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🌱 Patch AM: What the Pratt–Munson split really means for Utica art students

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What's up Utica! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What the Pratt–Munson split really means for Utica art students
  • Meet the new Comets forward aiming to make noise in Utica.
  • Why a Watertown traffic stop ended in a Utica federal conviction

Also on today's calendar: Walk and talk and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: A couple of thundershowers, with a high of 72 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and warmer, temps: high: 80, low: 62.
  • Thursday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 80 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pratt Institute and Munson End 25-Year Partnership in 2028 (wktv.com) — Pratt Institute and Munson will end their long-running Pratt Munson partnership in Utica when the contract expires in June 2028, reshaping local art education. Students starting this fall are unaffected, but the 2027 class will spend only one year in Utica before moving to Brooklyn as Munson plans a new creative-economy-focused program.
   

• Cleveland to Utica: Meet Comets' Forward, Justin Pearson (uticacomets.com) — Utica Comets fans are getting to know new forward Justin Pearson, a hardworking winger joining the roster after a strong season with Cleveland. The Nashua, New Hampshire native talks about his college years at Yale and UConn, his off-season training routine, and how he's preparing to make an impact when he hits the ice in Utica.
   

• Prosecutors: Man arrested in North Country admits third illegal entry into U.S. (wwnytv.com) — A federal immigration case tied to a Watertown traffic stop has local ties because the Brazilian defendant entered his guilty plea in federal court in Utica. Prosecutors say it's his third illegal entry, and he's now serving a short prison sentence before facing deportation again.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Tuesday August 25
  • Wigglers Story Time →
    Kirkland Town Library, 55 1/2 College St, Clinton
    10:30 am
  • Regular Board of Education Meeting, Comets Library
    Clinton Csd Clinton, NY 13323
    5:30 pm
  • 5th to 6th Grade Family Orientation, Theater
    Clinton Csd Clinton, NY 13323
    6:00 pm
  • Board of Education Meeting (If Needed)
    Oriskany Csd Oriskany, NY 13424
    6:00 pm
  • Board Meeting
    Sauquoit Valley Csd Sauquoit, NY 13456
    6:00 pm
  • Board of Education Regular Meeting
    Utica City SD Utica, NY 13501
    6:30 pm
    • Wednesday August 26
  • Middle School Orientation for Incoming 5th Grader
    Sauquoit Valley Csd Sauquoit, NY 13456
    10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Has anyone ever heard of their toddler resisting potty training?
    Been potty training my 3-year-old for about 3 months now and he runs and resists. He cries and screams about it. Does it get better? How can I… (Nextdoor West Utica)
  • Aramark Corporation posted a job opening for Student Worker - Food Service or Catering - SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica. Apply here.
  • Tradesmen International, LLC posted a job opening for Carpenter in Utica. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Utica here.

🗞 Nearby News

New Hartford

  • Vote: Mohawk Valley's top returning high school girls soccer player (uticaod.com)
  • Utica CSD Makes Forbes Best Employers List for 2026 (bigfrog104.com)

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  • The Monsters We Know: Black horror names the systems that harm us (sfbayview.com)

Ok Utica! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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