Observer Dispatch

The Observer Dispatch and several other Northeast Gannett newspapers went on a 24-hour strike on Friday morning, according to employees at the historic Utica newspaper. About a half dozen employees, the majority of the Utica and Mohawk Valley workforce, walked off the job at 5 AM on Friday for a 24-hour period, in order to send a message to their parent company about unfair working conditions.

Students at New Hartford Senior HS walked out and rallied outside the school on Monday, March 7, 2022 after a student's harassment allegation went public.

It's official. The Observer-Dispatch building on Oriskany Street in Utica has sold.

The historic and enormous 58,160 square foot Utica Observer Dispatch building will be auctioned off starting on November 29th, according to an online real estate notice.

Just as the Rome Sentinel is announcing expansion of news coverage into the region, independently contracted delivery drivers say they are being cut from the paper's business strategy.

The Observer Dispatch has announced the VIP Guest Speaker at this year's All-Mohawk Valley All-Stars event and the reveal is as groundbreaking as it is impressive as it features one of the greatest athletes of all-time.

Rocky Fiato of the Waterfront Grill in Herkimer was on the Keeler Show recently to discuss inaccurate reporting of a recent food inspection. He said it made his restaurant and others look bad unfairly. Read the story and listen to the interview here.

It's going to cost you more to read the paper. The Utica Observer Disptach raised prices on both the daily and Sunday edition.

If you're out doing some holiday shopping on Saturday, make plans to stop by Toys 'R  Us on Commercial Drive in New Hartford for the annual WIBX Keeler in the Morning Toy Drive.

The head of the Utica / Rome region's largest newspaper is being honored today.