opinions

You can't say you support small business in Utica and then refuse to wear a mask - it's that simple. If you're putting small business in the position of having to police your mask wearing, and you're yelling at their employees, you might be a jerk.

The Utica Tower is coming down and the whole situation just proves that we get a perverse glee out of being ticked off.

Sounds like the start of a horror movie, especially if you're scared of clowns. There's a donut shop that has hired a clown to deliver their goodies.

This is why we can't have nice things. Now legislators in New York State are suggesting that a law is required to prevent teens from being...teens.

We've seen controversial Halloween decorations, but what about inappropriate Christmas decorations? This one takes the cake, because of its sound.

My thirteen-year-old son went out trick-or-treating with his friends in a neighborhood close to our New Hartford house. They had a good time, but another kid stole my son's Halloween candy.

Halloween night you get your trick or treat bag and go door-to-door to your neighbors houses to collect candy. Right? Not if you're a 'candy carpetbagger.'

Retailer Kmart announced that it will be changing the name of plus-sized women's clothing to 'Fabulously-Sized.' Beth doesn't get it.

You watch people you've known for years, people you work with and your mother's cousin's boyfriend battle it out in the comments, posting inches-long essays on the merits or stupidity of removing Confederate monuments.

You hear it every day - on the radio, on TV, from friends at work - It seems like everyone is just 'losing it.' Why is that?

Lately it seems like everyone wants to be offended by something, no matter how small. Can we stop overreacting about everything? Please??