upstate new york

Six Flags, the parent company of the Great Escape, has formulated a reservation plan to manage attendance.

Efforts to develop a strategy to "un-pause" New York state on a regional basis are moving forward.

You think your house had the most Christmas lights this year? There's an Upstate New York family that has you beat, so much so, the hold the world record for it!

When you hear headlines like "World's Oldest" or "World's Biggest," 98% of the time it is now where near the Capital Region, until now.

The Casino Choice Commission was expected to announce that four new casino sites in Upstate New York would be announced today.  Instead they announced there would only be three licensed casinos allowed.
The winners are Seneca County (Tyre), Schenectady County (the Mohawk Rivers Casino in the cit…

THIS IS A THROWBACK THURSDAY POST WHICH APPEARED 3 YEARS AGO!
After years of private catering in the Stamford area and of selling their unique style of barbecue chicken at the concession stand under the Del-Sego Drive-In movie, the Brooks family opened up their brand new restaurant on Rt...

Upstate New York is more international than we think!
I was recently looking through a map of the area and a few "country" names jumped out at me.  Have you visited these "international" Upstate New York towns and villages?
BELGIUM, NY (Onondaga County)
CUBA (Chautauqua County)
EGYPT…

"In the old days" this was a familiar sight on the back roads of our listening area.
Long before I-88 took us off the less traveled roads, this was a sight that you could come upon at virtually any hour of the day (especially, if I remember it correctly, on NY Rt...

If you have an old postcard showing almost any part of our region from the 1930s to the 1970s, chances are you will see these words on the back:  "Photograph by Bob Wyer."
(The image above shows a fireman's tournament parade in Sidney, N.Y. f...

This building has been around since before the Revolutionary War.  Today it is a classy eaterie.  Ask a waitress about the time a famous general "turned his coat" here and ended up spending a long time in a jail cell because of it.
Distance from Oneonta about one hour…