Posts by Jimmy Jordan
State Grants Bring in $100,000 for Local Arts Organizations
The Cayuga Chamber Orchestra’s Youth Orchestra performing on January 13th, 2018. (Cayuga Chamber Orchestra) TOMPKINS COUNTY, NY — The arts in Tompkins County have received $100,000 in State grants to date. The money is for putting on a show and revitalizing live performances in New York state. It’s coming from $105 Million dollar fund, “Restart…
Read MoreIthaca Tenant’s Union Rallies for the ‘Right to Renew Leases’ in Front of City Hall
The Ithaca Tenant’s Union in a ‘Tenant’s Assembly’ outside of City Hall on Saturday, July 31st. (Ed Von Aderkas/WRFI) ITHACA, NY — As the threat of evictions looms over New York, The Ithaca Tenant’s Union is pushing a bill that would take some power out of the hands of landlords and give it to renters.…
Read MoreGreendige Plans to Cap its Coal Ash Landfill and Build a Solar Array On Top
Ariel view of the Lockwood Hills Landfill in Dresden. (Google Maps) ITHACA, NY — Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. is planning to close it’s forty-year-old coal ash landfill and build a solar array on the site. In 2014, Greenidge acquired the coal ash landfill, known as Lockwood Hills. It’s maintained by a subsidiary to Greenidge, Lockwood…
Read MoreSpotted Lanternfly has Finger Lakes on Edge
Grape vines infested with spotted lanternfly. (Heather Leach) ITHACA, NY — The Spotted Lanternfly is raising alarm bells in the Finger Lakes. The invasive pest is a threat to the region’s wine industry with a serious appetite for grapes. The lanternfly has devastated vineyards in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, but it also poses a larger ecological…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Cases Tick Up in Tompkins County; Mask Guidance Reinstated
Tompkins County Health Department front entrance (Provided) TOMPKINS COUNTY, NY — In response to a recent uptick in cases, the Tompkins County Health Department is reinstating masking guidance and resuming daily updates of it’s COVID-19 data tables. As of posting this story, there are 59 active cases of COVID-19 in Tompkins County. The daily COVID…
Read MoreCayuga Lake’s HABs Season is Booming, Health Department Issues Warning
A harmful algal bloom that occurred on the southwest shores of Cayuga Lake on July 13th, 2019. (Community Science Institute) ITHACA, NY — Cayuga Lake is leading New York state in Harmful Algal Blooms this season, prompting a call for caution at the Tompkins County Health Department. Cayuga Lake has had over two dozen toxic blooms…
Read MoreConverting CO2 to Jet Fuel, Ithaca Area Economic Development Invests in Green Tech Startup
Dimensional Energy’s solar-to-fuels reactor in Gillette, Wyoming (Dimensional Energy) ITHACA, NY — Ithaca Area Economic Development, or IAED, is investing in the startup company, Dimensional Energy. They aim to convert atmospheric carbon dioxide into jet fuel through what’s known as “artificial photosynthesis.” Artificial photosynthesis aims to do what plants and bacteria have been doing for…
Read MoreGrassRoots Lifting COVID Precautions and Opening Up Festival to General Admission
GrassRoot’s Infield Stage damaged from a thunderstorm on July 13th. (Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival) ITHACA, NY — The GrassRoots Festival is shifting to general admission this weekend after a storm last week damaged one of their stages. GrassRoots was originally planning the festival around a socially distanced PODS system, or Personal Outdoor Dance Space. That…
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