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One of Utica’s most popular restaurants will be moving, albeit just down the street.

Observer-Dispatch Utica is gearing up for the summer season, with a Bagg’s Square concert series and Juneteenth celebration on tap later this month.  Free outdoor concerts at Handshake.City start this Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. and will continue on Thursdays through July 1 as part of the Performers in the Park series. Handshake.City is located at 26 Whitesboro St.; the series also features art demonstrations, spoken word, outdoor activities, food trucks and locally made goods for sale.  Blues, rock and jam group Uncle Charlie and the Meatballs kick things off Thursday, with a mural creati...

Results: Best Fish Fry in Greater Utica, Rome, Mohawk Valley The people are voting and preliminary results are in on the area's best fish fry menus for this year's Lenten season. Over the next week, we'll be compiling the "Ultimate Guide to the Utica, Rome Mohawk Valley Fish Fry" and it will be published next week. We just want to make sure we aren't leaving any of the great fish fries out of our list. So, we're asking you to carefully review our list...pass it around...and make sure we haven't forgotten anyone. Get our free mobile app Did we forget one of your favorite fish fries? Download ...

City charter The state legislature grants the village of Utica a city charter. Thus, on February 13th, Utica – population nearly 8,400 -- becomes the sixth city in the state … after New York (chartered as the city of New Amsterdam in 1653), Albany (1686), Hudson (1785), Schenectady (1798) and Troy (1816). Utica’s boundaries are from the Bagg’s Square area on the north to the Oneida Square area on the south and from Third Avenue on the east to the York Street area on the west. Utica will have four wards. The First Ward will be on the northeast corner, the Second Ward on the northwest c...