Monthly Archives: July 2016

Big Time Fun At Bagg’s Square’s Neighborhood Block Party

Come out for a fun time this coming Sunday as Uitcans unite for a celebration in historic Bagg's Square. Back in 1978, the Bagg's Square Association was on a resolute mission to save Union Station. Read more at http://ift.tt/2aogNsX

Red Cross assisting family of nine after morning fire

The Red Cross is helping one adult and eight children after a house fire late this morning in Utica. It happened on Lansing St., right near the corner of Jefferson Ave. around 11:40 Saturday morning. Read more at http://ift.tt/2aGO9m4

5-year-old helps raise money for retinoblastoma with ‘Savannah’s Lemonade Stand’

She is just five years old, but a little girl from Sauquoit is making a huge difference in people's lives – thanks in part to some lemons! A lemonade stand is set up today outside the Jewish Community Center in South Utica. It's called Savannah's Lemonade Stand. Read more at http://ift.tt/2ag862B

What Goes Around Comes Around

My first job out of college was working in the military defense industry at General Electric in Utica, NY. I was doing some electronics testing for a down-looking radar system to allow missiles to fly autonomously to a target. Read more at http://ift.tt/29hwHa2

Feds give poor quality scores to most Central New York hospitals

Eight Central New York hospitals got below average scores in the federal government's new overall hospital quality rating system. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid rated 3,617 U.S. hospitals on a one- to five-star scale, with five being the best rating, one the worst and three, average. Read more at http://ift.tt/2aarnkh

Random Tugs 172

Governor Roosevelt is almost a century older, and wears 1928 on her name board now. This is Marcy NY, an Oneida County town between Utica and Rome. Read more at http://ift.tt/2ak2O7m

Syracuse developer buys 2 decaying downtown Utica buildings

The historic buildings were likely headed for the wrecking ball, but Bowers Development bought them on Thursday, and the mayor and Urban Renewal Agency clapped when they approved the deal. Many people are familiar with the New Century building – that seafoam green building on the corner of Genesee and Hopper in Utica. Read more […]

Utica’s Irish Cultural Center given another chance to prove funding

Yet another deadline for the Syracuse-area developer of Utica's Irish Cultural Center to produce official proof of funding in the bank. On Thursday, the city's urban renewal agency met and agreed to give the bank and/or developer until Wednesday to deliver proof of funding for the project. Read more at http://ift.tt/2agfmzy

Radisson Hotel In Utica Is For Sale

It wasn't that long ago that the City of Utica made a deal with Visions to purchase the historic Hotel Utica. Now, another major hotel in downtown Utica is on the market. Read more at http://ift.tt/2aeRdok

Photos released of man, woman wanted in connection to Utica wedding thefts

UTICA, N.Y. Utica Police are seeking the public's help identifying a man and woman wanted in a local wedding theft. The white male and female are persons of interest in a grand larceny investigation that occurred on July 23 at a wedding in the City of Utica. Read more at http://ift.tt/2aqK4EC