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WRFI News Features and Interviews
Samuel Whitehead talks with John Barry, Executive Director of the Southern Tier AIDS Program, about the group’s syringe exchanges in Tompkins and Broome Counties. This conversation originally aired on the August 28th, 2014 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Samuel Whitehead talks with the Ithaca Times’ Michael Nocella about the community’s changing reaction to the Ithaca Police Department’s application for a Homeland Security grant. This conversation originally aired on the August 21st, 2014 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Samuel Whitehead talks with Pat Curran of the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County about giant hogweed and some of the other invasive plant species found in Tompkins County. This conversation originally aired on the August 11th, 2014 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Samuel Whitehead talks with Project Manager Michael Kuo about the current status of the Ithaca Commons Rebuild and where the project will be at the end of this year’s construction season. This conversation originally aired on the August 4th, 2014 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.

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