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The font-page headline in the Gazette’s July 2 edition was deeply meaningful: “Town takes historic step on reparations.” After a long and methodical process that we know included painstaking research, debate and discussion, the Amherst Town Council,...
AMHERST — Amherst has never experienced a racially motivated attack similar to the weekend’s shooting that killed 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.Even so, Heather Hala Lord, a member of the town’s African Heritage Reparation Assembly,...
A common lens through music A pre-pandemic performance of the Pioneer Valley Symphony orchestra. Contributed photo A pre-pandemic performance of the Pioneer Valley Symphony orchestra. Contributed photo— A pre-pandemic performance of the Pioneer Valley Symphony orchestra. Contributed photo— Sarah Paquet, chorus director of the Pioneer Valley Symphony. Contributed photo Published: 5/6/2021 12:39:35 PM At the height of the pandemic last year, music played an integral role in bringing people together. Viral videos of opera singers in Italy and New York singing to their neighbors brought a m...