On Friday, April 1st, the Oneida Herkimer Solid Waste Authority’s Household Hazardous Waste Facility will open for its 24th season. Unlike the Authority’s Recycling Center and Eastern Transfer Station, which are open year-round, the HHW Facility operates April 1st to September 30th each year. Read more at http://ift.tt/1RNSClK

There is no question that our area is known for our delicious restaurants. Not only are the restaurants good, but diverse as well. Read more at http://ift.tt/22SaC6Y

Broadway Utica has selected a Utican to portray the role of “Young Coalhouse” in their performance of “Ragtime.” Eight-year-old Treyvone Jones is a third grader at Jefferson Elementary School and attends the Thea Bowman House for after-care. Read more at http://ift.tt/234ukZN

A local high school cafeteria worker is under arrest, charged with a sex crime regarding a 16-year-old male student. Susanne Mizgala, 46, of Westmoreland, is charged with criminal sexual act in the third degree. Read more at http://ift.tt/1V7w55U

The budget deadline is just days away and according to several lawmakers if the budget doesn’t pass on time it could impact local funding. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing to gradually increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Read more at http://ift.tt/1PGl8By

For decades, no tour of the historic F.X. Matt brewery in Utica was complete without a stop in its 1888 Tavern “tasting room” for a few samples. The 1888 Tavern & Tasting Room at the F.X. Matt Brewery in Utica is now open to the public. Read more at http://ift.tt/2321qte

Zenas Reed, 18, of High Street, Utica, was arrested Monday by Utica Police Investigator Vincent Parrotta and charged with robbing a man at a Utica apartment complex last month. Reed and an unknown man used a gun to rob a 62-year-old deliveryman on Feb. 21 at Gilmore Village, Utica police said . Read more at […]

A fourth Visions Hotel is slated for North Genesee Street. It will be an 89-room extended stay hotel offering guests “inspired amenities and spacious comfortable suits with fully equipped kitchenettes and an indoor pool.” Read more at http://ift.tt/1pJksGj

The most famous birds in Central New York, the Utica peregrine falcons, Astrid and Ares , have produced their first egg for the 2016 breeding season. The birds a nest box atop the 15th floor ledge at the Adirondack Bank in downtown Utica home, and that’s where the eggs are being laid. Read more at […]

Would you consider Utica and Central New York lazy? We are far from it! However, Zippia The Career Expert is saying we are among some of the laziest places in New York State. 1) Salamanca 2) Gloversville 3) Massena 4) Jamestown 5) Niagara Falls 6) Utica 7) Dunkirk 8) Fulton 9) Elmira 10) Medina Zippia […]