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Local News: Ithaca Common Council approves pay deal with Cornell
– Ithaca Common Council approves payment agreement with Cornell University – The Ithaca Common Council voted 9 to 1 on Wednesday night to approve a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Cornell University. Cornell has tax-exempt status. The MOU sets out what the Ivy League university will pay the city in place of property taxes. The…
Read MoreTompkins 4-H Fair Hosts Family Fun Day
Front Entrance to 4-H Acres at 418 Lower Creek Rd, Ithaca. (Cornell Cooperative Extension) This is a press release from Tompkins County 4-H. To submit Community Announcements to WRFI Community Radio News, email news@ithacaradio.org. ITHACA, NY– The public is invited to attend “Family Fun Day” on Saturday, July 31st from 9:00am to 3:00pm at the 2021 Tompkins County 4-H Fair,…
Read MoreHistory Center Exhibit Tells How Tompkins County Women Changed the World
Zoe Van Nostrand, the Marketing & Visitor Experience Coordinator at the History Center in Tompkins County, talks about the new exhibit on display at the museum, “Breaking Barriers: Women’s Lives and Livelihoods”. Listeners will also hear from Claire Deng, a Cornell undergraduate and student intern working on the exhibit. Breaking Barriers is on display until…
Read MoreThe Friends of Stewart Park Celebrate The Park’s Centennial Bash
The Friends of Stewart Park gathered on Sunday, July 11 to celebrate the park’s centennial with cupcakes and music. The Centennial Birthday Bash took place one week after the initial planned date, due to trees in the park being heavily damaged in severe thunderstorms. Rick Manning, the Executive Director of the Friends of Stewart Park,…
Read MoreStewart Park Remains Closed, Family Fun Day Canceled
Volunteers clean up debris at Stewart Park. (Provided) ITHACA, NY — Stewart Park is still closed to the public and, as a result, Friends of Stewart Park are cancelling their Family Fun Day today. The organization officially cancelled the event last night. Serious storm damage from June keeps Stewart Park off limits. Trees were toppled…
Read MoreStewart Park Centennial Celebration Postponed Due to Storm Damage
(Friends of Stewart Park) ITHACA, NY — Friends of Stewart Bark are postponing the park’s centennial birthday celebration until Sunday, July 11th. It was originally scheduled for July 4th, but Stewart Park is closed after being battered by two recent storms. Downed trees and limbs are currently being cleaned up by Ithaca’s Department of Public…
Read MoreBumps in the Road as RIBs Reopens
Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles (Michael Memis/WRFI) ITHACA, NY — Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles (RIBs) is reopening after being closed since September 2020, but not without friction. RIBs functions as a community bike shop where people can repair, learn how to repair, and buy bicycles. It’s a program of Southside Community Center, which works to affirm, empower, and…
Read MoreOpen Doors English Language Program Welcomes Students
Open Doors English, the Julie Rudd Coulombe Language Program, is celebrating the beginning of its second year. Liz Susmann, co-director of the program, talks about her school and how it moved rapidly to remote learning at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Listeners will also hear from Jose, a dairy worker from Guatemala, who talks…
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