Bruce Karam fired as Utica School Superintendent
Bruce Karam served as the superintendent of the Utica City School District until his recent termination. He was responsible for overseeing the operations and performance of the district's schools. As the superintendent, Karam held...
Elizabeth Welch Named Assistant Curator of American Art at Munson Museum of Art
American art specialist Elizabeth Welch, Ph.D., has been named Assistant Curator of American Art at the Munson Museum of Art, Utica, New York. An established scholar of 19th and 20th-century American painting, sculpture, and...
DiNapoli and Oneida DA McNamara Announce Arrests of Utica School Superintendent and Former Utica...
Officials Allegedly Used Nearly $15K in School Resources for Political and Non-School Related Causes
November 21, 2023
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara, and the New York State Police today announced...
Our Community will determine the next Mayor of Utica
Our Community will determine the next Mayor of Utica.
By Natalie M. Williams
The local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Freedom Fund fundraiser dinner was held at the Roselawn Bouquet Hall in...
Skunk Tests Positive for Rabies in City of Utica
Oneida County Health Department Urges Residents to Recognize Signs of Rabies
A skunk has tested positive for rabies in the City of Utica. The skunk was sent to the New York State Department of Health...
Balanced Chef celebrates grand opening with ribbon cutting
Balanced Chef celebrates grand opening with ribbon cutting
By Ron Klopfanstein
Healthy eating entrepreneur Brian Donovan celebrated a grand opening for a second location of his Balanced Chef business on Thursday. It is located next to...
Utica Mayoral Forum – September 19, 2023 at MVCC
by Natalie Williams
The Mayoral Candidates: Celeste Friend, Mike Galime, and Bob Cardillo were at the podium; and addressed many issues facing our city.
Among the topics covered were: Dormant Properties, Diversity in Professional Development, What they might do with...
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...
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...
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,...