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On the electoral road with Albert Blankley
[5/10/21 Albert Blankley greeting Tom Upson on Avalon Drive in the Meadowbrook neighborhood....
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The Remember Garden in Highland Park refurbished and beautified in time for the Lilac Festival
[5/10/21 The Remember Garden in Highland Park, except where indicated photos by David Kramer, see...
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On the electoral road with Rajesh Barnabas
[5/2/21 Rajesh Barnabas greeting Tom Upson on Avalon Drive in the Meadowbrook neighborhood. Always...
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Brighton Town Supervisor Bill “Shohei” Moehle throws out first pitch, goes two for three with 2 RBI’s in the Game at the Corners
5/2/21 Brighton Town Supervisor William Moehle pitching at the Game at the Corners, left fielder...
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The umpires are back in business at Cobb’s Hill
[4/24/21 Umpire Mike Blythers at the first softball tournament of the season at Cobb’s Hill....
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Cricket on the playing fields of Brighton
[Cricket at the Brighton High School baseball diamond. Batter dodging a thrown pitch. Photos by...
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Farewell Betty Strasenburgh (age 90) and thanks for the Planetarium
[Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 7/30/68 Copper Top Copper sheeting is being placed on the dome...
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A Small Flag at the Bottom of a Trunk and Confederate soldiers buried in Batavia, Pittsford and Spencerport
[CSA War Veteran Marker placed next to grave of John H. Thurmon (1843 – 1919) in Pittsford...
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The Small Flag at the Bottom of the Trunk
[A 9-inch by 6-inch replica of the Confederate national flag (not the battle flag), with two...
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A hunter’s tree stand on the Highland Crossing Trail during a late April snowfall
[The hunter’s tree stand on the Highland Crossing Trail in Brighton, 4/21/21, 10:39am All...
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Long lost football team recalled by its star lineman
[Lineman and linebacker Lucian “Ace” Waddell, Haverford College ’62, missed the...
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City Council candidate Alex White (D) on the primary process and gathering petition signatures
[Alex White (once G, now D) outside Boldo’s Armory. Photo: David Kramer 4/13/21] Last month,...
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Is my personal pandemic almost over?
[4/7/21 David Kramer, now double vaccinated, at the Dome Arena in Henrietta wearing two VACCINATE...
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Choose your own adventure with Kitty Jospé
[David Kramer at the Lower Falls near the Seth Green Trail, Photo: Dean Tucker, 6/18/16 from...
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Spring cleaning and kite flying at Brighton Town Park
Over the last several weeks, Christine Platt has organized Saturday morning cleanups on the trails...
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Daniel Prude’s Law is overdue and will work
[6/13/20. (l-r) Chennel Anderson, Frederick Douglass and Kelly Linn Kreider. Olivia Kim’s statue...
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Featured Posts
Introductions
Welcome to Talker of the Town! My name is David Kramer. I have a Ph.D in English and teach at...
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Rachel’s Rebel Roots
RAB with FDR in Washington Square Park 6/16/16 I went to Washington Square Park to hear why Rachel...
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Che of The Town: Interviews (1-107)
You first met Che in Rochester works for actor Che Holloway, an impromptu interview and amble...
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Getting To Know Mayor Lovely Warren; A Trailblazing Leader Within Our City
You first met Che in Rochester works for actor Che Holloway, an impromptu interview and amble...
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The Presidential Visits Series in its entirety: James Monroe to Joseph Biden
Of the 44 men who have served as President of the United States, 32 have stopped in Rochester...
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Site says Brighton is best place to live in New York
Twelve Corners Memorial Park, Brighton, NY 4/5/18 [Photo: David Kramer] Recently, the Rochester...
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Kurt Vonnegut’s 1995 “Billy Pilgrim” pilgrimage to the Mt. Hope grave of Edward R. Crone Jr, Brighton High School ’41
Provided by Rosemary Lloyd. Signed copy of the 25th anniversary edition of Slaughterhouse-Five by...
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“Mr. Crane’s Vivid Story:” New and Improved
The Wells-Brown Room, Rush Rhees library, the University of Rochester. Just SOME of Crane’s books...
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Why I voted for Adam Bello and a trip down Talker political memory lane, 2015 – 2021
Adam Bello at the 2019 Labor Day Parade. [Photo: David Kramer] SEE ALL PHOTOS 2015 – 2019...
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Dr. Joseph Roby could not save Lenore Engel, 11, victim of the 1918 pandemic buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery
Growing up on 39 Wilkins Street near Joseph Avenue in a German, possibly Jewish, family, Lenore...
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When Washington Square Park felt like Tiananmen Square
The bus stop on Court Street [Photo: David Kramer, 9/4/20] Last Friday, September the 4th, I heard...
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In search of the missing 19 granite timepieces at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1973 – September 11th, 2001
Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Highland Park. The area that contained the missing last 19 granite...
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