Central New York celebrates Pride 2023
By Ron Klopfanstein
Celebrating and supporting the LGBTQ Community is more important than ever this year, there are many ways to do that right here...
These Good and Crazy People: Utica University’s “Pioneer Players” present Stephen Sondheim’s “Company”
by Ron Klopfanstein
Last Tuesday, I finished teaching my English 102 class and headed to Strebel Auditorium to watch while Utica University Theatre Department’s “Pioneer...
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...
Feature Story: The ‘Marshall Fund’ Under Investigation by the Attorney General
Story and photos by Ron Klopfanstein
Virginia Keith was the president of the Town of Brookfield Historical Society from 2012-2014. That was when she first...
Utica’s Hunger Games; Will indifference, incompetence, or inattention cost Cornhill its community garden?
How Utica's inner city minority community is fighting to save its decades-old neighborhood green space from an out-of-town developer who surreptitiously acquired the land...
Women’s History Month: “We Don’t Hire Girls” — Becoming the First Female Construction Worker...
By C. Harris-Lockwood | Photos by the late Anne LaBastille
The year was 1971. I was 19 years old and between my freshman and sophomore...
Music: Tribute to Burt Bacharach
By C. Harris-Lockwood | Editor-in-Chief
Part of the incredible contribution that Burt Bacharach made to modern American music was his ability to display so many...
Local: Linwood Place Police Standoff Resolved in Peaceful Surrender
Police contact Buddhist Monk to counsel agitated neighbor
Linwood Place, Utica NY—Our neighbor 'Joe' was arrested peacefully the evening of January 2, 2023. The stand-off...
Opinion: We Can—and Should—Do More to Fight Food Insecurity
By Joshua Finn | Columnist
With the winter months and holiday season upon us, charities, food pantries, community kitchens, and fridges are yet again in...
Feature: Annual Hibernian Mass at Lourdes/Mother Mary of Our Savior Parish
Story and Photos by Tom Loughlin, Jr. | Staff writer/photographer
Utica—Members of the Men’s Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Ladies of Knock Oneida County...