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Candlelight Vigil

'Collective Pain' Spreads Among UMass-Dartmouth After Freshman Student's Death 'Collective Pain' Spreads Among UMass-Dartmouth After Freshman Student's Death
'Collective Pain' Spreads Among UMass-Dartmouth After Freshman Student's Death A student body is coming together to raise awareness after a 19-year-old University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth student was struck and killed by a car on campus last week.  Frankie Petillo Jr. was struck by a vehicle on Thursday, April 6, as previously reported by Daily Voice. Petillo, of the Manahawkin, NJ, was a freshman Bioengineering student.  UMass students gathered for a candlelight vigil on Monday and also launched a Change.org petition to improve street safety on campus.  The petition says, in part: "The student body wants more safety. Speed bumps, speed monitors, sidewalks, and st…
'Light A Candle For Gabby': Vigil To Be Held In 22-Year-Old's Memory 'Light A Candle For Gabby': Vigil To Be Held In 22-Year-Old's Memory
'Light A Candle For Gabby': Vigil To Be Held In 22-Year-Old's Memory As teal color ribbons begin to adorn street lamps, mailboxes, and trees throughout a small Long Island hamlet to honor the late Long Islander Gabby Petito, a candlelight vigil is also being planned. The color teal is being used because her mother, Nicole Schmidt, said it matched the color of Gabby's sparkling eyes. Petito's body was found on Sunday, Sept. 19, in the Grand Teton National Park, in Wyoming, just days after her mother, Nichole Schmidt, reported her missing on Saturday, Sept. 11 to police. Days later, the medical examiner's office confirmed the body was that of Petito, and the…