Local: Linwood Place Police Standoff Resolved in Peaceful Surrender
Police contact Buddhist Monk to counsel agitated neighbor
Linwood Place, Utica NY—Our neighbor 'Joe' was arrested peacefully the evening of January 2, 2023. The stand-off began with a domestic dispute call from 1115 Linwood Place,...
Japanese Barberry, The Tick Magnet
Japanese Barberry, The Tick Magnet
If you live in the country around here, either you or someone you know has been bitten by a tick, the bad tick, the tiny red and black deer tick....
From the Editors Desk: So Leeenna
Ok. So, I got a call today from one of the female family members from the Riot at Revels. Presumably, she was a rioter as she was determined to tell me why I should...
Editor’s Note: Riot at Revels
Over the years the existence of the lone Black funeral home in an impoverished Black community has taken its toll. Endless streams of families on Social Services seeking funerals for their loved ones with...
The New American Epiphany
e·piph·a·ny
/əˈpifənē/
noun
noun: Epiphany; noun: epiphany; plural noun: epiphanies
1. the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi (Matthew 2:1–12).
2. the festival commemorating the first Epiphany on January 6.
3. a manifestation of a...
Local Radio Station Owner Newest Panelist on NPR’s Says You!
“A public radio game show of bluff and bluster, words and whimsy”
Well-known local activist and media op, Cassandra Harris-Lockwood, recently debuted as a panelist on the popular WNPR national game show, Says You!
Last Saturday...
CHL October Editorial: Where is that Goal Post?
Black Folks Can Never Score
By Cassandra Harris-Lockwood
A stream of racially explicit initiatives have been recently announced by the Community Foundation, hereafter the CF. It began with an announcement from former board chair, Ron Cucarro,...
Chamber: Wrong Message at the Wrong Time
Chamber Effort to Derail Bail Reforms Wrong Message at the Wrong Time
The morning of June 19th, as many friends and supporters of For The Good and Phoenix Media were eagerly awaiting the second airing...
Cousin of CHL – NYT’s Editor Marc Lacey to Moderate Democratic Debate
Marc Lacey is currently the National Editor for the New York Times. He has served as Washington correspondent for the New York Times, where he covered the State Department and was a frequent guest...
Woodstock 50th Anniversary Retraction/Update
Phoenix Staff
The 50th Anniversary of Woodstock 1969, coming this August, will be a worldwide celebration. The Utica Phoenix will be WOODSTOCK CENTRAL for information and updates.
In the May edition of the Utica Phoenix, a...