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Spotlight: Natalie Figueroa, the Wedding Singer
Meet Natalie Figueroa! Callers comment on her soothing speaking voice, but little do they know, she also has a beautiful singing voice.
Highlighting Mohawk Valley Businesses: Utica Creative Reuse
Utica Creative Reuse takes an innovative approach to environmental stewardship to create art and art supplies.
Trash to Treasure Art Challenge
Clean up litter at a location in Utica and then create a work of art incorporating trash or found objects from their cleanup.
Largest upgrade in decades coming to Rome’s Public Transit System
Rome’s public transit system initiative promises more efficient Centro Bus Routes and new mobility on-demand services for riders. Rome’s public transit system initiative promises more efficient Centro Bus Routes and new mobility on-demand services for riders.
Spotlight: The Ordinary Walter
The_Ordinary_Walter, as credited on his mysterious Instagram and exhibit labels, is a hustling painter that loves and represents the growing Utica art scene.
Youth Basketball at Utica’s Recreation Center
The Rec Center hosts the youth Dick Miller/Mychal Harris basketball league comprised of 4th, 5th, and 6th graders from the Utica, New Hartford, Clinton, Notre Dame, CVA, and Whitesboro school districts.
Homemade Maple Syrup
Just the idea of it – Collect sap from trees and turning it into sugar, and also sweet delicious syrup. How did people come up with the idea to make maple syrup?? Making Homemade Maple Syrup in the Mohawk Valley has long history. We are happy to be part of this fascinating and wonderful tradition!
Homesteading Workshops Coming to the Mohawk Valley!
MVEDD will be hosting three different community Homesteading Workshops in 2024 with dates to be announced soon.
Duane Womack, Astrophotographer
By day, Duane is a Rental Shop Manager at Syracuse Scenery & Stage Lighting. By night, he stands in his yard in Rome, NY, capturing stills of the beautiful light that remains in the sky.

Adirondack Bank Center. Photo from the International Ice Hockey Federation.
2024, Natalie Figueroa singing “Walking on Sunshine” at PiNZ for the band SpeakerBoxx. Photo by Lazore Photography.

Photo of Walter Ricci-Wadas with his painting "We Are One" at Union Station in Utica, NY. Photo by Alexander Ackerman.
New Hartford vs. Utica Knicks at the Utica Recreation Center on 1/31/23. Photo by Alexander Ackerman.

Duane Womack Astrophotographer. Photo by Alexander Ackerman. 