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“I’m starting to learn that this symbiotic relationship between living and dying and, as an extension, loving and dying is kind of the answer to the question because as much as I feel like I have an answer when I’m around people, I think it’s when I can’t be around them or when someone’s taken from me—that’s the moment that I understand why we were brought together at all.”
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An Oasis in the News Desert
With the growing number of news deserts across the country, Deborah Dumaine ’70, left, and Jane Sherwin ’70 are helping keep local news from disappearing by launching a nonprofit weekly paper for their town of Belmont, MA. Jane first envisioned The Belmont Voice, and Deborah is helping with revenue and operations.
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Check out some articles from past issues of the Smith Alumnae Quarterly to see how members of the Smith community have been working to push the world forward.