Author: Kim Plummer
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Working Hard/Hardly Working
Just back from my shift at Moonlight Café, I open the door to our second-floor apartment. The smell of pot comes pushing down the stairs, looking for an exit. As I start up the stairs, I can hear their baby-like mumbles and the click-click of defunct lighters over the TV rumbling in the background. I…
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Putting the Death Penalty to Sleep
Executioners struggled unsuccessfully to find a vein to lethally inject Romell Broom. The team was so inadequate when it came to lethally injecting Broom that they needed to take a “break” after two hours of failed efforts, said Broom’s attorney Adele Shank. If it sounds cruel and unusual, that’s because it’s torture. Broom’s lawyers say…
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Keepin’ the Space
The New Paltz Cultural Collective is attempting to make a comeback. Since the group’s beginning in 2004, the collective has had a turbulent run filled with its fair share of ups and downs. At its core the collective has always been a place fostering a sense of culture within the community, promoting local musicians, artists,…
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Rebel TV: Sophia Wortzel “Wintertime Blues”
New Paltz Cultural Collective member Sophia Wortzel brings her brand of acoustic folk to Rebel TV in a music video filmed by Julie Florio, Kim Plummer, Danielle Quitoni and Chanel Arias. Stop Motion by Julie Florio. Edited by Julie Florio. Executive Producer Gregg Bray. © 2009 SUNY New Paltz