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New Hartford, N.Y. – President Barack Obama has signed the Girl Scouts of the USA Commemorative Coin Act authorizing the minting of 350,000 silver dollar coins in honor of Girl Scouts and the achievements of the 50 million women across the nation whose lives have been influenced by Girl Scouting.
President Obama signed the bill at [...]
(Oneida, NY) Holy Cross Academy is taking orders for freshly made Holiday Wreaths now through November 20th.
Prices are as follows:
Wreath with bows only: 20” – $16.00 or 30” – $32.00
Wreath with bows, cones & berries: 20” – $18.00 or 30”- $34.00
Cross with bows only: 24” – $30.00
Cross with bows, cones & berries: 24” [...]
(Utica-Rome, NY) – The Utica-Rome region of the American Heart Association is proud to announce several new members have been joined the local board of directors.
Jameel H. Arastu, MD- Neurologist, Slocum-Dickson Medical Group PLLC
Mark E. Blaker, MD – Cardiologist, Slocum-Dickson Medical Group PLLC
Jennifer Carbone Zuccaro, MD – Pediatric Cardiologist
Robert Lancey, MD – Chief of Cardiac [...]
(Verona, NY) In the past three years, the Upstate New York Empowerment Fund has raised more than $650,000 for regional charities through ticket sales to the Oneida Nation’s Turning Stone Resort Championship.
At a celebration luncheon attended by 115 charity leaders and dignitaries, Empowerment Fund Chairman and Oneida Nation Representative Ray Halbritter announced that 65 organizations [...]
By Margo Frink
Caption: I tried to muster up a smile from Brandy when I took this photo. This is the best I could get out of her. It was taken at Durhamville Day in August of this year.
The world lost one great lady this week. Brandyann Phelps, town of Vienna historian, author of several books, reporter and [...]
Clinton, N.Y. – Pakistani novelists Kamila Shasmie and Tariq Ali will participate in a panel on “Art, History, and Politics of the Novel,” on Thursday, Nov. 12, at noon in the Fillius Events Barn on the Hamilton College campus. It is part of The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center 2009-10 series “Crisis: Danger and Opportunity,” [...]
(UTICA, NY) – Jennifer Olivadoti of Utica has been promoted to General Manager of local home improvement company New York Sash. Olivadoti has been with New York Sash since 1998 and has previously served as head of financing, installation manager and operations manager. She is certified by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
As General Manager [...]
Clinton, N.Y. — Andrew Mulvania, assistant professor of English at Washington & Jefferson College, will give the Winslow Classics Lecture about Greek and Roman pastoral poetry on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 4:10 p.m. in the Hamilton College Kennedy Auditorium (Science Center G027). The lecture is free and open to the public.
Mulvania’s poems have appeared in [...]
(Rome, NY) Rome native Mr. John H. Thayer is one of four 2009 recipients of Herkimer County Community College’s Torchbearer Award. Thayer, Assistant to the Dean of Students and Director of Counseling Services Emeritus, served at the College as a full-time professional employee from January 1967 through May 1995. The other 2009 honorees are Dr. [...]
By Stephanie Davis, Excellus BCBS
UTICA, NY – The percentage of upstate New York adults who are overweight or obese increased from 54.8 percent in 2003 to 63 percent in 2007, according to a new report issued by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. Excess annual medical costs in the upstate region attributable just to obesity are estimated at [...]
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