Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:
Driving through downtown Utica for the first time since college some 40 years ago, I was both alarmed and saddened to see that the city looks as if it is dying. Utica is...
Community Foundation Turns Back on Poor
It will soon be two years ago that Alicia Fernandez Dicks, CEO of the Community Foundation, last sat in the office of For The Good, Inc.
While she was there I explained the need for...
A Case Against Building the Hospital Downtown
Architect and Civic Leader Mike Bosak Makes "The Case Against Building the Hospital Downtown"
Michael Bosak is a long-time resident and has been a lifelong advocate for the City of Utica. Bosak has worked in...
America and New York State – For Hemp!
By Natalie M. Williams
There has been much talk in New York State regarding Marihuana and Hemp Legalization.
“Mary Jane”; also known as ‘the sister of man’ has traveled with humanity for millennia. As a...
American Red Cross Aids Five After Cold Brook Fire
UTICA NY - Volunteers from the Mohawk Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross provided immediate emergency aid to five people after a fire Monday afternoon on Main Street in Cold Brook, Herkimer County.
The Red...
New York Author announces the launch of her book, At the Table with Jesus.
Author pledges 100% of book proceeds to serve others.
Utica, NY (April 21, 2018)
Seventy-nine-years young, Miss Doddie will be at The Empowerment Center, 230 James St., Utica, NY, 13501, USA on Saturday, April 21, 2018...
Bad Guys Don’t Like Dogs
By Cassandra Harris-Lockwood
This is an edited version of an article I wrote several years ago shortly after the Sandy Hook Massacre. I was moved to present it again in the present wake of the...
Urban Design Specialist calls siting a Hospital in Downtown Utica akin to“dropping a UFO...
By: C Harris-Lockwood
Photos By Tom Loughlin
On Tuesday, May 1, noted author James Howard Kunstler addressed a packed house of concerned citizens in the main dining room of the Fort Schuyler Club in downtown Utica....
When they come for one of us: Central New York rallies for the Transgender...
Transgender Day of Visibility celebrates transgender people and their contributions to society while raising awareness of the prejudice and discrimination many in the community still face. In Central New York, the day was observed...
Complaint Filed over Alleged Altercation Outside Observer Dispatch
This evening, roughly 45 Trump supporters held a demonstration outside of the Observer Dispatch on Oriskany St. The conservative group was protesting against what they call “fake news” and chose the OD as their location....