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Brighton Towncouncil member Robin Wilt pledges support for the United Nations’ Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
[Hal Bauer (left) and Hank Stone [Photo: David Kramer, Sunday, 12/30/18 from Conversations on...
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Rochester could support the United Nations’ Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
[1/9/21 (l-r) Peter Mitchell, Hank Stone and Sandy Gilman. Not pictured, Hal Bauer. Photo: David...
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David Cay Johnston’s tireless pursuit of the facts: a conversation with Allison Bondi
[David Cay Johnston (left) after his 8/23/16 talk at Union Place. Photo: David Kramer from The...
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The ROC City Compost Pilot Program at Cobb’s Hill
[12/29/21 Roc City Compost Tent, David Kramer with banner. Photo: Nylissa Hawkins. All other...
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Our Names are Labels
[December 14, 2021 Rochester City Council Resolution] -Michael J. Nighan Our names are labels,...
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With anti-vaxers in mind, Pruitt amends “Abating the Wave Machine”
[8/28/21 Liberty Pole Way. Rally against vaccine mandates. At-large City Council candidate, Marcus...
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Twelve Corners Presbyterian Church teams up with Brighton Food Cupboard at the Farmer’s Market.
Twelve Corners Presbyterian Church; 1200 South Winton Road; Rochester, NY 14618; Food Cupboard...
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Two of the missing 19 timepieces from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial are found.
[The found timepieces. Provided by Barry Culhane] In search of the missing 19 granite timepieces...
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Remembering 9/11 at Monroe Community College, Highland Park and the War Memorial
[9/11/21 American flag at the Twentieth Annual Remembrance Ceremony at the Brighton campus of...
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Appellate court affirms that WHEC firing of Jeremy Kappell over racist slur was proper. Did his legal team read Talker’s article?
[Jeremy Kappell in an apology video he placed on Facebook Facebook] Today, in “Appellate...
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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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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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Illegal and unethical dumping next to abandoned farm at the Highland Crossing with Christine Platt
[Christine Platt at the recently dumped wood debris. Photo: David Kramer 3/21/21 see Community in...
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Police Use of Pepper Spray on Child Reflects a Communal Failure
The Public Safety Building on Exchange Street, 5/30/20 [Photo: David Kramer from A Black Lives...
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Assault on Capitol is not about Black Lives Matter
David Kramer at the 5/31/20 Black Lives Matter rally in Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park...
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(Un) Writing an old wrong in Brighton’s Meadowbrook neighborhood and a look back at B.H.S. in the late 70’s and early 80’s
Antlers Road in Meadowbrook, 9/27/20 [Photo: David Kramer] Last September, my mother walked a few...
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Introductions
[Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 1981. Caption: Dave Kramer of Brighton concentrates on his next...
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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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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 – 2021...
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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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For our 7th, Bill Pruitt offers “HAPPY BIRTHDAY TALKER ’22”
[Talker of the Town is on the screen. Photo: David Kramer, see Happy Birthday Mom, we miss you so]...
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