Joe Lupinacci laughs as he practices his clarinet in their living room with his sister Amanda, 10, in Stamford, Conn. on Friday, March 19, 2010. With funding eliminated for the city’s Project Music program, Joe, who has Down Syndrome and is a seventh grader at Rippowam Middle School, will no longer be able to take clarinet lessons. Advocate reporter Devon Lash’s story takes a closer look at programs that will lose funding due to the recent budget cuts. Check it out in the print edition of this Sunday’s Advocate.
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