial Day event, starting at 9 a.m.,...

AMHERST — A ceremony to honor those from Amherst who died in service to the United States takes place Monday morning at War Memorial Pool.For the first time since 2019, the annual  Memorial Day event, starting at 9 a.m., will be preceded by a brief...

December 11, 2020 Jill Fitzsimmons The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technology Office announced recently that a team led by extension professor Dwayne Breger at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been selected for a three-year, $1.8 million award to study the effects of co-locating solar energy panels and agriculture operations at up to eight different farms across the Commonwealth. The work will be in partnership with landowners, state agencies, solar developers, and a...