Updated 9/17 with arrangements – UTICA-ROME — NBC affiliate WKTV is reporting the death of retired local broadcaster Jack Fredericks, at the age of 84.  Fredericks spent most of his long career at the TV station atop Smith Hill, but he broke into the business while he was still in high school, as an announcer for WIBX. [More »]

UTICA-ROME — This past weekend marked the 31st running of “America’s Biggest 15K Road Race,” the Utica Boilermaker.  Every year, the race gets bigger and bigger… and for many years, local media outlets have made it a point to have a presence at the race.  Several pictures this week instead of the usual one. [More »]

UTICA-ROME — Merv Ainsworth, a longtime WKTV engineer who helped to bring FM radio to Utica in the 1960s, died over the weekend.  He was 83 years old. [More »]