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The Erie Canal opened in 1825 as a 363-mile engineered waterway connecting the Hudson River to Lake Erie, slashing freight costs and transforming New...

Stop Giving Away Your Power — Every Vote Still Matters By David LaGuerre A veteran's message to his community: We marched for these rights. Don't you...

How Oneida County Child Car Seat Program Saves Lives in Rome, NY Local families receive free car seats and hands-on installation training at Griffiss International...

Photographs courtesy of Young Gifted and Black  It was with great honor and appreciation that I journeyed to NYC Queens, Terrace on the Park to...

    By: Ted Rajchel Background A mountain monument is under construction on privately held land in the Black Hills, Custer County, South Dakota, United States. It will...

2026 Mohawk Valley Almanac   April 1              April Fools’ Day; Passover begins at Sundown April 2              Pascua Day – Florida April 3              Good Friday April 5              Easter April 12            Orthodox...

  The Mohawk Valley became a haven for global cultures through a combination of Indigenous heritage, strategic geography along the Erie Canal, and waves of...

Citizens warn Utica Common Council members in great detail how FLOCK and other types of AI enhanced ALPRS are unAmerican and a threat to liberty. They urge the city to cut ties to this company and others like it.

  Mohawk Valley Almanac for May 2026   Holidays and Observances in May   May 1              May Day; Law Day; International Labor Day; Beltane (Cross Quarter Day) Asian American, Native...

By Jess Szabo and CHL Looking at art can cause similar reactions in the brain to falling in love, or looking at someone you love....