We finished celebrating National Nurses Week over the weekend, saluting these caregivers for "Delivering Quality and Innovation in Patient Care." It was the 20th year this particular ... [more...]
The success of the Intergenerational Spring and Fall Clean-Ups depends heavily on volunteers. This year, as in years past, Rome Free Academy football team members played a key role in that effo... [more...]
We point with pride to the Westmoreland School District that hosted Freedom Writers Diaries’ Erin Gruwell. She advised parents, students, and teachers, "It’s tough to be a kid. It&... [more...]
We point with pride to the 15-member Canadian Forces Detachment at the Eastern Air Defense Sector, commanded by LCol Dave Pletz, a CF-18 pilot. Together with active-duty New York Air National Guard... [more...]
VERNON — Vernon Downs, observing its 60th anniversary season, is cherishing its past while looking forward to great things in the future. The harness track opened Friday, and those in att... [more...]
Collaboration and cooperation are flying to success at Griffiss Business and Technology Park. Last week, the Boeing 727 that drivers often see in the park was officially unveiled at Premier Avi... [more...]
Television’s Cake Boss made news on a couple of layers last month in our area, sweetening the lives of many people beyond his bakery business and reality show. Buddy Valastro, who is one ... [more...]
ORISKANY — The Lady Redskins basketball team had a great season, playing with dignity and class when they beat Section IX champion Livingston Manor on March 16 to put them in the state champi... [more...]
As the official website for the Relay for Life to fight cancer points out, a relay consists of: Organized, overnight community fund-raising walking; Teams of people camping out around a tra... [more...]
The Backyard Rangers at Fort Stanwix National Monument create connections between youth and parks through diverse park programs and inspires kids to get outside and experience their America. Th... [more...]
The 63rd Exhibition of Central New York Artists, an exciting kaleidoscope of works in an array of media by 29 artists, opened yesterday in the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art. ... [more...]
It’s been a banner couple of weeks for the Rome Chamber of Commerce. Not only did the chamber’s Shop Rome First program have a terrific Christmas season, but long-time employee and ... [more...]
Established by Congress in 1939, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is Semper Paratus (Always Ready). At its website (cgaux.org), the auxiliary notes its mission is to support the Coast Guard and t... [more...]
Sculpture Space has invited artists to come from all over the world to Utica to create unique, one-of-a-kind artworks that are subsequently exhibited locally and regionally as well as nationally an... [more...]
There are more than 25 million Americans with diabetes, a disease that kills more people than breast cancer and AIDS combined. That’s according to the American Diabetes Association. This ... [more...]
The coming year looks to be a bright one for the Rome Family YMCA. "Step Up for Our Y" is the theme of the community phase of the capital campaign for the Y, which is a member of the ... [more...]
We heartily congratulate Herbert Thorpe for being the recipient this year of the 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award. Thorpe, a Westmoreland resident, is widely known in our city... [more...]
Sight conservation and helping the visually impaired are just some of the community services provided by Lions Club International. Locally, the Rome Lions is celebrating its 60th anniversary on... [more...]
With all the financial uncertainty coming out of Washington, D.C., and the world at large, it’s good to see that locally, Rome-area residents once again have dug deep to help the truly needy ... [more...]
Head, Heart, Hands and Health are the four Hs in 4-H, the youth development program of our Cooperative Extension System. Recently, 4-H Project Medals were awarded to Oneida County 4-H members a... [more...]
