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On a muggy afternoon just before Memorial Day, 100 people gathered in the woods at the Warner Pine Grove Cemetery of the former Belchertown State School. A bell was rung. The names of those who had passed since the last time we gathered were read...
Last year, in the depths of the pandemic, Forbes Library hosted a virtual exhibit, “In This Together,” that invited artists to submit work reflecting on issues that had gained prominence since the onset of COVID-19: human health, social justice and...
BELCHERTOWN — When Donald Vitkus died in 2018, he left behind a legacy of disability rights advocacy. Vitkus, a former resident of Belchertown State School, worked with author Ed Orzechowski to chronicle his experiences at the school in a book and...