Your Neighbors, Doing Good in the Neighborhood
by Pete Bianco
What happens as people in our community grow older, have health challenges and have no family members in the area to help them? Additionally, if they are physically unable to go out...
Latino Festival Reminds Utica of the Importance of Festivals
Before the hulking mass of the of the new downtown hospital, another ethnic pride event has demonstrated how Utica’s strength lies in its diversity. On Sunday at Hanna Park, the Mohawk Valley Latino Association...
The First Time We Had Pride
By Ron Klopfanstein
The first swell of rainbows, the Utica Gay Pride Parade of 1998
Twenty-three years ago, That Place on Bleeker Street was the “gay bar” in the area and the only safe space to...
Mohawk Valley Almanac for December 2020 By Roger Chambers
Winter officially begins with the winter solstice, after a record warm November. December has average high temperatures in the mid-30°s F and low of about 20°F. Single digit or sub zero temperatures that may...
Bosnian Independence Day Celebration Gallery
All photos by Eamon Handzel. Read full article here
Activist Parent Life
By Sarah Reeske
I’m a 33-year-old solo parent of a second-grade son and a kindergarten daughter, and an activist/organizer working from home. I’m constantly asked how I do it all. I like to joke with...
“OK Boomer” Gen X and the Future of Generational Relations in the US
by Michael Schneider
When the internet meme turned catchphrase “Ok Boomer” began gaining traction in late 2019, Millennials greeted it with excitement --- if not downright glee. After years of being labeled as lazy and...
At the Movies — Must-See Anniversary Film Releases You Shouldn’t Miss
- by Eamon Handzel
Globally speaking, things aren’t exactly looking fantastic. The Omicron Covid variant is ripping across the world, the US is seeing record heat waves, western economies are in a somewhat questionable state,...
Voices of Polonia: Kazimierz Czarnecki and Mary Jackson
Kazimierz Czarnecki and Mary Jackson—Worked Together on the Space Program at NASA
By Ted Rajchel
Background
Kazimierz Czarnecki (engineer) was born in Poland in 1916. He was a Polish aeronautics engineer, who worked for NACA, later NASA....
Philanthropies Ignore Blacks
The front-page photo was taken in 90* heat in early June on a Sunday afternoon in the Linwood Place Community Garden. Garden member and neighbor John Mercer, Garden Leader Ian Muhammad, Board Member David...