Unchained: Allan Rohan Crite, Spirituality and Black Activism at MWPAI

UTICA, NY… “Unchained: Allan Rohan Crite, Spirituality and Black Activism,” on view at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum of Art, February 20 to May 8, is...

Rollicking but Reverent

Utica’s St Mary of Mt Carmel/Blessed Sacrament Church filled for the performance of NYC Chelsea Opera Company’s “Bending Towards the Light, Jazz Nativity” -Story and...

Guest Editorial — Tenney Part of Problem

- by Roger Chambers Utica has a long history of newspapers, starting with the Utica Observers as a weekly in 1817, becoming a daily paper...

Bosnian Americans Fear Return of Violence in the Balkans

As much as people want historical conflicts to simply die off in the past and no longer trouble them, the conflicts find a way...

Downtown Utica New Year’s Eve Gallery

All photos taken by Eamon Handzel. See full article here 

Bad Guys Don’t Like Dogs   

by C. Harris-Lockwood  editor-in-chief   Editor’s Note:Originally printed in 2018, sadly this issue continues to haunt our nation today thus it is being reprinted for more...

Joanne Shenandoah 1957-2021: Matriarch of Indigenous Music

By: Michelle Schenandoah Photos By: Jane Feldman   She had a bright voice like liquid gold, a luminous heart, and a magnetic smile.   Joanne Shenandoah-Tekaliwakwah, one...
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The people or politicians: whose voice matters?

By George Kuchma    This story focuses on the title question. It details observations noted on a walking tour of Utica. Noticeable these days is...

Utica Students Get New CTE School

By Mathew Handzel    The Utica School Board is bringing trades education back to the inner city. On Monday night, November 21st, at JFK Middle...

Natives Have the Highest Rate of Death by Cops

by Doug George-Kanentiio Akwesasne Mohawk          I, along with millions of others, watched the trial of Derek Chauvin, 45, charged in Minneapolis, Minnesota for the...