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Good Deed by New Hartford Target Managers Goes Viral on Facebook

Eric Meier — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:32:25 +0000

An exhausted young family and kindhearted managers at the Target at Sangertown Square Mall in New Hartford make for a wonderful feel-good story that will prove that good people still do good things in Central New York.

Polish Olympian to Sell Bronze Medal to Help Sick Five-Year-Old

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:26:24 +0000

The 2012 Summer Games are over. But the Olympic spirit lives on thanks to Polish windsurfer Zofia Noceti-Klepacka, who will fulfill the promise she made to the family of a five-year-old who suffers from cystic fibrosis by selling her bronze medal. Klepacka lives next door to the family, who have struggled to pay for little Zuzia’s medication and her [...]

Adorable Orphaned Lamb Adopted by Dalmation

Amanda Ferris — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:37:22 +0000

A melt-your-heart baby lamb has gained a new momma in South Australia’s Barossa Valley. The rare spotted lamb’s real mother rejected her baby, leaving co-owner John Bolton’s Dalmatian to raise, and the bond has viewers all over the world squealing in delight after watching the video. The pooch was in heat when the lamb was [...]

A Change Of Heart: John Weakley's Transplant Story

Gino Geruntino — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 12:16:42 +0000

As he lay in his hospital bed, John Weakley knew he needed a miracle to survive. He had been in the Coronary Care Unit at Faxton Saint Luke’s Hospital in Utica for nearly a month, and as he grew weaker hope was running thin. “I was up in the CCU unit,” Weakley said. “I was [...]

Dynamic Duo Spinning Their Wheels For Wounded Warriors

Kristine Bellino — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:43:02 +0000

Utica, NY (WIBX) – Cycling from one majestic city to another up the East Coast, two college students are making their way through Utica to Niagara Falls today. Having started their journey in Key West, Mike Buonaiuto, half of the cycling duo known as “Mike and Nate,” says the fifty day, fifty-miles a day journey [...]

Radio DJ Offers Celebrity Autographed Laptop To Support Colorado Shooting Victims

Eric Meier — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:04:46 +0000

Andrea Russett, a YouTube star and radio host at Hot 107.9 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has put up for auction a laptop that has been autographed by music stars like The Wanted and members of One Direction, to benefit the victims of the 'Dark Knight Rises' shooting.

Michigan High School Senior Samuel 'Blowfish' Blyveis Gives Rousing Graduation Speech Rap [VIDEO]

Eric Meier — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 16:12:00 +0000

The crowd at the graduation ceremonies at St. Joseph High School in Michigan was treated to a graduation speech from senior Samuel ‘Blowfish’ Blyveis. He delivers a speech called ‘That’s How You Get Through High School, Kid” in a rousing rap style. The rap brought the graduating class and their families to their feet in [...]

Kid's Cardboard Arcade Captivates the Internet

K. Thor Jensen — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:00:36 +0000

Let’s be frank: the Internet can be a grim, depressing place, full of people having sex with gross things and horrible comments. But every once in a while, it does something good. Case in point: Caine’s Arcade. When 9-year-old Caine Monroy built an arcade out of cardboard in the front of his father’s used auto [...]

Watch How Music Brings a Man Suffering From Dementia to Life

Kathy Landin — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:15:23 +0000

Music can have a profound effect on all of us. It triggers memories, elevates our mood, makes us angry and helps us learn. It can also bring us out from the dark shell of a weakened and aging mind. That’s certainly the effect music has had for this man who suffers from dementia brought on by age.

Heroic 13-Year-Old Drives School Bus After Driver Passes Out

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:35:27 +0000

13-year-old Jeremy Wuitschick got to drive, something most kids his age only dream about doing. However, the circumstances in which the seventh-grader took the wheel were far from ideal. Jeremy and 15 of his schoolmates were riding to school in the yellow bus when the driver started flailing his hands in the air and making moaning sounds. [...]