Bloom Archives
Author: Bloom Intern
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Friendly Beasts Cider Co. — B-town Home of Hard Ciders
As owners of Friendly Beasts Cider Company, Fatima Carson and her husband, Ben Romlein, enjoy creating hard ciders that they say challenge people’s expectation…
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CASA Has New Eyes & Ears To Check on Welfare of Kids
Due to an increase in abuse and neglect cases in Monroe County, more than 100 children have been waiting for a CASA—a Court Appointed…
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Vance Music Center Celebrates 70 Years
After 70 years, Vance Music Center is still a local, family owned business—and still going strong.
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Kaisa Goodman, 25, Now Heading Monroe County Democratic Party
Kaisa Goodman, the new executive director of the Monroe County Democratic Party, has attended political fundraisers all her life.
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Jerry Smith: An Artist of Many Mediums
Until he was nearly 30, Jerry Smith had never painted, but he wondered what it would be like to be an artist. “I just…
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Review: Hive—Healthy Comfort Food and Pie
Start with the pie. Really. It’s all good at Hive but if you don’t save room for the Hive Pie (aka, buttermilk pie) you…
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‘Follow the Fish’—A Bicentennial Scavenger Hunt
The gilded fish that adorns the Monroe County Courthouse not only spawned a city (see page 106), it has spawned a scavenger hunt. In…
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Dashel Oliver: Hockey Player
Thirteen-year-old Dashel Oliver says he doesn’t know when he started playing hockey, just that he’s been on skates and chasing pucks for as long…
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Hundreds of Lifesaving AEDs Are Now All Around Town
While you might not have known what it was, chances are you have seen an automated external defibrillator, or AED. Used to restart someone’s…