April 8, 2013 The scheduled work for March got put on the back burner for a couple of weeks due to the weather. With the weather finally warming up this week, you can expect to see road work crews throughout Central NY.
April 3, 2013 The trails at Trenton Falls are a hidden gem in Central New York - and not generally accessible to the public. The trails are only open a few weekends each spring and fall.
April 3, 2013 Welsh History in Utica
One of the primary cultures involved in the development of Utica was the Welsh. After enduring the poor harvests in 1789 and 1802, a number of Welsh families dreaming of land ownership, immigrated to the Utica area in the mid-1800's
April 3, 2013
April 3, 2013 Liz DeSanctis needs your help. The MVCC student wants to meet 'American Idol' winner Phillip Phillips when he comes to the Utica campus April 27 for The Spring Meltdown. If her video receives 500 likes by Sunday, April 21, at midnight, on Facebook, she'll get to meet last year's Idol winner. Watch her video plea then help her out. I liked the Facebook page, will you?
April 3, 2013 Maybe it's the fact that the Utica-Rome Topix anonymous gossiping pages are the most active one in the nation, or maybe it's this nasty weather we're always plagued with, but after a Gallup 'wellbeing' poll, the Business Insider has ranked the Utica-Rome metro area the 11th most miserable city in the nation! Well, look at the bright side... We're not the worst. Yet.
If you want to find exactly where Americans are doing best, pack up and head to the Midwest.
March 31, 2013 Google has a long history of coming up with novel new services on April Fools Day (remember the 8-bit Google Map?). This time around, you can see the world as a swashbuckling pirate with the Treasure Map version of Google Maps.
Even though I'm not much of a golfer, just mentioning the game of golf gets us thinking about green grass and warmer weather. There are a number of local golf tournaments for good causes each year, and now the Utica Common Council is planning one to benefit the Utica Youth Bureau.
Culture Fest - A Festival of Nations is Saturday, April 13th at the Stanley Theater in downtown Utica. It will be a great opportunity to enjoy foods from around the world and experience international culture through music, dance and art, all for just $10. With a name like Greg "Splashin'" McShea, you may not think I have a connection to German ancestry, but I do.
March 28, 2013
Though AMC and 'Breaking Bad's' creative team don't keep things so tightly under wraps as its other Emmy-winning drama 'Mad Men' from season to season, fans of the New Mexican meth drama may be in for some major spoilers as we get closer to the final eight episodes this summer. Bizarre reports have emerged that a script of one of the final eight episodes was stolen from series star Bryan Cranston's car, and has yet to be recovered! Will the ending of 'Breaking Bad' soon be spoiled for all?
