“The Last Word” Book Talk & Signing
Author Patrick Maxwell talks about his book, “The Last Word” and the story of the Gillette/Brown Tragedy in the voice of Chester Gillette.
Little Falls’ South Side in the 1930s – 1940s: A Remembrance of Time and Place
As long as I can remember my father, Joe Vespasiano, loved to share his stories, and he had a lot of material.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day National Day of Service
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. federal holiday and a national day of service observed on the third Monday of January each year.
This day in Mohawk Valley history: January 19
If You Want To Talk By Radio Simply Call Long Distance, Freeman’s Journal, January 19, 1927, Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York.
This day in Mohawk Valley history: January 18
Short Items of Interest Gathered From Our Exchanges, Telling of What Other People Are Talking About on January 18, 1917, Cobleskill, NY.
This day in Mohawk Valley history: January 17
The Herkimer Democrat, January 17, 1894, Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York
Keene, Sullivan, among those who played Little Falls
Two of the famous people who performed in plays in Little Falls were the noted actress Laura Keene, and John L. Sullivan, the heavyweight boxing champion.
This day in Mohawk Valley history: January 16
Home Matters column from the Utica Daily Observer edition issued on January 16, 1874, Utica, Oneida County, New York.
2025 – Art of NY: Annual Juried Art Show
Artists living in New York State are invited to submit entries to the Art of New York: Annual Juried Art Show.
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This day in history: January 15
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., twentieth-century America’s most compelling and effective civil rights leader, was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia.