Roger Chambers

by Roger Chambers November is generally a cool to cold month with gray skies, rain, and sometimes blustery snowstorms, an early reminder of the coming winter season. The average high is 48°F and the average...

By Roger Chambers | Utica Phoenix Columnist  Life is nearly “back to normal” as the surge of Thanksgiving to New Year’s travel to pre-Covid levels continues. Public theater, musical concerts, and sporting extravaganzas have returned....

By Roger Chambers | Columnist  Holidays and Observances in April April 2--Ramadan begins at sundown; Pascua Florida Day April 10--Palm Sunday April 15--Good Friday April 17--Easter April 18--Patriots Day (Maine and Massachusetts) April 21--St. Jacinto Day (Texas) April 22--Earth Day April 24--Orthodox Easter April...

by Roger Chambers For those who like outside cold and snow, February is a good month for snowshoeing, snowmobiling, sledding, and skiing. For those who prefer indoor activities, there is basketball, high school, college, and...

Mohawk Valley Almanac for February 2021 by Roger Chambers February is going to be different in many ways due to the covid pandemic. It is likely that most Valentine’s Day celebrations will be at home with...

August Holidays and Observances August 1     Colorado Day August 2     Friendship Day - Lammas (Cross Quarter Day) August 3     Ernie Pyle Day in New Mexico August 4     Coast Guard Day August 14    Atlantic Charter Day - World War II Day in Arkansas August 16    National Airborne...

Mohawk Valley Almanac July 2021 Edition By Roger Chambers If early and mid-June is any indication, we may be in for a long, hot summer. If possible, on the hottest days over 90°F, take the usual...

By Roger Chambers The Rome Community Theater over two October weekends at their theater on Turin Road presented the Gilbert and Sullivan musical theater production of The Pirates of Penzance. This is quite a challenge...

By Roger Chambers | Columnist  In the short book “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century,” Timothy Snyder outlines tactics used by would-be autocrats to overturn a popularly elected democracy. These trends were frequently...

By Roger Chambers Holidays and Observance of May May 1- May Day May 2 - Rhode Island Independence Day  May 5 - Cinco de Mayo; Ramadan begins at Sundown May 8 - Truman Day in Missouri May 12 - (Second...