Sam Pellman Was My Friend
By Dr. Michael Woods
Sam Pellman was my friend. He was full of kindness. I never met him one time that he did not start and end our conversation with a smile. He was the...
Utica’s Bosnians Urge People To Never Forget The Genocide
Yesterday marked the 26th anniversary of one of the worst moments in human history, the genocide that took place at Srebrenica in Bosnia. The Bosnians of Utica marched around the MVCC campus wearing black T-Shirts...
Governor Cuomo Announces Artist Selected for Sojourner Truth Monument
Artist Vinnie Bagwell's Sculpture to be Sited at Walkway Over the Hudson State Park Along the Empire State Trail
Monument Helps to Better Represent All Who Have Contributed to New York State's History
See Rendering of...
Remembering Our Own: Mrs Alberta Warfield
By Cassandra Harris-Lockwood
Editor's Note: I happened to come across a 1995 copy of Corn Hill Speaks where I introduced a series I began called Remembering Our Own. It contained the story I had written...
Big B: Radio Don’t Stop
Utica’s Black Music scene will miss Phoenix Radio DJ
By Cassandra Harris-Lockwood
Though I didn’t know Bryson for very long I sure knew who he was, and that was at the top of Utica’s contemporary Black...
Fr. Richard Dellos Laid to Rest August 17, 2020
By Cassandra Harris-Lockwood
Rev. Father Richard E. Dellos, died at Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton NY Tuesday morning August 11, 2020, at the age of 77 of Covid-19. He was laid to rest Monday, August 17...
Bosnian Independence Day Celebrated at Utica Academy
Saturday evening, Bosnian Utica gathered in the basketball court of the Utica Academy of Science to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their independence from Yugoslavia in 1992. The court was filled with Balkan looking...
Never Forget 2020
There’s a funny thing about memorials. They remind us only that an event happened, but almost guarantee that passersby to the memorial won’t truly fathom the significance of the event. People look at the...
Bosnian Independence Day Celebration Gallery
All photos by Eamon Handzel. Read full article here
Former Congressman Sherry Boehlert Laid to Rest
The Honorable Sherwood L. Boehlert passed away on September 20, 2021. Former Congressman Boehlert’s funeral took place on September 27, 2021 at Our Lady of Lourdes Church.
The following is the Homily-Eulogy which was delivered...