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Cellist Plays Bach Across From Demolition of Historic Polish Church

Matt McDonald

A cello player originally from Poland played Johann Sebastian Bach's Sarabande Suite Number 1 to mourn the demolition of a Polish church in the western Massachusetts city of Holyoke.

Ignacy Gaydamovich wasn't a parishioner of Mater Dolorosa Church, which closed in 2011 and has since then been the inspiration for prolonged efforts by parishioners to save it.

YMCA Marijuana Posting Got It Mostly Right
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YMCA Marijuana Posting Got It Mostly Right

NBP Editorial Board

Are potheads now a protected class?

That seems to be the gist of reaction to a notice posted recently at several locations of the YMCA of Greater Springfield.

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