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The Great American Irish Festival will return to the Herkimer County Fairgrounds for its 16th year July 26-28, 2019.

Maria Macrina found the best gelato in Bologna and a way to bring it to Central New York.

The Utica Maennerchor has provided the Mohawk Valley’s German immigrants and their descendants with music and camaraderie for 154 years.

The long-awaited Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley and Five Points Public House will soon provide Central New York with a traditional Irish experien...

Clinton Figure Skating Club’s Special Olympians find joy, accomplishment, and friendship in skating. Peter Draves, a 20-year-old man over six feet tall, slow...

For more than 40 years, Craobh Dugan has played the traditional tunes of Ireland throughout the Utica-Rome area and continues to promote the music, dance, hi...

From an underachieving high school senior to a prestigious award recipient, Dick Young’s story shows how education can change a life. When Dick Young heard t...

MVCC thINCubator : A Vibrant Culture of Collaboration Oversized bean bag chairs, round stools on wheels, and sofas decorated in pale blue, gray and chartreus...

Voss Bar-BQ has helped Central New Yorkers make memories for generations. On a recent summer evening Tina Malara of New Hartford sat at a picnic table with h...

I made some charming new friends at Moose River Farm near Old Forge, NY. There’s something mysteriously peaceful about looking up at Adonis, his ears slightl...

For this article published on May 27, 2018, I went out on a photo shoot with Gabe and Cliff Oram, founders of The Mohawk Valley Through the Lens. In four yea...

This article, published on April 29, 2018, in Accent Monthly, a publication of the Utica Observer-Dispatch, was a real joy to write. I was a able to hear abo...