Mohawk Valley Almanac for May 2022
By Roger Chambers
Holidays and Observances in May
May 1--May Day; Law Day; International Labor Day; Beltane
May 5--Cinco de Mayo
May 8--Mother’s Day; Truman Day (Missouri)
May 21--Armed Forces Day
May 22--National Maritime Day; Rogation Sunday
May 23--Victoria Day (Canada)
May...
Mohawk Valley Almanac, May 2022
Holidays and Observances in May
May 1--May Day; Law Day; International Labor Day; Beltane
May 5--Cinco de Mayo
May 8--Mother’s Day; Truman Day (Missouri)
May 21--Armed Forces Day
May 22--National Maritime Day; Rogation Sunday
May 23--Victoria Day (Canada)
May 26--Ascension Day
May...
Mohawk Valley Almanac – April, 2022
By Roger Chambers | Columnist
Holidays and Observances in April
April 2--Ramadan begins at sundown; Pascua Florida Day
April 10--Palm Sunday
April 15--Good Friday
April 17--Easter
April 18--Patriots Day (Maine and Massachusetts)
April 21--St. Jacinto Day (Texas)
April 22--Earth Day
April 24--Orthodox Easter
April...
Book Review: ‘Orwell’s Roses’ – Examining the Unusual Biography of the Famed Author
By Roger Chambers | Columnist
This is an unusual biography of George Orwell. Born as Eric Arthur Blair in 1903 in India where his father was stationed, Blair changed his pen name to George Orwell...
Mohawk Valley Almanac for March
Important Dates:
March 1--Shrove Tuesday/Mardi GrasMarch 2--Ash Wednesday/Texas Independence Day
March 8--International Women’s DayMarch 12--St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Utica
March 13--Daylight Savings Time Begins at 2 A.M.
March 17--St. Patrick’s Day
March 28--Seward’s Day, Alaska
March 31--César Chávez Day
March...
Book Review: ‘My Vanishing Country’
By Roger Chambers
“My Vanishing Country” is a mixed memoir and history of race relations in the United States. From the perspective of author Bakari Sellers, the most important event in his life occurred sixteen...
Mohawk Valley Almanac, January 2022 Edition
- by Roger Chambers
January 1 -- New Year’s Day
January 6 -- Epiphany, Twelfth Night; Three Kings Day, Puerto Rico; Coptic Christmas
January 7 -- Orthodox Christmas
January 13 -- Stephen Foster Memorial Day
January 16 -- Religious...
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 in 1848. Various mergers led nearly a hundred years ago...
Mohawk Valley Almanac December 2021 Edition
By Roger Chambers
Holidays and Observances
December 1 First Sunday of Advent
December 6 St. Nicholas’ Day
December 7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
December 10 Human Rights Day and Human Refugee Day
December 15 Bill of Rights...
Guest Editorial: Tenney Part of Problem
By Roger Chambers
Liberal democracy, of which the United States was a world leader, is under serious attack. The trend is strong in formerly democratically elected governments such as the Philippines, Venezuela, Myanmar, Hungary, Poland...