Utica firefighters were called to a large blaze on the city's west side late on Sunday evening. The blaze, reported on the UFD's facebook page to be at 1207 Whitesboro Street, was brought under control early Monday morning.
Several boarded-up buildings in West Utica that front the North-South Arterial (New York State Touring Routes 5-8-12) are going to be demolished by the NYS Department of Transportation.
A fire at a 'boarding house' at 914 Columbia Street has left a Utica man injured.
September 26, 2012 Shane Young is 24 and paralyzed from the waist down, a victim of a snowmobile accident. His wheelchair is his lifeline to the world. And last night it was stolen from his driveway on Faass Ave in West Utica.
August 7, 2012 The project that will remake the North-South Arterial in Utica is months away from starting and years away from completion but signs of the inevitable change in the neighborhood can already been seen.
April 12, 2011 We continue with our Scenes of Central New York feature and today focus on West Utica. The west side of our city is the home of Columbia Square on the old Erie Canal, Old Main at the former Utica State Hospital and great neighborhood destinations like Tony Sparan
