Boykin grew up in Cornhill and now lives in the same neighborhood, but with stops in between for school and work in Ithaca, Buffalo, Albany and Brooklyn. His motive for returning to a job as an assistant district attorney for Oneida County rather than higher paying jobs in other cities is pretty selfish, he admits. So if you're like me, or Darby, or Pat, or Jeff, or Carl, we want to hear from you. Pat and I are willing to bet that somewhere out there in cyberspace there are others, like us, just waiting for an excuse to return to the Mohawk Valley. John Dye is editor of the Observer-Dispatch.
Some people never get to go home again.
Some people find their way home once, but I am one of the lucky ones who has found my way home twice. In 1990 I returned to Central New York to take the position of director of the Utica Public Library. The board of trustees, the staff, the patrons and I were able to bring significant changes and growth to this library over the past decade. Beyond my work I enjoyed my involvement in the community through the Utica Rotary Club, Foothills Girl Scout Council, YWCA, Central New York Community Arts Council and Leadership Mohawk Valley. I was hired as the director of a public library system in Western New York.