Mohawk Valley Almanac for March 2024
By Roger Chambers
The third largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the state is in Utica on Saturday March 16, a day before the actual...
December Almanac
Holidays and Celebrations during December 2022
December 3 First Sunday of Advent
December 6 St. Nicholas Day
December 7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day; First Day of...
Mohawk Valley Almanac for January 2023
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...
Editorial: The November Elections and Weakening of Democracy
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...
Editorial: Jarvis Library and Banned Books Week
Story by Roger Chambers | Utica Phoenix Columnist
In 1982, a Supreme Court Case known as the Board of Education, Island Trees School District v....
Editorial: The FBI Search Warrant at Mar-a-Lago
By Roger Chambers | Columnist
Author’s Note: This was written August 11, 2022, shortly after Attorney General Merritt Garland spoke about the FBI search warrant...
Editorial: The November Elections and Weakening of Democracy
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...
Mohawk Valley Almanac – August 2022
By Roger Chambers | Columnist
August has no major holidays. While August is generally more popular for family vacations and the better-known large summer festivals,...
Mohawk Valley Almanac for May 2022
By Roger Chambers
Holidays and Observances in May
May 1--May Day; Law Day; International Labor Day; Beltane
May 5--Cinco de Mayo
May 8--Mother’s Day; Truman Day (Missouri)
May 21--Armed...
Mohawk Valley Almanac, May 2022
Holidays and Observances in May
May 1--May Day; Law Day; International Labor Day; Beltane
May 5--Cinco de Mayo
May 8--Mother’s Day; Truman Day (Missouri)
May 21--Armed Forces Day
May...