A Passion for Baseball, A Commitment to Youth How one Utica native gives back through American Legion Baseball For Tony Camardo baseball has always been second nature. “I grew up in a baseball family,” he says. “From the time I could walk, I was around a Little League...
Behind The Lens with Preservationist & Author Michael Perlman One of three sections of the Howard Johnson’s mural by André Durenceau, which Michael Perlman rescued last September in its entirety, 1940 photo in Fortune. Michael Perlman is a fifth generation...
An Air Force Wife’s Reflection For 20 years, I had the honor of standing beside my husband as an Air Force wife. Through countless moves both stateside and abroad, long deployments, and sleepless nights, I learned the true meaning of sacrifice and dedication—not...
Marjorie Byrnes: Called to serve. written by L Burghardt Marjorie Byrnes has been serving in some capacity virtually her whole adult life. Marjorie spent 32 years within the court system serving as an assistant district attorney for Monroe County, as court attorney to...
By Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=55779036 Learning from Pataki’s Legacy to Thrive Again New York State has always been a land of reinvention, and few moments highlight this better than the 1990s under Governor...
Who was the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken? The air in New York City was crisp on February 14, 1849. President James K. Polk, nearing the end of his term, sat stiffly in the chair of Mathew Brady’s photography studio, his...
