Boom Town Press
April 21, 2025
Just a quick background setting question: How did you get into photography? I started taking photography more seriously after my paternal grandmother passed. When my sister and I were kids, she used to always visit and insist on taking photos of us. One day, when I was visiting her house, she asked me to follow
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- February 5, 2025
By Hank Stone The most effective work we can do for society is to describe the positive future we want. We need to imagine, and lead, where we want society to go. Society has become stuck. Yet many imagine that life will continue as it has, indefinitely. Population growth has not (so far) interfered with
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Interview with creator Nic Sweet BIOGRAPHICAL INFO Boom Town Press: What inspired you to get into graphic novel making or cartoon making? Nic Sweet: I think the first comic book I remember was Spectacular Spider-Man. He was fighting the Tarantula, I think, like the first comic book I remember
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Re: UR action against pro Palestine students By Robert Sandrund December 2, 2024Robert Sandgrund92 Shepard StreetRochester, NY 14620 President Sarah MangelsdorfUniversity of RochesterRochester, NY 14627Re: UR action against pro Palestine students Dear President Mangelsdorf, I am a Jewish community member. In its statement regarding the arrest of the four pro-Palestine students, University of Rochester Jewish
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By Monroe Confidential The Democrats for Brighton multi-candidate committee is supporting 31 candidates for Brighton Democratic Committee (BDC), and all are white. A montage of some of their candidates makes for a visually compelling image: For contrast, the Justice for Brighton slate is circulating a montage that looks like this: It is an understatement to
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Editor’s Note: The letter is a festidiously annotated text,
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I am Sarah Brownell, a Rochestarian, a mother, a Catholic Worker and an Engineering Professor. I come before you today as a fellow traveler in the journey of
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- March 28, 2024
In a recent turn of events, the Rochester Downtown Development Corporation (RDDC) which also refers to itself The Partnership For Downtown Rochester (PDR) has officially called off its campaign to establish a Business Improvement District (BID) in downtown Rochester. This decision comes amidst significant community pushback, highlighting a triumph of grassroots activism over corporate interests.
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