West Utica’s New Boutique
By Paul Dumas, Ph.D.
Residents in Utica have yet another reason to be thankful for a new service on offer in the Varick District. Just above Mother Marianne’s West Side Kitchen on the corner of...
Complaint Filed over Alleged Altercation Outside Observer Dispatch
This evening, roughly 45 Trump supporters held a demonstration outside of the Observer Dispatch on Oriskany St. The conservative group was protesting against what they call “fake news” and chose the OD as their location....
College/Community Partnership for Racial Justice Reform Offers Fourth Webinar
“Understanding the Use of Force”
Clinton, N.Y. - The College/Community Partnership for Racial Justice Reform is offering its fourth free online and broadcast webinar program this Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m., on WPNY (channel 11 analog...
CHL October Editorial: Where is that Goal Post?
Black Folks Can Never Score
By Cassandra Harris-Lockwood
A stream of racially explicit initiatives have been recently announced by the Community Foundation, hereafter the CF. It began with an announcement from former board chair, Ron Cucarro,...
Understanding the Movement in Utica
Local activist groups and what they stand for
By Sarah Watkins, Peter Coney, and Eamon Handzel
The Utica area has seen a rise in public demonstrations in the past few years coming from many political sides....
Black Leadership Collective Addresses Public
By Cassandra Harris-Lockwood
In the wake of the recent police violence upon Kerwin Taylor and subsequent marches, rumors and rallies regarding the incident, on Monday at 2PM September 21 at 2P.M. at the Black Lives...
MVHS Cuts are Destroying a Community Hospital
MVHS has just furloughed and terminated over 130 additional front line healthcare workers. People are already at their breaking point and unable to care for their patients appropriately. This is not just nursing. This...
Juneteenth- A Time for Love- Oncore Performance- Rome Capital Theatre
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Rome Police Department Thanks Community
As we continue the reopening of our community, the members of the Rome
Police Department would like to thank all those businesses and individuals
who have supported them throughout the past several weeks. The cards
and gifts...
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor:
As a college student, it was difficult to leave my campus and adjust to online learning from home in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. To then see our elected officials fail to take...