Utica News

An Oneida County adult, who contracted the H1N1 virus, has died from complications of the infection, the Oneida County Health Department announced today.

The Government is taking to long to protect us, they will wait till many die before we get the vaccine for everyone.

The civil case against Mark Leo for beating his Floyd neighbor to death in May 2005 was put on hold Monday morning after Utica attorney Louis Brindisi had to be removed from the state Supreme Court by emergency medical personnel.

UTICA, N.Y. - The 2008-2009 season at the Val Bialas Ski area at the Parkway was not the best season, but the Utica businessman selected by Utica Mayor David Roefaro to take over the operation this winter says he has big plans in store.

UTICA, N.Y. - Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava suspended her campaign Saturday, and then on Sunday shocked many by supporting the democratic candidate, Bill Owens, over conservative Doug Hoffman, whom the republican party has now endorsed.

UTICA, N.Y. - Former Oneida County Legislator William Hendricks holds a slim lead over incumbent Larry Tanoury Jr.

Veteran's Day is quickly approaching. On Monday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Strebel Auditorium, the Utica College Concert band, under the direction of Michael DiMeo, will play a special concert in honor of all veterans.A The concert, which is free and open to the public, will also feature performances by local choir members, under the direction of ...

City Mayor David Roefaro said Wednesday the city is close to signing J. Mark Ford, a Cornhill resident and local business owner, as the contractor to run Val Bialas Parkway Adventure Center this winter.

In Utica's First Ward, it's a fight to the finish in more ways than one. A State Appellate Court Ruling kept him off the ballot, but that may not stop Nedzad Smajic from claiming the council's 1st Ward seat.

If New York sheds one congressional seat after the 2010 census, as experts predict, Democrats and Republicans will have to fight over which party loses - unless Douglas L. Hoffman saves them the trouble.

Children from across the Mohawk Valley entered the Utica Public Library art contest.

Nedzad Smajic has stepped down as a candidate for the Utica Common Council's First Ward seat, according to an e-mailed statement.

The city's Democratic Committee issued a news release Saturday saying it acknowledged an appeals court ruling Friday that gave the Democratic line in the 1st Ward Common Council race to Frank Vescera.

A city comptroller candidate finds himself in the middle of a controversy stemming from his alleged role in falsified asbestos air samples detailed at a recently concluded federal trial.

" The Utica-Rome region of the American Heart Association is proud to announce several new members have been joined the local board of directors.

An election drama that began with a malfunctioning voting machine and focused on stray markings on five ballots appeared to have ended Friday night with a court ruling that gave incumbent Frank Vescera the Democratic line in the Utica Common Council First Ward race.

A federal court jury says two upstate New York brothers are guilty of illegally dumping asbestos.

Hyosung USA - formerly Utica Converters - on Erie Street has laid off 20 people because of slumping tire sales.

State police have charged an upstate New York prison secretary with promoting prison contraband after she gave a personal item to an inmate with whom she was having sex.

New Hartford police Wednesday arrested a 17-year-old Utica boy after he allegedly crashed a stolen car and left the scene of an accident.

It might have taken three years to figure out what the Mancuso brothers were up to, prosecutors said, but it took 12 jurors only three hours in U.S. District Court Tuesday to find them both guilty of conspiring to defraud the federal government by violating asbestos-disposal regulations.