Utica News Archives

" 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.

The 12 member jury has begun deliberating shortly after 10:30 this morning in U. S District Court in Syracuse to decide whether brothers Paul and Steven Mancuso conspired to violate federal laws regulating asbestos operations.

More than a year after Utica hired a private contractor to manage one of the nation's only inner-city ski hills, city officials say they're poised to hire a different company that will do it right this time.

Mark Callahan, 37, of 203 Rutger St., was charged with second-degree attempted murder and first-degree burglary.

Federal prosecutors late this morning offered their closing argument detailing how brothers Paul and Steven Mancuso allegedly conspired to conceal an illegal asbestos operation based in Utica.

As a former asbestos abatement employee testified against Paul Mancuso in U.S. District Court this morning, he explained how Steven Mancuso was aware of aware of his brother's alleged illegal activities.

UTICA, N.Y. - Stephen Patterson says he never sold alcohol to minors and is being unfairly targeted by the Utica Police Department.

UTICA, N.Y. - Senator Joseph Griffo called Saturday for an immediate repeal of a new law that allows convicted murderers, rapists and sex criminals currently serving life sentences to seek non-terminal medical release and be freed from prison.

If you do genealogies, cemeteries can be a treasure chest of information, but more than that, it is one of the few places in Canada that you can see some fine old statuary.

USA Today is running a piece on the top 10 towns with International Flair....and right at the top of the list is little Utica, New York.

When Paul Mancuso heard that one of his former asbestos contractors was talking to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency investigators, he ordered an associate to injure the man, according to testimony this morning in U.S. District Court in Syracuse.

When Mark Yozzo tested the air quality at sites where toxic asbestos had been stripped away by companies allegedly run by Paul Mancuso, he knew there was a right way to collect the samples - and a wrong way.

Editorial Comment from Editor: Since CWSI advertises strictly on WKTV has anyone noticed WKTV does not cover this important trial? Complaints should be directed to WKTV, voice your concerns about their lack of coverage.

Five people were injured in a collision late Thursday night at the intersection of Eagle Street and Conkling Avenue, Utica police at the scene said.

Mere moments after Ronald Mancuso took the stand in federal court Wednesday morning, prosecutors asked if he saw any familiar faces in the courtroom.

By David Liscio / The Daily Item LYNN - Code enforcement officials in Lynn and in Utica, N.Y. are pressing slumlord Timothy Klotz to make needed repairs to residential properties he owns in both cities. A Utica municipal court judge on Monday gave Klotz one week to register four properties for fire safety inspections. Klotz was in court to answer charges that he failed to register vacant two-story homes at 1224 Green St., 956 Bleeker St., 1006 Jay St. and 1008 Brinckerhoff Ave. for fire inspections in that upstate New York city. Klotz also owns 102 James St. in Utica, a building that burned on Sept. 20, killing four people. Like the others, the fire-ravaged property had not been subject to a safety inspection. Klotz later claimed he had sent a check to the Utica Fire Department to pay for an inspection but the check was never cashed. Fire officials disavowed any knowledge of such a check, according to the Observer-Dispatch newspaper in Utica. On Sept. 28, Klotz was ordered by Utica officials to pay $1,500 in fines for not registering three other properties at 1215 Whitesboro St., 1500 Oneida St. and 723 Roberts St. in that city. On Sept. 30, members of the Lynn Inspectional Services Department's Multi-agency Task Force went to 93-95 Green St., a dilapidated six-unit, wooden apartment house built around 1900 and owned by Jacqueline Realty Trust, which lists Klotz as trustee. Inspectors found many code violations, including unsafe porch landings, missing stairway handrails and an absence of stairway lighting - all considered threats to life safety.

The members of rock band The Bomb have their hearts in the right place. They'll be taking pledges from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday on WKTV, Utica .

UTICA, N.Y. - The weather was perfect for a nice brisk walk Sunday morning, and that's what about 4000 Central New Yorkers did, and they did it for a good cause.

A 33-year-old Whitesboro woman was charged twice in a four-hour span with driving while intoxicated in Utica Monday night.

" Players of Utica, New York State's oldest, continuously producing community theatre, opens the 2009-2010 season with William Inge's, PICNIC , a classic drama presented in three Acts.

Ilion Police say the unidentified 29-year old woman was found stabbed several times at the Remington Park Apartments on Cottage Street just before 1:00. 50-year old William Woods of Utica was located by officers a short distance away with self-inflicted stab wounds.

Watch out, Utica, this weekend zombies are taking over the city! The city's first Zombie Walk will take place Friday, Oct.

Upstate New York just got a whole lot scarier with the reopening of the horror attraction Cayo Industrial .

A detailed report showing which faucets and drinking fountains failed to pass the recent lead test in the Utica City School District was released Wednesday.

Utica- Police have charged Latisha Bradford with attempted murder for allegedly shooting her boyfriend Tuesday morning.

UTICA, N.Y. a " A 33-year-old upstate New York woman has been charged with driving while intoxicated twice in less than five hours.Utica police stopped Talitha Gorea just after 7 p.m. Monday for vehicle and traffic violations and found her with an open container of alcohol and an ecstasy pill.

A 37-year-old Utica man was charged with driving while ability impaired Friday after his vehicle was found in a ditch near the Canastota interchange of the Thruway.

Utica firefighters have under control a house fire on Eagle Street . The fire was reported around 1:25 p.m. with a report of smoke visible.

Only a short time ago, the former Doyle Hardware building was full of dusty, worn-out floors and clutter.

Dump trucks sat parked in the Controlled Waste Systems Inc. lot one recent day on Belle Avenue , amid a neighborhood of modest and tidy one-story homes.

Two very different demand levels for those vaccines. This is what Oneida County Health Department officials faced Friday as they used up all their seasonal flu vaccine supply, resulting in the cancellation of clinics for at least two weeks.

ANGELICA A. MORRISON/ Observer-Dispatch Congressman Michael Arcuri and local resident applaud during an Italian Flag raising in honor of Columbus Day holiday on Friday Oct.

TASCET Adds ID Protection Expertise to Center for Identity Management and Information Protection UTICA, N.Y. Oct.

UTICA, N.Y. - About two dozen children at the Reese Road Elementary School, in Frankfort, were taught fire prevention Friday.

UTICA, N.Y. - The 14th annual Buddy Walk was held Sunday at Hanna Park in honor of National Down Syndrome Awareness Month in October.

As the pharmacy at the Court Street Rite Aid prepares to close later this month - leaving West Uticans without a pharmacy - the Genesee Street location is planning to take on the extra load of patients.

The New York State Department of Transportation has announced the start of a $1.8 million dollar paving project in Utica.

UTICA, N.Y. - Mohawk Valley Water Authority crews are working to repair a water main break which occurred on Linwood Place in the City of Utica.

Congressman Michael Arcuri is scheduled to appear at the Oneida County Historical Society on Saturday, October 10th, as a participant in the societya s program, titled a oeThe Influence of Immigrants in Utica: A Panel Discussiona .A This special program starts at 1:00PM in the societya s main exhibit gallery.

These are the opening elements of Victor Lavalle's new novel, Big Machine . The protagonist has a problem, but what's a man got to worry about if he's mopping floors for Trailways in Utica, New York? Guest host Jacki Lyden talks to LaValle, who some say writes like Thomas Pynchon, others like Ralph Ellison.

By the time Kristin Longo and her husband, Utica police Investigator Joseph Longo Jr., appeared in divorce court Monday afternoon, she already had been living in fear for her safety... Attorney George Massoud had expressed such concerns to the state Supreme Court judge... Less than four hours after appearing in court Monday, 39-year-old Kristin ...

LYNN - The owner of a string of troubled properties in Lynn and Utica, N.Y. assured a city inspector he will "do whatever is necessary" to make repairs to his 93-95 Green St. building. City Chief Building Inspector Roger Ennis said Timothy Klotz offered that verbal assurance after Ennis reached him by telephone during an inspection of the Green Street property. Plumbing, fire and electrical inspectors who swarmed through the four-family residence found "numerous code violations," Ennis said. "There are fire and safety concerns including excessive storage of combustibles. Our concern is the safety of the tenants to be able to leave the building in case of an emergency," Ennis said. Inspectors barred tenants from the building's basement because of the large amount of potentially flammable items stored there. Klotz, who is listed as a trustee for 93 Green St. owner Jacqueline Realty Trust, is under a seven-day city order to repair stair railings, steps and correct other code violations. "He was very cooperative and said he would do whatever is necessary to get things done in a timely manner," Ennis said. Richard Sokolow, identified by Ennis as the "authorized agent" assigned by Klotz to oversee the repairs, met Thursday with city inspectors along with a contractor and pulled an emergency permit to do the city-mandated work. "He's taken responsibility to make repairs and is proceeding in the right direction but we're only in the starting block," Ennis said. Arson investigators last week said eight local buildings owned by Klotz were the sites of 13 fires, including several arson blazes, between 1994 and 1999. Klotz was not linked to the fires but regarded, according to fire Lt. David Legere, as a "person of interest" in the investigations. With the exception of the Green Street property, Klotz sold his other buildings or lost them to court-ordered demolitions after the city cracked down on code enforcement violations and neighbors' complaints about drug dealing.

Utica Collegea s Edith Langley Barrett Fine Art Gallery will host the Utica Camera Club for its annual juried exhibition of local photographers beginning Monday, Oct.

Oneida County Legislator Stephen Roefaro grant funds have been secured for the City of Utica to enhance codes enforcement capabilities in regard to detecting lead.