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If you enjoy our program, please visit our sponsors: On today’s Episode: Conversation with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Paul Muldoon at the Black Cat Cafe in Sharon Springs What brought Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon to Sharon Springs — and why has the village become part of his writing? Sitting outside the Black Cat Café, Paul talks with Sharry about finding Sharon Springs almost by accident, … Continue reading Listen or Watch Show 26
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Solve and enter to win! Continue reading The Daily Puzzler!
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These local businesses make everything we do possible! Continue reading Local Businesses Along The Mohawk!
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Looking for things to do around the Mohawk Valley? Our community calendar highlights upcoming events, live music, arts, festivals and other local happenings in Utica, Clinton, Rome, Herkimer, Little Falls and surrounding communities. Check back often as new events are added. Continue reading Events Along The Mohawk!
Remember Carl’s Drugs? Here’s a Carl’s commercial from 1985 — back when it seemed like just about every town around here had either a Carl’s or a Fay’s nearby. Carl’s was actually a Mohawk Valley company. It was founded in 1939 by Carl A. Panasci and based in Rome, eventually growing to dozens of stores around Upstate New York. There were Carl’s locations in Rome, … Continue reading Remember Carl’s Drugs? Here’s a 1985 Commercial
Every once in a while we go looking for an old Mohawk Valley recipe and end up with a little mystery. This time it’s chocolate pusties. We came across a recipe online that’s attributed to Isabelle Guido and a St. Anthony’s cookbook. The recipe has apparently made its way around online over the years, but so far we haven’t been able to track down the … Continue reading An Old Utica Chocolate Pustie Recipe — And a Little Mystery
A 1978 film by Dick Fisher about the Clinton Fire Department also captured a wonderful time capsule of Clinton’s storefronts, businesses, cars and village streets. Continue reading Clinton in 1978: A Remarkable Film by Dick Fisher
Watch an early 1960s Herb Philipson’s TV commercial and remember one of the Mohawk Valley’s best-known local stores. Continue reading Remember Herb Philipson’s? Watch This Old Local TV Commercial
Three vintage Mohawk Valley TV commercials featuring Mills Factory Stores, Tracy Adams Photo Supplies and Meislin’s Party World. Continue reading Remember These Local TV Ads? Mills, Tracy Adams & Meislin’s
A little school-day nostalgia: did your school let you play dodgeball during lunch? Continue reading Did You Play Dodgeball at School?
Two local TV commercials from 1979 — Dodge City in Yorkville and the Unwind Inn in Rome — are a fun reminder of how much personality local advertising once had. Continue reading Remember When Local TV Commercials Had This Much Personality?
Fay’s Drugs started in Central New York in 1958 and grew into one of the region’s best-known drugstore chains. Watch this old Fay’s TV commercial and see what you remember. Continue reading Remember Fay’s Drugs? A Central New York Favorite
Here’s a trip back to Utica in 1966. We came across a digitized copy of the 1966 Utica Free Academy Academician and thought it would be fun to make it easy to browse right here on Along the Mohawk. Flip through the pages and you’ll find UFA students and teachers, clubs, sports, school activities and plenty of familiar Utica names. Even if you weren’t at … Continue reading 1966 Utica Free Academy Yearbook — Take a Look Back at UFA
