Boom Town Press
January 31, 2024
On January 31st, 2024, the Monroe County Democratic Committee (MCDC) held its Candidate Designation Meeting for the 17th, 21st, 23rd, and 24th Legislative Districts at James Monroe High School in the Pearl-Meigs-Monroe neighborhood. Joe Morelle – the sole Congressional candidate on the ticket – intended to attend this event. Plans changed at the last minute.
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My complicated relationship with the Buffalo Bills and Western NY Originally published in Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature — Vol. 35.2 Geoff Graser is a freelance writer based in Rochester, NY. His work can be found at geoffgraser.com.
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Activist and Artist Mara Ahmed curates audio archive of Palestinian voices Former Rochesterian Mara Ahmed, now residing in Long Island, continues her filmmaking, art making and activism. Mara’s latest project launched this past December, an audio archive of Palestinian expression current and past. From the project’s website description: “In the midst of the gruesome genocide
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Old Guard ready to make sure nothing will get done for the next four years Metro Justice thought they were on the cusp of a big win. The morning of December 12, they believed all members of the Democratic Caucus of the Monroe County Legislature pledged support to spend $1 million on a feasibility study
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Because the corporate and quasi-corporate (WXXI) media continue to cover the story of genocide in Gaza with passive voice and superficiality, when they cover the plight of Palestinians at all, it was necessary for student protesters to put out their own statements directly to the press in December. None of the media stations that attended
Read More1.7K - December 9, 2023
In the aftermath of the latest Palestinian uprising (polling shows the militant resistance group, Hamas, is supported in Gaza by a majority of the population), the mainstream media in typical knee-jerk gringo/MAGA/fascist fashion, resurrected the ancient colonial practice of creating the “savage.” Dime novels arrived during the heyday of America’s Civil War and the final
Read More2.6K - December 6, 2023
Non-caffeinated hot beverages, flushed with super foods There is a new beverage in town and it doesn’t involve the usual suspects caffeine or alcohol. Just Juice, located at 710 University Ave. in Rochester, known until now for cold juice drinks, has ventured out into hot beverage territory, offering a variety of health infused experiments to
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Saby’s sprawling metacognitive, metaphysical journalistic style syncs perfectly with his latest subject matter: the astral dimensions of Andre 3000’s New Blue Sun album By Rajesh Barnabas This is a sort of a review of a review. Saby Reyes-Kulkarni has been writing about music professionally for two decades. The descriptor for FeedbackDef (short for feedback deficiency),
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submitted by Concerned Citizens Against the BID In a rare move, the Rochester City Council has recently delivered a substantial blow to the Rochester Downtown Development Corporation (RDDC) and Mayor Malik Evans’ vision for a downtown shaped by developer interests. The contentious proposal for a downtown “ambassador” program, backed by wealthy developers and proponents of
Read More1.9K - November 14, 2023
Howard Eagle is an educator-activist and organizer. On November 9, 2023, WXXI radio host, Evan Dawson featured the recently re-elected vice-president of the Rochester, NY Board of Education, Beatriz Lebron; re-elected Board member, Amy Maloy; and young Commissioner-elect, Isaiah Santiago. The full broadcast can be heard at a reference link below. FEEDBACK: HIGHLIGHTS I see Amy
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