Tramontane Cafe celebrates one year re-open
The Tramontane Cafe, known affectionately as “The Tram,” celebrated the one-year anniversary of their reopening this past week, honoring their first year back with a special edition of their monthly “Sunday Nite Showcase” on...
Levitt AMP Utica returns for 2023 concert series
Photo: Crowds gather for the 2023 Levitt AMP launch
The Levitt AMP Monday night summer concert series has returned to Kopernik Memorial Park. This year marks the seventh season of Levitt AMP Utica. As with...
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 in the Mohawk Valley
In 1969, Woodstock took place, and man...
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 Players” practiced the opening scene of Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning...
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...
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 heard about the “Marshall Fund.”
Minutes from the historical society’s board...
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 from the county
by Ron Klopfanstein
On September 7th, 2022, Cassandra Harris...
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 years of Kirkland College. I was looking for a job.
At...
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 intimate and vulnerable aspects of the human condition with tender...
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 began with a domestic dispute call from 1115 Linwood Place,...