WRFI News Staff
New York Health Act – Rochester Hearing on October 10, 2019
New York state senators and assemblypersons convened in Rochester NY on October 10 for a hearing on the proposed New York Health Act Bill – S3577 and A5248. Twenty-Eight individuals and groups were scheduled to provide testimony and answer questions asked by the legislators. Lasting about nine hours, the audience and legislators heard a mix…
Read MoreFarmer Storyslam: Joe Soto and Sean Cummings [AUDIO]
What you’re about to hear are stories by Joe Soto and Sean Cummings performed live at the Farmer Storyslam, an event hosted by Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming and Trampoline which took place in June of this year. The theme of this event was Tales from the Fields, was hosted by the Micky…
Read MoreA Proposal for a Galvanizing Plant moves along in Romulus. What does the Community Think? [AUDIO]
A project proposal for a galvanizing plant in Romulus has captured the attention of many in the town, and in Seneca County. The proposal comes from Earl Martin, the owner of Seneca Dairy Systems LLC. The galvanizing plant, also known as hot-dip galvanizing, will mean over a hundred jobs for the area, but is being…
Read MoreYouth Voices Episode 3: Sports & Performing Arts Stigmas (9/25/2019) [AUDIO]
WRFI’s J.T. Stone interviews local theater students, Leah Slattery and Jacob Ellis, and local student athletes, Liam Just and Kalena Yearwood, on the Youth Radio Project. In this episode of “Youth Voices,” we break down stigmas surrounding high school sports and performing arts to encourage more students to join both. Photo: Jacob Ellis, Leah Slattery,…
Read MoreFrom 9/11 to Where We Are Today: Interview with Joseph Margulies [AUDIO]
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, affected the United States and the world in many lasting ways. Some of those impacts were clear immediately, while others unfolded gradually. WRFI’s Roger Smith spoke with Cornell law and government professor Joseph Margulies on September 11, 2019. Margulies argued some important cases on the legal rights of…
Read MoreStamping Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill at the Watershed [AUDIO]
Though the release for a revised $20 featuring Harriet Tubman has been delayed, there are some who won’t wait until 2028. Harriet Tubman’s face is being stamped on the 20 at the Watershed by Ashley Cake, an owner of the bar located in Ithaca, New York. We speak with her about the delay, the stamp…
Read MoreInterview with Pete Meyers of the TCWC – 7/26/2019 [AUDIO]
WRFI’s Matthew Anticoli in an interview with Pete Meyers, one of the founders of the Tompkins County Workers Center. WRFI’s Matthew Anticoli and Pete Meyers discuss the passed, or soon to be passed legislation the TCWC has long supported, and what’s next for the Tompkins County Workers’ Center.
Read MoreYouth Voices Episode 2: Gun Control (7/24/2019) [AUDIO]
J.T. Stone interviews Ithaca high school students Zoey Zentner and Troy McKenzie about their differing views on gun control in the United States.
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