Not only do the skies over the Utica and Rome areas of Central New York get to enjoy the "Christmas Star" this year, we will be able to enjoy the Ursid meteor shower.
John Nicotera of Sauquoit and girlfriend, Erica Pendrak of New York Mills, have been together for about two years and currently reside in South Utica. He wanted to plan a proposal not only for the love of his life, but also around something he's loved for his entire life: space.
So, we were all proud of and interested in the SpaceX-ploits of the astronauts who Elon Musk recently launched into outer space on his rocket. One of them, Doug Hurley from Apalachin in Central New York's Southern Tier, according to many headlines, played "capture the flag&am…