Archive for April, 2010
Council Meets about Investigation
Mayor Roefaro's secret investigation that has attracted so much attention lately may not be so secret after all. During the common council caucus on Monday (4/26) Bill Morehouse, common council president, opted to go to executive session so sensitive details about the investigation would not be leaked. Without the Mayor in [...]
Not So Secret Investigation Reeks
There are lot of things in Utica that, to a casual observer, may seem strange. Boy Brown, Crazy Richard (RIP), The Lady with the Doll and Rainbow Young are usual suspects. Now enter politics into the equation and it gets downright weird. Just like Chicago, another machine politics town, Utica has a unique balance of power that shifts from [...]
Gregory Johnson Announces Run for 116th
On Thursday April 15, 2010 the politically quiet 116th New York State Assembly district just got interesting with the announcement of a Republican challenge to the firmly entrenched Democrat incumbent, RoAnn Destito, who has held the office for 20 years. Gregory Johnson, a first year Councilman in Marcy, made his announcement in the midst of a [...]
Raised Beds Elevate Community
The word Trailblazer and Utica are rarely mentioned in the same sentence. But when it comes to civic (city sponsored) community gardens Utica can proudly claim Trailblazer status. Utica is the first city of its size in Central New York to donate land and resources toward the building and maintenance of community [...]
What is Going on Uptown
Uptown Utica. Two words, when put in the proper order, can inspire thoughts of heady conversation, good food, good music, strong coffee and gourmet beer on tap. Those are all good things; but until now, those thoughts were reserved for the well informed minority of Uticans who regularly hang there. As spring and summer quickly advance [...]
Birth of a Nation: Educational?
By David Dancy, GCN At 7:00p.m. on April 17th Rome's Capitol Theatre will be host to a viewing of D.W Griffith's controversial 1915 film: Birth of a Nation. For those of you in the dark, Birth of a Nation, filmed in 1915, is the first epic Blockbuster in American History. Noted by film scholars for it's technical breakthroughs in [...]
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