The construction we are seeing each and every day in downtown Utica has been seen before. The City of Utica brought us back to the late 1970s yesterday in a Facebook post.
Citing more "times of uncertainty" along with the strain that comes along with having two restaurants open at the same time, owner and operator of Outta The Way Cafe, Matt Grabski, posted on the business' Facebook page confirming that they will be closing their doors.
Crews were called to a raging fire at the Charlestown Mall complex, 311 Turner Street in Utica at 1:30 this morning. Smoke and ash are covering the lower side of East Utica. The abandoned building is a total loss.
For the first time ever The Bank of Utica is throwing an outdoor and indoor downtown Utica New Year's Eve Celebration that is free and open to the public.