Movie Review: ‘Marry Me’ a Sweet Valentine’s Day Surprise from Wilson and Lopez
By Mark Ziobro | Managing Editor
The biggest surprise about the Jennifer Lopez/Owen Wilson romance “Marry Me” released this past February is that it’s unmistakably...
CONGRESSMAN-ELECT JOHN MANNION WINS NY-22
SYRACUSE, NY— Congressman-elect John W. Mannion tonight has decisively won election in New York State’s 22nd Congressional District, flipping a seat that has been...
Utica Celebrates 25th Juneteenth in a Big Way!
Utica Celebrates Juneteenth in a Big Way!
On June 19, 2021, at Chancellor Park in Utica, a unique celebration occurred and culminated a more than...
Absence of Justice Riot at Revels Funeral Home
Absence of Justice in brutal attack at Revels Funeral Home
By Phoenix Staff
In the middle of the June heat of last year, a couple (Monica...
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: Remembering Dickie Frank and ‘Birdland’
By Cassandra Harris-Lockwood
Richard Frank was born in August 1931 to Marion Moorehand-Frank and Paul Frank in Utica, NY. Dickie Frank was Utica’s first Black...
My Aunt Dr. Jean Harris was a Trailblazing Female Physician
Editor's Note: This is my Aunt, Dr. Jean Harris from the 1955 cover of Ebony Magazine. She was the first Black doctor graduated from...
Environment: Ecological Disasters Part 4-Examining Fast Fashion
By Sage Lively | Hamilton College Intern
Let’s talk about Fast Fashion. Fast Fashion was introduced in the ‘80s as an approach to design, create,...
Voices of Polonia: Jadwiga of Poland, Queen and Saint
Jadwiga of Poland, Queen, and Saint
Queen Jadwiga of Poland was the first female monarch of the Kingdom of Poland, reigning from the 16th of...
Colonel Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Hero at the Battle of Saratoga: by Ted Rajchal
Background
Colonel Kosciuszko (Kos—choos—KO) set out for America after hearing about fighting in Lexington and Concord in the year 1775. He was already on his...










