UTICA, N.Y. Joanne Ernenwein, Director of Development at Oneida Healthcare, joined the Newstalk set to discuss their latest event: The Winter Gala to benefit Oneida Healthcare. If you can’t attend gala, there’s an online silent auction, which is active right now. Read more at http://ift.tt/1PqMrEy

UTICA, N.Y. Utica Police arrested a Frankfort man after he allegedly attempted to evade police during a traffic stop. On January 27, 2016, Utica Police say that Mario Pumilio, 35, was operating his pickup truck at a high rate of speed on the Memorial Parkway. Read more at http://ift.tt/1TuZPce

Cancer patients in the greater Utica region have a new treatment option when it comes to treating tumors. The Mohawk Valley Health System is the one of only twelve in the country to have the new Edge radiosurgery system. Read more at http://ift.tt/20zWRp1

A prayer luncheon, hosted by the Hope Chapel AME Zion Church and the Kiwanis Club, took place at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Utica. Blackshear was a Utica native — he attended local schools like the Utica School of commerce and SUNY Institute of Technology. Read more at http://ift.tt/1UwpfEP

Howie Cohen, the owner of the local shop, says the sign is in safe keeping, and is not on display at the store. Cohen also explains this is the biggest spotlight he has seen, in over 20 years of being in the neon business. Read more at http://ift.tt/1NEZ7C2

A Rome mother is looking for her teenaged son. 15 year old Jeffrey Larsen, who goes by JD, was last seen Tuesday, January 26th. Read more at http://ift.tt/1Uuu41k

DOT wants to install painted bike lanes on St. Johns Place and Sterling Place in Crown Heights [ PDF ]. Image: DOT DOT presented plans for east-west bike lanes in Prospect Heights and Crown Heights to the Brooklyn CB 8 transportation committee earlier this week [ PDF ]. Read more at http://ift.tt/1KdNtmU

The United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica is in the running for state money for an anti-poverty Initiative. Oneida County has an overall poverty rate of 17%. Read more at http://ift.tt/20veCWq

New York’s attorney general is warning against paying money to anyone who calls posing as an IRS official and saying that a past-due tax balance is due immediately. Citing an uptick in reports of such scammers in the Utica area, the attorney general’s office says they often target seniors, students and first-generation Americans. Read more […]

Ziplines are being set up all over the place, including in city areas. If one was built through Utica, would you ride it? Adirondack Extreme has an ‘Adventure Course’ that takes you up in the trees and has ziplines for you to get a different view of the area, all while enjoying the ride of […]