When you bite into a Big Mac, make a cup of coffee in the morning, wipe down your kitchen counter, you’re most likely using products made at Burrows Paper Corporation in Little Falls. Read more at http://ift.tt/UEl7ZW

A Utica couple faces charges after they allegedly picked up a package at a Canastota post office that contained more than seven pounds of marijuana, the Madison County Sheriff’s Office said. Read more at http://ift.tt/1n8nzPl

Genesee Crossing, located at 100 Hobart St., is an $8.9 million revitalization project that provides affordable housing. Read more at http://ift.tt/1AEKbRF

Fresh from a trip to the Middle East, one religious leader is struggling to help spread peace in his own way. Read more at http://ift.tt/1qthZdr

One local Girl Scout troop is giving back to the community and the Utica Zoo is benefiting from the hard work. Read more at http://ift.tt/1zxQx3V

ABOUT THE WEEK OF JULY 30, 1965, there was life in Old 790 yet. The old girl was in the Utica yards getting her journal boxes repaired. Read more at http://ift.tt/1prnryJ

Munson Machinery , a maker of mixing and blending machinery, has expanded the size of its Utica, New York, headquarters location by more than 30 percent, according to Charles Divine, Munson Machinery’s president and CEO. Read more at http://ift.tt/1AzRo5z

State police say a central New York man has died in a one-car crash in his rural hometown and the driver has been charged with drunken driving and manslaughter. Read more at http://ift.tt/1pFMWJO

Police urge the public to assist in an ongoing larceny investigation, in Utica. According to the Utica Police Department the suspect stole merchandise from the Price Chopper Supermarket, in North Utica on Tuesday. Read more at http://ift.tt/1qKFYJT

Roughing it: If the big industrial lot near New Jersey does not pan out, there is a lot of space elsewhere on Staten Island where Brooklyn Brewery could set up shop. Read more at http://ift.tt/1Axs4Nw